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A source in the Polish government confirmed information about the F-16 training to the Ukrainian news outlet Ukrinform.
An official announcement will be made soon, said the source.
⚡️Borrell: Several countries start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 jets.
Several countries, including Poland, have already started training Ukrainian pilots to use U.S.-built F-16 fighter jets, the European Union's chief diplomat Josep Borrell said on May 23.
⚡️ Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detains suspected Russian spy collecting data on air defenses.
The detainee is a resident of Kherson Oblast who was allegedly recruited by Russian intelligence at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the SBU reported on May 23.
📷 SBU. https://t.co/nhTvhA4nfI
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of May 23, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/vxrH2jEyWc
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⚡️ Russian governor claims drones shot down in Belgorod Oblast.
Earlier today, the governor of the Russian Belgorod Oblast reported that two civilians were injured in the settlements allegedly taken by Russian partisans.
These claims couldn't be independently verified.
⚡️ Russia’s sanctioned interior minister visits Saudi Arabia just days after Zelensky.
Russian minister Vladimir Kolokotsev's May 23 trip to Riyadh comes just days after Ukraine’s President Zelensky’s visit to the Saudi city of Jeddah.
⚡️ General Staff: Russia conducts up to 158 aviation, missile strikes over past day.
Russia carried out 20 missile strikes against Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv oblasts, using cruise missiles, Iskander-M ballistic missiles, and S-300 anti-aircraft missiles.
Ukrainian soldiers fighting around Bakhmut told the Kyiv Independent that battles on the outskirts of the city are still ongoing, but the Ukrainian army has indeed lost control of the last streets of multi-story buildings inside city limits. https://t.co/nEzY9IsN1Q
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⚡ Russia shells 5 communities in Sumy Oblast, injuring 1 person.
Russian forces targeted the communities of Bilopillia, Myropillia, Yunakivka, Novoslobidske, and Velyka Pysarivka, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration said on May 22.
⚡️Russian state media: 'Majority' of residents flee Belgorod Oblast villages along border.
Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Russia's Belgorod Oblast, said that the "majority" of residents in the border villages of Russia's Belgorod Oblast have fled.
⚡ Borrell: 'No one wishes for peace more than Ukraine.’
The European Union’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell said during a press conference on May 22 that expediting the delivery of weapons to Ukraine was crucial to achieving victory, as only Russia wants the war to continue.
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⚡️General Staff: Bakhmut remains 'epicenter' of fighting.
There were 25 clashes between Ukrainian and Russian forces along the front line on May 22, including Bakhmut, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported in its evening update.
⚡️Portugal rules out sending F-16s, open to training Ukrainian pilots.
Portuguese Foreign Minister João Gomes Cravinho has ruled out providing Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets but said his country is ready to train Ukrainian pilots, the newspaper Diário de Notícias reported on May… https://t.co/l4QzKUEIlA
"It will take time, but sooner, the better," Borrell told reporters ahead of a meeting of EU defense ministers.
He didn't mention what other countries have begun the training.
Read more about the case: https://t.co/ktVaupUli1
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky visited naval infantry troops at the front line to mark the Day of the Ukrainian Marines.
Zelensky’s Telegram channel reported this on May 23.
📷 Volodymyr Zelensky / Telegram https://t.co/Dcb5HP7UOg
⚡️ UK Defense Ministry: 'Russia faces increasingly serious threat at its borders.'
"Russia will almost certainly use these incidents to support the narrative that it is the victim in the war,” the ministry said of the clashes between Russian forces and partisans in Belgorod… https://t.co/43lG8vM55I
Read the full morning update by Ukraine's General Staff: https://t.co/agBCMPtccv
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⚡ ISW: Russian information space incoherent after reports of fighting in Belgorod Oblast.
The Russian information space experienced "panic, factionalism, and incoherency" after reports of fighting in Russia's Belgorod Oblast, the Institute for the Study of War said.
Russia’s shelling of the Velyka Pysarivka community wounded one person and damaged one house, a car, an outbuilding, and a fence.
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Earlier on May 22, the Russian Volunteer Corps, allegedly fighting on Ukraine's side, claimed its members conducted combat operations in Belgorod Oblast.
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Borrell added that those who equate the victim and the aggressor during wartime are not “really interested in peace.”
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⚡️US State Department: Giving Ukraine F-16 jets remains 'priority'.
Training Ukrainian pilots to use F-16s and working with allies to provide Ukraine with advanced fighter jets remains a "priority" for the U.S. in the coming months, U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew… https://t.co/057puRkXtG
⚡️Media: Mistress of top Kremlin propagandist gave birth in US.
Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov's mistress owns a villa next to members of the Russian military elite in the Black Sea resort of Sochi and gave birth to her children in the U.S., Russian opposition leader… https://t.co/GEnxZXX7qF
On May 22, Russian officials said fighting is ongoing within the country's Belgorod Oblast.
A group of armed men calling themselves the Free Russia Legion recorded videos saying they crossed into Russia and taken hold of bordering villages. https://t.co/3gSnJDMPeZ
⚡️Ukrainian troops shoot down Russian helicopter in Donetsk Oblast.
The 24th Mechanized Brigade reported on May 22 that it had destroyed a Russian Mi-24 attack helicopter in Donetsk Oblast.