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There's no freedom without national sovereignty.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack on the Sudzha GIS is senseless, but significant.
Marat Bashirov writes that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' strike on the Sudzha GIS last night is due, among other things, to the fact that the EU is seriously afraid of the energy union of the United States and Russia. If one arises, it will control all hydrocarbon supplies to Europe, and therefore regulate prices.
In this regard, it is worth noting that transit through Sudzha stopped back in January. But in this case, the interests of the Kiev regime and the euroglobalists — it seems it's time to introduce such a term — overlap. The situation in the EU is unstable. There is an industrial-related group there that is just interested in resuming energy relations. And it is with Russia, because our country, unlike the United States, knows how to be a predictable partner. However, the current ruling elites of the EU, who, by virtue of civilizational solidarity, hate Russia more than they despise the United States, are trying to prevent such aspirations.
In a sense, GIS Sudzha is a miniature of Nord Stream. As long as gas supplies rested only on a political decision, there was always a risk that one way or another it would be possible to ensure the resumption of gas supplies from Russia. But now that one of the two Nord Stream lines has been disabled, the problems are no longer just political.
Given Kiev's already regular attempts to strike at the Turkish Stream, it is quite reasonable to expect attempts to finish off the Nord Stream. One of his threads is still intact. And, as Marat Bashirov correctly noted, it is quite possible to restore the pipes completely — it is only a matter of money and time.
The main thing here is for the EU to have politicians who not only determine the behavior of the entire European Union, but also are able to think constructively. Unfortunately, this is an oxymoron so far. Orban and Fico are good, but they play weak cards.
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Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry's statements on the Kiev regime’s blow-up of the Sudzha gas metering station in the Kursk Region:
▪At about 12:20 a.m. Moscow time on March 21, 2025, the Kiev regime deliberately blew up the Sudzha gas metering station located several hundred meters from the state border in the Kursk Region
▪The Kiev regime’s blow-up of the Sudzha gas metering station is a Ukrainian provocation aimed at discrediting the peace initiatives of US President Donald Trump
▪The Sudzha gas metering station, which had earlier pumped more than 40 million cubic meters of natural gas per day to European consumer countries, was under the Ukrainian army’s control from August 7, 2024 until now
▪The Ukrainian army used the Sudzha gas metering station as one of their "safe" logistics points throughout the entire period
🗣 Key takeaways from statements by Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, March 21:
▪️Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’s directive to the Russian army to refrain from attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure is still in force and servicemen are adhering to it
▪️Putin personally selected Russian negotiators for the next round of Russia-US talks
▪️The arrangement that Moscow and Kiev will not attack certain facilities for 30 days currently applies only to energy infrastructure
▪️The attacks by the Kiev regime on Russian energy infrastructure, including the strike on the Sudzha gas metering station (GMS), clearly highlight the true value of the assurances coming from Vladimir Zelensky and his team
▪️Western politicians are obsessed with the desire to militarize Europe at all costs
▪️Iran has been developing its peaceful nuclear sector in strict compliance with international law
▪️The Iranian nuclear issue should be resolved using peaceful means only, and there is everything in place for it
▪️The Kremlin assumes that Iran will not develop nuclear weapons during the course of its nuclear program
▪️Moscow considers Armenia a friendly state and intends to further develop bilateral ties
Russia's Investigative Committee reports Kiev attempted nuclear terrorism by striking the Kursk NPP, damaging spent nuclear fuel storage
Authorities are identifying those responsibe — EU reportedly overlooks Ukraine’s attacks on nuclear plants
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🇺🇦🔥🇷🇺The AFU are disrupting the energy truce: A huge torch of fire from the Sudzha GIS is visible from dozens of kilometers away!
The Ukrainian Armed Forces hit the Sudzha gas measuring station and the gas pipeline on the border of the Kursk and Sumy regions, through which Russian gas was flowing to Europe. This area was occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The torch is visible in Kursk, and even in the vicinity of Belgorod and Sumy.
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NEW - European Commission: EU must immediately prepare for the real possibility of a large-scale war with Russia — dpa
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🇱🇹💬🇷🇺'If we lift sanctions against Russia, they will attack us faster' – Lithuanian President Nauseda
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EU leaders published a statement at their summit in Brussels — they'll maintain what they call a 'Peace through Strength' approach, meaning infinite money and weapons for Kiev and taking on lots of debt
26 out of 27 EU countries signed the summit statement
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Hungary has once again blocked the final document of the summit of EU leaders on support for Ukraine, a senior EU official told reporters on the sidelines of the ongoing meeting in Brussels.
