🇦🇲 The opposition has been trying to blockade the center of Yerevan since early morning, the police began making arrests, a TASS correspondent reports.

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🟥 Putin and Xi Jinping will take part in a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations and the opening of the Years of Culture of the two countries, the Kremlin said.

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🇺🇸 🇷🇺 Former Pentagon chief Mark Esper is afraid of Belousov's appointment

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🇺🇦 🇷🇺 The leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine left the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkov region, only cover units remained in the settlement.

This was announced by the coordinator for interparliamentary relations with the LPR parliament, State Duma deputy Viktor Vodolatsky.

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🇵🇱 🇺🇦 Poland will not be able to provide Ukraine with Patriot air defense systems in the near future, President of the Republic Andrzej Duda once again stated this, speaking at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha.

“It is difficult now to talk about transferring Patriot systems to Ukraine when we do not yet have this system in full in Poland,”

the Polish leader answered the question of the panel moderator whether Poland is going to transfer Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine.

Duda noted that Warsaw is just beginning to receive Patriot systems ordered from the United States seven years ago.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Details on the progress of military operations in the Kharkov region from the Russian Ministry of Defense:

➡️The settlement of Bugrovatka has been liberated, and Russian troops have advanced deep into the Ukrainian defenses.

➡️Personnel and equipment of the 23rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade were hit in the areas of Veseloye, Volchansk, and Liptsy. A Ukrainian counterattack in the Staritsa area was repelled.

➡️In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 135 personnel in this direction. A Vampire MLRS vehicle, a Strela-10 SAM vehicle, and a Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun of German production were destroyed.

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⚡️ The group of troops "North" of the Russian Armed Forces took part of the Kharkov-Liptsy highway under fire control

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🗓🇷🇺🛬 Putin’s first foreign visit after the inauguration will be to China. Where did the president go after taking office:

🇺🇿Uzbekistan in 2000;
🇺🇦Ukraine in 2004;
🇧🇾Belarus in 2012;
🇦🇹Austria in 2018.

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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, Budanov, said that Russia is preparing an offensive in the Sumy region. The same information is confirmed by local authorities. The population is being evacuated

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❗️🇩🇰 Die Zeit clarified that the Danish Prime Minister intended to announce the transfer of F-16 to Ukraine within months, not a month

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😑 Biden 'admitted' he's working for someone 'smarter than him'

“My name is Joe Biden, I work for Kamala Harris. I asked her to be my vice president because I needed someone smarter than me."

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🇩🇪 🇺🇦 Military aid worth more than 7 billion euros will be provided to Ukraine in 2024 - Scholz.

“We are united in our support for Kiev, we will continue to support Ukraine as long as necessary,” said the German Chancellor.

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🇬🇧 🇺🇦 ❗️The head of the British Ministry of Defense admitted that London gave Kiеv permission to carry out strikes on Crimea because it considers the peninsula part of Ukraine

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📰 🇺🇦 "The situation is approaching a critical point": Budanov predicts new Russian offensive toward Sumy, - The New York Times

Highlights from an interview with the chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence:

▪️ In Kharkov region, the offensive of the Russian army will continue for about three to four days, after that their troops may start a new offensive, this time in Sumy region.
▪️ "All our troops are now either here or in Chasov Yar."
▪️ According to him, it is very difficult to find new AFU forces. "I have used everything we have. Unfortunately, we have no one left in reserve."
▪️ The goal of the Russian offensive near Kharkov is to deplete Ukrainian reserves and draw them away from other parts of the line, including Donetsk region.
▪️ According to Budanov, one of Russia's tasks is to spread panic in the region.
▪️ "Our task at the moment is to stabilize the line and then start pushing them across the border."

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🇬🇪 ⚡️The Georgian parliament adopted a bill on foreign agents

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🇺🇸 🇺🇦 Secretary of State Blinken rushed to Kiеv. This is his first visit to Ukraine since September 2023. The war in the Middle East just started in October. And from that moment on, State Department apparatchiks began to constantly shuttle between Israel, Egypt and Qatar.

Therefore, over the past 8 months, Blinken has visited Israel seven times - and only now has he reached Ukraine. In 2023, Blinken arrived immediately after the failure of the counteroffensive. Now Ukraine is retreating both in the Donbass and in the Kharkov region. In connection with this, unrest in Kiеv is also intensifying.

From that moment on, Victoria Nuland, responsible for Ukraine at the State Department, resigned on time. Now Blinken himself has to deal with internal squabbles in Kiеv. Especially against the backdrop of the approaching May 21, after which Zelensky loses the remnants of his legitimacy.

Blinken will likely continue to lobby for the appointment of Oksana Markarova, still ambassador to the United States, as Ukrainian prime minister. Although this is actively resisted by Zelensky and Ermak, they are oriented towards the British lobby and do not want to share their powers with anyone.

Now the White House again has leverage with the allocation of trenches that they will use. But Blinken is already a downed pilot, spending his last months as Secretary of State. In six months, he failed all Middle Eastern affairs - as well as negotiations with China. So it is possible that his trip to Kiеv will lead to nothing. Blinken will also be associated with all of Ukraine’s failures at the front.

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