Turkey blocks the talks on Finland and Sweden joining of the NATO

1 The DPR

The DPR reported about the recently surrendered Ukrainian servicemen. The People’s Militia of the DPR reported that over the past day, 28 Ukrainian servicemen have surrendered within the DPR. Those were 17 servicemen from the 54th Mechanized Brigade, and 11 servicemen from the 25th Airborne Brigade. The People’s Militia of the DPR added that the Ukrainian forces lost 36 servicemen. 8 Ukrainian firing points, 2 IFVs, 1 APC, and 3 trucks were destroyed. The DPR captured a single 152mm SPG ’’Akatsia’’, 1 command vehicle, and 1 ammo depot.

2 Tajikistan

Some extremists attacked a vehicle convoy of anti-terrorist servicemen from of the State Committee for the National Security of Tajikistan. 1 officer was killed, 13 were injured. According to the Tajik press center «Hovar» — about 200 members of organized criminal groups, armed with Molotov cocktails, blocked the highway «Dushanbe — Horog» at 3 points. They have also blocked the road to the border commandant’s office. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan clarified that the extremists got their weapons from abroad. Due to the blocking of the road, the security forces launched an anti-terrorist operation in Tajikistan. 8 terrorists were killed. 11 were wounded. More than 70 active terrorists were arrested. «No locals were wounded» — the Tajic Interior Ministry reported.

3 Russia

Moscow declared 27 Spanish embassy employees to be persona non grata immediately after the French and the Italian diplomats were expelled as well — the Russian ministry of foreign affairs reported. The ministry summoned the Spanish ambassador, Marcos Gomez Martinez. He was informed about the Russian protest against the Spanish decision to expel 27 employees of the Russian foreign missions in Spain. The Foreign Ministry reported that the unfriendly step of the Spanish authorities will have a negative impact on the relations with Russia. Earlier the ministry announced the expulsion of 34 French and 24 Italian diplomats.

4 Russia

The Ukrainian forces shelled the village of Alekseevka in the Kursk region with mortars. No-one was hurt — the local governor Roman Starovoit reported. On 17th of May he also reported about the shelling of Alekseevka — nobody was hurt back then as well. 3 private houses and a local school were damaged. The chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to record the cases of the shelling of the village.

5 Turkey

Turkey has blocked the negotiations on Finland and Sweden regarding their joining of the NATO. Recently, the Bloomberg reported, while citing their sources, that Turkey is demanding the inclusion of Ankara into the F-35 program, and the lifting of the sanctions for the purchase of S-400s from Russia, in order for Finland and Sweden to be able to join the NATO. According to the Bloomberg — Turkey is demanding the Swedish and Finnish authorities to publicly denounce the «Kurdistan Workers’ Party» and other related parties. Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that Turkey can’t say ’’yes’’ to the membership of Finland and Sweden in the NATO.

6 Russia

The Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov stated that the Russian forces are using new-generation combat laser systems in the special operation in Ukraine. It was his reply on a question regarding the use of such systems by the Russian forces in Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defense also showed a footage of sorties of SU-35S fighters. Meanwhile, the Western mass media once again published fake news by using the word «evacuation» instead of the word «captivity». The word ’’evacuation’’ in military context means ’’being taken to the rear’’. The DPR hospitals aren’t located deep within the Ukrainian territory. Nevertheless, the Western mass media still publish such misleading reports. Vladimir Zelensky presents those reports as an achievement of Ukraine. Supposedly it was a humanitarian operation, carried out by Ukraine — the Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, explained how it was presented. Predictably, Vladimir Zelensky is good at making a comedy.

Constantine Reztsov, specially for the ANNA NEWS