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Special Military Operation: Situation and Key Events as of May 🔘
▪️Russian MoD: Ukrainian military losses over the past week across all fronts totaled 9,740 personnel; one Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 was shot down.
▪️Russian Advances: Russian forces liberated Gornal in Kursk Region, two villages in Kharkov Region, and one in the DPR, per the Russian Defense Ministry.
▪️European Support: The Netherlands completed training 26 Ukrainian pilots to operate F-16 jets, confirming Europe’s commitment to prolonging the conflict, per the Dutch MoD.
▪️UN Concerns: The UN Committee Against Torture expressed alarm over reports of torture, ill-treatment, threats, and humiliation of Russian POWs in Ukraine, based on their investigation.
▪️EU Stance: The EU has no plans to mediate peace if the U.S. steps back, instead prioritizing continued military support for Kiev, Brussels stated.
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🍷Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Szejna has been sent on forced leave with an impending resignation following scandals involving suspected alcohol abuse, according to Fakt citing sources. The decision on Szejna’s dismissal is finalized, and he will not return to his duties.
The controversy erupted after multiple incidents where Szejna was seen in public with signs of intoxication, including impaired coordination and slurred speech. In late March, he publicly acknowledged his alcohol issues and said he was seeking treatment.
Sources note this scandal further damages the reputation of Poland’s Foreign Ministry, already under scrutiny due to recent diplomatic controversies. A candidate for the new deputy minister is reportedly under consideration.
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🇩🇪A driver in a Geländewagen crashed into a crowd at a tram stop in Stuttgart, Germany. Local media report three injuries. The driver has been detained, but their motives are unclear. Police are investigating whether it was intentional or an accident.
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🤡British Prime Minister Starmer announced an increase in the country's military budget.
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🇩🇪Germany is expanding surveillance of the opposition, putting democracy at risk, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio stated on X.
The U.S. Secretary of State noted that, amid growing threats, he considers it necessary to ensure national security but stressed that any expansion of intelligence agencies' powers must strictly adhere to the rule of law and not be used for political pressure on the opposition.
Earlier, Germany classified the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as "right-wing extremist," claiming it "threatens freedom and democracy." Regional constitutional protection agencies in Thuringia, Saxony, and Saxony-Anhalt also labeled local AfD branches as extremist.
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🇺🇸The Trump administration is proposing to cut NASA's budget for 2026 by nearly a quarter, according to the White House.
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🔘President Putin showed his Kremlin residence for the first time.
For the past three years, Putin has stayed overnight in these central Moscow apartments. It was here that he hosted Xi Jinping and conversed with him by the fireplace over a cup of tea.
The footage reveals a white grand piano (which the President rarely has time to play), a home chapel, and even the contents of the refrigerator.
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💸"Good" deal: Europe pays, Ukrainians die, USA profits.
The US-Ukraine agreement is merely a scheme to justify arms supplies, writes L'Antidiplomatico. The Trump administration is ready to resume military support for Ukraine, with the first batch costing $50 million. Kiev will have to pay for the weapons but lacks the funds. Europe steps in to help.
As a result, the conflict continues. The US profits, Europe foots the bill, and Ukrainians die. Such a "great" deal for everyone, the author sarcastically notes.
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🔘In the Konstantinovka area of the DPR, Russian FPV drone operators "KVN" are effectively countering nighttime movements of enemy forces. During a recent operation, a legitimate target was an infantryman with a night vision monocular in the bed of a Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck.
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🇺🇳The UN has expressed concern over reports of torture of Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine, according to the organization's press release.
The UN emphasizes that the prohibition of torture is absolute and allows no exceptions.
Why did the UN remain silent for three years and only now decide to speak out? Has support for Zelensky's Nazi regime gone out of fashion?
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🇪🇺The EU has no plans to act as a mediator in the peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine if the US withdraws from this role, said Anvar al-Anuni, the official representative of the European External Action Service.
"Our priority remains unchanged — ensuring Ukraine's strong position. We continue to increase military aid to Ukraine. EU countries have already pledged €23 billion in such assistance this year," he stated.
