The Kremlin denied the publication of the Financial Times, which stated that Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov allegedly harshly refused Emmanuel Macron's advisers to participate in negotiations on Ukraine.

In an interview with Pavel Zarubin for the program "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin", Dmitry Peskov stated that obscene language is not used in Russian diplomacy.

“You know, there's a very wise saying from a wise diplomat. What is diplomacy? It's the ability to send a person to hell in such a way that he actually decides to go there.” — Dmitry Peskov

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Cuba is preparing to repel a US attack, said the country's Deputy Foreign Minister, Carlos Fernández de Cossío.

According to him, the military "are already preparing for the possibility of military aggression", and ignoring such a scenario would be "naive" against the backdrop of what is happening in the world

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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 "They don't want to die for Israel": A US ground operation in Iran would be an "absolute disaster"

▪️An American serviceman told HuffPost about this.
▪️Doubts about Trump's strategy towards Iran are spreading among military personnel.
▪️Polls show that American soldiers involved in the war report vulnerability, overwhelming stress, disappointment, and loss of illusions, which could lead to their discharge from the army.
▪️At the moment, 13 soldiers have died in the war, 7 of them as a result of strikes, and at least 232 have been injured.
➖"A ground operation would be an absolute disaster... we don't have a plan for this," said one of those surveyed. "We can't even fully protect one ground base in the area of responsibility."

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The Leningrad Region is experiencing the largest drone attack since the start of the special military operation. More than a hundred flights at Pulkovo Airport have been rescheduled or canceled.

The attack has been ongoing since yesterday. At the moment, 70 drones have been shot down over the region. According to Governor Alexander Drozdenko, one of the drones' targets was the Primorsk port. At Pulkovo Airport, restrictions were repeatedly imposed and lifted several times in a row.

Amid the attack, mobile internet was shut down for residents of St. Petersburg and the region. Only "whitelisted" services are operational.

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📸 Clash Report: Iranian media close to the IRGC state that there were no negotiations between Iran and the US, and Trump "retreated" due to fear of Tehran's retaliatory actions.

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🖥️ An American F-15 fighter jet was shot down in the skies of Kuwait, according to Mehr News, which also published a video of the incident.

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❗️ The Times of Israel: The IDF carried out new strikes on Tehran, while Trump announced negotiations with Iran.

The Israeli Air Force has launched a new wave of strikes on Tehran, the military reports. The Israel Defense Forces state that the airstrikes are aimed at the infrastructure of the Iranian regime. These strikes were carried out shortly after US President Donald Trump announced that his administration is conducting productive negotiations with Iran on a "full and comprehensive settlement" of military actions.

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Reporter: If you do attack Iranian power stations, how would that differ from what Russia is doing in Ukraine?

Trump: I think that it's completely different... I'm not thrilled about what Russia is doing either, but it's completely different

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📸 Iran has not conducted negotiations with the US, emphasized the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf:

"1/ The Iranian people demand a complete and merciless punishment of the aggressors. All Iranian officials and the people firmly support their supreme leader and will continue to do so until this goal is achieved.

2/ There are no negotiations with the US, and fakenews is being used to manipulate financial and oil markets and to get out of the quagmire in which the US and Israel have found themselves."

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📸 JD Vance may lead the American delegation in possible US-Iran negotiations in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, reported Axios correspondent Barak Ravid.

"An Israeli official: Negotiations are underway for a meeting of senior Iranian and American officials in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, which will take place at the end of this week.

A senior Israeli official: As part of the negotiations on the summit in Pakistan, the possibility of US Vice President Vance becoming the senior US representative is being considered.

An Israeli official: Israel knew that several countries were making mediation efforts to start negotiations between Iran and the US, but was surprised by Trump's words that these contacts are progressing and that, apparently, agreements on 15 points have been reached."

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🖥️ Iranians are publishing a Lego-style video about the situation in the Strait of Hormuz.

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