❗️France will help Ukraine develop antiballistic defense, Zelensky said after talks with Macron. He said Paris is ready to strengthen Ukraine’s protection against Russian attacks now, while both leaders also discussed air defense, EU integration and coordination.

💀💥 Kraken mercilessly fines Russian drivers for driving through the sign "occupiers are prohibited from entering". Violators were eliminated.

Russia's Defense Ministry claims 76 Ukrainian drones were shot down over six hours across Russian regions.

🌍🇹🇷 NATO summit in Turkey will make fateful decisions for global security, - Erdogan

According to him, the world is facing new threats, so NATO countries must make strategic decisions on common defense and the future security architecture.

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🔥 Reuters: Ukraine doubles strikes on Russian refineries this year.

The strikes cut Russian oil production by 460,000 barrels per day in April from a year earlier to about 8.8 million barrels per day.

This has prevented Moscow from taking advantage of a sharp rise in global energy prices caused by the war in the Middle East.

In total, Ukrainian drones have disabled 16 refineries this year, with a combined processing capacity of about 700,000 barrels of oil per day. Over the same period in 2025, the Ukrainian military hit only 8 refineries.

35 primary distillation units with a total capacity of more than 390,000 metric tons per day have also been disabled since January, compared with 12 units last year.

🔥😎 SIGNUM operators shot down 18 Shahed during a recent Russian attack!

🌍 Critical minerals race in Africa draws comparisons to 19th-century colonial scramble, says Open Society Foundations director

Deprose Muchena, director of the Resources Futures in Africa programme at the Open Society Foundations, has warned that the global competition for Africa's critical minerals mirrors the 1885 Scramble for Africa, with major powers including the US, China, Europe, and Gulf states intensifying their pursuit of the continent's resources. Africa holds 48% of global cobalt and manganese reserves, 22% of graphite, and around 6% of nickel and lithium, with the World Bank projecting a nearly 500% increase in demand for minerals such as graphite, lithium, and cobalt by 2050. Despite hosting 20% of new mineral discoveries, Africa attracts only 10% of global exploration spending. Ghana exported $9.58bn in gold in 2024 but retained only 14% of the value, while the DRC produces over 70% of the world's cobalt yet refines just 1% domestically.

Muchena called on African states to negotiate collectively, add value to minerals on the continent — currently below 5% — and become rule makers rather than rule takers, while balancing global demand against the reality that 600 million Africans remain without electricity.

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🔥 There was a strike on a Be-200 amphibious aircraft, a Ka-27 helicopter, a dry cargo ship carrying ammunition, the Pantsir-S1 air defense system, the Tor SAM system, the Redut-2US communications complex, drones, and other targets, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, summarizing strikes on Russian territory over the past week.

“Our long-range sanctions also hit Russian oil facilities and ships. The distances are almost 1,000 km from the line of contact,” he added.

💥 "Bukhanka" are one of the most massive transports on the front. They transport people, ammunition and everything needed to the positions.

In this clip - several episodes of strikes by our crews.

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