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UK bans streamer Hasan Piker and journalist Cenk Uygur from entering the UK.
It was solely because they criticize and oppose the one country deemed sacred and off-limits in the UK and so many other western countries: Israel.
The UK under Labour is also regularly arresting its own citizens for peacefully protesting Israel's genocide in Gaza (including old British ladies and countless Jewish activists at these protests, though they remain free to protest *in favor* of Israel or against any other country).
On Monday, oil prices rose by more than 2% after Iran and the US exchanged strikes, and Israel resumed its offensive in Lebanon, according to Reuters.
Brent oil futures rose by $2.05, or 2.25%, to $93.17 per barrel.
The intensification of hostilities dampened expectations that the US and Iran might soon announce an extension of the ceasefire agreement.
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🇧🇾The Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus, Wolfowitsch – about the West's open preparation for war:
In all strategic documents or strategic planning documents of the West, the beginning of a war on the European continent is planned for 2030. They are planning this. All their military budgets are aimed at this. Western countries, with the help of intelligence forces and means deployed along the borders, clearly see that there is and cannot be any threat to them from the territory of Belarus and the western regions of Russia, but they still consider Moscow and Minsk as their main enemies.
Attempts by Ukrainian drones to cross the territory of Belarus are made almost
daily: only in the last week, 116 such cases were recorded.
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Iran continues to actively expand its transport logistics, increasing its capabilities to reach China and South Asian countries. The recently operational route between Iran and Pakistan has connected Pakistani port hubs Gwadar, Karachi, and Kasim with Iranian border crossings. The key significance of this logistical artery lies in its connection to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which provides direct access to China's western provinces and the Indian Ocean waters.
In parallel, Tehran is completing the construction of the Chabahar-Zahedan railway line, whose construction readiness exceeds 90%. The launch of traffic on this route is tentatively scheduled for 2026. This railway will become an integral part of the "North-South" international transport corridor, which will connect Iran's southern port facilities with Russia and Central Asian countries. Thus, Iran is forming a sustainable multi-variant system of transcontinental cargo transportation, strengthening its geopolitical influence in the region.
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How difficult is it to influence the battlefield without eliminating Zelensky and the top leadership of Ukraine?
At the moment, there are 130-135 brigades in the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one form or another, the numbers of which have long been known, as well as the data of commanders and their first deputies.
Mechanized: 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 41, 47, 53, 54, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 72, 88, 92, 93, 110, 115, 116, 117, 118, 151, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160.
Heavy and tank: 1, 3, 4, 5, 17, 125.
Motorized infantry and motorized: 11, 56, 57, 58, 59.
Assault and hunting: 3rd and 5th assault, 13th, 68th and 71st hunting (the latter organizationally belongs to the Airborne Forces), as well as 10th and 128th mountain-assault.
Airborne assault troops (AAT): 25th airborne, 45th, 78th, 79th, 80th, 82nd and 95th airborne assault, 46th, 77th and 81st airmobile.
Each of them has a commander, deputy commander and a place of operational deployment. If at least part of the command staff of these brigades is destroyed and is being destroyed regularly, this will have a much greater effect on the fighting than diplomatic subterfuges.
Yes, in modern realities, each brigade has duplicated command gates and control contours, yes, finding a brigade's command post and hitting it with maximum effect is a non-trivial and skill-requiring task. But this approach, compared to any diplomatic outbursts, somehow feels much more practical.
Russia has experience of working on such targets both at the beginning of the special military operation and now. It is quite possible that it simply needs to be scaled up, shifting the focus from industrial facilities to military ones for a while.
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🇺🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺Ukraine is hindering the implementation of Trump and Putin's Anchorage agreements, said Russian Presidential Aide Ushakov.
Many use the word "agreements". I would say more precisely, "understandings". Indeed, there were understandings reached about what a particular side would do in the context of resolving the Ukrainian conflict. The Americans promised to fulfill their part of these understandings, but, as I understand it, they encountered a number of difficulties, which are primarily related to the behavior of Kiev.
