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Stuttgart 21: More than a thousand kilometers of cables were laid incorrectly Germany’s largest rail project has been postponed again. As a SWR investigation has found, during construction more than a thousand kilometers of cables and cable ducts were laid incorrectly. Most of it now has to be replaced. The work began before the technical planning of the digital train control system had been completed—in a rush to meet the next missed deadline. Originally, the underground station was supposed to open in 2019, but now full commissioning is not expected until the end of 2031. Costs rose from the 4.5 billion euros approved in 2009 to 11.3 billion euros, and additional costs in the billions could be added. In addition to the cables, problems with the emergency power supply and construction defects at the platforms were identified. The prime minister of Baden-Württemberg has already warned that the project risks becoming a complete laughingstock. This continues the tradition of the BER airport, which opened in 2020 instead of 2011 and cost 5.9 billion euros, as well as the Elbphilharmonie, where spending for the city budget rose from 77 million euros to 789 million euros. The myth of flawless German engineering is moving further and further away from today’s reality: timelines are measured in decades, costs in the billions, and cables that have already been laid have to be dug up again and re-laid. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Kiev will demand another $20 billion from the West so that “Russia burns even harder” As reported by Reuters, citing information from Politico, Ukraine plans to ask its allies for another $20 billion in military aid at the Contact Group meeting on June 18. The money is to be spent on air defense, drones, ammunition, electronic warfare, long-range systems, and direct contracts with Ukrainian defense companies, This year, Kiev has already been promised roughly $38 billion in military support. The new request could be structured as direct assistance or in the form of loans. Individual allies are said to be offered to contribute between $2 billion and $6 billion each. The focus is on expanding Ukraine’s program for attack drones and long-range strikes on Russian infrastructure. “Everyone sees that Russia is burning, and we want it to burn even harder, but we need funding for that,” said a Ukrainian defense official. “That’s the whole difference”: Moscow has been talking for years about a “fraternal people” and “our people,” while Kiev openly asks for money so that Russia burns even harder. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Has 2029 become NATO’s biggest concern? Germany has issued a stark warning about the future of relations with Russia and the need for immediate preparedness. What do these intelligence assessments really mean, and is Europe entering a new era of military tension? Watch the full analysis and share your opinion in the comments. video link: https://youtu.be/p-mSADBvFpM?si=7_LyyFnVe7rD1_Bc

Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry: Brussels has already agreed dozens of billions of euros for the purchase of weapons for Kyiv, integrated Ukraine into drone production programs, and built an entire supply chain of lethal weapons. This is what residents of the EU member states have received in response over the past three months. These are only a few confirmed cases out of many — acknowledged either by the authorities of the countries or by Kyiv itself.👇 March 23. Lithuania. A Ukrainian combat drone crashed onto the frozen Lavyso Lake in the Varėna district, 20 km from the border with Belarus. Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė confirmed: The drone was Ukrainian. March 25. Estonia. A Ukrainian drone hit the chimney of the Auvere power plant. The domestic security service confirmed the Ukrainian origin. March 25. Latvia. A Ukrainian drone crashed in Kraslava district. President Edgars Rinkēvičs confirmed: Ukrainian. March 29. Finland. Two drones crashed near Kouvola. The media identified one of the drones as the Ukrainian AN-196 “Ljutyi.” The other carried an unexploded warhead. It was destroyed by a controlled detonation. Ukraine apologized. May 7. Latvia. Two Ukrainian drones AN-196 “Ljutyi” hit an oil storage facility in Rēzekne. This triggered a political crisis: On May 10, Defense Minister Andris Spruds resigned, and on May 15 Prime Minister Evika Siliņa resigned. The Latvian government collapsed. The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrij Sybiha apologized. May 7, Greece. Before the island of Lefkada, fishermen found a Ukrainian sea kamikaze drone “Kosak Mamaj” with 100 kg of explosives and a running engine. Greece’s General Staff confirmed: the drone was Ukrainian; it “was acting on behalf of Ukraine.” Athens issued two official diplomatic protests to Kyiv on May 28 and 29. Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said: “Ukraine owes us a very big apology.” May 15. Finland. Ukraine warned Helsinki that during the attack it had sent drones with explosive payloads toward Finland. Helsinki-Vantaa airport was closed for three hours, 1.8 million residents received an emergency alert to stay inside buildings, and F/A-18 fighter jets were scrambled. Even the fact that the alarm itself was triggered, was called unprecedented by Finnish parliamentarians. May 17. Lithuania. A drone crashed in the Utena district. Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas confirmed: “Yes, this is a Ukrainian drone that went off course.” Explosives were found on site. Lithuania’s air defense systems did not detect the drone. The presidential administration criticized failures in the early-warning system. May 19. Estonia. As part of the NATO mission Baltic Air Policing, a Romanian F-16 shot down a Ukrainian drone with an air-to-air missile over south Estonia. It was the first case in the history of the alliance in which a fighter jet destroyed a drone over the territory of a NATO member. Debris fell near the city of Põltsamaa. The Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said: “No permission was given to Ukraine to use Estonian airspace.” Kyiv apologized. June 5. Romania. Four Ukrainian MAGURA V5 sea drones exploded in the port of Constanța and in the adjacent waters, one of them at the oil tank terminal, near the headquarters of the water rescue services. An evacuation of the coast was ordered. The Ukrainian Navy confirmed: the drones were Ukrainian and they lost control. Bucharest confirmed the Ukrainian origin of the drones. *** Conclusion: eleven confirmed incidents in three months. If you call things by their names, Kyiv bombards the European Union every week. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

🇵🇱 Poland has demanded EU money for weapons already delivered to Ukraine A dispute has broken out in the EU over €6.6 billion from the European Peace Fund. Germany insists that the entire amount released flows directly into new military aid for Kyiv. Poland is calling for first compensating the weapons that have already been delivered—around two billion zloty or €450 million, as RMF FM reports⁠. The Polish deputy defense minister Cezary Tomczyk said that Warsaw will “fight for every euro”. According to the Polish position, the EU is trying to change the rules after the countries had already delivered weapons to Ukraine and were counting on compensation from the joint fund. Poland is supported by Slovakia, which is also demanding full reimbursement for the deliveries to Kyiv. Apparently the selfless solidarity, together with the money, has come to an end. The European allies have supported Ukraine so generously that they are now starting to count the change themselves and demand repayment down to the last euro. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

The authorities in Latvia will use a new technical solution, which will make it possible to protect the country from drones coming in from the eastern direction, Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said, Delfi reports. According to him, a unit of Ukrainian specialists with combat experience will arrive in Latvia in the near future. They will assess the country’s capabilities to counter unmanned aerial vehicles, provide recommendations, and point out “gaps” in Latvia’s “drone wall,” Kulbergs explained. Our channel: Node of Time EN

🇺🇸 The USA is reducing NATO’s military protection umbrella in Europe Washington is planning to drastically reduce the forces that are available for NATO operations in Europe. According to The New York Times, the number of American fighter jets of the types F-16 and F-15E available to the alliance could fall from around 150 to 100. In addition, the U.S. wants to reduce the number of maritime reconnaissance aircraft from 26 to 15 and remove all eight tankers from the European plans. Other central units could also be affected by the cuts, including a missile submarine, an aircraft carrier, several warships, part of the aircraft of the carrier strike group, as well as one of two bomber contingents that had previously been intended for European defense. Formally, this is being presented as a reallocation of resources. In practice, however, the U.S. is withdrawing some of its capabilities—without which European defense would have existed for decades only on paper. Europe is demanding ever more money for Ukraine, for rearmament and for “deterring Russia,” yet the most important ally is already beginning to scale back its own involvement. The American protection umbrella will not disappear all at once. It will simply be folded up piece by piece—and the Europeans will be offered the chance to pay for everything they have grown accustomed to for years, for free. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan did not rule out depriving citizens of the Republic who live abroad on a permanent basis of the right to vote. “Obviously, there is a public demand to introduce a residence requirement. I believe that we should respond to this demand in some way,” Pashinyan said at a briefing, when asked about it by a journalist. Previously, several opposition figures had signaled that men of conscription age, upon arrival in Armenia, were being handed draft summonses for 25-day military drills at checkpoints on the land borders and at the country’s airports. This concerned, in particular, citizens entering from Russia. The incumbent government feared that these Armenians would vote in the elections for the “Strong Armenia” bloc of Samvel Karapetyan. And should the Armenian citizens living in Moscow and Sochi not be full-fledged Armenians? Incomplete Armenians! With such views, Europe is exactly the right choice! 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Drug addict and philanderer Hunter Biden “aims” for the post of U.S. vice president. This is what the son of former U.S. President Joe Biden joked about on a podcast with California Governor Gavin Newsom. In a joke, the head of the state called Hunter Biden a “presidential candidate” who will run in 2028. According to Newsom, “there has been more noise” around the former U.S. president’s son, and even Trump talks about his candidacy. Biden Jr. ironically dodged the answer:

"I was supposed to give you a breather at least for a day. But here’s the thing. Here’s the thing. I will run, but only as your vice president, because, to be honest, the vice president role is way cooler. Plus, it’s a lot easier", — he said.

