US refuses to act as mediator in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine — State Department
➖"Washington will no longer play the role of mediator in negotiations between warring countries," said US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce.
▪️The American approach to this problem is changing. The US will not “fly to the other side of the world in the blink of an eye to moderate meetings,” the work should be carried out only between Moscow and Kiev.
▪️Nevertheless, the US will make efforts to establish peace, but now the outcome of the conflict requires “concrete ideas.”
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‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦 Ukrainian government does not show MPs additional agreement to subsoil deal — MP
➖"According to my information, the second Agreement has also been agreed upon by both parties in substance and form. But the government has not yet presented it to the deputies. And therefore, it turns out that without it, the deputies will vote to ratify something they have not seen," writes Zheleznyak.
▪️The agreement published by the government, which is now proposed for ratification by the Rada, lacks all the most important details of the deal.
▪️Earlier, American media reported that Ukraine signed all three documents on the deal after pressure from the US Treasury Department, but the Ukrainian authorities officially announced that only the framework agreement had been signed.
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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 The fighting in Ukraine will not end anytime soon — US Vice President
➖"This is not going to end anytime soon, and I think the Ukrainians are angry, of course, but is it worth continuing to lose thousands and thousands of soldiers for a few miles here or there? I hope both sides come to their senses," Vance said.
▪️Vance also called the subsoil deal "good progress" in the settlement process.
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‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦 The US and Ukraine signed all three documents on subsoil resources, and not one, as the Ukrainian authorities stated
▪️This is evidenced by a photograph from the signing ceremony.
▪️You can see that the amount of text on the last page of the contracts is different, so these are three different documents.
▪️Earlier, Ukrainian MP Zheleznyak stated that the Ukrainian government is hiding the contents of two of the signed documents from MPs.
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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ukraine talks must see a 'breakthrough' for US to continue mediation - Secretary of State
➖"I think we know where Ukraine is now, and we know where Russia is now. They are closer, but they are still far apart. And there has to be a real breakthrough very soon, otherwise Trump is going to have to make a decision on how much more time we should devote to this," Rubio said.
▪️Earlier, the US Vice President said that Russia and Ukraine must reach an agreement among themselves, and a State Department representative said that the US no longer intends to play the role of mediator and that the time has come for direct negotiations.
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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 Trump Should Build a Wall Between Russia and Ukraine — Washington Post
▪️The publication's journalist is convinced that Trump, impressed by the effectiveness of border barriers since his attempts to build a fence on the southern border of the United States, should support Ukraine in this matter.
➖"President Trump believes in border walls. "Walls work," he once said," writes an American journalist.
▪️He cited the Polish "Eastern Shield" as an example - a complex that includes barriers, anti-tank ditches, minefields and fortifications for troops.
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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 "Rubicon" burns enemy equipment en masse, supporting the offensive of our troops in the Sumy region
▪️Operators of the Rubicon special center support our attack aircraft, destroying the manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
▪️Among the destroyed targets were the American MaxxPro, the French VAB, ATVs, heavy copters, antennas and enemy personnel.
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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦In the battles near Pokrovsk, the 255th regiment destroys the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The crews of the Volgograd 255th regiment track down and destroy the militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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🇷🇺⚔️ 🇺🇦Russian army crossed the Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka highway and broke into Malinovka, advancing on Mirnograd
▪️In the Mirnograd direction (between Pokrovsk and Dzerzhinsk), a Russian armored group broke through to Malinovka.
➖"During the mechanized assault, a Russian MT-LB was hit in Malinovka. Other equipment that participated in this assault remained undamaged and continued to storm the village," write Ukrainian military analysts who geolocated the footage of the battles.
▪️Yesterday our troops broke through almost 5 kilometers and occupied most of Novoolenovka.
▪️Before this, during offensive actions, our units liberated neighboring Tarasovka, Vodyanoye Vtoroye and practically took Berezovka.
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🇺🇸🇺🇦 🇷🇺Ukraine won't be able to push Russia back to where it was in 2014, says US Secretary of State Rubio
▪️ He added that Russia, in turn, will not be able to occupy the entire territory of Ukraine.
➖"This is a war that has no military solution," Rubio noted.
