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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 5:50pm On May 01, 2023

⚡️Around 782,000 people protest in 🇫🇷 France on May Day, according to government estimates.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 5:44pm On May 01, 2023

⚡️🇷🇺 Russian FAB-500M62 bomb hit a supposed AFU facility in 🇺🇦 Chernihiv, Ukraine.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 5:32pm On May 01, 2023

⚡🇳🇱 Dutch police said Monday officers were surprised upon arresting a man in connection with a drunk driving incident over the weekend, when his driver’s licence named him as “Boris Johnson“.

The fake 🇺🇦 Ukrainian driver’s licence, complete with the former British prime minister’s picture and correct birth date, was “issued” in 2019 and valid until the end of the year 3000.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 5:31pm On May 01, 2023

⚡️Chaos, clashes, police beatings: Tensions rise in 🇫🇷 Paris protests on Labor Day.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 5:22pm On May 01, 2023

⚡️More than 110 nations are developing central bank digital currencies, says IMF chief.

Inflation "uncomfortably above targets" and "not decelerating as quickly as thought," says IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva.

There may be "more vulnerabilities" in the banking sector, she added.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 4:27pm On May 01, 2023*

⚡️"In Bakhmut direction, 🇷🇺 Russia has deployed more forces than the armies of the Czech Republic and 🇭🇺 Hungary.

25.600 fighters, 65 tanks, 450 armored vehicles, 154 artillery units, 56 MLRS are fighting against us in Bakhmut," - said S.Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of 🇺🇦 AFU.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 4:22pm On May 01, 2023*

⚡️Destroyed railway junction in Pavlograd, detonations in the warehouse of rocket and artillery projectiles

It was very bright in the city in the middle of the night, and the force of the explosions was such that it blew out the closed windows and doors of the surrounding buildings.

A warehouse with 70,000 tons of fuel was destroyed in the part of the Zaporozhye region, which is under the control of Kyiv. It has already been calculated that the 230 tanks supplied by the West to Ukraine could fill the tanks 100,000 times.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 4:19pm On May 01, 2023

⚡️Minister of Defense of 🇺🇦 Ukraine Reznikov doubted that the 🇷🇺 Russian Federation has nuclear weapons

He stated that Russian nuclear weapons are already outdated, and Russia does not produce new ones.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 4:18pm On May 01, 2023

⚡️🇺🇦 Ukraine says that it has launched counter-offensive operations in Bakhmut

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 2:47pm On May 01, 2023

⚡️Severe clashes in 🇫🇷 Paris, police hit by firebombs.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 12:24pm On May 01, 2023

⚡️🇺🇸 Washington financed the protests that ended in riots in 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv , Walla reports, citing Justice Minister Yariv Levin.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:47am On May 01, 2023

⚡️According to the 🇺🇸 US Treasury, the country's banking system is robust and resilient, and Americans should have confidence in the security of their accounts.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:45am On May 01, 2023

⚡️🇮🇷 Iran and 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia, once bitter rivals, are set to reopen embassies in each other's capitals within days. The two countries agreed to restore relations in March during a meeting brokered by 🇨🇳 China.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:44am On May 01, 2023

⚡️A freight train carrying petroleum products derailed in Bryansk, 🇷🇺 Russia due to an explosion.

No casualties were reported, but train traffic in the area has been suspended.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 10:45am On May 01, 2023

⚡️Maurizio Cattelan: Banana artwork eaten by Seoul museum visitor.

A 🇰🇷 South Korean art student ate a banana that was part of an installation by artist Maurizio Cattelan, saying he was "hungry" after skipping breakfast.

The artwork called "Comedian", part of Cattelan's's exhibition "WE", consisted of a ripe banana duct-taped to a wall at Seoul's Leeum Musuem of Art.

After eating the banana, the student, Noh Huyn-soo, taped the peel to the wall.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 9:13am On May 01, 2023*

⚡️A 🇷🇺 Russian freight train derailed Monday in the western region of Bryansk bordering Ukraine after an “explosive device” detonated on the rail tracks, the local governor said.

“An unidentified explosive device went off, as a result of which a locomotive of a freight train derailed,” Bryansk governor Alexander Bogomaz said on Telegram, adding there were “no casualties”.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 9:12am On May 01, 2023

⚡️🇺🇸 US regulators seize California’s 🏦 First Republic Bank.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 9:06am On May 01, 2023

⚡️🇺🇸 JPMorgan Chase has agreed to assume all deposits of First Republic bank as part of a deal inked with the FDIC.

