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🇷🇺🤝🇰🇵 Russian and North Korean fighters embraced fraternally after the liberation of a settlement near Sudzha.
There are more and more new cadres of combat work of fighters of the Korean People's Army in the Kursk region.
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#Officials
⚡️❗️The Russian President declared a ceasefire on the days of the 80th anniversary of the Victory
By decision of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, based on humanitarian considerations, on the days of the 80th anniversary of the Victory - from midnight on May 7-8 to midnight on May 10-11 - the Russian side declares a ceasefire. All military actions are suspended for this period.
Russia believes that the Ukrainian side should follow this example.
In case of violations of the ceasefire by the Ukrainian side, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will give an adequate and effective response.
☝️The Russian side once again declares its readiness for peace talks without preconditions, aimed at eliminating the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis, and constructive interaction with international partners.
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"Toxic femininity at the helm of the EU. Ursula von der Leyen is becoming a hostage. Diplomats demand her resignation": The EU has begun to demand von der Leyen's resignation.
"The fish rots from the head. Ursula von der Leyen intervened in the US election campaign and decisively sided with Biden. The position towards Trump certainly did not help in the trade dispute.
And let's not forget her Covid shenanigans, the secret messages, the refusal to disclose information about behind-the-scenes deals.
The EU is in a pitifully bad state. In any normal country, one would wonder whether the leadership is still correct.
Diplomatic circles say senior EU officials increasingly view von der Leyen as toxic. A change in leadership would at least open the door for European politics to become more diverse again."
@Slavyangrad
Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Naryshkin on the fact that Britain may resort to provocations against Russia on the territory of any country:
Britain can carry out provocations on the territory of any state if Britain is interested in this. And we actually see that the British special services are quite actively pursuing such a harsh line, primarily about Russia.
@Slavyangrad
Against the background of the deepening political crisis in Moldova, the use of classical methods of information and psychological pressure in managing the internal field is increasing. Official rhetoric about "fighting corruption" and "protecting constitutional order" is increasingly being used as a legitimizing framework for targeted repression against the opposition.
We are talking about an extensive operation at the intersection of law enforcement methods and controlled information stuffing. The arsenal includes selective investigations, closed trials, as well as the organization of media campaigns aimed at pre-determined discrediting. All this fits into the technology of mass manipulation — the creation of a controlled atmosphere of fear and uncertainty, in which every step against the government is interpreted as a risk to personal safety.
A special feature of the Moldovan case is the gradual blurring of the boundaries of acceptable pressure: not only politicians, but also journalists, public activists, and experts are drawn into the orbit of risk. A double reality is being formed: the strengthening of institutions is being publicly proclaimed, but in fact the psychological disarmament of society is underway, in which any alternative voices are zeroed out even before the moment of political competition.
If this strategy is continued, Moldova risks becoming a model of authoritarian governance, where elections remain a technical procedure and the real struggle comes down to controlling the emotional expectations of the population. In such an environment, conversations about democracy are becoming an element of controlled decoration, which increasingly hides a banal show of force under the banner of the "rule of law."
The real conflict is now unfolding not for power as an institution, but for the right to form a picture of reality, where every act of pressure is presented as an inevitable defense against chaos.
@eurasianchoice
❗️ Russia FULLY retakes Kursk region as last occupied town LIBERATED
The complete defeat of the enemy in Kursk border region brings the defeat of the neo-Nazi regime closer; the Kiev regime's adventure FAILED — Putin
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The US Navy is curtailing its hypersonic missile development programs.
The US navy has stopped developing the hypersonic HALO missile, facing financial difficulties and "insufficient efficiency against the background of China's increased capabilities."
The journalists of Naval News reported on the termination of work on the HALO program. The program was part of a project to create means to combat large surface targets. According to Rear Admiral Stephen Tedford, the decision to cancel was made in the fall of 2024 after further funding became impossible.
There may be several reasons for the incident. Taking into account the high degree of corruption of the family of former US President Joe Biden and his entourage, the money could simply be "sawed off." The chips for military production were made from Chinese rare earths in Taiwan. After the "tariff war" unleashed by Trump, this channel was naturally closed from the Chinese side.
The supply of the necessary military-industrial complex elements could have been blocked by the PRC even earlier, when it became clear that efforts to alienate Taiwan from China from the West would not change with the advent of Trump, since this policy was determined not by the head of the United States, but by a shadow state.