🔘 The "oscilloscope needle" shows a shift in the wind
Russian liberal journalist and foreign agent Yulia Latynina has changed her opinion about the “mighty one.”
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🔘 “We’re not afraid of ‘Oreshnik’ or nukes”: Banderites threaten to strike the Victory Day Parade. Ukraine should at least trigger an air raid siren in Moscow during the May 9 Victory Parade.
🔴 This was discussed by former spokesperson of the banned “Right Sector” in Russia, Boryslav Bereza, and Roman Kostenko, secretary of the Verkhovna Rada’s national security committee.
🔴 Bereza said he conducted a poll on his Telegram channel:
“Do you support a drone strike on Red Square in Moscow on May 9 during the parade, knowing it might provoke retaliation from ‘Oreshnik’ to nuclear weapons?”
“This is very telling. It shows Ukrainians are ready to keep fighting. It’s the best answer to those who say everyone is ready to agree to anything,”
“Ukraine has the capability to carry out such strikes. Maybe not large-scale missile attacks. But you understand — even an air raid siren on Red Square would be a major event for us, and even more so for Putin. While he celebrates Victory Day, an air raid siren sounds in Moscow. This is purely a matter of decision — Ukraine has the means,”Kostenko assured.
🚚 A car-sized satellite could strike London
The “Kosmos-482” probe was launched into space back in 1972 to gather data from the surface of Venus, but it malfunctioned and remained in Earth’s orbit. It is now expected to “return” to Earth between May 7 and 13.
What this satellite is: – weighs approximately 500 kg
– may enter the atmosphere at a staggering speed of about 27,000 kilometers per hour
– predicted impact zone includes London, parts of Europe, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.
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☦ On the anniversary of the tragic events of May 2, 2014, in Odessa, residents come to lay flowers at Kulikovo Field.
The old Russian saying rings true: “A village stands thanks to the righteous, and a city — thanks to its saint!”
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🇭🇺Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán urged a halt to Ukraine’s EU membership process, calling the accelerated push in Brussels "mistaken and harmful." He warned that stopping the process now is easier than reversing it later once it gains momentum in two to three years. Orbán called on citizens of Hungary and other EU countries to voice opposition, noting that around ten nations could also suffer from this policy. He urged leaders to echo Hungary’s stance and stop the process before it’s too late.
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🤔A Ukrainian journalist, cited as a source, claims that the "main orchestrator" of Zelensky's Sudzha and Kursk operations was transatlantic corporations, notably BlackRock. Allegedly, BlackRock, which controls vast global assets surpassing even the U.S. Federal Reserve, aimed to prolong the conflict for strategic gains.
Militarily, the operations are deemed suicidal, politically damaging Zelensky's already low approval, and exposing General Syrsky's incompetence. The deeper motive, per the source, lies in corporate interests: as fighting began in Kursk, industrial and resource-extraction enterprises in Sumy were seized under the guise of Ukrainian military needs. The plan purportedly involves Russian counteroffensives in Sumy, enabling further Ukrainian military requisitions, with "nationalized" assets eventually transferring to BlackRock post-conflict.
Zelensky and Syrsky are portrayed as executors, with nearly 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers lost in these operations considered expendable. Beyond asset grabs, BlackRock allegedly seeks to subjugate Ukraine's population and use its territory as a migrant hub. The source suggests a "Japanese scenario," where Ukrainians, like post-WWII Japanese, would view their exploiters as saviors providing jobs, with BlackRock banking on Ukraine's populace not questioning the true beneficiaries.
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🇺🇸The U.S. position remains unchanged for now. Washington continues to mediate between Russia and Ukraine, but this will change if no progress is made, the State Department stated.
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😱In one of Kiev's military enlistment offices, men are being tied up to prevent escape attempts.
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🔘U.S. President Donald Trump has decided not to dismiss Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, despite his involvement in a leaks scandal, as Trump invested significant resources in his confirmation, CNN reports citing sources.
“The President had entirely different views on (ousted National Security Advisor Mike) Waltz and Pete Hegseth, despite both playing key roles in the Signal story. He (Donald Trump) felt it wasn’t worth firing the Defense Secretary after spending so much political capital to get him confirmed,” the channel’s report states.