All depositors of First Republic Bank will become depositors of JP MORGAN, and will have full access to all of their deposits.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 9:03am On May 01, 2023

⚡️First Republic Bank has been closed by regulators, as this is the 2nd largest bank failure in 🇺🇸 U.S. history. First Republic Bank will be acquired by JPMorgan after rescue efforts fails.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 9:03am On May 01, 2023

⚡️The results of a powerful night strike on the objects of the Armed Forces of 🇺🇦 Ukraine in Pavlograd

The photo shows the consequences of the detonation of Ukrainian missiles after the arrivals. The area was attacked by seven missiles, some of them "shot down the air defense", as the head of the region Sergey Lysak said.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 8:57am On May 01, 2023

⚡️Eyewitnesses report a massive detonation of anti-aircraft missiles for S-300 complex hit by the 🇷🇺 Russian ✈ Aerospace Forces on the railway junction at 🇺🇦 Pavlograd.

Two divisions (up to 16 installations) of S-300P were destroyed and supply vehicles with reserve ammunition were hit.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:01am On May 01, 2023

⚡️⛪ Pope Francis says the Vatican is involved in a peace mission to end the war in 🇺🇦 Ukraine.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:59am On May 01, 2023*

⚡️🇷🇺 Russian missiles injure 25 in 🇺🇦 Dnipropetrovsk, governor says.

At least 25 people, including three children, were injured in Russian missile attacks on 🇺🇦 Dnipropetrovsk overnight Monday, the Ukrainian region's governor said.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:58am On May 01, 2023

⚡️🇺🇦 Ukrainians under occupation should accept Russian passports for their safety, official says.

Ukraine’s human rights commissioner on Sunday advised Ukrainians living under Russian occupation to accept 🇷🇺 Russian passports for their safety.

“I would advise you to accept a Russian passport and make the decision for yourself to survive. This is the most important thing,” Dmytro Lubinets said in an interview with Ukrainian media. “We understand that this happens under pressure, under physical pressure. So, take your passport, survive, and wait for us to liberate this territory.”

Lubinets said citizens who obtain a Russian passport “will be able to officially abandon this passport and return to normal life” once Ukraine takes back its territories.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:56am On May 01, 2023

⚡️🇷🇺 Russia has launched a fresh round of deadly missile attacks on Ukraine, according to a 🇺🇦 Ukrainian military update on Monday.

The military said the eastern cities of Kramatorsk, Kostiantynivka, and Pavlohrad were targeted in the attacks, along with the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The 🇷🇺 Russians also carried out "27 air strikes and fired 45 MLRS (multiple launch rocket system) shells at Ukrainian troops' positions and inhabited areas, resulting in deaths and injuries among the civilian population," the update said.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:54am On May 01, 2023

⚡️🇷🇺 ☠ Wagner PMC detachment arriving in the Central African Republic.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:18am On May 01, 2023

⚡️All civil aircrafts are bypassing 🇷🇺 Astrakhan area, this is the first warning of the incoming cruise missiles launch.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:14am On May 01, 2023

⚡️A 🇺🇸 U.S. Navy P-8A Anti-Submarine Aircraft with “No Callsign” appeared to have entered 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Airspace near the Romanian Border before “Going Dark” by either turning off or changing its Transponder to a Military Channel.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:15pm On Apr 29, 2023

⚡️🇺🇦 Ukraine says its preparations for a spring counter-offensive are almost complete. When it’s launched, probably in the south, it will mark a pivotal moment in the conflict. But the 🇷🇺 Russians have had nearly six months to prepare the ground – and build an elaborate array of defenses. Breaking through will present a huge challenge - CNN

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 5:55pm On Apr 29, 2023

⚡️🇷🇺 Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu:

In an effort to maintain its world dominance, 🇺🇸 US & its allies have seriously eroded the global security architecture. On their initiative, the process of demolition and dismantling of key agreements on arms control and confidence building has been launched".

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 5:54pm On Apr 29, 2023

⚡️🇵🇱 Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki (More-war-iecki) says Warsaw will strengthen protection of its border with 🇷🇺 Russia.

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