🇺🇦 For the first time in almost three years, the initiative in the war appears to have shifted to Ukraine, — The Economist

Ukraine is now turning the tide and inflicting increasing damage on Russia on virtually every front;

Russia's spring offensive not only failed, but in April, Russian troops suffered their first net territorial losses since August 2024. Russia has lost control of 113 square kilometers in the last 30 days;

The drone kill zone, which stretches about 20 kilometers between the front lines, is expanding far into Russia's rear;

Economic and military targets located almost 2,000 kilometers from the Ukrainian border are being regularly hit;

Overall, this looks like a turning point in the war. If the Russians fail to achieve any results, everything will begin to crumble in some places.

"If you had to report to Putin, the picture would be pretty grim."

🇮🇱🇺🇸 According to PM Netanyahu, within 10 years he wants to ensure that Israel completely does not need American money.

Every year, Washington allocates almost $ 4 billion for military support to its ally.

— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: An Israeli tank was hit by Hezbollah and seen burning in Shama’a, southern Lebanon

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Three IDF soldiers were lightly injured in a Hezbullah explosive drone attack in southern Lebanon this morning, the military says.

This happened in Taybeh

💥 Border guards of the RUBpAK "Strix" in the South-Slobozhansk direction destroyed 6 Internet communication antennas and four electronic warfare complexes - "Chorne Oko" and "Shtora" stations and two "Volna" systems.

Россия обсуждает введение безвизового режима с Малайзией, Кувейтом и Бахрейном, сообщает в понедельник пресс-служба Минэкономразвития РФ

Фото: Максим Блинов/РИА Новости

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🇺🇦🇺🇸 Zelensky: Today, Rustem Umerov reported on the results of meetings with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

Contacts are ongoing at the necessary level to agree on the configuration of the exchange. The lists have been transferred, and we expect that the American side will be active in ensuring the implementation of this agreement.

Possible formats for meetings and negotiations at the level of leaders to end the Russian war were also discussed in America.

Rustem reported separately and in detail on contacts with countries that are interested in Drone Deals with Ukraine.

About 20 countries are already working at various stages: four agreements have already been signed, and the first contracts are being prepared within the framework of these agreements.

Now Ukraine is already guaranteed the first energy results thanks to these agreements – the necessary volume of fuel on the Ukrainian market is provided.

In addition to the Middle East and the Gulf, the South Caucasus and Europe, we will soon open such a new security cooperation within the framework of Drone Deals with another part of the world.

🇰🇷 HMM Vessel Strike Pushes Seoul Toward Hormuz Mission

South Korea's foreign ministry has confirmed that two unidentified flying objects struck the Panama-flagged cargo vessel Namu, operated by HMM Co., in the Strait of Hormuz last Monday. A government investigation team boarded the ship after it was towed to Dubai, finding a 7-meter rupture in the hull. No casualties were reported among the 24 crew members.

Seoul has maintained a low profile on joining the U.S.-proposed Maritime Freedom Construct (MFC), a framework combining intelligence sharing and military coordination to secure the strait. The confirmed strike — combined with direct pressure from Trump, who called on Seoul to join freedom-of-navigation efforts — has prompted the defense ministry to formally review participation, with options ranging from liaison officer deployment to redirecting the Cheonghae anti-piracy unit from the Gulf of Aden.

Any military deployment to the strait would require National Assembly approval, adding procedural delay to a decision Seoul describes as contingent on alliance obligations, domestic law, and peninsula security conditions.

#SouthKorea #Iran

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🇳🇬🇰🇪 Dangote eyes Kenya for 650,000-barrel-a-day refinery

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is considering Kenya as the location for a new oil refinery in East Africa with a capacity of 650,000 barrels per day, according to an interview with the Financial Times published on Sunday.

Dangote operates Africa's largest oil refinery in Lagos, Nigeria, which began production in 2023 with a capacity of 650,000 barrels per day.

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Russian logistics are being hit up to 100 km from the front line. The video shows the Crimea route before Dzhankoi, a key corridor for movement toward the occupied peninsula.

Ukraine’s SBU issued a new suspicion notice in absentia to former MP Yevhen Murayev, accusing him of denying Russia’s armed aggression and spreading pro-Kremlin propaganda from abroad. Investigators said he called Russia’s war an “internal civil conflict,” urged Ukrainians to lay down arms and justified the temporary occupation of Ukrainian territory. He faces up to 15 years in prison with asset confiscation.

❗️ Russian logistics are already affected a hundred kilometers from the frontline, which means that Putin's so-called "land bridge" to Crimea will never fully work

On the video, the Crimean highway in front of Dzhankoy