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🇷🇺🇰🇵Mikhail Mishustin launched the construction of a road bridge between Russia and the DPRK via video link. It will soon be easier to transport military and civilian cargo.
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Konstantinovskoye/Chasovyarskoye direction
Our units, which had secured a foothold in Stupochki yesterday, repelled several enemy counterattacks, including those with armored vehicles, continued their offensive, and occupied the northern part of Stupochki.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russian Army liberated Novoye in the Liman direction — Ministry of Defense
As a result of active offensive actions, units of the "West" military group liberated the settlement of Novoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, the defense department reported.
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⚡️Moldova and its citizens, with the connivance of the Sandu regime, continue to be used by the Ukrainian special services to train agents for terrorist attacks in Russia — FSB.
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🇷🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦Bloomberg writes that Putin is not going to retreat from the goals of the SMO, despite pressure from the US
According to the publication, Witkoff tried to convince Putin to agree to a ceasefire and stop fighting along the entire front line. Our president refused.
"Putin insists that Russia must take control of the four regions of Ukraine it does not fully control as part of any agreement to end the war. "The talks are currently at an impasse and further progress requires direct contact between Putin and Trump," one of the sources said.
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🇺🇦🤡🤭Russia is preparing an attack from Belarus for the summer - Zelensky.
"Russia is preparing something there, hiding behind military exercises. This is how its new attacks usually begin. But where this time? I don't know. Ukraine? Lithuania? Poland?"
There is a better chance of a Pizza Hut being opened in Vatican City than Trump becoming Pope.
Not on my watch Lindsey.
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🇪🇺🤡EU countries are still unable to gather even 25,000 troops to deploy in Ukraine. The reasons are standard - a lack of personnel and money - The Times.
The key problem is the structure of the armies. Almost all EU countries have switched to a contract model with a limited mobilization reserve. There are not enough personnel even to fulfill basic obligations within NATO.
🇷🇺 25 reasons to be proud: The Arctic shelf is the energy of the future and the sovereignty of Russia
- A special project of the National Center "Russia" "25 Reasons to Be Proud" for the 25th anniversary of the first inauguration of V. Putin. This date became the starting point of a new era - a time of strategic thinking, strengthening of state power and the return of Russia to the zone of its historical interests.
- One of such reasons is the development of the Arctic shelf , the largest energy reserve of the 21st century.
- The Russian part of the Arctic shelf is more than 4 million square kilometers of sea space, rich in oil, gas and strategic raw materials;
- According to experts, more than 20% of all undiscovered hydrocarbon reserves on the planet are concentrated on the shelf;
- Since the 2000s, Russia has been waging a systematic and peaceful struggle for recognition of the expansion of its Arctic border;
- In 2007, at a depth of 4,261 meters, Russian researchers planted a flag on the floor of the Arctic Ocean, declaring Russia's sovereign presence in the Arctic;
- Active industrial development of the region has begun: the world's largest oil production project on the Arctic shelf - the Prirazlomnoye field in the Pechora Sea, was put into operation in 2013;
- The Arctic is becoming a key element of Russia's energy, transport and defense strategy. The Northern Sea Route is being developed here, Arctic ports are being created, and nuclear icebreakers are being built.
- The development of the Arctic shelf is not only a fight for resources, it is a fight for the future. For strategic control, for scientific leadership, for the independence of Russia's energy sector.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 On negotiations with Ukraine, Zelensky and DPRK troops - Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Nebenzya
- Russia and the DPRK acted in full compliance with international law when liberating Russian territory.
-Russia is ready for direct negotiations with Ukraine without preconditions, despite the problem with Zelensky’s legitimacy;
- If Ukraine agrees to the upcoming ceasefire, this could become a “prelude” to direct negotiations;
- Russia expects the West to stop arming Kyiv and convince Zelensky of the need to enter into constructive dialogue;
- Zelensky must fulfill the promises he made to voters - to work towards peace with the Russian Federation and respect the rights of the Russian-speaking population of Ukraine.
