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 Russia and China vetoed in the UN Security Council a US draft resolution on strengthening sanctions against the DPRK, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. 13 members of the UN Security Council voted for the adoption of the document. 

Sweden and Finland are unlikely to become candidates for NATO membership at the organization's upcoming summit if Turkey's demands are not met before it starts.

NATO is currently not planning to invite Ukraine to join the alliance, this issue has not yet been raised. Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albarez spoke about it.

The dollar exchange rate rose sharply during trading on the Moscow Stock Exchange on May 26 above the mark of 65 rubles, according to the data of the site.

Russia has achieved its goals in the areas most important for ensuring sovereignty, Vladimir Putin said.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has been incessantly inflating the theory of the "Chinese threat" and adheres to double standards lately

About 30 British "authorities" searched the house of Russian billionaire Peter Aven last week, sources told Bloomberg. As a result, 30 thousand pounds in cash were confiscated from Aven.

Over the past day, Russian air defense systems have shot down one Ukrainian Mi-24 attack helicopter, as well as a military transport aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.

The People's Militia of the DPR found at the Azovstal plant a group of hiding or stragglers during the surrender of the Ukrainian military.

The Russian armed forces control more than 70% of the territory of the Zaporozhye region, said Vladimir Rogov, a member of the military-civilian administration of the region.

The circumvention of sanctions against Russia should be seen as a crime at the EU level.

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev said that the Russian Federation was declared not only an economic, but also a scientific blockade.

The deputy head of the People's Militia Department of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Eduard Basurin, said on Channel One that the DPR units are planning to block Avdiivka.

German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach on May 24 announced a 21-day quarantine for smallpox-infected monkeys in the country.