The office of the President of Ukraine said that Yulia Mendel is “not herself” Former press secretary of the President of Ukraine Yulia Mendel gave an hour and a half interview to American conservative journalist Tucker Carlson. The interview was published on May 10–11 and caused a public outcry. Mendel worked as press secretary for Vladimir Zelensky from 2019 to 2021.

The President of Russia promised that Sarmat will be on combat duty in 2023 The commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, Sergei Karakaev, reported to Vladimir Putin on the successful tests of the Sarmat missile system, TASS reports. “The test results confirmed the correctness of the design and technological solutions laid down, as well as the feasibility of the given characteristics by the missile system,” Karakaev said.

The US President said that “great things await Washington and Beijing” US President Donald Trump begins a state visit to China on May 13, where he will hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The trip will last until May 15 and will be Trump's first visit to Beijing since 2017. The previous time Trump and Xi met in person was in September 2025 on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit held in Busan, South Korea.

23-year-old Valery Averin died near Lugansk three months after the start of his service The BBC Russian Service has recorded the first known death of a Russian student who went to war in Ukraine amid a large-scale campaign to recruit students to serve in unmanned forces.

The union announced that the resource was hacked On May 11, an “Emergency Appeal” was published on the website of the Sheremetyevo Union of Flight Personnel, in which the union council allegedly complained about the use of the airport for military purposes, Vorstka noted.

Why the works received the mark is unknown The largest Russian digital platforms are massively labeling well-known children's books with drug warnings , Vorstka noted.

Two students were injured at a school in Gulkevichi In the city of Gulkevichi, Krasnodar Territory, two students were injured as a result of a shooting at school No. 1 named after M. I. Korotkov. This was announced by the governor of the region, Veniamin Kondratyev. According to him, a ninth-grader brought a pneumatic weapon into the school and opened fire. The victims were taken to the hospital.