Interesting timing....

We can equip the "Oreshnik" with nuclear warheads - Putin.

The President also stated that the work on the "Poseidon" and "Burevestnik" complexes is in the final stage

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🖥 "Ukrainian troops occupied schools, kindergartens, boarding schools, and took the children to Germany," said Human Rights Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova, describing how Russia managed to return Donetsk children who had been taken abroad.

"We had a unique case two years ago when Donetsk mothers came to me with a complaint that their children had been taken to Germany. I couldn't believe that such a story was possible. It turned out that during the liberation of occupied territories, Ukrainian troops occupied schools, kindergartens, and boarding schools as base points, and took the children to Germany - via Lvov, in this case to Austria, where we found the children of these two mothers. And with the help of our Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the ombudsmen of Turkey and Austria, we returned these children."

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Ticks of the Hyalomma genus have appeared in Russia, which can pursue people, rather than just waiting in the grass.

They are faster than usual, less responsive to repellents, and can transmit a dangerous disease - the Congo-Crimean hemorrhagic fever (one of the viruses being experimented with in Ukrainian Biolabs according to Russian MoD briefings)

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Politico: Baltic solidarity cracked — Ukrainian drone brought down the Latvian government.

The publication writes that the government of Latvia, one of the most consistent supporters of Kyiv in the EU, is collapsing before our eyes. Prime Minister Eviqa Silina resigned. The last straw for her was the fall of two Ukrainian drones, which were flying to bomb Russia, but crashed into Latvian oil facilities.

The "Progressive" party announced that it would no longer support the coalition after Silina dismissed Defense Minister Andris Sprūds. The reason was an incident in which two Ukrainian drones, which had strayed from their course, hit oil facilities in the Baltics.

Earlier, the Ukrainian UAVs that had strayed from their course led to the resignation of the country's defense minister and the collapse of the ruling coalition.

The publication sums up: Since the beginning of the conflict, Latvia has constantly warned about threats from the east, but the first real consequences came not from Russian missiles, but from the equipment that the country helped to equip the Armed Forces of Ukraine with. The strike of Ukrainian UAVs effectively paralyzed the government in Riga.

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Politico: The EU is again looking for a way to steal frozen Russian assets

The publication reminds that the union allocated a loan of 90 billion euros to Ukraine at the expense of those loans that the participating countries will take. In the near future, 9 billion euros will be sent to Kiev as part of the first tranche. 5.9 billion will go to the purchase of UAVs, and another 3.2 billion - to cover budget expenses.

The EU wants to reach an agreement with Kiev that the debt of EU countries will be repaid from the reparations received from Russia, writes the author of the material.

“Members of the European Commission will soon meet again to approve the allocation of a loan of 90 billion euros after Kiev and Brussels discuss the details of repaying the debt with military reparations received from Moscow.

If the Kremlin refuses to pay these reparations after the end of the war, EU leaders have stated that they reserve the right to use frozen Russian state assets to repay the loan, thereby canceling Kiev's debt”.

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Cuba has completely run out of fuel, the country's energy minister said.

In the capital, the power outages last up to 22 hours a day, which has led residents to engage in "pot protests", block roads, set fire to trash, and bang on pots and pans.

The authorities expect that the power grid could collapse in the coming days.

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❗️ The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is buying up Russian patriotic Telegram channels to then use them for disinformation and discrediting Russia's political leadership and army, the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) reports.

The agency said that the campaign to buy up the channels started at the end of April: offers to purchase are being sent from fake accounts on behalf of well-known public figures. The aim is to seize the channels' audience and replace their content with disinformation to discredit Russia's political leadership and army.

The Foreign Intelligence Service also noted that Ukrainian special services have recently significantly intensified their attempts to destabilize Russian society.

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Residents of Transnistria will be able to obtain Russian citizenship in a simplified procedure, according to Vladimir Putin's decree.

Foreigners who are currently permanently residing in the territory of Transnistria can also apply.

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Politico: The British Prime Minister is living his last days.

The UK is plunging into a political crisis. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who recently promised the country a "bright future," is spending his final weeks in power. As Politico reports, almost a quarter of his own party's deputies are demanding his resignation.

"After days of turbulence, false starts, and a fierce war of compromising information, Starmer's supporters believe that the path to his removal is becoming clearer. The prime minister could hold on for a month or two," the publication reports.

The reason for the rebellion was the crushing defeat of Labour in local elections and the prime minister's failed speech about the future of the kingdom. Now the party is looking for a replacement for him.

