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Russia announces an attempted attack. The pro-Ukrainian fighter blew himself up during his arrest. More information in the news blog.
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Governor: Russian air defenses destroy 18 “aviation targets” in the skies of Belgorod
1:06 AM: According to the local governor, Russian air defenses shot down 18 “air targets” over the Belgorod region in southern Russia. Vyacheslav Gladkov said on the Telegram app that one person was injured and homes and vehicles were damaged. Belgorod region is located on the border with Ukraine.
A court in Moldova rejects the ban on participation in elections for a pro-Russian party
00:49: Moldova's Constitutional Court has overturned a law aimed at banning the electoral participation of a party linked to fugitive pro-Russian businessman Ilan Shor. Shor, who was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison on corruption charges, organized noisy street protests from his exile in Israel against Moldova's President Maia Sandu, who is seeking the country bordering Ukraine to join the European Union. Sandu accuses Shor of trying to undermine Moldova's institutions with the help of Russia. According to Sandu, Russia represents the greatest threat to Moldova's sovereignty. The breakaway region of Transnistria in the east and the leadership of the autonomous region of Gagauzia in the south, linked to Ilan Shor, have asked Russia for support in recent weeks.
Ukraine replaces the President of the Security Council
3:47 pm: Ukraine announces a change at the Security Council summit. Oleksandr Litvinenko will take over the position of secretary from Oleksiy Danilov, according to the presidential office's website. No reason was given.
Danilov was appointed in October 2019, a few months after the inauguration of President Volodymyr Zelensky. The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine is working on coordination. It reports to the president and consists of the most important representatives of politics, the army and the security services.
Russian Security Council: Ukraine is behind the attack
2:36 PM: Despite credible claims of responsibility by Islamic terrorists, Secretary of the Russian National Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, blamed Ukraine for the attack near Moscow last Friday.
In response to journalists' question whether the terrorist „Islamic State” militia or Ukraine was behind the attack on the Crocus City Hall concert hall, which killed at least 139 people, Patrushev replied, according to the state agency TASS: „Of course, Ukraine.” The 72-year-old, who has repeatedly appeared as an ardent supporter of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, does not explain how he arrived at this assessment.
Shortly afterward, Patrushev backed down a bit and told a Russian TV reporter about the alleged Ukrainian involvement: “There are a lot of indications of that.” However, he now also admits that the investigation is still ongoing and the outcome remains unclear.
Ukraine: Russia's new claims are just lies
1:29 PM: Ukraine also rejects Russia's recent claims that it was behind the attack on the concert hall near Moscow. These are lies, as Mykhailo Podoliak, a close advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, explains on SMS X: “The lies are officially spread by Patrushev and then the head of the FSB Bortnikov.” Nikolai Patrushev is the secretary of Russia's influential National Security Council, and Alexander Bortnikov is the director of Russia's domestic intelligence service, the FSB.
„Nonsense”: Defense Minister Shoigu contradicts Vladimir Putin
1:23 pm: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu believes that further mobilization of soldiers to secure a buffer zone in the border region is not necessary. The RIA news agency quoted Shoigu, who is close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as saying that such an idea was „nonsense.”
Putin recently said that there may be a need to occupy a buffer zone to protect the Belgorod region. This region is located on the border with Ukraine, and has been subjected to repeated and large-scale attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces in recent months.
Allegedly blown up: Russia reports attempted attack
11:03 AM: According to the Interfax news agency, the Russian domestic intelligence service FSB thwarted an attack in the Samara region. The agency reported, citing the Federal Security Service, that the attacker blew himself up during arrest. He was an associate of the Russian Volunteer Corps, which included pro-Ukrainian Russians.
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Donald Trump: Trump’s trial in the documents case has been postponed until further notice
The official start of the trial of the former US President Donald Trump The case surrounding the taking of secret government documents has been postponed indefinitely. The presiding judge, Eileen Cannon, announced in a letter on Tuesday that the previously scheduled start of the trial on May 20 had been cancelled. The reason for this is the open legal questions. Therefore, the process is unlikely to begin before the presidential elections in November.
