India and Iran on Monday signed a 10-year contract to develop and equip the strategic Chabahar port in Iran as India seeks to grow trade in west and central Asia. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Iran#India
A Canadian volunteer, Paul Hughes, opened a workshop in Kharkiv where more than 300 military and volunteer vehicles have been repaired in one year
The 59-year-old farmer and hockey coach from Calgary moved to Ukraine at the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion and also created the humanitarian organization H.U.G.S., which provides food, clothing and medicine to residents of frontline areas
"On my farm in #Canada, we grow food and provide it to people in need," Paul says. #AureFreePress
As of the morning of May 13, about 500 people remained in Vovchansk, Tamaz Hambarashvili, head of the Vovchansk military administration, said. According to him, Vovchansk is controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and there are fighting on the outskirts of the city. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia#BreakingNews#Breaking
A Russian aerial bomb was dropped in Russian Belgorod region - a 33rd case in the last 2.5 months.
Last night, a FAB was dropped on a parking lot in the village of Razumnoye. Another bomb exploded a few dozen meters from the first one, but with a 8-hour gap
Russia has dropped 5 bombs on Belgorod region in the last 4 days. So, in March, April and May alone, the Russian Federation dropped at least 33 FABs on the Russian and occupied Ukrainian regions. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline
Ukraine is shooting down a smaller proportion of Russian missile attacks than it was earlier in the war.
Over the past month, Ukraine's air defense forces have managed to shoot down only 30% of missiles launched by Russian troops - the Wall Street Journal reports.
This is due to Russia increasing its drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, and firing missiles that are much harder to shoot down, e.g. ballistic missiles. The amount of Patriot missiles is also limited. #AureFreePress#Ukraine️
In Switzerland they carry out roadwork without stopping traffic
For this, mobile trestle bridges are used. The length of the structure is 240 meters. The bridge is transported to the desired section in parts, after which it is assembled and traffic is launched into 2 lanes
From below at this time they are working on a 100-meter segment. As soon as they finish with it, the bridge moves a hundred meters forward under its own power via remote control #AureFreePress
A NYT report from American sources: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is not in Rafah, but remains in the tunnels in the Khan Yunis area. According to the report, this is information that both American and Israeli intelligence agree on.
American and Israeli officials: The Hamas tunnel system in Khan Yunis is the deepest in the Strip, and may reach a depth of 15 stories. The intelligence in the hands of the US and Israel estimates that Sinwar is surrounded by hostages as a human shield #AureFreePress
Multiple Arab channels are reporting that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) mistakenly killed 19 IRGC sailors and wounded 16 others in a friendly fire attack. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Israel#Iran#USA
Russia's new defense minister, Andrei Belousov, started his career as a protégé of former Economy Minister German Gref, a free-market liberal, and served as a deputy economy minister in 2006-2008.
Belousov was Russia's economy minister in 2012-2013, an aide to Putin in 2013-2020, and first deputy prime minister in 2020-2024. He is considered a supporter of boosting military spending and mobilizing the country's economy for the war effort, according to publication Verstka. #AureFreePress
The Kremlin dictator does not have strong leaders, so he took a “gray horse” - Andrei Belousov , whom no one had even heard of until today.
Apparently, his main task as head of the Ministry of Defense will be to organize the transfer of the country to a military footing, strengthening the production of weapons, and the like. A purely nominative and not decisive figure. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Russia#Putin
In the Moscow region, a drunk car driver flew into a huge fenced-in hole of water on the road. The “crater” or “pool” is already six months old, but the authorities apparently don’t care about it.
Where exactly this pool for drunk ladies is located is unknown, but it is quite logical that the situation is typical. What for the Moscow region, what for Saratov... #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia
Alexey Milchakov, war criminal, co-leader and co-founder of the Rusich Group, that operated from 2022 within the Wagner Group, calls for the killing of prisoners of war.
He says that he hasn't taken Ukrainians prisoner since 2014, but killed them right away.
Milchakov is known for torturing and executing Ukrainian prisoners of war. He has repeatedly been photographed against the backdrop of dead Ukrainian soldiers. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia