Ukraine’s military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov gets frank in a new interview Serhiy Morgunov / The Washington Post / Getty Images Kyrylo Budanov in his office In an interview with the Ukrainian YouTube channel Rizni Lyudi, Ukraine’s defense intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov shared his views of the combat situation, Wagner Group’s role in the larger scheme of the war, and the Ukrainian secret services’ work on Russian territory. Meduza summarizes Budanov’s key points from the interview.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte have agreed to create an international coalition to purchase fighter jets for Ukraine. This is reported by BBC Russian Service, referring to a statement by the British government.

Telegram messenger has confirmed that a vulnerability has been detected in its macOS app available via the App Store. The desktop app that can be downloaded from the company’s website doesn’t have this problem, Telegram clarified in a tweet . The vulnerability makes it possible for malware to access a user’s camera and microphone. The company says it has already eliminated the weakness in a new update just submitted to Apple.

At least three Gazprom-linked private military companies now have fighters in Ukraine Serhii Nuzhnenko / Radio Liberty / Scanpix / LETA A photo taken at a Russian position following a battle near Bakhmut, Ukraine. The cap likely belonged to a mercenary fighting for Russia in Ukraine. May 11, 2023. Evgeny Prigozhin, founder of Wagner Group, a private military company, is already infamous for taking on Russia’s Defense Ministry.

Representatives of the Telegram messenger confirmed that the application on macOS has a vulnerability with which attackers can gain access to the user's camera and microphone. The problem is only possible when using an App Store version of the app on a Mac that is infected with malware, the company said in a tweet in response to a user's comment about the vulnerability.

The Hungarian government has not approved the allocation of another tranche of military support to Ukraine, which was planned to be provided under the European Peace Fund, Reuters reports citing the press service of the government.

French actress Catherine Deneuve read the poem "Hope" by Lesya Ukrainka in French during the opening ceremony of the Cannes International Film Festival. The video was published by France 2 TV channel.

In 2016, the Juraev family from the Vladimir region decided to give their son the first name Putin. Now, they’ve decided to rename him, says Yekaterina Belous, head of the regional registration office. “The parents have asked us repeatedly. We’re consulting with them now. They’re remorseful, so to speak, about what they did. They want to give the child back the name he was given at birth,” said Belous. The extended Juraev family named another son Shoigu.

Air raid alerts sounded in many regions of Ukraine, including Kyiv, on the evening of May 16. Witnesses report two explosions in Mykolaiv. Oleksandr Sienkevych, the mayor of Mykolaiv, said that a fire started following missile strikes. The fire is localized on one infrastructural target, reports regional governor Vitaliy Kim. According to Kim, shrapnel wounded one resident. Ukrainian media reports that both attack drones and missiles were involved in the strikes.

The Juraev family from the Aleksandrovsky district of the Vladimir region decided to rename their son, who was given the name Putin in 2016. The head of the regional department of the registry office, Yekaterina Belous, said this in an interview with the newspaper Novy Gorod Aleksandrov. The video of the conversation was published in the VK edition. “Parents have already contacted us again. While we consulted them. They are, shall we say, remorseful for what they did.

In many regions of Ukraine, including Kyiv, an air raid alert was announced on the evening of May 16. In Nikolaev, according to eyewitnesses , two explosions occurred. After the missile strikes, fires started, said the head of Nikolaev, Alexander Senkevich. The fire at one facility has been localized, said the head of the Nikolaev region, Vitaly Kim. According to him , one local resident has a shrapnel wound. Update.

The US authorities are assessing how much damage the American Patriot air defense system could have received after a Russian missile attack on Kyiv. This was reported by CNN, citing an unnamed representative of the US administration. According to the interlocutor of the channel, the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system, most likely, was damaged, but not destroyed.

Here is a recap of his interview The offensive potential of the Russian army is completely exhausted, but it has a serious defensive potential. They built a powerful layered defense. But this is no longer the Russian army that could carry out serious offensive operations. Now the Russian group in Ukraine is 370,000 military, more than 20,000 people from the National Guard and about 7,000 members of paramilitary formations.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. What will happen when Lukashenko will die? And who is his successor? On May 15, Alexander Lukashenko first appeared in public on May 9.

State Duma deputies have unanimously voted in favor of denouncing the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), following Vladimir Putin’s directive , issued on May 10. Russia suspended its compliance with CFE in July 2007, terminating its participation in its Joint Consultative Group in 2015.