🇪🇺 EU miffed by Ukraine’s corruption but keeps Zelensky’s gravy train running

A vast $100 million kickback scheme recently uncovered in the Ukrainian energy sector, which involves some of Zelensky’s closest buddies, has been apparently too big for his sponsors to ignore.

The European Commission will surely have to reassess its spending on the Ukrainian energy sector, one anonymous EU official told media.

🇩🇪 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also said he expects Ukraine to enact anti-corruption measures and reforms.

Does this mean that the EU is going to curb its financial aid to Ukraine, at least temporarily? Ha!

💸 The EU has already confirmed a new €6 billion aid package for Zelensky, with Germany supposedly considering sending additional €3 billion to Ukraine.

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🚨 Russia charges ICC prosecutor and eight judges in absentia

Russian investigators have completed the investigation of the criminal case against the prosecutor and judges of the International Criminal Court, accused of violating Russian laws related to the unlawful prosecution of Russian citizens, the Russian Investigative Committee (SKR) press service told Sputnik.

Criminal charges have been brought against ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan, Court President Tomoko Akane, former President Petr Yuzeff Hofmanski, judges Rosario Salvatore Aitala, Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godines, Heikel Ben Mahfud, Carranza Luz del Carmen Ibanez, Renee Adelaide Sophie Alapini-Gansu, and former judge Bertram Schmitt.

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🤝 Trump will approve F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia — Reports

President Trump is expected to sign defense and economic agreements with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during Tuesday's White House visit, including a deal for F-35 stealth fighters, Bloomberg reports, citing US officials.

The agreements will also cover liquefied natural gas purchases, according to a US official.

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🚨 Explosion rocks Damascus' Mezzeh area

A missile attack struck the Syrian capital, with missiles launched from a mobile platform according to the SANA, citing a military source.

Initial reports indicate one woman injured in the blast. The parties behind the attack remain unknown.

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🚨Israel builds concrete wall crossing into Lebanese territory

UNIFIL confirms Israel erected a concrete T-wall southwest of Yaroun that crosses the Blue Line, blocking access to over 4,000 square meters of Lebanese land.

"Israeli presence and construction in Lebanese territory are violations of Security Council resolution 1701 and of Lebanon's sovereignty," reads the report.

The UN force has demanded Israel withdraw from all areas north of the Blue Line, citing ongoing violations of Lebanon's territorial integrity.

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🗣 Maduro: US offensive is 'against all humanity'

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro warned that Washington's military escalation in the Caribbean targets not just Venezuela, but "all of America" and global peace.

He called on the American people to stop the "mad hand" pushing conflict, framing the crisis as a violation of international law and human rights.

"It is not against Maduro, not even against Venezuela — it is against America, and if it is against America it is against all humanity."

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💬 More fake stories manufactured about Russia than even Trump — Dmitriev

RDIF head Kirill Dmitriev called for systematic dismantling of "globalist media machine."

"Fake leftist narratives will keep resurfacing until the globalist media machine is systematically dismantled. Closing USAID was just one of dozens steps needed," Dmitriev wrote on X.

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☢️ US will conduct nuclear tests 'pretty soon' —Trump

President Trump confirmed plans to carry out nuclear tests in the near future, while simultaneously calling denuclearization the "best solution" for arms control.

The announcement leaves unclear whether the testing will include actual warhead detonations.

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🚨🇨🇳 China’s tech tsunami 2025

Geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar unloads China’s relentless innovation blitz.

150,000+ patents, AI supernodes, foldables – total chip independence.

Watch for details 📹

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🗣 Trump plans to sue BBC for $1-5B

President Trump announced he will take legal action against the BBC next week after the corporation refused to compensate him for how Panorama edited his speech.

"We'll sue them for anywhere between a billion and $5bn probably sometime next week," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.

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💬 Trump withdraws MTG endorsement

The US president announced that he will no longer support Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.

"Conservative people are thinking about primarying Marjorie in her District of Georgia, that they too are fed up with her and her antics and, if the right person runs, they will have my Complete and Unyielding Support," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Marjorie had previously criticized Trump's foreign policy, saying it was far from an "America First" approach.

"We elected the president to stop sending tax dollars and weapons for the foreign wars — to completely not engage anymore," MTG said.

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🔊 Europe is not the same place — Trump

The US president expressed sadness about Europe's immigration policy in an interview with GBN.

He added that the UK should follow the US's lead and use the military to protect its borders.

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🔊 Vance suggests Trump will establish a new "Monroe Doctrine" to guide US administrations for the next 40-50 years

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🪖👀 Media hype sends Brazilian mercenaries to Ukraine’s meat grinder—Brazilian analyst

A media “brainwashing” campaign pushed some Brazilians to join the fighting on the side of the Ukrainian regime, retired Brazilian Navy officer and analyst Robinson Farinazzo told Sputnik.

👉 Social-media bloggers and a big chunk of mainstream outlets “convinced these people that going to fight in Ukraine was cool, even the 'right thing to do,'" he said.

Farinazzo stressed that many Brazilians who went to fight for the Zelensky regime under this influence had no military experience at all.

💬 “For most of them, it ended badly. As we’ve seen, many came back injured or not at all, and some families never even received the bodies. It’s possible some were taken prisoner,” he noted.

Russia’s Defense Ministry has repeatedly underscored that Ukraine’s regime uses foreign mercenaries as “cannon fodder,” adding that Russian forces will continue targeting them across Ukraine.
Many of these guns for hire have admitted in interviews that Ukrainian units often coordinate them poorly and that survival odds are slim.

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⚔️ ‘You will lose’: Donald Tusk delivers stark warning over corruption rot in Ukraine

Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he had flagged the corruption issue to Zelensky long before, as he commented on the scandal in Ukraine during a press conference.

💬 “Once again, I call on everyone in Ukraine who has something to say on this issue: beware of corruption… because you will lose the war if you tolerate this type of event,” Tusk said.

But, he added, "The milk has been spilled, and the cost will be very high either way."

💵 A vast $100 million kickback scheme was recently uncovered in the Ukrainian energy sector, which involves some of Zelensky’s closest cohorts, such as Timur Mindich.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine announced that it was conducting a large-scale anti-corruption operation in the energy industry, as it carried out searches at the home of former Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko and at the Energoatom nuclear energy company.

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