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Repost from Slavyangrad
🪂 Poland
One or two Russian missiles crossed the Polish border.
Russia
Several thousand Poles are in the ranks of the AFU, about 16% of the Polish army has died within the AFU. Arms from Poland have also been flowing directly, both before the SMO and since its onset.
So two missiles are the bare minimum, pan-panove.
@Slavyangrad
Repost from 🇷🇺IL RUSSO🇷🇺
😂Ukrainian media have uncovered a new "betrayal.
This time, Turkey is the main culprit.
It is reported that Turkey may be supplying Ukraine with pipes made from Russian metal, and the volume of such imports has increased by several orders of magnitude.
Over the past three years, pipe shipments from Ukraine to Turkey have tripled, and their share of the Ukrainian market has already reached 15%.
The main reason is low-cost Russian metal slabs, which allow Turkish manufacturers to engage in dumping.
As Turkish products take over the market, Ukrainian factories are forced to cut production, leading to job losses and a decline in tax revenue in Ukraine.
Anti-dumping investigations into Turkish pipes have already been launched.
However, Ukrainian media report that preliminary anti-dumping duties and checks on the origin of metal products based on the “smelting and casting” principle could be introduced immediately to prevent products made from Russian raw materials from entering the Ukrainian market.
The descendants of the ancient Ukrainians are furious: the Turks sold them Russian pipes.
Now, in retaliation, they might attempt to expand the Black Sea southward😂
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😂Meanwhile, residents of Kyiv are once again preparing to sleep in subway stations.
Lately, they have been going down to the stations to sleep more often than usual😂
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🔥Several Telegram channels claim that the images show an American vessel damaged as a result of an attack, presumably an LNG (liquefied natural gas) storage unit🔥
Repost from MoD Russia
Enemy's supply lines fall apart
Russian Geran-4 Seeker UAVs intercepted vessels with military cargo:
▫️At Yuzhny Port, strikes were delivered at two dry cargo ships.
▫️In the open sea, a dry cargo ship heading to Odessa was damaged north-west of Zmeiny Island.
▫️A large tank with fuel for the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed by a precise strike in Odessa Port.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Repost from MoD Russia
Expanding security line along Russian border
▫️ Yurchenkovo in Kharkov region, Mogritsa and Malaya Slobodka in Sumy region are under Russian control.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Repost from Two Majors - English Channel
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News from Estonia
The bear has arrived and is feeling quite confident...
⚡️Two Majors
The European Union will not be ready to wage combat operations for Ukraine even in 15 years, former European Commission Director-General for Enlargement Pierre Mirel told the Euractiv portal.
"Europe will not be ready to defend Ukraine even by 2040," he said.
In this regard, the former EU official criticized the idea, voiced in particular by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, to integrate Ukraine into the European Defense Union without waiting for the country's full-fledged accession to the EU.
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🔥Ukraine is losing $70 million a day due to the blockade of its Black Sea ports, according to the Ukrainian publication "Ekonomicheskaya pravda."
According to estimates, this represents the daily average of exports through the ports of Odessa.
Since the ports are blocked, the losses are consequently high🔥
Repost from DD Geopolitics
🇺🇸🇬🇧🇪🇬 The British Royal Navy has announced that a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage facility operated by an American company in Damietta, Egypt, was attacked by a drone.
🔴 @DDGeopolitics
☝️If someone voluntarily refrains from completing a crime, they will not face criminal charges, the Investigative Committee reminded. Teenagers need to be vigilant and report suspicious communications with strangers to their parents or the police.
"It is important to remember the provisions of Article 31 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, according to which a person is not subject to criminal liability if they voluntarily and completely abandon the completion of a crime," said Svetlana Petrenko, the official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia.
Parents, in turn, need to monitor their children's leisure activities and social circles.
⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️Pavel Durov is being put on the international wanted list. In Russia, he has been charged with aiding and abetting terrorist activities.
The reason is that the Telegram messaging app does not remove extremist materials, as well as numerous channels and chatbots that are actively used by Ukrainian intelligence services. They are recruiting young people to carry out sabotage and terrorist acts within the country through the "Dayvinchik" chatbot, according to the FSB.
The agency clarified that Durov has not yet officially been placed on the international wanted list – this decision is still under consideration.
▪️Over the past year, the FSB, together with the Investigative Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, has detained 46 people aged 12 to 22 in several regions.
▪️They were committing crimes at the direction of their handlers: they attacked law enforcement officers and worked as couriers, transferring money from deceived Russian citizens to Ukraine.
