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USA TODAY-10 dead, 3 injured in racially motivated shooting at Buffalo supermarket: What we know-Victoria E. Freile, Tina MacIntyre-Yee and John Bacon, USA TODAY-Sun, May 15, 2022, 9:39 AM

BUFFALO — Vigils and prayers services were being held across the city Sunday after authorities said a teenage gunman, wearing tactical gear and a livestreaming camera, killed 10 people and wounded three more in a hate-fueled shooting rampage at a busy supermarket.Eleven of the 13 people who were shot were Black, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said. The suspect, who was taken into custody at the scene, is white. The FBI is investigating the shooting as a hate crime and racially-motivated violent extremism.“This is the worst nightmare that any community can face, and we are hurting and we are seething right now,” Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said at a news conference. “The depth of pain that families are feeling and that all of us are feeling right now cannot even be explained.”The equity advocacy group Voice Buffalo planned a vigil near the shooting scene Sunday morning."Please join us this morning as we start the grieving process to lead into the healing process," the group said on Facebook. "All are welcome in this space."WHAT WE KNOW: 10 dead, 3 injured in Buffalo store shooting-Here's what we know:The suspect, identified by authorities as Payton Gendron, 18, of Conklin, New York, traveled several hours across the state to carry out the attack, authorities said.Gramaglia said Gendron, armed with an assault-style rifle, arrived at the Tops Friendly Markets around 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Four people were shot in the parking lot, three of whom died at the scene. After Gendron entered the store, "he began engaging customers inside," Gramaglia said.The online platform Twitch said in a statement that it ended the livestream “less than two minutes after the violence started.”Jennifer Tooke said she was walking through the store when she heard gunshots."I ran through the deli and ran out the back door to get away from him," she said. "When I came out here I just (saw) bodies laying in front of the store."BUFFALO SHOOTING: Gov. Kathy Hochul blames 'white supremacist' She circled back to the parking lot, where she saw several bodies on the ground in front of the store. She retrieved her phone from her car and called her cousin, who was also inside the store when gunfire erupted. Her cousin hid in a freezer and was not injured, she said. The pair reconnected outside."It was scary," Tookes said, adding that the store was crowded at the time and that others ran out the back door as well. "A lot of people got away, thank God."She said she didn't see the shooter, but when she heard the shots she "just started running."-Security guard who confronted shooter among victims.A retired Buffalo police officer working in the store as a security guard confronted the shooter and shot him. Those bullets struck the attacker's tactical vest, preventing injury, Gramaglia said. The gunman returned fire and fatally shot the guard.The shooter "worked his way through the store" firing at others, and in the store's lobby was confronted by Buffalo police, police said. The suspect pointed his own gun at his neck and police convinced him to drop the gun and surrender.Authorities say the suspect live-streamed the attack on social media. Footage shows the gunman, dressed in military gear, pulling up to the front of the store with a rifle on the front seat, then pointing the rifle at people in the parking lot as he exited the vehicle, opened fire and entered the store.Hochul describes shooter as 'white supremacist' New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called the gunman a "white supremacist" who terrorized New York's second-largest city in a "cold-hearted," "military-style execution" as people were buying groceries."It strikes us in our very hearts to know that there's such evil that lurks out there," she said. "This individual – this white supremacist – who just perpetrated a hate crime on an innocent community, will spend the rest of his days behind bars. And heaven help him in the next world as well."President Joe Biden was briefed on the attack and was praying for those affected, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. NAACP President Derrick Johnson called the shooting “absolutely devastating."“Our hearts are with the community and all who have been impacted by this terrible tragedy. Hate and racism have no place in America. We are shattered, extremely angered and praying for the victims’ families and loved ones," he added in a statement.The suspect carried an assault weapon inscribed with a racial epithet, said U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins, citing briefings with law enforcement officials.In the past year, FBI Director Christopher Wray has repeatedly warned of the threat posed by racially motivated violent extremists, telling Congress that such cases represent the "biggest chunk" of the bureau's domestic terrorism investigations. The same group, Wray told a Senate committee last year, were responsible for the most lethal attacks in the past decade.-Suspect's lawyer seeks psychiatric exam for clientGendron was arraigned Saturday evening before Buffalo City Court Judge Craig Hannah on one count of first-degree murder. Officials said they will weigh additional charges in the coming days.Gendron's attorney, Brian Parker, requested that his client undergo a psychiatric examination. Hannah ordered that Gendron be held without bail. He will return to court for a felony hearing Thursday morning.John Flynn, Erie County's district attorney, said the suspect would face a variety of charges, including hate crime charges.Hochul said she had directed the state's Hate Crime Task Force to begin an investigation.Gendron may also face federal charges."We are investigating this incident as both a hate crime and a case of racially motivated violent extremism,” said Stephen Belongia, special agent of charge of the FBI's Buffalo field office.Gendron graduated from Susquehanna Valley High School in Conklin, about 10 miles southeast of Binghamton near the New York-Pennsylvania border. He had been a student at SUNY Broome Community College.Contributing: Christal Hayes, Kevin Johnson and Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, Sean Lahman, Rochester (NY) Democrat and ChronicleThis article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Buffalo shooting: 10 dead at supermarket; Payton Gendron charged.