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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦 Fierce fighting near Pokrovsk: "🅾️brave" troops massively burn NATO equipment, infantry and artillery of the enemy
▪️A selection of combat work by fighters of the Center group of forces on May 1 to destroy military equipment, weapons, infantry and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during active combat operations in the Pokrovsky direction.
▪️The footage shows tanks, NATO armored combat vehicles, firing points, infantry, enemy positions and vehicles being burned.
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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦A fearless attack aircraft from the 255th regiment breaks into a Ukrainian Armed Forces dugout near Pokrovsk and clears it out!
▪️During the attack on the Mirnograd right, our soldier throws a grenade and then breaks into the enemy's fortified position, firing from a machine gun.
▪️Fighters of the Volgograd 255th Regiment attack and capture positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, moving forward.
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🇷🇺⚔🇺🇦 Powerful breakthrough: Russian army encircles Ukrainian forces, storms Malinovka, Novaya Poltavka and Novoolenovka, advancing on Mirnograd
▪️In the Mirnohrad direction, Russian troops from Malinovka are attacking, trying to encircle the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the area of the T-0504 junction. Fierce fighting is underway.
▪️Also, the Russian army broke through and is attacking Novaya Poltavka.
▪️The battles for Novoolenovka , where our attack aircraft broke through on motorcycles the day before.
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🇺🇸🇨🇳🇺🇦 China is more important to the US than the war in Ukraine, says US Secretary of State
"There comes a point where President Trump has to decide how much more time is worth spending at the highest levels of our government. Not that the war in Ukraine is unimportant. But I would argue that what happens with China is more important in the long run for the future of the world," Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News.
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🇷🇺⚔🇺🇦 The 255th Regiment smashes the enemy's defenses and destroys the Ukrainian Armed Forces' infantry, breaking through in the Mirnograd direction
▪️Fighters of the Volgograd 255th Regiment continue a powerful offensive between Pokrovsk and Dzerzhinsk.
▪️The guys literally demolish the defensive lines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and move forward.
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‼️🇺🇦🏴☠️ They're raking everyone in: TCC staged a large-scale raid in Uzhgorod
▪️Military commissars are breaking into restaurants and bars, people are being taken away en masse to the Shopping Center.
▪️It is reported that even those who have a reservation or a deferment certificate are being taken away.
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‼️🇺🇸🇷🇺 US prepares new sanctions against Russia, it is unclear whether Trump will support them — Reuters
▪️The US has prepared a new package of economic sanctions against Russia.
▪️They will be directed against the banking and energy sectors.
▪️According to the publication’s sources, the targets include Gazprom and large enterprises involved in natural resources and the banking sector.
▪️It is not yet clear whether Trump, who will have the final decision, will support the sanctions.
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🇮🇱⚔🇸🇾 Israel launched massive strikes on military targets in Damascus and other parts of Syria , Turkey sent fighter jets into the sky
▪️Israeli air force bombed the pro-Turkish Sultan Murad Division and Suleiman Shah Brigade in Hama. Both groups are affiliated with the Syrian National Army and financed by Ankara. The strikes also targeted military facilities in the Al-Kiswah area (a suburb of Damascus). In addition, the 41st Regiment was attacked near the Harasta military hospital in Damascus.
▪️ The 175th Regiment base near the city of Izra in Daraa province was also targeted.
▪️It is reported that a large number of Turkish F-16 fighters have allegedly been scrambled and are flying towards the Syrian border.
▪️The escalation between Israel and the new Turkish-backed authorities in Damascus began after the Syrian government's armed formations launched a military operation against the Druze in southern Syria. The Druze traditionally support Israel.
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‼️🇷🇺🏴☠ The enemy is attacking the Rostov region: houses are burning
▪️Air defense forces are repelling an air attack on the Rostov region; drones have been destroyed in Novoshakhtinsk, Kamensk, Oktyabrsky (selsky), Ust-Donetsky and Tselinsky districts, the governor said.
▪️Due to falling UAV debris, the roof of two houses in the village of Tselina caught fire. Two adults and two children were evacuated from one house, the second house is uninhabited. Preliminary, no casualties.
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