❗️Russian troops liberated the settlements of Mirnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic and Malye Scherbaki in Zaporozhye region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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💬 The West’s increasingly frantic attempts “to defeat Russia” and to “humiliate Putin” are leading to increasingly frantic efforts and proposals that are only proving “their complete political impotence,” the Russian foreign minister emphasized.

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🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian MoD daily briefing on the special military operation's progress:    

▪️Russian forces struck Ukrainian military airfield infrastructure and drone storage facilities.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 200 servicemen in the Russian Yug Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Russian aviation shot down four Ukrainian JDAM bombs and 92 drones.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 430 troops in the Russian Tsentr Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 70 soldiers and two infantry fighting vehicles in the area of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Dnepr.

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💬 Trump is not upset about the scandal involving the leak of data on strikes in Yemen, calling the incident the 'only glitch in 2 months,' NBC reports.

"Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he's a good man," Trump admitted he still has confidence in US National Security Advisor.

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Russian journalists are prime targets for Ukraine’s neo-Nazis since they EXPOSE THEIR ATROCITIES - analyst

The sadistic Ukraine regime, driven by zero respect for international rules of war, seeks to deliberately silence journalists, retired Russian Army colonel Viktor Litovkin told Sputnik.

Ukraine’s attacks like the HIMARS strike on a civilian car that killed three Russian journalists on May 24 are fueled by crushing defeats on the battlefield, he emphasized.

The terror attacks carried out blatantly against the backdrop of ongoing peace negotiations are also mean to intimidate other journalists and prevent them from coming to report the truth.

Under the Geneva Conventions, journalists are off-limits, yet for Zelensky’s henchmen terrorism as a principle of warfare is their essence, stressed the seasoned military analyst.

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📹 Hangzhou treated football fans to a thrilling drone light show over the stadium hosting the 2026 World Cup Asian qualifier between China and Australia. Hundreds of synchronized drones formed a giant football, a pitch, team jerseys, and player silhouettes in the sky.

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🇮🇷 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) revealed a newly constructed underground military base armed with missile systems.

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🤝The US and Russia have agreed to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea, eliminate the use of force, and prevent commercial vessels from being used for military purposes, according to the WH statement

US will help restore Russia’s access to global agricultural/fertilizer markets, ports, and payment systems, the WH said

US and Russia to develop measures banning strikes on Russian/Ukrainian energy facilities, the statement read

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Leaked US Yemen strike plans raise concerns among NATO

US allies in Europe are more worried about sharing intelligence data with Donald Trump's administration after messages between government ministers about US plans to strike Houthi positions in Yemen were leaked, Bloomberg claims.

💬 “In the amazing story of the Signal group coordinating Yemen air strikes, Vice President JD Vance once again comes out as driven by deep anti-European resentment,” former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt wrote on X.

The leaked screenshots show Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denigrating NATO.

“I just hate bailing Europe out again,” an account identified as Vance said in the chat.

“VP: I fully share your loathing of European free-loading,” Hegseth responded. “It’s PATHETIC.”

The leak has added to a noticeable cooling of the US-EU relations following President Trump repeatedly accusing European allies of not paying enough for defense and threatening 25% tariffs on European imports.

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📉 It’s not easy being an anti-globalist: Tesla sales plunge over 40% in EU amid anti-Musk hate fest

📉 The car company’s share of the EU’s EV market has dropped from 21.6% to 10.3% over the past year, with registrations on the European market falling 43% in the first two months of 2025, new data by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association shows.

🐌 The slowdown in sales, attributed partly to the retooling at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Germany, also comes amid a coordinated global campaign of hate targeting Musk, from vandalism to arson and attempted bombings, as DOGE slashes bureaucracy and guts USAID funding.

🗣Last week, Musk revealed that George Soros invested over $7.5 million into groups targeting his car company.

Musk expressed confidence earlier this month that Tesla “will be fine long-term.”

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