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Moldovan President Maia Sandu has criticized the decree signed the day before by Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin on simplified obtaining of Russian citizenship for residents of unrecognized Transnistria. According to her, it can be used as a tool to mobilize…
On the night of May 17, a number of cities in the Moscow region of the Russian Federation reported drone attacks. According to preliminary information, the sanctioned semiconductor plant Angstrem JSC and the Elma technopark in Zelenograd, the Sonechnogorsk oil…
Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BvF) has selected French company ChapsVision to equip its analysts with big data analysis tools. American company Palantir lost the contract it had been trying to win for several years. This…
Stephen Musdell, a local election candidate in the UK from the far-right and pro-Russian Reform UK party, resigned a week after media reports emerged that he had appeared in adult films. The party said it was a ” witch hunt…
In Turkey, an unidentified drone crashed and exploded in the city of Samsun on the morning of May 16, shattering windows in several houses. No injuries were initially reported. Law enforcement is investigating the circumstances of the incident. This was…
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit the United States this fall at the request of President Donald Trump. This was stated by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to state media, CNN reports. He called the meeting between Xi and Trump…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia is trying to further drag Belarus into the war and is planning an attack on Ukraine from the territory of Belarus. The president announced this following a meeting with military leadership and intelligence…
The Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration of Poland, Marcin Kierwinski, announced that law enforcement officers have detained five Poles aged 15-18, who are suspected of beating three Ukrainian teenagers in Warsaw on May 7. He wrote…
On the night of May 15, 2026, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out a series of successful attacks on key Russian military and infrastructure facilities. This is reported by the General Staff. Among the targets hit was the…