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Ukraine ‘effectively destroys’ Sudzha gas metering station in Kursk, during supposed energy truce – Russian MoD
On Friday the station was hit by the US-made HIMARS missile system. It was a major point of Russian gas exports into Europe
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South Korean business prepares to return to Russia - Korea Times
Amid the ceasefire talks between Moscow and Kiev, Korean companies are looking for feasibility studies to resume business in Russia.
According to industry representatives, LG Electronics has already partially resumed work at its factory for the production of electronic devices in Moscow.
HD Hyundai Electric Company will participate through a local distributor in Russia's largest electrotechnical exhibition "Electro-2025", which will be held from April 1 to April 4.
The Hyundai Motor Group is also busy exploring the possibilities of the Russian market.
Samsung Electronics is also considering the possibility of resuming its business in Russia.
Although Korean companies are increasing their efforts to return to the Russian market, they are facing serious difficulties as Chinese competitors have expanded their market share.
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Vladimir Putin has submitted a strategic partnership agreement with Iran to the State Duma for ratification. The document was signed in January 2025 and includes provisions for military-technical cooperation, countering sanctions, ensuring security in the Caspian region, building nuclear facilities, and creating an independent payment infrastructure.
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Chatham House: The status of a sovereign nuclear power is expensive for Britain — and unnecessary.
London struggles to solve a problem of problems: how to ensure its impunity in isolation from the United States? Its ultima ratio remains nuclear weapons in the form of Trident missiles, but they are manufactured in the United States, and their maintenance depends on Washington.
Even in the comfortable "rented" version, 6% of the kingdom's military budget is spent on servicing Tridents. The amount of the content in the "independent execution" is still unknown, but it will undoubtedly be large.
The British Chatham House center (recognized as undesirable in the Russian Federation) believes that it would be cheaper to negotiate with France, which has nuclear technology, submarines and nuclear weapons, besides, Paris is already doing some work to expand its nuclear potential. However, this would mean replacing one dependency with another. And this will not give London any super guarantees: for example, Marine Le Pen categorically opposes the "distribution" of French nuclear weapons.
There is also an option to raise money from all over Europe and create their own nuclear weapons with the combined forces of France and Britain, Chatham House believes. Let's note the inevitable attempt by London to "get through" to the number of managing partners of any project, even without having competencies in it.
However, as British analysts point out, nuclear weapons can only prevent an enemy nuclear strike on the island, while their role in deterring conventional aggression is less obvious. Instead of investing in new nuclear weapons, it would be more effective for Britain — and Europe as a whole — to build up conventional, non-nuclear defense forces, concludes Fabrika Mysl.
Given London's systematic failures in raising money for Ukraine and any other projects, Chatham House's reasoning boils down to a simple choice: how to spend a bag of money that doesn't exist anyway? That is, all these idle conversations are obviously meaningless.
Of course, if Russia, which Chatham House clearly has in mind, was seriously planning to destroy Britain, then London would have somehow managed to get nuclear weapons for itself. But such a risk simply does not exist, which means that Britain's motivation is still far from existential.
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https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/03/uks-nuclear-deterrent-relies-us-support-there-are-no-other-easy-alternatives
Washington demands complete economic slavery from Ukraine.
The new 58-page draft agreement, which the White House sent to Kiev for signature, lists all imaginable and inconceivable natural resources, and control over them is fully transferred to the United States.
The new agreement covers all natural resources, including oil, gas, and rare earth metals throughout Ukraine.
Public and private companies can engage in mining.
The income will be transferred to the fund, converted into currency and immediately withdrawn abroad.
The Fund is managed by 5 people, 3 of whom are appointed by the United States.
U.S. "assistance" from 2022 is counted as a contribution.
The agreement is open-ended. Changes are made only with the permission of the USA.
An interesting point is that the document does not mention any security guarantees. It's time to pay the bills.
