Update on Graham’s 500% tariff threat: Senators Blumenthal (D) and Graham (R) say their bill has backing from 81 senators. The bill targets countries buying Russian energy, uranium, and other goods with steep tariffs.

💬 "While we seek peace, it is clear — to us and most of the Senate — that Putin is playing games. The Senate is ready to act if this continues."

🇺🇦 Ukraine’s GUR reports a strike near Skadovsk on May 20, 2025: A UAZ Patriot vehicle carrying four senior officers from the Russian “Akhmat” unit (Kadyrov forces) exploded between Skadovsk and Antonivka in occupied Kherson region. No one survived. Following the initial blast, a secondary explosion occurred as the vehicle’s ammunition detonated.

Domodedovo Airport in Moscow just put temporary limits on takeoffs and landings. Probably because of those pesky drone threats.

Ukraine’s 63rd Brigade showcases the improvised “weapons” used by Russian forces to counter Ukrainian drones — including a stick, a rifle, a shovel, a jerry can, a radio… and even a hat.

Chaos at Moscow airports after drone attacks. Flights are grounded at Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo, and Domodedovo. Russian sources report hundreds of stranded passengers — at least 13 departures delayed at Vnukovo and 11 at Domodedovo. Some travelers say they’ve been stuck since last night.

🇷🇺 Russian sources say Ukraine has struck the car of Nikolai Volobuyev, head of the Belovsky district in Kursk with a drone. He was reportedly injured in the leg and arm and taken to the hospital, according to acting Kursk governor Alexander Khinshtein.

🇺🇦 Ukraine’s air defense neutralized 112 Russian UAVs overnight, including 74 shot down and 38 jammed via electronic warfare. Russia launched 128 Shahed drones and decoys from multiple directions, along with one Iskander-M missile from Taganrog.

🇩🇪 Germany’s new chancellery chief Thorsten Frei urges tougher sanctions on Russia — including bans on gas and uranium, and use of frozen Russian assets.

“Putin only understands clear language. Europe must step out of its comfort zone.”

🇷🇴 Romania’s Constitutional Court has rejected far-right leader George Simion’s request to annul the presidential election he lost, according to Romanian media. The decision is final.

🇪🇺⛔️ A group of MEPs is calling for the full suspension of EU funding to Hungary, reports LRT.

They argue it's unacceptable to support PM Orbán’s “corrupt, pro-Russian regime” that openly undermines EU values — urging an immediate halt to all payments using all available legal tools.

❗️Ukrainian monitoring channels report a likely preparation for a massive Russian missile strike. The number of Tu-95MS strategic bombers located at airbases used for strikes against Ukraine has increased to 9, and they are being loaded with cruise missiles at multiple airbases: 5 at Olenya, 2 at Engels-2, and 2 at Dyagilevo.

Finance ministers from the G7 industrialized nations have agreed to continue backing Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s invasion, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said on the sidelines of a G7 meeting in Canada.

🇷🇺 Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says Putin will visit occupied Donetsk & Luhansk—calling them “Russian regional capitals.” He also claims a “1000-for-1000” POW swap with Ukraine is “laborious” but ongoing, explaining that it involves “specific names.”

🚨 Russian sources report a drone strike on Ryazan oil refinery — 5 UAVs were reportedly shot down in just the last hour, with "debris" falling outside the plant.

Temporary restrictions on takeoffs and landings have been introduced at Ivanovo airport. No official reason given — but with ongoing mass drone attacks, it feels all too familiar.