🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🖌 AFU StratCom:

"🔱 Operational information as of 08:00 on April 17, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion

❗️ The main point of the summary:

🔵 In total, 125 clashes were recorded over the past 24 hours.

🔥 Over the past 24 hours, the Defense Forces' aviation, missile troops, and artillery have struck 19 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, three command posts, one air defense system, three artillery systems, one ammunition depot, and one enemy electronic warfare station.

🔵 In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy twice stormed the positions of our troops in the areas of Vovchansk and Zapadne.

🔵 In the Kupyansk direction, five attacks by the invaders took place in a day. The defense forces repelled the enemy's assault actions near Nova Kruglyakivka, Boguslavka, Zagryzove and towards Petropavlivka.

🔵 In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 16 times, trying to advance near the settlements of Nadiya, Novoserhiivka, Hrekivka, Novomykhailivka, Novye, and towards Olhivka and Zelenaya Dolyna.

🔵 In the Siversky direction in the areas of Hryhorivka, Ivano-Daryivka, Viyimka, and Verkhnyokamyansky, the enemy attacked the positions of our troops nine times.

🔵 In the Kramatorsk direction, five clashes were recorded near Chasovy Yar, Kurdyumivka, and Stupochok.

🔵 In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 13 attacks near the settlements of Toretsk and Leonidivka.

🔵 In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 29 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Oleksandropil, Elizavetivka, Lysivka, Zvirovo, Uspenivka, Novooleksandrivka, Preobrazhenka, Troitske, Andriivka, Bogdanivka, Stara Mykolaivka and towards Serhiivka.

🔵 In the Novopavlivske direction, the enemy attacked our positions 15 times near Konstantinopol, Rozlyv, Privilne, and towards Bahatyry.

➖ No clashes with the enemy were recorded in the Hulyaipil direction over the past day.

🔵 In the Orikhiv direction, our defenders repelled six enemy assaults in the directions of the settlements of Lobkove, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanylivka, Stepove and near Kamyanske, Shcherbaky and Maly Shcherbaky.

🔵 In the Dnieper direction, the enemy conducted three offensive operations without success.

🔵 There were 14 clashes in the Kursk direction over the past day."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇺🇦 General Staff of the Armed Forces:

"Operational information as of 08:00 04/17/2025 regarding the Russian invasion

The 1149th day of large-scale armed aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

In total, 125 clashes were recorded over the past 24 hours.

According to updated information, yesterday the invaders launched two missile and 94 air strikes on the territory of Ukraine, used four missiles and dropped 154 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they used 2,764 kamikaze drones to strike and carried out 6,659 attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements, including 104 from multiple launch rocket systems.

The aggressor carried out airstrikes, in particular in the areas of the settlements of Petrushivka, Osoyivka, Malaya Rybytsia, Myropylske, Ryasne, Pokrovka in the Sumy region; Pokrovsk, Dovga Balka, Zorya, Nova Poltavka, Malynivka, Kalynivka, Shevchenko Pershe, Razine, Grodivka, Zelene Pole in the Donetsk region; Komyshuvakha, Verbovye, Lukyanivske, Stepnohirsk, Kamyanske in the Zaporizhia region. In addition, the enemy carried out an airstrike with guided bombs on the city of Kherson.

Over the past 24 hours, the Defense Forces' aviation, missile troops, and artillery have struck 19 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, three command posts, one air defense system, three artillery systems, one ammunition depot, and one enemy electronic warfare station.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy twice stormed the positions of our troops in the areas of Vovchansk and Zapadne.

In the Kupyansk direction, five attacks by the invaders took place in a day. The defense forces repelled the enemy's assault actions near Nova Kruglyakivka, Boguslavka, Zagryzove and towards Petropavlivka.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 16 times, trying to advance near the settlements of Nadiya, Novoserhiivka, Hrekivka, Novomykhailivka, Novye, and towards Olhivka and Zelenaya Dolyna.

In the Siversky direction in the areas of Hryhorivka, Ivano-Daryivka, Viyimka, and Verkhnyokamyansky, the enemy attacked the positions of our troops nine times.

In the Kramatorsk direction, five clashes were recorded near Chasovy Yar, Kurdyumivka, and Stupochok.

In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 13 attacks near the settlements of Toretsk and Leonidivka.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 29 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Oleksandropil, Elizavetivka, Lysivka, Zvirovo, Uspenivka, Novooleksandrivka, Preobrazhenka, Troitske, Andriivka, Bogdanivka, Stara Mykolaivka and towards Serhiivka.

In the Novopavlivske direction, the enemy attacked our positions 15 times near Konstantinopol, Rozlyv, Privilne, and towards Bahatyry.

No clashes with the enemy were recorded in the Hulyaipil direction over the past day.

In the Orikhiv direction, our defenders repelled six enemy assaults in the directions of the settlements of Lobkove, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanylivka, Stepove and near Kamyanske, Shcherbaky and Maly Shcherbaky.

In the Dnieper direction, the enemy conducted three offensive operations - without success.

There were 14 clashes in the Kursk sector over the past 24 hours. The enemy launched 23 air strikes, dropped 37 guided bombs, and carried out 413 artillery attacks, including 17 from multiple rocket launchers.

No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissya directions.

Our soldiers inflict significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces and actively undermine the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.

In total, the losses of the Russian invaders last day amounted to 1,230 people. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized 16 tanks, 54 armored combat vehicles, 65 artillery systems, two MLRS, three air defense systems, 88 operational-tactical UAVs, 170 vehicles and three units of special equipment of the invaders."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇺🇦 General Staff of the Armed Forces:

"Operational information as of 16:00 17.04.2025 regarding the Russian invasion

The Ukrainian Defense Forces are holding back the Russian occupiers' offensive. Terrorists continue to kill Ukrainians and destroy Ukrainian cities and villages with rocket, air, and artillery strikes.

At this time, the total number of combat clashes is 79.

The defense forces are taking the necessary measures to prevent the enemy from advancing deep into Ukrainian territory.

Today, enemy artillery and mortar fire hit the communities of Velyka Pysarivka, Prokhody, Bachivsk, Stepok, Popivka, Vidrozhdenivske, Studenok in Sumy region; enemy aircraft also struck the areas of uninhabited settlements of Turya, Krasnopillya, Myropilske, and Uhroidy in Sumy region.

In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian occupiers carried out two attacks near Petropavlivka and Zagryzove.

In the Lyman direction, the invading army has launched nine attacks on Ukrainian positions in the areas of the settlements of Nadiya, Nove, Novomykhailivka, and Yampolivka today. Three clashes are currently ongoing.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy is trying to advance in the areas of Chasovy Yar, Kurdyumivka, and in the direction of Stupochok. Three out of five attacks were repelled by the Defense Forces units, and fighting continues.

In the Toretsk direction, the enemy is trying to penetrate our defenses in the areas of Toretsk, Ozaryanivka, and Druzhba. Two attacks are ongoing, and our defenders have already repelled four assaults by the invaders.

In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of the day, the Russian occupiers have made 48 attempts to push our soldiers from the occupied positions in the areas of the settlements of Sukha Balka, Staraya Mykolaivka, Zelene Pole, Vodyane Druge, Yelizavetivka, Novotoretske, Promin, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Uspenivka, Preobrazhenka and Andriivka. The defense forces are holding back the onslaught and have repelled 45 attacks, three clashes are still ongoing. The Russian terrorist aircraft struck Malinovka with guided aerial bombs.

In the Novopavlivske direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled six assault actions by enemy troops. The enemy tried to advance in the areas of Konstantinopol, Rozlyv, and Pryvilne. Air strikes hit Oleksandrograd, Voskresenka, and Novopil.

In the Hulyaipol direction, enemy aircraft launched strikes with unguided aircraft missiles on Hulyaipol.

In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled an enemy attack in the area of ​​Malaya Tokmachka. Stepove, Lukyanivske, and Kamyanske were subjected to airstrikes.

In the Dnieper direction, the terrorist country launched strikes with KABs on the city of Kherson.

In the Kursk region, Ukrainian soldiers repelled four enemy attacks today. The invaders' aviation carried out four strikes, dropping four anti-aircraft missiles. In addition, the enemy carried out 200 artillery attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements.

There have been no clashes in the Kharkiv, Siversky, Hulyaipil and Prydniprovsky directions at this time."

