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— 🇪🇺/🇷🇺 NEW: The EU has approved a new sanctions package against Russia, banning aluminum imports and imposing export restrictions on chemicals, chrome, and 'shadow fleet vessels,' along with a ban on servicing oil and gas refineries.
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Current status of NAFO after another day of bad news.
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🇺🇸👊🇺🇦J.D. Vance warns Zelensky that he will regret "throwing mud" at Trump, and condemns the "terrible" reaction of the president of Ukraine to the peace talks.
The US vice president "warned the Ukrainian president against attacking President Donald Trump," saying that "denigrating" him in public would only have the opposite effect.
"The idea that Zelensky is going to change the president's mind by vilifying him in the media – everyone who knows the president will tell you that this is a disgusting way of treating this administration," Vance said.
Vance said that Zelensky was given "bad advice" on how to deal with the new administration.
"Of course, we love the Ukrainian people. We admire the bravery of the soldiers, but we certainly believe that this war should end quickly. This is the policy of the President of the United States. It is not based on Russian disinformation. It is based on the fact that Donald Trump knows a lot about geopolitics and has a very firm point of view," he added.
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Where’s the gold gone? DOGE may finally expose the Fort Knox mystery
DOGE co-chair Elon Musk has called for a live video walkthrough to discover what is left of the nation's treasure.
Does Fort Knox hold nothing but dust?
🔴 Musk fuels suspicion: "Who is confirming that gold wasn’t stolen from Fort Knox?" he tweeted, sharing a meme: "Annnnd it's gone."
🔴 Alex Jones of Infowars claims Fort Knox hasn’t been audited since 1974, and whistleblowers have insisted for 40+ years that the gold is missing. He’s calling on Musk to inspect the facility.
🔴 Senator Rand Paul backs a DOGE-led audit: "I’ve tried to see the gold for 10 years." His father, Ron Paul, had his 2011 request to audit 700,000 gold bars rejected.
🔴 Crypto expert Fred Krueger suggests the bars could be gold-plated tungsten: "Gold and tungsten weigh the same, making it easy to replace real gold with tungsten-filled bars. No one knows if Fort Knox gold is legit."
🔴 X influencer Wall Street Apes claims the Rockefellers manipulated the Federal Reserve into selling the Fort Knox gold in the 1970s. They also allege Reagan’s 1982 Gold Commission found that the Treasury held no gold, with the remaining bullion owned by the Fed as collateral for national debt.
🔴 Popular X account Zerohedge demands proof, posting a 2012 Bank of England gold vault video and tweeting: "We want a similar video from inside Fort Knox." CNBC requested a tour in 2011 but was denied, fueling doubts.
Who has actually seen the gold?
📍1943: President Franklin D. Roosevelt inspected the vaults
📍1974: A congressional audit took place, and President Gerald Ford allowed journalists inside
📍2017: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin toured the facility
What is Fort Knox and how much gold should be inside?
🏛 The US Bullion Depository, a heavily guarded vault in Kentucky
📅 Built in the 1930s to centralize and protect US gold reserves
💰 Reported holdings: 147.4M troy ounces (4,584 tonnes)—about half of US gold reserves
💵 Estimated value: $425 billion
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🇺🇸🇺🇦 On Twitter, an American blogger with a large audience posted a video of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers burning an effigy of Trump.
In the comments, Americans are indignant and asking the Ukrainians to return all the money their country invested in Ukraine.
Rising Energy Costs Force Estonia's Largest Plant, Estonian Cell, to Halt Operations
Estonian Cell, the country's largest factory, has suspended operations due to skyrocketing electricity prices. "We stopped production last Tuesday, and now every day at lunchtime, we wait for the next day's price," lamented the company’s financial director.
But, Baltic and EU officials made quite a show cutting off!
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🕔 Developments in Russia’s Kursk Region:
▪️Units of Russia’s Battlegroup North defeated forces of 17 brigades and three assault regiments of the Ukrainian armed army, also repelling two enemy counterattacks
▪️The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 510 troops, one tank, one infantry fighting vehicle, four armored personnel carriers, 22 armored combat vehicles and two self-propelled artillery systems, including one German-made Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzer
▪️The enemy also lost four artillery guns, four mortars, one Olkha multiple rocket launcher and its transporter-loader vehicle, two electronic warfare stations, one counter-obstacle vehicle, three UAV control posts, an ammunition depot and a materiel warehouse
▪️One Ukrainian serviceman surrendered as a prisoner of war
▪️Russian operational/tactical and army aircraft, missile forces hit enemy manpower and equipment in the Kursk and Sumy regions
▪️Since the beginning of hostilities in the region, Ukraine’s losses have amounted to more than 62,040 personnel, 371 tanks, 277 infantry fighting vehicles, 228 armored personnel carriers, 1,937 armored combat vehicles, 2,088 motor vehicles, 456 artillery guns and 49 multiple rocket launchers
French recon drone crashes in West Kazakhstan near CPC pipeline, previously targeted by Ukrainian forces
SAGEM Crecerelle drone may have been used to coordinate attack on pipeline — Kazakh media
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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇸 Russia is ready to return to the negotiating table on Ukraine - Putin on negotiations with the US in Riyadh
▪️Russia attaches primary importance to resolving the conflict in Ukraine;
▪️On the US side, there were "completely different people" at the negotiations - without bias and condemnation;
▪️The Europeans themselves forbade themselves from contacting Moscow, and Kyiv even forbade itself from negotiating with Russia;
▪️Moscow took the first step to resume work with the US in a variety of areas where there is mutual interest, including the Middle East;
▪️The expulsion of Russian and US diplomats does not lead to anything good, now the work of diplomatic missions will resume;
▪️Russia and the United States are working on economic issues, energy markets, space and other areas.
