"Zelensky will go to Turkey for possible talks with Putin": Zelensky will fly to Istanbul even if Russia refuses to ceasefire.
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has decided to fly to Istanbul regardless of what Russia decides on the ceasefire from May 12. On May 15, the Ukrainian president will arrive in Istanbul, even if the Russian side does not agree to the start of the truce from May 12.
Before that, Zelensky insisted that negotiations can only begin after Moscow agrees to a "full, long-term and reliable" truce"
What do you think about these talks in Istanbul? I think that the chances of stopping the war in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine are zero. Perhaps such chances would be in negotiations between the US and Russia. But it seems that both the US and Russia have agreed that the US has nothing to do with this war. Therefore, the US proxy war against Russia in Ukraine will continue.
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During the festive truce, special forces UAV operators of the "South" group of troops identified and repelled an attack by a Ukrainian armored group that was using American M113 combat vehicles in an attempt to attack.
This was reported to RIA Novosti by an officer with the call sign "X".
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UK MP Galloway on what Macron, Starmer and Merz might have been “pumped up with”:
Who knows what fuels Keir Starmer’s war rhetoric? We know that journalists with cameras who unexpectedly popped into the train carriage carrying the leaders of France, Britain and Germany from Kiev recorded them getting nervous and trying to get rid of something. They are now assuming it was cocaine. But I wouldn’t be surprised, would you?
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University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer on Ursula von der Leyen "being in Hitler's bunker":
You need to know the numbers, you need to know the balance of power at the front, how many soldiers are on each side, how much weapons. We don't see a single answer, Ursula von der Leyen simply says that Ukraine will hold out without providing evidence. She makes empty statements that mean nothing. This is banal empty talk, as if these people were in Hitler's bunker in April 1945.
I want to emphasize that Ukrainians are dying at the front. Not Europeans, not Germans, not Americans. When people who are not your own are dying, it becomes unexpectedly easy to talk about continuing the war. If the French and Germans had started dying in Ukraine, the conflict would have ended long ago.
"POOL N3"
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US approves delivery of 125 LONG-RANGE missiles to Ukraine — NYT, citing congressional official
Report claims likely HIMARS (seen in US Marines test footage above) and Patriot air defense missile included in package
#Ukraine #HIMARS RT News.
Trump the peacemaker continues to fight with Russia in Ukraine.
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‼️🇺🇦🇷🇺 Zelensky recorded a video in which he repeated that he will come to Turkey on Thursday for talks with Putin
▪️Judging by the wording, this will happen regardless of whether Russia observes the ceasefire proposed by Ukraine from Monday.
▪️The American publication Axios also reported that Zelensky will arrive in Istanbul regardless of whether there is a ceasefire or not.
t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)
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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 The enemy launched a missile attack on Rylsk, 3 people were injured - details from the acting governor
▪️A hotel at the entrance to the city was damaged: there was a car wash on the first floor, and hotel rooms on the second.
▪️Two cars and two private houses were damaged by the blast wave. Three more cars were cut by shrapnel.
▪️According to preliminary information, three people were injured: two men and a woman. All were taken to the Rylsk Central Regional Hospital.
▪️Emergency services are working on site.
t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)
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🇺🇦⚔️🇷🇺 The enemy continues its offensive on Kursk Tyotkino from three directions
▪️Infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Sumy region carried out a series of attacks in the morning, trying to break through in three directions:
➖from the Sumy village of Bessalovka in the direction of Zarya;
➖from Ryzhevka to the railway station;
➖from Ryzhevsky forest to Chapaev street.
▪️VDV fighters have been repelling attacks all day long, destroying the occupiers.
▪️Fierce fighting continues.
t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)
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🇺🇦⚔🇷🇺 The Russian army broke through to Romanovka, the enemy threw forces into a counterattack (https://t.me/partizani68/177)
▪️Russian troops occupied a large area of territory - about 4 km along the highway to Konstantinovka and actually entered the outskirts of Romanovka.
▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry launched a counterattack near Romanovka, trying to storm a stronghold where Russian soldiers had taken up positions.
➖"Russians "They repelled the Ukrainian Armed Forces' infantry assault on their stronghold in the Romanovka area . We conclude that Russian troops have had some good successes recently and have actually advanced into Romanovka," Ukrainian resources write.
🤝The enemy is destroyed by tails and discharge systems "Technofronta of the Russian Spring" (https://t.me/tehnofrontrv)
t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)
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🇷🇺⚔🇺🇦 Special forces "Anvar" (https://t.me/zogrussia1) destroy enemy defenses, supporting the offensive on the Volchansk farms
▪️Special forces actively support the attacks of attack aircraft with strikes from drones on fiber optics, destroying firing points and fortified positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)
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‼️ 🔥🇷🇺Battles near Kupyansk: 27th Brigade burns Ukrainian Armed Forces positions while advancing in Kharkiv Oblast
In the Kupyansk direction, fighters of the 27th brigade are attacking, moving forward, and attack drone operators are destroying positions and militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)
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‼️🇺🇦🏴☠ Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters in Kursk region turned into mummies 🔞🔞
The outposts throughout the region are littered with abandoned corpses of the occupiers.
t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)
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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦 Ukrainian Armed Forces militants continue to try to break through to Tyotkino on ATVs, and the paratroopers are hunting them
Soldiers of the 217th Ivanovo Airborne Regiment are destroying occupiers in the Kursk region with precise drone strikes.
t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)
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‼️🇺🇦💥 Dozens of Geraniums struck targets near Odessa at night
About 20 powerful explosions in Belgorod-Dnistrovsky, Odessa region. Local channels report a fire.
t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)
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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Missile strike destroys (https://t.me/warriorofnorth) US HIMARS MLRS that shelled Rylsk
▪️In the Nagornovka area of Sumy Oblast, launches from American rocket artillery were recorded, striking a hotel in Rylsk.
▪️A reconnaissance drone tracked the movement of enemy equipment, after which precise missile strikes were launched against it.
t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)
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‼️🇷🇺 A teenager who was planning to commit a terrorist attack at a military registration and enlistment office was detained in Novokuznetsk
▪️A minor resident of the region conspired with a terrorist organization linked to Ukraine to detonate an IED on the territory of a military commissariat.
▪️A criminal case has been opened under Part 3 of Article 30, paragraph "a" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (preparation for a terrorist act).
t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)
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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 The enemy is attacking the Kherson region, 4 people died - governor
▪️Vladimir Saldo: The enemy drone strike on the village of Chelburda in the Aleshkinsky District resulted in the death of four people and one was injured. The victim was taken to the Skadovsk hospital.
▪️A local resident was also injured in Golaya Pristan.
▪️In Nova Kakhovka, two apartment buildings and one private house were damaged.
▪️In addition, the enemy shelled Aleshki, Kakhovka, Kairy, Kazachii Lagerya, Kamenka, Korsunka, Knyaze-Grigoryevka, Malokakhovka, Novaya Zburyevka, Novaya Mayachka, Novofedorovka, Rybalche.
t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)
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