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🇺🇦⚠️⚠️❌🇷🇺 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"The Kiev regime, in violation of Russian-American agreements to cease strikes on energy facilities for 30 days from March 18, continued unilateral attacks on Russian energy infrastructure.

Ten attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Russian energy facilities have been recorded.

▫️ In the Belgorod region:
On April 16 at 06:31, as a result of deliberate shelling by the AFU due to a broken wire in the span of the supports, the 35 kV high-voltage line "Graivoron - Dorogoshch" of the branch of PJSC "Rosseti Centre" - "Belgorodenergo" was disconnected.

On April 16 at 14:39, as a result of deliberate shelling by the AFU, a complete transformer substation of the branch of PJSC Rosseti Centre - Belgorodenergo was disabled.

On April 16 at 15:32, as a result of deliberate shelling by the AFU, a 10 kV high-voltage line of the branch of PJSC Rosseti Centre - Belgorodenergo was disconnected due to a wire break in the span of the supports. The village of Krasnaya Yaruga was left without power supply.

On April 17 at 05.28, as a result of deliberate shelling by the AFU, a high-voltage line of the branch of PJSC Rosseti Centre - Belgorodenergo was disconnected due to a wire break in the span of the supports. The village of Krasnaya Yaruga (26 supply points) remained without power supply.

▫️ In the Bryansk region:
On April 16 at 20.58, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian UAV, the complete transformer substation of the branch of PJSC Rosseti Centre - Bryanskenergo was disconnected due to damage. Some household consumers in the settlement of Podyvotye in the Sevsky District were left without power supply.

▫️ In Zaporizhia region:
On April 17 at 01:30, as a result of artillery shelling by the AFU, the 150 kV electrical substation "Kuibyshevo" of the branch of PJSC "Rosseti" - Tavricheskoye PMES was damaged.

▫️ In the Ryazan region:
On April 17 at 01.57, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian UAV, due to a break in the wires in the span of the supports, the 10 kV high-voltage line of the branch of PJSC Rosseti Center and Volga Region - Ryazanenergo was disconnected. Household consumers in the settlement of Turlatovo in the Ryazan district were left without power supply.

▫️ In the Tver region:
On April 16 at 13.56, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian UAV, the high-voltage line of the branch of PJSC Rosseti Centre - Tverenergo was disconnected due to a break in the wires. Household consumers in the village of Yuryevo in the Konakovsky district were left without power supply.

▫️ In Kursk region :
On April 16 at 18.50, as a result of a UAV attack on the 35 kV Zvannoye substation of the branch of PJSC Rosseti Centre - Kurskenergo, a transformer was disabled. Some household consumers in the Glushkovsky district (610 supply points) were left without power supply.

▫️ In the Tula region:
On April 17 at 02.31, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian UAV, a high-voltage line of 10 kV of the branch of PJSC Rosseti Center and Volga Region - Tulaenergo was disconnected due to a break in the wires in the span of the supports. Some household consumers in the settlement of Pervomaysky, the village of Podkhozhie Vyselki, and the village of Shishlovo in the Novomoskovsk district were left without power supply."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of April 17, 2025

🪖 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

🔥 Units of the North group of forces in the Belgorod direction inflicted losses on formations of two mechanized, airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and three territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Miropolskoye, Prokhody, Ryasnoye and Novodmitrovka in the Sumy region.

▪️ The AFU lost up to 65 servicemen, a tank, three combat armored vehicles, two cars and six field artillery guns. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.

📍 Units of the "West" group of troops have taken up more advantageous lines and positions. The manpower and equipment of two mechanized and assault brigades of the AFU have been defeated in the areas of the settlements of Yampol in the Donetsk People's Republic, Olgovka and Borovaya in the Kharkov region.

▪️ The enemy lost up to 240 servicemen, a tank, three combat armored vehicles, five cars, three field artillery guns and a Quertus electronic warfare station. Three ammunition depots were destroyed.

📍 Units of the "Southern" group of troops improved their tactical position. Concentrations of manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades of the AFU, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Katerynivka, Poltavka, Seversk and Yablonivka of the DPR were defeated.

▪️ The losses of the AFU amounted to 320 servicemen, five combat armored vehicles, seven cars and six field artillery guns. Six ammunition depots were destroyed.