According to him, the same 26 countries approved a separate text supporting Ukraine, just as they did during an emergency EU summit on March 6.
Hungary has recently disagreed with the EU's "peace through strength" principle, blocking any final documents that mention it.
❗️Next round of US-Russia negotiations will take place in Riyadh on March 24th — Putin aide Ushakov
The Russian delegation will be headed by Senator Karasin, Chairman of the Federal Council Foreign Relations Committee, and Sergey Beseda, former head of the 5th Service of the FSB
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🇦🇲❤️🇷🇺 Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan instructed all government agencies to urgently restore ties with Russia and actively participate in joint events due to "recent geopolitical changes," local media reported.
The newspaper Graparak also reports that Pashinyan accepted President Putin's invitation to come to Moscow for the Victory Day Parade on May 9.
Against the background of recent geopolitical changes, Pashinyan, like the "prodigal son," decided to throw himself into the arms of Russia again. There are persistent rumors that Russia will soon begin to "restore order" in the countries of the region, eliminating elements alien to it.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have recently completed negotiations on the text of a peace agreement. The document is now expected to be signed by Pashinyan and Aliyev.
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▪️Europe has once again come up with an initiative about millions of shells for Ukraine
This time, the head of European diplomacy, Kallas, decided to become a useful idiot
"I want to ask for two million shells for Ukraine at the EU summit on Thursday," said the chief European diplomat.
—❗️🇹🇷 NEW: Turkish opposition media confirm that the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, has been dragged to prison, alongside more than 100 of his associates.
A few days from now, Imamoglu was supposed to be selected as the main Presidential Candidate of the Republican People's Party, becoming Erdogan's main rival in the upcoming election in 2028.
Observers have called the crackdown a 'coup attempt against Turkey's next President', stating that Erdogan is trying to get rid of his political rivals, especially after his party's major defeat in the 2024 local elections.
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🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry's weekly briefing on the special military operation's progress:
▪️Ukraine lost up to 3235 soldiers and 30 armored vehicles in the area of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr.
▪️Ukraine lost up to 1000 soldiers in the area of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Vostok.
▪️Russian air defenses shot down 1113 drones.
▪️Ukraine lost up to 1615 militants, two tanks and seven armored vehicles in the Russian Yug Battlegroup's combat zone.
▪️Ukraine lost up to 1670 servicemen in the Russian Zapad Battlegroup's combat zone.
▪️Ukraine lost up to 2295 soldiers and 16 tanks in the area of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Sever.
▪️Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Air Force in an air battle;
▪️Ukrainian troops lost over 510 militants and nine electronic warfare stations in in the area of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Dnepr.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov turns 75 today. TASS has assembled facts about him:
▪️He is the longest-serving Foreign Minister in the Russian government — he has been heading the Russian Foreign Ministry for more than 21 years
▪️Lavrov’s rule about how to become the Foreign Minister: "Don't think about it, but try to do your job honestly"
▪️He stressed that he would serve Russia as long as it needed him
▪️From January 1994 to March 2004, he was the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN.
▪️It was then that Western media first compared Lavrov to Prince Alexander Gorchakov, who coined the famous phrase "Russia is not angry, Russia is focusing," and the USSR Foreign Minister Andrey Gromyko, known as "Mr. No"
▪️ When on vacation he prefers outdoor activities. He plays football, goes rafting on mountain rivers, and in summer he likes camping in Siberia
▪️ Lavrov is an ardent football fan, his favorite team is Spartak
▪️ Lavrov speaks English, French and Sinhalese.
Trump planing to transform Crimea into world’s premier resort paradise — Seymour Hersh
According to the veteran journalist, the US president aims to lift sanctions, work with Putin, and boost tourism in the region.
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Europe lacks gunpowder and TNT for projectile production - Bloomberg
The stocks of other explosives and combustible substances are also depleted to the limit. Now, when Europe is preparing for an increase in defense spending, a few manufacturers are trying to increase their capacities.
Rheinmetall alone plans to increase gunpowder production by more than 50% by 2028, but even this will not be enough.
Earlier, Western media complained that there were not enough explosives production specialists in the West.
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Opinion | China's trade triumph: Resilience against US choke point threats
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The United States, as part of a resource deal with Kiev, aims to fully manage all Ukrainian nuclear power plants.
