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A 40,000-bottle wine collection that belonged to Josef Stalin, including French and Georgian rarities dating back to the early 19th century, was opened in Georgia's capital Tbilisi this week
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Trump concluded the meeting on the Iran deal without making a decision, — NYT
➖"President Trump's meeting in the Situation Room lasted about two hours, but the president did not make a decision on a new agreement with Iran," the publication writes.
▪️The administration believes that it is close to an agreement, but some issues are still being discussed, including the unfreezing of funds for Iranians, a US official told the publication.
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At night, "Gerani" struck targets in Shostka, Sumy region
▪️Local authorities are reporting a mass drone attack.
▪️Infrastructure facilities, non-residential buildings, administrative premises, and transport were damaged.
▪️Local communities report that the train station was targeted.
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🇪🇪"Estonia may have to draft women as male birth rates plummet": More and more European countries are conscripting women into the army.
"The head of the Estonian Defense Resources Department, Anu Rannaveksi, stated that due to a sharp drop in the birth rate, by 2040 the country will not have enough male conscripts to fulfill the recruitment plan of 4,100 people per year. According to her, the problem will have to be solved by introducing mandatory conscription for women. "I hope the question is rather when this will happen, not whether it will happen at all," she said, reminding that every Estonian citizen is obliged to defend its independence.
Several NATO countries have already switched to gender-neutral conscription. Norway and Sweden - since 2015 and 2017 respectively, Denmark - since this year. Latvia plans to introduce mandatory service for women by 2028. In Poland, where service for women remains voluntary, their share in the army has increased from 5% to 17% over ten years."
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In the USA, the first unmanned mother ship for maritime drones has been launched.
The Marauder MUSV (Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle) project was designed from scratch exclusively as an unmanned platform for autonomous operations in the open ocean. The ship was primarily created for the needs of the US Navy's "hybrid fleet" concept, especially for distributed operations in complex and contested waters such as the Indo-Pacific region.
The Marauder's deck is designed to accommodate standard maritime containers: either four 40-foot containers or eight 20-foot ISO containers. This allows the ship's purpose to be completely changed for a specific mission within a matter of hours.
Unlike many modern USVs, which are converted from civilian or manned boats, the Marauder initially has no accommodations for people (cabins, bridge, life support systems). This reduces its cost, simplifies the design, and dedicates all useful space to fuel and payload. The entire ecosystem is controlled by a single Saronic software stack with elements of AI and the ability to be controlled by an operator ("human-on-the-loop").
- Length: ~55 meters
- Maximum speed: over 46 km/h (>25 knots)
- Cruising speed: ~22 km/h (12 knots)
- Range: up to 10,000 kilometers (5,400 nautical miles)
- Cargo capacity: up to 150 tons
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Finance Minister Scott Bessent announces that the US government has confiscated Iran's cryptocurrency worth $1 billion:
“They just seized the wallets directly. Some of them might be typing right now and not even aware that their wallet has been "stolen".
I often wonder in these types of interviews who is getting interviewed and who is doing the talking. The "journalist" had zero reason for Bessent to even be there.
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Another patriotic Ukrainian M113 APC driver gets some encouragement to leave his 9-5. 👌
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📹 At least three people were killed and five injured due to an explosion in an apartment building in Dallas, USA, according to CBS. The cause of the explosion was a gas leak.
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Hungary will not send weapons and military equipment to Ukraine, - Magyar
▪️The Prime Minister of the Republic stated this at a meeting with NATO Secretary General Rutte.
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Pursuit of a special group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fleeing along the anti-drone corridor near Sumy
▪️The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to escape from our drone under the nets, but failed to make a turn, which ended very badly for them.
▪️Combat work of the scouts of the 22nd regiment.
▪️Sumy direction.
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An American space rocket exploded during testing
▪️Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin heavy rocket New Glenn exploded during a routine procedure at a launch complex in Florida.
▪️The company reported that there were no injuries. Now, Blue Origin must decide on the restoration of the damaged infrastructure and the future of the test program.
▪️One launch of New Glenn costs $68 million, and $2.5 billion was spent on its development.
➖"Rockets are complicated," commented Elon Musk, the company's main competitor, on the situation.
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'The process of selecting a negotiator from Europe is a trap set by Russia' - Kallas
'Of course, all issues concerning Ukraine can and should be discussed and agreed upon only between Ukraine and Russia. But there are many issues that concern Europe. And I believe this is a trap into which Russia wants to draw us - to make us discuss who exactly will talk to them, while they themselves already choose who suits them and who doesn't. We shouldn't fall into this trap.
Negotiations are always a team effort. You have good cards, you have bad cards, you have a strategy with which you approach the negotiating table. And that's why the content is much more important than the question of 'who'.
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⚡️Shoigu on new strikes on decision-making centers in Kiev:
"This could happen at any moment. We have warned everyone. We have also shown the potential strength of the strike. Those who think that Russia has nothing left are deeply mistaken."
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'It's impossible to achieve peace in Ukraine through negotiations now,' - former US presidential adviser Bolton.
'Trump wants to win the Nobel Peace Prize. It seems to me that much of what he does ultimately boils down to this. He doesn't see any prospects for a settlement between Ukraine and Russia - for a whole range of quite obvious reasons. Therefore, he has simply lost interest in this conflict. He doesn't have any strategic vision here. He just understands that he won't get the Nobel Peace Prize, because it's impossible to achieve peace through negotiations now.'
