Arrest of Anatoly Shariy
1 Ukraine Over the past night, the Russian air force hit over 90 areas of concentration of the Ukrainian military hardware. The Russian Missile Forces destroyed some command posts, artillery batteries, and launchers of the ’Tochka-U’ tactical missiles. Several ammo depots were destroyed as well. 3 Ukrainian airplanes and 14 UAVs were shot down. 2 rockets, launched by MLRS ’Smerch’, were intercepted. 2 Ukraine The Ukrainian counter-intelligence agency detained one of the leaders of the public organization "Ukrainian Choice". His name hasn’t been released. The Security Service of Ukraine stated that the detained man is being accused of preparing to overthrow the constitutional order. The SBU reported that the "Ukrainian Choice" is a party of Viktor Medvedchuk. The SBU believes that the detained man coordinated his actions with the Russian special services. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Security Service reported that an opposition politician and a blogger, Anatoly Shariy, known for his critical stances against Vladimir Zelensky, was detained in Spain. He is suspected of a treason. The Spanish police in the city of Tarragona carried out the arrest on an international warrant. Anatoly Shariy signed a note that he will not leave. He will return to Barcelona and will await for a court decision on his extradition to Ukraine. The Spanish police didn’t confirm that Shariy has been released. 3 Ukraine The press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, stated that the offer from the Ukrainian militants at the Azovstal factory in Mariupol to exchange the civilians for food and medicine is very similar to the usual demands of terrorists. He assured that Vladimir Putin is aware of the demands from the Ukrainian militants. "Of course, the president receives all the information. And, of course, he knows everything" - Dmitri Peskov stated and added that "everything is in the hands of our high command HQ, which deals with the liberation of the factory. We can’t say anything more so far" - end of quote. 4 Russia On 5th of May, Ukraine shelled the border Russian villages of Zhuravlevka and Nekhoteevka, in the Belgorod region. There were no casualties among the population - the local governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, reported on his Telegram channel. Later, the governor clarified that some local power lines were damaged during the shelling. 5 households were hit as well - 1 of them was badly damaged. According to him, the shelling of the villages stopped by noon. 5 Ukraine The Russian special forces killed the leader of the Ukrainian territorial defense cell in the Kharkov region - the press service of the Russian Guard reported on 5th of May. ’’During the scouting and search actions, the Russian Guard spotted a group of armed men without any ’’friend or foe’’ marks on their bodies. They sneakily moved towards the positions of the Russian forces in a local wooded area’’ - the Russian Guard reported. After an offer to surrender, the saboteurs opened fire. “During the attempt of the hostiles to escape, the Russian special forces blocked them from the flanks, after which they destroyed the sabotage group, and their commander, with return fire” - the message stated. 6 Belarus The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, gave his assessment to the Russian special operation in Ukraine. In his opinion, in the current conditions, Moscow had to act because of the provocations from Kiev. He underlined that the special operation in Ukraine will last for some while. He added that he doesn’t know the details of the plan, but he feels like the process is taking too much time. He added that Vladimir Putin doesn’t want a direct conflict with the NATO, and the West should use this opportunity to prevent a global confrontation. Constantine Reztsov, specially for the ANNA NEWS.
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