The US Senate on Tuesday approved a presidential war powers resolution that, if finally passed by the House of Representatives, would require President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval to continue the war in Iran. Reuters and The New York Times write about this. The measure passed by a vote of 50 to 47. Earlier this year, Senate Republicans blocked seven previous attempts to advance similar resolutions. This was the eighth attempt to promote such a document.

OSINT analysis of Astra also confirms that the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez plant, one of the leading refineries in Russia, also supplies the Moscow region, was attacked. The installed capacity of the enterprise for primary oil refining is about 17 million tons per year. This refinery has already been attacked by Ukrainian UAVs in early April. In addition, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on the attack on the oil refinery in Kstovo on May 18.

But local military success did not solve systemic problems. To consolidate the gains, Paris launched Operation Barkhane . Its goal was to help the Sahel countries provide their own security with minimal external support. Still, even at its peak, the contingent numbered only 5,500 troops — far too few to control an area the size of Europe. The strengthening of national armies played an unexpected role: they developed political ambitions. In the end, the initiative failed.

Since the beginning of May, Russia’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) and the affiliated Telegram channel “Heroes of the Special Military Operation Z” have published at least three videos featuring Russian college students who decided to interrupt their studies and sign contracts to take part in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

In reality, the decision of the Russian Arbitration Court does not entail any risks for the EU - neither legal nor economic. Moreover, any decisions of Russian courts against the Euroclear depositary will not be taken into account - neither in the EU nor in the UK. And here's why: — In the EU there is a ban on the execution of decisions of Russian courts .

In Sevastopol, the boundaries of the cultural heritage site “Northern Suburb of the Chembalo Fortress” were reduced in order to free up land for the construction of a hotel as part of the Balaklava yacht marina project associated with the Rotenberg brothers. This is evidenced by the act of the state historical and cultural examination, published on the Sevnasledie website.

This publication continues the long-term spiral of Kremlin fakes about organ transplantation in Ukraine. Russian state media disseminated similar stories long before the start of a full-scale war, and from 2022 they began to actively link them with Ukrainian military personnel. Telegram channels affiliated with Russian intelligence services have repeatedly claimed that “black transplantologists” will be able to take organs from dead military personnel for further sale and transplantation.

Moscow and Beijing will extend the visa-free regime for citizens of their countries. Visa-free travel with China will be valid until December 31, 2027. State agencies RIA Novosti and TASS write about this. The fact that the Chinese Foreign Ministry supported the decision to extend the visa-free regime for Russian citizens was stated at a briefing on Wednesday by the official representative of the department, Guo Jiakun.

In today's summary: In the Kharkov direction, the Ukrainian command is transferring new forces to the northeast of the Kharkov region On the Seversky ledge, Russian attack aircraft are “infiltrating” into the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces east of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk In the Zaporozhye direction, it is reported that Russian positions in Stepnogorsk have been “cleaned up” Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky - the number of Ukrainian attacks at the front for

In early May, a court in Russia’s Novosibirsk sentenced two physicists involved in hypersonic research to 12.5 years in prison on treason charges. Their stories became part of the so-called “hypersonics case” — the largest criminal prosecution of scientists in modern-day Russia, detailed by the independent publication T-invariant .

Authorities in the US state of Tennessee will pay $835,000 to an elderly man who was jailed for 37 days because of a Facebook meme about the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Associated Press reports . Larry Bushart, 61, a former police officer, posted a picture of Donald Trump and his quote, “We need to get over this,” after Kirk’s murder, words the American president said in 2024 after the school shooting in Perry, Iowa.

Vladimir Putin completed a two-day official visit to China and flew out of Beijing, RIA Novosti reports . The parties signed and adopted 42 documents, including a joint statement on deepening a comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction. Upon arrival at the ramp at Beijing Capital Airport, the Russian president was met by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the head of the office of the CPC Central Committee Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi.

The Security Service of Ukraine identified an increased radiation background in the wreckage of the Russian Geran-2 drone (Russian modification of the Iranian Shahed ), which attacked the Chernihiv region on the night of April 7, 2026. We are talking about fragments of an R-60 air-to-air missile that were discovered near the village of Kamka.

US President Donald Trump's administration is set to tell NATO allies this week that it will reduce the size of the military the US could use to help the alliance's European countries in a crisis. Reuters writes about this with reference to sources. According to the agency, the decision will be officially communicated to the US NATO partner countries this Friday in Brussels. The Pentagon has decided to significantly reduce its commitments to support allies under the so-called NATO Force Model.

Narek Karapetyan. Photo: Sputnik Доступно на русском Armenia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against Narek Karapetyan, who leads the electoral list for Strong Armenia, a bloc founded by his uncle, the Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan. According to a statement on the agency’s website, Karapetyan concealed that he holds a second citizenship in order to participate in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections on June 7.