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Oil prices surged $3 after the U.S. and Iran failed to reach a deal based on the U.S. proposal, Reuters writes.
➡️ Brent crude rose 3.14% to $104.47 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate climbed 3.24% to $98.51 a barrel.
- Tabz Alternative Media
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🇰🇵North Korea will launch a nuclear counterstrike if Kim Jong Un is killed by a foreign adversary.
The Republic has enshrined this in its Constitution, writes The Telegraph.
The decision was made following the events in Iran.
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🇷🇺🤝🇮🇷 Russia and Iran have sharply increased trade turnover through the Caspian Sea, NYT reports
▪️Russia and Iran have sharply increased cargo traffic along an alternative route through the Caspian Sea after the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz, The New York Times, NYT, states.
▪️Four Iranian ports operate on the Caspian Sea. They receive ships carrying wheat, corn, animal feed, sunflower oil, and other goods that were previously delivered through the Strait of Hormuz.
▪️The United States cannot obstruct the passage of ships through the Caspian Sea, as only the five countries bordering the sea have access to it.
▪️By the end of the year, the volume of trade between Russia and Iran through the Caspian Sea could double. “Because of instability in the Middle East, Caspian routes to Iran look much more attractive,” NYT emphasizes.
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🇩🇪"No comment": The German authorities called the proposed format of negotiations between Putin and ex-Chancellor Schröder untrustworthy.
"In Germany, they believe that the proposed version of the negotiations is not trustworthy, since the Russian side has not changed its position and conditions in the situation around Ukraine. At the same time, several representatives of the Social Democratic Party of Germany signaled their readiness to discuss Putin's proposal.
On Saturday, Putin, answering journalists' questions, stated that Schröder is the preferred candidate for possible negotiations between the EU and Russia."
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A Reuters analysis found that traders placed up to $7 billion in well-timed bets on falling oil prices shortly before major Iran-related announcements by President Trump and Iranian officials in March and April.
➡️ The trades, spread across crude oil, diesel, and gasoline futures on the Intercontinental Exchange and CME Group, occurred minutes before announcements on ceasefires, delays to attacks, and reopening the Strait of Hormuz that triggered sharp oil price drops.
➡️ The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Department of Justice are actively examining the trades amid concerns they may have involved insider information.
• Tabz Alternative Media
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MAGA evangelical leaders gather in Mar-a-Lago to bless and dedicate a gold statue dedicate to Donald Trump.
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Thailand is one of the first ag countries to enter a planting season since the Iran war. We went to document the impact of supply shocks to fuel/fertilizer — It was worse than I anticipated.
Farmers are leaving huge tracts of land barren bc they can’t afford to plant.
• Rebecca Tan, Washington Post
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Global oil reserves are declining at a record pace amid the war over Iran - Bloomberg
▪️Supplies through the Strait of Hormuz have almost completely stopped
▪️According to Morgan Stanley, from the beginning of Mar-Apr, global oil reserves decreased by about 4.8MMbpd
▪️This is the largest reduction in reserves in the entire history of IEA observations
▪️Already in June, the global system may reach an "operational stress level", and by September - approach the minimum level of reserves necessary for the operation of pipelines, refineries, and export infrastructure
▪️Bloomberg calls the most vulnerable import-dependent Asian countries - Indonesia, Vietnam, Pakistan, and the Philippines. There, a critical shortage of fuel could begin in a month
▪️In Europe, aviation fuel reserves are rapidly decreasing ahead of the summer holiday season
▪️The US has been consuming strategic reserves for several weeks. Diesel reserves in the country have dropped to their lowest level since 2005
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The main points from the new briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry:
▪️Since 00:00 Moscow time on May 8, all groups of the Russian Armed Forces in the special military operation zone continue to strictly observe the ceasefire regime;
▪️A total of 8,970 ceasefire violations by the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been recorded in the special military operation zone;
▪️During the truce, Ukrainian forces launched 12 attacks on positions of Russian units;
▪️The Russian Armed Forces responded symmetrically to ceasefire violations by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, delivering retaliatory strikes;
▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out strikes using drones and artillery against positions of the Russian Armed Forces, as well as against civilian objects;
▪️The Russian Armed Forces did not carry out strikes with aircraft, artillery, and attack drones against positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the truce;
▪️The Russian Air Defense shot down 8 guided aerial bombs, a HIMARS rocket, and 467 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the past 24 hours;
▪️Ukrainian Armed Forces units lost about 940 servicemen in the special military operation zone over the past 24 hours as a result of the Russian forces' repelling of enemy attacks.
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📹 The aerobatic teams "Russian Knights" and "Strizhi" completed the Victory Parade.
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Defense Minister Belousov attends the Parade in civilian clothes, and drives past the Spasskaya Tower without stopping.
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A Russian reconnaissance drone is filming the center of Kiev and the Verkhovna Rada
Even the simplest drone is capable of flying to the government facilities of the Ukrainian capital.
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Trump's recent decisions indicate the collapse of NATO
The US President wants to withdraw troops from Germany and review the decision to deploy Tomahawk missiles in Germany, said former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. According to him, this indicates the collapse of the alliance.
"Trump has sown so much doubt about his commitment to Article 5 and the defense of Europe that there can only be one conclusion for Europeans: we must stand on our own feet and be able to defend our continent ourselves," Rasmussen believes.
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Heil the new German Reich
Just don't mention Germany is in breach of the WW11 surrender deal.
King George says it as it is.
