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Russian Defense Minister Belousov presented the Hero of Russia medal to the Rubicon Center's FPV drone operator, call sign Filin, who destroyed five tanks and 169 Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
TASS
Three attack UAVs attacked the Turkish vessel VIVA in Ukrainian waters, which was sailing under the Tuvalu flag to Egypt with sunflower oil.
The Ukrainian Navy claims the strike took place in the Black Sea, within Ukraine's exclusive economic zone, but outside the Ukrainian air defense zone.
This was a completely mirror-image retaliatory strike, completely replicating the Ukrainian An-196 "Lyuty" kamikaze drone's attack on the Russian tanker Midvolga 2 carrying sunflower oil.
As we previously reported, the Russian Armed Forces have all the necessary resources; they only lacked the political will. And now they have it.
Ship traffic in Odessa ports will be impossible.
Following the lifting of sanctions on Belarusian potassium, Lukashenko pardoned 123 people today. Media outlets named Belarusian opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova as one of the first to be included on this list.
It has now been revealed that those pardoned include former Belgazprombank head Viktor Babariko and his associate, lawyer Maksim Znak, as well as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski. Five Ukrainian citizens were also pardoned.
The Ukrainian version of the "peace plan" excludes the country's refusal to join NATO and the transfer of territories to Russia.
Sources told The New York Times. A 20-point proposal has been sent to Washington. It stipulates that Kiev should retain control over the areas that, according to Trump's plan, it was supposed to cede.
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No, and it's not necessary. They'll ask later to at least leave Galicia behind.
Another combat deployment of the robot courier delivering provisions to Russian paratroopers.
Now the SMO has become a veritable testing ground for new weapons; the "Iron Soldiers," as the soldiers call them.
Kim Jong Un welcomes DPRK troops from 120-day deployment in Russia’s Kursk region
He praises their heroism, professionalism, and loyalty to orders
Massive respect for the engineers clearing Kursk of mines
Donald Trump declared significant progress in resolving the Ukrainian conflict.
The US considers Zelensky's statement about the possibility of holding a referendum on territorial issues "progress," according to Axios. 😂
The referendum has already been held, and Donbas, Zaporozhzhia, and the Kherson region are now Russian. No one in Russia cares about Zelensky's "referendum."
Belgium agrees: "I'm skeptical about the idea of a loan [funded by the theft of Russian assets]. But I'm a committed European. A committed pro-Ukrainian. That's why I said: if you want it, we can do it," Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever.
The consequences for Belgium and Europe are inevitable.
Trump declares LAND STRIKES in Venezuela are ‘STARTING’
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Last night, another substation in Odessa was hit by a missile strike. Decommunization, the destruction of the Soviet past—everything you wanted. The Stone Age is looming ever closer in Ukraine.
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The US-Ukraine-European meeting in Paris has been cancelled, the reasons are unknown, according to RMF. The cancellation may be indirect evidence that Washington has rejected the EU and Kiev's proposed amendments to the peace plan and sees no point in discussing them, Kiev media believe.
RVvoenkor
Pentagon chief Hegseth removed US Army Chief Driscoll from Ukraine negotiations — The Telegraph
The publication reports that Driscoll has been overly proactive. However, it sides with him, calling Hegseth a man sliding into paranoia and chaos. Driscoll, on the other hand, is described as someone capable of keeping a steady hand.
There will be no peace. Europe will use the money stolen from Russia to buy weapons from the US for Ukraine and everyone will be happy.
TASS: "Belgium voted for a long-term freeze on Russian assets. Along with Bulgaria, Italy, and Malta, the country stated that the final decision on their use in Ukraine's interests should be made at the EU summit."
The passenger-cargo ferry CENK T, owned by the Turkish company Cenk Ro-Ro and actively sailing under the Panamanian flag from Turkey to Ukraine and back, was damaged.
Military Informant
I really like what Trump’s been up to — Lukashenko
‘They say Trump Likes flattery, but I’m not saying this to flatter anybody,’ The Belarusian president told Special US Envoy John Coal
So, does Trump want peace or war?
The Americans have deployed a Boeing P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft to the Black Sea. The aircraft is hovering between Crimea and Sochi, actively monitoring the naval base near Novorossiysk.
