Ukraine discusses the organization of the Song Contest: ‘Quite challenge’ | NOW

Preparations for the Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine have started. Oksana Skybinska, the head of the Ukrainian Song Contest delegation, has handed over a document with plans to Mykola Chernotytskyi of the country’s public broadcaster. The Ukrainian entry Kalush Orchestra won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Turin with the song Stefania† Traditionally, the winner … Read more

The Office of the President of Ukraine responded to the Kremlin’s confidence in its “victory” in the war

“Victory” was the battle for the villages in the Kharkiv region and almost 30 thousand dead Russian soldiers. The Office of the President of Ukraine responded to the Kremlin’s confidence in its “victory” in the war / photo from UNIAN The Office of President Zelensky ironically commented on the Kremlin’s confidence in the “victory” in … Read more

The State Duma of the Russian Federation intends to ban the exchange of Azov fighters

Photo: Screenshot Viacheslav Volodin approved the initiative of Anatoly Wasserman – – State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin declared the Azov servicemen “Nazi criminals” who must face trial. The Russian State Duma is going to ban the exchange of Ukrainian servicemen of the Azov regiment, who defend Mariupol and now hold positions at the Azovstal metallurgical … Read more

Peskov: Putin knows where he is leading the country

Any war ends in peace, and Russia’s voice will be heard, the Kremlin speaker believes. Russian President Vladimir Putin knows where he is leading the country, his press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, May 17. “We are confident that we will win, Putin knows where he is leading the country,” he said, referring to … Read more

Russia gains control of Mariupol with Ukrainian troops evacuated | NOW

With the evacuation of Ukrainian troops from Mariupol, Russia seems to have taken control of the once prosperous city after months of bombing. On Monday, the evacuation of the soldiers who had been holed up in the last Ukrainian stronghold in the besieged port city started: the Azovstal steel factory. In five buses, 53 wounded … Read more

UN Secretary General Persuades West to Ease Sanctions Against Russia in Exchange for Ukrainian Grain – WSJ

According to journalists, António Guterres proposes to Western countries to allow the export of potash fertilizers from Russia and Belarus so that the Russian Federation unblocks the ports of Ukraine. – From the first day of the war Focus never stopped working. Our team considers it its duty to inform the reader about what is … Read more

It costs them billions, but staying longer is not an option: the exodus of multinationals from Russia continues

– ©  rtr – On the same day, two multinationals – the French car manufacturer Renault and the American fast food giant McDonald’s – withdraw from Russia because of the war in Ukraine. And they are not the first. Despite the multibillion-dollar losses associated with this, more and more companies are turning their backs on … Read more

The Pentagon reports that there are “not many” resources left in the Russian Federation to continue the war

The aggressor has already deployed over a hundred battalion tactical groups in Ukraine. Russia is running out of reserves to continue the war in Ukraine / photo REUTERS Military-political leadership of the Russian Federation involved 80% of its battalion tactical groups (BTG) in a bloody war against the Ukrainian people. Such figures were given by … Read more