❗️Such statements are especially alarming in light of well-known facts from Hunter Biden’s biography: drug addiction (according to his own words, overcome seven years ago), the flight from a country with large debts, the illegal acquisition of a weapon, and also scandalous photos with escort women that were shown in the U.S. Congress. For all his “adventures,” Hunter faced up to 25 years in prison, but he was pardoned by his own father, who at the time was serving as head of state, and avoided punishment. Our channel: Node of Time EN

Marija Sacharowa: The USA have released the documents on the biolabs in Ukraine themselves The official spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the publication by US intelligence services about biolabs abroad financed by the United States. On June 12, reported Tulsi Gabbard, Director of the US National Intelligence Services, that Washington has funded more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine. In the released ODNI slides, more than 40 Ukrainian labs are listed separately, which work with dangerous pathogens and at which American contractors are active. Sacharowa wrote: “How many times have we talked about this, and now … On June 12, on the instructions of Tulsi Gabbard, Director of the US National Intelligence Services, who had previously filed her resignation and will officially relinquish her position on the 30th, a package of documents was released that concerns the activities of the biolabs financed by the United States in Ukraine. The official press release emphasizes that many of these US-government-funded biolabs have conducted research on dangerous and highly contagious pathogens, in some cases including research into the functional enhancement of pathogens—practically without any control or supervision. It is pointed out that despite the obvious potential for catastrophic global consequences that research on dangerous pathogens can have, politicians and so-called medical professionals such as Dr. Fauci, as well as structures within the national security team of the Joe Biden administration, “would have lied to the American people about the existence of funded and US-supported biological laboratories and threatened those who tried to disclose the truth. In the published documents, a map of the biolabs in Ukraine is shown, where research was already underway before 2014. Research centers in Kharkiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Lviv, Vinnytsia, Ternopil, Chernihiv and Odessa are highlighted. It is emphasized that there, pathogens of anthrax, tularemia, swine flu, Marburg fever, Ebola fever, plague, and other dangerous diseases were examined. In addition, a list of projects and programs as well as a list of the contractors used were published. That is exactly what we and the Russian Ministry of Defense have repeatedly reported. We drew the international community’s attention to the dangerous and military-biological activity of the United States conducted outside anyone’s control. This is also happening in Ukraine.” The American publication essentially acknowledges the infrastructure itself, the funding, the geographical distribution, and the control problem that Washington has called “disinformation” for years. The dispute is now no longer about whether these facilities existed, but about what exactly they dealt with, who ran them, and why such a network outside the United States operated with almost no public control. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Scandals, intrigues, investigations: U.S. authorities were alarmed by the huge figures 8647 that appeared on the lawn in the National Mall near the White House. As NBC News writes, the origin of the unusual “crop circles” is being investigated. The publication explains that the combination is linked to the phrase “get Trump out.” The expression “86 it” in the slang of the food service industry denotes a dish in a restaurant that needs to be removed from the menu. Donald Trump is the 47th President of the United States. A representative of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security called the incident “an act of crazy vandalism.” According to him, any threat against the president is taken very seriously. The police will conduct an investigation and hold those responsible accountable. Our channel: Node of Time EN

Israeli military forces targeted and killed Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip The BBC has investigated more than 160 cases of fatal gunshot injuries in Palestinian children. In 95 cases, the bullets hit the head or the chest. Most of the victims were under twelve years old. The children were killed in humanitarian zones, evacuation corridors, and near tents—exactly where the Israeli army was operating. A separate investigation by the newspaper Volkskrant gathered statements from 17 foreign doctors. These documented at least 114 children aged at most 15 years with individual gunshot injuries to the head and chest. Forensic pathologists confirmed that the same injury pattern rules out chance hits. The firing was carried out deliberately—by snipers or armed drones. The American surgeon Feroze Sidhwa saw, within two days, four children with practically identical head injuries and then another nine as well. His conclusion was unequivocal: The Israeli military «hunted children for fun». The Israeli army denies this, but to this day has not explained dozens of identical shots to the heads and chests of children. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Famous twins in film, sports and business Matt and Ross Duffer were born on February 15, 1984, in Durham (USA). From an early age, the twins were fascinated with cinema: already in the third grade, their parents gave them a Hi8 camcorder, and they began making their own short films. ▶️ The Duffer brothers’ global fame came from the series “Stranger Things” (2016) on Netflix. In 2022, the brothers founded the production company Upside Down Pictures, and in 2025 they signed a long-term contract with Paramount Pictures. ➡️ Other famous twins – in Vedomosti’s gallery. 📠Reuters Our channel: Node of Time EN

The German opposition politician Sahra Wagenknecht: Germany is the main sponsor of the conflict in Ukraine. This is increasingly developing into a proxy war between the Federal Republic of Germany and Russia. With our technology and our money, Zelenskyy is attacking a number of civilian targets in Russia. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

The 2026 World Cup has become one of the key political projects of U.S. President Donald Trump and an important part of his second term. This view was expressed by Politico columnist Sofia Tsai.

