"The war is lost for Ukraine," said retired German General Erich Wad.

"The martial law is what it is. The war is lost for Ukraine. A military victory is impossible. It has been impossible for several months. Ukraine is a ruined country, yes, the western part will probably retain its statehood, because the Americans also need such a Ukraine to negotiate about the mineral resources, to return all their investments. But there will be no NATO membership. And our political goals, which we set for ourselves over the past three years, were absolutely unrealistic."

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The ruble has strengthened against the dollar more than any other currency in the world this year, Bloomberg writes.

Russian currency rises 38%, outpacing even gold

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Vladimir Putin spoke in German with a German citizen who moved to a village in the Vladimir region and asked the president for help in obtaining Russian citizenship.
Putin promised to help.

The dialogue in German with a German citizen was shown live on federal channels.

Is this possible in Germany, or even the entire West?

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🇪🇺 EU Ultimatum to Serbia

The EU warns Serbia: if President Vučić attends Russia’s Victory Day parade on May 9, Serbia's EU accession bid could be blocked.​

Estonian official Jonatan Vseviov stated, "The consequence is them not joining the European Union."​

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova responded:​

"If this is true, then Euronazism is being reborn before our eyes. This is how the fascists 80 years ago forced those they considered 'second-class people' to renounce their homeland, ethnicity, and faith."

Source: The Telegraph

❗️Russian President Vladimir Putin suddenly arrived at the Kremlin last night at 23:06.
The reasons are unknown.

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The US State Department announced the cancellation of funding for opposition projects in Belarus, as well as a number of other initiatives within the framework of foreign aid to various countries.

"Secretary Marco Rubio continues to review the Department of State's foreign assistance, today canceling 139 worthless grants worth $215 million," the U.S. Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE) said.

It is noted that in Belarus, $2.4 million was to go towards funding the project “Response to disinformation through creative content.”

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the president's special envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff will travel to Paris this week to discuss the situation in Ukraine, Iran and trade issues, Politico reports, citing sources.

Witkoff is expected to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron, while Rubio is expected to speak with Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot.

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Bloomberg : China Ready to Talk If Trump Shows Respect and Appoints a Responsible Representative

China is willing to consider opening trade talks with the Trump administration, but has a number of conditions. According to the publication, the Chinese authorities want to see more respect from the United States, including an end to derogatory remarks from members of the American cabinet.

Other conditions include a more consistent position from Washington, as well as a willingness to discuss Beijing's concerns about American sanctions and the situation around Taiwan, the publication's source noted.

China also wants the United States to appoint a negotiating official who has the president's trust and can draft an agreement that Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could sign in person.

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🇷🇺 Sergey Lavrov:

"More and more people in the world look to Russia as the keeper and protector of traditional values.

The main goal is to create transparent, understandable and convenient conditions for moving to our country and adapting citizens from those countries where unnatural models of behavior and life are aggressively imposed, where destructive neoliberal attitudes are imposed that cause serious damage to the moral health of people."

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Trump rejected a $50 billion deal with Ukraine and refused to supply weapons even for money, BILD reports.

According to the publication, the US President is showing more interest in negotiations with Vladimir Putin than in possible profits from arms sales.

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‼️🇩🇪🇺🇦 Merz to refuse Taurus deliveries to Ukraine after learning "secret information" — Tagesschau

▪️This was stated by the Secretary General of the Social Democratic Party, Matthias Miersch.
➖"I assume that Merz, after he is fully briefed by the agencies, will weigh everything up again very clearly. And we will make this decision together... I assume that we do not want to contribute to the escalation here, that we do not want to become a party to the war. All those reasons that led to us not delivering the Taurus. And I assume that it will remain so," he said.
▪️Earlier, Merz allowed for the sending of long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine to strike Russian infrastructure, including the Crimean Bridge.

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‼️🇺🇦🏴‍☠ Army.TV The Ukrainian Defense Ministry mockingly "recommends" not to sign "youth contracts" with the Ukrainian Armed Forces

▪️The girl in the video appeals to the poverty of Ukrainians and says that “money is evil, why do you need an extra 2 million hryvnia”, “why do you need your own home, real cool guys live with their mothers for the rest of their lives”.

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The Gornalsky Monastery in the Kursk region has been liberated.

Soldiers of the 1st company of the Arctic battalion of the 40th Marine Brigade with Commander Ryazan continue their offensive on the settlement of Gornal in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region.

About 300 Ukrainian soldiers had previously taken up residence in the basements in the Gornal Monastery area. The monastery was a key stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Gornal.

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The map above illustrates how close the Ukrainian fascists are to being expelled after their catastrophic spree of war crimes.

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‼️🇷🇺🇧🇪 Jean-Claude Van Damme intends to come to Russia and become an ambassador of peace

A video with an appeal is published by journalist Diana Panchenko, who left Ukraine

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The EU is shelving the idea of banning LNG imports from Russia due to uncertainty about alternative sources and fears of creating dependence on raw materials from the US, Reuters writes.

The European Union has abandoned plans to ban imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia as part of upcoming sanctions because of resistance from some member states, uncertainty about alternative sources and to gain a stronger negotiating position with the United States, EU officials told Reuters.

Instead, the European Commission (EC) plans to develop a new roadmap by May to end dependence on Russian energy by 2027. At the same time, the EC is preparing the 17th package of anti-Russian sanctions by June, but work on it is progressing slowly.

It is also claimed that European officials intend to take advantage of the US desire to expand gas exports to the EU to negotiate a reduction in American duties, although America's demands are not yet known.

One of the agency's sources said that the EC fears that the loss of LNG from Russia due to sanctions will reduce its negotiating power. In addition, the bloc is wary of the risk of becoming dependent on the United States, the third-largest gas supplier to the bloc after Russia and Norway.

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🧩 Kirill Dmitriev on US-Russia Talks

“There are a lot of difficult issues still to be solved — but the dialogue is happening, and it’s constructive.”

The head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Kirill Dmitriev, gave a cautious but optimistic assessment of the ongoing negotiations between Moscow and Washington. While he didn’t go into specifics, his tone suggests that channels of communication remain open — a quiet but meaningful signal in these tense times.

🤝 Whether this leads to any real breakthrough? “Time will show,” he says.

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From May 8 to 10, Saint Petersburg will become Leningrad – this is how it will be displayed in the air navigation system.

Also, in honor of the 80th anniversary of the Victory, Volgograd will be renamed Stalingrad

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