⚡🇺🇲🇮🇷 Сообщается, что ущерб, нанесенный Ирану в результате атак США и Израиля, составил 270 млрд долл.

🇧🇯 Benin Finance Minister Wadagni Wins Presidential Election With 94% of Vote

Benin Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni secured a landslide victory in the country's April 12 presidential election, garnering over 94% of votes according to provisional results released by the electoral commission on Monday. Sole opposition candidate Paul Hounkpe conceded defeat on Monday, with the result announced via Benin state television.

Wadagni, who served as finance minister under outgoing President Patrice Talon, faced no significant competition in the race after the opposition landscape remained limited ahead of the poll.

#Benin

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Не мають люди стільки часу проводити на позиціях, коли це нарешті зрозуміють?

Russian losses per 14/04/26 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff

+820 men
+2 tanks
+3 ACVs
+38 artillery
+4 (!) MLRS
+2459 UAVs

Ukraine downed 114 drones and one Kh-59/69 cruise missile after Russia launched 129 UAVs and 4 Kh-59/69's overnight, with impacts recorded at 8 locations and debris across several regions.

A Russian drone strike damaged a Panama-flagged vessel in Izmail port, along with port infrastructure including a pier and barge. Civilian damage included buildings, vehicles, buses and an ambulance in the city.

Overnight, Ukrainian drones attacked occupied Crimea. Explosions were heard near Simferopol, Feodosia and the Kerch bridge. Which targets were hit is not yet clear.

Пять отметок за уничтоженные украинские БЭКи на борту вертолёта Ка-29.

Военный Осведомитель

Ukrainian forces repelled a Russian infiltration attempt in Sumy region. A group of 29 Russian troops advanced through a gas pipeline but were detected and eliminated by coordinated reconnaissance, drone and artillery strikes.

📝 جی‌دی ونس: مذاکره‌کنندگان ایرانی قادر نبودند توافق را نهایی کنند

معاون رئیس‌جمهور آمریکا اعلام کرد واشینگتن در مذاکرات مربوط به پایان جنگ خاورمیانه، خطوط قرمز خود را به روشنی برای حکومت ایران مشخص کرده و حالا نوبت تهران است که قدمی بردارد.

@mamlekate

Crude oil supplies from Russia’s largest Black Sea port in Novorossiysk remain limited, with the two largest berths still not operational after Ukrainian drone attacks last week, Bloomberg reports.

Berths 1 and 1A, designed to handle Suezmax and Aframax tankers, remain idle at Transneft’s Sheskharis terminal, according to EU Copernicus satellite imagery and sources familiar with shipping data.

Currently, oil is being loaded only through Berth 2, which can handle smaller Aframax tankers, sources said. Pipeline operator Transneft did not respond to a request for comment.

Novorossiysk is Russia’s largest Black Sea port with developed infrastructure for crude exports. In the first quarter of this year, it shipped an average of nearly 540,000 barrels per day, according to Bloomberg.

Due to its importance for Russia’s oil industry, the port has repeatedly been targeted by Ukrainian strikes. Kyiv is seeking to limit the Kremlin’s additional revenues amid rising global oil prices linked to the war with Iran.

The latest drone attack a week ago halted shipments from Novorossiysk for several days. Ukraine reported damage to equipment at at least five berths at the Sheskharis terminal and the pipeline network connected to storage facilities.

Shipments resumed late last week when an Aframax tanker docked at Berth 2, according to vessel tracking data.

Berth 2 can handle tankers with a maximum load of 105,500 tons, limiting it to Aframax-class vessels. In contrast, Berths 1 and 1A can accommodate vessels up to 242,000 and 170,000 deadweight tons respectively, including larger Suezmax tankers.

Meanwhile, loading at Berths 6 and 7, used for petroleum product exports, continues.

According to Reuters, Russia’s oil revenues could double to $9 billion in April due to rising prices amid the Iran war. However, much will depend on the duration of the conflict and the intensity of Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil infrastructure.

❗️ ФСБ сообщила о задержании граждан РФ, Украины и Молдавии, готовивших подрыв высокопоставленного сотрудника правоохранительных органов с использованием электроскутера

@interfaxonline

#Niger 🇳🇪: Al-Qaeda in #Sahel (#JNIM) ambushed a vehicle used by Nigerien Army between Samir and Balkab, #Tillabéri.

During the ambush; militants remotely detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) to target the vehicle.

https://x.com/i/status/2043945709649416369

🇨🇩 KoBold Metals Launches $50 Million Lithium Exploration Campaign in DR Congo

Mineral explorer KoBold Metals, backed by billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has launched a lithium exploration campaign in the Democratic Republic of Congo, committing more than $50 million by early 2027, the company announced on Monday. The US-backed firm said the campaign marks a major push into one of Africa's most mineral-rich territories.

The DRC already holds some of the world's largest cobalt reserves and is increasingly seen as a critical source of battery metals as global demand for electric vehicles and energy storage continues to rise.

#DRC #Congo

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