Russia has not yet confirmed it Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the night of May 17 announced the "survision of the rescue" of the military from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.

BBC journalists interview ‘Granny Anya,’ the elderly Ukrainian woman whose Soviet nostalgia made her an icon of Russian war propaganda BBC Since early April, Kremlin propaganda has celebrated “Granny Anya” as a symbol of supposed Ukrainian popular support for Russia’s “special military operation.” Anna Ivanovna Ivanova, a 69-year-old woman who lives in Velyka Danylivka (a town outside Kharkiv), became an icon in Russia after appearing in a viral Internet video where she greeted a group of

Sergey Bobylev / TASS The leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization ( CSTO ) held a summit in Moscow on Monday, May 16. The meeting, which took place in the Kremlin, was attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, and Belarusian head of state Alexander Lukashenko.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has cancelled the award for significant contribution to the development of Russian culture to Lithuanian director Rimas Tuminas, who resigned as artistic director of the Vakhtangov Theatre on May 6. The order does not explain the reason for this decision.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country would not support the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO. According to Erdogan, none of these countries has a "clear stance towards terrorism," according to the Daily Sabah. Erdogan added that the foreign ministers of Sweden and Finland should not come to convince Turkey to approve their application. It is reported that diplomats from both countries intend to come to Ankara to discuss the application to NATO with the Turkish side.

The Central Bank of Russia allowed Russian residents to transfer abroad up to 50 thousand dollars (or the equivalent in another currency) during a calendar month. The permit also applies to "non-residents from friendly countries." From April 1, it was possible to transfer no more than 10 thousand dollars.

How Russia threatens contract soldiers who refuse to fight in Ukraine Eduard Kornienko / URA.RU / TASS A column of Russian military vehicles near Volnovakha. March, 2022. Moscow has yet to confirm the exact number of Russian soldiers currently fighting in Ukraine. According to various estimates, Russia’s full-scale invasion has involved up to 100,000 troops .

Sergey Bobylev / TASS On May 16, a meeting of the leaders of the countries participating in the collective security agreement ( CSTO ) was held in Moscow. The summit, held in the Kremlin, was timed to the 30th anniversary of the Treaty on Collective Security and the 20th anniversary of the CSTO.

Retelling of the investigation Der Spiegel Marius Schwarz / Imago Images / Scanpix / Leta Aeroflot logo in Berlin on Unter Dennden Street After the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Berlin, a rather strange fraudulent scheme was opened in Berlin.

Prosecutor General of Ukraine Irina Venediktova announced the identification of 45 people from Russia who are suspected of committing war crimes on the territory of Ukraine. As of today, we have 45 identified people from the Russian Federation who committed atrocities on the territory of Ukraine, but 11,600 facts on which crimes are being investigated. Our task is to find everyone.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. The food crisis is approaching the world, and Western politicians blame Russia for this. Did the Kremlin specifically created a threat to hunger to fight the West? The European Union said that it will help Ukraine export the grain blocked in the country because of the war. Ukraine is a fourth in the world a grain manufacturer, and it cannot send its food supplies to customers, because Russia blocks ports in the Black Sea.

The publication "Paper" published the testimony of a 72-year-old resident of St. Petersburg, due to whose complaint about anti-war "price tags" in the "Perekrestok" store, a criminal case was opened against the artist Sasha Skochilenko . According to the document, the pensioner said that she goes to Perekrestok to shop because she considers it to be the "only decent" store near her home.

The Ukrainians in charge of newly Russian-occupied territories Denis Pushilin’s press service United Russia General Council Secretary Andrey Turchak, presidential administration First Deputy Chief of Staff Sergey Kiriyenko, and DNR leader Denis Pushilin in Mariupol.

On May 16, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov explained how the possible entry of Ukraine into NATO differs from the entry of Finland or Sweden, which will soon submit applications for joining the alliance. According to Peskov, the membership of Ukraine in NATO can lead to a territorial dispute with Russia, while Russia does not have territorial disputes with Sweden and Finland.

Refugees from Mariupol were taken to the Far East, promising work and housing. They still have not received any of this Diana Sharafulislava / Government of the Primorsky Territory residents of Ukraine at a temporary accommodation point in Wrangel For three weeks already in the village of Wrangel in the Primorsky Territory there have been more than 300 refugees from Mariupol - a city occupied by Russian troops.