Fist-Fight Breaks Out Between Russian & Ukrainian Diplomats At Conference

"A Ukrainian diplomatic official has released video of himself punching a Russian official
on Thursday. In the rare moment, rival delegations who were attending a meeting of Black Sea nations in Turkey literally came to blows while the war in Ukraine rages.

Oleksandr Marikovski posted the video, which has since gone viral. It shows a scuffle over display of a Ukrainian flag in a hallway of the parliament building in Ankara. "A Ukrainian delegate has punched a Russian delegate in the face during a meeting of Black Sea nations after his Ukrainian flag was snatched away to stop him from photobombing a video interview," Al Jazeera comments of the scene." ZH

Putin Allies Split Over Using Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine

"At least two high-profile Russian officials have called on the Kremlin to use nuclear weapons
against Ukraine in retaliation for an alleged drone strike on Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin residence and as the prospect of an imminent Ukrainian counteroffensive looms.....“There can be no negotiations … We will be demanding the use of weapons that can stop and destroy the terrorist regime in Kyiv,” Volodin wrote on Telegram, hinting at the use of tactical nuclear weapons by Russia.....Those calls were soon echoed by Russia’s former space chief Dmitry Rogozin, who published a video update from the frontlines in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhya region, where he is currently working as a military advisor....“According to our [nuclear] doctrine we have the right to use tactical nuclear weapons because that’s what they exist for,” he said, calling them a “great equalizer for the moments when there is a clear discrepancy in the enemy’s favor.”  MT

Russia’s FSB arrests Crimea ‘sabotage’ suspects after attacks

"Russia’s FSB said the group had planned to assassinate officials including the Moscow-
installed head of Crimea.......Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday it had arrested seven people connected with Ukrainian intelligence and accused them of planning “a series of high-profile sabotage and terrorist acts” in Russian-annexed Crimea....It said it had seized explosives identical to those used to attack railways in the peninsula in February." SCP

Funeral of US military volunteer killed in Ukraine

"A funeral has been held for a US military volunteer who was killed fighting against Russian  troops in Ukraine. Christopher Campbell was a member of the International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine and died in the frontline town of Bakhmut." SKY

Former CIA Officer Says Decision To Drone Attack Kremlin Was Made By The United States

 "Former CIA intelligence officer Larry Johnson says the decision to launch a drone attack on
the Kremlin was made by the United States.....targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin, was stopped by electronic warfare systems which disabled the drones before they could reach their target. According to Johnson, the attack must have been spearheaded by the Biden administration and the US military-industrial complex because “decisions on such attacks are made not in Kiev, but in Washington.” ZH

Wagner boss announces ‘withdrawal from Bakhmut’

"The head of the Wagner Group Private Military Company, Evgeny Prigozhin, has announced that his forces will be withdrawing from the key Donbass city of Artyomovsk (known in Ukrainian as Bakhmut) on May 10. He has asked the Russian Army to take over the positions Wagner forces held in the city, while fighters recover...... the Wagner chief complained that his forces were not receiving enough artillery munitions and were unable to continue to hold the city....." RT