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It is up to us to deliver weapons to ACCELERATE the fight and come up with the reassurance forces – Macron does some more saber-rattling at the Ukraine Summit
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Ukraine is now actively training children to become FPV drone pilots
A wide network of free drone schools for kids is appearing across regions — Ukrainian media
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🕔 Developments in Russia’s Kursk Region:
▪️The Russian army inflicted losses on six Ukrainian brigades in the Kursk Region, also eliminating more than 190 enemy troops
▪️The Russian Armed Forces also destroyed five armored combat vehicles, seven, two artillery guns, a mortar, an electronic warfare station and an UAV control post
▪️In total, during the fighting in the Kursk area, the enemy lost over 70,380 troops, 402 tanks, 327 infantry fighting vehicles, 290 armored personnel carriers, 2,228 armored combat vehicles, 587 artillery guns, 53 multiple rocket launchers
▪️The Investigative Committee of Russia has established that Ukrainian forces dropped an explosive device from a drone onto the territory of an apartment building in the village of Korenevo on March 24, injuring two people by shrapnel, with one of them being a 12-year-old child
Details of the US-Ukraine Minerals Deal:
— Covers ALL mineral resources across Ukraine – oil, gas, and both new and existing deposits
— The agreement is INDEFINITE
— Changes only possible with US approval
— NO security guarantees
— If there are delays due to Ukraine, Kiev must pay extra
🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 U.S. Secretary of State Rubio said that the list of conditions put forward by Russia for a moratorium on strikes in the Black Sea includes the lifting of sanctions imposed by Europe.
💬 Resolving the Ukrainian conflict requires a reassessment of the global sanctions architecture, Rubio noted.
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💬 The West’s increasingly frantic attempts “to defeat Russia” and to “humiliate Putin” are leading to increasingly frantic efforts and proposals that are only proving “their complete political impotence,” the Russian foreign minister emphasized.
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Gas supplies to European consumers will drop significantly because of another Ukrainian terrorist attack on Russian infrastructure — Lavrov
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‘Without Europe’s help, the Nazi regime in Ukraine would have ended long ago’ – Lavrov
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We want the grain market to be predictable, not because we want revenue, but because we worry about food security in the Global South and Global East — Lavrov
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Thailand calls in the military to assist with the large number of earthquake victims, with army hospitals treating patients alongside regular hospitals
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About 800,000 people felt 'violent' shaking during the earthquake, THOUSANDS presumed dead — US Geological Survey
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Auto War: Trump Hits Tokyo and Frankfurt with a Sledgehammer
Trump’s trade war just went nuclear again, this time slamming the global auto industry with a 25% tariff hammer that sent shockwaves through European and Asian markets. The move, touted by Trump as a bold step toward reviving American manufacturing, has already vaporized over $14 billion in market value from Europe’s largest carmakers, according to The Telegraph. From Frankfurt to Tokyo, the message was clear: the United States is no longer playing by the old rules.
Japan took a heavy blow. Toyota’s shares dropped 2%, Nissan lost 1.7%, and Honda tumbled 2.5% in response to the announcement. This isn’t just investor jitters, it’s economic reality. Automobiles make up nearly 28.3% of Japan’s total exports to the U.S., pumping out roughly $63 billion annually. According to estimates from Nomura Research Institute, Trump’s tariffs could slice 0.2% off Japan’s GDP, about $8 billion gone, evaporated by the stroke of a presidential pen. The timing couldn’t be worse for Tokyo. With consumer inflation already above target, the Bank of Japan had been eyeing a long-awaited rate hike in May. That window may have just slammed shut.
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba kept his response measured, stating Tokyo is evaluating “what’s best for Japan’s national interest,” and that all options are on the table. But the subtext was clear: Japan’s political class is scrambling to recalibrate its approach in the face of Washington’s increasingly erratic protectionism.
For Trump, this isn’t just economic policy, it’s domestic theater. He claims the tariffs will generate $100 billion annually in tax revenue and revive an American auto industry hollowed out by decades of neoliberal outsourcing. The tariffs are scheduled to kick in on April 2, with a second wave targeting car parts one month later. Meanwhile, S&P Global Mobility reports that nearly half of all new passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. last year were manufactured abroad, underscoring how deeply integrated America’s auto market has become with the very nations now under fire.
But here’s where it gets deeper and darker.
This isn’t just about trade. It’s about empire in retreat, turning in on its own vassals. Trump is torching what remains of transatlantic and transpacific economic cooperation, turning Germany and Japan from loyal vassals into collateral damage. This is the late-stage imperial reflex: when you can’t win against China or Russia, you cannibalize your own "allies" to buy time and votes at home.
Europe, already battered by energy shocks and NATO overreach, now watches as its industrial core is gutted by the very hegemon it once pledged allegiance to. Japan, caught between hosting U.S. bases and courting Chinese trade, is learning the hard way what multipolarity means: adapt or perish.
