Biden notified about situation around Wagner PMC — report

Garibashvili suggested that foreign diplomats feel dismissive toward Georgia

Vitaly Ganchev added that as of today, more than 200 square kilometers of the region had been liberated from the Ukrainian armed forces

Earlier, the state-run Press TV reported that rescuers have found Raisi’s helicopter

It is reported that doctors are doing everything possible to stabilize the patient

Attack had caused multiple casualties and that at least several Ukrainian security officers had been killed, said a member of the pro-Russian underground in the city

The Tasnim news agency reported earlier that the helicopter carrying the Iranian president made an emergency landing near the village of Uzi in Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province

Russian defense ministry said that this happened at about 10:00 p.m. Moscow time (7:00 p.m. GMT)

Gunfire was heard in the morning near the residence of Vital Kamerhe

Earlier in the day, the head of the local administration Alexey Kulemzin reported that a woman had been wounded in Alexanndrovka after a shelling attack

"The greatest impression lies in the power of Harbin," the Russian leader noted, adding that "Harbin has turned into a powerful world-scale megacity in recent years"

"We have declared our readiness and are waiting for the decision of the Iranian side," Russia’s Charge d’Affaires in Tehran added

It also emphasized that Russia had "a huge advantage in artillery shells," adding that "depleted Ukrainian air defenses" were unable to counter Russian air power

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Russian forces advanced to better positions and inflicted casualties on 18 Ukrainian army brigades in the Kupyansk area over the week, the Defense Ministry reported

Roman Sinyagovsky added that, according to preliminary information, there were no casualties or damage

The ship sank 26 nautical miles from the Romanian town of Sfantu Gheorghe

According to preliminary information, there were no casualties or damage

The Russian leader stressed that it was politicians in Kiev who "withdrew from the negotiation process" as soon as troops were pulled back from Kiev

According to Mansouri, there were three helicopters and radio contact was lost with the one carrying the president

"The Ukrainians are losing this war," Rajmund Andrzejczak said, describing the situation as "very, very dramatic"

According to Zelensky, Kiev does not believe in the idea of an Olympic truce as it would "play into the enemy’s hands"

According to Sergey Ryabkov, it is necessary to "treat both the issuance and non-issuance of American visas with coldness and detachment"

According to DPR’s head, Denis Pushilin, five passenger cars were damaged by munitions dropped from Ukrainian drone on Donetsk and Gorlovka

The Tasnim news agency reported earlier that the helicopter carrying the Iranian president made an emergency landing near the village of Uzi in Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province

Special attention will be focused on the prospects for the organization’s further development and its adaptation to the formation of a new world order

The Georgian legislature passed a bill on foreign agents in the third reading on May 14

According to the source, the radio frequency operates in all directions of the line of engagement in the special military operation zone

Maria Zakharova pointed out that behind these barbaric attacks with Western weapons the silhouettes of US and British handlers of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky's were clearly visible

The prime minister cited intelligence data indicating that the situation on the border is unchanged

it should be enough to make sure that US, French and British-made long-range weapons don’t reach Russia, including the country’s new regions, Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief of Russia’s National Defense magazine told TASS

In the text of the letter, the volunteers recalled that they had been "selected by the Organizing Committee of the 2023 Olympic and Paralympic Games (for the 2024 Paris Olympics), each one given a mission" and had already received visas, bought tickets to France and were ready to start working

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and several more officials were reported onboard

This "experimental unit of super covert scouts" is designed to identify enemy strongholds, locate entrances to trenches, and coordinate assault teams to capture them, the RTL reported

The Chancellor also said that sufficient humanitarian aid should be delivered to Gaza

Leaders of the SCO member states signed the document on the accession of India and Pakistan on June 9

The French leader made the statement after his impromptu visit to Russia on Saturday for crisis talks with President Vladimir Putin, Le Figaro reported

According to Sergey Naryshkin, the French military "fears that such a large military unit cannot be transferred and stationed in Ukraine unnoticed"

According to article, a security agreement between Washington and Kiev would prolong the fighting in Ukraine and could become "a liability for the United States"

According to the Yomiuri newspaper, the sides hold negotiations to organize a meeting of the ministers of defense during the security on conference in Asia, which will take place in Singapore between May 31 and June 2

According to Rodion Miroshnik, the operation to liberate the LPR would be brought to an end as soon as the operation in Lisichansk was finished

He said while flooding is not over yet, there are also fires or fire-hazardous situations in some regions

The environment was very friendly and the leaders were in a good mood, Kremlin Aide Yury Ushakov told TV journalist.

Traffic on the Crimean Bridge has been temporarily closed

The conversation with the top Russian diplomat took place on the sidelines of the state visit of the Russian leader Vladimir Putin to China

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited the Russian President to visit his country when he traveled to Russia in September

Roman Mashovets wanted under a Russian Criminal Code article, the database said

All the others have bruises and light wounds, Governor Vladimir Saldo told TASS

The nuclear submarine missile cruiser K-141 Kursk sank on August 12, 2000, during exercises in the Barents Sea as a result of an explosion in a torpedo tube

Russian Natural Resources and Environment Minister Alexander Kozlov also said that the Moscow Zoo and ballet dancers recently paid a visit to North Korea

According to Peter Kuznick, Professor of History and Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University, Zelensky’s approval rating has dropped to approximately 60%, because "the Ukrainians are tired of war"

Russian troops employed the Upyr FPV drone for the first time in the special military operation in Ukraine in May 2023

Three UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region

"The law is currently being finalized. It is expected to be submitted to parliament in one to two weeks. The law should enter into force very soon," the minister noted

The ship's crew continues to fulfill the mission it was given for the long-range voyage

Robert Fico was wounded in a shooting incident that happened after a government meeting in the city of Handlova in the western part of Slovakia

The helicopter carried Governor of the East Azerbaijan Province Malek Rakhmati and Tabriz Imam of Friday Prayer Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem

Dmitry Medvedev stressed that "subtle considerations about preventing existential threats do not work during bloody conflicts"

No casualties or damage were reported

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS that the Russian foreign ministry has extended its condolences over the Honduran ambassador’s death

A second plane will take off shortly, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations said

According to the files of arbitration cases, the court has partially upheld RusChemAlliance’s claim for interim measures against Deutsche Bank

Kiev attempted attack on facilities in Russia’s territory with the use of a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle was thwarted, the Russian defense ministry said

According to the governor, the city was shelled from a multiple launch missile system

"Yet this vagueness has always been typical of the Western group’s doctrinal approaches, including nuclear weapons," Sergey Ryabkov noted

According to Andrey Lazarkevich, in the current situation Ukrainian servicemen prefer to surrender as prisoners of war

As the agency says, of the world’s 20 largest stock markets, 14 have hit all-time highs recently

According to objective control data, the crew members of the armored vehicle were injured

The prime minister has successfully undergone two surgical operations since Wednesday

The agreements penned included an initiative to develop the Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island, protocols on requirements for beef and other products exported to China

Mikhail Razvozhaev warned of the danger of falling fragments and submunitions

In addition, Ukrainian forces were facing ammunition shortages due to a stalled US aid package

The trip laid the groundwork for many years to come, Maria Zakharova said

The Russian leader blamed Kiev’s sponsors in the West for organizing this coup, saying they escalated it into an armed conflict

According to Park Byung-hwan, director of the Eurasian Strategy Research Institute, countries in their relations with each other are not guided by morals, but only pursue state interests

Air defenses on duty destroyed the Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the Belgorod Region, the Defense Ministry reported

Citing a high-ranking Iranian Army general, the TV channel noted that the weather has worsened significantly

Russian forces also hit concentrations of Ukrainian manpower and equipment in 112 areas over the past 24 hours

He beat Briton Tyson Fury in a 12-round fight held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Russian force have advanced to about 1.5 kilometers and are now in Gulaypole’s suburb

At the same time, Jeenbek Kulubayev expressed "serious concern" about the fact that foreign media and social networks are spreading "fake and false, not corresponding to reality information about the incident and the current situation in Kyrgyzstan"

The first Russian-Ukrainian negotiations after Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine took place in Belarus in early March 2022 but the talks yielded no tangible results

According to the Council, this ban does not apply to any activities other than broadcasting

Russian President ordered to send two planes and helicopters with a group of 50 rescuers

Russian air defenses down 37 drones, Tochka U missile, 21 HIMARS, Vampire, Olkha rockets in past day, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported

She received wounds from falling fragments as a result of the drone’s explosion

The ministers will consider candidates for the new SCO secretary general and the director of the Executive Committee of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure

Throughout the day, approximately 10 launches were identified crossing from Lebanon into the areas of Malkia and Har Dov in northern Israel

According to the ministry, as many as 35,456 people have been killed, including 70 in the past 24 hours alone

"It is impossible to build peace in the region without close economic ties," Ali Bagheri Kani said

According to The Wall Street Journal, Kiev has also asked Washington to lift restrictions on the use of US weapons against targets on Russian territory

According to acting rector of the conservatory Alexander Sokolov, the Moscow Conservatory has already received "the approval of the Russian Culture Ministry for the implementation of this project"

Viktor Vodolatsky also said the liberation of Staritsa would make it possible to reduce to a minimum and later completely remove the threat of bombardments for the Belgorod Region

"By the end of the year the number of new Chinese brands may reach 10," analysts said

An air raid alert has been in effect in the Kharkov Region for almost eight hours

The IRGC Commander Lieutenant General Hossein Salami confirmed it

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The US carried out a subcritical nuclear test at the proving ground in Nevada

The use of depleted uranium ammunition does not violate any international treaties, expert says

"Shortly after the accident, we managed to speak with Tabriz’s Friday Prayer Imam," Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mahdi Safari said