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Argentina to join coalition for the return of kidnapped Ukrainian children
Argentina plans to join the international coalition for the return of Ukrainian children forcibly deported from Russia, the President's Office announced on May 25.

At least 19,500 Ukrainian children have been confirmed as abducted by Russia since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and less than 400 have been returned home, according to the Ukrainian government's Children of War database.

A Ukrainian delegation, headed by presidential adviser Daria Herasymchuk, visited Argentina as part of President Volodymyr Zelensky's Bring Kids Back UA project. The visit was organized by Ukraine's foreign ministry.

Herasymchuk was joined by Ukraine's Ambassador to Argentina Yurii Klymenko. The delegation met with representatives from the Argentine government and National Congress, along with representatives from EU member states, the local Ukrainian community, educators, experts, and journalists.

"Argentina's voice must sound confidently in the coalition of countries, because you have your own traumatic memories and lost childhood destinies," Herasymchuk said.

"By joining efforts to save kidnapped Ukrainian children in order to fulfill the 4th point of the Peace Formula proposed by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, the countries of the world will be able to create a new, effective system for protecting children around the world together."

Argentina said it hopes to join the international coalition for the return of Ukrainian children in the near future, and that legislators have already submitted a draft declaration to parliament regarding membership in the coalition.

In March, it was reported that Argentina's president, Javier Milei, may visit Kyiv in June, making it the first visit by a South American leader to Ukraine since the outbreak of the full-scale war.

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Russia’s own Mohajer-6 drone spotted crashed in Kursk region

A downed Mohajer-6 drone, exported to Russia from Iran, was spotted in the Kursk region.

The Russian media reported on this.

A local resident spotted the drone and decided to inspect it in detail.

The close-up footage shows the drone’s armament, which consists of two Ghaem-5 guided bombs.

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Op zondag 26 mei 2024 19:05 schreef AFA2022 het volgende:
Ben er ff tussenuit geweest.
Kan iemand mij in het kort de situatie schetsen wat betreft terreinwinst/front etc...
Lees namelijk op andere sites dat de Russen veel terreinwinst boeken.

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Ukrainian Crews Got Tired Of Asking The Americans For Extra Armor For Their M-1 Tanks. They Installed Their Own Armor, Instead.
Surviving Ukrainian M-1s are beginning to sport anti-drone cage armor

The United States gave Ukraine 31 M-1A1 Abrams tanks. They equip a single battalion in the Ukrainian army’s 47th Mechanized Brigade, which has been fighting a defensive campaign west of the ruins of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine.

In several months of hard fighting, the 47th Mechanized Brigade has lost as many as eight of the 69-ton, four-person M-1s—to Russian drones, mostly. The brigade is finally doing something about its drone problem: adding cage armor that can help detonate incoming explosive drones at a safe distance.

A photo that appeared online on Friday depicts the add-on armor on at least one Ukrainian M-1.

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German Chancellor opposes using Western weapons to strike Russia
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has spoken out against Ukraine using weapons provided by Western allies to strike Russia.

Source: German Chancellor's statement as quoted by Tagesschau, European Pravda report

Details: Scholz noted that he currently sees no reason to expand the area of use of Western weapons in the war in Ukraine.

There are "clear rules for the supply of German weapons that have been agreed with Ukraine and that work," Scholz said.

"At least this is my position," he added.

The aim of his policy towards Ukraine is "to prevent the conflict from escalating into a major war," Scholz added, noting that Germany has so far made the supply of weapons to Ukraine conditional on them not being used on Russian territory.

Background:
• NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg believes it is high time for some allies to reconsider restrictions on the use of weapons provided to Ukraine against targets in Russia.
• Recently, the New York Times reported that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wants to ensure that Ukraine is allowed to strike Russian territory with US weapons. He wants to convince President Joe Biden to lift the restrictions.

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Defense Minister Umerov: Russia attacked Ukraine with 10,000 guided bombs this year
Russia has dropped nearly 10,000 guided bombs in Ukraine since the start of the year, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said on March 25.

Umerov called for more air defense and said that Kyiv is discussing this with allies “every day and at every opportunity.”

He expressed condolences to the families of the dead and wounded following Russia’s attack with two guided bombs on a hypermarket in Kharkiv on May 25, which killed at least 16 and injured over 40 people.

“This is a deliberate killing of the civilian population,” Umerov wrote on Facebook, accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of “another act of genocide.”

Russia typically uses laser-guided or satellite-guided KAB bombs, with payloads ranging from 250 to 1,500 kilograms, against Ukrainian military and civilian targets.

Soviet-era dumb bombs are fitted with cheap gliding kits, allowing them to fly much further and more accurately.

Kharkiv and the surrounding oblast have suffered particularly heavy attacks from guided bombs in recent months. At least 15 people were injured on Orthodox Easter Sunday after a bomb hit a residential area in downtown Kharkiv.

The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell said the May 25 attack on Kharkiv emphasizes Ukraine's urgent need for additional air defense systems and called on European countries to provide assistance.

Borrell's plea echoes that of Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, who asked allies to send Patriot air defense systems following news of Russia's attack.

President Volodymyr Zelensky also reiterated the importance of air defense weapons in the aftermath of the hypermarket bombing.

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Russia sends airships to patrol border with Finland
Russian state media says that the balloons tethered to the ground will be used to monitor illegal immigration into Finland.

Russia has sent airships to monitor its border with Finland, according to the Russian state TV channel Rossiya 1.

A video published by the channel shows the airships tethered to the ground.

According to the government broadcaster, the purpose of the airships is to monitor illegal immigration trying to enter Finland from Russia, among other things.

Southeast Finland Border Guard Director Kimmo Gromoff told Yle that Finnish border guards have not yet detected any surveillance balloons near the eastern border.

Russian authorities have also not provided the Finnish border guards with any information about activities near the border.

"Russia is under no obligation to inform Finland about events within its own borders. Nor is Finland under any such obligation," Gromoff said.

According to Gromoff, the Finnish Border Guard currently has a large number of staff monitoring the border area, though it is unrelated to the airships. He could not say what the real purpose of the allegedly deployed airships on the border is, or what Russia might be trying to achieve with them in the first place.

The airships were also reported by the Russian government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta and several other Russian media, among others. In Finland, Ilta-Sanomat previously reported on the matter.

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Fixed-Wing Drones Spotted Over Russian Orenburg Oblast

Drones were spotted over the Orenburg oblast of the Russian Federation, the probable target of which could be the Voronezh-M over-the-horizon radar.

Relevant reports appeared in local media.

Local media reported that one drone fell 30 kilometers from Orsk in the Novoorsky district, approximately 1,600 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.

At the same time, local residents from different parts of the oblast reported seeing fixed-wing drones, so it can be assumed that a group of drones flew to the Orenburg oblast.

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Op zondag 26 mei 2024 20:08 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://yle.fi/a/74-20090614
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Het tegen houden van Russen die illegaal de grens over willen steken, en het helpen van de door Rusland ge�mporteerde immigranten om de grens over te steken zeker.

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According to the government broadcaster, the purpose of the airships is to monitor illegal immigration trying to enter Finland from Russia, among other things.

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Op zondag 26 mei 2024 20:21 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:

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Wel goed lezen h�. Er staat:
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Zouden ze het zelf ook geloven trouwens?