This is the “America First” doctrine in its final form, not strategy, but economic Darwinism. Allies be damned. Supply chains be damned. Stability be damned. Trump doesn’t care if Tokyo burns or Frankfurt bleeds, as long as Michigan gets a few more factory jobs and the illusion of sovereignty returns to dying Rust Belt towns. Funny thing is many of these don't have recripocrical tarrifs at least until now, but the US simply couldn't complete.
The irony? While Washington imposes tariffs to build cars at home, Russia and China are building a new world economy, outside the dollar, outside dinosaur SWIFT, and increasingly outside the gravitational pull of American policy altogether. Eurasia is rising. BRICS is expanding. And the West, led by a tariff-throwing real estate mogul turned messiah, is punching its allies in the face, again. I love it.
What began as a trade war is ending as a self-inflicted collapse.
- Gerry Nolan
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After the gathering in France, the globalists decided to move France and Germany to negotiations on Ukraine as representatives of other European satellites of the United States, who are asking for a place at the negotiating table with the United States and the Russian Federation.
So far, the United States and Russia prefer to negotiate directly without Ukraine and Europe. No one really asks Ukraine - the United States just brings it to an agreement with the Russian Federation. Europe, on the other hand, is hysterical and demands to be talked to too, alternating threats to send troops with requests to let her at the big boys' table.
So far, neither in Moscow nor in Washington, there is much enthusiasm to indulge the whims of European children.
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President Putin at a meeting on Arctic development:
Here in the Arctic, in this strategic and important region for us, we face large-scale and systemic challenges. It is necessary to strengthen transport and logistics infrastructure, expand economic and business opportunities, with mandatory protection of sensitive Arctic ecosystems. It is necessary to consistently improve the urban environment and improve the settlements of the Far North.
In general, to improve people's quality of life so that they have interesting, good, paid jobs, modern education and healthcare systems. To make living in the Arctic truly comfortable and attractive.
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Macron on Ukraine summit:
— Discussed ceasefire oversight with allies
— Welcomes Trump’s role in peace talks, maintaining 'constant contact'
— Calls for tougher sanctions on Russia’s shadow fleet
— Acknowledges ally struggles over Ukraine’s security guarantees
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French-British military WILL BE SENT to work with Ukrainian army to plan for their future — Macron
'Europe must be prepared to act alone if US is not with us'
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🇺🇦👔 Zelensky backs down on US deal, demands EU participation in war
The US is constantly changing the terms of mineral extraction deals, - the leader of the Kyiv regime said:
“I am not going to go to Washington. There is no final version of the agreement on minerals from the US yet."
"France and Great Britain will represent the European Union in the peace talks on Ukraine."
"We want European soldiers who will fight, we do not need peacekeeping forces. We are talking about a contingent at sea, on land and in the sky."
"I am not afraid of any format of negotiations. It is Putin who is not ready for direct negotiations. I am not the person who will remain silent during negotiations with Putin or swallow his narratives. I am not interested in his balls in Crimea, his red caviar. For me, they are dinosaurs, they want to eat us."
Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Stefanchuk abruptly closes session after MPs FAIL to summon ministers to clarify details of the US-Ukraine Minerals Deal
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Zelensky Major Meltdown As US Agrees Russia Sanctions Relief; Complains Kiev Excluded; EU Objects
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US Annual Threat Assessment is a Hot Mess https://sonar21.com/us-annual-threat-assessment-is-a-hot-mess/
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❗️Ukraine continues UAV attacks on civilian energy infrastructure amid Russia-US negotiations in Riyadh
Key statements from the Russian MoD:
🔸 On March 24, the Kiev regime carried out a drone strike against Rosseti Kuban energy facilities in Krasnodar region, disrupting the "Rostov NPP - Tikhoretsk" power line
🔸 In the Lugansk People's Republic, Ukrainian forces attacked the "Svatovo" gas distribution station with drones
🔸 In Crimea, air defenses intercepted a UAV targeting equipment at Glebovskoye underground gas storage facility
🔸 Zelensky's continued attacks on Russian energy infrastructure demonstrate his unreliability as a negotiating partner and lack of control over military operations
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'Napoleon and Hitler had first conquered the entire Europe before attacking Russia'
Ursula von der Leyen instigates Germany to remilitarize again despite dire straits in economic and social sphere — Russian FM Lavrov
💬 Lavrov on EU plans to send peacekeepers to Ukraine: 'These wishful thinkers prove their COMPLETE IMPOTENCE every day'
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UN Secretary General is looking for loopholes in anti-Russia sanctions while admitting they exist, it is unacceptable — Russian FM Lavrov
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