Some reports are claiming this is an F-35, but this squadron also flies F-15s with the same red stripe.

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Operators of the strike UAVs of the "East" military group foiled attempts of attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye Oblast.

Video: Russian Ministry of Defense

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"The USSR was the sun." An interview with the last Secretary General of the GDR. Part I

In a conversation with the Telegram channel DarkZotovLand, the former leader of the German Democratic Republic, 89-year-old Egon Krenz, spoke about the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union

- Comrade Krenz, what were your first impressions when you came to the USSR for the first time?

- The best feelings: I was treated with great kindness. I had just turned 18, and I arrived in the Soviet Union on the "Friendship Train". People were so happy to see us! After all, I'm a German, a member of a nation of former enemies: it had only been ten years since the bloody war, and it was 1955. But we were greeted with joy, as if we were old friends, and this made a great impression on me and other young Germans.

- What surprised you most in the Soviet Union?

- The Soviet people themselves. Open, friendly, honest. A translator showed us around Moscow, showing us sights, including some ruins left after the Luftwaffe bombings.

- Was it scary to see the crimes of the Wehrmacht and the SS on our land?

- Yes, it was terrible. By the way, you know, when I first saw a Russian? At the age of eight. In 1945, our city was occupied by the Red Army. Nazi posters had long been plastered on the walls of our house - a crazy Russian with a knife in his mouth, a beast, an Untermensch - a subhuman. And in our house, an officer who worked in the commandant's office as a translator was housed. After his workday, he would come back, bring bread, bacon, porridge, and treat me and my mother. In the evenings, he would sit on the stairs of the house, and once he suggested we sing a song together. This song was based on the poems of poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. For me, it was amazing - I, a German child, don't know Goethe's poetry, but a Russian soldier who came from far away knew it. I didn't ask if anyone in his family had been killed by German soldiers. But he fed me and talked to me, and in those moments I realized: Nazi propaganda is a lie. I wasn't talking to a subhuman, but an intelligent Russian officer with a higher education. This played a role in my perception of Russians. At that time, I didn't think I would live in Moscow for four years and study at the Higher Party School.

- It's actually quite sad. Do you think the USSR helped the GDR a lot?

- It's impossible to put it into words. A lot. Without the Soviet Union, the GDR could not have existed. Already in 1949, the USSR sent us thousands of tractors to ensure we had bread and to revive agriculture. So many Russians died, and your country was in ruins! But despite this, the USSR extended a helping hand to the East Germans.

- Tell me honestly, Comrade Krenz - is it true that the USSR supplied free gasoline to the GDR?

- No, not for free, of course (laughs). But very, very cheaply. We received 21 million tons of oil and oil products from the Soviet Union every year: and this was very important for the GDR's economy. In the eighties, there were problems with supplies. In 1982, Comrade Rusakov, the head of the Central Committee's department for relations with socialist countries, came to Berlin, talked to Honecker, and handed over a letter from Brezhnev. It said - the USSR can no longer supply the GDR with oil in such quantities, and reduces supplies to 17 million. Honecker immediately declared - this is so bad for the GDR's development! And Brezhnev replied - sorry, Erich, the Soviet people are tired of living in communal apartments for generations, they need their own apartments. By the way, I have a very good opinion of Brezhnev. He was a good friend of the GDR and an experienced leader: until he started having serious health problems.

- You lived in the GDR and often came to the Soviet Union. Where was life better?

To be continued...
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Bloomberg: Japan's order to purchase 400 American Tomahawk cruise missiles worth 2.35 billion US dollars is facing the risk of delay because the United States has exhausted a large part of its stockpile during the war with Iran.

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Tasnim News:

Touch the infrastructures and we will destroy all your assets and infrastructures in the region

Spokesperson of the Central Headquarters of Hazrat Khatam al-Anbiya (PBUH):

🔹 In response to the nonsense of the US president and his repeated threats to destroy bridges, power plants, and Iran's electricity and energy infrastructures, we once again warn that if these threats are carried out, the powerful armed forces of Islamic Iran, in addition to striking all assets of the Zionist regime and the US in the fields of fuel, energy, economic centers, and power plants in the region and occupied territories, will target more important and extensive parts of their assets and those of the host countries and allies of the US and the regime more severely and forcefully.

🔹 Host countries of US military bases in the region, if they want to avoid damage, must definitely force the Americans to leave their countries.