▪️The Telegram chatbot "Dayvinchik" has been added to the register of banned websites by the Russian Communications Authority (Roskomnadzor) due to the presence of child pornography and LGBT propaganda*.
* — The LGBT movement is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia.
🥊Russia is one of the world's leading sports powers, the birthplace of great athletes, records, and victories, Putin stated.
The international multi-sport tournament "Games of the Future" has always been and will always be free from discrimination and double standards, the President emphasized.
"We are proud that our country was at the forefront of the phygital movement, and of course, we are creating all the conditions for the development of this sport. It is important that the geography of the Games is expanding. This year, they are being held in Astana, a vibrant, modern, and rapidly growing city, which has taken over the baton from Abu Dhabi, the host of last year's competition."
"The Games of the Future" are innovative international competitions that combine traditional sports with esports or VR/AR technology. The All-Russian Federation of Phygital Sports was established in November 2022. The first "Games of the Future" were held in Kazan in 2024.
⚡️⚡️⚡️ Putin appointed Olga Abramova as acting head of Udmurtia; the President met with her at the Kremlin and wished her success in her new role.
The former regional head, Brechalov, resigned of his own accord.
📱The State Duma has not discussed blocking Telegram or declaring the messenger an extremist platform, according to Oleg Matveychev, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Information Policy, as reported by Zvezdanews.
According to him, it is necessary to distinguish between possible claims against the owner of Telegram and the status of the messenger itself.
"Regarding Durov, that's a separate issue. If he is contacted as the owner of the platform to eliminate certain opportunities for terrorist activities, and he refuses to do so, that's one story. The platform itself is another... Questions about blocking Telegram were definitely not discussed in the State Duma," said Matveychev.
Repost from MoD Russia
Air attacks
The UAV teams of paratroopers from Novorossiysk mop up enemy positions, ensuring the advance of our assault groups.
📍 Orekhov direction
▫️ With such support, any enemy's stronghold is doomed.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Repost from Ukraine Watch
❗️🔘🔘LAVROV: THE WEST HAS RETURNED TO THE GOAL OF STRATEGIC DEFEAT AND DISMEMBERMENT OF RUSSIA
🔘The West has once again returned to the goal of "inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia," which was temporarily set aside after the unsuccessful "counteroffensive" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces toward the Azov region.
🔘This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
🔘Lavrov believes that the balance of power around the entire world will depend on the outcome of the confrontation over Ukraine.
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The West sees how many of its long-range weapons are achieving their goals, and they have begun to hype this phase of events as a "turning point." As in, it is possible, after all, to "defeat Russia with the Ukrainian character.
That is why the slogan of 'inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia' has reappeared. The slogan of decolonizing Russia has reappeared, which openly implies the dismemberment of our country once again,— the minister said.
The world is watching with great attention and bated breath to see how this war, imposed on us by the West, will end — the war in response to which the president announced the start of the Special Military Operation
It is not that we are surrounded by unscrupulous people on this planet, but that is life. Everyone wants to understand what strength is and where strength lies, to paraphrase Sergei Bodrov," the minister said#News #Politics #Russia #Lavrov #Russia 🔘Subscribe Now! Chat
Repost from Ukraine Watch
🔘🇭🇺🇺🇦HUNGARY HAS AGAIN SLOWED DOWN UKRAINE'S EU ACCESSION — FINANCIAL TIMES
❌According to the publication, Budapest has blocked the opening of the second and third negotiation clusters, despite expectations that the process of Kiev’s European integration would accelerate after the change of power.
🔘One EU diplomat called the delay a "minor hiccup" that would likely be overcome. However, other officials note that maintaining support for Peter Magyar will most likely require direct political intervention.
🆚The Hungarian Prime Minister himself has from the very beginning opposed the accelerated accession of Ukraine to the European Union, FT notes.
📝 A representative of the Hungarian government stated that Budapest opposes any "fast-track" for Ukraine, believing that Kiev should not receive more favorable conditions than the Western Balkan countries, which have been going through the EU accession procedure for many years.
#News #Politics #Ukraine #EU
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Repost from Ukraine Watch
🔥 French Region Wants to Rename Itself ‘Ukraine’ to Get Aid
Residents of France’s Gironde region, where wildfires are raging, have launched a petition demanding that it be renamed ‘Ukraine.’
➡They believe this may be the only way to speed up humanitarian assistance for fighting the fires.
Apparently, being part of France is no longer enough
#France #Gironde #Wildfires #Ukraine #Europe
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