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  • Ukraine was again targeted Friday by salvos of Russian missiles, including a clinic hit in Dnipro where at least two people were killed and 30 wounded, a strike denounced by President Volodymyr Zelensky as a "crime against humanity."
  • In Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed the ongoing conflict with Chinese special envoy Li Hui, who visited Kiev last month. He said Russia wanted a political settlement but that "Ukraine and its Western backers are putting serious obstacles in the way of resuming peace talks."
  • Russia also reported for the fifth consecutive day of Ukrainian bombing of the Russian border region of Belgorod, as well as a drone strike in Krasnodar, 200 km from Crimea.

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08:28: Putin 'totally surprised' by protests against Moscow in Georgia

Vladimir Putin said Friday he was "totally surprised" by the protests that took place in Georgia against the Kremlin when Russia restored its air links with the pro-Western country.

Dozens of Georgians protested last week outside an airport in the capital Tbilisi when a Russian airliner landed in the former Soviet republic for the first time since 2019. And this against the backdrop of the offensive launched in Ukraine by Russia, which the West seeks in retaliation to isolate.

"Honestly, I was totally surprised by this reaction," Putin said during a meeting with businessmen. "I thought everyone would say, 'Well, thank you, that's good. But no, there was a completely incomprehensible fuss on this issue," Putin told the cameras.


08:16: Blinken to travel to Finland to talk about war in Ukraine

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Finland, which recently joined NATO, next week and give a speech in support of Ukraine in the face of Russia, the State Department said Friday. He will travel to Helsinki on 1 and 2 June, after a meeting in Olso, Norway, with the foreign ministers of the allied countries.


08:09: The terrible images of the bombing of a clinic in Dnipro

The Ukrainian president released images showing partially destroyed buildings topped with plumes of black smoke. Other videos show rescuers helping bloodied faces escape from the clinic through corridors full of rubble.

Another 🇷🇺 missile attack, another crime against humanity as such. The buildings of a psychological clinic and a veterinary clinic in the city of Dnipro were destroyed. As of now, one person was killed and 15 were wounded. The shelling aftermath is being eliminated and the... pic.twitter.com/D0bYBPByjn

— Володимир зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 26, 2023

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