🇷🇺⚡️ Sergei Karakayev, the Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, informed Vladimir Putin of the successful test launch of the RS-28 Sarmat, a superheavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) intended to replace the aging R-36M.

He also announced that the first missile regiment equipped with Sarmat systems will enter combat duty before the end of the year at the Uzhur Missile Formation.

🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 An attack by a Ukrainian drone on the Astrakhan gas processing plant was repelled, and the debris caused a fire, wrote Governor Igor Babushkin.

According to the Emergencies Ministry, the fire will be extinguished within a few hours. There is no threat of air pollution in the Astrakhan region.

There were no victims or injured among the plant's employees.

🇪🇺🇷🇺 EU imports of Russian LNG have reached record levels since the start of the conflict in Ukraine - Welt

"The EU really wants to give up Russian gas, but reality says the opposite.”

🔻The largest importer of Russian gas is France, followed by Spain and Belgium.

❗️Earlier, the EU planned to give up imports of Russian energy carriers by 2027.

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🚨 MASSIVE SNUB ALERT — Trump touched down in Beijing, and Xi Jinping couldn’t even be bothered to show up at the airport.

Zero handshake from the Chinese leader. No red carpet photo-op with the big guy himself (The Whitehouse is spinning it as red carpet treatment though Xi has met far smaller country's leaders personally).

Instead? The U.S. Ambassador, China’s Vice President, and a couple of foreign ministry suits standing there like it’s some low-stakes business trip.

Look at the video — Trump stepping off Air Force One into a sea of cameras and staff, while the so-called “grand welcome” is nowhere near the level you’d expect for the president of the United States

The White House is desperately calling this “red carpet treatment.” Give me a break. This is the same summit they quietly downgraded before wheels even left the ground. No real agenda, no big concessions on the table, just vague talk and photo ops.

And get this Trump dragged America’s top corporate titans halfway across the planet with him. CEOs worth trillions, ready to fight for better deals. China’s response? Treat the United States like some third rate country that can be kept waiting on the tarmac.

This is Beijing sending a very clear message: they think they’re the ones in charge now.

Trump’s walking into the lion’s den with zero leverage and not many cards to play.

China Sent a Tough Message to Trump… Did He Understand It? https://sonar21.com/china-sends-a-message-to-trump/

The second day of the non-stop combined (group, massive) strike on targets in Ukraine continues.

The total number of drones launched per day is known to our Ministry of Defense, but they don't say anything about it. The enemy suddenly stopped reporting how many drones were launched against him and were shot down, and now they only talk about the ones that were shot down.

Judging by the mustaches and balls, about 1,500-1,800 drones were launched in a day, which is an absolute record for the launch of long-range drones worldwide in all times.
And they keep taking off again and again.

Non-stop.

This shows that we have prepared our drone systems to the level where they are physically capable of launching such a large number of drones.
This is undoubtedly excellent.

It's hard to say whether this large number of drones was the result of the cumulative effect of three days of the ceasefire, or whether we were able to increase the volumes again, and the instructions to increase the use of high-precision weapons are just part of the instructions to increase the daily ammunition limits.
In any case, it's encouraging.

I would especially like to rejoice that, according to the Ministry of Defense, drones and missiles are not being launched in response, not in honor of something, but because it's necessary.

The total number of launched cruise and ballistic missiles has not significantly increased, most likely not because we were reluctant or there weren't enough, but because two thousand drones with a surplus covered all planned targets, and there are enough for emerging "especially important targets".

Yes, we need to understand that both frontline aviation and long-range artillery are working, as well as smaller-caliber drones, which are thousands of targets in the enemy's rear that needed to be reconnoitred, assessed, reconnoitred again, assessed again, given target designations and issued orders for destruction. This is truly epic work.

Whether this is a one-time action or not, we will soon find out, but, judging by the mournful tapes of Ukrainian channels, they have assessed the scale and volumes.

It's hard to say about the effectiveness of the strike, it's clear that all targets were reached, all Ukrainian tapes are filled with smoke, fires on all kinds of targets, and residential buildings destroyed by incompetent Ukrainian air defense, but I think it's much better than when we launched 150-200 drones.

But, of course, this is all not for nothing.
This is preparation for our summer campaign, a demonstration of our capabilities to the world, along with the launch of the "Sarmat", a transition to a different level of strategic deterrence, or something else, we will soon find out.

In the meantime, other types of aircraft, previously used for other tasks, are being prepared for the mass use of high-precision weapons and long-range missiles of all types.

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🇮🇱🇬🇧🇺🇦🇷🇺 Former Israeli president Naftali Bennett essentially confirms that the negotiations were broken off by western leaders.

Boris Johnson, Macron, Scholz and Biden decided to for Ukraine fight.

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🇬🇧🇺🇦🇷🇺 Arestovych confirms that there was a deal and it suddenly fell apart after Russia withdrew from northern Ukraine.

He was part of the negotiations team and an advisor to Zelensky’s office at that time.

With all these sources together, there’s no doubt.

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🇺🇦🇷🇺 Putin showed the peace treaty that Russia and Ukraine negotiated in 2022, the “Treaty of Permanent Neutrality and Security Guarantees of Ukraine.”

This seems mostly true, as Ukrainian sources above corroborate details from this treaty.

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⭕️ Iranian state television reports that since yesterday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has allowed about 30 ships to cross the Strait of Hormuz, after they complied with Iranian instructions.