⚡️The attack against the Caspian Pipeline Consortium looks like an action coordinated with Europe, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
The Russian leader sees the link between the attack and new EU sanctions. The attack against the pipeline will provoke high energy prices in global markets that are not of interest for consumers.
🇷🇺🇪🇺🇺🇸🇰🇿 Putin has offered foreign shareholders of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which transports Kazakh oil, to supply equipment to repair the pipeline after yesterday's drone attack despite sanctions.
"If foreign investors are interested in restoring the CPC's operations, then let them, despite all the sanctions, organize the delivery of the necessary equipment"
Zelensky could commit terror attacks on embassies in West to 'discredit' EU — Russia's SVR intel service
Zelensky critics Hungary and Slovakia named as likely places he would blow up Putin's diplomatic missions abroad
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How Trump destroyed the EU > https://youtu.be/2UQsGOMtgd8
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The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are launching massive strikes against military infrastructure facilities in Ukraine.
What is known at this hour:
🟥 Multiple missile strikes on enemy targets in the Kharkov region;
🟥 There are reports of strikes on the part of Zaporozhye occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
🟥 Explosions reported in Kiev and the region. Presumably, they are working with "Geraniums";
🟥 A massive attack by "Geraniums" on enemy targets in Odessa is reported. Enemy air defense is active.
Zelensky Cornered, Trump Blasts Failure To Make Peace; EU/UK Meltdown; Lavrov NO West Troops Ukraine
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🇺🇸👊🇺🇦Trump was angered by Zelensky's arrogance and he harshly attacked the most infamous drug addict.
The US president harshly criticizes Zelensky.
"Zelensky is a completely incompetent president, makes ridiculous statements, and his leadership has allowed the war to continue."
"There have been no elections in Ukraine for a long time. No matter how sad I am to say, Zelensky now has a 4% rating.
"Zelensky does not know where half of the money that the United States allocated to Ukraine is.
Ukraine will have to pay, or find out where the money went.
Russia is able to "very quickly" destroy 100% of Ukrainian cities, including Kiev, but does not want to do this.
The conflict in Ukraine could have been resolved without territorial losses "even by a mediocre negotiator" a few years ago
Ukraine needs elections if it wants a seat at the negotiating table. It is not Russia that is pushing Ukraine to the elections, but the "situation".
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Salty Azov soldiers buys a bunch of Donald Trump books and burns them.
Ohhhhh...
Meanwhile Trump is just thinking thanks for the money losers. 😂
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Europe’s sanctions lists against Russia would lose their impact if the US decides to lift restrictions set by Washington earlier, the EUobserver web portal said.
“If the US was to cancel its Russia sanctions as part of a Ukraine deal, it would make EU blacklists toothless on their own, although the EU could still hold on to €200 bln of frozen Russian assets,” the web portal said.
Berliner Zeitung: EU Prepares €700 Billion Aid Package for Ukraine
According to the Berliner Zeitung, the EU is preparing a record €700 billion aid package for Ukraine. The plan is being kept secret until the Bundestag elections, as revealing that 15% of Germany’s GDP will go to Ukraine might shock voters and influence their decisions. However, after the elections, Annalena Baerbock is expected to announce this unprecedented support program.
The EU doesn’t have this money — it will simply be printed, shifting inflation directly onto Germans and the rest of the EU. It sounds like the idea of a madman, but from the EU, anything is possible — they could stretch the package over 20 years, issuing €40 billion annually straight off the printing press.
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🗣 Key takeaways from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements to reporters:
▪️Putin highly appreciates the outcome of the Russian-US talks in Riyadh
▪️The expulsion of Russian and US diplomats leads to nothing good, now the work of diplomatic missions will be resumed
▪️Moscow and Washington have taken the first steps to cooperate on the Middle East, including Syria and Palestine
▪️Russia continues cooperation with the US in space, prospects are good
▪️Putin lists energy among topics of discussions with the US
▪️Without increasing trust between the two countries, it is impossible to resolve the Ukrainian crisis
▪️The meeting between the US and Russia in Riyadh targeted building of trust
▪️Russia is ready to return to the negotiating table on Ukraine
▪️Kiev's hysteria over its absence at the negotiating table with Russia and the US is inappropriate
▪️Russia does not interfere or speculate in relations between Europe and the United States
▪️Europe directly interfered in the last US election, to the point of insults
▪️Putin says he is surprised by Trump's restraint over boorish behavior by US’ European allies
▪️Russia and the United States will have to resolve the issue of extending New START
▪️Putin would be happy to meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump, but such a meeting requires preparations
▪️The Russian president says it's not enough to "just meet" with his US counterpart Donald Trump; it's necessary to first work out the most important issues, including Ukraine
💬 Musk encourages Zelensky to hold elections if he thinks he's so popular
Earlier, President Trump slammed the self-appointed Ukrainian leader, saying he’s down to “4% approval” and that his country looks like a “massive demolition site.”
