🚨 🪖 Iran’s defense minister: Rioters received money for killings

Protesters in Iran were offered about $3,500 for killing people, and about $1,500 for setting a car on fire, Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh said.

💬 "At these meetings [where protesters discussed plans to worsen the situation in Iran], even prices were set for committing acts of sabotage in Iran. Murder of a person — 500 million tomans [$3,448], arson of a car — 200 million tomans [$1,379], arson of a police station — 80 million tomans [$551], committing an act of vandalism — 15 million tomans [$103]," the minister was quoted as saying by Iran's state broadcaster IRIB.

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🚨 West doesn't want peace or end to Ukraine conflict - MFA Spox

"The fact that the West doesn't want the conflict to end, doesn't want any peace, just as they never wanted it, is evidenced by the uninterrupted operation of the airport in Poland's Rzeszow, through which a steady flow of military cargo for the needs of the Ukrainian armed forces has been passing since 2022," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing.

🟠 The actions of European and NATO countries to pump up Ukraine with military and financial resources speak volumes about their true intentions, even more so than hypocritical words about their desire for peace, the spokeswoman added

🟠 "Any foreign contingents in Ukraine are considered legitimate targets for the Russian army," Zakharova said

🟠 "Multinational forces" are no exception", she emphasized, noting that by talking about such forces in Ukraine, Macron, Starmer, and Zelensky aim to undermine the settlement process

On Greenland

🟠Russia is closely watching the situation around Greenland

🟠Neither Russia nor China ever announced aggressive plans to ‘capture’ Greenland, the sides intend to develop relations with the region

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🚨 The situation in the modern world is increasingly deteriorating - Putin

🟠 Stability and security in the modern world directly depend on the ability of states to interact

🟠 Russia is sincerely committed to ideals of multipolar world order

🟠 Russia has always pursued, and will continue to pursue, a balanced, constructive political course

🟠 Russia advocates strengthening the UN's central role in global affairs

🟠 Security of countries cannot be ensured at expense of others

🟠 Security must be truly comprehensive, meaning equal, indivisible

🟠 Ignoring Russia's legitimate interests led to the Ukrainian crisis

🟠 Russia will continue to steadily pursue its set goals until Ukraine expresses readiness for a settlement

🟠 A peaceful settlement in Ukraine should be achieved as soon as possible

🟠 I suggest returning to discussions of Russia's proposals for a fair security architecture, which could help resolve the crisis in Ukraine

🟠 Russia is ready to restore the necessary level of relations with European countries

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🚨 Putin: Russia will continue to consistently pursue its goals until Ukraine expresses its readiness for settlement

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🚨 Russia has repeatedly came up with initiatives to build a new, reliable and just architecture of European and global security - Putin

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🪖🇮🇳 Indian Army Day parade features powerful tribute to Operation Sindoor

India marked Army Day with a parade in Jaipur.

A video shown at the event showcased Operation Sindoor, launched to destroy terrorist infrastructure.

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🚨🇪🇺 Europe’s plans for Greenland’s defense? Not quite Trump’s ‘two dogsleds’, but not far off

A European coalition of the willing is huddling around Denmark, pledging to help defend Greenland amid US threats to seize the island.

But the size of the force the Europeans are assembling for ‘Operation Arctic Endurance’ leaves something to be desired. It’s not much bigger than the “two dogsleds” Trump has joked about.

🔹 President Macron says the first French forces “are already en route” to Greenland and that “others will follow.” An ambassador says the first batch will number ~15 troops

🔹 Germany has pledged 13 troops for ‘joint reconnaissance and maritime surveillance’

🔹 Sweden is sending “several” officers and “a small number” of unarmed personnel

🔹 Norway has pledged two troops

🔹 The UK is deploying one officer, and is too nervous to even say why, delusionally framing it as a move to “deter Russian aggression,” and saying London shares “Trump’s concern about the security of the High North”

🔹 The Netherlands and Canada area are reportedly mulling a mission, but no details on its scope are available

🔹 Italy, Poland and Spain expressed verbal support

🔹 Denmark has ~150-200 military and civilian personnel in Greenland, a 12-member Sirius Dog Sled Patrol, and seven Arctic-capable patrol vessels, four of which will be scrapped by 2030. The country plans to spend $13.8B on Arctic rearmament amid “the serious security situation we find ourselves in”

🔹 Two planeloads of European troops landed in Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, under the cover of night, their tracking transponders turned off, per Bild

In all, that’s 30+ NATO troops, an unknown number of additional Danish forces, and ~150-200 already on the island (some of them civilians). That’s about one company-sized unit.