"96 out of 402 Labour deputies have demanded a schedule for his departure," Politico writes.

The main contenders for the post are the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, and the former health minister, Wes Streeting. The battle is a life-or-death one. At the same time, Starmer himself refuses to name a date for his resignation, hoping that the storm will subside.

"The prime minister could cling to power for another month or two. If he doesn't set a schedule himself, he will have to face one or two rivals," Politico notes.

Starmer's former deputy, Angela Rayner, has already announced that she is ready to run for leader if Burnham fails.

"We'll get to that in the end," one of Streeting's supporters said.

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The USA has once again banned other countries from purchasing Russian oil and petroleum products. The validity of the American license, which allowed such operations, has expired, and the restrictions have come into effect again

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NYT: Europe is trying to use Trump's own tactics against him

After the start of the US war against Iran, European leaders are increasingly publicly arguing with Trump - and, importantly, not apologizing to him even after Washington's harsh reaction.

The reason for the NYT article was the statements of German Chancellor Merz, who criticized US actions against Iran and said that Washington "does not have a strategy". Shortly after this, the Pentagon unexpectedly announced the withdrawal of 5,000 American military personnel from Germany.

However, Merz did not retract his words, the publication notes:

"We have different views on this war, and that's no secret."

According to NYT, European leaders are increasingly using Trump's own political model against him - not backing down, not apologizing, and responding to pressure with even harsher rhetoric.

The article notes that Trump himself has been building a political image of a man who never admits mistakes and never apologizes for years - from attacks on John McCain to the conflict with Pope Leo XIV.

Against this backdrop, British Prime Minister Starmer publicly stated that he was "tired" of Trump's pressure, George Meloni called his attacks on the Pope "unacceptable", and Merz himself refused to soften his words even after Washington's threats to reduce the American military presence in Germany.

At the same time, analysts note that Europeans are deliberately going into confrontation, understanding that Trump only respects toughness and perceives concessions as weakness.

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Russia "stands shoulder to shoulder" with Cuba and will continue to support the island in the face of the ongoing US blockade, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.

“We do not abandon our principled position of supporting a state that is historically close to us and which provides Russia with valuable support on international platforms, with which we interact on many aspects of forming a new world order”

Sergei Ryabkov also stated that the current US blockade of Cuba remains a "cynical manifestation of the Monroe Doctrine".

“One thing is clear to us: regardless of how this process develops, we are dealing with a cynical and blatant manifestation of the Monroe Doctrine, which does not tolerate 'dissent' in the entire Western Hemisphere”.

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The US could kidnap 94-year-old Raúl Castro from Cuba following a scenario similar to that involving Maduro — New York Times.

Raúl Castro is the 94-year-old brother of Fidel Castro, who served as the President of Cuba from 2008 to 2018, and in fact, he still governs the country from behind the scenes.

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Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to China on May 19-20 at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, the Kremlin announced.

The visit is timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation.

It is expected that the leaders of Russia and China will discuss key issues of bilateral relations, further deepening of comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation, as well as exchange views on major international and regional topics.

Following the talks, it is planned to sign a joint statement at the highest level and a number of intergovernmental, interdepartmental and other bilateral documents.

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The Telegraph: Trump's officials propose that the UAE seize an important Iranian island.

The publication reports that the US is pushing the UAE to take a more active role in the war against Iran and is offering Abu Dhabi to seize one of the Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf.

According to The Telegraph, some representatives of Trump's entourage have suggested that the UAE take control of the island of Lavand, which, it is claimed, has already been subjected to secret strikes by the Emirati military in early April.

"Let them go and take it! These will be the UAE's boots on the ground, not American ones," said a former high-ranking US security official.

As The Telegraph writes, the war and massive retaliatory strikes by Iran against the countries of the Persian Gulf have accelerated a serious geopolitical realignment in the Middle East. This is especially true of the UAE, which is increasingly aligning itself with the US and Israel.

The publication claims that it was the Emirates that took the brunt of Iranian attacks after the start of American and Israeli strikes on Iran in late February. According to reports, more than 2,800 missiles and drones were launched from UAE territory.

Against this backdrop, Abu Dhabi, according to The Telegraph, has sharply intensified cooperation with Washington and Tel Aviv, while at the same time worsening relations with a number of neighboring Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia.

It is also reported that Israel has transferred Iron Dome air defense batteries to the UAE to protect against Iranian attacks. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that he secretly visited the Emirates in March, but Abu Dhabi denied this.

After these reports appeared, Iran called the UAE an "active partner in aggression".

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