⚡️ Civilian woman killed in Russian shelling of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Russian forces shelled a residential building in Polohy, a town in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, killing a local woman, Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration reported on May 5.

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of May 5, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

⚡️ Heavy shelling kills 5 civilians in Luhansk Oblast.

According to the regional governor Serhiy Haidai, Russian forces attacked residential areas in Luhansk Oblast 24 times on May 4, killing five locals.

@JimGoldgeier Exactly.

Госсекретарь Блинкен: От имени Правительства и народа США поздравляю народ Израиля с 74-й годовщиной независимости.

США привержены безопасности Израиля и глубоко ценят партнёрство в противостоянии глобальным вызовам, включая угрозы, исходящие от Ирана.

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2. Telegram channel General SVR claims that Putin is discussing chemical attacks in bordering areas in Russia as false flag actions, to justify mobilization and the use of wmd in Ukraine. That would be in Putin’s style, but he is not likely to win on that – possible & awful.

3. The big argument against Putin declaring mobilization is that if he does, the boys in the big cities and the sons of the middle class would be mobilized & slaughtered on a massive scale that would be politically destabilizing.

4. Right now, Putin seems to be preparing a fig leaf victory: the seizure of Mariupol, but I doubt that he can accomplish that. The Ukrainian army appears to be on counteroffensive in the north between Kharkiv and Belgorod & in Kherson oblast in the south.