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After claiming to provide assistance to America in the Middle East, Zelensky is begging:

We want to rely on receiving anti-ballistic missile systems, including the THAAD system, which are available in Middle Eastern and Gulf countries but are absent in Ukraine and Europe.

If we had such systems, the threat of Russian aerial bombs would simply not exist in Ukraine.

At a minimum, within a radius of 200 kilometers, we would eliminate this threat.

Russian aircraft would not be able to approach - that's all.
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There are fewer than 200 THAAD missiles left in existence, and they definitely will not be handed to you.

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Dmitry Medvedev:

Of course, neither Trump nor America will withdraw from NATO. There's no point in doing so, and Congress won't allow it. Trump's rhetoric is just a stunt. However, symbolic actions like reducing the size of the American contingent or refusing to deploy something are possible. But that's not the point here.

It's obvious that there are strong contradictions within the alliance, which have been exacerbated by the Iranian campaign. And European politicians, especially in Brussels, are seriously considering creating a full-fledged military component within the EU. And this changes the world picture. Until now, our rhetoric about membership in the European Union has been restrained and calm towards all neighbors, even towards the Banderist Ukraine. Join if you want. But now everything should change - the EU is no longer just an economic union. It could quickly turn into a fully-fledged and extremely hostile military alliance against Russia, even worse than NATO. It will be a disgusting mob of rabid European parasites. And their task will be to earn political capital and, of course, money by fanning Russophobic hysteria.

What am I getting at? Well, it's time to abandon a tolerant attitude towards our neighbors joining the military-economic European Union, including the country 404.

Our President recently did this in a neat way, hinting to a certain comrade Vovaevich that membership in the EAEU and membership in the European Union are incompatible...

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АДЕКВАТ Z writes,

The chief of staff of the U.S. Army—meaning the ground forces—has been abruptly fired into resignation. A phenomenon entirely typical on the very threshold of an unprecedented-in-centuries victory (heavy sarcasm, in case anyone missed it). And leaks have already started seeping through the press that among American officers, the resignation has bred frustration mixed with fronding, since it was predictably perceived as a demonstrative outrage against the troops. Both feelings are absolutely indispensable for raising morale to even more unprecedented heights: remember, Austria is held together by these enemas.

What I’d like to wish on top of that. As much micromanagement as possible, especially after the start of the ground operation, carried out if not by Trump, then at least by Hegseth—Hitler personally moved battalions, if not companies, on the map, so why are these any worse? That any attempt whatsoever to challenge the corresponding military genius right on the spot lead to a disgraceful resignation, and that resignation—in solidarity—trigger further resignations down the line. That the resulting vacancies be filled by personnel whose main qualification is the ability and willingness to kiss the Führer and Reich Chancellor of this century precisely where he likes it—and to obey any whim of his soul unconditionally and enthusiastically.

The signs that the further course, and even more so the outcome, of the war will prove most epic for the pedophilic coalition are multiplying before our eyes. And on that note, all that remains for me to remind you is: you need to know the measure with the popcorn—your hand is already reaching for it quite immoderately, and just wait for what’s to come.

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As soon as Ukraine withdraws its troops from Donbass — then the process can move to a diplomatic settlement, said Peskov.

There are no deadlines, noted the press secretary of the Russian president.

❗️To stop the hot phase of the special military operation, Ukraine must withdraw its troops from Donbass, but Russia has not set any deadlines - Peskov

⚡️Russia will continue its special military operation until it achieves its goals - Peskov

Earlier, a number of publications and public accounts spread information that Russia might put forward more stringent conditions if Ukraine does not withdraw its troops from Donbass by the summer.

Source: Zvezda/ СМОТРИ
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Italy is running out of resources to contain gasoline prices, according to the newspaper La Repubblica.

The suspension of the cancellation of excise duties will be extended until May 1, but this will use up the last available resources, and it will no longer be possible to take further amortization measures.

Source: Раньше всех ну почти
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Iran has conveyed the conditions for ending the conflict through intermediaries. This was announced by the head of the Iranian diplomatic mission in Cairo, Mojtaba Ferdowsipour.

"We are asking through intermediaries in the region for compensation, the lifting of all sanctions, and guarantees of non-renewal of aggression," Ferdowsipour said in an interview with "RIA Novosti".

