Notices by Russia-Ukraine Daily News (rvps2001@mastodon.social)

🍿 That's war) 🍿

https://www.euronews.com/2025/06/05/elon-musk-claims-donald-trump-is-mentioned-in-epstein-files-in-x-post

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 #Ukraine’s Security Service has successfully carried out a months-long covert operation that struck the Crimean Bridge for a third time—this time with a precision underwater explosion.

https://united24media.com/latest-news/ukraine-hits-crimean-bridge-for-the-third-time-this-time-underwater-8841

#Russia #Crimea

🇷🇺 Farmers in #Russia's Saratov region have appealed to Putin for help in dealing with an invasion of saiga antelopes that have migrated from Kazakhstan and devastated their fields.

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/russian-farmers-appeal-putin-help-against-antelope-invasion-2025-06-03/

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian and Ukrainian officials began their second round of direct peace talks since 2022 in Istanbul on Monday with no sign they are any closer to an agreement, one day after Kyiv struck some of Moscow's nuclear-capable bombers.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-ukraine-talk-about-peace-are-still-far-apart-2025-06-02/

#Russia #Ukraine

🇱🇹 Vilnius is hosting on Monday a summit of the Bucharest Nine and Nordic countries with a focus on defence funding and support for #Ukraine

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2579788/vilnius-hosts-zelensky-rutte-and-dozen-european-leaders-to-discuss-defence

#lithuania #europe #nato

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 An operation by #Ukraine's Security Service has hit "more than 40" Russian bombers at air bases "in the rear of the Russian Federation," a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent on June 1.

https://kyivindependent.com/enemy-bombers-are-burning-en-masse-ukraines-sbu-drones-hit-more-than-40-russian-aircraft/

#Russia

🇬🇧 The U.K. is looking to revamp its defense capabilities and on the wish list of new weapons are U.S.-made fighter jets capable of launching tactical nuclear weapons to, in part, counter the threat from #Russia, the Sunday Times reported on June 1.

https://kyivindependent.com/uk-looking-to-buy-fighters-that-can-launch-nukes-amid-broad-defense-build-up/

#britain #usa

🇷🇺 At least seven people were killed and 69 injured when a highway bridge collapsed onto railway tracks, derailing an approaching train in #Russia's Bryansk region that borders Ukraine, Russian authorities said early on Sunday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/bridge-collapses-russias-bryansk-region-that-borders-ukraine-governor-says-2025-05-31/

#ICYMI

🇷🇺🇰🇵 #Russia has deployed thousands of North Korean soldiers and weaponry to “terrorize” #Ukraine, according to a new report by members of the United Nations which reveals a “myriad of unlawful activities,” and exposes Moscow's reliance on the isolated regime.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia/north-korea-thousands-troops-russia-terrorize-ukraine-war-rcna210111

#northkorea

🇬🇧 UK defence review: The 130-page document written by three advisers to the prime minister, Keir Starmer, will warn of the “immediate and pressing” danger posed by #Russia and is expected to try to draw heavily on lessons learned from the war in #Ukraine

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/31/new-era-of-threat-amid-changing-face-of-war-uk-defence-review-to-warn

#britain

🇷🇸 Thousands of people rallied on Friday in #Serbia’s capital demanding early elections following seven months of persistent anti-corruption protests that have shaken the populist rule of President Aleksandar Vucic.

https://apnews.com/article/serbia-students-protest-early-election-662d6121e22441c5a33ea49e2f3bff0e

💬 #Trump on Wednesday expressed hesitation toward imposing new sanctions on #Russia over the war in #Ukraine, saying he did not want the penalties to interfere with getting a ceasefire 🤦♂️

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trump-expresses-hesitation-imposing-new-sanctions-russia-2025-05-28/

The weakest president that the US has ever had when it comes to Russia.

#usa

🇷🇺☢️ A massive tranche of over 2 million documents found in a public database sheds light on #Russia’s expansion and modernization of its highly sensitive nuclear weapons complex, the Danish investigative outlet Danwatch and Germany’s Der Spiegel reported Wednesday.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/28/russias-vast-nuclear-modernization-exposed-in-unprecedented-security-breach-der-spiegel-a89262

🇺🇦🇩🇪 #Germany and #Ukraine aim to jointly develop the industrial production of long-range missiles, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday as he vowed to keep piling on more pressure on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraines-zelenskiy-talk-with-merz-berlin-wednesday-2025-05-28/

🇪🇺 The European Union on Wednesday proposed creating a hub to boost security in the Black Sea by gathering information from multiple countries to monitor the strategically important region more closely.

https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-proposes-black-sea-maritime-security-hub-2025-05-28/

#europe #russia

🇨🇳🇷🇺 The European Union says #China, including Hong Kong, is responsible for "approximately" 80 percent of the circumventions of sanctions against #Russia even though Beijing continues to deny it.

https://www.rferl.org/a/german-report-eu-china-russia-sanctions-avoidance-80-percent/33425633.html

🇰🇷 Samsung Display quietly severed its sourcing ties with Russian suppliers of gold, tungsten and tantalum in 2024, the Kommersant business daily reported Tuesday, citing newly released corporate disclosures.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/27/samsung-halts-use-of-russian-metals-for-tech-displays-kommersant-a89231

#russia #southkorea

🇷🇺 Russian teams, including the country's powerful national ice hockey side, remain banned from competing at next year's Milano-Cortina winter Olympics as part of sanctions imposed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.

https://www.reuters.com/sports/russian-teams-remain-banned-competing-2026-winter-games-2025-05-27/

#russia

🇷🇺 #Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency inadvertently published data showing who owns a luxury jet used by Chechnya’s authoritarian president Ramzan Kadyrov: his cousin.

Hours after journalists noticed the information, the flight agency deleted the data.

https://www.occrp.org/en/news/chechen-presidents-cousin-owns-mystery-jet-russian-authorities-mistakenly-reveal

#corruption

🇷🇺📉 The boards of directors of at least two dozen publicly traded Russian companies have advised against paying dividends from their 2024 results to shareholders this spring as high interest rates, reduced revenue and sanctions pressure take their toll, the Vedomosti business daily reported Monday.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/26/dozens-of-russian-companies-suspend-dividend-payments-amid-economic-uncertainty-a89216

#Russia