And the US?

🟠 150 personnel at Pituffik Space Force Base

🟠 Alaska’s 11th Airborne Division (~12k troops), thousands of Arctic-trained SOF, Delta, Green Beret and Marine units, ~270 C-17 and C-5 transports, 31 amphibious assault ships, and 9 helicopter carriers

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🚨🇺🇸 🪖'If we were to choose today between the US and Denmark, then we would choose Denmark' - Greenland's former PM

Greenland isn’t for sale, but its future hangs in the balance as Washington keeps pushing to seize the island, former Greenlandic prime minister Kuupik Kleist tells Sputnik.

NATO drills

The planned NATO exercises in Greenland have failed to ease doubts about the island's fate, as Washington sends mixed signals about the alliance’s role in a potential seizure, Kleist says.

💬 "What the US president said could be understood in several ways," the former prime minister notes. "He said [there is] a choice [for Washington] between Greenland and NATO. And later on, he said NATO should help the US to achieve control over Greenland."

🔊 "I hope that [NATO] will keep on existing and that the US of course does not attack Greenland," he added.

White House meeting

Following a meeting at the White House, Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers admitted the talks failed to sway the Trump government on its push to annex Greenland. They stressed at a press briefing that Greenland’s territorial integrity remains a red line.

💬 "I think after yesterday's meeting the worries are a bit weaker," Kleist suggests. "I mean we will choose to stick together and not discuss de-association with Denmark or whatever."

Greenlandic independence still on the table

Greenland and Denmark are closing ranks over the crisis, Kleist stressed. "Our PM said that if we were to choose today between the US and Denmark, then we would choose Denmark," he said. "And I'm supporting the government."

👉 But that doesn't mean the island does not want independence in the long run: "We need to build up the society and we need to educate the voters in foreign policies and stuff," Kleist said.

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☢️🇩🇪 Germany ditching nuclear energy ‘strategic mistake’- Merz

Germany is “now undertaking the most expensive energy transition in the entire world,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz admitted.

He also acknowledged that phasing out nuclear energy was his country’s “serious strategic mistake."

💬 “I know of no other country that makes things so difficult and expensive as Germany,” Merz said.

In 2011, Germany, under then-Chancellor Angela Merkel, decided to phase out nuclear energy by 2022, prompted by the Fukushima-1 disaster.

By 2022, only three plants remained operational: Isar-2, Neckarwestheim-2, and Emsland.

Due to the halt of Russian gas imports, their operation was extended until mid-April 2023 before they were decommissioned.

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🗣 🇷🇺 South Caucasus, Central Asia are Russia’s strategic partners, don’t listen to provocateurs – Russian MFA

Russia’s ties with the Southern Caucasus and Central Asia have always been based in good-neighborly relations and strategic partnership, and people should take a clear view of reality, judging Russia by its actions, not buying into fake news, Zakharova said.

Earlier, in a livestream, Russian journalist and pundit Vladimir Solovyev stated that Russia's loss of influence in Armenia and Central Asia was unacceptable, and drew parallels between the special military operation in Ukraine and potential similar actions in other countries in Russia's sphere of influence, without naming specific countries. Armchair pundits whipped up a scandal around the comments, claiming they represent Russia's policy.

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▫️ Putin: Russia will continue to consistently pursue its goals until Ukraine expresses its readiness for settlement

▫️ Iran’s defense minister: Rioters received money for killings

▫️ ‘If we had to choose today, we’d pick Denmark over the US - Greenland’s former PM

▫️ Europe’s plans for Greenland’s defense? Not quite Trump’s ‘two dogsleds’, but not far off

▫️ UK intel involvement in Moscow Embassy EXPOSED

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