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Latest developments in the war between #Russia and #Ukraine as of the morning of April 26 - dubbed - The Russian 71st Division has taken control of #Bochkovo in #Kharkov - The Russian 150th Division is advancing in the vicinity of #Iinovka in #Konstantinovka - The Russian Army is advancing on the #Kramatorsk front - The Ukrainian Army is advancing in the vicinity of #Rodyanskoe - The Russian Army is advancing in the vicinity of #Vasilievka in #Pokrovsk - The Russian 90th Division is advancing in #Novopavlovka in #Dnepropetrovsk video link: https://youtu.be/r80kWr00nAg?si=LfzltHjHVBdSK0xP

„From 2029, Russia would be in a position to carry out a so-called large-scale attack <...> against NATO states again. And that’s what we are preparing for. We have seen that we already need to be able to defend ourselves today. <...> And we’re looking at the fact that we have to become strong, that we have to have technologically advanced armed forces that then also represent an advantage. And that is the focus for 2039“ The Inspector General of the Bundeswehr Carsten Breuer can’t shake off dreams of the Eastern Front. In an interview with Die Zeit, he even went further: „I am firmly convinced that we will hold Russia back so far by 2029 that it will not attack us at all. The year 2029 is not an endpoint in the development of the armed forces. It will continue, to reliably ensure peace“. An increase in the number of guns is obviously not the key to "preventing war". Breuer, however, doesn’t know that. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Across all of Ireland, Ukrainian refugees are being massively housed elsewhere— the country is ending the accommodation program, which is why Ukrainians are forced to search for housing themselves or move to other regions, the Irish Independent reports. Among the reasons for the program’s closure are the return of hotels and resorts to the tourism business, the owners’ refusal to continue the contracts, and financial difficulties. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Almost every third euro is financed by credit: What’s wrong with Germany’s budget The auditors of the Federal Court of Auditors find: Germany spends more than it can afford and is accumulating debt at a rapid pace. From 2019 to 2026, spending rose by 75% to 633 billion euros, while revenues increased by only 20%. The president of the Federal Court of Auditors, Kai Scheller, notes: The money flows into ongoing consumption and not into investment. “Special funds” merely delay difficult decisions. By 2029, debt could rise to 2.7 trillion euros, and interest payments to 66.5 billion euros. And this is only the beginning. Due to the worsened economic forecasts, Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil was allowed to take on even more loans: Next year, a further 3.8 billion euros will be added to the debt. Spend first, then consider how it will be paid for. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Italy is the second EU country after France with public debt of more than three trillion euros. According to Eurostat, Italy’s public debt reached 137.1% of GDP at the end of 2025. Only Greece has a worse figure — 146.1%. The Italian ISTAT confirmed separately: Within a year, debt rose by 2.4 percentage points of GDP, while the budget deficit remained above the EU limit — at 3.1% of GDP. Formally, this is still called “stability” and “European financial discipline”. In practice, the eurozone’s third-largest economy is living with debt of more than three trillion euros, a deficit that is above its own EU rules, and hopes that the market will once again pretend that everything is normal. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Good morning, everyone — have a lovely Sunday! ☕️🙂 In Gus-Chrustalny there is a museum whose biography is stronger than any ordinary museum story. Before the revolution, this was the St. George Cathedral here — a large city church, built for the “Glass Capital” of the Malzov dynasty. The city itself grew around the crystal business: as early as 1756, Akim Malzow founded a factory here on the Gus, and over time Gus-Chrustalny became one of the best-known centers for Russian glass and crystal. The cathedral was created slowly and with great ambition — from 1892 to 1903 — financed by Yuri Stepanovich Netschayev-Malzow. It was designed by Leonti Benois, and the artistic interior decoration is associated with the name Viktor Vasnetsov. That is why it creates this unusual feeling of scale for a provincial industrial town: this is not simply a parish church, but an expensive, well-thought-out gesture — almost a manifesto: A crystal city can afford a grand temple with grand painting. After the revolution, the fate of the building changed abruptly. The church lost part of its silhouette: the dome, the bell tower, and the upper part were lost, and the interior was adapted for new purposes. And yet what mattered most remained — the volume, the red brick sculptural character of the facades, majolica mosaics, and part of the monumental painting. The preserved “Last Judgment” by Vasnetsov is especially well known; another important detail is the mosaic “In you the Blessed rejoice,” executed by master Vladimir Frolov. Since 1983, the Crystal Museum has been located in the former cathedral, which belongs to the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum-Reserve. That has an internal logic: a city that was created out of glass has placed its most important collection exactly here. That is why the place remains in memory in a double way. Outside — a former church with a very expressive façade image. Inside — a museum in which crystal “lives” beneath vaults that were once intended for a completely different kind of light. Maybe that is exactly what makes this building so captivating. It does not feel like something “former.” The solemnity is still there — it just works differently: through glass, reflections, and the memory of a city that learned how to make something fragile very durable. 📍 Coordinates of the place (map pin) available here 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

