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Azerbaijan and Georgia have signed an agreement to resume operations on the Baku–Supsa oil pipeline. The agreement provides for the conclusion of an operating contract covering the Georgian section of the pipeline.
Towards the end of last year, China secretly trained around 200 Russian military personnel, some of whom subsequently returned to take part in the war against Ukraine. This is according to Reuters, which cites three European intelligence services and documents seen by the agency.
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stated that Europe is not making sufficient use of diplomatic channels in the conflict with Russia over the war in Ukraine. She also commented on the role of mediators in negotiations with the Kremlin.
US officials have stated that Cuba has received more than 300 military drones and is discussing the possibility of using them against US targets, including the Guantanamo Bay base.
Ukrainian airlines and market experts are warning of risks to the aircraft maintenance infrastructure due to harassment by the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine
On the night of 18 May, Russian forces attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with missiles, drones, artillery and aerial bombs. Twenty-six people were injured, including two children in Dnipro.
Before boarding Air Force One, members of the US delegation collected and discarded all items that Chinese officials had given to US representatives during their visit to Beijing.
Bill No. 15237, ‘On Fair Conscription and Participation in Defence’, has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada; it sets out new rules for the conscription of persons liable for military service. The bill proposes to introduce compulsory participation by conscripted persons in the defence of the state.
In the village of Chabany in the Kyiv region, rescue workers carried out an operation to remove the remains of a military missile from a residential block of flats. The most dangerous part of the missile was found in a flat on the ground floor.
Polish fighter jets intercepted a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft over international waters in the Baltic Sea. Poland has described this as yet another provocation by Russia.
During the night of 13 May, Russian forces launched strikes on Kharkiv, Odesa, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk and Kharkiv regions. The attacks have resulted in casualties and damage to infrastructure, residential buildings and industrial facilities.
The United States has announced a new package of sanctions against individuals and companies suspected of facilitating the supply of Iranian oil to China. The restrictions were imposed ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing.
