Important news for Wednesday morning, May 22:

🔷 The Russian military carried out three strikes at night on energy facilities in the city of Shostka, Sumy region, including in the area of ​​military warehouses, said the coordinator of the Nikolaev underground movement Sergey Lebedev. Also, according to him, a blow was struck at the energy facilities of Konotop, one of the largest railway junctions in Ukraine;

🔷 During the night, air defense systems destroyed three Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod region and one over the territory of the Kaluga region, the Ministry of Defense reports.

🔷 The King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa will arrive in the Russian Federation today at the invitation of Putin . This was reported by the state agency BNA. The king will discuss with the Russian president issues of bilateral cooperation, as well as the results of the 33rd Arab summit organized by Bahrain on May 16.

🔷 Norway has officially recognized the Palestinian state, the decision will come into force on May 28. This was reported by NRK with reference to the statement of the Prime Minister and the head of the Kingdom's Foreign Ministry at a press conference. Thus, the Scandinavian country became the tenth EU member to recognize Palestine.

🔷 The court sentenced a resident of Transbaikalia, who transmitted data on the movements of Russian military personnel to the Ukrainian intelligence service, to 12 years in prison, the FSB reported.

🔷 The FBI planned to kill Trump during a search of his Florida estate in 2022, said Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.

🔷 Politico writes that Spain will join Ireland and Norway and recognize the Palestinian state on May 22.

🔷 Tucker Carlson told RIA Novosti that media reports that he allegedly became a presenter on Russian television are intended to allow the Biden administration to continue to “spy” on him.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 The command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces transferred the elite 8th regiment of the Special Operations Forces to Liptsy in the Kharkov region.

This Kiev unit is used only in key areas and in the most difficult situations.

In a similar way, the unit was deployed in Severodonetsk, Bakhmut (Artyomovsk), and Avdeevka. All these settlements are now under the complete control of the Russian army.

Ukrainian ATACMS missiles (10 at least) attack Ru MiG-31s on Belbek airf...
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Ukrainian ATACMS missiles (10 at least) attack Ru MiG-31s on Belbek airfield Crimea.

If Ukraine loses war, it will be 'end of Western hegemony', warns UK's B...
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If Ukraine loses war, it will be 'end of Western hegemony', warns UK's Boris Johnson

If Ukraine loses in the NATO proxy war with Russia, "it will be the end of Western hegemony", lamented former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Ben Norto...

Russia and China will continue their efforts to establish a just world o...
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Russia and China will continue their efforts to establish a just world order! Lavrov

This does not suit the U.S., which doesn't allow anyone to become stronger than Washington!Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov answered questions about Ch...

79 years ago, the United States and our Ukrainian allies joint forces to combat the oppressive regimes of Hitler and Stalin.

- White House Press Secretary

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🇪🇺 Eurostat named the number of Ukrainian men with refugee status in Europe.

There are 882 thousand of them. In total, 4 million 200 thousand citizens of the republic entered the community countries. The largest number of refugees live in Germany - 1.3 million, in Poland - 955 thousand and in the Czech Republic - 364 thousand.

In April, the Ukrainian government stopped issuing foreign passports to men aged 18 to 60 and announced the suspension of their consular services abroad.

Moscow. 80 years later.