Ukraine

Helicopter Carrying Iran’s President Has Crashed, State Media Reports ( www.nytimes.com )

A helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi crashed on Sunday, according to Iran’s state media and the country’s mission to the United Nations, but has yet to be found by search-and-rescue workers because of heavy fog.

Russia's Kharkiv offensive – what is the plan? ( www.youtube.com )

Russia has launched an offensive into the Kharkiv region, and it has created a lot of alarmist news reports. In reality it is difficult to see what Russia's plan is, and it is not self-evident that it is a smart use of resources. In this video I discuss whether we might be seeing a return to the fragmented command structures...

Estonian parliament adopts law allowing use of Russian frozen assets ( www.riigikogu.ee )

Estonian MPs passed a law that enables the use of Russian assets frozen under international sanctions to compensate Ukraine for war damages....

80th Anniversary of Deportation of Crimean Tatars Commemorated ( www.kyivpost.com )

Russian soldier puts a washing machine drum on his head when he sees an FPV drone. ( streamable.com )

https://t.me/ssternenko/28802...

The Ukrainian Navy reports that overnight, the Russian Project 266M Natya Class Minesweeper Kovrovets was destroyed. ( sopuli.xyz )

Destruction of a Russian T-80 tank by the Strike Drone Company of the 47th Mechanized ( streamable.com )

https://files.catbox.moe/rkvpmp.MP4...

Air defence report - 19.05.2024 ( sopuli.xyz )

https://t.me/ComAFUA/292...

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 19.05.24 ( lemmy.world )

Загальні бойові втрати противника з 24.02.22 по 19.05.24 (орієнтовно)...

Taiwan's outgoing president says boosting her country's military was the only way to defy China's threat - and that 'democratic countries need to support Ukraine' ( www.bbc.com )

When Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's President who soon leaves office after eight years and hands over to her successor William Lai, swept to power in 2016, she was dismissed as a dull bureaucrat. But she stood up to an increasingly authoritarian and aggressive China under Xi Jinping; she held on to a vital US alliance under Donald Trump...

The war exposed serious flaws in some of the most sophisticated US weapons systems: Precision-guided weapons have been jammed by Russian electronic warfare units; ammunition unable to be produced ... ( www.businessinsider.com )

cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/2950586...

Slovakia: Suspect in court as Putin’s friends capitalise on shooting of prime minister Robert Fico ( www.theguardian.com )

Media is barred from hearing as 71-year-old man appears in closed session over attempted assassination of prime minister....

"Weaponising threat of mass migration": Putin aims to "make life really impossible in Ukraine so that there would be migration pressure to Europe", Estonian PM says ( www.theguardian.com )

‘Adversaries know migration is our vulnerability,’ says Kaja Kallas, spelling out negative consequences to Europe of Ukrainian defeat...

Canadian-made Roshel Senator MRAP that hit an anti-tank mine. All Ukrainian soldiers on board survived without injuries. ( sopuli.xyz )

https://defence-blog.com/senator-mrap-saves-ukrainian-soldiers-from-mine-blast/

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Helicopter Carrying Iran’s President Has Crashed, State Media Reports ( www.nytimes.com )

Russia's Kharkiv offensive – what is the plan? ( www.youtube.com )

Estonian parliament adopts law allowing use of Russian frozen assets ( www.riigikogu.ee )

80th Anniversary of Deportation of Crimean Tatars Commemorated ( www.kyivpost.com )

Russian soldier puts a washing machine drum on his head when he sees an FPV drone. ( streamable.com )

The Ukrainian Navy reports that overnight, the Russian Project 266M Natya Class Minesweeper Kovrovets was destroyed. ( sopuli.xyz )

Destruction of a Russian T-80 tank by the Strike Drone Company of the 47th Mechanized ( streamable.com )

Air defence report - 19.05.2024 ( sopuli.xyz )

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 19.05.24 ( lemmy.world )

Taiwan's outgoing president says boosting her country's military was the only way to defy China's threat - and that 'democratic countries need to support Ukraine' ( www.bbc.com )

The war exposed serious flaws in some of the most sophisticated US weapons systems: Precision-guided weapons have been jammed by Russian electronic warfare units; ammunition unable to be produced ... ( www.businessinsider.com )

Slovakia: Suspect in court as Putin’s friends capitalise on shooting of prime minister Robert Fico ( www.theguardian.com )

Nato’s failure to save Ukraine raises an existential question: what on earth is it for? ( www.theguardian.com )

Intense first person view combat footage near Andriivka ( www.youtube.com )

Russian court seizes assets from European banks UniCredit, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank ( www.morningstar.com )

Ukraine’s Usyk beats Fury to become undisputed heavyweight boxing world champion ( sports.yahoo.com )

The 110th Mechanized shot down a Su-25 over the Donetsk region. ( lemmy.world )

Mavic takes a Russian prisoner in Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region. ( streamable.com )

"Weaponising threat of mass migration": Putin aims to "make life really impossible in Ukraine so that there would be migration pressure to Europe", Estonian PM says ( www.theguardian.com )

Estonia ‘seriously’ discussing sending troops to ‘rear’ jobs in Ukraine, official says ( breakingdefense.com )

China-Russia relations: Putin and Xi no longer have a partnership of equals ( www.bbc.com )

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 18.05.24 ( lemmy.world )

Air defence report -18.05.2024 ( sopuli.xyz )

Air Command "South" report - 17.05.2024 ( sopuli.xyz )

Canadian-made Roshel Senator MRAP that hit an anti-tank mine. All Ukrainian soldiers on board survived without injuries. ( sopuli.xyz )