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- “Canada, Latvia agree on further military support to Ukraine” (URK state media)
- On PM’s chat with Latvia’s PM: “The prime ministers discussed ways to further coordinate additional military support to Ukraine as the country continues to fight Russia’s unprovoked and unjustifiable aggression. The leaders stressed the importance of coordination among members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and discussed ways to further strengthen NATO’s deterrence and defence measures in Eastern Europe, particularly in the Baltic region. The prime ministers also expressed their shared support for Finland joining the NATO Alliance. Following their meeting, Prime Minister Trudeau announced Canada will deploy a Canadian Armed Forces general officer and six staff officers to NATO’s Multinational Division North Headquarters, based in Ādaži, Latvia …” (CAN PM info-machine)
- “Canada to deploy a general and staff to Latvia for new NATO unit -PM Trudeau” (Reuters via SaltWire.com)
- “I unlearned a lifetime of Russian propaganda to figure out what information to believe – The truth was out there but it wasn’t easy to learn how to identify it …” (CBC News)
- UK MoD 13 May 0108E brief: “Russia is investing significant effort in the vicinity of Izium and Severodonetsk in an attempt to achieve a breakthrough towards Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. The primary objective on this axis is to envelop Ukrainian forces in the Joint Forces Operation area, isolating them from support or reinforcement by units in the west of the country …” (via Twitter)
- “The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 13.05” (UKR MoD) – Safe PDF, UKR MoD 13 May stats graphic (Ukrainian & English)
- UKR MoD 13 May 0600 local brief: “… russian enemy does not cease offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone in order to establish full control over the territory of Donetsk, Luhansk and Kherson oblasts and maintain the land corridor between these territories and the temporarily occupied Crimea. At the same time, it maintains tensions in the transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova and in the territory of the republic of belarus …”
- “Reports: Odesa Military Source Says Ukraine Struck Russian Naval Ship In Black Sea” (USA govt funded media)
- “Russian logistics ship ‘on fire in Black Sea after Ukrainian strike’ ” (The Independent, UK Media)
- “Ukrainian Forces Appear To Halt Russia’s Advances In East As Moscow Faces Mounting War Crimes Accusations” (USA govt funded media)
- “Ukrainian Troops Wage Counterattacks On Russian Positions Near Kharkiv” (USA govt funded media)
- “Ukraine forces thwart Russian armoured column crossing river” (Reuters)
- ” “100 Marines came in, 50 came out” – interception of the occupier’s conversation” (UKR mil int, Google Translation from Ukrainian)
- “Russian propagandists are forcing the occupiers to act in propaganda videos” (UKR mil int, Google English from Ukrainian)
- “Ukraine will fight for Snake Island as long as it takes – Kyrylo Budanov – On the air of the all-Ukrainian telethon, the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine stated that the island is of strategic importance for both Ukraine and the Russian occupiers, as it allows to control the surface and to some extent the air situation in southern Ukraine. Snake Island is also strategically important in terms of Russia’s ability to land a tactical naval landing. According to Major General Kirill Budanov, this is theoretically the only region through which the Russian occupiers can try to land on the territory of the occupied Transnistrian region of Moldova …” (UKR mil int, Google ENglish from Ukrainian)
- “LPR completes liberation of Rubezhnoye by taking over industrial zone” (Luhansk rebel media)
- “Lugansk forces liberate chemical plant Zarya in Rubezhnoye” (RUS state media)
- “Kiev forces shell LPR twice over 24 hours” (Luhansk rebel media)
- “Ukraine’s Kharkiv Offensive Foiled Russian Plans” (Warsaw Institute)
- “Evacuation from Azovstal to begin with rescue of seriously wounded, we prepare document – Vereschuk” (UKR media)
- “Kiev wants to sign document on evacuation from Azovstal plant – deputy premier” (RUS state media)
- “Negotiations with Russian side on rescuing seriously wounded from Azovstal continue, no agreements yet – Vereschuk” (UKR media)
- “Azov serviceman addresses Israel PM and public to save Azovstal garrison” (UKR media)
- “Azov fighter Illia in Mariupol: “For the Azov Regiment, captivity means certain death” ” (pro-UKR media)
- ” “Moles in the dark”: survival and escape from the Mariupol steelworks” (Reuters)
- “Zelensky: I am ready to talk with Putin, but without his intermediaries, on terms of dialogue” (UKR media)
- “Russia not against Putin-Zelensky meeting, but it must be well prepared — Kremlin” (RUS state media)
- “Oil Depot, Military Office Targeted in Moldova’s Separatist Region” (RUS independent media)
- ” An oil depot and conscription center were targeted in Transnistria …” (RUS state media)
- “Transdniester Separatists Say Fuel Depot, Conscription Center ‘Targeted’ In Tiraspol” (USA govt funded media)
- “We can’t repeat: how the Russian defense complex failed import substitution” (RUS independent media, Google English from Russian)
- “Russians, meet your new heroes The Kremlin is renaming streets across the country in honor of Donbas combatants, hoping to ‘prime public opinion’ for another annexation” (Meduza.io, RUS independent media)
- “Siberian Enlistment Office Hit by Molotov Cocktails – Report” (RUS independent media)
- “Zelensky interview with Rai 1: I don’t think Putin will be able to save face, but Russians should save their state” (UKR media)
- “These past two weeks, I’ve had a series of conversations with Leonid Dyachenko, the former son-in-law of Boris Yeltsin, who lives in London but still has a Russian citizenship. He shared his thoughts on Russia, Ukraine, the West, and whether or not Putin has gone mad. (His answer is yes.) …” (vickyward.substack.com)
- ” ‘They were furious’: the Russian soldiers refusing to fight in Ukraine” (The Guardian, UK media)
- “Georgians Take Up Arms Against Russia in Ukraine” (RUS independent media)
- “In epic detour via Russia, Ukrainians skirt war front to flee to EU” (Reuters)
- “Russia explains shift on Ukraine’s EU bid — The European bloc is morphing into an extension of NATO, so the prospect of Kiev’s membership is concerning, Moscow says …” (RUS state media)
- “Moscow Says EU Becoming ‘Aggressive, Militant’ ” (RUS independent media)
- “Gazprom: No more Yamal Pipeline gas shipments to Poland and Germany” (UpstreamOnline.com, oil/gas news site)
- “Reports: Lithuania To Withdraw Its Ambassador To Russia” (USA govt funded media)
- “Vatican number two says giving Ukraine weapons legitimate, with conditions … “Above all (the condition) of proportionality, and then that the response does not produce greater damage than those caused by the aggression. This is in the context of a ‘just war,'” …” (Reuters)
- “Yesterday an invitation was posted on multiple websites in Russia, suggesting cyber attacks on Latvia, which have commenced, as reported by Latvian Ministry of Defence parliamentary secretary Baiba Bļodniece in an interview to TV3. The ministry’s representative said there have already been attacks on websites in Latvia …” (Baltic News Network)
- “Las Vegas strip club stands with Ukraine by offering auditions to dancers from war-torn nation” (indy100.com)
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