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On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a special operation to "demilitarize" and "denazify" Ukraine. What happens on the 85th day of the operation, as well as all the most important things about sanctions and other consequences of hostilities. 

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The military-civilian administration of the Kherson region, which has been occupied by the Russian military since March, is confident that the region will become part of RUSSIA.

“We look at the Russian Federation as our own country. Now we are a territory controlled by the armed forces, but in the future it will be transformed as a subject of the Federation, the Kherson region will become the Russian Federation, ”said Volodymyr Saldo, HEAD of the administration.

17:36

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced an additional £1.3bn military aid package to Ukraine.

Kyiv will receive long-range artillery, anti-ship missiles and drones, Johnson said.

17:12

The European Commission has approved an increase in the use of coal in the EU, according to the Financial Times. According to the newspaper, the commission said that over the next five to ten years, its consumption will increase by 5%.

On May 18, the European Commission presented the REPowerEU plan for an early phase-out of Russian energy resources, including gas. The head of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen, said that it would be based on three principles: saving energy, accelerating the transition to renewable sources and diversifying supplies.

However, it also follows from the strategy that the EU plans to "massively" increase the use of solar and wind energy, as well as for a short time - the use of coal,

16:54 Since February 24, Roskomnadzor has identified 400 sites that published "fakes" about the military operation in Ukraine, Vadim Subbotin, deputy head of the service, said. 16:47

The world will face global hunger as early as this year due to rash political decisions by the European Union and the United States , said Maxim Oreshkin, an aide to the Russian president.

“The main reason for the global famine that will happen this year is the rash economic actions of the United States, the European Union, this is monetary policy, budgetary policy,” he said.

According to him, the decisions of the American and European authorities have worsened the situation with the supply of fertilizers and food, they "doom the world to global hunger." As a result, the cost of fertilizers and food products will rise even more, Oreshkin said.

16:27

Russia's international reserves decreased by $6.4 billion over the week and amounted to $585.7 billion as of May 13, the Central Bank said. As of May 6, international reserves stood at $592.1 billion.

As of February 18, the reserves were $643.2 billion.

16:16

Turkey has no plans to sever relations with either Russian President Vladimir Putin or Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.

“We are pursuing a balanced policy both towards Russia and towards Ukraine. I do not intend to sever ties with either Mr. Putin or Zelensky. I continue my telephone diplomacy with Mr. Putin and Zelensky,” Erdogan said.
 

16:00

The Leninsky District COURT of Rostov arrested the deputy commander of the Ukrainian Aidar battalion (an extremist organization banned in Russia) Denis Muryga.

He is accused of participating in an armed formation on the territory of a foreign state, which is not provided for by the legislation of that country and for purposes contrary to the laws of Russia (part 2 of article 208 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The maximum penalty under this article is imprisonment for 15 years.

15:39

In Kharkov, in the Saltovka district, a monument was demolished to Prince Novgorodsky, the Grand Duke of Kyiv and Vladimir Alexander Nevsky.

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15:25

A group of deputies from the Just Russia - For Truth faction, headed by party leader Sergei Mironov, submitted to the State Duma a bill on the creation of provisional administrations outside of Russia.

“According to the decision of the President of Russia, a temporary administration can be established in such territories in order to ensure the fundamental rights and freedoms of man and citizen, as well as maintain public order,” the text of the document says.

As deputy Dmitry Kuznetsov, one of the authors of the document, explained, the bill is primarily aimed at creating temporary administrations on the territory of the military special operation in Ukraine.

15:18

McDonald's, which is pulling out of Russia amid fighting in Ukraine, is selling its business to entrepreneur Alexander Govor, whose GiD company operates 25 McDonald's restaurants in Novosibirsk, Berdsk, Tomsk, Kemerovo, Novokuznetsk, Barnaul and Krasnoyarsk.

The deal assumes that jobs will be retained by the staff of the now open restaurants for at least two years.

Restaurants will operate under the new brand.

14:51

The soloist of the rock band DDT Yuri Shevchuk was charged with an administrative report after a concert in Ufa. This was announced by producer Radmir Usaev.

According to him, after the concert ended, representatives of law enforcement agencies went backstage, “isolated” Shevchuk from the group and talked for an hour about the fact of the concert, its direction and Shevchuk’s statements.
 

14:23

Ukraine wants to get a full-fledged status of a country - a candidate member of the European Union, the country's Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba wrote on his Twitter. According to him, some EU members adhere to "strategic uncertainty" in relation to the prospect of Ukraine's entry into the union, but this approach does not suit Kyiv.

“We don’t need surrogates for the status of an EU candidate who demonstrate a second-rate attitude towards Ukraine and hurt the feelings of Ukrainians,” Kuleba stressed.

14:06

Kremlin: the further fate of the Ukrainian territories that have come under the control of Russian troops will be decided only on the basis of the will of local residents.

“All actions, of course, have their forerunner. The forerunner of any action in this regard can only be the expression of the will of the inhabitants of these areas <...> Without them deciding how to go on and with whom they want to live, nothing can be done, ”said Dmitry Peskov (quote from Interfax ").

13:50 Dmitry Peskov: Moscow does not yet know the details of the plan prepared by Rome for Ukraine, but they welcome the participation of everyone who is able to help the settlement. 13:47 Dmitry Peskov: the Kremlin does not agree with the opinion that the implementation of import substitution has failed, hard work is underway. 13:

The Italian government has prepared a plan for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine, reports La Repubblica, citing the document. Rome's proposals have already been submitted to UN Secretary General António Guterres.

The plan includes four stages:

a ceasefire in Ukraine and the demilitarization of the front line under UN supervision; negotiations on the status of Ukraine, which involve the country's accession to the EU, but not joining NATO; a bilateral agreement between Ukraine and Russia on Crimea and Donbass: at the suggestion of the Italian authorities, the "disputed territories" will have full autonomy with the right to independently ensure their security, but sovereignty over the regions will belong to Kyiv; the conclusion of a multilateral agreement on peace and security in Europe, which will cover the issues of disarmament and arms control, conflict prevention and confidence-building measures.

According to the plan, this will be followed by the withdrawal of Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine.
 

13:14

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the UN call to open access to seaports in Ukraine in exchange for the lifting of part of the sanctions "needs to be considered."

12:55

The current exchange rate of the ruble is "absolutely market-oriented," presidential aide Maxim Oreshkin is sure.

“The question is: why is the ruble strengthening? Many say that the ruble is somehow fake, they are trying to deny reality. But in fact, the exchange rate would have been artificial last year, this year it is absolutely market-based, without any external influence, ”Oreshkin said.

12:51 The Russian Ministry of Defense does not consider the letters "Z" and "V" official military symbols, they "do not carry a special load." This is stated in the response of Sergei Gusev, Deputy Head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Armed Forces, to a request from the Moscow City Duma deputy from the Communist Party Yevgeny Stupin. The deputy published the response of the Ministry of Defense in his TELEGRAM channel.