Russia reportedly loses most advanced tank during fighting in Ukraine

"Russia has suffered another military embarrassment after Ukrainian forces reportedly destroyed its most advanced tank, the T-90M — just days after it was deployed." NYP

 

RUSSIAN MEDICS BUTCHERED & DESECRATED BY UKRAINIAN FORCES

"A DISTURBING picture shows bodies of slaughtered Russian soldiers laid out in a Z shape as brave Ukrainian forces drive Vladimir Putin’s troops out of Kharkiv. Streets and fields surrounding the city are reportedly littered with bodies, with journalists describing the outskirts as an “open-air morgue”. 

One horrifying image appears to show four dead soldiers arranged in a Z shape – the symbol of Russia’s bloody invasion – in a village retaken by Ukrainian forces on Kharkiv’s outskirts. According to Associated Press journalists, the dead soldiers were wearing white armbands commonly used by Russian fighters, while Russian medical kits were seen close to the bodies. It could be considered a war crime." MS

To rebuild Ukraine Zelensky launches a crowdfunding platform

"To rebuild the country's lost infrastructure and to help his country win the war against
Moscow, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday launched a global crowdfunding platform." WION

Russia expels Danish diplomats

"Russia has shown seven Danish embassy staff working in Moscow the door in retaliation for
the expulsion of its own diplomats last month." RT

Popular Ukrainian Zelensky critic arrested in Spain

"Prominent blogger and critic of the Ukrainian government, Anatoly Shariy, has been detained
by Spanish police as part of an international operation, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) announced on Thursday.

Shariy was arrested on Wednesday in a joint operation by Spanish and Ukrainian cops, as well as international "partners", the SBU said in a statement." RT

Brazil’s Ex-President Lula: Zelensky Wanted War With Russia, West Encouraging Conflict in Ukraine

"Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was Brazil’s left-wing president from 2003 to 2010,
triumphantly returned to Brazilian big politics just over a year ago after the Latin American country’s supreme court cleared him of corruption and money laundering charges, allowing him to run for president once again.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky really did want a war with Russia, otherwise he would have negotiated long before the Kremlin’s special military operation started, according to the ex-president of Brazil and a candidate in the new elections, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Lula drew attention to Zelensky’s constant broadcasts around the world, addressing almost any audience and regularly receiving standing ovations. The former president of Brazil said that “sometimes I sit and watch the president of Ukraine speaking on television, being applauded, getting a standing ovation by all the [European] parliamentarians.” IW

US Intelligence Has Helped Kill Multiple Russian Generals In Ukraine

"American officials in a bombshell New York Times report have said that intelligence sharing
with the Ukrainians have helped take out some of the estimated 12 Russian generals that have died on the front lines since the Feb.24 invasion, an astonishingly high number given the rarity in any war of deaths from among highest officer ranks." ZH

Cameroon’s president signs a security deal with Putin amid war in Ukraine and conflict at home

"Cameroon is the latest African country to ink a strategic military deal with Russia. The deal,
signed on April 12 but revealed last week, covers the sale of weapons and armored trucks, as well as intelligence gathering and training and an agreement to engage in peace support operations.

Indeed, the military deal with Russia comes on the back of previous military hardware purchases from China." FP

Ukraine's Defense Ministry sounds alarm over food security

"Ukraine accused Russia of destroying enough grain to feed 300,000 people for a year in one
area of the country.

Ukraine's Defense Ministry posted a video and photos to Twitter on Wednesday showing destroyed grain facilities.

"This grain, which burned in just one of the [R]ussian-bombed elevators in Ukraine's Rubizhne, could have fed 300,000 people for a year. The actions of [R]ussians are a crime not only against Ukraine, but also against the food security of all mankind," the ministry stated." JustNews