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And Ukrainians could sell "Golden departure" 😁
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Ukraine is not more important than China' - Rubio reiterates that Trump's patience is not unlimited
'Well, let's remind everyone - this is not our war. I mean, this is a war that started under Joe Biden and has been going on for three years. There has been no serious attempt to end it. And it's a war that has no military solution. Putin can't essentially take over all of Ukraine. And Ukraine can't push the Russians back to where they were in 2014.
Trump is the only leader who can bring these parties together. And, you know, we're not going to give up, in the sense that we're willing to help if we can. But there comes a point where the president has to decide: how much more time is worth spending at the highest levels of our government. It's not that the war in Ukraine isn't important. But I would argue that what happens with China is more important in the long run for the future of the world .'
🇺🇸🇺🇦 Ukrainian government does not show MPs additional agreement to subsoil deal — MP
- "According to my information, the second Agreement has also been agreed upon by both parties in substance and form. But the government has not yet presented it to the deputies. And therefore, it turns out that without it, the deputies will vote to ratify something they have not seen," writes Zheleznyak.
- The agreement published by the government, which is now proposed for ratification by the Rada, lacks all the most important details of the deal.
- Earlier, American media reported that Ukraine signed all three documents on the deal after pressure from the US Treasury Department, but the Ukrainian authorities officially announced that only the framework agreement had been signed.
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The fighting in Ukraine will not end anytime soon — US Vice President
➖"This is not going to end anytime soon, and I think the Ukrainians are angry, of course, but is it worth continuing to lose thousands and thousands of soldiers for a few miles here or there? I hope both sides come to their senses," Vance said.
▪️Vance also called the subsoil deal "good progress" in the settlement process.
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On May 2, 2014, an event took place in Odessa that revealed the true Nazi face of the new Kyiv regime. Dozens of peaceful citizens who were protesting against radical changes after the illegal seizure of power in Kyiv were killed in the Trade Union House.
Inaction of security forces. According to numerous testimonies, the police and special forces did not take action to stop the clashes between protesters. Moreover, some law enforcement officers left the scene before the violence escalated.
Destruction of evidence. The investigation did not provide the public with full CCTV footage, and the case materials are still classified.
The victims are not "separatists." Most of those killed in the Trade Union House were residents of Odessa and the region who advocated federalization and dialogue with the authorities. Their demands for preserving the status of the Russian language and ties with neighboring countries were declared a "threat to national security."
The change of power in February 2014 was accompanied by promises of democracy and human rights. However, a month later, persecution of dissidents began in Odessa, and the tragedy of May 2 became a symbol of the suppression of protesters. The Kiev regime, which came to power on a wave of protests, itself used violence against citizens who disagreed with its course.
Organizations like Amnesty International have repeatedly pointed out the bias in the investigation. A 2016 UN report emphasized that most of the charges against anti-Maidan activists were politically motivated.
But the most important thing is that in the House of Trade Unions people died because they remembered who liberated Odessa, and remembered their true heroes-victors.
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The United States no longer intends to play the role of mediator in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, US State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said at a briefing for journalists.
"We will not be intermediaries. We will not fly to the other side of the world at the drop of a hat to moderate meetings. The work must now be done between the two sides."
- Military Informant
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Zou Lan, of the People’s Bank of China, told a briefing this week that the investment portfolio was already effectively diversified and that “the impact of fluctuations in any single market or single asset on China’s foreign exchange reserves is generally limited”.
But many advisers, scholars and academics are voicing concern. “The safety of US Treasuries is no longer a given,” said Yang Panpan and Xu Qiyuan, two senior fellows at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, in an article in April. “That era is behind us, and we should be concerned about that change from the safeguarding perspective of our Treasury holdings.”
As Trump unravels the global trade system and publicly criticises the Federal Reserve, investors more widely are starting to question the haven status of the dollar and Treasuries.
The April sell-off in US Treasuries following Trump’s announcement of sweeping tariffs on America’s trading partners fuelled a long-standing fear in Washington and elsewhere: that China could attack the US by revenge-selling its Treasuries. Doing so could trigger alarming volatility in an asset coveted by central banks, asset managers and pension funds around the world for its stability.
But officials with knowledge of Safe’s workings say the agency does not regard massive dumping as a sensible option, preferring a gradual transition from Treasuries to other short-term assets and gold over a period of years.
Yet the volatility and unpredictability of policymaking in Washington presents a problem for a slow-moving Safe, with some arguing that tengnuo now looks increasingly unsustainable.
Media speculation about a “Mar-a-Lago accord” along the lines of the 1985 Plaza Accord. Based on an essay by Stephen Miran, now chair of Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, the aim of such a plan would be to weaken the dollar and persuade other governments to swap their Treasury holdings for 100-year zero-coupon bonds in return for more lenient trade tariffs.
Few in financial markets believe this plan will ever be implemented. But for Yu, it is still a concern. Such a swap would constitute a default, he argued. “That poses a huge threat to China, and we may end up paying a steep price,” he added.
