https://www.voanews.com/a/latest-dev...3/6569729.html
FIGHTING
* Russia has reportedly lost more than 650 tanks and about 3,000 armored vehicles and heavy equipment in the war so far.
* Russia suffered heavy losses when Ukraine destroyed a pontoon bridge over the Siversky Donets River.
* Ukraine puts a Russian soldier on trial today for alleged war crimes.
HUMANITARIAN
* Teachers in Ukraine are holding classes, sometimes underground, to give their students some sense of support.
* World Central Kitchen reports serving more than 23 million meals and delivering more than 11 million pounds of food.
* A 9-year-old girl is making a miraculous recovery in Lviv from a shrapnel wound to the head.
* Nearly 100 children were killed in Ukraine last month, according to UNICEF.
ECONOMY
* Russian ports have been busy since the invasion began as companies rush to fill orders before sanctions take full effect.
* EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell said Friday the bloc will provide an additional 500 million euros worth of military aid to Ukraine.
* Russian inflation topped 17% in April, thanks to its invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing sanctions.
DIPLOMACY
* US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke to his Russian counterpart Friday, the first time since the invasion began.
* Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that Turkey did not have a favorable opinion about Sweden and Finland joining NATO.
* Sweden issued a report Friday criticizing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and how it affected Sweden’s national security.
* Ukraine’s foreign minister asked G-7 foreign ministers to seize Russian assets and turn them over to Ukraine to help cover the costs of the war.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
YEP, as I have mentioned PUTIN messed up in not understanding the capacity of his military. You can be sure that he lost respect in the eyes of Xi as a result. This will not change the friendship between Russia and China but you can bet every last dollar you have that the Party will redouble its efforts to make sure that they dont make the same mistake.
This illegal illegitimate regime that runs America is at fault...not me.... they do not represent me and I have long objected to their crimes against humanity.
This illegal illegitimate regime that runs America is at fault...not me.... they do not represent me and I have long objected to their crimes against humanity.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan said it best, "You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
Paul Begala, "Politics is show business for ugly people."
Stephen Colbert, "Reality has a well known liberal bias."
This illegal illegitimate regime that runs America is at fault...not me.... they do not represent me and I have long objected to their crimes against humanity.
The WOKE dont mind lying in the least, and they are so good at it with all the practice they have had.
Buckle Up.
This illegal illegitimate regime that runs America is at fault...not me.... they do not represent me and I have long objected to their crimes against humanity.
I am your occasionally humble reporter, when I report on what is I am talking about the true nature of the Universe to the best of my ability.
You have to meet me here before I would be willing to invest into you.
And you have to not be a shit generally.
I dont need anymore of those.
This illegal illegitimate regime that runs America is at fault...not me.... they do not represent me and I have long objected to their crimes against humanity.
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