Russia’s neighbor Finland declares NATO bid, hails ‘new era’ Sweden’s ruling Social Democrats to meet Sunday to decide whether to follow suit; Finland’s parliament will hold a session on Monday to debate membership proposal-By Elias Huuhtanen    Today, 2:54 pm

HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) — The Finnish government officially announced its intention to join NATO on Sunday, as Sweden’s ruling party was to hold a decisive meeting that could pave the way for a joint application.Less than three months after Russia’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine, the move is a stunning reversal of Finland’s policy on military non-alignment dating back more than 75 years.Sweden, which has been militarily non-aligned for more than two centuries, is also seen following suit, with a similar announcement expected on Monday.“Today, the President of the Republic and the Government’s Foreign Policy Committee have jointly agreed that Finland will apply for NATO membership, after consulting parliament. This is a historic day. A new era is opening,” Finnish President Sauli Niinisto told reporters on Sunday.Despite last-minute objections voiced by Turkey, NATO members are on a “good track” in their discussions on welcoming Sweden and Finland into the Western military alliance, Croatia’s foreign minister, Gordan Grlic Radman, said as he arrived for talks with NATO counterparts in Berlin.Finland’s parliament will convene to debate the membership proposal on Monday.“We hope the parliament will confirm the decision to apply for NATO membership during the coming days. It will be based on a strong mandate,” Prime Minister Sanna Marin said.An overwhelming majority of Finnish MPs back the decision after Marin’s Social Democratic Party on Saturday said it was in favor of membership.“Hopefully we can send our applications next week together with Sweden,” Marin said on Saturday.The two Nordic countries broke their strict neutralities after the end of the Cold War by joining the EU and becoming partners with NATO in the 1990s, solidifying their affiliation with the West.But the concept of full NATO membership was a non-starter in the countries until the war in Ukraine saw public and political support for joining the military alliance soar.Finland, which shares a 1,300-kilometer (800-mile) border with Russia, has been leading the charge, while Sweden appears anxious at being the only non-NATO country around the Baltic Sea.Many Swedish politicians have even said their support is conditional on Finland joining.On Saturday, the Finnish head of state phoned his Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin to inform him of his country’s desire to join NATO, in a conversation described as “direct and straightforward.”“Avoiding tensions was considered important,” Niinisto was quoted as saying in a statement by his office.But Putin responded by warning that joining NATO “would be a mistake since there is no threat to Finland’s security,” according to a Kremlin statement.On Sunday, Niinisto said that while Finland expects Russia to respond to its decision, “little by little, I’m beginning to think that we’re not going to face actual military operations.”“After the phone call with Putin, I think so even more.”-No other choiceAccording to recent polls, the number of Finns who want to join the alliance has risen to over three-quarters, almost triple the level seen before the war in Ukraine.In Sweden, support has also risen dramatically, to around 50 percent — with about 20 percent against.Prime Minister of Sweden, Magdalena Andersson, speaks to the press while attending the High-Level International Donor’s Conference for Ukraine at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, May 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)The senior leadership of Sweden’s Social Democrats, led by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, is due to meet on Sunday afternoon to decide whether the party should abandon its historic stance against joining, last reaffirmed at the party’s annual congress in November.A green light from the ruling Social Democrats would secure a firm majority in Sweden’s parliament in favor of joining.While the party’s leading politicians have seemed ready to reverse the decision, critical voices within have denounced the change in policy as rushed.But analysts say it is unlikely that the party will oppose the move.“There will perhaps not be the same sense of urgency” as in Finland, defense researcher Robert Dalsjo, an analyst at the Swedish Defense Research Institute (FOI), told AFP.“But the leaders in Sweden have realized that they really don’t have another choice, once Finland has,” he added.NATO membership needs to be approved and ratified by all 30 members of the alliance.While Finland and Sweden claim to have had favorable signals from Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed his opposition.Turkey’s objections, directed in particular at Stockholm, focus on what it considers to be the countries’ leniency towards the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is on the EU’s list of terrorist organizations.However, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said he was ready to discuss the matter with both countries, as well as with other NATO nations.Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said he was “confident” of reaching an agreement with Turkey.