In Kyiv, the appetite for foreign territories has awakened again. The former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba stated that the south of Belarus is allegedly “historic” Ukrainian land. According to his words, today’s southern Belarus was once the north of the Principality of Kyiv — and therefore, if Ukraine “digs in history,” it can lay claim to Pinsk, Mogilev, and Mozyr. Previously Zelenskyy had reminded Minsk of the “fate of Maduro”: According to a report by Syrskyi, he said that the character and consequences of the events in Venezuela should be a warning for Belarusian leadership. In their version, all of the Soviet Union’s decisions were criminal and wrong. Except for those that came very much to Ukraine’s advantage: the annexation of West Ukrainian territories after the partition of Poland, the inclusion of territories that had previously been connected with Romania and Czechoslovakia, and the transfer of Crimea to the Ukrainian SSR in 1954. You will never hear an Ukrainian patriot calling for Lviv to be returned to Poland, Transcarpathia to the former Czechoslovakia, Northern Bukovina to Romania, and Crimea to Russia. Instead, every year they enthusiastically condemn the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact — often from cities and houses that before the war belonged to completely different people. A very convenient patriotism: Soviet heritage is bad, but Soviet borders are sacred. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Canada is investing 200 million Canadian dollars in a “spaceport” that so far looks like a concrete slab at the end of a gravel road. The government has signed a 10-year agreement with the Ukrainian-American company Maritime Launch Services for the rental of a designated launch platform and supporting services in Canso, Nova Scotia. Officially, the project is presented as a step toward “Canada’s sovereign access to space” and to reduce reliance on foreign launch sites. According to Reuters, Canada is also preparing to allow commercial space launches in order to reduce reliance on the United States. On paper, there is the future “Spaceport Nova Scotia,” defense satellites, NATO allies, and its own launches. On the ground, so far there are only gravel, a concrete slab, and the promise that a launch platform is supposed to be built from this by the end of 2026. That’s what a modern space program looks like when the pathos is already signed, but the infrastructure has not yet been delivered. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