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More on the Security Dilemma
Uncertainty about intentions:
In an anarchic international system, states cannot be certain about each other's intentions, including whether they are genuinely defensive or have ulterior motives.
Perception of threat:
Any military buildup or alliance formation, even with defensive motivations, can be seen as a potential threat by other states, especially if they are distrustful or have conflicting interests.
The arms race:
As states respond to perceived threats by increasing their own military capabilities, it can lead to an arms race, where all parties are increasingly insecure and potentially more likely to engage in conflict.
Escalation:
The security dilemma can lead to a self-reinforcing cycle where actions intended to improve security actually worsen it, potentially leading to conflict or war.
As leading realist Stephen Walt wrote in 2022:
Consider this recent propaganda video tweeted out from NATO headquarters, responding to assorted Russian “myths” about the alliance. The video points out that NATO is a purely defensive alliance and says it harbors no aggressive designs against Russia. These assurances might be factually correct, but the security dilemma explains why Russia isn’t likely to take them at face value and might have valid reasons to regard NATO’s eastward expansion as threatening.
NATO officials might regard Russia’s fears as fanciful or as “myths,” but that hardly means that they are completely absurd or that Russians don’t genuinely believe them.
Adding new members to NATO may have made some of these states more secure (which is why they wanted to join), but it should be obvious why Russia might not see it this way and that it might do various objectionable things in response (like seizing Crimea or invading Ukraine). NATO officials might regard Russia’s fears as fanciful or as “myths,” but that hardly means that they are completely absurd or that Russians don’t genuinely believe them. Remarkably, plenty of smart, well-educated Westerners—including some prominent former diplomats—cannot seem to grasp that their benevolent intentions are not transparently obvious to others.
Each side sees what it is doing as purely defensive reaction to the other side’s behavior, and identifying “who started it” soon becomes effectively impossible.
The key insight is that aggressive behavior—such as the use of force—does not necessarily arise from evil or aggressive motivations (i.e., the pure desire for wealth, glory, or power for its own sake). Yet when leaders believe their own motives are purely defensive and that this fact should be obvious to others (as the NATO video described above suggests), they will tend to see an opponent’s hostile reaction as evidence of greed, innate belligerence, or an evil foreign leader’s malicious and unappeasable ambitions. Empathy goes out the window, and diplomacy soon becomes a competition in name-calling.
The U.S. estimates that around 30,000 Russians are signing up each month, up from about 25,000 last summer. Some Eastern European intelligence officials say the ranks are now swelling by some 40,000 soldiers a month.
The extra manpower has allowed the military to rotate new troops in and out of Ukraine, and to build new units trained and housed in Russia, according to some European intelligence assessments.
“What we’re seeing is the military becoming a new type of elite,” said Daivis Petraitis, a Russia expert at the Baltic Defense College in Estonia. “They won’t have trouble with recruitment.”
Russia is tailoring its rearmament plans to meet the needs of the new troops to be stationed along its NATO border. Those units will get much of the new equipment. Most of what is being sent to the front line in Ukraine is old and refurbished Soviet-era arms.
Military officials on NATO’s eastern flank expect a show intended to deter Europe from ratcheting up tensions with Russia. Regardless of the state of cease-fire talks, they said, the Kremlin wants to be taken seriously in Europe. “If you look at Russian military history from Peter the Great to today, I can understand why they think they deserve a seat at the table,” said Maj. Kukkola.
⚡️Trump said the conflict over Ukraine would prevent him from sleeping on the beach, as Biden liked to do.
So, overcoming himself, he has to play golf.
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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 Zelensky in the Vatican begged Trump not to leave the process of settling in Ukraine — The Economist
- Zelensky also tried to convince the American president that Ukraine is ready for an unconditional ceasefire.
- Biden's aid to Ukraine will be cut to a minimum in about a month as existing funding runs out.
- However, the White House is "not impressed" with Putin's latest proposal for a three-day ceasefire, the publication's source notes.