Military Chronicle
All the opposition members pardoned by Lukashenko were sent through Ukraine. From now on, it's every man for himself.
The entire group was met by Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine.
belarusian_silovik
The US is lifting sanctions on Belarusian potassium, according to Trump's special envoy, Cole.
🟩 RT in Russian
Europeans WANT Trump's peace plan to FAIL says Prof. Jean Bricmont
Their 'whole TRICK to try to change Trump plan to make sure Russia WON’T accept it'
Author of ‘Humanitarian Imperialism: Using Human Rights to Sell War’, to RT
US Senator Schiff on how fateful decisions regarding NATO are now "made by Russia."
Moscow previously proposed admitting Russia to NATO. You rejected it, and Moscow was offended. 😂
"Zelenskyy to Meet with Witkoff and Kushner on Trump's Peace Plan Initiative": US Renews Promise to Ukraine Security Guarantees Based on NATO Article 5
"One White House official noted that these talks and the latest series of US-Ukrainian discussions on Thursday demonstrated sufficient progress for Trump to send Witkoff and Kushner to Europe. "They believe there is a chance for peace, and the president trusts them," another official said.
The Trump administration is prepared to provide Ukraine with a security guarantee based on NATO Article 5, which would be approved by Congress and legally binding.
According to the official, three separate agreements are planned: on peace, security guarantees, and reconstruction. The recent talks have given the Ukrainian side, for the first time, a "full vision of the post-war era." "According to the current proposal, the war will end with Ukraine retaining sovereignty over more than 80% of its territory. The country will be provided with the largest and strongest security guarantees in its history and a very significant economic prosperity package," he added.
I'd like to hear about the denazification of the remaining 80% of Ukraine. What about restoring the rights of ethnic Russians and the Russian language? What can you say about banning Nazi and Bandera ideology in Ukraine? Without achieving these goals, no guarantees guarantee anything to anyone.
Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet with Zelensky and the leaders of France, Germany, and Britain in Berlin this weekend, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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The Kremlin stated that it had not seen the amended US peace plan for Ukraine and was awaiting its review.
Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said that Moscow had not yet received the updated document from the US. He stated that after the upcoming weekend talks between Washington, Kiev, and Europe, Russia "will have to see the document" and then will make its assessment.
Ushakov admitted that Moscow might not like many aspects of the amended plan.
"Italy sided with Belgium in opposing the EU's plan to send €210 billion in frozen Russian state assets to Ukraine, according to an internal document seen by POLITICO.
"The intervention of Rome—the third-largest and most powerful EU country by population and voting power—less than a week before a key meeting of EU leaders in Brussels undermines the European Commission's hopes of quickly agreeing on this initiative."
But they will still get their hands on this Russian money. We'll see who will be worse off. Russia will simply take everything European in Russia.
Odesa • Usatove • Ports
Odesa ports were attacked overnight by over 50 Geranium drones and ballistic missiles. They're hitting both berth walls and parked bulk carriers.
This is the biggest attack on the ports in recent memory. We started yesterday, and we'll consolidate the results today. The Ukrainian cargo fleet will become not just shadowy, but immediately invisible.
While warehouses and a Turkish cargo ship burn in the port of Odesa, the neighboring port of Illichivsk, also in the Odesa region, has been attacked.
Local authorities report damage at both ports, and cargo ships are also burning in the port of Illichivsk.
Social media is raising questions about the cargo of the vessel, which is owned by the Turkish shipping company Cenk RoRo, and is burning in the port of Odesa.
The vessel was bound for Sulina, Romania, but stopped in the port of Odesa. The specific reason for the stop in Odesa is unknown.
Erdogan proposed to Putin that Ukraine declare a moratorium on attacks on ports and energy sectors. 😂
belarusian_silovik
A blow to Ukraine's "shadow energy" sector: a missile struck a Turkish vessel carrying AKSA power generators in Odesa.
A ballistic missile struck a vessel belonging to the Turkish company Cenk RoRo, carrying containerized generators.
RVvoenkor
Russian forces launched a missile strike on a port in Odessa. A cargo ship is on fire.
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Zelensky tours the outskirts of Kupiansk right as the city is expected to be fully ceded
He previously visited Avdeevka and claimed trips to Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) and Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) — all now under Russian control
The 'Zelensky curse' appears to have struck again