🚩 As a result of active actions by units of the Center group of forces, the settlement of Preobrazhenka in the DPR was liberated.

💥 Defeat was inflicted on formations of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, a brigade of unmanned systems of the AFU and two brigades of the National Guard in the areas of the settlements of Ulyanovka, Uspenovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Novoekonomicheskoe and Mirolyubovka of the DPR.

▪️ The enemy lost more than 385 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, six cars and five field artillery pieces."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of April 17, 2025

↗️ Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. The manpower and equipment of two mechanized and airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Karl Marx, Zelenoe Pole, Zeleny Kut and Shevchenko of the Donetsk People's Republic.

▪️ The enemy's losses amounted to 130 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, two cars, two field artillery guns and two electronic warfare stations.

🔥 Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades of the AFU and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Novodanilovka, Kamenskoye in the Zaporizhia region, Tomarino and Nikolskoye in the Kherson region.

▪️ The enemy lost more than 90 servicemen, nine vehicles, an artillery piece and an electronic warfare station. Three ammunition depots were destroyed.

✈️ Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups damaged the infrastructure of a military airfield, an enterprise for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles, a warehouse for unmanned boats, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 143 districts.

🎯 Air defense systems destroyed five JDAM guided aerial bombs and three US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, as well as 204 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:

▫️ 661 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 52,293 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 601 anti-aircraft missile system,
▫️ 22,876 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
▫️ 1,536 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems,
▫️ 23,741 field artillery and mortar guns,
▫️ 34,203 units of special military vehicles."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"The Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of repelling the attempted invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the territory of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region as of April 17, 2025

🪖 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to defeat the formations of the AFU in the Kursk region.

💥 During offensive operations, units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on formations of the mechanized, airborne assault brigades and five territorial defense brigades of the AFU in the areas of the settlements of Gornal, as well as Velyka Rybitsa, Zapselye, Miropolye, Sadki, Yunakovka and Yablonovka in the Sumy region.
 
✈️ Strikes by operational-tactical, army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles and artillery fire damaged enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Belovody, Vladimirovka, Novaya Sich, Osoyevka, Sadki, Yunakovka and Yablonovka in the Sumy region.
 
▪️ Over the past 24 hours, the AFU lost up to 165 servicemen, two tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, five armored combat vehicles, twelve cars, and three artillery pieces were destroyed."

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🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"📊 In total, during the fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost:

▫️ up to 74,780 military personnel,
▫️ 410 tanks,
▫️ 334 infantry fighting vehicles,
▫️ 305 armored personnel carriers,
▫️ 2,277 armored combat vehicles,
▫️ 2,734 cars,
▫️ 618 artillery pieces,
▫️ 57 multiple launch rocket system launchers, including 15 HIMARS and seven MLRS made in the USA,
▫️ 28 launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems, a self-propelled anti-aircraft mount, ten transport and loading vehicles,
▫️ 125 electronic warfare stations,
▫️ 18 counter-battery radars, 12 air defense radars,
▫️ 57 units of engineering and other equipment, including 23 engineering vehicles for clearing obstacles, one UR-77 mine clearing unit, five bridge layers, an engineering reconnaissance vehicle, as well as 15 armored repair and recovery vehicles and a command and staff vehicle.

The operation to destroy the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations continues."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🕶🕶 ✙DeepState✙🇺🇦:

"🟡 Activity on the Yampolivka-Torskoe section is increasing

⚔️ The intensity of fighting in the Liman area is quite high every day, where the enemy is trying to expand the zone of control, in particular around the Zherebets River. After the Katsap advances in the northern part of Yampolivka, attempts to completely seize the settlement continue.

🏹 But the enemy found another weak spot between Yampolivka and Torske, trying to gain a foothold on the northern outskirts of the latter. Strange processes are taking place with the brigade that holds this area of ​​responsibility, because they are causing a lot of trouble for the adjacent units on both sides and something needs to be done about it. Gaining a foothold in Torske will create the most unfavorable conditions for Yampolivka.

ℹ️ Here I would also like to mention the Siversk district, which is located south of the Lyman, in particular, the events around Bilogorivka. Recently, the work of fighters of the 81st brigade was recorded west of Bilogorivka, which caused the expansion of the gray zone on the map. Information is being clarified about the complete control of Bilogorivka itself by the enemy and whether there is anyone there at all, but today this entire area is in an active phase of hostilities with a dynamic transition of positions from hand to hand."

