Moscow Repels Mass Drone Attack; Putin Hosts Xi Lula Vučić; Russia Seeks Victory; Kellogg Wants DMZ

Vucic in Moscow. Russia refuses to capitulate. Kellogg DMZ, wait Putin out. Merz tells US, STAY OUT

BRICS furious as Zelensky tries to disrupt May 9

🇷🇺The Russian Armed Forces liberated Troitskoye in the DPR before the ceasefire began, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

May 9th is here 🫡

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 Trump, on his social media, is now calling for Zelensky’s 30-day ceasefire and is threatening additional sanctions.

DIRECT negotiations US-Russia, ONLY way forward

Putin thanks West/China. Trump aligns with Elensky. Ursula SO FANTASTIC. Delink Saudi Arabia-Israel

Germany's tough guy Chancellor Merz

'Being here means celebrating victory over Nazism, together with our friends in Russia'

Burkina Faso Defense Minister General Celestin Simpore on Red Square.

They have cooked up a scheme to pause the conflict while pumping arms into Ukraine for 30 days.

I’m sure threats will be used, “agree or we send Taurus and everything else we’ve got.”

If Putin is smart he’ll just continue on until the real offer comes.

SCOTT JENNINGS: "[Joe Biden] said he wasn't surprised that [Kamala Harris] lost, but that he would have won the race. That's like saying, well, I was a boat anchor on my vice president, so she drowned in this election. But the anchor itself would have floated. That's crazy talk."

"He said I wasn't surprised, but I would have won. The idea that he believes to this day!"

*Total chaos*
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🇬🇧🇺🇦🇷🇺The UK and US will increase military aid to Ukraine and sanctions if Moscow “refuses to cease fire,” Starmer said in Kiev

🐻 Another case of trying to scare a hedgehog with a naked a$$

🇷🇺🤝🇻🇳Russia and Vietnam signed a memorandum on cooperation in tourism until 2030.

Rosatom signed a "road map" with Vietnam in the field of nuclear energy until 2030.

VTB and Vietnam Airlines signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement.

Russia and Vietnam have agreed on further cooperation in the oil and gas sector.

Putin and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam adopted a joint declaration on the main directions of Russian-Vietnamese relations of a comprehensive strategic partnership at a new stage following talks in the Kremlin

🇪🇺🇺🇦 Europe won't be able to provide Kiev with weapons if the US stops supplies — New York Times

Trump's insistence that Europe should take care of its own security means a reduction in arms supplies to Ukraine from the EU.

Many promises of European military aid boil down to commitments to produce or purchase weapons only in the coming years.

It is predicted that it will take decades for assembly lines in Europe to reach full capacity.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lack long-range missiles, artillery and, above all, air defense systems.

Europe is trying to replace the aid we lost from the US, but unfortunately they do not have the ability to do this.

🐻Funny how everyone’s suddenly screaming for a “30-day ceasefire” and an “end to hostilities” — weren’t these the same people who spent the last three years telling us Ukraine was winning?

What happened to “Russia is running out of missiles” and “just one more counteroffensive”? Now it’s all "let’s pause the war and talk."

Seems the “winning” didn’t go according to the script.

European Parliament Accuses Ursula von der Leyen of Power Grab in the EU

Ursula von der Leyen recently unveiled the EU’s "defense plan," which involves borrowing hundreds of billions of dollars to fund weapons production. The European Parliament is now on edge because von der Leyen, as head of the European Commission – the EU’s executive body – bypassed the legislative branch, which is responsible for approving such measures.

The legislative authority lies with the European Parliament, but it was not consulted. On Tuesday, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola sent a warning letter to Ursula von der Leyen. Metsola urged von der Leyen to "reconsider the choice of legal basis" and stop acting without involving EU lawmakers.

🇷🇺Vladimir Putin is ready for contacts with any leaders of world states, and he is open to interaction to the extent that they are ready, Dmitry Peskov told Izvestia.

"We hear many contradictory statements from Europe. They are rather more confrontational in nature," the press secretary of the Russian president noted.

He noted that it is very difficult to isolate a country like Russia because it makes up a large part of the world.

"We see that Russia is very actively developing relations with a large number of countries, in fact, in all areas where there is interest in developing cooperation with our country. And we will continue to do this," Peskov added.