⚡️Putin's proposal for a ceasefire on Victory Day is the beginning of direct negotiations with Ukraine without preconditions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

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🇰🇵🔥🪖North Korea is a BETTER defense partner than 90% of NATO

Forget NATO — North Korea’s military makes most of the alliance look weak in comparison. Don’t believe it? Lets take a closer look:

🪖 The 4th largest army in the world

North Korea has approximately:

▪️1.3M active personnel in the Korean People's Army (KPA)
▪️600K reservists
▪️5.7M Worker-Peasant Red Guard reservists

Only the US, India and China are ahead.

🫡 Highly disciplined force

The 🇷🇺Kursk operation proved the KPA’s combat prowess. North Korea’s special forces are seen as among the best-trained, known for tough preparation. They are said to "move like a storm" and "feel neither pain nor thirst."

🚀 Missile prowess

North Korea has a significant missile arsenal. Its longest-range missile, the Hwasong-19 ICBM, reached 7,687.5 km in altitude and flew 1,001.2 km during October 2024 tests. Experts say it could exceed 13,000 km on a standard trajectory.

🔸 Hypersonic push

North Korea is one of the few countries with hypersonic weapons. In 2021, it tested the Hwasong-8, reportedly equipped with a hypersonic glide vehicle. In January, its latest missile allegedly exceeded Mach 12 and hit a target 1,500 km away.

🚢 A naval power? Not yet - but soon

On April 26, North Korea unveiled its newest 5,000-ton multipurpose destroyer Choe Hyon at a Nampho shipyard.
DPRK's navy also has around 70 submarines, 400 patrol vessels, and a few Najin-class frigates.

💣 Last but not least: They got nukes

The Asian nation is estimated to possess between 50 & 90 nuclear warheads. Some projections suggest this number could rise up to 166 by 2030.

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📹 Instead of addressing tariffs and the migration crisis, Elizabeth Warren is ‘fighting with Donald Trump’

“Trump promised on day one to lower costs for American families, but all he has done is raise them through his chaotic tariff policies and cuts. It's important for Democrats to stand for what we believe in,” she said.

Whatever you say, Liz.

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🚨EXPOSED: Fervent Ukrainians GLORIFY WW2-era Nazis on the eve of Victory Day

Ukraine claims to be Nazi-free, but how does that square with the Ukrainian mapping project DeepState posting a Nazi propaganda poster celebrating the WW2-era Waffen SS division?

🔎 The Galician Division's bloody record:

▪️Officially known as the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician), the unit was formed in 1943 by Nazi Germany and consisted mostly of Ukrainian nationals.

▪️Between 1943 and 1945, the Galician Division was involved in mass killings of Polish, Jewish, Russian, and Slovak civilians, as well as anti-fascist Ukrainians, Red Army soldiers, and partisans.

▪️The division also included officers from the Ukrainian nationalist Nachtigall Battalion, which carried out mass shootings of Jews near Vinnytsa in July 1941 and took part in other pogroms.

▪️The notorious division was responsible for cold-blooded massacres in Polish settlements such as Huta Pieniacka, Podkamien, Chodaczkow Wielki, Prehoryle, Smogligow, and Borow. In Huta Pieniacka alone, up to 1,000 Polish villagers were burned alive in 1944.

▪️The Waffen SS, including the Galician Division, was declared a criminal organization by the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremberg Trials.

🔎 What is DeepState?

▪️The Ukrainian conflict-mapping service was launched on February 24, 2022, by Roman Pogorily and Ruslan Mykula.

▪️The project is claimed to be affiliated with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.

▪️Pogorily and Mykula were lauded as two Ukrainian prodigies by Wired, an American tech magazine, in August 2024 and were featured on the US state-funded NPR in February 2025.

▪️By praising two SS fans, US media joined Canada’s MPs who not long ago cheered Galician Division veteran Jaroslav Hunka with applause.

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📹 A new hot topic in UK Parliament hearings? A Netflix show

Because a fictional white boy antagonist is apparently more important than pressing social issues.

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📹 Ukraine's ceasefire demand is a precondition, not a solution

President Vladimir Putin has proposed beginning direct negotiations on the Ukraine conflict without preconditions. "A ceasefire [for 30 days demanded by Ukraine] is seen as a precondition in this situation," said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Ukraine and Europe only seek a ceasefire because Kiev is losing on the battlefield, Lavrov added.

Putin confirmed Russia's readiness to negotiate without conditions during talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff. Russia has announced a ceasefire from May 7 to May 10 in honor of Victory Day. Ukraine’s Zelensky demands an immediate, unconditional ceasefire lasting at least 30 days.

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📹🇪🇸 Madrid's blackout hits hard: No power, no fridge, no food

In the Spanish capital, the effects of the blackout are being felt in supermarkets. Shelves with dairy products, meat, and ready-made meals are empty.

"Products weren't sold out — they spoiled due to the lack of refrigerators. We had to throw away almost all perishable goods," an employee of one store explained to Sputnik.

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🔍 From 'Angel of Death' to Hitler's deputy: Argentina declassifies Nazi war criminals' files

Over 1,850 reports and 1,300 orders detailing the presence of notorious Nazi criminals who fled to Argentina after World War II have been made publicly available on the Argentine government website. The documents reveal details about infamous Nazi figures, including:

▪️Adolf Eichmann, the so-called "architect of the Holocaust."
▪️Walter Kutschmann, a Gestapo officer and active participant in the extermination of Jews in Ukraine.
▪️Martin Bormann, Hitler’s personal secretary.
▪️Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s deputy in the Nazi Party.
▪️Ante Pavelić, the leader of fascist Croatia, an ally of Nazi Germany, and more.

The dossier on Josef Mengele, known as the "Angel of Death," is one of the most detailed, revealing shocking facts about his time in Argentina and his horrific experiments on concentration camp prisoners:

🔸Mengele personally selected prisoners for the Auschwitz death camp, where tens of thousands became victims of his experiments.

🔸In 1949, he arrived in Argentina, settling in Buenos Aires, where he practiced medicine illegally and earned a reputation as an "abortion specialist."

🔸Initially, Mengele didn’t even hide his identity despite being on the international wanted list.

🔸He traveled across the country under the false identity of "Gregor Helmut," a supposed native of a German-speaking region in northern Italy, and used other aliases, including "José Mengele" and "Dr. Fausto Rindón."

🔸Mengele frequently traveled abroad, and despite a request for his extradition by West Germany, Argentine authorities failed to deport him. In 1959, he emigrated to Paraguay and gained Paraguayan citizenship.

🔸It was only after Israeli intelligence, the Mossad, captured Adolf Eichmann, living under a false name in Buenos Aires, that Mengele fled to Brazil. He lived there until his death in 1979, never answering for his crimes and seemingly never repenting for them.

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🗣 International Criminal Court is emasculated institution with no real power – expert

"The ICC wields little influence over dictators and major leaders from countries like the US and Israel," Afghan political analyst Najib ar-Rahman Shumal explained to Sputnik, commenting on Hungary's decision to withdraw from the organization.

"The court has effectively become a political institution rather than being committed to social justice principles. In practice, it safeguards the interests of powerful nations while taking action against leaders from smaller and weaker states," he added.

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❗️ ‘I’d like to be POPE’ – Trump

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📹 Dealing with Putin is EASIER than dealing with Zelensky – Trump

The president also slammed Zelensky for "screaming" during his visit to the White House, demanding more security support from the US.

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⚠️ ICE arrests two UKRAINIANS for illegally VOTING in the 2024 election – US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem

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