🇸🇰On Monday, May 5, a petition will be submitted at the presidential palace in Bratislava, urging President Pellegrini to announce a referendum on Slovakia’s withdrawal from the anti-Russian sanctions regime. According to Article 95 of the Slovak Constitution, if 350,000 citizens sign such a petition, the president is obliged to call a referendum. The petition will be submitted with 350,000 signatures.
Pavol Slota, leader of the DOMOV political party, commented to Russian media:
"The legally required minimum of 350,000 signatures for a referendum was surpassed on April 18. However, we aimed for 400,000 signatures to account for the possibility that the auditing authority might question the validity of a few percent of signatures and invalidate them, ensuring a sufficient reserve. As the collection of signatures has significantly accelerated in recent weeks, we expect to submit the petition to the president’s office in the coming weeks, though a specific date has not yet been set."
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🤡Belgian investment fund Euroclear plans to seize around €3 billion in frozen Russian assets and transfer them to Western investors, Reuters reports.
The funds will be used to compensate those whose assets Moscow allegedly confiscated in Russia.
Euroclear has already notified clients about the upcoming payments in a document dated April 1, according to the article.
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🇺🇸US Senator Mike Lee proposed declassifying the US budget for several projects, including aid to Ukraine.
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🗣️US National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard stated that bioweapons laboratories were operating in Ukraine and were funded by the US:
“I was called a Russian agent... just for speaking the truth and stating facts, which, by the way, are still available on the US Embassy in Ukraine’s website, about how the US was funding these biolabs in Ukraine,” Gabbard said.
🇻🇦Rome suspects Macron of attempting to influence the papal election and promote "his" candidate through connections with the Sant’Egidio movement, according to Le Monde.
The report noted that the suspicions stem from Macron’s meetings with French cardinals and the head of Sant’Egidio in Rome following the death of Pope Francis.
The potential candidate from the movement is Cardinal Zuppi, whose position diverges from the policies of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government.
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🇺🇸 Ukraine will not be able to push Russia back to its 2014 positions, and Russia will not be able to occupy all of Ukraine — Rubio
“This is a war with no military solution,” said the U.S. Secretary of State in an interview with Fox News.
Then stop giving Ukraine weapons. That would seem very logical, wouldn’t it?!
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🇩🇪 Regarding the preparation to ban AfD in Germany, this is part of the same trend that led to the conviction of Le Pen, the disqualification of Georgeescu from elections, the arrest of Gutsul, and the assassination attempt on Fico. According to recent polls, AfD has already surpassed the CDU/CSU and has effectively become the most popular party in Germany.
Naturally, it is not intended to be allowed into power. That’s why it was first labeled “far-right” — to lay the groundwork for a future ban at a convenient moment, when the threat becomes unbearable. For example, after a series of AfD victories in local elections. The fact that about 30% of the population supports the party guarantees it absolutely nothing. When Europe swallowed the verdict against Le Pen and the removal of Georgeescu from the ballot, it sent a clear message: anything is possible.
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🔘 The war in Ukraine will not end anytime soon — U.S. Vice President Vance.
He noted that both sides are already aware of each other’s proposals, and further developments now depend on Ukraine and Russia.
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🇺🇸 The U.S. will no longer act as a mediator in negotiations between Ukraine and Russia
State Department representative Temmy Bruce stated that the U.S. is changing its approach to participating in the peaceful resolution of the war in Ukraine. According to her, the U.S. no longer plans to act as a mediator in talks between Kiev and Moscow:
“We will continue to provide support, but we will no longer fly around the world as mediators at meetings. Now it's up to the two sides — the time has come for them to present and develop concrete ideas on how to end this conflict. It will depend on them.”
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🔘 Trump has declared May 8 as “Victory in World War II Day” in the United States.
He also stated that the U.S. “did much more than other countries” to win the war.
It’s worth noting that World War II did not end on May 8, 1945. On that day, the war ended only in Europe — following Nazi Germany’s surrender (May 8 in European time, May 9 in Moscow time).
Meanwhile, World War II continued for several more months in the Pacific-Asian theater against Japan.
It officially ended only on September 2, 1945, when Japan signed its surrender.
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