Zelensky declared martial law in 2022 and cracked down on opposition parties, and cancelled a presidential election planned for the spring of 2024, citing the conflict with Russia. President Putin has said Zelensky cannot sign any peace agreement because his presidential authority has expired.
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Riyadh Talks: The U.S. Learns to Bow to Reality — Russia Defines the New World Order
The unipolar era is dead. Washington just spent 4.5 hours in Riyadh learning a hard lesson: it no longer dictates terms to the world. The deep state’s mouthpieces can dress it up as “productive dialogue,” but the reality is brutal: Russia crushed the Western proxy war in Ukraine, and the U.S. now has to negotiate its own managed retreat.
It’s almost poetic. Washington, the self-proclaimed enforcer of the “rules-based order,” now sitting across from Lavrov and Ushakov, taking notes like a chastened student. This is Yalta 2.0, but this time it’s the U.S. being dictated to.
One of the key takeaways? “We couldn’t have imagined a better result,” Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff admitted after the session. Translation? Washington had to swallow Russia’s terms just to keep the talks moving. The days of “isolating” Moscow are ancient history. Now the U.S. is agreeing to normalize relations, restore embassies, and appoint negotiators to work out Ukraine’s surrender terms.
And let’s be clear: Kiev was never at the table. While Zelensky throws tantrums from the sidelines, begging for relevance, Washington and Moscow have already accepted that he’s finished. His re-election chances are zero. His NATO dreams are dead. His future? Probably some exile villa funded by whatever’s left of the billions he siphoned off.
But the real conversation in Riyadh wasn’t about Ukraine. It was about what comes next. The Americans walked in pretending they still had leverage, but walked out knowing they now need to negotiate their place in the new multipolar reality. No more NATO expansion. No more economic terrorism through sanctions. No more delusions of forcing Russia into submission.
The empire is being forced to cut a deal. This is the deep state’s worst nightmare: Washington, once the global hegemon, now begging to “normalize” relations with the very country it tried to destroy. From “crippling Russia” to “respecting Russia’s interests” in less than two years.
This is what empire collapse looks like. For years, Washington dictated terms to the world. Now, it has to ask permission just to stay in the game. The Pentagon knows it lost the war in Ukraine. The next phase is about managing the American retreat from global hegemony, because the new world is already being built, and the U.S. is no longer in charge.
Washington walked into Riyadh pretending it still ran the world and walked out learning it now needs Moscow’s permission just to stay relevant. The empire isn’t negotiating from strength anymore, it’s negotiating for survival.
- Gerry Nolan
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The Russian army entered Sumy Oblast...
Our president just announced this. Well, since the president said it, I don't see any point in hiding it any longer.
We entered from Sverdlikovo to Novenkoye (and will probably go on to Basovka), developing the success we achieved the day before.
The point is straightforward. Firstly, we are thus bypassing the enemy's position, which is very inconvenient for assault. And here we can also physically reach the main supply route of the Sudzhan group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Which will speed up its encirclement first, and then its defeat.
That is, for now, of course, this is not a full-fledged entry into Sumy Oblast with large forces. But it is obvious that after the liberation of the territory of Kursk Oblast, a security zone will be created here.
Let's keep our fingers crossed and pray for the guys.
❕ More takeaways from statements made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the State Duma:
▪️Russia’s relations with Western countries can normalize if the West desires it
▪️Moscow has no intention of chasing anyone in order to restore relations with the West
▪️The United States is not against Europe, it is against Brussels imposing its agenda on all EU countries
▪️The new Syrian leadership understands the historically strategic importance of relations with Moscow
▪️A Russian delegation’s visit to Syria in late January produced positive results
▪️Russia and Syria are expected to hold high-level meetings next week
▪️BRICS nations continue discussing payment platforms alternative to American ones for members of the alliance
▪️Sanctions against BRICS members imposed by the West over development of alternative payment platforms would violate all norms of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
▪️Moscow does not seek to infringe on anyone’s interests in the Arctic but will not give up what belongs to Russia
▪️Russia is capable of carrying out its plans in the Arctic region and developing its territories independently
▪️Russia will advocate for the creation of an organization in Eurasia that unites all countries across the continent
▪️Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit China in late August or early September to attend celebrations marking the anniversary of the victory over Japanese militarism and the end of World War II
❗⚡️ Last night fighters of the 810th brigade of the Russian Armed Forces crossed the border of the Kursk region and entered the territory of Ukraine — Putin
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Ukraine needs bullets, not ballots — Ukrainian Parliament Speaker on US demanding elections
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The Italian KFOR command prepares for possible withdrawal of US troops from Kosovo — Bild
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EU representatives agree on 16th sanctions package against Russia, including a ban on primary aluminum imports
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