Lavrov’s statement has crowd burst into laughter in India.

It's not going well for Putin. Russia is believed to have suffered tens of thousands of casualties during its latest wave of assaults in Ukraine. Hundreds of Russians are fighting on the side of Ukraine in the battle for Bakhmut, The New York Times reported.

Russian mercenary Wagner group’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has accused Vladimir Putin of cutting him off over his call for resupplying arms and ammunition in the grinding battle in eastern Ukraine.

“To get me to stop asking for ammunition, all the hotlines to offices, to departments etc have been cut off from me. But the real humdinger is that they’ve also blocked agencies from making decisions [related to Wagner],” the private Russian military’s leader said on Telegram.

ICC judges issue arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes
Arrest warrants issued for Russian leader and his children’s rights commissioner for ‘unlawful deportation’ of Ukrainian children

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...-putin-arrest-warrant-ukraine-war-crimes

China need to step up they should play a leading role in bringing peace with Iran, Syria, North Korea, Russia they could make a difference.

Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Moscow helped both give the impression of a united front, but there are underlying tensions, for example Russian concerns around Chinese economic influence and interests not only in Kazakhstan but across Central Asia.

The Partisans will never give up.

Partisan groups began to be organized in mid-2022. These groups have been involved in intelligence-gathering, sabotage, and assassinations.

Finland has become a Nato member it has a huge border with Russia.

Putin signs law enabling digital mobilization
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ABROAD _Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Friday that allows mobilization orders to be sent digitally.

Russian media report this. According to the new law, a reservist can now be mobilized electronically, via the Russian version of what we call DigiD. Until now, mobilization orders have been hand-delivered, but many Russians chose to ignore the call, move or flee the country.

A citizen who refuses to receive the call or cannot be reached is in violation. Russian law imposes severe penalties on those who evade mobilization.

Earlier this week, the State Duma also gave the green light to the new law.

It's all about Geopolitics Putin, Xi, Biden, Macron, Scholz. We get a new world order.

The war in Ukraine seems to be entering a new phase. According to experts, the Russian spring offensive has failed. Meanwhile, Ukraine is preparing for a counter-offensive. The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary force threatens to withdraw his troops from the key battle for Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine as casualty rates mount. Ukraine’s military authorities say Russian forces have been unable to cut their supply routes to the front-line city.

Andriy Yusov, a Ukrainian military intelligence official speaking to RBC Ukraine, says more than 10 tanks of oil products with capacity of around 40,000 tonnes were destroyed in an explosion on the Russian-occupied port of Sevastopol on Saturday,

Speaking to RBC Ukraine, Yusov did not claim Kyiv was responsible for the explosion, instead describing the blast as “God’s punishment” for a Russian strike on a Ukrainian city on Friday.

Chinese role in mediation ‘not unrealistic’
Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Melnyk says the Chinese are “pursuing their own interests, but a peaceful solution and end of hostilities are more in line with Beijing’s interests than this huge never-ending earthquake for the entire world order”.

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Russia accuses Ukraine of trying to kill Vladimir Putin with Kremlin drone strike
Kremlin says two drones used in alleged attack were disabled by Russian defences

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...vladimir-putin-with-kremlin-drone-strike

Russian ex-president Medvedev calls for "physical elimination of Zelensky and his clique"
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called on Telegram to eliminate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He did so in response to the emergence of footage showing several drones exploding over the Moscow Kremlin .

According to Russia, the images were taken last night and involved an "attempted assassination of President Putin" that must be retaliated "at an appropriate time and place". Ukraine, however, denies any involvement.

The chairman of the State Duma of Russia - Vyacheslav Volodin - has also used strong words to condemn the attack. He called it an "attack on Russia" on Telegram and called for the use of weapons "capable of stopping and destroying the terrorist regime in Kiev". He also said there can be no negotiations with Zelensky "after the attack".

Russian state media, meanwhile, are reporting on the incident, telling the same story as the Kremlin. Margarita Simonyan, the head of the Russian state channel RT, among others, quickly added fuel to the fire after the images emerged: "Maybe it will really start now," she tweeted.

Simonyan makes no secret of her hatred of the West. For example, she already warned that Russia would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons against opponents or unleash a worldwide famine. She has said several times that the war in Ukraine will end in a "frightening way".

If it's up to Putin Poland, east Germany and the other eastern countries will also come under influence of Russia.

Prigozhin is furious his Wagner Group has been slaughtered they will leave Bakhmut next week, Top Russian defense officials to blame.

Russia will put nuclear weapons in Belarus. It's cold war all over again.

Will Russia be the next to surrender?

UK and USA will again give a huge amount of long distance weapons worth billions.
This will really hurt the Russians.

Zelensky, in private, plots bold attacks inside Russia, leak shows
THE DISCORD LEAKS | U.S. intercepts reveal the Ukrainian’s leader’s aggressive instincts, a marked contrast to his public-facing image as the stoic statesman weathering Russia’s brutal onslaught

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/13/zelensky-ukraine-war-leaked-documents/

Zelensky is no softie today he was at the Arab League looking for support.

Russia claimed on Saturday to have fully captured the smashed eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which would mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15-month war.

The assault on the largely levelled city was led by troops from the Wagner Group of mercenaries, whose leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said earlier in the day that his troops had finally pushed the Ukrainians out of the last built-up area inside the city.

Taking Bakhmut - which Russia refers to by its Soviet-era name of Artyomovsk - would represent Moscow's first big victory in the conflict in more than 10 months.

"As a result of offensive actions by Wagner assault units, supported by artillery and aviation of the Southern Group of Forces, the liberation of Artyomovsk has been completed," the Russian defence ministry said in a one-line statement.

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated troops on capturing the city and said those who had distinguished themselves would be given awards, domestic Russian news agencies reported.

Drones have attacked Moscow again second time first was on the Kremlin this one on a wealthy neighbourhood where Putin also has a huge house. Ukraine denies involvement, but I don't believe that Ukrainian secret services are not involved. Don't forget those guys were also trained in soviet times and should not be underestimated. It shows they can hit the Russians in the heart of their empire.

EU says attack on dam in southern Ukraine ‘war crime’
European Council president vows to hold perpetrators accountable, send more aid to those affected by flood

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukr...m-in-southern-ukraine-war-crime-/2915364

US had intelligence of Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream pipelines: Report
Washington received information from close ally that Ukrainian military planned attack 3 months before it happened: Washington Post

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukr...ack-nord-stream-pipelines-report/2915933

Nato members may send troops to Ukraine, warns former alliance chief
Security guarantees and membership path needed at Nato summit to avoid escalation, says Anders Rasmussen

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...s-to-ukraine-warns-former-alliance-chief

Ukraine has cultivated a network of agents and sympathizers inside Russia, US officials believe they have developed sabotage cells made up of a mix of pro-Ukrainian sympathizers and operatives well-trained in this kind of warfare. Ukraine is believed to have provided them with Ukrainian-made drones.