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🇺🇸 A scandal has erupted in the U.S. after a deranged wealthy man threw a rock at a Hawaiian monk seal — one of the rarest marine mammals in the world. The incident happened on the island of Maui and was caught on video. Witnesses tried to stop the man, but…
❗️The US House will force a vote on a Ukraine aid and Russia sanctions bill despite opposition from Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican leaders. The discharge petition reached the required 218 signatures: 215 Democrats, 2 Republicans and 1 independent former Republican. The bill confirms support for Ukraine and NATO, creates reconstruction measures, provides over $1B in security aid, allows up to ...
United24 said Russia has spent about 1,500 days assaulting Mala Tokmachka, a tiny Ukrainian village in Zaporizhzhia region that had around 200 residents before the full-scale invasion, without capturing it. The image contrasted great cities that fell after sieges lasting hundreds of days with Moscow’s failure to take one small settlement after years of attacks.
❗️Mariupol port is now operating as a full military-civilian logistics hub, with Russian tanker EVGENIYA approaching for its second May call. Routes from Yeysk to Mariupol are being registered directly, despite partial transponder games. Fuel unloaded at the port is reportedly distributed onward by rail and by road, with the vehicle leg handled mainly by military fuel tankers.
A Ukrainian FPV drone struck a Russian ammunition depot hidden inside a pipe on the Kupiansk axis, triggering a massive explosion.
A Ukrainian Su-27 crew struck a Russian troop concentration with 2 GBU bombs.
❗️Zelensky thanked Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar for condemning Russia’s massive attack on Ukraine. He said Moscow again showed it is a common threat not only to Ukraine, but to neighboring countries and Europe as a whole.
Ukraine’s strike on the Tamanneftegaz oil terminal in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai damaged fuel tanks, pipelines and infrastructure elements at one of the piers, Radio Liberty reported. The Black Sea terminal handles oil and fuel cargo.
Reuters said Russia’s Perm refinery fully halted operations after a May 7 Ukrainian drone attack. The plant emergency-stopped 3 primary crude processing units and part of its secondary units, with repairs expected to take several weeks and no clear restart timeline. Permnefteorgsintez, owned by Lukoil, is Russia’s seventh-largest refinery by crude processing volume.
Ukraine's General Staff said Russian troops ambushed soldiers of the 225th Separate Assault Regiment on the Huliaipole axis on May 12, killing 2 Ukrainian troops. According to intercepted intelligence, a Russian commander gave a direct order to mutilate the bodies of the fallen soldiers and place evidence in a visible area “for confirmation.” Ukraine said the unit involved has been preliminarily i...
❗️Slovakia closed all border crossings with Ukraine from 15:00 over a security issue. Authorities said the checkpoints will remain shut until further notice, cutting regular cross-border movement on the Slovak-Ukrainian frontier.
Ukraine said air defenses downed or suppressed 710 of 753 Russian drones from 08:00 to 18:30, after 139 more overnight. More than 892 UAVs attacked in one day, mainly targeting western regions, with Russia routing drones through Belarus and Moldova.
Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces struck the loading pier of the Tamanneftegaz oil terminal on Russia’s Black Sea coast overnight. The deep strike hit port infrastructure used to store and transship oil and gas products to maritime transport.