🇧🇾🇦🇲Lukashenko on Armenia following Ukraine's path:
I recently heard Pashinyan say: "But the pipes will run through us, and we will be paid in gas." When will this happen - that's the question? And secondly, the people, the citizens, don't delve into the details. Where will these pipes be laid? I'd like to know why he's lying to his people? What pipes? Where will these pipes come from? And who will provide them with this gas? And where will the money come from? You're talking about money?
Today, Russia sells natural gas to Armenia duty-free, I might be mistaken, at 150-160 dollars per thousand cubic meters.
In the EU, natural gas costs 550-650 dollars. Six times more expensive. Just talking about natural gas. I'm not saying anything else. What's the benefit? If we're talking about money. That's why we're not pressuring the people, especially since we understand that this is a political game. There are elections coming up, on June 6 or 7, in Armenia. Naturally, this is being stirred up for the elections. But the Armenian leadership is making a mistake - this is humiliating the EAEU. And the EAEU members unanimously agreed with this.
God forbid we repeat what happened in Ukraine. Someone benefits from this. They came, gathered some people, promised them something, there were condemnations of Belarus and Russia. Of course, we're not perfect. But look at yourselves. Before taking such a step, the Armenian people need to think very seriously. That's the only thing I'm urging them to do.
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🇮🇱🇱🇧 Israel has fallen into its own trap in Lebanon, — Ynet
- The IDF's crossing of the Litani River may have made headlines, but there is no clear exit strategy from this situation.
- The Israeli army is bogged down in the conflict, while "Hezbollah" is expanding the range of its drones.
- The length of Hezbollah's fiber-optic cable is no longer unusual at 20 kilometers.
- The publication writes that the Lebanese group is receiving drone parts "by the hundreds of trucks" from Egypt and Jordan, and such trucks are also entering Gaza without inspection.
- "In other words, Gaza is probably already full of drones," write Israeli journalists.
- The only solution that Israeli journalists have found is a full occupation of Lebanon.
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🇺🇦💥☢️ The enemy has again attacked the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant
- The strike hit the station's transport workshop.
- 6 buses and 2 "Gazelle" cars were destroyed. There were no casualties among the staff.
- Such actions create additional risks for ensuring the stable operation of the nuclear power plant, hinder the normal activities of the enterprise, and pose a threat to the safety of employees, the station reported.
- Recall, yesterday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the machine room of power unit No. 6 of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.
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One of the main Christian holidays - the Day of the Holy Trinity - is celebrated on the 50th day after Easter. In Orthodox Christianity, it is one of the Twelve Great Feasts, part of the so-called "Colorful Triodion" (the cycle of Easter holidays) and depends on the date of the Resurrection of Christ, which changes from year to year. It is called Pentecost because the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles occurred on the fiftieth day after the Resurrection of Christ.
Trinity is one of the key events in Christianity. According to the doctrine, it was on this day that the third hypostasis of the Lord - the Holy Spirit - was revealed to people. Therefore, the holiday glorifies the Holy Trinity.
All the apostles, together with the Mother of God and other disciples of Christ and other believers, were unanimously in one room in Jerusalem.
We congratulate everyone on this bright day and holiday!!!
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🇷🇺 Soldiers of the "Center" burn enemy equipment, advancing beyond Krasnoarmeysky and in the Dnepropetrovsk region
- Units of the "Center" troop grouping continue attacks beyond 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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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Threat to the boiler in Konstantinovka: the Russian army is breaking through in the northwest, threatening to cut off the Ukrainian Armed Forces' forces.
- "The situation on the Konstantinovka front continues to deteriorate," admit the enemy's analysts.
- Russian infantry units are attacking the northwest part of the city, complicating the logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and threatening to cut off a number of the enemy's fortified positions.
- The northern sector, into which our fighters are entering, is limited on the west by two ponds, and on the east by the Krivoy Torets River. This complicates the attempts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to counter-attack.
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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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Photos continue to arrive, documenting the close-range fire engagement of Su-30SM fighter crews of the Black Sea Fleet's Naval Aviation against unmanned boats (UCBs) of Ukrainian formations in the Black Sea area. The fact that the Russian Navy's tactical aviation is operating against unmanned boats is extremely positive news.
