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Putin urges West to stop arming Ukraine in conversation with Macron
Putin told Macron about Russia's efforts in the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a statement by the Kremlin. The Russian president urged Western countries to stop arming Kiev, saying Russia is open to dialogue. Putin noted that Western sanctions against Russia are worsening global food insecurity, in response to Macron's concerns over this issue.
Pentagon, US companies involved in Ukraine military biolabs: Russia
"The analysis of the obtained documents allowed us to clearly identify the people involved in the military biological activities in Ukraine, including representatives of the US Department of Defense and American companies with ties to it," he said, RT reported.
Putin signs new set of tit-for-tat measures over Western sanctions
The new decree, "In connection with the unfriendly actions of the United States and its allies that violate international law and aim to illegally deprive the Russian Federation and Russian legal entities of their property," seeks to protect Russia's national interests, was adopted and published on the Kremlin's website, RT reported.
'Russia's military now significantly weaker'
The report said, "Russia's defence budget approximately doubled between 2005 and 2018, with investment in several high-end air, land and sea capabilities. From 2008, this underpinned the expansive military modernisation programme New Look.
Putin could officially declare war on Ukraine as soon as May 9
May 9, known as "Victory Day" in Russia, commemorates the country's defeat of the Nazis in 1945, reports CNN. Western officials have long believed that Putin would leverage the symbolic significance and propaganda value of that day to announce either a military achievement in Ukraine, a major escalation of hostilities, or both.
Zelensky will continue to beg for money from the West: Ex-Russian Prez
"Zelensky will continue to beg for money and weapons from the West, proving that he is in the game, that he is the hope of the liberal world' that he is the last bastion of European democracy that the bear in the padded jacket wants to tear to pieces," RT News quoted Medvedev, who is also Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, as saying. The former President also expressed confidence that the Ukrainian leader will continue to imitate concern for the Ukrainians, "periodically exposing them as a human shield".
Russia prepares to announce mass mobilisation on May 9: Ukrainian Intelligence
"Russia has already been enacting covert mobilisation and is preparing to announce a mass mobilisation in the near future," Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, said during an interview. When asked whether Russia plans to announce the mobilisation on May 9, he said: "Yes, they are preparing", Ukrayinska Pravda reported, citing the Budanov's interview with NV.
'Ghost of Kiev' pilot was only a superhero-legend
This hero is said to have downed as many as 40 enemy planes -- an incredible feat in an arena where Russia controls the skies. But now the Ukraine Air Force Command has warned on Facebook that the "Ghost of Kiev is a superhero-legend whose character was created by Ukrainians!", BBC reported.
Blasts rock Moldova as fears rise that Putin could be eyeing next target for invasion
When asked about the risks of war spilling into Ukraine's neighbour after explosions rattled its Transnistria region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, "Moldova should worry about their own future. Because they're being pulled into Nato." Transnistria is a breakaway region in the east of Moldova where ethnic Ukrainians and Russians outnumber Moldovans.
Russia's chief propagandist threatens to 'plunge Britain into depths of the sea'
Dmitry Kiselyov, a man often known as "Putin's mouthpiece", used his Sunday night show to call for attacks on the UK with a Poseidon underwater drone that he said would trigger a 1,600ft radioactive tidal wave and "plunge Britain to the depths of the ocean", The Daily Mail reported.
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