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 May 10 , 2022

 RUTUBE Denies Rumors Hackers Hit Site Code - Confirms Powerful Attack

The Russian streaming site has said it has faced the most powerful cyberattack in its history, but has denied its source code for the site has been lost.

Restoring the service is expected to take longer than expected, but a message on the front page says it has saved technical data.

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 Russian Diplomat says British TV Silenced Him Over Zelensky’s Nazi Pic (Sky News video)

Dmitry Polyansky, Russia’s senior UN diplomat, said UK’s Sky News abruptly ended an interview with him as soon as he showed a photo with a Nazi symbol that was posted by the Ukrainian president on WWII Victory Day.

“The host’s response? He quickly wound up the talk, muttering that our time, as it turned out, was up suddenly, and that Sky News could not verify this information,” the diplomat wrote on Telegram Monday.

Zelensky had published a since-deleted social media post of a Ukrainian fighter with a skull head patch that was worn by an elite German SS unit during the war.  The image was also posted by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry on Twitter and later removed.

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 ⚡️Russian FM Sergey Lavrov calls (EU Foreign Policy Chief)  Josep Borrell's idea to transfer Russia's frozen assets to Ukraine as outright theft

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 Deadly Forest Fires Rip Through Russia's Ural Region & Siberia

It's reported wildfires have claimed the lives of at least 16 people; another 18 have been injured.

Video shows a reserve in Bashkortostan ablaze. Seven hectares have been destroyed near the Ural mountains in just over 24 hours.

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 Ukrainian Shelling Hits Residential Area in Donetsk - two dead day after woman and child killed

According to the Republic's defense HQ, residents in the Kirovsky district have found fragments of cluster rockets.

Two people were killed, while video shows a fire in an apartment building.

On Monday shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces also killed a woman and a teenager.

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 EU to Go into Debt for Ukraine – Politico

Brussels is reportedly considering a €15bn bond emission to finance Ukrainian govt operations for at least 3 months, Politico Europe reported Monday, citing diplomatic sources. 

Zelensky told the IMF he needed $7bnn per month ($1 = €0.95) to pay salaries, pensions and other govt expenditures.  The US has pledged to provide a third of that sum for the next three months, with the EU intending to make up the difference.

The plan could be unveiled as early as May 18 and at least three countries, including Austria, Germany, and Greece, have asked for alternative options, according to the outlet - reportedly hoping non-EU countries like Japan, Norway, and the UK would “chip in” as well.

Meanwhile, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has proposed another option to fund rebuilding Ukraine: confiscating Russian foreign exchange reserves currently frozen under EU sanctions. 

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8 Ukrainian aircraft and helicopters shot down near Snake Island - Russian DefMin spox on Monday

 Ukraine Failed in Attempt to Retake Snake Island – Russia

Kiev's sea and air assault on the island off the coast of Odessa caused its forces major losses, Russia’s MoD said Monday, noting that US and UK advisers were involved in planning the operation.

Russian forces stationed on the island thwarted the Ukrainian attack, said Major General Igor Konashenkov, the Russian military spox, stating Kiev lost four aircraft – three Su-24 ground attack jets and one Su-27 fighter – as well as four helicopters, including a Mi-24 and three Mi-8s loaded with troops. 

Ukrainian losses also included three ‘Centaur’-class assault boats, sunk during an attempted night landing on May 8, Konashenkov said, adding that more than 50 Ukrainian troops perished in the “thoughtless” attempt to assault the island, leaving 24 bodies on the shore.

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