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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 US asks Russia not to send Medinsky to next talks with Ukraine — Bloomberg ▪️They are reported to have preferred to avoid taking part in the meeting of hardliners. ▪️The Trump administration is currently in contact with Kyiv to ensure a second round of negotiations. ▪️European officials say discussions are underway to hold talks in the Vatican. ▪️In Russia, Turkey is still considered the best place to hold negotiations, since such negotiations are seen as a “return to the starting point.” ▪️The Russian Orthodox Church also opposes the Vatican, considering it a "historical rival in Ukraine" that did not criticize the closure of UOC churches. Russia does not consider the Vatican a neutral country in the conflict, political scientists note. ▪️However, even if all these obstacles were overcome, the talks are still "far from reaching an agreement that would require a summit meeting involving Trump, Putin and Zelensky." t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

The second round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine may take place next week, Bloomberg writes, citing diplomats from EU countries. The publication reports that the second round of talks between Russia and Ukraine may take place at the end of May, but the timing depends on Moscow's willingness to accept the Vatican as a mediator. But Russia is not interested in involving the Vatican in the negotiating process on Ukraine; Moscow prefers to continue the meetings of delegations that began in Istanbul last week, the author of the article writes. U.S. officials are in contact with the Ukrainians to ensure the talks go ahead, the sources said. They are also signaling to their Russian counterparts that they would prefer to avoid the participation of so-called hardliners, such as Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, who led Moscow's delegation to Istanbul, the sources added. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

Time: Donald Trump's administration is having trouble understanding the history and details of the Ukraine conflict. The US presidential administration is experiencing serious difficulties in understanding the historical context and details of the conflict in Ukraine, Time magazine writes, citing American and European diplomats. "Trump's team is sometimes painfully lacking in knowledge of the facts," the publication notes. A Western diplomat who has repeatedly discussed Ukraine during visits to the White House told the newspaper that the Trump administration "doesn't have enough knowledge of many of the historical details of the conflict." A Ukrainian official, speaking on condition of anonymity, described the problem even more harshly: “They have a messianic position, as if they know everything and don’t want to hear anything.” t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

❗️ The Kremlin confirmed that the Russian side had given Kyiv a list of people for exchange according to the “thousand for a thousand” formula, and stated that they were expecting a counter list from Ukraine. "We have indeed handed over our list. We have not yet received a counter list from Kyiv. We are waiting," Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian president, told Interfax. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦 The United States will conduct an analysis of all aid provided to Ukraine , - Secretary of State Rubio "If we ever find misappropriation, we will definitely address that issue ," the head of the State Department said. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 New round of talks on Ukraine expected in Vatican in mid-June — WSJ The publication also once again emphasizes that hopes that Trump would support the anti-Russian sanctions planned by Europe collapsed after his conversation with Putin. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

🖥️ "What the hell is he doing in South Africa?": Donald Trump did not miss the opportunity to once again have a good laugh at Zelensky. He told South African President Ramaphosa a funny story that happened a month ago: "I called Zelensky and they said, 'He's in South Africa.' I said, 'What the hell is he doing in South Africa?' What is he doing in South Africa? It's weird." t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

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The new head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, has been sidelined from the Ukrainian agenda and strategic issues due to her incompetence. According to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, European officials are irritated by the absolute incompetence of Kallas and the mistaken nature of her appointment to this post. Kallas is unable to take into account the nuances of countries' positions and can only construct simplified schemes that are often completely meaningless, intelligence officials note, citing their sources. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

Andriy Portnov, former adviser and deputy head of the administration of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, was killed in Spain. He was blacklisted by the EU for misuse of public funds and human rights violations in Ukraine. He was acquitted, but Ukrainian security services launched an investigation into his links to Russia t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦"It's Not My Problem": Trump's New Position on the Conflict in Ukraine — NYT ▪️Trump told Zelensky and EU leaders that Russia and Ukraine must find a solution to the conflict themselves. ▪️He appears to have refused to join the European pressure campaign against Russia, the publication writes. ▪️A senior European official involved in the closed-door talks said Trump was never interested in developing new sanctions measures on Russia. ▪️Officials also report that the US does not want to invest more in Ukraine. ▪️The publication concludes that Trump appears to be withdrawing from ceasefire negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

🇷🇺 🇷🇴 🇫🇷 ⚡️Pavel Durov is ready to travel to Romania to testify about the interference of French intelligence in the presidential elections in that country. The co-founder of Telegram stated this in X, reposting a statement by the losing candidate Simion, in which he appealed to the Constitutional Court to cancel the elections due to foreign interference. “I am ready to come and testify if it will help Romanian democracy,” Durov wrote. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