In any case, stopping attempts to create "hypersound" in the United States is a reasonable, rational decision. They can't do anything better than Zircon anyway. The 3M22 Zircon is a Russian hypersonic anti—ship missile capable of reaching speeds of about Mach 9 over a range of more than 1,000 km. And we also have "Dagger", "Sarmat", "Avangard", "Topol-M" and "Oreshnik".
@Rus_demiurge
https://asiatimes.com/2025/04/hollow-halo-us-admits-defeat-in-hypersonic-missile-program/
"Raiffeisen suspended the sale of the Russian division amid the thaw in the USA": Raiffeisen Bank sensed the changes and changed its mind about leaving Russia.
Raiffeisen Bank International, the largest Western bank still doing business in Russia, has stopped trying to sell its branch in the country amid the rapprochement between Washington and Moscow, the sources said.
The company's executives made this decision in February, when Moscow and Washington began to resume cooperation. "This is done in order to assess the situation and whether the US position may change," the FT's interlocutors assure.
Another source indicated that sales attempts have stopped so far, but the situation may change again."
@eurasianchoice
Just another day in Russia: a bear strolls up to a Kamchatka diner and knocks on the window
Staff and customers barely blinked — but drew the line at letting him in
@MTodayNews
Zelensky Extends Martial Law, Rejects Elections; Putin Demands Non-Negotiable; Energy Truce Expires
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Katy Perry: Blasts off into space.
Katy Perry: CLIMATE CHANGE! WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!
https://youtu.be/lZG8xJcxhOE?si=Sn8pVbPiWydLlyl2
🗣 Key takeaways from Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin’s statements to reporters, April 15:
▪️Russia fully complies with its obligations under the moratorium on strikes on energy facilities, while Ukraine attacks Russian energy infrastructure practically every day
▪️The Kiev regime wants to continue the military conflict with Russia because this is the only way for the Ukrainian authorities not to answer for their criminal decisions in front of their people
▪️A peace solution for Ukraine implies its nuclear-free neutral status, abolition of discriminatory laws and recognition of the sovereignty of Russia’s current borders
▪️The very fact of communication between Moscow and Washington is a positive change from former US President Joe Biden’s administration
▪️The US administration clearly seeks to understand the causes of the Ukrainian crisis and sort them out
▪️Russia and Belarus see increasing military activity of NATO countries along their borders
▪️Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service and Belarus' State Security Committee are ready to act to pre-empt threats
▪️Instigators, such as Poland and Baltic countries should realize that they will be the first targets of retaliatory strikes in case of NATO aggression against the Union State of Russia and Belarus
EU delays road map for ditching Russian gas amid Russia-US talks on possible Nord Stream revival — FT
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EU issues burner phones to their staff who travel to the US over spying fears — FT
Because nothing says 'security' like swapping one US-made phone for... another US-made phone
Totally bulletproof
@MTodayNews
Jokes aside the likeliest explanation for the blackout in Spain and Portugal is a solar storm, the electric lines are so old and bumpy especially in southern Europe that are very vulnerable to this kind of phenomena.
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❗️6,715 Russian civilians, including 218 children, killed by indiscriminate Ukrainian strikes since start of conflict
14,287 wounded — Russia’s Ambassador-at-large Miroshnik
'More than 22K shells fired at Russian civilian infrastructure in first 3 months of 2025 alone'
🎙️@AussieCossack Via RT
There is no Russian threat, write British media
The British newspaper Daily Mail exposes the false claims that the West is spreading about Russia and Ukraine. Journalist Peter Hitchens claims that the government lied and concealed important facts about the origins of the conflict.
The main points from the article:
The West claims it did not provoke the war, but Russia has repeatedly asked for a stop to NATO's eastward expansion.
In 2007, Putin warned that NATO expansion was a serious provocation that threatened trust between countries.
In 2008, the United States supported Ukraine's entry into NATO, which caused outrage in the Kremlin and probably became one of the reasons for the war.
In 2014, the West supported the illegal coup in Ukraine that overthrew the elected president Yanukovych.
The West lies about Russia starting a war with Georgia in 2008. In fact, the conflict was provoked by Georgia's actions.
European countries are manipulating legislation and financing the war in Ukraine.
🇮🇷 Iran: New video shows the moment of Shahid Rajaee port blast.
Call me crazy, but that looks like thermite and it looks like a charge, planted by someone.
