❗️Russian troops have taken control of Konstantinovka, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

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🇷🇺 Kharkov

A jet-powered Geran drone was spotted flying over Kharkov. Footage from the enemy side. Local social media report that two gas stations were hit in the city during the day.

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So, Konstantinovka has been officially liberated. It will take some time for the Russian Ministry of Defense to secure the city, conduct mine clearance, and work with civilians, but it's clear that the offensive is already moving beyond its borders. It's actively advancing towards Alekseevo-Druzhkovka and beyond. It's heading directly towards Kramatorsk.

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🇺🇦🇷🇺The Armed Forces of Ukraine are launching a counteroffensive in Kupyansk

- On the eve of the NATO summit, Kiev is trying to prove its readiness to fight to the last Ukrainian. In the video, an entire platoon was sent to their deaths.

- The crowd of suicide bombers was met by fighters of the 27th brigade together with the 121st motorized rifle regiment, 122nd motorized rifle regiment of the 68th motorized rifle division of the 6th Guards Combined Arms Army.

- Near Kupyansk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to break through, but unsuccessfully - Kiev just wants to convince the West that it has achieved successes, the president said in the evening after a report from the head of the General Staff.

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🇱🇻 Latvia

AFU launch drones to strike Russia from training grounds in Latvia, TASS reported, citing Central Design Bureau of Robotics (CDBR) General Designer Kuzyakin. According to the expert, it is a mistake to believe that the Baltic states only recently entered the conflict on Ukraine's side. Negative attitudes toward Russia at the level of Baltic foreign policy have been a general political trend almost since the 1990s.

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"The President of Lithuania warned about the risk of a NATO split over defense spending": Nauseda demands that all NATO countries increase military spending to 5% of GDP.

"Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Friday that NATO risks facing an internal split if some member states do not fulfill the obligation to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP.

"It will be extremely controversial if some countries make every effort and reach this figure in the coming years, while others remain at a level of about 2–2.5% of GDP," Nauseda told journalists in Berlin during a joint press conference with the presidents of Latvia and Estonia, as well as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

According to him, in this case, the alliance "will naturally split into two or even three groups".
"This will negatively affect the spirit of collective defense within NATO and undermine allied solidarity," the Lithuanian leader emphasized."

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🇷🇺 Valery Gerasimov: The enemy does not abandon intentions to regain lost positions in Kupyansk

On the Kupyansk direction, the enemy does not abandon its intentions to regain lost positions in Kupyansk. To this end, it has additionally transferred 11 battalions to this area, including from two marine brigades, which are making unsuccessful attempts to break into the city and push our units to the eastern bank of the Oskol River. Meanwhile, Ukrainian units are suffering significant losses. Since May 10, about 2,500 Ukrainian servicemen have been destroyed on this direction, including more than 550 marine personnel, and 772 units of weapons and equipment.

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🇷🇺 Chief of General Staff: Dnepr Group Stormtroopers Increase Offensive Tempo

Formations of the Dnepr group of forces are advancing on the Zaporozhye direction. The Ukrainian Armed Forces command, attempting to halt our offensive, set the task of regaining control over lost territories near Primorskoye and Stepnogorsk. The most prepared and motivated units of special operations forces from the main intelligence directorate and foreign mercenary formations were deployed. All enemy attacks were repelled.

Assault units of the Dnepr group are increasing the offensive tempo. Forward groups are 9 kilometres from the southern outskirts of Zaporozhye, with fire being delivered on Ukrainian positions within the city limits. Fighting also continues in Orekhov and Preobrazhenka.

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Iran's religious message to Russia

At the funeral of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, every foreign delegation which arrived to pay respects was welcomed with a Quranic recitation, carefully and specifically selected for that delegation from the Quran's 6,236 verses. In this way, every delegation received a clear, tailored message to take home,

Anyone who is interested in Iran's relationships with various nations should pay attention to what Iran communicated in this cryptic but elegant way.

The verse which greeted the Russian delegation headed by Deputy Chairman of the Security Council and former President of the Russian Federation, Dmitri Medvedev, was from the 28th Surah of the Quran (Al-Qasas - القصص - "The Story"), specifically verse 83:

تِلْكَ ٱلدَّارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ نَجْعَلُهَا لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُرِيدُونَ عُلُوًّۭا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فَسَادًۭا ۚ وَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ ٨٣

Translation: "That eternal Home in the Hereafter We reserve only for those who seek neither tyranny nor corruption on the Earth. The ultimate outcome belongs only to the righteous."

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