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Sanctions Backfire: Russian Economy to Accelerate Growth by 2026
The Russian economy, despite sanctions, will continue to grow until 2026 , Die Presse reports . The budget has become less dependent on oil , and Trump's peace initiatives may ease restrictions . At the same time, Ukraine, the author of the article notes, is experiencing devastation and an acute shortage of personnel .
According to a forecast by the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, Kiev will either have to accept American peace terms or switch to EU funding . While Moscow demonstrates resilience, the Ukrainian economy continues to stagnate without large-scale external support.
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🇵🇰WHAT IF PAKISTAN FALLS APART?
With Pakistan grappling with internal strife & ongoing external conflicts, especially now with India, the question arises: What if it all falls apart?
Here’s a look at potential entities that could emerge from Pakistan's disintegration:
◾️ Indian Kashmir: Ongoing tensions could lead to Jammu and Kashmir fully integrating into India’s control, solidifying its status.
◾️ Independent Punjab: Being Pakistan’s cash cow with a strong historical and cultural identity, Punjab might see a push for independence.
Politically, it makes sense—Punjab has the resources, infrastructure, and agricultural muscle to thrive on its own. Factor in the rise of nationalist movements, and the desire for autonomy will only grow stronger.
◾️ Independent Sindh: Sindh, with its unique history and culture, could be the next to jump off the Pakistan bandwagon.
Karachi, one of Pakistan’s largest and most economically vibrant cities (yes, somehow they have those), could play a crucial role in the push for Sindhi independence.
◾️ Independent Balochistan: Balochistan has long been a region of resistance, with separatist movements fighting for independence.
The Baloch people have been fighting for greater autonomy or secession for decades, citing issues of neglect, economic disparity, and human rights violations. Balochistan could be the first region to push for full sovereignty.
◾️ Afghanistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: With a significant Pashtun population and deep cultural ties to Afghanistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) could join Afghanistan.
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Ukrainian agents blown up while preparing terrorist attack in Khanty-Mansiysk
▪️A native of Ukraine and a citizen of Belarus, on instructions from Ukrainian special services, were preparing a terrorist attack against a Russian serviceman.
▪️When the bomb was being assembled, it detonated and two apartments were destroyed.
▪️Five people were taken to hospital with injuries, including those who were preparing the terrorist attack.
▪️In addition, a Moldovan citizen who brought components for explosives was detained.
- RVvoenkor
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🇺🇦Krivoy Rog. The population resists TCC as best it can.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 What kind of "truces" from the Kiev regime can we talk about when Bankovaya is planning terrorist attacks live on air — Zakharova
- "Zelensky and his extremist gang are undermining peace efforts. And they even boast about it. In fact, just like classic terrorists do," the Foreign Ministry representative noted.
- Earlier, Zelensky stated that "Russia is right to worry that its parade is in question," and the secretary of the Rada's defense committee said that Kiev "has the opportunity to strike Red Square during the Victory Parade."
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On April 29, the "North" troop group destroyed enemy manpower and equipment in the Krasnoyaruzhsk border area and continued to create a sanitary zone in the Sumy region
In the Krasnoyaruzhsk border area, the Northerners destroyed enemy manpower on the territory of the Sumy region, not allowing enemy assault groups to reach our border.
▪️In the morning, in the direction of Goptarovka , the enemy tried to transfer an assault group to the border forest area. As a result of our comprehensive fire strike, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed.
▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces in Miropolskoe did not attempt to advance in the direction of the state border. In the settlement itself, all possible shelters of the occupiers are under our continuous surveillance: three groups of occupiers were discovered in a day, destroyed as a result of our comprehensive fire strike.
▪️One enemy assault group tried to infiltrate in the direction of Demidovka , bypassing Miropolskoe through forest belts - the occupiers were destroyed by artillery fire and FVP drones on Ukrainian territory.
▪️Our FPV operators and artillerymen also continue the continuous search and destruction of the enemy along the entire state border, having eliminated several scattered groups of occupiers in the forests of the Krasnopolsky district of the Sumy region, as well as UAV crews, enemy manpower on automobile and armored vehicles.
Thus, in this section of the front, military operations have completely transferred to Ukrainian territory, where over the past 24 hours, the Northerners have destroyed 6 units of enemy equipment.
