BATTLEFORWORLD.COM | May 16, May 17, 2022: May 16, 2022: - The United States, Britain and the European Union say, let us take the gas business from Russia and give it to Israel. Europe looks to Israel for natural gas, according to the Turkish newspaper Yeni Şafak, reporting that deliveries of Israeli natural gas via Turkey to Europe are being considered as an alternative to Russian energy supply. "Israeli gas is considered as an option, its route is planned via Turkey, through the Eastern Mediterranean," and if such an agreement happens, "it is expected that the Turkish ship will be on duty during transmission periods." Highlighting that "focusing on deep-water drilling for the extraction of oil and natural gas from the seas, Turkey has included a fourth drilling vessel in its fleet." The report says that a Turkey-Israel gas pipeline was being discussed years ago, behind the scenes, as one of Europe's alternatives to Russian energy. The plan is to build a subsea pipeline from Turkey to Israel's largest offshore natural gas field, Leviathan. And this [kosher] gas would flow through Turkey, on to southern Europe to diversify away from Russia.

- At least two Russian military Iskander divisions spotted near the Finnish border. Is this a precautionary move by Russia to make sure that NATO does not try any miscalculations with firing weapons toward Russia? A few hours ago, in the border area with Finland, at least 6 mobile launchers of the Iskander OTRK, representing two divisions, were seen being transferred along the highway. OTRK "Iskander" moved as part of a convoy of army trucks, however, the final destination is still unknown.

- Putin: U.S. biolabs in post-Soviet states gather biological material, study virus spread patterns and components to create biological weapons. That the Russian military has discovered evidence of the United States conducting experiments using viruses in biological laboratories on the territory of Ukraine from documents discovered in laboratories seized by the Russian special military operation. The Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that the main goal of the US-funded biological laboratories on the territories of the former soviet republics was to gather biological material and study the spread patterns of viruses and the production of components that could be used to create biological weapons. Putin said: "We have long expressed concerns about the activity of US biological laboratories in the post-Soviet space. As you know, the Pentagon has set up dozens of specialised biological laboratories and centres in the region. And these laboratories are not busy providing medical assistance to the population of the countries, where they launched their operations".

- The Russian State Duma intends to legislatively prohibit the exchange of Nazi prisoners from Azov. This proposal was made by Deputy Anatoly Wasserman. He stressed that Russia should not allow the implementation of Kiev's plans for their release. These "Nazi criminals should not be exchanged, they should be brought to justice," the speaker of the State Duma Volodin replied to his proposal. "Azov" is a nationalist extremist organization, banned in the Russian Federation.

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