According to Russian sources, Andrey Kondratyev, head of the major defense company "Kurganpribor," was attacked in the entrance of his own building in Kurgan. An unknown assailant struck him multiple times on the head with a hammer. Kondratyev is currently hospitalized, while the attacker has fled.

🇺🇸 Rubio pushes daily for new Russia sanctions, hoping Congress passes the Graham bill with a veto-proof Senate majority to block any reset with Moscow, a source close to him told New Lines. Trump resists, despite privately admitting to EU leaders that Putin thinks he's winning the war.

Russian State Duma Defense Committee member Andrey Sobolyev said the new goal of the "special military operation" should be 'the creation of a single union state of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus' and the 'restoration of the Russian world within its natural borders.'

He said, "We are all Russians. Kyiv is the mother of cities," and called for "military-patriotic education" of the youth to achieve these aims — peak delusion 2025.

The issue of Zelensky's legitimacy will be crucial when signing documents to resolve the situation in Ukraine, Lavrov says

🇩🇪 🇱🇹 Germany parked tanks near the border with Russia for the first time since 1945

Berlin did what it had not dared to do for almost 80 years - and permanently stationed its troops abroad.

At the inauguration of the German armored brigade "Lithuania" in Vilnius, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that this was a direct response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The brigade will reach full combat readiness by 2027.

There are currently about 400 German soldiers in Lithuania, but by 2027 there will be 5,000.

5000 troops by 2027 🤦‍♂️

Europe really needs to wake up

Still no official information from Ukraine or Russia

💥 A Russian Mi-8 military helicopter has crashed in Oryol region. Preliminary reports: no survivors.

Putin rejects a U.S.-Europe ceasefire proposal and Trump responds not by sanctioning Russia but by punishing European allies with a 50% tariff.

Whose side is he on?