🇷🇺🇹🇷🇺🇦 The Russian delegation, following Medinsky’s statement, has headed to the Dolmabahçe Presidential Office, where negotiations with Ukraine are expected to take place, a source reports.

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🇪🇺🇷🇺German Chancellor Merz:

We will confiscate frozen Russian assets if this is possible by law.

There is also talk of further sanctions in the energy sector, the banking sector, further steps on assets and sanctions against individuals.

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🇺🇦🇮🇳 Targeted for Telling the Truth

Not long ago, we reported how several of our colleagues from Indonesia—who had recently joined us in Zaporozhye—became targets of the Ukrainian embassy and a certain journalist intolerant of their perspectives.

Now, our Indian colleagues are facing the same pressure. The Ukrainian Embassy in New Delhi has set its sights on them.

Our friend Manish Jha, Executive Editor at TV9 Bharatvarsh, and his cameraman, have been banned from entering Ukraine. His only "offense"? Fulfilling his duty as a journalist: telling the truth.

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🇺🇦Zelensky has completed his visit to Turkey and is heading to Albania.

The Ukrainian delegation is expected to arrive in Istanbul late Thursday, his communications adviser Litvin said.

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🇪🇺🇷🇺 EU Admits It’s Not Ready for Naval Crackdown on Russia’s ‘Shadow Fleet’

The European Union currently does not possess the necessary resources—ships or aircraft—to launch a mission aimed at intercepting tankers transporting Russian oil, according to General Robert Brieger, Chairman of the EU Military Committee. His comments followed a meeting of EU Chiefs of Defense.

As a result, Brieger confirmed that such a mission is not being discussed at this stage.

This comes amid growing talk in Brussels of imposing new sanctions targeting Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” of oil tankers.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul will start on May 16, a TASS source reports.

However, a RIA Novosti source says there is no information yet about postponing the talks, so make of it what you will.

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🇺🇦✈️🇦🇱 Zelensky has concluded his official visit to Turkey and is en route to Albania, where he will take part in the 6th summit of the European Political Community.

🐻 We might get lucky and he OD's in the cocaine and terrorist hub of Europe.

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❔🇺🇦 Does anyone know why Zelensky even went to Turkey?

Wrong answers only 👇

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🇷🇺🇹🇷🇺🇦 No Russia–Ukraine Talks Today; Russian Delegation to Meet Turkish Officials in Istanbul

Planned talks between Russia and Ukraine will not take place today due to logistical issues, a source told Russia’s TASS news agency. However, diplomatic channels remain active.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is scheduled to meet with Vladimir Medinsky, who heads the Russian delegation, along with other Russian officials. The meeting will take place at the presidential Dolmabahçe Office in Istanbul.

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🇷🇺Colonel General Mordvichev, who commands the Center group of forces, has been appointed Commander of the Ground Forces

Hero of Russia.🇷🇺Andrey Mordvichev

Andrey Nikolaevich Mordvichev was born on January 14, 1976 in Pavlodar.

After school, he graduated from the Novosibirsk Combined Arms Command School of the Siberian Military District, and in 2006 from the Frunze Combined Arms Academy of the Russian Armed Forces.

Mordvichev took part in the Georgian-Abkhazian war of 2008 and commanded the 28th motorized rifle brigade at the time.

In 2013, he was awarded the rank of major general. He headed the "advanced unit of the Eastern Military District." In 2014, Andrei Mordvichev was the commander of a motorized rifle brigade. In 2016, Mordvichev was appointed deputy corps commander.

In 2017-2019, Mordvichev was the first deputy commander of the army of the Central Military District.

Since November 2021, he has been appointed commander of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District. Then in 2021, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.

From 2022 to 2023, Mordvichev served as deputy commander of the Southern Military District.

In the spring of 2022, Andrei Mordvichev was the commander of the 8th Army, leading army units during the capture of Mariupol and Azovstal.

On September 7, 2023, by decree of the President of Russia, he was awarded the military rank of Colonel General.

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🇻🇦☦Pope Leo XIV offered himself as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia, — Bild.

“The Holy See is ready to help enemies meet and look each other in the eye in order to restore a dignified life to the people,” the publication writes, citing the Pope’s words.

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📝Fundamental Changes in the Ground Forces📝

The appointment of Mordvichev, one of the most effective and clear-sighted commanders of the grouping of troops in the SMO zone, as the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces instead of the old-school military leader Salyukov is a sign that a new, relevant trend will come to the Ground Forces as a whole, and they are in for an upgrade to modern standards.

It will hardly be a revelation to anyone if we say that the reality in the SMO zone, and what is happening in the rear units (primarily in terms of attitude towards changes and the demands of the time) differ radically.

🖍It is precisely the placement of effective military commanders, who have shown flexibility and operational skills on the battlefield in the face of constantly changing circumstances, in structural positions that is the key to reforming the approaches to the construction of the Russian Armed Forces.

❗️And the General Staff of the Ground Forces can only be sympathized with: now they will have to work for results, which many have long resisted, putting form and slides at the forefront.

And this is just wonderful.
#RussianArmedForces #Russia
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🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸🇹🇷 Delegations from Ukraine, Russia, and the United States—reportedly led by Marco Rubio—are set to meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Istanbul on Friday, May 16, according to Turkish state news agency Anadolu.

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