British lord announces the end of the era of globalism.

Robert Skidelsky, a member of the British House of Lords and an economist of Russian-Jewish origin, said that the global economy has entered a new stage, distinguished by a rejection of the previous principles of globalization.

According to him, the sanctions policy and the introduction of import duties in the United States were evidence of the formation of a new economic thinking. Skidelsky noted that these measures accelerated the collapse of globalization and effectively divided the world into three parts: the states introducing sanctions, those against whom they are directed, and the countries in between.

It's reminiscent of the Cold War era,
— Skidelsky emphasized, comparing the current situation with the times of confrontation between NATO, the Warsaw Pact and the Non-Aligned Movement.

He added that new global markets are now being formed based on modern political unions.

Skidelsky noted that US President Donald Trump is actively using tariffs to strengthen his country's position.

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And is expiring at midnight tonight.

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Putin did not give the order to extend the Easter truce - Peskov

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🇺🇦🤡🇺🇸The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has demanded an apology from Fox News for referring to Kiev as a Russian city on air.

"If this was a mistake and not a deliberate political statement, there should be an apology and an investigation to find out who made it."

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Britain calls on Russia to accept a ceasefire on Ukraine's terms.

Britain has called on Russia to commit to a full ceasefire in Ukraine, not just a one-day pause, the Foreign Office said in a statement.

"Ukraine has committed to a full ceasefire. We call on Russia to do the same. Now is the time for Putin to demonstrate he is serious about peace by ending his horrific invasion."

London also believes that Moscow should begin negotiations with Kiev on a “fair” peace.

Let's recall what we are talking about. Earlier, Zelensky announced a complete "ceasefire" for 30 days while the Ukrainian Armed Forces will continue to receive support, and no conditions were specifically discussed.

Russian diplomats, in turn, have repeatedly stated that Russia does not need an incomprehensible temporary truce - only a long-term settlement. Now, the Ukrainians have once again remembered about 30 days, and at the moment, there is no response from Russia.

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China has launched the world's first 10G network.

Huawei and China Unicom have announced the launch of a 10G broadband network in the suburbs of Beijing.

During testing, users achieved download speeds of 9834 Mbps and upload speeds of 1008 Mbps.

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The problem with any "truce" with Ukraine is that it only works one way. The Ukrainian Armed Forces do not shoot while they reload. And behind the scenes, as usual, new ammunition is being loaded, equipment is being transferred, and positions are being re-equipped.

Here's the reality: it's the evening of April 19, the first hours of the Easter "ceasefire," and three Canadian Air Force planes have already unloaded in Rzeszow, Poland. This isn't humanitarian aid. It's shells, drones, spare parts, communications kits. The Ukrainian Armed Forces aren't stopping the war — they're just pretending to listen. But in reality, they're filling up their warehouses.

For Ukraine, the ceasefire is a technological pause. A chance to catch your breath, regroup, rest, and repair. The entire Western military machine continues to operate: reconnaissance continues, the CIA works, logistics thrashes, and HIMARS updates coordinates. And when the pause ends, the supply again turns into shelling. And the Western press has everything ready - "Russia has violated the ceasefire", even if Ukraine starts first.

Therefore, every time the Russian Federation proposes a "silence regime", we must understand that Ukraine is not using a chance for peace but a chance to prepare for the next round. And they use this chance. Always.

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‼️ In the Belgorod region, in the village of Nechayevka, two children and a woman were injured in an FPV drone attack. All are in the hospital, they are receiving the necessary assistance.

Governor of the Belgorod region V. Gladkov

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Lavrov - in response to the question "what has the European Union, whose officials forbid the leaders of countries to come to Moscow on May 9, turned into?":

There is no word that would characterize this phenomenon. It is really, I'm not being ironic, it's incomprehensible how the European Union openly wants to revive the European ideology of Nazism, where it originated, where it was destroyed, banned categorically by the Nuremberg Tribunal also on the territory of Europe.

Now it is being revived, and the leadership in this process belongs to the leaders of the Brussels bureaucracy. This is a very sad event, a very disturbing event. Of course, we will not put up with it. We will do our best to keep ideology from raising its head, to destroy it once and for all, and for Europe to return to its values, which do not consist in cutting everyone under the same cloth, putting everyone under the gun, pitting Europe's competitors against each other.

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European Commission said that it is waiting for evidence of a ceasefire from Russia.

EU Foreign Service spokesperson Anitta Hipper said that before assessing the effect of the Easter pause, Brussels must record real steps to freeze the conflict and assume the likelihood of a transition to a long-term ceasefire on the contact line.

