Footage of military engineers from the Russian Black Sea Fleet blowing up a concrete dam that has been blocking the North Crimean Canal since 2014

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Footage after an explosion at an oil depot in Rovenki. The LPR reports that there are victims

⚡️A residential building came under shelling by Ukrainian forces in the center of Donetsk. There is no information yet on possible injuries

❗️🎥 New footage of the explosion in Rovenki

🔹Former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard calls for Biden to meet with Putin

“As leaders you have to be willing to have a dialogue and conversation to address the real issues at hand,” Gabbard said. “There is always a path for diplomacy. What is the alternative? The alternative then is continued escalation.

“Putin has said for years his security concerns are about NATO increasingly approaching and surrounding Russia on all sides,” Gabbard continued. “The Biden administration has failed to outline for the American people how does this serve your best interests? What will the costs be?”

She was invited to the annual gathering by longtime CPAC boss Matt Schlaap and given a coveted speaking spot during the event’s Ronald Reagan dinner on Friday.

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🎭How Is the Pandemic Reshaping New York City’s Cultural Landscape?

The cultural sector continues its cautious reopening this fall as theaters, museums, restaurants and other establishments recalibrate. Prognostications about the city’s wellness are ever changing — but this is hardly the first time that New York has weathered dire pronouncements about its vitality as one of the nation’s cultural capitals.

What lessons can the arts leaders and creators of today take from those efforts? The renewal of New York’s cultural landscape is cyclical, resilient and enduring — and yet, what is unique about today’s challenges?

We heard from the writer, activist and historian Sarah Schulman, whose 2021 book, “Let the Record Show,” tells the riveting story of ACT UP and AIDS activism in New York, during a pandemic of a different kind.

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⚡️⚡️All Russian banks already subjected to Western sanctions will be disconnected from SWIFT, the German cabinet said on Saturday, other banks could be disconnected in the future as well

🚨 One person was killed and 13 others were injured in a shooting at a hookah lounge in Las Vegas early Saturday morning.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to reports of a shooting at a hookah lounge in central Las Vegas around 3:15 a.m., according to a press release from the department.

At least two people got into an altercation and exchanged gunfire during a party inside the hookah lounge, police said. Fourteen people were shot. One male adult was pronounced dead and two other victims are in critical condition, police said. All other victims are in stable condition.

The investigation is ongoing, police said. No arrests have been made.

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🎯 DC Mural Guide: Celebrate the District's Black History Through Art

From go-go music to the fight for racial justice to notable figures, murals in D.C. show the essence of the city on buildings and alleyways.

In the last 10 years, the murals have increased in number and broadened to include episodes, places and spaces in D.C. "that bring pride to the African-American history and culture," Bernie Demczuk, a D.C. historian, said.

Historically, murals have primarily told stories about famous African-American trailblazers such as Frederick Douglass or Mary Church Terrell.

Now, many new murals are making statements about D.C. itself — highlighting a range of lived experiences.

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🧅 Border agents seize nearly $3M in meth packed to look like onions

A smuggler attempted to cross the Mexico-US border with a giant stash of methamphetamines disguised as onions, leaving federal officials impressed with the creativity of the alleged subterfuge.

“This was not only a clever attempt to try and smuggle in narcotics, one I haven’t seen before, but also time consuming to wrap narcotics into these small packages, designed to look like onions,” said Sidney Aki, the Director of Field Operations in San Diego for US Customs and Border Protection, in a statement.

The 1,197 packages of methamphetamines, packed among real onions in the back of a tractor-trailer, were shaped into small globes with a white covering, weighing 1,336 pounds and valued at $2.9 million.

The stash was discovered by K9 units at the Otay Mesa border crossing between Tijuana and San Diego.

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❗️🔥Around 200 tonnes (metric tons) of fuel are on fire after an explosion at an oil depot in the city of Rovenky in the Lugansk People’s Republic, some pipelines have also been damaged, local authorities say

🦮 Crime-weary New Yorkers are teaching their pint-sized pooches to provide big-dog-sized protection, animal trainers told The Post.

A dog “is an amazing psychological deterrent to criminals — no matter its size,” said Bash Dibra, a Bronx-based author, Hollywood consultant and celebrity pet trainer.

A Turtle Bay dog mom said she “absolutely feels safer” on dangerous Gotham streets with Joey, the 16-pound chihuahua mix she adopted at the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020 and had trained to tap into his inner lion.

Dogs are an especially effective deterrent against home invasions. FBI data shows that 95 percent of hoodlums will skip a residence if they hear barking, no matter the size of the animal.

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🔹In a crowded and combative Republican Senate primary that's become the most expensive race in the nation this year, Mehmet Oz has one thing that his rivals for the GOP nomination in Pennsylvania don’t have – massive name recognition.

Oz says he never expected that the Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary would get so 'ugly,' but vows to 'fight to protect myself.' "It’s a huge advantage to be known by everybody and not just that 96% of the time that they know me, it’s that they know me in a positive light," Oz, a well-known celebrity physician, cardiac surgeon, author and former longtime TV host of the popular

"Dr. Oz Show," acknowledged in a Fox News Digital interview. Looking ahead to Pennsylvania’s May 17 primary, Oz said, "Here’s the good news: Whoever survives the primary, they’re going to be really well tuned up for the general election, because I don’t know how much more Democrats can throw at us than we're already throwing at each other."

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⚡️LPR People's Militia confirmed that the explosion at the oil facility in Rovenky occurred as a result of a Ukrainian missile strike

⚡️ Google says it's banning Russian state media from running ads, monetisation across its services

⚡️🇰🇵 The US military has condemned the latest North Korea missile launch, while calling on Pyongyang to refrain from further destabilising acts

⚡️ The Roscosmos website under DDoS attack from various IP-addresses

⚡️ Russian MoD: Azov battalion used Grad systems to hit residential areas on Mariupol outskirts

⚡️ Russian military has destroyed total of 975 Ukrainian military targets, MoD says

❗️ Russian armed forces blocked Kherson, Berdyansk; took Genichevsk and Chernobaevka airfield under control - MoD

❗️ Russian MoD: Ukraine's 302nd anti-aircraft missile regiment in Kharkov region voluntarily laid down their weapons on Saturday; 471 servicemen were detained