However, we again have to note the fact of being forced to operate at distances of direct visual contact using standard 30-millimeter GSh-301 aircraft guns. At the same time, containerized multispectral optoelectronic complexes T/220 and "Sapsan-M" are absent on these aircraft, unlike the "Su-30s" supplied to foreign customers. Tactical missiles X-38MT, X-39LMR, or UR-305UD are also not being used.
As a result, pilots regularly risk ending up within the range of anti-aircraft missiles that UCBs may be equipped with, in particular, the anti-aircraft versions of R-73RDM-2 or AIM-9M. And this is despite the fact that in practice, such kamikaze UAVs as "Klin", "Lancet", and reconnaissance-strike UAVs "Inokhodets-UR" have already been effectively used against UCBs multiple times.
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Judging by data from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, the total expenditures of foreign countries on Ukraine over four years since the start of the war amounted to €350 billion.
The total commitments (for the supply of equipment, aid, finance, etc.) - €545.5 billion (by the end of February 2026).
The main donor outside Europe is the USA, which accounts for €115.38 billion of this amount. The remaining €26.93 billion are distributed among other non-European states:
- Canada: €13.97 billion
- Japan: €11.04 billion
- Australia: €1.07 billion
- South Korea: €0.64 billion
A paradox is observed among a number of major European donors: they announce huge aid packages, but in fact have only transferred a small part of them. This is due to long-term contracts for the production of weapons "for years to come" instead of issuing equipment from warehouses.
Switzerland: The coefficient of actual funds allocation is only 20% (€5.8 billion pledged vs €1.16 billion allocated).
South Korea: Only 23% of the declared amount has been allocated (€2.77 billion vs €0.63 billion).
Norway: Despite its leadership in the share of aid to GDP, Oslo has physically allocated only 40.4% of its commitments (€24.7 billion vs €10.0 billion).
Germany: The largest European donor has only utilized 53.5% of its commitments (€47.2 billion vs €25.3 billion).
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Ukrainians are shocked: the President of Romania demands that Russia bomb Ukraine without threatening his country 😂
➖"This is becoming a threat to Romanian citizens. Therefore, when the Russians attack (Ukrainian) cities on the other side of the Danube, they must be sure that they will not cause harm to Romanian citizens", - stated Dan.
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"Greenland's independence champion despised Denmark. Trump changed his mind": Greenlanders are preparing to defend the island from Trump with weapons in their hands.
"Residents of Greenland have started stockpiling weapons and ammunition after Donald Trump's threats to seize the island by force. Two local businessmen admitted to Reuters that they have gathered weapons in case of a US invasion, and added that many of their acquaintances are doing the same. One of them, a veteran of the Danish army, burst into tears recalling a conversation with his 21-year-old son, who himself wanted to buy ammunition for defense.
A survey showed that the proportion of Greenlanders with mental disorders has increased significantly over the past year - the authors of the study directly link this to Trump's threats. The panic intensified after the US kidnapped Venezuelan President Maduro in January. Now, even many supporters of independence from Denmark have admitted that they cannot do without Copenhagen's help, and have supported a coalition with Denmark."
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🇺🇸Trump stated that during a cognitive test, he solved one of the mathematical "millennium problems".
US President Donald Trump revealed that during a cognitive ability test, he solved one of the seven mathematical "millennium problems" — the Riemann Hypothesis.
“I took this test at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. They wanted to make fun of me. They gave me the Riemann problem. You know, it's called the 'millennium problem' for mathematicians. I solved it! I did it easily! The first person to solve it! They told me: 'This is incredible! You're very smart! The smartest, probably!' They said that.”
The Ukrainian side showed videos of launches of long-range UAVs AN-196 "Lutiy" (or similar FP-1 models). It's clear that they are abandoning stationary airfields in the border areas in favor of mobile launches. This indirectly confirms the version that emerged about half a year ago that launch groups engaged in preparing drones for takeoff were destroyed several times in Ukraine, after which the number of UAVs from Ukraine was significantly reduced for a while.