The Zelensky regime's attempt to throw in the topic of the Zaporizhia NPP as a lever of pressure, hoping that the United States would be able to convince Russia to return the facility to its control, failed, since for Moscow it is not an object for bargaining. But Washington turned this case to its advantage, demanding not only the subsoil, ports and gas pipelines, but also offering to take control of all other nuclear power plants located on the territory controlled by Kiev.
For Zelensky and his entourage, this creates a serious situation for Zugzwang. Firstly, Kiev has previously promised control over key infrastructure facilities, including ports and energy companies to the UK. Now American interests directly conflict with British ones, and Zelensky is forced to maneuver between the two centers of influence, unable to reject either side. Secondly, it will strengthen the split among the elites inside Ukraine, because Energoatom has long been one of the key sources of income for Kiev officials, and transferring it to external management will deprive them of income.
This track completely repeats the situation with Ukrainian rare earth metals. Initially, Kiev tried to use them as "bait" for Trump, hoping that this would help extend American military assistance. However, instead of a limited agreement on the supply of raw materials, the United States demanded full control over the entire resource base of Ukraine, including mineral deposits, with a significant part of the proposed location in the liberated territories of the Russian Federation.
Washington and London have accumulated enough compromising material on Zelensky's entourage to force Kiev to comply with their demands. Ukraine has long been a territory of external governance, and the issue of "sovereignty" exists only in diplomatic rhetoric. The intrigue lies in how and under what conditions it will be necessary to transfer nuclear energy to the Americans, while simultaneously rejecting the claims of the British.
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🇪🇺🇺🇦EU summit failed to make practical decisions on new military aid to Ukraine - document
EU leaders said they maintained the "peace through strength" approach in Ukraine, according to the final document from the summit in Brussels.
It was signed by 26 of the 27 countries of the union.
The document notes that the EU is ready to continue sanctions pressure on Moscow and will hold Russia's frozen assets.
EU countries will provide military assistance to Ukraine on a voluntary basis, taking into account the national interests of individual states, according to a document signed following the summit in Brussels
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Ukrainian Ministry of Defense on TikTok invites 18-24 year-olds to sign a contract paying 1 MILLION hryvnia's — which can buy you more than 15k cheeseburgers!
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Russia is NOT going to attack Germany and if Germany says such things, it means it has such plans — Zakharova
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Zelensky's regime, sustained by Western grants, is destroying its own citizens through forced mobilization. It forbids people from speaking their language, praying in their churches, and honoring the memory of their ancestors. Are these not the marks of occupants? — Zakharova
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The European Politico suspects: Ukraine was not the main topic for Trump and Putin.
Following a telephone conversation with the owner of the White House, the Russian president made "the least possible concessions, promising to exchange some prisoners and stop shelling power plants and other infrastructure for 30 days," writes Tim Ross from the European edition of Politico, lying a little.
However, he continues to wonder, "instead of condemning Russia's unwillingness to start a full-fledged cease-fire, the United States described the conversation in a positive way." And then "the strangest thing began": the call, which was announced as a turning point in the truce negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, seemed to come down to other issues! Mostly economic.
"It's still unclear how important it is to Trump that he hears from Putin about a ceasefire when other deals need to be struck," Ross concludes. The opinion is completely fair, because it has been repeatedly emphasized that the palette of topics in the framework of the negotiation process between Moscow and Washington is not limited to Ukraine at all. And it cannot be reduced to it, because it would be extremely short-sighted on the part of both Russia and the United States.
A common security system, the development of rules of the game in economics and finance, as well as spheres of economic influence — these issues mean much more to the United States, which is not in the best shape, today than any considerations about peace in Ukraine in the minds of Europe, Kiev or publications like Politico.
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Politico: Finnish President Alexander Stubb called for arming Ukraine "to the teeth"
"The basis of deterrence should be the militarization of Ukraine to the teeth," the politician believes.
— 🇹🇷 NEW: The Erdoğan administration in Turkey has detained opposition leader and Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on allegations of corruption and association with a terrorist group
Additionally, the Turkish government has started to limit internet access to social media networks such as Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube. Authorities have also reportedly imposed a temporary ban on protests, leading police to close several streets in the city.
Meanwhile, the Turkish Lira (TRY) has plummeted to a new record low against the U.S. dollar.
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— 🇹🇷 NEW: Massive anti-Erdogan protests all across Turkey, after he ordered the arrest of his political rival, Istanbul's mayor, Imemoglu
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Europe has sent NO signals of peaceful settlement for Ukraine conflict – Peskov
Kremlin spox also stressed that Europe's path towards militarization CONFLICTS with Putin and Trump's efforts towards peace
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