🇺🇸Trump has published a portrait of himself as the Pope. He posted this post on the social network Truth Social.

He has previously jokingly stated that he would like to become the new head of the Roman Catholic Church after the death of Francis.

🇺🇸🇩🇪US Vice President J.D. Vance, following Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Elon Musk, criticized Germany's decision to recognize the Alternative for Germany party as far-right.

The US vice president said that the AfD is "the most popular party in Germany and the most representative in East Germany."

"The AfD is the most popular party in Germany and certainly the most representative party in East Germany. Now the bureaucrats are trying to destroy it. The West together tore down the Berlin Wall. And it was rebuilt – not by the Soviets or the Russians, but by the German establishment," he wrote in X.

🇺🇸The White House's official YouTube channel has launched a stream called "Lo-fi MAGA Video to Relax/Study To."

The video shows an animated Donald Trump signing documents to soothing music, while a list of his campaign promises he has fulfilled is displayed on the screen next to him.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Medvedev threatened that “May 10th” may not come in Kyiv if there is a strike on Moscow on May 9th.

This is how the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council commented on Zelensky’s statement , in which he rejected Putin’s proposal for a truce and also stated that he could not guarantee the safety of world leaders in Moscow during the military parade.

“In the event of a real provocation on Victory Day, no one can guarantee that May 10 will come in Kiev,” Medvedev responded to this.

🇺🇸The US could face massive power outages this summer due to huge difficulties in generating electricity

We saw what happened this week in Spain. It could happen in America this summer - Interior Minister Doug Burgum.

He blamed the previous US administration for the deplorable state of the country's energy system.

🇷🇺🇺🇦An FPV drone on fiber optics arrives at the full troop compartment of a BMC Kirpi armored vehicle in Konstantinovka.

🇹🇷🇮🇱❗️Turkish skies closed to Israeli flights, no exception for Netanyahu's flight to Azerbaijan — Turkish Center for Combating Disinformation

🇮🇳🇷🇺Indian Defense Minister Cancels Victory Parade Visit in Moscow Following Prime Minister

This was reported by India Today, citing sources among Russian officials. According to the publication, the decision was made against the backdrop of growing tensions between India and Pakistan .

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was supposed to attend the parade to mark the 80th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War instead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who also cancelled a visit to Moscow in late April .

India will now be represented at the parade by Deputy Defence Minister Sanjay Seth.

Earlier it became known that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico cancelled work events due to illness.

Against this background, it is unknown whether they will come to Moscow. Earlier, the Kremlin confirmed their participation in the parade.

🇺🇸🇸🇾A historical event, of course.

The US-led international coalition has completely withdrawn its troops from the Syrian Al-Omar oil field in Deir ez-Zor.

American troops are no longer present, coalition troops have moved to Iraq.

🇧🇷🇺🇦Zelensky failed to get a meeting with the Brazilian president six times, Metropoles reports, citing an unnamed Ukrainian diplomat.

The publication writes that Volodymyr Zelensky sent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva proposals for a meeting for a year and eight months. In total, at least six letters were sent, but all remained unanswered.

🇷🇺🇺🇦The Russian Ministry of Defense reports a drone attack on the Murmansk region.

Three drones were reported to have been shot down.

🇷🇺🇺🇦The Akhmat special forces prevented an attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to penetrate into Russian territory in the Kursk region, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, reported.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Russian anti-drone corridor somewhere in Donbass.

🇺🇸🇲🇽 President Donald Trump pressures Mexico to allow the U.S. Military to launch deeper operations against the cartels *in* Mexico - WSJ

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🇺🇸The Pentagon has begun developing a new national defense strategy for the United States.

The basis is the 2025 Interim Strategic Guidance for National Defense.

Priority will be given to protecting US territory, including American airspace and borders, as well as containing China in the Indo-Pacific region.

The final draft of the strategy will be submitted to the Minister of Defense no later than August 31.

🇷🇺🇺🇦The fiber-optic FPV drone "KVN" destroys a pickup truck of the Ukrainian Armed Forces together with its personnel in the area of ​​the settlement Predtechino.