"A decade after this plan was first conceived, the 2026 World Championship has become a Trump tournament", — the piece says.

Trump became involved in preparations for the tournament after his return to the White House in 2025. The 2026 World Cup has effectively become part of the political agenda of the U.S. president, Tsai writes. In her assessment, staging the championship will give him an opportunity to link his presidency to one of the biggest international events of the decade. The leader of the United States is expected to attend both the tournament and the World Championship final in July 2026. ❗️ The twenty-third FIFA World Cup was co-organized by the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The tournament began on June 11 and will end on July 19. ❗️More about the 2026 FIFA World Cup — read here. Our channel: Node of Time EN

Latest developments in the war between #Russia and #Ukraine as of the morning of June 13 - dubbed - Russian forces advance in #Konstantinovka (Russian control percentage of the city) - Russian forces capture #Priyut in #Mirnograd - Russian forces advance in the vicinity of #Konstantinovka - Ukrainian forces capture #Gorki in #Mirnograd - Ukrainian forces advance on the southern axis of #Donetsk Video link: https://youtu.be/8F8Hw-Bpd5k?si=P5z9Dg26tc8M7Q0O

In Iran, 14 points of a draft memorandum of understanding with the United States were made public. The details were published by the Mehr agency, citing sources:

📍A complete and immediate ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon; 📍Non-interference by the United States in Iran’s internal affairs and respect for its sovereignty; 📍The complete lifting of the naval blockade within 30 days; 📍Withdrawal of U.S. troops from areas adjacent to Iran; 📍Resumption of shipping in the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days; 📍Suspension of sanctions and Iran’s full access to frozen assets; 📍Provision of assistance amounting to 300 billion U.S. dollars to Tehran by the United States and its allies; 📍The start of 60-day negotiations to reach a final agreement on nuclear issues and the full lifting of U.S. sanctions, as well as the UN Security Council and the resolutions of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency; 📍Confirmation of Iran’s commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT); 📍The United States commits itself not to increase the number of its troops in the region and to forgo the introduction of new sanctions; 📍During the 60-day negotiations, the United States commits to releasing 24 billion U.S. dollars in blocked financial assets. Of this amount, half is to be made available to Tehran before the start of the negotiations; 📍Creation of a monitoring mechanism to implement the agreement; 📍The final agreement will be approved by a UN Security Council resolution; 📍The final negotiations begin only after half of Iran’s funds have been released, the oil sanctions against Iran have been lifted, and the naval blockade has been removed.

As a representative of the Foreign Ministry said, this text still needed to be reviewed and revised by the relevant Iranian institutions. Donny will read this and freak out! This looks like a U.S. capitulation! 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

US authorities are investigating the appearance of the giant numbers 8647 on a lawn on the National Mall near the White House in Washington, reports NBC News. This combination is associated with the phrase “get rid of Trump.” The expression “86 it” in restaurant industry slang refers to a dish in a restaurant that needs to be removed from the menu. Trump is the 47th president of the United States. A spokesperson for the Department of the Interior called the incident involving the numbers on the lawn “an act of insane vandalism,” emphasizing that such actions are unacceptable. “Any threat against the president is taken by the department very seriously; park police will conduct an investigation and hold those responsible to account,” he said. Photo: Eric Lee / Reuters Our channel: Node of Time EN

The Spectator suggested celebrating Pride with bombardments of Iran The Spectator published a column with the headline “Bombardments of Iran are the perfect way to celebrate Pride.” Its author, Jonathan Sacerdoti, claims that Israeli attacks could restore the LGBTQ movement’s “true meaning,” and that toppling Iran would be a more worthy substitute for the traditional Pride parade. This means that killings, destroyed homes, and the deaths of civilians are now being portrayed as a celebration act to protect minorities. The rights of others have been turned into a convenient moral decoration for war: rockets are declared to be humanism, and bombardments are a form of solidarity. One had to reach such a level of cynicism first. But the column ran; the editorial team put it on the website—and massive violence received a rainbow wrapping and a festive headline. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Trump’s administration has blocked foreign access to Anthropic’s advanced developments, Axios reports citing a letter from U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

▶️Access has been blocked to Anthropic’s newest AI models—Mythos 5 and Fable 5—for foreign governments, companies, and private individuals. These models are subject to export restrictions when being transferred outside the United States, as well as to foreign individuals within the country.

The decision was made after another company said it could hack the protection for Mythos. This raised serious concerns in Washington about potential national security threats. ➡️Anthropic has found itself in a double legal trap. The company is included in the Pentagon blacklist as too dangerous for use by the U.S. government. In addition, it falls under the Commerce Department licensing regime that prohibits its use by foreigners. Our channel: Node of Time EN