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Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate Budanov assured that Russia does not have the potential to attempt a large-scale offensive anywhere but is capable of conducting severe defensive operations, which is "a problem that Ukraine will have to face."
The Ukrainian military is already receiving radars from Israel to warn of a missile threat produced by RADA Electronic Industries, β Israel Defense.
In total, 16 such devices are to enter service with the Armed Forces. In Israel, they are used to detect and identify dangerous objects in the sky, and are connected to the warning system. In the event of a threat, residents instantly receive a message about the need to go to the shelter.
The head of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, said that the organization seeks to return Russians and Belarusians to international competitions
EU redirects road funds to β¬2bn munitions plan for Ukraine, β The Telegraph
Ukrainian is developing a self-propelled robot-machine gun with remote control, which is being tested on a training ground
The occupiers hit warehouses in Odesa with X-22 missiles, said Serhiy Bratchuk, representative of the Odesa Regional Military Administration.
Following the Ukrainian flags, the Berlin Administrative Court also approved the Russian flags on May 8 and 9 β the police filed a complaint to the Higher Administrative Court against this decision. [fucking hell]
New EU sanctions package could hit Russia's shadow fleet of oil trading tankers, β Financial Times.
The project of the European Commission provides for a ban on entering European ports for ships that hide the country of origin of the cargo without valid reasons.
The document also proposes to expand the list of goods prohibited for export to Russia and to allow EU countries to limit the sale of certain goods to companies and countries that help the aggressor to circumvent sanctions.
It also provides for the easing of restrictions on the sale of assets by Western companies that cooperate with entities under sanctions.
Other EU proposals include sanctions against Iranian companies involved in the production and supply of drones to Russia.
The occupiers have stopped delivering fuel to gas stations in the Zaporizhzhia region in anticipation of the offensive of the Armed Forces, the General Staff reports
Unrecognized Transnistria has asked Russia to increase the number of so-called Russian "peacekeepers", citing increased security risks, β Klitschko
β‘οΈAt night over Kyiv, 35 out of 35 drones were shot down, it was the largest attack on the capital during the war, β Klitschko
The Russian Federation has again blocked the inspection of vessels of grain initiatives, reports the Ministry of Development of Communities, Territories, and Infrastructure of Ukraine.
As a result of shelling on the night of May 8 in Odesa, warehouses with humanitarian aid from the Red Cross of Ukraine burned down, β the organization's press service.
The fire completely destroyed the humanitarian aid that was in the warehouses. The organization's work in the region has been suspended.
[this is from the Red Cross itself, so clearly any Ru claims that it was military gear is false. Not entirely wise to keep so much in one place, one feels]