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11:51 p.m. : The paramilitary group Wagner has lost 20% of detainees enlisted to fight in Ukraine. This was admitted by his boss Evguéni Prigojine. “I selected 50,000 detainees of whom around 20% were killed”, he said in an interview with pro-Kremlin blogger Konstantin Dolgov. Here is what to remember from this day of conflict.
5:42 p.m. : The Russian Defense Ministry accuses Ukraine of attacking one of its warships while it was on patrol in the Turkish exclusive economic zone. According to Moscow, this attack took place that night when the ship “carried out tasks aimed at ensuring the safe operation of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines”. Russia says it destroyed “all enemy craft”.
3:51 p.m. : Five foreigners will be judged in Russia from May 31 for having fought for Ukraine, announced the Russian military court of Rostov-on-the-Don. All released during a prisoner exchange in September 2022, they will be tried without being present. While he was fighting in the Azov Regiment, they had been taken prisoner during the Battle of Mariupol.
3:51 p.m. : About 10,000 of the 50,000 detainees recruited from Russian prisons by the paramilitary group Wagner were killed in Ukraine, recognized the leader of the paramilitary organization, Evguéni Prigojine. These detainees were on the front line in the battle of Bakhmout, the longest since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia is waging war on “refuseniks”, these men who do everything not to go to the front. Some are sent by force, others prefer to go to prison or are even sent to “rehabilitation centers”.
The opposition to Erdogan, favorite in the second round of Sunday’s presidential election, is struggling a few days before the election to try to mobilize potential reserves of votes.
1:18 p.m. : The Russian Ministry of Defense expresses its willingness to respond in a manner “extremely firm” in case of new attacks on its soil. These statements come after the incursion of an armed group from Ukraine into the Russian region of Belgorod.
1:18 p.m. : The World Health Organization demands that Russia stop “immediately” his attacks “against hospitals and other health establishments” in Ukraine. The WHO assembly passed a resolution marking a new gesture of support for Kyiv. The text was adopted by 80 votes in favor and 9 against, including Russia and China but also Syria, Algeria, Cuba and North Korea.
10:21 a.m. : After the incursion of armed groups from Ukraine, nine wounded civilians are still hospitalized, including three in intensive care, reports the governor of the Belgorod region. THE “land clearing” by the security forces continues, he adds, letting his evacuated constituents know that they cannot yet “regain [leurs] houses”.
10:12 a.m. : The governor of the Russian region of Belgorod reports that “many” Drone attacks again targeted this border territory with Ukraine last night. “Air defense took care of a lot of them”he says, referring to only material damage.