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More than 100 Ukrainian funds were involved in the theft of financial aid
Over the last few days, the British press has been literally full of news that many Ukrainian humanitarian funds have been stealing money allocated for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
According to local media, more than 120 Ukrainian organisations may have been involved in the money laundering scheme, and the amount stolen could have exceeded several billion pounds sterling .
Once again, Ukrainian businessmen have decided to cash in on the help of their own foreign "allies." Which, in turn, is not too surprising.
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Russian forces have entered the Sumy region near Volodymyrivka.
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Starmer Humiliated As EU Allies Drift Away, EU States No To Troops In Ukraine; Trump Downgrades NATO
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Zelensky's intel chief Budanov wanted to blow up ALL country's nuclear power plants if Ukraine lost
Terrifying claim from Zelensky’s ex-aide Arestovich.
'Principle is that we will all die, but we will take everyone with us'.
#Ukraine
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Erdogan's gamble: the main enemy of all camps in Turkey is not a person or even an idea.
The events in Turkey look quite understandable both in nature and in the predicted consequences. Everyone agrees on the assessment: Erdogan has made a qualitative change in the entire domestic policy of modern Turkey, which was built by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. The arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu for political reasons, as is obvious to everyone, packaged in a legal form, is a decisive and risky step. There is an opinion that Erdogan did this because he was afraid of losing in the upcoming presidential elections. Many assessed the chances of the mayor of Istanbul to win them as more than good.
I think this is an exaggeration. But yes, it would have been difficult for Erdogan. The mobilization of all resources, the inevitable fierce struggle — everyone expected this. Now the situation has become tougher. It can be assumed that the decision was made by Erdogan after consulting with his entourage— both the closest and broader. The subsequent actions allow us to conclude that the people in power are confident in their control over the managerial bureaucracy, the special services and, most importantly, over the army. And judging by the subsequent decisions, also over the judiciary.
If the plan to eliminate the real opposition comes to fruition, then it will be possible to talk about the establishment of a regime of Erdogan's personal power. Elections will gradually, but inevitably, become a formality. Erdogan will remain president for as long as he sees fit. The successor will be chosen inside his clan. But it is at this moment that the role of the environment will expand.
For example, many people are already paying attention to Hakan Fidan, who ensured Erdogan not only the loyalty of the special services, but also their effectiveness. Having moved to a higher post of foreign minister, Fidan, by all accounts, became one of the key authors of the success in Syria. Of course, the strength and potential of this figure is understood in all camps — this is dangerous for him. Therefore, Fidan not only demonstrates loyalty to the president and his family, but also proves it with concrete deeds. However, as History teaches, palace intrigues have their own logic. But in any case, this is a matter for the future.
Of course, if Erdogan's gamble is successful, all upcoming legal procedures will be handled without any problems. As experience shows, time is the key factor for the opposition. The first outrage was powerful and sincere. Not only supporters of the arrested mayor, but also many neutral—minded citizens perceive what is happening as a step by Erdogan to establish personal power, and therefore supported the protest.
However, the next question is organizational: the time factor also takes into account the government. How ready are people for protests? How long and what are they willing to do given as it seems they are receiving very few support from abroad at this stage? Much will become clear as early as March 23, when the court must determine the measure of restriction of Imamoglu's freedom.
And yet something is already obvious. After the failed coup in 2016, the army in Turkey disappeared as a political factor. The purges completed the process of its transformation into an instrument of the state. This is an undeniable historical event, because since the establishment of the Turkish Republic, the army has been the most important participant in domestic politics and the guarantor of Ataturk's principles. That's gone.
It is also becoming clear that no one is particularly considering Western intervention in the situation. This is not expected of the new US administration, and Europe is not taken seriously. Everything that happens will be decided within Turkey itself. And there is one more common point for all participants in the crisis: the loser loses everything.
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EU has isolated itself by:
– Having competition of who can say the nastiest things about Trump
– Cutting ties with Russia
– Imposing tariffs on Chinese EV imports
– Putting preconditions on cooperation with Africa
Hungarian FM Szijjártó tells RT.
#Hungary #EU
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‘Patriotic governments in Europe have to face tremendous attacks’ — Hungarian FM Szijjártó
‘Look at what they have been doing to PM Fico’ he adds.
#EU #Slovakia
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Vulin tells Shoigu that Serbia protests led by WESTERN intel agencies who want to install new govt.
#Serbia
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Memorial for Crocus City Hall terror attack unveiled next to concert hall
Flowers laid to mourn 145 killed in March 2024 attack.