NATO says ‘Ukraine can win this war,’ gears up for alliance expansion-Diplomats meet in Berlin to discuss new potential members and increasing Ukraine aid; Finland and Sweden already making moves toward joiningBy Frank Jordans-MAY 15,22-Today, 1:15 pm

BERLIN (AP) — A senior NATO official says Russia’s military advance in Ukraine appears to be faltering and he expressed hope that Kyiv can win the war.Top NATO diplomats are meeting Sunday in Berlin to discuss providing further support to Ukraine and moves by Finland, Sweden, and others to join the Western alliance in the face of threats from Russia.“The brutal invasion [by] Russia is losing momentum,” NATO Deputy-Secretary General Mircea Geoana told reporters. “We know that with the bravery of the Ukrainian people and army, and with our help, Ukraine can win this war.”Geoana, who was chairing the meeting while NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg recovers from a COVID-19 infection, said Ukraine’s supporters were “united, we are strong, will continue to help Ukraine in winning this war.”One key issue being discussed in Berlin is expansion of NATO beyond its current 30 member states.Finland and Sweden have already taken steps toward joining the alliance, while Georgia’s bid is again being discussed despite dire warnings from Moscow about the consequences if its neighbor becomes part of NATO.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meet at the Informal Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affair in Berlin, Germany, May 15, 2022. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool via AP)“Finland and Sweden are already the closest partners of NATO,” Geoana said, adding that he expected allies to view their applications positively.German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said her country and others made clear during a dinner late Saturday that they would be willing to fast-track the national ratification process for Finland and Sweden.“If these two countries are deciding to join, they can join very quickly,” she said.Denmark’s foreign minister dismissed suggestions that objections from Russian President Vladimir Putin could hinder the alliance from letting in new members.“Each and every European country has a fundamental right to choose their own security arrangement,” Jeppe Kofod told reporters.“We see now a world where the enemy of democracy number one is Putin and the thinking that he represents,” he said, adding that NATO would also stand with other countries, such as Georgia, which he said were being “instrumentalized” by Russia.Britain’s top diplomat said NATO members would also discuss security issues beyond Europe during their meeting Sunday — a reference to growing unease among democratic nations about the rise of China.“As well as protecting Euro-Atlantic security, we also need to watch out for Indo-Pacific security,” Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said.The meeting follows a gathering of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven leading economies on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast this week. Officials there expressed strong support for Ukraine and warned that Russia’s blockade of grain exports from Ukrainian ports risks stoking a global food crisis.

Ukrainian President Zelensky flaunts optimism as Russia retreats from Kharkiv-Ukraine’s Eurovision win and gains in the east against Russian forces make for a morale boost as country faces long-term war-By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and david keyton-MAY 15,22-Today, 10:17 am