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The world is threatened by a fuel crisis due to the war in the Middle East - a joint statement from the IMF, WTO, World Bank, and International Energy Agency
▪️According to their assessment, global oil reserves are declining at a "record pace" following the drop in supplies through the Strait of Hormuz.
▪️If the movement of ships does not recover, further depletion of reserves on the eve of the peak summer demand will create growing risks for fuel security, market situations, and the global economy.
▪️The organizations also announced a rise in fuel and fertilizer prices. According to their assessment, the consequences of the conflict are already disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable countries, threatening food security, employment, and people's incomes.
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💥 FPV drone operators destroyed two APU pickup trucks on the Orekhov direction.
The vehicles were equipped with electronic warfare systems.
Two self-propelled material supply carts were also hit.
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"The conflict in Ukraine has shown what the war of the future looks like. Endless drones, total transparency of the front, constant hunting for any target. Now, the one who adapts faster - hides, suppresses, blinds and automates - will be able to win":
The Economist cover - about a new shape of war.
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🇺🇸🤡The head of the US Treasury, Bessent, on the fact that Trump's image will still appear on the dollar.
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🇷🇺The "Brave" units are burning enemy equipment while advancing behind Krasnoarmeysky and in the Dnepropetrovsk region
- Units of the "Center" troop grouping continue their attacks behind the previously liberated city of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysky).
- Russian troops are attacking in the areas of Grishino, Novoaleksandrovka, Rodinskoe, and Dorozhnoe.
- The assault units of the "Center" grouping are supported by UAV crews, actively destroying the infantry and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Krasnoarmeysky, Mirnograd (Dimitrov), and in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
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Amazing footage of Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin rocket failed launch.
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'We are not facing a direct attack from Russia,' the Romanian Defense Ministry commented on the drone crash on a residential building.
'Romanians should understand from these situations that Russia poses a security threat to the countries of the region, and the military actions and the war it is waging against Ukraine, to one degree or another, affect all the countries of NATO's eastern flank, and not only. I think we need to understand the risks and the scale of what is happening. Right now, we are not facing a direct attack from Russia on Romania, but it's necessary to take into account that such situations have already occurred and could happen again.'
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The US may return to military action against Iran if the negotiations do not lead to a "favorable deal", - Trump.
▪️The Iranians are conducting negotiations as "very good and cunning negotiators", but "all the trump cards" are in Washington's hands, because the US "defeated them militarily", Trump stated.
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📝Replacement Cycle vs Destruction Cycle📝
On paper, Ukraine operates around 100 Gepards if you add German, Belgian and a few other sources. In reality, Belgium only started refurbishing 15 old, stored vehicles in April 2026 — far too little and far too late compared to the rate at which these systems are being lost.
The replacement cycle lags far behind the destruction cycle, and that is a structural problem. While officials debate, modernize and transport each “new” unit, some of the existing ones are already burning on the battlefield.
❗️Politically, every refurbished Gepard gets its own press release and photo op. Militarily, these 15 machines are just a small patch on a fleet that is steadily shrinking under constant drone pressure.
This gap between political optics and the real tempo of losses is exactly what Moscow is exploiting. The longer this asymmetry persists, the harder it becomes for Kyiv to maintain even the current level of low‑altitude air defense.
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Iran shot down an American drone near Jam, Bushehr Province.
This comes on the back of a "defensive attack" on Iran yesterday, and subsequent drone launches by Iran towards American airbases in Kuwait.
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Kallas is making insane demands 🤦♀️
'There can be no legal recognition of the occupied Ukrainian territories. And there should also be accountability for what has been done - this is extremely important. Russia must cooperate with international investigations and must pay for the destruction it has caused. Any peace agreement must fully recognize the sovereignty, independence of Ukraine and its right to choose its own alliances independently. Of course, there are broader security issues. When we look at the presence of Russian troops in countries such as Georgia and Moldova, it is obvious that it is in Europe's interest that these forces no longer be there.'
- Skabeeva
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Reports that a Geran drone has struck a residential building in Galati, Romania.
For all those screaming 'article 5',
No NATO will not respond kinetically to this.
No details are known at this point,
- Russian specific targeting
- Accident (off course)
- EW
- False Flag (I've seen claims)
- etc....
Willy OAM comment.
Highly likely this was a Ukrainian drone, or repurposed Russian drone sent by Ukraine. Zelensky has been trying to drag NATO into this conflict since the beginning.
Or it could be a wayward Russian drone. Either way, I don't think Russia will care too much at this point.
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🇩🇪🖕🇺🇦 In Germany, they are concerned that the flow of Ukrainian refugees into the country will increase after the reduction of benefits for them in Poland
- Bild reports this, citing a secret report from German security services.
- It is noted that currently, in the east of the country, more than half of the illegal immigrants are Ukrainians.
- Earlier, Ukrainians in Poland were deprived of publicly available free medical care, and payments for the unemployed were cancelled.
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Tokayev is intriguing:
'Firstly, it will be our joint statement on the seven principles of strategic alliance and relations between our countries. The number seven itself is very good. And the document itself is very original. I worked on this document myself and made amendments. I believe it will go down in the annals of cooperation between our countries.'
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