re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine criticized the so-called "peace plan" for Ukraine proposed by Indonesia.

The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Oleh Nikolenko emphasized that there are no disputed territories between Ukraine and the russian federation to hold referendums there, and the occupation of part of Ukraine is a fact recorded in official UN documents.

Nikolenko also invited Indonesia to join the peace formula proposed by Ukraine.

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Russia has failed to achieve any of the goals that Putin set at the beginning of the "Special Military Operation. This was stated by First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots Konstantin Zatulin.

"What were our goals officially declared at the beginning of the Special Military Operation? Denazification, demilitarization, neutrality of Ukraine and protection of the citizens of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, who suffered all this time. On which of these points have we achieved results? None of them.

Moreover, some of them are no longer meaningful. For example, the neutrality of Ukraine. What is the sense of making this demand? None at the moment," said the deputy of Putin's "United Russia" party.

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Protests are taking place again in Moldova. Activists from pro-Russian parties oppose the "rewriting of history" and the cancellation of the May 9 celebration.

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Children under 15 should not use the Internet and social networks, stated the head of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.

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Ukraine has 'plan B' to continue exports if grain deal collapses, says the Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine Mykola Solskyi to Reuters.

According to him, Ukraine will offer insurance guarantees to companies to continue deliveries without russia’s participation in the new deal

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We will not wait for an invitation." Prigozhin declared his readiness to "protect" the Belgorod region

PMC "Wagner" fighters can come to the region, if the Russian Defense Ministry does not stop the "lawlessness" taking place there in the near future, said Yevgeny Prigozhin, adding that in such a case, the PMC will ask the authorities for munitions.

The head of the "Wagner" mercenaries also claims that his conflict with Kadyrov is over

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Our instructors were training a Ukrainian national guard unit near the Moldovan border. When we arrived at the range, a Ukrainian unit was already on the range throwing hand grenades in an open field less than 200 meters from us, then just dropping to the ground and watching them explode without any cover. These soldiers then proceeded to conduct machine gun training, shooting from positions from the left range berm across the range (not against the backstop). Our instructors were conducting round-robin training about 150 meters behind the range, and the rounds were whistling over our heads. When we approached the person in charge, he said not to worry; he was a Ukrainian marine who had survived Mariupol, and the range was to NATO standards. The bravery and elan of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are not in question, but this example is a small indicator of the issues plaguing the training of the Ukrainian Armed Forces — the lack of an ingrained understanding on how to conduct uniform, consistent training.

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Victor drives some of the hardliners nuts, like in this clip. Kazakov (the bearded Duma member) is an eternal optimist and seemingly can't stand Olevich as they have had multiple run-ins on this show as well as Solovyoz's, and Simonyan's shows.

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Our instructors were training a Ukrainian national guard unit near the Moldovan border. When we arrived at the range, a Ukrainian unit was already on the range throwing hand grenades in an open field less than 200 meters from us, then just dropping to the ground and watching them explode without any cover. These soldiers then proceeded to conduct machine gun training, shooting from positions from the left range berm across the range (not against the backstop). Our instructors were conducting round-robin training about 150 meters behind the range, and the rounds were whistling over our heads. When we approached the person in charge, he said not to worry; he was a Ukrainian marine who had survived Mariupol, and the range was to NATO standards. The bravery and elan of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are not in question, but this example is a small indicator of the issues plaguing the training of the Ukrainian Armed Forces — the lack of an ingrained understanding on how to conduct uniform, consistent training.

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Chaos and lawlessness in Russia: Looting is out of control in Shebekino as Russian police and military have fled the city. Everything is getting cleaned out - from groceries to mobile phones.

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