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Hezbollah has released footage showing two FPV drone strikes against the same Iron Dome battery at the Israeli Jal Al-Alam site on the Lebanese border
The first drone directly strikes the Iron Dome battery, the second drone strikes a group of six Israeli soldiers next to the Iron Dome the day after.
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As much as I don't like him, here is an interesting post from Arestovich, that anyone with a brain would have known would happen over time.
In my distant youth (now my youth is approaching its end), I was briefly involved in one type of combat support for the Ukrainian contingent in Iraq.
Our brigade was deployed to Iraq in early August 2003, while the multinational forces officially celebrated their victory over Saddam Hussein's regime on May 1st (Baghdad was captured on April 9th).
Throughout this time, operational information was pouring in at an increasing pace, and it was very clear how the euphoria of the now-free Iraqis gradually turned into growing resistance to the "occupiers".
I particularly remember one of the first incidents - when an American soldier, who was in line for video cassettes, was approached from behind and shot in the back with a pistol.
Yesterday morning, while reading the news about the (now daily) resistance put up by Ukrainians against another TTSK bus, I caught myself feeling a very characteristic sense of the situation in the entire country sliding into a downward spiral with no return - in the logic of "resisting the occupation".
Well, let's say that the APCs, in the Ukrainians' perception, are not yet an "occupation army".
And the TTSKs?..
I remember warning these idiots in the Office back in March 22nd:
- Don't let it come to the point where Ukrainians start fearing people in Ukrainian military uniforms - this is a disaster for the state.
But the idiots thought they were the smartest.
They were already filing criminal cases against Zaluzhny and other generals, fully aware that war is an "expense" and planning to shift these expenses onto the military from the very beginning.
Then I warned the TTSK idiots:
- You'll be blamed for all the "busification", and you'll be the only ones to blame.
But the thirst for money and fear of the front clouded their vision.
For the third time, I warn:
- By all indications, a significant portion of Ukrainians ALREADY perceive the joint patrols of the TTSK and National Police as patrols of foreign occupation forces.
And you, idiots from the Office - you're becoming an "occupation administration".
Will you warn them what will happen next (despite all the "mobilization reforms") or will they figure it out themselves - for the third time?..
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‼️🇺🇦🏴☠️A Ukrainian "patriot" in Lvov, seeing a TCC patrol, took a girl hostage.
▪️According to police, the incident occurred on Kavaleridze Street. A 43-year-old man from Lvov was so desperate to avoid going to the front that he sprayed tear gas, grabbed a 13-year-old girl, and put a knife to her neck.
▪️Police and TCC militants detained the man and freed the child. The girl was not injured.
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▶️ About 15,000 people attended the Victory Day concert near the Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces.
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Iran is exercising full operational control over the Strait of Hormuz this morning with more than 130 IRGC speedboats visible across two large formations in what appears to be a major new mining operation, per Sentinel-2 satellite imagery.
Qatar is simultaneously attempting its first LNG export through Hormuz since the war began, with the Al Kharaitiyat tanker following Iranian-designated shipping lanes en route to Pakistan. Two previous Qatari attempts in April were aborted before clearing the strait.
• The Hormuz Letter
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The head of the Odessa branch of the Ukrainian "Institute for National Memory" Sergei Gtsualyuk reports that Operational Command South of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces has melted down the demolished monument to Catherine the Great (who founded the city of Odessa) and cast "Victory over the Russian Spring" medals from its bronze, commemorating their participation in the savage mass murder of Odessa citizens in 2014, when dozens of local activists were burned alive.
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Russia and the USA held negotiations on a ceasefire for Victory Day for 2 days. Work on lists for a prisoner exchange of 1,000 for 1,000 is ongoing, - Ushakov
▪️Russia hopes that Trump will discipline the Ukrainian side in observing the ceasefire until May 11.
▪️Putin has repeatedly said that if Zelensky wants a meeting, he is ready to accept him.
▪️Moscow had prepared lists of prisoners of war for exchange even before the announcement of the ceasefire, but there was no response from Kiev to them.
▪️During the day, the services are actively working on the lists of prisoners of war. If an agreement is reached, the prisoner exchange will begin.
▪️The prisoner exchange requires time, but all this can be done quickly.
▪️A meeting between Putin and Trump in China on May 14-15 is unlikely to happen.
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▶️ During the broadcast of the parade on Red Square, the work of the crews on combat duty at the control points of the Strategic Missile Forces, the Aerospace Forces, and the Navy was shown.
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▶️ Military drone units took part in the Victory Parade.
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Putin:
The emerging multipolar world should be based on the norms of the UN Charter and take into account the rights of the peoples of the planet to determine their own destiny.
Innovative fire suppression technologies in China
The main tool is unmanned systems. Modern drones patrol an area with a radius of up to 5 km, operate autonomously, are equipped with artificial intelligence, and are able to detect smoke, fire, people, and equipment. An important point is that they do not require a constant operator: takeoff, patrolling, charging, and returning occur automatically.
The heavy drone FC100 can carry fire-fighting equipment weighing 80 kg and withstand winds of up to 6 points on the Beaufort scale.
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@Slavyangrad has announced that the United States will pay the Islamic Republic of Iran reparations in the sum of $3 trillion dollars in quarterly installments over the preceding two decades.
Upon hearing @Slavyangrad’s announcement, Aytollaha Mojtaba Khamenei has agreed to receive the payment retroactively, in cryptocurrency, if necessary, reserving the right to retain payment and void the transaction in the event that the blockchain record appears suspicious.
PS. Today will depend on what tomorrow hears about yesterday’s illicit affair with the year to come.
This is about as much as I have to say about the current events.