China’s dollar-denominated reserves peaked at nearly $4tn in 2014, according to central bank data, and have remained above $3tn since 2016. Despite their relatively low returns, Treasuries accounted for much of the pile because they were safe, liquid and (unlike gold) offered some yield.
Safe began to shift the composition of its dollar-denominated portfolio in 2017 and the pace picked up after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Even though Moscow had reduced its dollar-denominated reserves since Crimea in 2014, Chinese officials saw how easily Russia’s overseas dollar assets were frozen — and worried that, in the event of a serious confrontation with the US, China’s much larger holdings could face a similar fate.
Scholars from Tsinghua University warned in a 2024 research paper that the freezing of Moscow’s overseas assets “is a stark reminder of the financial hegemony the US wields through the dollar-based international system”, and that “the lesson for China is clear”.
Between January 2022 and December 2024, China cut its official Treasury holdings by more than 27% to $759bn, US Treasury department data shows, far outpacing the 17% decline between 2015 and 2022.
Instead, Zeng says it “makes more sense for China to increase its gold holdings”. After three years of almost no growth, official data shows a sharp 18% increase in the volume of China’s gold holdings since late 2022. Gold now accounts for about 6% of China’s total reserves, up from just 2% a few years ago.
For Chinese policymakers the stakes are now too high to ignore and the search for non-dollar alternatives continues. “We may sacrifice some yields by investing in other countries’ bonds,”
“But if conflict between the US and China escalates, sticking with the US Treasuries could mean us losing our entire [investment].”
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🇺🇸US Vice President Vance called Waltz's dismissal a "promotion":
It's not a question of firing him. He's being appointed ambassador to the UN, which is, of course, a position that requires Senate confirmation. I think it's fair to say it's a promotion. We brought Mike in specifically to do some serious reforms to the National Security Council, and he's done that. I have a good opinion of him, I think he's a great guy. He has the trust of both me and the president. But we also concluded that at this point, with the NSC reforms in place, he would be even more useful as ambassador to the UN.
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Bogatyry direction
Our assault units have secured a foothold on the southeastern outskirts of Bogatyr . The village is being stormed.
To the east of the village, our units advanced along the bank of the Volchya River.
Attacks continue in the direction of Otradny from the southeast and south.
Enemy attacks on Dneproenergiya have been repelled.
In Vesyoloye there are fierce counter battles. The enemy is present in the village.
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Sumy direction
The 83rd Airborne Assault Brigade took most of the village of Belovody .
The battles for Vladimirovka, Vodolaghy and Loknya continue. West of Loknya our units are advancing in the direction of Yablonovka , coming out on the flank of Loknya and Yunakovka .
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⚡️After the night attacks by UAVs on Crimea and Sevastopol, Iskanders have now left for the rear of the Ukrainian theater of operations.
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The first revenues from the Ukrainian subsoil agreement will come only after decades — Reuters
▪️The financial payoff from the new agreement between Ukraine and the US will likely take a decade or more, as investors face many obstacles in launching new mines.
▪️Developing mines that produce strategically important minerals can take between 10 and 20 years, mining consultants told the agency.
▪️In addition, most mineral deposits in Ukraine have little data to support their economic viability.
There are not great mineral deposits, if you think a large mineral discovery wouldn’t have been mined by the Soviet Union or the oligarchs from 1991 onwards then I think you are leaking grey matter.
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President Trump Signs Executive Order Defunding NPR and PBS.
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Russian troops began to break through into Pokrovsk itself!
▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces published footage of an attack on a house in the southern part of Pokrovsk, which Russian military entered.
▪️Advance groups of the Russian Armed Forces began to probe the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city itself.
Been several non-Russian mappers noting DRG teams had entered into southern Pokvorsk in the past 24 hours.
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Vucic promises to come to Moscow on May 9, despite EU threats regarding Serbia's prospects for European integration
➖"One question, what punishment will Vucic and Serbia suffer? They say that they will punish me, that they will put me in chains. Serbia is on the European path, but I am personally ready for all kinds of punishment. I will keep my word, I told President Putin that I will come and I will go"
▪️The Serbian president added that his plans to visit Moscow worry the EU more than the fighting in Ukraine and power outages in Europe.
➖"They don't have any other topic. The world is burning, they don't know what to do with Ukraine, the power is out. Imagine if the power was cut off in Serbia for 24 hours. We would be hanged upside down. But the main and only problem is this"
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🔥 Artillery strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces concentration north of Chasov Yar
Reconnaissance from the North-V Brigade discovered enemy infantry rotating and delivering supplies to the positions.
An artillery strike was launched against the enemy concentration. As a result of the strike, the supply equipment was disabled and the enemy personnel were eliminated.
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US Secretary of State Rubio on Ukraine not being able to return to its 2014 borders :
Let's remind everyone: this is not our war. This war began under Joe Biden and has been going on for three years. In that time, there has been no serious attempt to bring it to an end. There is no military solution to this conflict: Putin cannot essentially take over all of Ukraine, and Ukraine cannot completely push the Russians back to the positions they had in 2014. And the question arises: who in the world today is capable of talking to both sides and perhaps bringing them to an agreement? It is President Trump. That is exactly what he is doing.