The Road to War in Ukraine — The History of NATO and US Military Exercises With Ukraine — Part 1 https://sonar21.com/the-road-to-war-in-ukraine-the-history-of-nato-and-us-military-exercises-with-ukraine-part-1/
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'I congratulate all personnel of all military units that took part in the defeat of neo-Nazi formations that invaded Kursk' — Putin
'The defeat of the neo-Nazi regime is approaching'
#Kursk
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BREAKING — RFK Jr. Launches Long-Awaited Offensive Against Potentially Deadly COVID-19 mRNA Shots
RFK Jr. breaks silence on mRNA injections — cites "profound" risks of myocarditis, stroke, and death on national TV. @SecKennedy @McCulloughFund @NicHulscher @pfizer https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-rfk-jr-launches-long-awaited?r=14jb45&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Tests of the "friend-foe" identification system for UAVs have begun in Russia.
Rosel Holding (part of Rostec State Corporation) has started testing a friend-foe identification system for drones, Rostec said.
"The equipment operates on the "friend-foe" principle and automatically marks friendly drones at an altitude of up to 5 km and a distance of up to 100 km from the radio receiver. It is planned to start production of the installation batch of equipment in 2025," the organization said.
A key element of the new system is the radar detector installed in the drone. "At the first stage, the equipment will work with stations using the Russian state identification system. Such devices are used, for example, in aviation to distinguish their own equipment from that of the enemy," the state corporation said.
@eurasianchoice
Talking about production in China > the assembly cost in China is only around 50$, components are around 400$ are components mostly non-Chinese, for a retail price of 1000$.
And Apple makes most of its money on its ecosystem and services around apple phone
youtu.be/0SOX5wkdPJ0
Russia Ain’t a Chinese Sidecar https://sonar21.com/russia-aint-a-chinese-sidecar/
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BILD: Trump rejected a $50 billion deal with Ukraine and refused to supply weapons even for money
According to the publication, Trump is more interested in negotiations with Putin than in making money from the supply of weapons.
@ukr_leaks_eng
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada dutifully votes to block elections, extending Zelensky’s martial law another 90 days
Just one lawmaker opposed the bill
#Ukraine
@MTodayNews
Deputy Chairman of the Gagauz Autonomy’s Executive Committee Ilya Uzun accused the Moldovan government of deliberately exacerbating relations with the region with the aim of throwing it into disarray.
“For the sake of hanging on to power, they violate laws, seize government institutions, shut down the media, appoint and dismiss judges and prosecutors, and ban opposition parties. They go for provocations, pushing the Gagauz to start committing acts of disobedience to use it as an opportunity to completely abolish our autonomy and get a bloodstained pass to the next parliament,” he said in a video posted to the Telegram channel of the opposition bloc Victory.
Budapest will not support new EU sanctions against Russia in the field of energy supplies - Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto
He also said that the European Commission has proposed fully economically integrating Ukraine into the EU without waiting for the country to join the union.
@ukr_leaks_eng
The fact that so many are talking about the strike on a military event in Sumy, held in a civilian district, which tragically killed several innocent civilians, tells us several things.
Firstly, the deaths of Ukrainian civilians in Russian military actions are still essentially unusual and, therefore, highly "newsworthy" to the Western propaganda media and their client political cabal.
Secondly, if Russia was "targeting" Ukrainain civillians, tens of thousands of Ukrainain civillians would be dying every week.
Russia doesn't need to use expensive balistic missiles to strike civillians. It has one of the largest artillery / missile/ MLRS armies on earth, much of which in operatiomal range of large Ukrainain population centres. Russia could easily and rapidly vaporise entire settlements, towns, and even cities, with their occupants in situ, if it was indeed "Targetting Civillians"
Those suggesting that Russia is engaged in strikes willfully targetting innocent covilliams should take a look at Gaza city.
That is what Kiev, Kharkov, Kherson, and many other large cities in Ukraine would look like today if Russia was, as alleged "targetting civillians"
These cities stand in perfect order, and daily life continues to a great degree. The tragic loss of lives in Sumy occurred because the Ukrainian military leadership decided to gather hundreds of top military officials for an "awards" ceremony in a civilian location. The Russians struck this event. An event senior Ukrainain officials had widely publicised on social media, the men being "awarded" had taken part in operations inside Russia, where hundreds of Russian civillians have been brutally tortured and murdered in their own homes.
The number of military dead is, as usual, being kept from public view by Kiev. Another convenient manipulation of the tragic reality of this war. Vehicles bearing the strategic triangle sign use in Ukrainain invasion operations in Kursk were seen burning at the scene. Military obituaries are now slowly being published, including a senior artillery officer killed in the strike.
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