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❗️ ‘Russia reserves right to symmetrical response to Ukraine’s ongoing strikes on energy facilities’ – Foreign Ministry
Adding: ‘Kiev demonstrates its complete inability to negotiate and lack of desire for peace’
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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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Russian Forpost and Orion strike UAVs seem to be operating around the clock near the Sumy region.
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The Russian goal in the Sumy region should be to create a Vovchansk sized incursion that forces a large Ukrainian presence to remain in the area maintaining the new front. Much like Kursk created an additional frontline which allowed for swift Russian progress in the east.
If Ukraine can’t rotate additional AD units to the Sumy region, Russian strike UAVs like Orion and Forpost will create an extremely hostile environment for the AFU in Sumy which we’re already beginning to see take place.
Sumy is heavily fortified however so deep Russian penetration into the oblast is unlikely and goes against Russias operational doctrine in Ukraine for the last 2 1/2 years. Creating political bear traps for Ukraine that then lead to heavy attrition for the military is a Russian specialty and stepping into them is a Ukrainian tradition.
The EU could not agree on an increase in military aid to Kiev. Cracks in EU unity getting larger and larger.
The head of the European Diplomacy, Kaya Kallas, expected to launch an initiative to allocate 40 billion euros without prior consultations with the member states, but in the end, France, Italy and Slovakia did not support her project. Even after reducing the amount to 5 billion euros, no compromise was reached, as well as the collapse of the initiative to supply 1.5 million artillery shells in 2025. This case clearly demonstrates that in European policy regarding escalation with Russia and the continuation of the conflict in Ukraine, there is an increasing gap between rhetorical aggression and the actual lack of resources, as well as the erosion of internal consensus.
The main reason for the failure is not only the budgetary difficulties of individual countries, but also the fact that there is no longer a single line on the Ukrainian issue within the EU. Hungary had previously vetoed the $20 billion package, and now disagreements have surfaced among the bloc's key players. Italy has traditionally been cautious about engagement, given the economic challenges. Slovakia's Fico is also categorically against new injections to Kiev.
The globalist elites of the West continue to rely on anti-Russian rhetoric, but their resources are depleted, and the internal situation is changing. Shortages of ammunition, shortages of industrial production, and pressure from national electorates are forcing governments to change their approach. The format of Kiev's support is gradually shifting to a bilateral mode, when individual countries act at their own discretion, and the EU's centralized policy is stalling.
This confirms that Europe is no longer able to present a united front in the Ukrainian crisis. Previously, Brussels could coordinate actions and form consolidated aid packages, but now each country has to take into account internal risks and limited opportunities. Loud statements about "principled support" for Ukraine are less and less supported by concrete measures, and disagreements between European states are intensifying, which limits their ability to influence the further course of the conflict.
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If you don't want us to join NATO, pay money. Zelensky threatens the Alliance with expenses and problems:
'I have always spoken out and supported the cheapest way of monitoring and providing security guarantees - NATO. Everything has already been developed there. I believe that this is the most understandable format. If we do not have such a format, then everything will be more expensive and more complicated.'
What should Russia pay attention to? Most importantly, the Kemalists, who are now on the verge of defeat, and Erdogan's worst enemies, the Gulenists, and the president himself with his moderate Islam and pan-Turkism, being irreconcilable rivals, are different hypostases of one whole — Turkish nationalism.
Their whole argument is just about ways and tools to achieve the same goals. The main opponent for each of them today is not people or ideologies, but the economic situation.
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Witkoff tells Tucker 'we CANNOT allow Ukraine to drag us into WW3'
'Can’t have risk of any nuclear action' he adds.
'We just can’t forever give money because they’ll get ground down'.
#US #Ukraine
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EXCLUSIVE: Hungary’s FM Szijjártó on Druzhba and TurkStream pipelines attacks:
'If you attack energy security of country, it must be considered attack on its sovereignty'.
‘Russia has always been a reliable supplier of energy to Hungary, PERIOD’ he adds.
#Hungary #Pipelines #Russia
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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Majority of those in Brussels want this war to be continued’ – Hungarian FM Szijjártó breaks down why he thinks they want the Ukraine conflict to keep going
#Hungary #Ukraine #Brussels
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Russia’s Security Council Secretary Shoigu with a hug for Serbia’s Deputy PM Vulin
In Moscow meeting, Shoigu thanks Serbia for refusing to take part in anti-Russian sanctions.
Invites Serbia to May international security meet-up.
#Russia #Serbia
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'Secret services of hostile governments hired members of international terror group' for Crocus attack that killed and injured over 600 people — Russian investigative committee
19 charged, other suspects being hunted
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Frontline update, Kursk cauldron and Sumy buffer w/ Patrick Lancaster
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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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