🇺🇸 US

Pentagon announced the Next Generation Hypersonic Cruise Missile (NGHCM) program, seeking radical approaches for a quantum leap in range, maneuverability, speed, and stealth.

Key requirement: DFMA philosophy for cheap, mass production to enable large-scale deployment against peer adversaries.

DARPA considers a large missile for bomber external carriage, a smaller internal-bay version, ground launch, and palletized use across all platforms.

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🇷🇺 Russia

A teenager recruited via the "Dayvinchik" chatbot in Telegram stated he was promised 250,000 rubles.

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🇩🇰 Denmark sent museum armored vehicles to Ukraine.

The transfer included a BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle and a rare specialized MT-LB multi-purpose tracked tractor in the SNAR-10 'Leopard' ground artillery reconnaissance station modification. Allan Pedersen, owner of Scandinavia's largest private collection of Soviet equipment, said the transfer was made at the direct request of the Ukrainian side, which is also reaching out to European museums.

Experts estimate the 1960s-era vehicles will either be restored to running condition and upgraded (e.g., BMP-1 to BMP-1TS standard or converted to an EW/turret carrier) or used as parts donors for repairing the existing AFU fleet.

Everything is going according to plan. No problems.

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🇷🇺 Rosstandart has set GOST requirements for first and second grade red caviar:

- Granular caviar must be packaged in metal or glass jars;
- The eggs must be free of films and blood clots;
- The color must be uniform;
- The presence of foreign impurities is not allowed.

The GOST comes into force on June 1, 2027.

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🇯🇵 Japan: Evacuation due to heavy rains

More than 170,000 people have been ordered to evacuate immediately due to heavy rains, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

In some cities, street flooding has reached about 20 cm, with rainfall intensity up to 110 mm per hour.

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🇷🇺 Deep strike in Kharkov

Special forces "Anvar" and the 11th Army Corps have launched a deep penetration operation using the "Dyagterev Carrier." This new system bypasses radio horizon limits and electronic warfare (EW) defenses to strike enemy logistics day and night.

Kharkov has been targeted, with significant damage inflicted on Self-Propelled Howitzers (SPHs), armored vehicles, light technical pickup trucks carrying personnel, military transport trucks, tractors, and military cranes.

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🇷🇺🇧🇾 Russian and Belarusian drivers can again compete in Formula 1 under their national flags

The International Automobile Federation (FIA) has lifted all restrictions imposed in 2022, reports The Race.

Racers will no longer need neutral status: they are allowed to use national flags and symbols, as well as perform anthems.

FIA-sanctioned series include Formula 1, WRC, WEC and Formula E.

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French media discusses Putin assassination

On the French TV channel LCI, analysts discuss the hypothetical scenario of Vladimir Putin being killed by Ukrainian operatives. They argue that war would not cease even if he were eliminated. Furthermore, as the elected president of a permanent UN Security Council member state, any such attack would likely backfire on Ukraine due to the severe geopolitical consequences.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Civilian Exchange Between Russia and Ukraine

Another civilian exchange between Russia and Ukraine took place in Belarus, according to BelTA. Eight people went to Russia, seven to Ukraine.

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🇷🇺 RU Armed Forces strike Epitsentr hypermarket in Zaporozhye

Photo evidence shows Ukrainian troops massing inside the building on bunk beds. The Russian military targeted the large civilian structure, which the Ukrainian military regularly uses as a temporary barracks to house personnel.

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