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Fresh off his country’s Eurovision win, a defiant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed early Sunday to one day host the song contest in the embattled city of Mariupol, which is almost entirely in Russian hands aside from a stalwart group of a few hundred Ukrainian fighters who continue to hold out in a steel factory.Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra won the popular contest with its song “Stefania,” which has become a popular anthem among Ukrainians during the war, and its victory was a morale booster.“Our courage impresses the world, our music conquers Europe,” Zelensky said on Facebook. “Next year, Ukraine will host Eurovision!”The band made an impassioned plea during the show to help the fighters still in the Azovstal steel plant in the port city, and Zelensky said “one day” the contest would be held “in a Ukrainian Mariupol.”The president’s optimistic words come as Russian troops are retreating from Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city, after bombarding it for weeks, and Moscow’s forces continue to engaged in a grinding battle for the country’s eastern industrial heartland.Ukraine’s military said the Russian forces are now pulling back from the northeastern city to focus on guarding supply routes, while launching mortar, artillery and airstrikes in the eastern region of Donetsk in an attempt to “deplete Ukrainian forces and destroy fortifications.”Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said Ukraine was “entering a new — long-term — phase of the war.”Russian forces control a horseshoe-shaped swath of territory in the Ukrainian areas of Donetsk and Luhansk, which make up the eastern Donbas region, along the border of the industrial region where Ukraine has battled Moscow-backed separatists since 2014.In the southern Donbas, the Azov Sea port of Mariupol is now largely in Russian control, except for the few hundred troops left in the steel factory.A convoy of between 500 and 1,000 cars carrying civilians out of the city was reportedly able to reach the Ukrainian-held city of Zaporizhzhia on Saturday, while Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said authorities were negotiating the evacuation of 60 severely wounded troops at the steelworks.After failing to capture Kyiv following the February 24 invasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin has shifted his focus eastward to the Donbas, aiming to encircle Ukraine’s most experienced and best-equipped troops, and to seize territory still under Ukraine’s control.Airstrikes and artillery barrages make it extremely dangerous for journalists to move around in the east, hindering efforts to get a full picture of the fighting. But it appears to be a back-and-forth slog without major breakthroughs on either side.Russia has captured some Donbas villages and towns, including Rubizhne, which had a prewar population of around 55,000.Zelensky said Ukraine’s forces have also made progress in the east, retaking six towns or villages in the past day. In his nightly address Saturday, he said “the situation in Donbas remains very difficult” and Russian troops were “still trying to come out at least somewhat victorious.”“Step by step,” Zelensky said, “we are forcing the occupants to leave the Ukrainian land.”Kharkiv, which is near the Russian border and only 80 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of the Russian city of Belgorod, has undergone weeks of intense shelling. The largely Russian-speaking city with a prewar population of 1.4 million was a key military objective earlier in the war, when Moscow hoped to capture and hold major cities.Ukraine “appears to have won the Battle of Kharkiv,” said the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank. “Ukrainian forces prevented Russian troops from encircling, let alone seizing Kharkiv, and then expelled them from around the city, as they did to Russian forces attempting to seize Kyiv.”Regional Gov. Oleh Sinegubov said via the Telegram messaging app that there had been no shelling attacks on Kharkiv in the past day.He added that Ukraine launched a counteroffensive near Izyum, a city 125 kilometers (78 miles) south of Kharkiv that has been held by Russia since at least the beginning of April.Fighting was fierce on the Siversky Donets River near the city of Severodonetsk, where Ukraine has launched counterattacks but failed to halt Russia’s advance, said Oleh Zhdanov, an independent Ukrainian military analyst.“The fate of a large portion of the Ukrainian army is being decided — there are about 40,000 Ukrainian soldiers,” he said.However, Russian forces suffered heavy losses in a Ukrainian attack that destroyed a pontoon bridge they were using to try to cross the same river in the town of Bilohorivka, Ukrainian and British officials said.Relatives and friends attend the funeral of Melnyk Andriy, 23, a Ukrainian military servicemen who as killed in Kharkiv province, in Lviv, Ukraine, May 14, 2022. (Emilio Morenatti/AP)Britain’s defense ministry said Russia lost “significant armored maneuver elements” of at least one battalion tactical group in the attack. A Russian battalion tactical group consists of about 1,000 troops.The ministry said the risky river crossing was a sign of “the pressure the Russian commanders are under to make progress in their operations in eastern Ukraine.”Putin has justified the war in Ukraine by claiming it was a response to NATO’s expansion in Eastern Europe.But the invasion has other countries along Russia’s flank worried they could be next, and in the past week the president and prime minister of Finland said they favor seeking NATO membership. Officials in Sweden are expected to announce a decision Sunday on whether to apply to join the Western military alliance.In a phone call Saturday, Putin told Finnish President Sauli Niinisto that there are no threats to Finland’s security and joining NATO would be an “error” and “negatively affect Russian-Finnish relations.”The Nordic nations’ potential bids were thrown into question Friday when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country is “not of a favorable opinion.”US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was scheduled to meet his NATO counterparts, including Turkey’s foreign minister, this weekend in Germany.