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🇺🇦⚠️⚠️❌🇷🇺 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"A blow to the rear: about another attack by Ukrainian UAVs on military facilities in the rear

Last night, Ukrainian formations again attempted to attack objects on the territory of the Russian Federation. A total of 76 aircraft-type UAVs were destroyed in the skies over the Kursk, Oryol, Ryazan, Bryansk, Vladimir, Ivanovo and Tula regions. Most of the drones were destroyed over the Kursk region, their number amounted to 49 pieces.

🖍 In addition to the usual strikes on civilian and energy infrastructure, the Armed Forces of Ukraine also attacked military facilities. Moreover, at an impressive distance of more than 700 km from the state border.

🚩 The location of the 112th Guards Missile Brigade in came under repeated attack. in the city of Shuya, Ivanovo Region. The targets of yesterday's daytime attack were administrative buildings, but at night the enemy concentrated on attacks on the brigade's warehouse and technical infrastructure.

📌 As Two Majors rightly point out, the protection of such objects should be of primary importance. Of course, a lot of anti-aircraft missile systems will be needed to cover such a large territory as Russia has in the conditions of the ongoing war. And it is simply unrealistic to do this in a short period of time.

In addition, Ukrainian drones were again maneuvering; according to Archangel Spetsnaz, the UAVs were approaching Shuya from the rear, from the Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod regions, which makes it difficult to intercept them.

❗️ But, at a minimum, we can think about increasing the number of mobile air defense groups, which in the south of Russia have shown high efficiency in repelling UAV attacks, saturating important objects with electronic warfare. All this is much better than simply turning a blind eye and pretending that nothing happened.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"Battles for Valentinovka: situation in the Dzerzhinsky direction as of 15:00 on April 17, 2025

At the junction of the Dzerzhinsky and Pokrovsk-Mirnograd directions, Russian troops are advancing. While in Dzerzhinsk itself, fighting continues on the northern outskirts of the city near the Saint Matrona of Moscow mine, to the southwest, Russian Armed Forces fighters have raised a flag in Valentinovka.

🔻 More about the battles:

▪️ Units of the 68th Tank Regiment continue to advance in the vicinity of Panteleimonovka and have already liberated most of Valentinovka, advancing along the reservoir.

▪️ The dominant heights to the east, which have long been under the stable control of the Russian Armed Forces, play into the hands of Russian troops here. The location of the heights allows them to keep the positions of Ukrainian formations located in the lowlands under fire control.

▪️ In addition, there are successes in the forest belts to the west, between Valentinovka and the N-20 highway. There, several more strongholds of the Kalinovo-Novgorod fortified region have come under the control of Russian troops.

📌 It is too early to talk about complete control over Valentinovka. The enemy is trying to counterattack, including with special forces and with the support of armored vehicles, thereby preventing the advancing units from gaining a foothold.

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⚡️‼️🇧🇾🇷🇺😎🪖 — 🇬🇧 The Times | Belarus and Russia ‘ready to target Nato’, says Kremlin spy chief | The head of Russia’s foreign intelligence service accused Britain, France and Germany of escalating the war in Ukraine | April 15 2025:

"The Belarusian and Russian security services are preparing to take “preemptive” measures against Nato member states, the Kremlin’s spy chief has said.

Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service, accused Nato of an increase in military activity near the borders of the two countries. Belarus is Russia’s strongest ally in Europe and the Kremlin has used its territory for attacks on Ukraine. Moscow also says it has transferred tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus.

“We feel and see that European countries, especially France, Britain and Germany, are increasing the level of escalation around the Ukrainian conflict, so we need to act preemptively. We are ready for this,” Naryshkin said during talks with Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarusian dictator, in Minsk."

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💻⚡️🧠🏭📍🇺🇸 — 📰 Reuters | AMD set to produce its CPU chip at TSMC plant in Arizona:

"TAIPEI, April 15 (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O), opens new tab said on Tuesday its key processor chips would soon be made at TSMC's (2330.TW), opens new tab new production site in Arizona, marking the first time that its products will be manufactured in the United States.

Though AMD's plans predate U.S. President Donald Trump's return to office, tech companies' efforts to diversify their supply chains have taken on added significance given Trump's escalating tariff war.

His administration is currently investigating whether imports of semiconductors threaten national security, which could be a precursor to slapping tariffs on those products.

"Our new fifth-generation EPYC is doing very well, so we're ready to start production," AMD Chief Executive Lisa Su told reporters in Taipei, referring to the company's central processing unit (CPU) for data centres.

Until now, the U.S. company's products have been made at contract chip manufacturer TSMC's facilities in Taiwan."

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🇨🇳🗯🇺🇸 — 📰 Bloomberg | China Open to Talks If US Shows Respect, Names Point Person | April 16, 2025:

"China wants to see a number of steps from President Donald Trump’s administration before it will agree to trade talks, including showing more respect by reining in disparaging remarks by members of his cabinet, according to a person familiar with the Chinese government’s thinking.

Other conditions include a more consistent US position and a willingness to address China’s concerns around American sanctions and Taiwan, said the person, who asked not to be identified to discuss internal thinking.

Beijing also wants the US to appoint a point person for talks who has the president’s support and can help prepare a deal that Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping can sign when they meet, the person said."

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🇺🇸💲❌🇨🇳 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Bessent's Grand Strategy: Use Tariff Negotiations To Isolate China From The Rest Of The World | April 16, 2025:

"(...) Trump laid out the stakes in the ever-escalating trading war between the US and China, in typical laconic fashion: "We may want countries to choose between us and China" (a topic discussed further here), with the White House adding that "The ball is in China’s court. China needs to make a deal with us."

This strategy, of forcing the world into "us (or US) vs them" camps first emerged last week when Trump reduced reciprocal tariffs for all countries except China, something we highlighted at the time.

A few days later, this now appears to be the official strategy in the global trade war."

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🇺🇸💲❌🇨🇳 — 📰 The Wall Street Journal | U.S. Plans to Use Tariff Negotiations to Isolate China | Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants trading partners to limit China’s involvement in their economies in exchange for concessions on reciprocal tariffs | April 15, 2025:

"The Trump administration plans to use ongoing tariff negotiations to pressure U.S. trading partners to limit their dealings with China, according to people with knowledge of the conversations.

The idea is to extract commitments from U.S. trading partners to isolate China’s economy in exchange for reductions in trade and tariff barriers imposed by the White House. U.S. officials plan to use negotiations with more than 70 nations to ask them to disallow China to ship goods through their countries, prevent Chinese firms from locating in their territories to avoid U.S. tariffs, and not absorb China’s cheap industrial goods into their economies.

Those measures are meant to put a dent in China’s already rickety economy and force Beijing to the negotiating table with less leverage ahead of potential talks between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The exact demands could vary widely by nation, given their degree of involvement with the Chinese economy."

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🇺🇸🏭❌🏭🇨🇳 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Made In China Vs Made In America | April 16, 2025:

"While China’s status as the world’s largest manufacturing hub seems to be a law of nature these days - one only challenged by President Trump - that hasn’t always been the case. 

In fact, as Statista's Felix Richter shows in the chart below, as recently as 2009, the U.S. trumped China in manufacturing output as measured by total value added in the sector."

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🇮🇱💬🇺🇸➡️🇸🇾 — 🌟 Ynet | US tells Israel it will begin withdrawing troops from Syria within 2 months | First report: After Trump expressed empathy for Erdogan during his meeting with Netanyahu, Ynet has learned that Washington announced US forces in Syria will begin a phased withdrawal within two months; Israel is warning of the consequences and trying to prevent the move - amid fears that Turkey will take over more strategic assets in the new Syria | April 15, 2025:

"U.S. defense officials have informed their Israeli counterparts that the United States plans to begin a phased withdrawal of its troops from Syria within two months, according to information obtained by Ynet.

Despite previous Israeli efforts to prevent such a move, Washington has made it clear those efforts were unsuccessful. Still, Israeli defense officials are not giving up and continue to press the Biden administration to reconsider.

The planned withdrawal comes as no surprise. Former President Donald Trump, now back in office, had long promised to pull U.S. troops out of the region under his administration’s isolationist doctrine, influenced in part by Vice President J.D. Vance."

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