Commentary by Позывной "Кацман":

🈁Well, basically, nothing has changed. Guarantees of non-aggression, reparations (which they are demanding), lifting of sanctions, inviolability of the missile program. And probably control over the strait as well. In exchange, obviously, only for the military nuclear program, which, apparently, doesn't exist anyway.

But we can't really imagine the potces [potc (slang) stupid person, jerk, putz/ penis, putz] from Tel Aviv and Washington paying the Iranians hundreds of billions in reparations... So the war, obviously, won't end here.

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Zelensky called for providing Ukraine with American THAAD air defense systems and other anti-ballistic systems, which are deployed in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, but not in Europe, claiming that they could neutralize Russian air forces

If they are given to him, he argues, the deployment of such systems would prevent the actions of Russian aircraft within a radius of 200 kilometers, effectively eliminating the threat of airstrikes.

Source: СВЕЖЕСТИ
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They don't work anyway. But OK. Let him destroy all that is left from reputation of American military industrial complex.

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Footage of the launch of the "Soyuz - 2.1a" launch vehicle.

At the scheduled time, the device was brought to the target orbit and taken under the control of the ground facilities of the Space Forces of the Russian Federation.

The launch was witnessed by the students of the Kyzyl Presidential Cadet School. Shortly before it, the children were able to visit the launch pad.

The launch took place from the "Plesetsk" cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region.

Source: Zvezda
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The US needs to stop military actions against Iran, rather than talking about the problem of the blocked Strait of Hormuz, said Lavrov.

Source: RIA Novosti
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⚡️A terrorist attack against a high-ranking law enforcement official was prevented in Moscow, the FSB reported.

❗️The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) planned to remotely set off an explosion in a business center to assassinate one of the leaders of the law enforcement system, the Federal Security Service (FSB) stated.

✏️ What is known about the prevention of a terrorist attack against a high-ranking law enforcement official:

▪️The terrorist attack against one of the high-ranking leaders of the law enforcement system was prevented by FSB officers in Moscow;

▪️The SBU planned to remotely detonate an explosive device when he visited a business center;

▪️An electric scooter parked near the entrance to the business center was discovered;

▪️There was a powerful homemade explosive device in the trunk of the electric scooter.

Source: TASS
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EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen said about preparing for a "prolonged energy shock" amid the conflict in Iran.

"This will be a long crisis. Energy prices will remain high for a very long time. We expect the situation to get worse in the coming weeks," said Jorgensen.

The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and attacks on energy facilities in the Gulf countries have triggered chaos in energy markets, causing a sharp rise in prices and raising concerns about long-term supplies.

According to the commissioner, the EU "is not yet in a supply security crisis", but Brussels is developing plans to overcome the "structural, long-term consequences" of the conflict. The European Union is preparing for the worst-case scenarios, despite the fact that it "has not yet reached" the need for rationing of critical goods, such as aviation fuel or diesel fuel.

Source: РБК
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⚡️Italian Prime Minister Meloni went on an unannounced visit to Saudi Arabia - Reuters

The visit includes stops in Qatar and the UAE. The aim is to confirm Italy's support for the Gulf countries and to "strengthen Italy's energy security" through closer ties with regional producers.

Source: СМОТРИ
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Flammable liquids are not allowed on board anyway, so I don't understand how she's going to ensure energy security of Italy. It would be more efficient for her to stay home.

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At the initiative of the Turkish side, a telephone conversation between Putin and Erdogan took place, the Kremlin reported.

🔹 An exchange of views was held in connection with the escalation of the military-political confrontation in the Persian Gulf region. The leaders noted a coincidence of positions on the need for a speedy ceasefire and the development of compromise peace agreements that would take into account the legitimate interests of all states in the region.

🔹 Putin expressed gratitude to Erdogan for his unwavering readiness to assist in the conduct of the relevant negotiation process between Moscow and Kyiv.

🔹 Further steps to expand Russian-Turkish political and trade-economic ties were also considered, in particular on the implementation of joint strategic projects in the energy sector.

Source: Взгляд
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A US Air Force F-16CJ "Wild Weasel" fighter (F-16C Block 50/52, designed for suppressing enemy air defense, SEAD) transmitted a distress signal 7700 in Saudi Arabian airspace near the Iraqi border, after which it disappeared from FlightRadar's radars.

Source: СВЕЖЕСТИ
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