️TASS News Roundup, May 19:

️ TASS News Roundup, May 19:

▪️Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing for a two-day visit

▪️Russia is holding drills on May 19-21 to practice preparing and employing nuclear forces amid an aggression threat, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported

▪️The Kiev regime plans to launch drones against Russia from the territory of the Baltic states, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service said

▪️Russia sees no signs from Kiev that it is ready to make substantive progress toward resolving the conflict, Russian UN envoy Vasily Nebenzya said at a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine

▪️Russia cannot overlook NATO’s growing aggregate nuclear capabilities and will take due account of that in its military planning, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told TASS

▪️Negotiations with Iran are progressing well, but a military solution remains an option, though the United States is not seeking one, US Vice President JD Vance said

▪️Donald Trump proposed to Xi Jinping that the United States, China, and Russia join forces in opposing the International Criminal Court, the Financial Times reported, citing sources familiar with the talks between the two leaders

▪️The Washington administration would not welcome the transfer of enriched uranium from Iran to Russia, and this is not part of the current US plan, Vance said

▪️In addition to the 5,000 US troops being withdrawn from Germany, the United States may remove several hundred more servicemen from Europe, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Alexus Grynkewich said

Source: Telegram "tassagency_en"