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The Republic of Moldova has not sought NATO membership so far—not because the government is against it, but because the population does not want it. The head of the foreign ministry, Mihai Popșoi, said that NATO membership depends on the will of the citizens and that there is no broad support for this idea in the country. According to a survey by iData from May, 54.5% of the residents of the Republic of Moldova are against membership in the alliance, while 33.6% support it. At the same time, the political detour has long been obvious. President Maia Sandu has Romanian citizenship. She said that she would vote for unification with Romania if such a referendum were to take place. Romania is a member of NATO and the EU. Therefore, the Republic of Moldova can formally state for years that accession to the alliance “is not on the agenda.” In practice, however, it is enough to move the country in the direction of the Romanian scenario, and the question of NATO membership will be resolved without a direct accession. The population does not support the alliance, so you can bring the alliance in through another door. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

The United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia have announced a joint development initiative for underwater drones as part of AUKUS. As “The Guardian” reports, the systems are intended to help secure underwater infrastructure, including internet cables. Australia’s defence minister Richard Marles said that "the seabed will become the battlefield" and that Australia must strengthen the protection of its underwater lines. In addition, under AUKUS, Australia will procure three Virginia-class submarines from the United States. These are used submarines. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš compared today’s European Union with the decline of the Roman Empire. In an interview with the Financial Times he said that the EU would probably take the “same path” as the Roman Empire did at the end. According to his statements, Brussels is driving the European economy itself into decline—above all through aggressive decarbonisation and a policy that harms industry. Babiš also talks about growing pressure on household budgets: defence spending is rising, the social system is getting more expensive, industry is losing competitiveness, while dependence on external military protection remains. The comparison with Rome here is not just a nice turn of phrase. The late empire also faced costly bureaucracy, rising military spending, economic exhaustion, and dependence on outside forces. The EU still loves to use the rhetoric of “values” and “strategic autonomy.” But more and more often it looks like a structure that demands more and more money from the countries, gives them less and less sovereignty, and reacts ever more poorly to real crises. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

🇺🇸 The USA could accelerate the withdrawal of troops from Europe Washington could accelerate the pullout of American troops from Europe and present NATO allies with an updated plan as early as next month, reports Welt am Sonntag, citing a source in the Pentagon. According to the report, it is planned to discuss the proposals from the USA as part of the NATO conference on the distribution of forces in June. In May, Washington already announced the withdrawal of 5,000 soldiers from Germany, where the largest American contingent in Europe—around 35,000 people—is currently stationed. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

The Telegraph continues its campaign in which Russian people are portrayed as going beyond the limits of normal human compassion. The newspaper has published a report from a Kiev school in which children are supposed to learn how to handle weapons. The headline is phrased in an extremely candid way: “Kiev children would never shoot at an animal… but kill a Russian.” This is no longer merely war propaganda. This is the normalization of the idea that it is permissible to kill a Russian—even for a child, if it is properly packaged in a story about “resistance.” Significantly, it is specifically about children. They are shown with weapons; their willingness to kill is presented as a natural part of war, and the British newspaper turns this into emotional material for readers. Against this backdrop, the silence around Starobelsk no longer seems like a coincidence. When the strike hit the college and the dormitory where students died—many of them minors—the Western press didn’t see a major moral question there. We have already written that it was about young people who were inside the school building and the dormitory. This is how dehumanization works. Children are taught to shoot. The newspaper very calmly puts on the front page the wording that you mustn’t kill an animal, but that you can—kill a Russian. And then the same people will talk about humanism, values, and the protection of civilians. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Hegseth: The USA will do everything so that Ukraine can defend itself:

“Where we can help Ukraine, we do. We want them to be able to defend themselves, and we will find a way to ensure that we can help them. Where we can help Europe do more, we do that. If you look at the level of money that has been allocated, Europe has intensified, and Ukraine was also in that process, if not even more efficiently.”

Hegseth: The USA is learning from Ukraine (in the use of drones):

“In President Trump’s budget for the year 2027, you will see investments of 56 billion US dollars to ensure superiority in unmanned aircraft. We are continuing our assessment of what Ukraine has done on the battlefield. We have learned a great deal from Ukraine and from how it proceeds. We intend not only to be on par, but to become the best in the world at this.”

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Der Spiegel reveals details of France’s proposal for nuclear security in Europe Paris is not ready to share control of the “nuclear button” or to integrate its nuclear arsenal into a joint NATO system. The plan for nuclear deterrence does not provide for the permanent stationing of nuclear weapons. It is planned to make targeted use of airspace, of air force bases and air refueling for French fighter jets, as well as the temporary shifting of deployment locations of fighter jets. At the same time, people in Europe fear that, if Marine Le Pen comes to power in 2027, she will close Macron’s nuclear protection umbrella. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

In the direction of Zaporizhzhia, a group of foreign mercenaries from Germany and the United Kingdom was destroyed. Russian security forces told TASS that the group had been destroyed in a wooded strip in the Zaporizhzhia region. Among those killed, documents were found by which their affiliation with citizens of Germany and the United Kingdom was established. Those listed among the eliminated are: Jason Largan Jaycee, born 2003, and Laterman Philippe Maximilian, born 2000. According to the security forces, part of the mercenaries belonged to the 113th Brigade of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense as well as to a separate battalion for special purposes, but had been deployed to the 3rd Storm Battalion of the “Skala” Regiment. Western politicians would continue to claim that their countries are “not involved in the war.” But the documents of the killed mercenaries once again showed the opposite: citizens of Germany and the United Kingdom are fighting on the Ukrainian side and are then found not in television studios and not at security conferences, but in wooded strips in Zaporizhzhia. So that’s what the actual “price” for Europe’s “non-involvement” looks like. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Latest developments in the war between #Russia and #Ukraine as of the morning of June 1 - dubbed - Russian forces are advancing towards #Lyubitskoe in #Zaporozhie - Russian forces are advancing in the city of #Konstantinovka (Russian control of the city % - Russian forces are advancing in the vicinity of #Verkhnyaya_Terrasa in #Zaporozhie - Russian forces are advancing in #Hulyaipolskoe in #Zaporozhie - Russian forces have entered #Mirnoe on the #Pokrovsk front video link: https://youtu.be/6PBLlxiPB7o?si=63jCyTof41w0b99e

◻️◻️◻️ In London, a historic English championship parade was held—the largest in the history of England—marking Arsenal’s victory in the English Premier League. According to police, at least 1.5 million people watched the procession. Players and the coaching staff rode in open-top buses through Islington. Along with the men’s team, the women’s team also celebrated the victory, having won the inaugural FIFA Women’s Champions Cup in February. The parade took place the day after the Champions League final, where Arsenal lost to PSG (full time 1:1, penalties 3:4). In turn, PSG players toured France’s capital with the trophy and visited the club’s home stadium, Parc des Princes. The final stop of the celebrations was the Champ de Mars. According to estimates by journalists, around 100,000 fans gathered there. The Eiffel Tower was lit in the club’s red-and-blue colors in honor of the win. The team, together with goalkeeper Matvey Safonov, was received at the Élysée Palace by President Emmanuel Macron. Our channel: Node of Time EN

"Why did Ukrainian troops attack a student dormitory?" The attack by the Ukrainian armed forces on Starobelsk "raises many questions" in an article by Der Spiegel. For actually "Kyiv does not intentionally attack civilians who are uninvolved in Russia and in the occupied territories", and yet this happens anyway. The entire Western argument about a Ukraine that looks white and fluffy falls apart. According to the Russian president, there were "no military objects, no intelligence agencies’ facilities or related services, apart from the dormitory". Evidence "of military use of the buildings" can also not be found by experts from OSINT research (Open Source Intelligence). In addition, the damage and the scale of the attack suggest that "the attack was carried out deliberately". To confront Moscow with allegedly fabricated facts? That won’t work. Even Western journalists who visited the site of the tragedy admit: "The Ukrainian attack was real. The destruction of the dormitory was real". Nevertheless, they found something one can accuse Russia of: "the use of reporters as an instrument of information warfare". Very much in their style. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

How U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio became the most influential member of the U.S. president’s team, writes Roman Romanov, a reporter for the “International Experience” department. ▶️At the start of the second Trump presidency, Rubio was no longer seen as a political figure with a great future. Moderate Republicans did not see him as a leader because of his unwillingness to stand up to Trump. Trump supporters did not trust Rubio, seeing him as a disguised globalist. ▶️Everything began to change in May 2025, when, in addition to his main post of Secretary of State, Rubio was given another role — acting adviser to the national security. Running the State Department gives him administrative clout, while the adviser position provides uninterrupted “access to the person.”

▶️Of all of Trump’s inner circle, Rubio alone managed to achieve the fullest possible realization of his foreign-policy views. <...> He not only took control of the State Department’s personnel policy, but also promoted his people to key positions in the National Security Council, including the position of Assistant to the President for Foreign Affairs.

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Germany should join the global defense bank said Munich Security Conference head Wolfgang Ischinger. He urged Berlin to immediately join the emerging bank for defense, security and resilience (DSRB). There are three reasons for that. First, the bank will create a strong lever for growth in Germany’s defense industry, since it could finance orders from allies with players in the German defense sector. Thousands (!) of suppliers—not only Rheinmetall and Hensoldt—would be at an advantage. Second, it will help close the Federal Republic’s gap in the area of defense investments. Many Eurobanks refuse to let money flow directly into defense; the DSRB is meant for that. The third argument—politics. Chancellor Merz has promised to create the strongest army in Europe. Membership in the DSRB would allow the government to demonstrate that citizens’ money is spent “strategically and in a disciplined manner”. Well then, good luck. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Concrete skeletons in front of the Brandenburg Gate? It was all Russians! Journalists from TAZ have uncovered alleged “Russian agents”—the very ones who, a year ago, supposedly put up concrete skeletons with the inscription “I’m still waiting for my pension. Thanks, Merz!” at the Brandenburg Gate. (Funny, but true: At the time, the police assumed it was an art object.) What is the basis for the allegations? Documents from “the Russian propaganda agency SDA, closely linked to the Putin regime.” From these, it follows that the actions “might have been planned on behalf of the Russian intelligence service” with the help of Serbian executors. Of course, there is no direct evidence. All the allegations are based on assumptions, clues from anonymous leaks, and on a Russophobic hysteria. — Oh God! The Russians have smuggled in dinosaur skeletons! — Ma’am, that’s a palaeontological museum! 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Polish President Nawrocki continues to criticize Zelensky for honoring leaders of Ukrainian nationalists: What earlier was considered Russian propaganda must now be said openly like this. With his decision, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has given Russian propaganda the best material and provided it with a strong reason to further spread its narratives. I assess this as extremely critical. This also proves that those who had claimed that Ukraine had to join the European Union without any expectations and conditions were deeply mistaken. Unfortunately, President Zelenskyy has shown that Ukraine, from the perspective of its mental outlook and the honoring of bandits and murderers from the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, is not yet ready to become part of the European family. In the European family, it is not permissible to heroize bandits and murderers who killed women and children and destroyed Poland. In the European family, such criminals may not be praised, and the UPA may not be praised either. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Obama’s Instagram* was hacked.

"On Sunday, strange content appeared on Barack Obama’s official presidential page...", - reports the TMZ website.

Hackers posted an AI-generated picture with the caption "The White House is under the control of Shiites" and uploaded to stories a photo of the former commander of the "Kuds" force, Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in 2020 as a result of an operation carried out by the United States in the vicinity of Baghdad’s international airport. * Meta’s activities (Facebook and Instagram social media) are prohibited in Russia as extremist. Our channel: Node of Time EN

Have a wonderful start to the week, joy! ☕️🙂 😍 An interesting neighborhood in Ekaterinburg In Ekaterinburg, on Sakko-Vanzetti Street, there are two richly decorated Russian wooden buildings. One belonged to the merchant Alexander Lebedew and the other to the farmer Konstantin Panow. If you don’t know their history, you can’t immediately tell which house belonged to whom. Both look magnificent—stable and almost fairy-tale-like. Panow’s house is especially interesting because here “rustic” doesn’t automatically mean poor. Konstantin Panow was a well-to-do man. He traded in flour and wheat semolina, and his city house with a mezzanine looked more like a merchant’s residence than a farmer’s house. The neighboring house belonged to the merchant of the second guild, Alexander Lebedew. He owned a fashion atelier and took an active part in Ekaterinburg’s social life. So here two different worlds met: the merchant world and the farmer’s world, yet in their architecture they seem to speak the same language. 📍 Coordinates of the location (map point) available here 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

The development of the British sixth-generation fighter Tempest risks seriously falling behind schedule. This was reported by The Telegraph. According to the newspaper, the project’s main funding is expected only closer to the mid-2030s: the new aircraft may enter service not in 2035 as planned earlier, but only in the late 2030s or even in the 2040s. ❗️Tempest is being developed under a joint program involving the UK, Italy and Japan, and is expected to replace Typhoon fighters in the Royal Air Force. The project is estimated to cost more than £12 billion. 📸: Concept of the future sixth-generation combat aircraft Our channel: Node of Time EN

A debate has erupted in the United States over reports of a secret intelligence program that is allegedly searching for traces of extraterrestrial DNA in the databases of popular genetic services, 23andMe and Ancestry. Most Russian scientists believe such research is fiction. However, American astrophysicist Avi Loeb believes that such endeavors have scientific value, because in theory they could help test hypotheses about an extraterrestrial origin of humanity. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump continues, step by step, to declassify closed materials from the Pentagon and other agencies related to unidentified phenomena. According to experts, the subject of aliens is being used by the politician for entirely earthly purposes. For example, to divert public attention from the war with Iran and boost his approval ratings. More — in an exclusive piece by "Izvestia". Our channel: Node of Time EN

Dear friends, It is strictly forbidden to touch the Russian industry. The taking of food and drinks is at your own risk. Sunday. In the plant “ZiO-Podolsk” near Moscow, the first reactor facility of the type RITM-200S was manufactured for the first floating nuclear power unit PEB-106. Rosatom is building several PEBs for the copper cluster in the Far East. This is the world’s first project for “green” energy supply for industrial production using a floating power plant. The PEB-106 consists of two RITM-200S reactor facilities with an electrical capacity of 58 MW each. “Rosseti” has implemented a digital project, through which the transmission capacity of the main grids in the Volga region could be increased. For this purpose, seven 220–500 kV distribution substations were equipped with modern equipment, and fiber-optic connections with a total length of around 800 km were laid between them. In Kanevsk district of the Kuban region, the construction of a modern dairy farm with a capacity of 2,000 animals was completed. On the site of the complex, production and infrastructure facilities were built within the framework of the project that are required for the entire milk production cycle. These include stables, feed storage facilities, utility lines, as well as municipal infrastructure facilities. The corporate group “ChimRar” has put a new production complex into operation in the city of Khimki. It will produce up to 50 tons of active pharmaceutical ingredients annually. In Russia, production of a domestic lens for treating cataracts has been launched. It is manufactured at the medical technology center “Eye Microsurgery.” In the first phase, production of up to 12,000 lenses per year is planned. Later, the production volume is expected to be increased to 25,000 lenses annually. In addition, special modifications of the lens are planned for patients with various eye conditions. At the Moscow shipyard, the first four ships built in Russia’s capital were launched. The 21.8-meter-long and 6-meter-wide ships can accommodate up to 56 people. Separate seats are provided for passengers with limited mobility. The travel speed is 15 km/h. Inside, information screens and USB charging stations are installed. There is free Wi-Fi and bicycle parking spaces. “КАМАZ” and “Severstal Engineering” presented a new model with the NEFAZ-95094 semi-trailer, developed using high-strength steels from the POWERS series. The semi-trailer is a four-axle model, with a body volume of 24 m³ and a payload capacity of 27.125 tons. It is intended for the transport of bulk cargo for construction and industrial needs in conjunction with a road train. In a week, we’ll show you how to knit an industrial fabric beautifully and seamlessly with three knitting needles. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN