🇰🇵🇷🇺 North Korea Troops March at Moscow Victory Day

North Korean ground, naval, and air forces marched at Red Square on May 9, carrying the DPRK flag alongside a Victory Day banner — the first time North Korean troops have publicly paraded on Russian soil. KCNA confirmed the march took place at Moscow's invitation, and Putin met the contingent commander afterward to express gratitude.

Seoul's Unification Ministry framed the participation as a deliberate display of deepening bilateral military ties. The parade coincides with a broader consolidation of the Pyongyang-Moscow axis, which has included reported arms transfers and troop deployments to support Russian operations in Ukraine.

The public, ceremonial nature of the march signals both sides are no longer obscuring the relationship's military dimension.

#NorthKorea #Russia

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🇩🇪 German HX-2 strike drone, which is used by 🇺🇦Ukraine, has been adapted for deployment from boats, - Militarnyi

Helsing reported that it successfully conducted the first launch of the drone from a coastal vessel.

Очередной перехват украинского дрона-камикадзе при помощи дрона-перехватчика «Ёлка».

Военный Осведомитель

🇺🇦 Ukraine has emerged from the most difficult winter with better positions: the front has been stabilized, and the percentage of enemy drones shot down has reached 90%, — Sybiha

The minister stressed that he came to Brussels with a sense of new momentum. Security and efforts to achieve peace are on the agenda.

He also spoke about Europe's new role in the peace process. According to him, the main track of the negotiations is being led by the US - and it remains necessary. However, Europe can play its own, additional role.

"We are not talking about an alternative peace track, but about an additional one," the minister clarified.

Як я зрозумів, демобілізація тільки у випадку підписання контракту навіть для тих, хто давно служить? Чи поправте мене.

Якщо буде так - це не ок.

Very "powerful" performance by Kadyrov's air defense during the latest attack on Grozny.

❌ Ukraine has rejected Putin's suggestion that former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder could become a mediator in EU-Russia talks to reach a peace agreement on Ukraine.

🇺🇦 This was stated in Brussels by Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha.

🇲🇱 At least 50 killed in jihadist raids on two villages in central Mali's Mopti region

Al-Qaeda-linked group JNIM attacked the villages of Korikori and Gomossogou in Mopti region on Wednesday night, killing at least 50 people according to diplomatic and aid sources cited by Reuters, while AFP sources put the toll at a minimum of 30. The Malian army said it conducted a targeted operation in the area, neutralising around 10 fighters and destroying their logistical base. WAMAPS, a West African journalist network covering Sahel security, said the provisional death toll exceeded 50 villagers, with properties looted and set on fire. A security source told AFP the attacks were carried out in retaliation for acts attributed to the Dan Na Ambassagou self-defence militia.

The raids are the deadliest since a coordinated nationwide offensive last month by JNIM and the separatist Azawad Liberation Front, during which Defence Minister Sadio Camara was killed in an apparent suicide truck bombing near Bamako. Malian army commander Djibrilla Maiga said on Wednesday that fighters were attempting to regroup following the April attacks.

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🇳🇱 The Dutch government is preparing emergency/fast-tracked legislation to strengthen actions against Russia’s shadow fleet in the Dutch part of the North Sea, - De Telegraaf

Measures include systematic inspections of vessels under false flags, escorting them to anchorages, and seizure/confiscation in extreme cases for ships carrying sanctioned Russian oil.

This builds on earlier government announcements from January 2026 about working on legal changes to enable such actions in the Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone.