Explosions in Kryvyi Rih – mayor Vilkul
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Pentagon finds $3B accounting error in Ukraine weapons aid valuation.
Reuters: Pentagon discovers $3 billion accounting error in valuing Ukraine weapons aid. The Pentagon has acknowledged a significant accounting error that overestimated the value of ammunition, missiles, and other equipment provided to Ukraine by approximately $3 billion.
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Debris from Russian missiles downed by Ukraine falls in Kyiv Oblast


Debris from Russian missiles, shot down by Ukraine's air defense at night, May 18, fell in the territory of Kyiv Oblast No casualties or significant damage reported, acc to police https://
euromaidanpress.com/2023/05/18/air
-alarm-was-declared-in-all-oblasts-as-attacks-targeted-ukraine/?swcfpc=1
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Reuters footage shows Patriot damaged by own missile in Kyiv attack



During the attack on Kyiv on May 16th, a Reuters photographer recorded and published the moment when the Patriot was damaged due to the fall of its own missile.
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US Air Force: Ukrainian pilots can train on F-16s in four months.
Yahoo News obtained US Air Force assessment: Ukrainian pilots can be trained to operate F-16 jets in four months, shorter than Pentagon estimated.
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Air alarms in south and northwest; explosions in Kherson and occupied Donetsk.
Air alarms in the south and northwest. Explosions reported in Kherson and occupied Donetsk.
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Russian tank fails hide-and-seek in eastern-bank Kherson Oblast
A Russian tank lost a game of hide-and-seek in Hola Prystan, eastern-bank Kherson Oblast
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) 18 mai 2023
📹https://t.co/xSe1DtXIg0 pic.twitter.com/fM3SEH4Q2GA Russian tank lost a game of hide-and-seek in Hola Prystan, eastern-bank Kherson Oblast https://
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Air alerts in western regions as Shahed drones move west
Air alerts declared in a few western regions. Monitoring channels report the movement of Shahed drones to the west.
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Containing Russia Through Ukrainian Resistance
The best way to contain Russia is now while Ukrainians are willing to fight and are doing it well. The world in which Russia wins in Ukraine will embolden Russia and many other countries around the world, it will demonstrate that using force pays off, and so force will be used.21
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Russia’s forced recruitment of Ukrainians in occupied territories
it will work. Now Russia will have 5 more million people it can recruit for other military operations elsewhere. This is exactly what it did in the East of Ukraine – it forced Ukrainians in DNR and LNR units to fight the Ukrainians in the Ukrainian army. 17/