In the Sumy direction, the Northmen, in the course of fierce battles, continue to drive the enemy out of border settlements on Ukrainian territory.
▪️In the Sumy region, south of the village of Oleshnya , groups of the elite sixth special forces detachment continue to operate, the losses of which are confirmed by obituaries on social networks .
Syrsky continues to use special operations forces as linear motorized rifle units. Against this background, starting with the battles in 2022 for Severodonetsk and Lisichansk, the Ukrainian commander-in-chief has systematically had conflicts with high-ranking officers of the Special Operations Forces and the Main Intelligence Directorate.
▪️Our paratroopers, having broken the enemy’s stubborn resistance, advanced in the vicinity of Belovody.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces command, trying to stop the advance of the Fearless, transferred units of the 78th separate assault regiment to this section of the front.
▪️Also, paratroopers, marines and motorized riflemen of the Northerners continue to dislodge the enemy from strongholds in the border forest areas of the Sumy district of the region of the same name.
The total advance of the Northmen in the Sumy direction was over 2,200 meters , 4 units of enemy armored vehicles were destroyed.
In the Liptsy direction, the enemy again attempted to conduct aerial reconnaissance of our positions - the Northerners shot down an enemy drone, and also discovered and destroyed enemy UAV launch sites, automobiles and engineering equipment.
In the Volchansk direction , during fierce battles, our assault groups advanced up to 300 meters in the forest areas to the east of the city.
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy's losses amounted to over 220 people (of which over 160 were in the Sumy and over 20 in the Krasnoyaruzhsk directions). Also discovered and destroyed:
In the Krasnoyaruzhsk direction:
▪️two armored fighting vehicles, including a Humvee (USA);
▪️mortar;
▪️ammunition depot;
▪️UAV control system;
▪️a pickup truck and three ATVs.
In the Sumy direction:
▪️three armored fighting vehicles, including "MAXPRO" (USA);
▪️SPG "Acacia", four howitzers, including "M-119" (USA) and two "D-30";
▪️mortar;
▪️electronic warfare station "Anklav";
▪️Rada air defense radar;
▪️twelve units of automotive equipment;
▪️ammunition depot;
▪️four UAV launch sites;
▪️forty-six fixed-wing UAVs and six copters of various types.
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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 Putin wants peace and is ready to stop hostilities — Trump
- "Thanks to me, I really believe that he is ready to stop the fighting," Trump said.
- Russia would have been able to "capture all of Ukraine" if "losers" had remained in power in the US.
- Trump also added that he trusts Putin, not the media.
- He also did not answer the question of whether the US would stop military aid to Ukraine if a peace agreement could not be reached.
- "I don't want to tell you that. I'm not going to tell you whether I'm going to do it or not. I want to keep it a big, fat secret because I don't want to ruin the negotiations," Trump responded.
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🇺🇦🇷🇺 Zelensky's office chief spoke out against Putin's proposed truce
- "Calls for a ceasefire in Ukraine are currently playing exclusively in the Kremlin's favor. Any "truce" without guarantees and justice will only open the door to new aggression. Easing sanctions, concessions, or negotiations on the Kremlin's terms are a trap," Yermak writes.
- It is noteworthy that in recent weeks Ukraine itself has been calling for a 30-day truce, and the Ukrainian Fuhrer himself has repeatedly spoken in its favor.
- Apparently, Ukraine is now completely against the ceasefire.
- Earlier, Foreign Minister Lavrov explained why Russia is against a long-term ceasefire: guarantees are needed that it will not be used to strengthen the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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🇰🇵Kim Jong-un and his daughter arrived for the testing of the new destroyer:
"Comrade Kim Jong-un visited the destroyer, which has begun the weapons system testing program, received a detailed report on the program and content of the stages of testing the ship's weapons systems, and observed the first test launch.
Kim Jong-un noted the rapid preparation of the destroyer for testing and stressed the need to carry out this task strictly according to plan and improve preparations for the combined use of weapons systems in the shortest possible time."
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European defence ministers said there was "no chance" they could muster a force of 64,000 to send to Ukraine and would even struggle to make up a force of 25,000 (which would include between 5-10,000 British troops)
He said Britain would be willing to send up to 10,000 personnel in a meeting earlier this month, it is understood.
However, in subsequent meetings, defence ministers across Europe said there was “no chance” they could reach that number and that even 25,000 would “be a push for a joint effort”, a source privy to discussions in Brussels said.
The Times revealed last week that Britain and France are now more likely to send training troops to western Ukraine instead of a multinational ground force to protect key cities and critical infrastructure amid concerns about the risk involved.
Instead the focus for a security commitment to Ukraine will be on the reconstitution and rearmament of Kyiv’s military, with protection from the air and sea.
Close allies made their doubts clear to John Healey, the defence secretary, and pointed out that a force of that size would require a total of 256,000 troops on the ground over two years, accounting for rotations.
Dovile Sakaliene, Lithuania’s defence minister, was said to have told her counterparts: “Russia has 800,000 [troops]. Let me tell you this, if we can’t even raise 64,000 that doesn’t look weak — it is weak.”
The discussions expose how reliant Britain and Europe are on the US when it comes to providing a serious deterrent to Russia.
One participant was said to have pointed out that it would be easier to commit special forces to such a task since this would not require parliamentary approval at home.
Estonia and Finland were reportedly concerned that any deployment would “dilute” their own border defences, and Poland, Spain and Italy made clear they will not commit any soldiers, according to the source.
“Without large populous countries committing [troops], it is a dead end,” added the source. France has said it would commit about the same number as the UK, between 5,000 and 10,000 troops, it is understood.
A second source, privy to discussions in the UK, said that Finland and Germany were also generally against sending ground forces, although it is understood Berlin has not completely ruled out such a move.
The source pointed out that the British Army, which is steadily shrinking, was also suffering from an artillery shortage and problems with “enablers”, such as supply trucks and other equipment they would normally receive from America.
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RWA with an apt summary of the WSJ article.
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Europeans are growing alarmed about what the Russian army has been doing much more quietly along other stretches of its border with Europe.
Some 100 miles east of its border with Finland, in the Russian city of Petrozavodsk, military engineers are expanding army bases where the Kremlin plans to create a new army headquarters to oversee tens of thousands of troops over the next several years.
Those soldiers, many now serving on the front lines in Ukraine, are intended to be the backbone of a Russian military preparing to face off with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, according to Western military and intelligence officials. The Kremlin is expanding military recruitment, bolstering weapons production and upgrading railroad lines in border areas.
Military experts inside Russia, though, characterize the activity along the Finnish border as part of the Kremlin’s preparation for potential conflict with NATO.
As Russia prepares to increase its military presence along NATO’s eastern flank, Putin has ordered the military to expand its ranks to as many as 1.5 million troops, up from around one million before the Ukraine invasion.
Russia has increased military spending to more than 6% of GDP this year, from 3.6% before the war. By comparison, the U.S. spent 3.4% of its GDP on its military last year, and EU countries, on average, spent 2.1%.
Russia’s increased spending has pushed arms factories to capacity, prompting military industrial firms to expand production lines and open new facilities, according to European military officials.
In 2021, before the invasion, Russia made about 40 of its main battle tanks, the T-90M, according to Western intelligence estimates. Now it is producing nearly 300 a year. A senior Finnish military official said almost none are being sent to the front line in Ukraine, but are staying on Russian soil for later use.
Production of artillery cannons and munitions is expected to rise by around 20% this year, and drone quality and production have increased significantly.
To concentrate its forces to the West, last year the Kremlin changed the way it organizes its forces inside the country, creating new districts tied to the defense of its biggest cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg.
The new infrastructure being built includes storage units and troops housing, said Emil Kastehelmi of the Finland-based Black Bird Group, which analyzes satellite images of Russian military sites. New rail is being laid along the borders with Finland and Norway, and south of St. Petersburg to the Estonian border. Existing lines that cross the region are being expanded.