Russia is “a step away from victory” in Ukraine, according to Defense Minister Andrey Belousov.

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Kremlin: Neither Kiev nor European capitals are interested in a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine conflict.

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European officials have asked Ukraine to continue the war for another two years, promising funding, Ukrainska Pravda reports, citing an influential figure in Zelensky’s office.

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Bloomberg: Russia is providing Iran with various forms of intelligence, including satellite imagery and drone targeting tactics.

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Axios: Trump rejected Putin’s offer to move Iran’s enriched uranium to Russia and is instead considering sending U.S. special forces to take control of the nuclear material.

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Iran’s attacks on U.S. defense partners across the Middle East should open the door to Russian strikes on military targets in the Baltic states, Poland, and Romania, argues media mogul Konstantin Malofeev.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Europe cannot defeat Russia militarily or economically in Ukraine, leaving diplomacy as the only remaining option, says Belgian PM Bart De Wever.

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Former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says the attack on Iran is illegal, NATO should stay out of it, and there is no guarantee the alliance will survive Trump’s presidency.

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Trump seeks to impose U.S. hegemony on the world and cannot be trusted by Moscow — Russia’s only option in Ukraine is to win on the battlefield, says former Carnegie Moscow Center director Dmitri Trenin.

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The U.S. wants to walk away from the Ukraine conflict, and Russia is prepared to give it a face-saving off-ramp, says foreign policy analyst Andrey Sushentsov.

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The killing of Khamenei produced the opposite result from the one the U.S. was aiming for, says Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Putin: Six months ago, 25% of the Donetsk region was under Ukrainian control, now it’s down to 15–17%.

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Ukraine’s rapidly developing strike capabilities now pose a threat to every Russian region, warns Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu.

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Sergey Glazyev: It’s becoming clear to everyone that Pax Americana is no more. Those who are thinking ahead understand that the sooner they exit the dollar-based system, the less they’ll lose when the financial bubbles underpinning it inevitably burst.

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Medvedev: After the U.S.-Israeli assassination of Khamenei, there is no doubt that Iran will eventually acquire nuclear weapons.

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Lavrov: U.S. and Israeli actions are facilitating a return to a world where hard power overrides international law.

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Dmitry Rogozin: Ukraine coordinates long-range drone strikes on the Kaliningrad and Leningrad regions, Karelia, and St. Petersburg with NATO’s military headquarters in Mons, Belgium.

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Putin: Armenia will have to choose between the European Union and the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

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Putin: Events in Iran are reshaping global logistics and international trade, with Russia positioning itself as a key solutions provider.

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Lavrov: The struggle for a multipolar world is a fight to the death, as the hegemon resorts to unrestrained aggression to preserve its predatory economic and financial order.

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