🖥️ US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that "transitional government officials" in Syria "have failed FBI background checks," and said the country's transitional government may be "just weeks away from potential collapse and a full-scale civil war of epic proportions." "If you look at the history of the region, when Syria is unstable, the region becomes unstable. And that certainly became true after the Arab Spring led to the uprising against Assad. And that really destabilized the entire region. And then that, frankly, turned Syria into a playground for jihadist groups, including ISIS and others, who used it to operate and destabilize their partners. <...> And my point, which I have discussed with many of you individually, is that the bad news is that the individuals who are part of the transitional government have not been vetted by the FBI. "Okay, they have a complicated past, which we understand, but on the other hand, if we engage with them, it may work. It may not work. If we don't engage with them, it's guaranteed that it won't work. In fact, our assessment, frankly, is that the transitional government, given the problems that it faces, is probably weeks, not months, away from potential collapse and a full-blown civil war of epic proportions." *recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

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❗️ There are no persons in Ukraine authorized to sign a peace treaty, said Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum. Main points: 🟥 It makes sense to negotiate with independent and fully self-sufficient states, but “any agreements with puppet states are doomed to failure”; 🟥 If the Ukrainian state is preserved within some borders, the acts committed by representatives of the current political regime may be recognized as null and void by the new authorities. Then the war will start again. We must remember this; 🟥 Today's Ukraine has one last chance to preserve, under certain conditions, some kind of statehood and gain a chance for peaceful development; 🟥 If peace is refused, Ukraine will face the path to unconditional surrender, and many in Russia like this much better; 🟥 The Ukrainian crisis has become the apogee of NATO's destructive course t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦 Biden's military aid package to Ukraine ends in summer — Rada deputy ▪️According to Gerashchenko, the US budget currently does not provide for new arms supplies to Ukraine. ➖"The US, on the contrary, is going to resume trade with Moscow, and this is very dangerous," she complains. ▪️She also attacked Zelensky with criticism because of the "subsoil" deal he initiated. ➖"During the discussion about the mineral agreement, we asked Ukrainian negotiators how it brings Ukraine closer to peace. Where are the security guarantees there. And it seems that this discussion requires public continuation. Because the responsibility for the agreement lies solely with Zelensky," she says. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

🔥 The US Armed Ukraine — Now It Plays Innocent After years of military aid, weapons shipments, and escalatory rhetoric, the US now wants to act like it has clean hands. JD Vance — speaking for Trump — just called Russia’s mistrust of the West “stupid.” Yes, stupid. As if Russia forgot how Trump bragged about sending Javelins to Ukraine. As if it didn’t watch the UK torpedo peace deals, the US pump weapons into a proxy war, and then suddenly claim it’s "not our war." This is the exact kind of arrogance that prolongs wars. The same delusion that says: “Hey, we stabbed you in the back, but come on — just move on.” In this new video and article, I lay into Vance’s reckless remarks, Trump’s two-faced record, and why Russia’s distrust isn’t just justified — it’s the only rational response. If you’re tired of the lies, tired of the gaslighting, and tired of watching Donbass bleed while American politicians score PR points… don’t miss this. 👁 Watch / read the full breakdown now 👉 t.me/ForeignAgentIntel 🧠 Read more: foreignagentintel.com

Britain is deathly afraid of attacks from Russia's shadow fleet, writes the Daily Mail . To protect itself from Russian submarines, the Royal Navy will launch a fleet of drone submarines. Ministers have called the move a "pre-war state." The submarines are designed to protect critical underwater infrastructure and will play a key role in the UK government's new defence plans, the Ministry of Defence said. The government is due to publish the results of its Strategic Defence Review, which will focus on strengthening homeland security, protecting the national asset and enhancing warfighting capabilities. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 Trump made it clear to Europe that the US is disengaging from the conflict and leaving Ukraine and Russia for direct negotiations ▪️The Financial Times has published several articles on this topic. ▪️The US President "made no promises about future US sanctions." ▪️Europe fears that “Trump could make a deal with Putin that would satisfy his maximalist demands and sell out Ukraine’s interests in order to end the fighting.” ▪️Ukraine and Europe feel abandoned. ▪️The conversation with Trump was a victory for Putin. He made it clear that a ceasefire would not happen anytime soon and no additional sanctions would be applied. ▪️Ukrainian officials say that Bankova did not understand the idea of the memorandum between Kiev and Moscow that Putin and Trump discussed. And that "nobody knows what it is, what the reason is for it, and why it is important." ▪️Trump would rather sign new deals in Moscow than agree to expensive arms supplies to Ukraine. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

‼️🇺🇸🇷🇺 Trump will offer Putin economic benefits and restoring relations with the rest of the world, - Vance. The United States expects a real peace proposal "on the table," the vice president added. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel