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โšก๏ธRussia is on the brink of an economic crisis due to war spending, Ukraineโ€™s intelligence warns. Next week, the Kremlin plans to raise its budget deficit by 250% โ€” from $12B to $42B โ€” as expenses far exceed revenue.
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Exit polls show far-right candidate George Simion leading Romaniaโ€™s presidential race with 30โ€“33%. Heโ€™s followed by centrist rivals Antonescu and Dan. A second round is set for May 18.
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Russian losses per 05/05/25 reported by Ukraine's General Staff.

+1260 men
+5 tanks
+8 AFVs
+43 artillery
+1 MLRS
+137 UAVs
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ On the night of May 5, Russia launched 116 drones and 2 ballistic missiles at Ukraine. Air defense shot down 42 strike UAVs (Shaheds and others), while 21 decoy drones failed to hit targets. Sumy and Donetsk regions suffered damage.
Trump to NBC: โ€œRussia wants all of Ukraine โ€” and if I hadn't intervened, they'd be fighting for all of it now.โ€ When asked what Ukraine might have to give up, he replied: โ€œRussia will have to give up all of Ukraine.โ€

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b4OAlpPhNA
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As Budanov said: deeper and deeperโ€ฆ Over 2,500 km โ€” Russia launches โ€œKoyvorโ€ (airport safety protocol activated when an unidentified object is detected in the sky) plan at Nadym airport, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, after drones reached deep into its territory last night. Ru sources claim 26 UAVs were intercepted.
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๐Ÿ”ฅ In just one week on the Kupiansk axis, Unmanned Systems Regiment PHOENIX destroyed: a TOR-M2 air defense system, two 2S19 Msta-S SPGs, three tanks, a 30mm 2A42 cannon, 17 military trucks, and three vehicles.
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The 5th Assault Brigade destroyed a group of Russian assault units in the Pokrovsk direction.
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Ukrainian Marines destroyed a Russian armored carrier with grenade drops.
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ’ฅ Twice the weapons, same budget: EU's new plan boosts support for Ukraine by buying directly from Ukrainian arms makersโ€”cutting costs in half.

"If Trump can't bring peace, Europe willโ€”with strength." โ€” Andrius Kubilius, European Union Commissioner for Defense and Space said.
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด In Romaniaโ€™s presidential election, far-right AURโ€™s George Simion (40.96%) and pro-Western Bucharest mayor Nicuศ™or Dan (20.99%) advance to the runoff on May 18. Simion (persona non grata in Ukraine) is Eurosceptic, said Russia isn't a threat to NATO & ally of disqualified Georgescu (who called Ukraine a fictional state); Dan supports Ukraine.
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Russian forces have begun using groups of divers to covertly infiltrate Ukrainian positions, taking advantage of underwater movement to evade detection. Ukrainian drone forces recently spotted and hit one diver in a successful strike.
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National Guard special forces unit OMEGA destroyed a hidden Russian mortar.
โ—๏ธ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Moscow for the May 9 Victory Day parade, according to Chinaโ€™s Foreign Ministry. His visit to Russia is scheduled to last four days.

https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/xw/wsrc/202505/t20250504_11615436.html
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Boris Pistorius will remain Germanyโ€™s defense minister in the new government formed by the SPD and CDU. A strong advocate of Bundeswehr reform and Ukraine support, Pistorius signals continuity in Berlinโ€™s defense policy.

https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/spd-stellt-minister-vor-baerbel-bas-soll-arbeitsministerin-werden-stefanie-hubig-uebernimmt-justiz-a-ab31334d-5fee-4f22-b317-cd28125b7553
There will be no Victory Day parade in occupied Sevastopol this year, according to governor Mikhail Razvozhaev, who stated that the decision was coordinated with the Russian Ministry of Defense.

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โš ๏ธ Glushkovsky district, Kursk region: Russians report that Ukrainian forces shelled Tetkino and engaged in a firefight near the railway stationโ€”up to 5 Ukrainian soldiers were reportedly spotted and a bridge near Zvannoe was blown up.