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This is the state of things on Monday 22 May
It Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls the G7 summit in Japan a “politicised” event where anti-Russian and anti-Chinese statements were made.
US President Biden has a new package of military aid announced an amount of up to 375 million dollars to Ukraine.
Biden told a news conference that he received “unconditional assurance” from Zelensky that he would not receive any Western-provided guarantees F-16 fighter plane would use to enter Russian territory.
In a speech at the G7, Zelensky sought support for his “peace formula‘.
There is confusion as to whether Russia is the city of eastern Ukraine Bachmoth he took. Vladimir Putin congratulated troops on “liberation”. At the G7 summit, Zelensky said that Bachmut has not been taken by Russia and that Ukrainian troops remain in the city, but he cannot provide any clear information.
Russia has announced that a judge and a prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) who issued a war crimes arrest warrant against President Vladimir Putin were charged in absentia.
Source: BNR

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