Peruvian police intercepted 58 kilograms of cocaine in briquettes with a swastika and an embossed inscription "Hitler".

According to Euronews, 50 blocks of cocaine with symbols of Nazi Germany were found on board a ship with agricultural products en route from Ecuador. The drugs were found on the Liberian-flagged vessel SC Anisha R in the northern port of Paita, close to the Ecuadorian border.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva The Brazilian leader shared his impressions of participating in the recent G7 summit and outlined his vision of possible mediation efforts to find ways to resolve the Ukrainian conflict, the Kremlin said.

The main thing from the statements of Dmitry Peskov:

◾️Scholz has not yet called or initiated a telephone conversation with Putin;

◾️Putin remains open to international contacts, but his main goal is to protect the interests of Russian citizens; ◾️Countries that have encroached on the assets of the Russian Federation are obliged to unfreeze them without any conditions;

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Lebanese Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah thanked Iran and Syria for supporting the resistance during a speech on the occasion of the anniversary of Lebanese independence. Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, commenting on Benjamin Netanyahu's threats, said:
You are not threatening a great war, but we are threatening you.
🔹Every big war touches all borders. We have great superiority in human resources.

The Economist : If a default does happen in the US, then this could lead to a collapse in stock markets, a surge in unemployment, a panic in the entire global economy, as well as an acquisition of the urgency of the issue of an alternative to the dollar The US has until about June 1 to raise its government debt limit, which now stands at $31.4 trillion. In the past, the country has already faced such short deadlines and, after heated discussions in Congress, nevertheless raised the limit, but now politicians are “more capricious

The German government has studied versions of the "Ukrainian trace" in the attacks on the Nord Streams, - said the official representative of the German Cabinet Steffen Hebeshtreit. He noted that he had read media reports that said a pro-Ukrainian group was involved, and that he was also aware of reports that claimed that Americans or Russians were involved.

The debt of Bayden's America is equal to the indebtedness of the 13 other largest debtor countries US PUBLIC DEBT HAS REACHED 31.46 TRILLION DOLLARS AND IS 107 TIMES GREATER THAN RUSSIA'S DEBT

In second place in terms of debt is Japan with $9.59 trillion in debt.

Hassan Nasrallah GS of Hezbollah: Netanyahu’s calculations failed as he decided to attack the Islamic Jihad and spare all other factions, and create chaos within the resistance environment Sayyed Nasrallah: The quick rebuilding of the Al-Quds Brigades leadership surprised the occupation, and it was confused by missiles reaching ‘Tel Aviv’ and Al-Quds

The Syrian Air Defense is responding to hostile targets in the sky of Aleppo The Syrian air defenses answered to the Israeli aggression on the vicinity of Aleppo International Airport and shot down a several of missiles.

The counteroffensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces may end with the complete encirclement of Ukrainian forces - The Economist

The publication predicts that everything will be decided in the coming weeks. The fate of Ukraine and the form of Western alliances may depend on what happens in the next few weeks.

Journalist Seymour Hersh said that the West knows that the weapons supplied to Kiev end up on the black market , but the media is silent about this. “ Even at an early stage [of the conflict], Poland, Romania and other bordering countries were flooded with weapons that we supply to Ukraine for combat operations.

Prigozhin addressed the commander of the ground forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

🪖 The founder of the PMC "Wagner" Yevgeny Prigozhin turned to the commander of the ground forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky. The reason was the information that Zelensky demanded that Syrsky hold Artyomovsk until May 9.

Galant: Iran is getting stronger.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said the regime's security apparatus has come to realize that Tel Aviv is facing a new era of security in which there can be a real threat to all sectors from all directions at the same time. Israel's military intelligence assessed earlier this week that the risk of war next year is increasing, according to the website of the Israeli channel i24 News.
Gallant said that Israel's security services concluded that we are now "at the end of an era of limited confrontations

France and Poland quarreled over how to distribute 1 billion euros for ammunition for Ukraine , - Politico
ㅤ ▪️The dispute between the representatives of the countries took place on Wednesday, when the EU ambassadors failed to agree on joint EU contracts for the purchase of ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Stoltenberg said after yesterday's visit to Kyiv that all NATO allies agree that Ukraine should become a member of the alliance.

Meanwhile, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius does not believe that Ukraine's accession to NATO can happen quickly. "The doors [to NATO] have opened a little, but now is not the time to decide [the issue of Ukraine's entry into the bloc]," he said.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov referred to yesterday's statements by Stoltenberg about Ukraine and pointed out that NATO continues its line of drawing Ukraine into the alliance, which confirms the correctness of the decision to launch the Special Military Operation; ▪️Russia is dealing with an aggressive NATO bloc that encroaches on its security, he added;

▪️The Kremlin is not negotiating a new wave of mobilization, said Peskov;

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FORMER Tokyo Mayor Yoichi Masuzoe has accused US President Joe Biden of fomenting World War III.

said. "Not a drop of American blood has been shed <...> But Ukraine is constantly supplied with weapons, and the American military industry, laughing, encourages Kiev to fight until it returns all the territories," he

The Newsweek: Ukraine has as much chance of beating Russia as Mexico would have of beating the US

WARNING FROM THE FORMER AMERICAN AMBASSADOR IN RIYADH AND POLITICAL ADVISOR OF THE US CENTRAL COMMAND David RANDELL and Michael GFOLER: Zelensky's refusal to negotiate has led to the fact that the peace conditions for Kiev have now become even more unfavorable than seven months ago

According to unconfirmed reports, Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki, during his visit to the United States, first of all discussed the issue of security guarantees for Poland in the event of an aggravation of the situation. Aggravation means a direct military conflict with Russia if Poland and Lithuania participate in some kind of humanitarian mission in the western regions of Ukraine.

U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland pledged during the U.S.-Ukraine Partnership Forum that the Americans would support the restoration of Ukraine, Bloomberg reports. In addition, Nuland promised Kyiv assistance in restoring the energy infrastructure.