Last year, a grand jury agreed to indict Trump. the Indictment Against Trump includes 37 points; 31 of them fall under the Espionage Act, America’s espionage law. The former president is also charged with, among other things, participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements. Trump is the first former (or sitting) president to be indicted at the federal level.
Illegal storage of confidential documents
In this case, Trump was accused of illegally storing highly sensitive information since his presidency (2017 to 2021). In August 2022, FBI federal police searched Trump’s villa in Florida and seized several sets of documents classified as top secret. Trump is also accused of conspiring to obstruct the investigation: he is said to have tried to hide material from surveillance cameras and take boxes of documents with the help of employees.
Trump is also said to have carelessly kept secret documents and opened them on his property in Florida. The Justice Department posted photos of boxes stacked around the toilet, including the marble floor of one of Trump’s bathrooms. They have almost reached the Pleiades. Trump also appears to have shown two documents to other people without proper security clearance; It contained plans for an attack on Iran and a military map.
The responsible judge sees legal issues that still need clarification
Judge Cannon, who is in charge of the documents process, was appointed by Trump. Critics accuse it of prolonging the process and processing requests in slow motion. As justification for delaying the start of the trial, Cannon wrote that setting a trial date at this point would be “unwise.” There are a lot of open legal questions that still need to be clarified. It will take proper preparation and time to fully and fairly address this issue in order to present this case to a jury.
The current decision is considered a success for the Republican Party, as it is trying to delay the start of the trial as much as possible in the context of the presidential election campaign. Trump currently has to answer in a New York court regarding hush money payments to a porn actress.
The official start of the trial of the former US President Donald Trump The case surrounding the taking of secret government documents has been postponed indefinitely. The presiding judge, Eileen Cannon, announced in a letter on Tuesday that the previously scheduled start of the trial on May 20 had been cancelled. The reason for this is the open legal questions. Therefore, the process is unlikely to begin before the presidential elections in November.
Last year, a grand jury agreed to indict Trump. the Indictment Against Trump includes 37 points; 31 of them fall under the Espionage Act, America’s espionage law. The former president is also charged with, among other things, participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements. Trump is the first former (or sitting) president to be indicted at the federal level.
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Putin’s fifth inauguration leads to a split in the European Union
To share or not? A poisoned invitation: Putin’s fifth inauguration leads to a split in the European Union
Should I accept Putin’s invitation to start his new term or not? A diplomatic topic for discussion in the European Union. According to diplomats, Germany and France do not agree either.
There are major disagreements within the European Union about how to properly deal with invitations to attend the celebration marking the beginning of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s fifth term in office. As several EU diplomats told the German news agency in Brussels on Monday, countries such as France, Hungary and Slovakia would like to send representatives to attend Putin’s swearing-in in order to keep communication channels open. However, Germany and many other EU countries consider participation inappropriate, especially in light of Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine. “Germany will not participate in this event,” a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman in Berlin said on Monday.
In the case of the Federal Republic, the government summoned the German ambassador in Moscow, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, to Berlin for a week-long consultations in the wake of cyberattacks on the Social Democratic Party and German companies. The federal government blames a Russian military intelligence unit for the attacks.
To share or not? This is the question in the European Union
The official representative of the European Union in Moscow, like most ambassadors of EU member states, will not attend the ceremony on Tuesday, a spokesman for the European External Action Service said late in the evening in Brussels. Foreign Affairs Representative Josep Borrell had previously spoken against the EU’s participation in the event. But according to diplomats, there were also dissenting voices. Among other things, they are said to have warned that staying away from the ceremony could give Russia an excuse to ignore more diplomatic rules and norms in the future.
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Putin – and who else?
Putin wants to be sworn in for another term as Russian president on Tuesday morning. This marks the beginning of another six years as head of state. The ceremony will be held in the Moscow Kremlin in front of representatives of the government, both houses of the Russian Parliament and other high-level guests. 71-year-old Putin, who has dominated politics in the country for 24 years, achieved a record result of more than 87 percent of the votes in the presidential elections that took place last March.
The European Union strongly criticized the conduct of the elections. Russian voters have very limited access to factual information and “have no real choice,” a statement said. The reason for this was, among other things, the exclusion of many candidates – including all those who spoke out against Russia’s aggressive war on Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine: Olaf Scholz urgently warns against Russia’s use of nuclear weapons
Advisor Olaf Schulz The Social Democratic Party (SPD) says it wants to further strengthen international unity against Russia’s use of nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war. “It is always important to say loudly that nuclear weapons must not be used in this war,” Schulz said during a visit to Latvia. He added that this should be one of the clear messages in the peace conference scheduled to be held in Switzerland in mid-June.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had previously ordered his army to train on the use of tactical nuclear weapons. Forces near the border must also participate Ukraine To share. The Russian military leadership’s announcement did not mention exactly where and when the first military maneuver of this kind would be held since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The United States criticized the announced Russian nuclear maneuvers
The United States has Russia He was accused of „irresponsible speech” regarding the announced maneuver. Pat Ryder, a spokesman for the US Department of Defense, said that given the current security situation, such announcements were “completely inappropriate.” Meanwhile, there are currently no signs of changes “in Russian strategic strike force formations” and the United States continues to monitor the situation. John Kirby, spokesman for the US National Security Council, made a similar statement: “It is simply reckless and irresponsible for the leader of a major nuclear power to wave his sword the way he does regarding the potential use of nuclear weapons.” He looks at Putin.
In Riga, Schulz noted that China had also warned Russia against doing so in the past nuclear weapons For use in the war against Ukraine. Russia’s dependence on China has increased sharply in recent years as a result of Western sanctions, and two-way trade has expanded significantly since the beginning of the war.
Therefore, Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is currently on a state visit to Europe, is considered one of the few heads of state who can exert influence on Putin. French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also recently called on Xi to use this leverage. Put it in To convince them to end the war.
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas also said that she should not be swayed by Russian nuclear threats. The aim of advertising is to spread fear. “That is why we should not give in to him,” Kalas said after the meeting with Schulz. Meanwhile, Callas stated that he could not completely rule out the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons. She said Russia had „done all kinds of crazy things” in the past.
Schulz met with the heads of government of the three Baltic countries in Riga, Latvia. There he stressed the unity within NATO that Putin had sparked with his attack on Ukraine. During the visit, Schulz also backed EU plans to use revenues from frozen Russian state assets to finance arms purchases for Ukraine.
Schultz wants to buy global weapons for quick delivery
The European Union Commission had already announced similar plans months ago. There are legal reservations regarding demands to completely confiscate about 200 billion euros of Russian state funds frozen in the European Union and hand them over to Ukraine. The Authority believes that the resulting interest income can be used without any legal problems. This is likely a low single digit billions per year.
Schulz demanded in Riga that 90% of this amount should be used to finance arms shipments to Ukraine. He also called for this money not to be used to purchase weapons only within the European Union, but rather in the entire global market. The Chancellor said: “What is actually important now is that weapons can be delivered quickly, and not for this to happen simply by building a new factory.”
At the same time, Schulz, together with the heads of government of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, called for expanding European arms production. He added that the matter has already begun in the field of ammunition and anti-aircraft systems.
The Czech Republic also buys ammunition for Ukraine
The European Union announced at the end of last year that it wanted to deliver one million artillery shells to Ukraine by spring. However, this goal was far from being achieved, which, in addition to the temporary interruption of arms shipments from the USA, led to a shortage of ammunition in the Ukrainian army and loss of territory.
Alternatively, the Czech Republic has been working for months to purchase up to 1.5 million doses from the global market for delivery to Ukraine. About 20 countries are helping to finance this initiative, including Germany with about 600 million euros. Deliveries should start in the summer at the latest.
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Advisor Olaf Schulz The Social Democratic Party (SPD) says it wants to further strengthen international unity against Russia’s use of nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war. “It is always important to say loudly that nuclear weapons must not be used in this war,” Schulz said during a visit to Latvia. He added that this should be one of the clear messages in the peace conference scheduled to be held in Switzerland in mid-June.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had previously ordered his army to train on the use of tactical nuclear weapons. Forces near the border must also participate Ukraine To share. The Russian military leadership’s announcement did not mention exactly where and when the first military maneuver of this kind would be held since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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