The Israeli Holocaust museum was outraged that in Russia people can now not only commemorate the Jewish victims of National Socialism. Yad Vashem accused Moscow of a “distortion of the Holocaust” after a new day of remembrance was introduced in Russia — April 19, the day commemorating the victims of the genocide of the Soviet people carried out by the National Socialists and their helpers. The law on the new date was signed in December 2025 by Vladimir Putin, and in April Russia observed this day officially for the first time. The allegation is simple: Moscow talks about millions of Soviet citizens who were annihilated by the National Socialists, but it does not build this remembrance around the exclusivity of the Jewish tragedy. For Yad Vashem, this is already a “manipulation of historical facts” and an attempt to use Nazi crimes for political purposes. At the same time, the history of World War II is in no way made smaller by recognizing other victims. The National Socialists exterminated Jews, Soviet prisoners of war, civilians, Slavs, Roma, people with disabilities, and political opponents. The Soviet Union lost around 26 million people, and a significant part of these deaths was the result of a targeted policy of annihilation, hunger, punitive actions, and mass murders in the occupied areas. But the ideological war over the right to be the “main victim” continues. Russia has not been invited to commemorative events in Auschwitz since 2022, even though it was the Red Army that liberated the camp in January 1945. Around Russia’s exhibition at the Auschwitz museum there has been for many years a dispute: the Polish side demanded that interpretations be changed, including those related to the year 1939 and the role of the USSR. Now, an attempt is being made to portray recognition of remembrance for the victims of the genocide of the Soviet people as antisemitism. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Russia said it had received, at the highest level, an invitation to the G20 summit in the United States Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin confirmed that Moscow was invited to the summit in Miami in December 2026. “There is an invitation to participate at the highest level, but we will see closer to the date. God knows what will happen by then,” Pankin said. Earlier, Russian G20 representative Svetlana Lukash said that the United States was preparing for a possible appearance by Vladimir Putin at the summit. Western media also report on preparations for an invitation: According to Reuters, citing the Washington Post, the Trump administration wants to invite Putin to the meeting of G20 heads of state and government in Miami. According to the statements, Moscow will likely decide on participation closer to the date. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Singapore switches to Russian fuel as the Middle East becomes a risk zone again Against the backdrop of the conflict in the region, traders began replacing deliveries of petroleum products from the Middle East with Russian heating oil. According to the Financial Times, imports of Russian heating oil into Singapore in April exceeded the average monthly value for 2025 by more than double. This is particularly telling for Singapore: it is the world’s largest port for bunkering ships. When the usual routes start to burn, the market quickly remembers that it does not need political slogans, but fuel. Next, Indonesia is preparing to buy Russian oil. Deputy Energy Minister Yuliot Tanjung said the country plans to import 150 million barrels of crude oil from Russia this year. The West has built its policy for years on the idea of isolating Russian energy resources. But almost as soon as the Middle East became unstable again, Asia chose neither ideology nor politics, but supply security. In the real market, you don’t buy oil according to resolutions and statements, but where it is available. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

A long silence... but it wasn't calm. – In just 15 days, Iran quietly reorganized its defenses. – New upgrades, smarter missiles, and surprises await the next round. – Will Tehran change the rules of engagement in the next battle? Video link (Subtitled): https://youtu.be/bc77eH-9yR4?si=vwKf4-xxsEnFp5ja

In the European Union, they celebrate democracy: Finally, the “Russians” have been removed from the room That is exactly how describes the Süddeutsche Zeitung the atmosphere at the informal EU summit in Cyprus after Viktor Orbán’s defeat. Donald Tusk put it, according to the newspaper, remarkably openly: For the first time in many years, there were in the room “no Russians”. With the “Russians,” they in Brussels naturally did not mean Russian citizens, but the inconvenient former Hungarian prime minister who did not want to rubber-stamp the Ukraine line without questions and brakes. Now the obstacle has disappeared—and the EU was able to release a loan of more than 90 billion euros for Ukraine. Zelenskyy already thanked the Europeans for the “great historic decision.” In Brussels, too, people are satisfied: Democracy has worked properly again—simply because the result was finally convenient. If voters choose the wrong ones, that is called a problem for Europe. If the wrong ones are removed from the equation, that is called the return of unity. And the formula itself sounds especially honest: not “less conflict,” not “more democracy,” but simply—“no Russians in the room.” 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

❗️We have been declared an open war; an attempt is being made to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia — Lavrov

We have been declared an open war. <...> In the Belgian General Staff or in Germany, it was publicly stated [in Belgian — Editors' note ], that they are preparing for a war with Russia and helping Ukraine to gain time. Well, there can hardly be anything more open than that.