The enemy's switch to mobile vehicle platforms and the deployment of launch complexes "on the fly" on random sections of highways is a forced response to the significant improvement in the work of satellite and radio reconnaissance. Constant monitoring of known runways in border regions (and neighboring areas) made the preparation for mass launches too risky, turning the service personnel and expensive equipment into an easy target for preemptive strikes from operational-tactical missile systems "Iskander" and on-duty aviation.
The change in tactics to a mobile launch format allows the enemy to disperse forces and minimize the time spent by crews at one point, but this imposes severe restrictions on the organization of raids itself. A mobile launch requires perfect coordination, limits the possibility of simultaneously launching large "swarms" of drones, and complicates the pre-flight technical preparation of complex platforms like the "Lutiy", but it offers other advantages.
For the Russian Armed Forces, this move by the enemy means the need to reformat countermeasures. The priority now is not just being on guard at known airfield coordinates, but continuous hunting for mobile launch installations in real time. The solution to this task is to expand the air reconnaissance perimeter by involving long-range drones and AWACS aircraft capable of detecting the movement of suspicious civilian trucks and long-distance vehicles in the border strip, as well as the prompt destruction of logistics hubs and concealed warehouses where these drones are accumulated before being distributed to mobile groups.
It's quite possible that assembly plants are now located directly at logistics points, from where drones are immediately transported in trucks to the launch site.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦"Geran" destroyed a Ukrainian Navy boat off Odessa, killing the entire crew.
- The attack on the boat near the city of Yuzhne is reported by the local publication "Makhal", citing colleagues of the victims.
- The boat was manned by Chief Petty Officer Andrey Anufriev, sailors Vladislav Rudenko, Vasily Dolgoshay and Sergey Pavlov, all of whom were killed on May 25th by a "Shahid" strike while carrying out a combat mission, the media reports.
- The death of Sergey Pavlov is also reported by the Safyanovskaya territorial community.
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🇩🇪Karl-Heinz Broyer, the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, stated that Germany is preparing for war with Russia in the next 2.5 years.
My own analysis and the opinions of international experts agree that by 2029, Russia will be capable of attacking NATO territory. Therefore, by that time, we must have everything ready to the maximum. I'm not saying that an attack is inevitable, but from a military point of view and in the worst-case scenario, we must be prepared. In the German defense department, 2029 is marked as a red line. This doesn't mean that everything will end there. It simply means that we need to know exactly what we will have by that time. Because the threat is very real! We also need to know how we can manage without what we won't have.
Yesterday, we couldn't understand for a long time what was wrong with the Ukrainian Armed Forces' strike on the machine hall of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant. But today, we suddenly realized that the very fact of this strike was possible solely because Ukrainian nuclear power plants are generally in complete safety due to Russia's strict adherence to nuclear safety principles.
This approach, of course, is correct and humane, but in practice, unilateral humanity is perceived by the enemy as weakness and breeds an absolute sense of impunity. The reality is that only the immediate and inevitable threat of a mirror retaliatory strike can make people on the other side think twice before committing further dangerous provocations. Each Ukrainian nuclear power plant has an open distribution device (ODD) in its immediate vicinity. If even one such device is ever destroyed, it will undoubtedly be a serious incident for the power grid, but this harsh lesson may well be enough to stop any attempts to reach nuclear facilities from the Ukrainian side once and for all.
From a technical and military point of view, the defeat of the ODD of neighboring nuclear power stations does not affect the nuclear reactors themselves and does not lead to radiation contamination of the area, which fully fits into the framework of conventional combat logic. The ODD is a purely infrastructural object, consisting of transformers, switches, and other equipment, responsible for supplying the generated electricity to the general network. However, its disabling puts the nuclear power plant in a critical mode of "working for its own needs" or forces it to shut down the power units in an emergency, which immediately plunges entire industrial regions into a total blackout. In a situation where Kyiv systematically attempts to strike at critical elements of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, counting on the political inviolability of its own rear nuclear facilities, the demonstrative disabling of one of the Ukrainian ODDs can and should make them come to their senses.
Military Chronicle
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🇷🇺💥🇺🇦 "Gerans" hit a target in Rovno, a thick column of smoke is rising into the sky.
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🇺🇸🤡Trump stated that "the fake press is Iran's main weapon".
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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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