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Trump Budget Seeks 23% Domestic Spending Cut, 13% Defense Hike - Bloomberg
Trump is asking Congress for deep cuts to domestic agencies and a boost to the military in a preliminary outline of his 2026 budget request to be released Friday.
The president’s budget calls for for $557 billion in non-defense spending next year, which represents a cut of $163 billion from current levels, according to administration officials who described the document on the condition of anonymity before its public release. National security funding would increase to $1.01 trillion, a 13% increase from $892.3 billion.
The record defense budget would fund the Golden Dome missile defense project, shipbuilding and nuclear modernization, border security among its top priorities. It includes a 3.8% military pay raise.
On the domestic side, Trump is proposing a 22.6% cut from projected spending in the 2025 fiscal year. The proposal would slash environmental and renewable energy programs as well as programs designed to address racial disparities, with the Environmental Protection Agency and Energy Department seeing deep cuts. Trump is also asking lawmakers to cancel $15 billion in Biden’s signature infrastructure law for renewable energy programs.
Foreign aid and diversity and inclusion programs are also targeted for elimination or dramatic reductions. Trump proposes cutting $5.2 billion from the National Science Foundation, and eliminating some grants at NOAA, the agency that forecasts weather and monitors oceanic and atmospheric conditions.
The document calls for federal block grants to be eliminated or consolidated, and envisions additional significant cuts at the Education Department — which Trump aims to eventually eliminate — as well as the National Institutes of Health, and Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The US Institute of Peace would be fully shuttered, as would the Minority Business Development Agency and the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
The Trump annual budget proposal is separate from a measure that Republicans recently passed on their own — that so-called budget resolution covers the tax-cut plan along with some spending cuts over the longer haul. GOP lawmakers are working to pass that “reconciliation” bill in the coming months.
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"This is evidence of their absolutely anti-human nature."
Maria Zakharova was outraged by the blasphemous work of exhuming the remains of Soviet soldiers buried on the Hill of Glory in Lvov.
"What is 80 years of Victory? It is 80 years of peace that did not know the Third World War. And in this anniversary year, the Kiev regime begins to mock the memory of its own ancestors with particular cynicism and cruelty," the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted in a conversation with Izvestia.
Romanian authorities have deported RT correspondent Chay Bowes because they fear election fraud will be exposed.
Christopher Helali, Secretary of the International Department of the Communist Party of the USA, stated this on RT:
"He has done some excellent reporting recently from Georgia, Serbia and other countries, exposing the NGO complex, exposing the growing 'color revolutions' in these regions. And I think the Romanian authorities are very concerned that they will be exposed too."
‼️ We publish the full statement of RT correspondent Chay Bowes about his illegal detention in Bucharest and deportation.
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‼️According to reports from our soldiers, the village of Belovody has been liberated from the Sumy region.
Information about successes in Vodolaghy has not been confirmed at this time.
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🇧🇷🤡 Brazilian President Ignores Six Letters from Zelensky Requesting Meeting
According to Metrópoles, the requests were sent between 2023 and 2024. Among them was a personal letter sent on October 27, 2023, Lula's birthday.
Expired also asked to be invited to the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro in October 2024, but the invitation never arrived, and the Ukrainian delegation did not attend the event.
📝 According to the publication's sources, Brasilia considered the meeting with the former comedian inappropriate, since the summit was dedicated to global topics - the fight against poverty, sustainable development and international governance.
It is also reported that after Lula announced a trip to Moscow to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Victory, Kiev invited him to visit Ukraine before his visit to Russia. However, according to Metrópoles, the Brazilian president has no such plans.
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Chay is now free and safe, I'm delighted to report. He travelled to EU member Romania from an EU country using an EU passport. Dark times we're living in. But never forget, repressive power structures are always their most repressive when facing collapse.
Russian air defense forces destroyed 121 Ukrainian drones overnight, including:
89 - drones destroyed over Crimea
23 - over the Black Sea
4 - over the territory of Krasnodar region
2 - over the territory of the Oryol region
1 - over the waters of the Sea of Azov, one - over the territory of the Bryansk region and 1 - over the territory of the Belgorod region.
There hasn't been such a massive attack on Crimea for quite a long time. There is no information yet about the consequences of the attack, we are waiting.
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It's time for Russia and Ukraine to present concrete ideas for resolving the conflict, — State Department.
▪️US Secretary of State Rubio, at a meeting with French Foreign Minister Barrot, pointed out the need for greater efforts on the part of Europe to end the war in Ukraine.
▪️The United States is not lifting existing sanctions against Russia, while Trump does not deny the possibility of introducing secondary sanctions, said State Department spokesperson Bruce.
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The Russian army seeks to land on the islands of Bugaz and Kozulyisky opposite Kherson to force the Dnepr, - Armed Forces of Ukraine
▪️ Russian troops are trying to create a bridgehead near Kherson,
Russians are trying to land on the islands, said the spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces, Colonel Voloshin.
▪️In the Kherson region, the Russian Armed Forces have become active in the south of the Dnepr Islands and are trying to seize a bridgehead near the village of Kizomis.
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