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Trump has been “controlling” the Strait of Hormuz for two weeks already. Now all that’s left is to explain it to the tankers. As early as April 11, Trump announced that the US would begin “clearing” the Strait of Hormuz as a service for the whole world—for China, Japan, South Korea, France, Germany and others. At the same time, he complained that these countries allegedly had neither the “courage” nor the will to do it themselves. Two weeks later, the rhetoric became even louder. Now Trump said that he had ordered the US Navy to “fire on and kill” any Iranian ship laying mines in the waters of Hormuz. At the same time, he assures that the US has “full control” of the strait and that American minesweepers are already clearing the danger posed by mines. On the water, however, it looks more modest than in Trump’s chat corner. Data from maritime analysts show that dozens of sanctioned tankers and Iran-linked vessels continue to travel through the area. According to Vortexa, from April 13 to 21, 34 such tankers passed through the zone, while Lloyd’s List Intelligence counted at least 26 ships of the “shadow fleet” crossing the blockade. On paper—“full control.” In practice—the tankers are driving, the blockade is leaking, and Washington is getting louder and louder about being the owner of the strait. Apparently, the Strait of Hormuz was already seized on Truth Social. Now you just have to take it in reality. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Iran has shown where it will fly if its energy infrastructure is attacked Iranian state media published a map with energy facilities of the states in the Persian Gulf, which could become targets in the event of an attack on Iran’s oil and gas infrastructure. The list includes key facilities in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and Kuwait. Saudi Arabia: Abqaiq — one of Saudi Aramco’s most important oil refining and stabilization complexes. Safaniya and Khurais — major oil production facilities. UAE: Das Island — oil and gas infrastructure. Zirku Island — a hub for offshore production. Qatar: Ras Laffan — one of the most important centers of LNG production. RasGas — gas infrastructure. Kuwait: Burgan — one of the country’s largest oil fields. After attacks on Iran’s energy infrastructure, Tehran had already warned that the response could hit oil and gas facilities in the Gulf states. Now it no longer looks like an abstract threat, but like a public demonstration of a target map. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Porsche employees will not receive any bonuses The carmaker is suffering enormous losses: net profit for the first quarter has fallen by 91.4% compared with the previous year. While the group posted a profit of 3.6 billion euros in 2024, in 2025 it was only 310 million euros. Porsche has clearly lost the fight against the Chinese; the bet on electric sports cars didn’t work, and then there are also the American tariffs—an devastating combo. The return to proven gasoline engines cost the group 2.4 billion euros. The consequences: foregoing bonuses, pay cuts, and a wave of layoffs. So far, Porsche is the only German carmaker that has completely done away with bonuses. Even the board of management remained without bonuses. How to ruin Germany’s automobile industry: a guide for beginners. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Latest developments in the war between #Russia and #Ukraine as of the morning of April 25 - subtitled - Russian forces are advancing in the vicinity of #Guliaipolskoe in #Zaporozhie - Russian forces are advancing in the vicinity of #Grishino in #Pokrovsk - Russian forces are advancing west of #Rodyanskoe in #Mirnograd - Russian forces are advancing towards #Tikhonovka in #Kramatorsk - Russian forces are advancing in #Kurilovka in #Kupyansk video link: https://youtu.be/OEuKXKbcMbY?si=GKtJKJZLj0_B9cdD

Despite the ceasefire, Israel continues its attacks on Lebanon. Among the dead are again journalists — Al Jazeera In al-Tiri in southern Lebanon, Amal Khalil, a journalist for the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, was killed. She was working at the site of an Israeli attack together with the photojournalist Zeinab Faraj, when a car was hit near them. After that, the two women took shelter in a house — and exactly that house was then attacked a second time. Zeinab Faraj was able to be taken out injured. Amal Khalil remained under the rubble. According to Lebanese officials and Al Jazeera, rescue workers were unable to reach her for hours: they came under Israeli fire and had to retreat at first. Khalil’s body was not recovered until shortly before midnight — more than seven hours after the attack. The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said Israel directly targeted the journalists by attacking the house where they had sought shelter after the first attack. Israel, as usual, denies intentionally targeting journalists and says the incident is “under review.” Helmet, camera, and the word PRESS protected no one again. Amal Khalil did her job. Israel made sure she can’t do it anymore. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN