Kherson is bleeding.
At least 5 civilians killed in 24 hours after russian strikes on residential areas.
People killed in apartments — just trying to live.
This is deliberate targeting of civilians — a war crime in real time. And the world keeps watching.
We raised it with the previous U.S. Administration, and we continue to discuss it with the current one – namely, providing Ukraine with licenses to produce such systems, Patriot systems. And it's not only about Ukraine – it's to all the Europeans who have such capabilities to start and to produce it massively.
Current Patriot production capacity is simply not enough to meet all the existing and potential threats around the world.
Ukraine has already shown, across many types of weapons and especially in drones, that we can move fast and produce modern systems at scale. So I ask for your support at the political level to help achieve positive decisions on these licenses as well.
From an address to the participants of the NATO–Ukraine Council meeting in Kyiv (5/5).
Ballistic missiles are Russia’s last remaining argument in this war, and we must find sufficient countermeasures. I thank our partners and Mark Rutte that the PURL initiative exists and is functioning – contributions were made this May. There will be contributions in June as well. Today, we discussed how we can accelerate and expand deliveries under this key program.
I also thank all our partners who are already working with us on joint production and helping with funding so that weapons production in Ukraine can continue to grow. We discussed with the NATO Secretary General several other things that could provide Ukraine with stronger long-term financial security guarantees. We will keep working on this at both the G7 Summit and the NATO Summit in Ankara.
Sanctions against Russia. Our long-range capabilities. Financing for Ukraine. Our political cooperation. And our partners’ determination to help Ukraine precisely when help is needed – all of this sends signals to Russia that this war will bring it no results. All of this is also an incentive for Russia to turn to diplomacy. And we very much hope that over the summer and autumn we will be able to bring a real peace closer – a fair and dignified peace. I thank everyone who is helping. Thank you, @SecGenNATO!
On the eve of #June4, activist "Female Long Hair" Lui Yuk-lin appeared near Victoria Park in Causeway Bay.
She said she was stopped, searched, and followed by police throughout the evening. According to Leung, officers told her: “You can’t enter #VictoriaPark.”
“I have rights. Why should I have to tell the police whether I'm going to Victoria Park or not?”
37 years after Tiananmen, even walking near Victoria Park draws scrutiny.
#HongKong #Tiananmen37
Our long-range sanctions carried out by the warriors of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Special Operations Forces, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine have yielded good results. Important facilities on Russian territory were hit last night.
Among them was the Petersburg Oil Terminal. The distance from Ukraine’s state border to this facility of Russia’s oil industry, which serves the war, is about 1,100 kilometers. Purely military targets at the Kronstadt base were also hit.
Another target was an enterprise in the Tambov region involved in the production of Russian weapons. The distance from the frontline is almost 600 kilometers.
I thank our warriors for their precision. Ukraine’s plan for long-range sanctions is being implemented exactly as needed to bring peace closer. Glory to Ukraine!
Chinese Ambassador Warns: “Chinese People Are Not Easy to Bully”
#驻菲大使强硬喊话中国人不好欺负
“We want these people to know: The Chinese are not easy to bully. Those who try will face serious consequences!”
Ambassador Jing Quan made these remarks amid Philippine detentions of over 150 Chinese nationals on various charges. Beijing claims this is unfair harassment meant to damage bilateral ties.
However, the hypocrisy is glaring. On land, China plays the victim.
But at sea, China is the aggressor — systematically bullying the Philippines through dangerous confrontations, blocking access to its own waters, and escalating tensions with superior force.
It is the Philippines that is being bullied and intimidated by a much larger power, not the other way around.
Claims of Chinese victimhood are ironic and self-serving.
"I cannot say anything…The authorities told me not to accept interviews" says ex-Journalist Association chair Ronson Chan as he is released from a 5 day prison sentence today, saying that "a government department" had concerns that this incident was going to be "hijacked".