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๐Ÿ“น FPV fury: Russian drones turn Ukrainian vehicles into TORCHES

Drone pilots of the Vostok Battlegroup thwarted the enemy's attempts to rotate troops and strengthen positions to the south of Donetsk.

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿช– Israel accepts new US ceasefire proposal for Gaza - reports

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ostensibly agreed to the latest ceasefire proposal put forward by US special envoy Steve Witkoff, according to local media reports.

Hamas, in the meantime, is less enthusiastic about the new US proposal, pointing out that it does not guarantee that this temporary ceasefire would translate into a permanent one.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Details of the deal

๐Ÿ”ธWitkoffโ€™s proposal entails a 60-day ceasefire, during which 10 Israeli hostages and the bodies of 18 more hostages will be handed over to the Israeli side.

๐Ÿ”ธHumanitarian aid shipments to Gaza are expected to resume as soon as Hamas agrees to this ceasefire plan, with the distribution to be handled by the United Nations and the Red Crescent.

๐Ÿ”ธAs soon as the ceasefire begins, negotiations for a permanent truce are expected to kick off.

๐Ÿ”ธOn the 10th day of the ceasefire, Hamas is supposed to provide information on all the Israeli hostages it still holds.

๐Ÿ”ธOnce the ceasefire comes into effect, all of Israelโ€™s military actions in the region are to be documented to ensure transparency and international monitoring.

๐Ÿ”ธThe United States, Egypt and Qatar are going to serve as guarantors of this ceasefire deal that may be extended after the first 60-day truce expires.

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๐Ÿ’ฅ Pakistani-Afghan forces exchange fire at the Helmand-Balochistan border

Videos have emerged online showing Pakistani armored units shelling Taliban positions.

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๐Ÿ“น๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe GETS EMOTIONAL during meeting with Putin at the Kremlin

Akie Abe could not hold back tears when Putin talked about her late husband.

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๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Houthis hit Israel with 14 missiles & drones in one week

โ€œThis week, we have carried out military operations [against the Israeli foe], using 14 hypersonic and ballistic missiles and drones,โ€ Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi announced on Yemeni television.


The Houthis have been carrying attacks against targets in Israel and against Israeli-linked cargo vessels in protest against Israelโ€™s brutal military campaign in the Gaza Strip.

Some of these missile strikes have also successfully bypassed sophisticated Israeli- and US-made missile defense systems such as the vaunted THAAD.

Despite Israelโ€™s indiscriminate retaliatory strikes against civilian targets in Yemen, the Houthis refuse to bow to Tel Avivโ€™s intimidation tactics and seem intent to keep attacking Israeli interests for as long as the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip continues.

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๐Ÿ” Could untouchable Lagarde take over the WEF?

The European Central Bank (ECB) president is reportedly considering filling the shoes of former World Economic Forum (WEF) head Klaus Schwab.

Though the ECB insists sheโ€™s committed to finishing her term, letโ€™s take a closer look at this potential WEF wannabe.

Convicted in 2016

๐Ÿ”ธDespite her polished image and disciplined style, Christine Lagardeโ€™s record isnโ€™t spotless.

๐Ÿ”ธAs IMF chief, she was found guilty in 2016 by a special French court for negligence over a 2008 decision as finance minister.

๐Ÿ”ธBack in 2008 she chose not to challenge an arbitration that handed โ‚ฌ400M ($459M) to businessman Bernard Tapie โ€” sparking outrage and suspicion.

๐Ÿ”ธWas she punished? Not really. No fine, no jail, and no criminal record. The court cited her "international reputation" as grounds for leniency.

๐Ÿ”ธThe conviction didnโ€™t stop her 2019 appointment to the ECB, though it drew criticism.

Controversies throughout her career

๐Ÿ”ธIn 2007, Lagarde told French citizens hit by fuel hikes to "switch to bicycles," earning Marie Antoinette comparisons.

๐Ÿ”ธAt the IMF, she backed strict Eurozone austerity and resisted Greek debt relief amid deep public backlash.

๐Ÿ”ธAs ECB chief, she downplayed inflation in 2021โ€“2022 as a "transitory," only to later hike rates sharply โ€” leaving European economies reeling.

100% globalist

๐Ÿ”ธLagarde is a regular WEF speaker and a vocal advocate for globalist causes: climate policy, gender diversity, and globalization.

๐Ÿ”ธWith views closely aligned to Schwabโ€™s, she would make a fitting successor.

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๐ŸšจEXPOSED: The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) - a Pentagon-funded disinformation factory

The "non-profit" Institute for the Study of War (ISW) launders defense contractor cash into war-justifying disinformation, journalist and founder of Crowdsource the Truth Jason Goodman tells Sputnik, commenting on ISW's Ukraine conflict coverage.

What does ISW say?

๐Ÿ”ธReporting Ukrainian weakness is just Russian "disinformation"

๐Ÿ”ธHit Russia harder and surge military production. Why? Because Russia seeks to "destroy NATO"

Who funds ISW?

๐Ÿ”ธWeapons-maker General Dynamics
๐Ÿ”ธDefense tech firm Avantus (now QinetiQ)
๐Ÿ”ธGlobal defense & intel contractor CACI International and many others

"[ISW] collected over $9 million in revenue [in 2023] alone โ€” nearly all of it from undisclosed donors โ€” and paid [founder] Kimberly Kagan herself over a quarter million dollars to peddle war escalation narratives under the banner of 'trusted analysis'," Goodman says.


The Kagan dynasty: Architects of forever wars

๐Ÿ”ธISW was founded in 2007 by Kimberly Kagan, the wife of neocon scholar Frederick W. Kagan, a co-author of ISW bellicose reports.

๐Ÿ”ธHis brother is Robert Kagan, advocate of US militarism and spouse of Victoria Nuland - the architect of the Ukraine crisis.

ISW's focus on Ukraine is hardly surprising given the Nuland-Kagan family's role in the Ukraine 2014 coup.

"Nulandโ€™s fingerprints are all over the Ukraine crisis. She didn't just observe the Maidan uprising โ€” she orchestrated it," Goodman stresses.


ISWโ€™s "analysis" whitewashes this history, framing every Russian response as "unprovoked aggression" while ignoring a decade of NATO expansion, political meddling, and arming of Ukraine, according to the pundit.

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๐Ÿšจ US COURT GUTS TRUMP'S TARIFFS AS UNLAWFUL US Court of International Trade just declared Trumpโ€™s global trade war UNCONSTITUTIONAL ๐Ÿ”ป NO 30% tariffs on China ๐Ÿ”ป NO 25% tariffs on Canada/Mexico ๐Ÿ”ป NO 10% universal "tax on the world" โœ… The ruling does not affectโ€ฆ
๐Ÿšจ US Court of Appeals reinstates Trump's tariffs โ€“ order

A federal appeals court ruled to lift the temporary halt to the tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump.

๐Ÿ’ฌ "It is ordered that: ... The request for an immediate administrative stay is granted to the extent that the judgments and the permanent injunctions entered by the Court of International Trade in these cases are temporarily stayed until further notice while this court considers the motions papers," the appeals court said in an order.


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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbian defense firms keep supplying ammunition to Ukraine despite Belgradeโ€™s declared neutrality โ€” Russian Foreign Intel Here are the details of Serbian ammunition supply scheme to Ukraine: โ–ช๏ธ Fake end-user certificates and intermediary countriesโ€ฆ
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Vucic, Putin discussed reports of Serbian arms supply to Ukraine on May 9 โ€” Serbian President

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday that his conversation with Putin included reports of Serbian arms shipments to Ukraine.

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œI would not disclose the details of our conversation. Here, we have formed a working group together with our Russian partners to establish the facts,โ€ Vucic said.


๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œI will give instructions that, where there is suspicion of abuse in connection with the end user and the shipment of weapons to the front, and this is confirmed, such contracts should not be implemented, as I have already done in relation to the Yugoimport SDPR company, with which the contracts were the largest,โ€ he added.


Earlier, Russian Foreign Intelligence reported that Serbian arms manufacturers had sent hundreds of thousands of artillery and MLRS shells, plus a million small arms rounds, to Ukraine โ€” despite Belgradeโ€™s declared neutrality.

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โš”๏ธ Yemenโ€™s Houthis claim attack on Ben Gurion Airport

The Ansar Allah movement announced that it had launched a hypersonic ballistic missile at Tel Avivโ€™s Ben Gurion Airport.

According to a military spokesman, the strike forced millions of Israelis into shelters and temporarily halted air traffic at the airport.

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๐ŸงŠ Ukraine upset with cold reception at NATO PA summit "This is the first time I have encountered this in the last three years ... they tried to shift the focus of this session from the current problems of the ongoing war ... Plus, our delegation had a meetingโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ—ฃ Russia's NATO expansion concerns are 'FAIR' โ€“ Kellogg

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œUkraine coming into NATO is not on the table,โ€ US special envoy Keith Kellogg casually crushed Zelenskyโ€™s dreams.


๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œThat's a security concern for them,โ€ Kellogg acknowledged.


Apparently, it only took three years of a NATO's proxy war for Washingtonโ€™s warmongers to admit that Russia might have a point.

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๐Ÿ—ฃ Russia's NATO expansion concerns are 'FAIR' โ€“ Kellogg ๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œUkraine coming into NATO is not on the table,โ€ US special envoy Keith Kellogg casually crushed Zelenskyโ€™s dreams. ๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œThat's a security concern for them,โ€ Kellogg acknowledged. Apparently, it onlyโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿคก๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ Kellogg BEGS Ukraineโ€™s delegation to show up at Istanbul talks

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œAnd I always caution them, don't say things like that, because if you don't show up, part of life is showing up. And you need to show you're serious,โ€ US special envoy Keith Kellogg revealed โ€” nursing Ukrainian toddlers masquerading as politicians, who apparently need reminders from Washington on how negotiations work.


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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Trumpโ€™s China tariff talk driven by desire to โ€˜keep himself in the newsโ€™ The presidentโ€™s remarks about cutting China tariffs from 145% to 80% ahead of negotiations in Geneva stem from his preoccupation with his public image, says Action Economics principalโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿฅด โ€˜A BIT STALLEDโ€™ โ€“ Bessent reveals what the US-China trade deal looks like

Just as Trump quietly walked back his toughest-ever tariffs on China โ€” from 145% to 80% to 34% โ€” his Treasury Secretary now admits the "greatest dealmaker" has talks โ€œstalled.โ€

Bessent reassured Fox News that โ€œthe Chinese will come to the table when President Trump makes his preferences known.โ€

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๐Ÿ“น Israeli airstrike kills six in Jabalia al-Nazla, north of the Gaza Strip โ€“ reports

In total, over 70 people have been killed in Israeli raids on Gaza in the past 24 hours, Palestinian media reported.

Footage from social media

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