'About 40% of Ukraine's natural metals are currently in Russian-controlled territories' - Reuters

The publication also notes that, according to analysts and economists in the mining industry, there are currently no industrial mines for the extraction of rare earth metals in Ukraine.

- Skabeeva

So Putin’s wait and see calculation regarding Trump, to see if he would do anything differently from Biden, turned out to be a waste of time, and all for nothing. This new commercial deal, or when its finalized, gives the Americans not only a reason to continue the Biden administration of supplying weapons to the Nazis, it also gives them an incentivize stake of having a land close to Russia. Now look out for new threats from Washington. All that back and forth plane ride from Washington to Moscow and from Moscow to Washington, were just free plane trips to tourist destinations, because these talks didn’t bear any fruits. I hope Putin FINALLY GETS IT, that he doesn’t have and never will have any clout in the west, as they will NEVER accept ANY Russian terms that favours Russia. They haven’t been listening to Russias concerns and they never will. They haven’t been listening for the past 10 years, and even further back to the 90s and early 2000s. Even though I wrote earlier about that tentative commercial deal, we all know they ain’t gonna make fuck all money out of it, for like 40 years, if ever, and when Russia totally captures the whole Donbas. So now Putin needs to just continue his success on the grounds, stick to the global south and the east, and just fuck off with the dying west. Trump had a chance to walk away, now it turns out he’s no different: he and the Dems are united on the anti Russian front.

🇺🇸🇷🇺US Senate Supports Bill on 500% Tariffs for Countries Buying Oil from Russia – Lindsey Graham

A bill on crushing sanctions against Russia and 500% duties on countries that buy our oil and gas has been approved. They will be introduced if Putin refuses peace talks

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️ The US will no longer mediate in negotiations between Ukraine and Russia – White House

"We will continue to help, but we will no longer fly around the world as mediators at meetings. Now it is a matter for the two sides, the time has come for them to present and develop concrete ideas on how to end this conflict. It will be up to them."

NEW - Over 10,000 millionaires fled the UK last year.

The U.S. is preparing a new sanction package targeting the Russian energy sector.

Here is your peace, don’t say that you weren’t warned.

🇫🇷🤡French Foreign Minister Barrot threatened to introduce a 17-pack of sanctions against Russia:

A truly commendable effort has been made by Senator Lindsey Graham, who has put together a massive sanctions package with bipartisan support - the bill has now been signed by nearly 70 senators.

The goal of the initiative is to force Russia to agree to a ceasefire under threat of these sanctions. And here we again agreed to try to coordinate our actions, since we, the Europeans, are just forming the 17th package of sanctions and will try to synchronize it in content and timing with Senator Graham's package. The answer may have turned out to be a little long, but in short - it is good news that such an agreement has been reached.

US warns Germany on AfD ban. Storm Shadow attack. EU dips into frozen assets. Trump AI Pope

❗️Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng stated that the U.S. cannot pressure China through tariffs and emphasized that Washington must pursue a dialogue based on equality if it hopes to engage in meaningful negotiations with Beijing.

🇺🇦 🇺🇸❗️The US State Department has approved a $310 million contract for servicing F-16 fighters for Ukraine, the Pentagon reported.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️The US has prepared new sanctions against Russia in the banking and energy sectors to put pressure on Moscow to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.

Trump has not yet approved them, Reuters reports, citing sources.

🇨🇳🇷🇺Xi Jinping will visit Russia for four days :

“Chairman of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, at the invitation of his Russian counterpart, will pay an official visit to Russia from May 7 to 10 and take part in the ceremonial events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

During the talks, the main issues of further development of relations of comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction, as well as current issues of the international and regional agenda will be discussed.”

🇾🇪💥🇮🇱 The moment a Yemen Ansar Allah missile hits Israel’s Ben Gurion International airport.