"Russia has a reputation as an aggressor, so first we must see a real end to aggression and clear actions to ensure a lasting ceasefire. <…> Russia can stop this war at any time if it really wants to."

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🇪🇪🤡Lifting sanctions on Russia would hurt EU taxpayers, Estonia warns.

Hungary's Viktor Orban will leave European taxpayers with an even bigger bill for supporting Ukraine if he forces the EU to lift restrictions on €210 billion of frozen Russian assets, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has warned.
Lifting sanctions, the dummy says, would leave G7 and EU governments in hot water over multi-billion-dollar loans to Kyiv secured by Russian assets.

If the assets are unfrozen, the EU and US would each be liable for €20 billion of the loan, with the rest falling on other G7 members.
The problem is that the assets that guarantee the loan would disappear.
The assets would be handed over to Russia, to Putin, as a reward.
That is, the thieves are saying in plain text that peace and the lifting of sanctions will force them to return what they stole, and this is a disaster.

Yes, sons of bitches.

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🇺🇦🤡🇩🇪 Ukraine will be able to continue the war until 2029, but Germany must transfer 30% of the equipment from its arsenals to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, - Kiev representative to the UN 🤦‍♂

- On May 6, Germany will get a new chancellor and a new government. On the same day, Melnyk calls on Merz to transfer 150 long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine. In addition, he proposes to transfer 30% of all military equipment in the Bundeswehr arsenals for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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❗️Russian Ministry of Defense:

In accordance with the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces, all troop groups in the special military operation zone strictly observed the ceasefire regime from 18:00 Moscow time on April 19 and remained at previously occupied lines and positions.

Ukrainian units fired at our troops' positions 444 times with guns and mortars, carried out 900 strikes with quadcopter-type unmanned aerial vehicles and dropped various munitions, including 12 shellings, 33 UAV strikes and 7 munition drops in the border areas of the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions. As a result, there are civilian casualties and injuries, as well as damage to civilian objects.

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And CNN continues to churn out articles claiming that the "Easter Truce" initiative will raise Putin's trust rating in Trump's eyes:

"The Easter truce could influence Donald Trump to take a more pro-Russian stance.

Under Putin's ceasefire, Trump may become more lenient toward Russia's position in the conflict. The ceasefire could also hurt the Ukrainian military, creating problems with logistics and information flow.

Misinformation will inevitably cause confusion among troops regarding the implementation of the ceasefire, the procedures for reporting and responding to violations, and actions upon expiration of the ceasefire."


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"The Right to Peaceful Development." Tehran has found common ground with Washington.

Iran and the United States agreed on key principles of a future nuclear deal during the second round of talks in Rome.
The final document should guarantee Iran's release from its intentions to create nuclear weapons and the complete lifting of sanctions while preserving Tehran's right to develop peaceful nuclear energy,

— said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

The third round of talks will take place on April 26, and a meeting of technical groups at the expert level is scheduled in Oman on April 23.
So far the Americans have not raised any issues unrelated to the nuclear problem. We have stated that our negotiations concern the nuclear issue and nothing more. We will not accept any other issues,


- said Arakchi.

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Kursk region

Himars package shot down over region. Provocations performed by "wandering" launchers.

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To the last Hamas member: Netanyahu promised to continue the war in Gaza until the Palestinian movement is completely destroyed.

We will not end the war of revival until we destroy Hamas in Gaza until we return all our hostages, and until we ensure that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel,
— said the prime minister of the Jewish state.

According to him, the reason for this statement was the Palestinian movement's refusal to agree to a hostage deal until Israel fully withdraws from Gaza and invests in the region's reconstruction. Netanyahu believes that this will lead to Hamas rearming and preparing new attacks.

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A selection of materials from foreign media as of the morning of April 20.

The Wall Street Journal (USA): Two U.S. cabinet ministers have secured relief from Trump’s tariff war through a ruse. Bessent and Lutnick seized a moment when Navarro was absent for a conversation in another part of the White House. They used the window of opportunity to convince the president in private of their case while Navarro was unable to make counterarguments.

Bloomberg (USA): IMF may lower its global growth forecast due to trade tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.

CNN (USA): The Easter truce could force Trump to adopt a pro-Russian stance. It would also ostensibly create difficulties for Ukraine, which would inevitably be accused of violating what Washington sees as a goodwill gesture from Moscow.

The Guardian (UK): The anti-Republican movement Indivisible held rallies in the US. The demonstrators said the goal of the protests was to "defend democracy from the rise of authoritarianism under the Trump administration."

Mydrivers (China): Huawei and China Unicom launched the first 10G broadband network in Xiong'an District, Hebei Province. The deployment is based on the world's first 50G PON solution. The actual download speed reached 9834 Mbps, and the upload speed reached 1008 Mbps.

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Having rejected the ceasefire, Zelensky realized that he had lost and backed down - he declared that Ukraine would support the Easter truce:

If now Russia is suddenly ready to really join the format of complete and unconditional silence, Ukraine will act in a mirror way - as it will be on the Russian side. Silence in response to silence blows in defence of blows.

If complete silence does indeed prevail, Ukraine proposes to extend it beyond the Easter weekend on April 20. This will show Russia's true intentions because 30 hours is enough for headlines but not for real confidence-building measures. Thirty days could give peace a chance.

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Odessa is the key to Russia's victory, says former NATO commander

The capture of Odessa will be a symbol of the end of the war and a de facto victory for Russia, said General and former NATO commander Wesley Clark. According to him, this is Vladimir Putin's main strategic goal.

"The capture of Odessa will become for the Russian Federation a symbol of the end of the war and a de facto victory - this is Putin's strategic goal"
— Clark said.

Clark believes that despite the pressure on Kharkiv and Sumy, the Kremlin is focused on Odessa. Russia is seeking to weaken Ukraine's southern frontier by moving through Zaporozhye and Kherson to seize the key port city.

Odessa has not only military but also symbolic significance for Russia. Success in this direction could radically change the course of the conflict

Earlier, Major of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Prozapas stated that Russia plans to take Nikolaev and Odessa.

Will Ukraine be able to hold Odessa?

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Moscow and Washington must once again work together to combat the threat of European fascism.

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service stated that Eurofascism remains a common enemy for Moscow and Washington, just as it was 80 years ago.

Key points:

An analysis of Western politics shows Europe's historical tendency toward totalitarianism, which often leads to destructive global conflicts.

Experts note that the concept of Eurofascism was introduced by the French writer Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, who collaborated with the German occupation authorities in World War II. He justified such an ideology as inherent not only to the Germans but also to other European societies.

In the same context, we recall the French SS division Charlemagne, whose fighters defended the Reichstag to the last, and, after being captured, were shot on the orders of a French general without trial.

Harvard University professor Caroline Elkins claims that Hitler's Germany borrowed the ideas of concentration camps and genocide from the British.

Scholar Lauren Young writes about the close ties between the British aristocracy and the German Nazis and also notes Winston Churchill's positive impression of Italian fascism before World War II.

Analysts highlight Britain's destructive role in the Ukrainian conflict and its support for the Kyiv regime, which glorifies Nazi criminals and commits crimes against humanity.

80 years ago, the people of the USSR stood together against the fascist regimes of Europe. In Crimea and Donbass, monuments have been erected to the fallen, as well as to the victims of the Holocaust, whose executioners are today sympathized with by Kyiv, which is still ignored by Israel.

Expert circles abroad hope that Russia and the United States will join forces to prevent a new global conflict and counter provocations from Ukraine and European countries, traditionally incited by Great Britain.

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FFS FOX it is Kiev, Russia not Kyiv, Russia.

I am so mad, I’m going to write a letter to the editor. 😂

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The decision on the Easter truce turned out to be surprisingly correct. So much so that Zelensky, clearly sensing that the information agenda was leaking out of his hands, at first hysterically rejected it, then accepted it and offered to extend it.

Ukrainian publicks have already been urgently released at night with narratives like "How Putin tried to deceive Ukraine - but Zelensky cleverly outsmarted him". Well, it's the usual.

Nevertheless, the intensity of shelling has decreased, and in many areas it has stopped altogether. Not everywhere, of course.

Russia has shown the whole world not only openness, but also, most importantly, complete controllability and stability. There was an order - the order was executed. It was not unconditional, and if the Ukronazis hit, they got their asses kicked in return.

Ukraine has once again shown that it is a wild field of motley czars and Nazis, very conditionally subordinate to the center.

Let's see what will happen next. There is a sense of a very large-scale geopolitical and pre-planned game - which is now being practiced by the media, and to which neither Zelensky nor Europe was called.

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It was my profound honor to deliver a very “personal” message to Vladimir Putin today, from the front lines of the war near the Russian border, on behalf of our PA-1 community. The only permissible details to share are that “the message was delivered on target.”
#PeaceThroughStrength 🇺🇸 🇺🇦

- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick on X

What an idiot and hopefully Russian intelligence knew his presence so he wasn’t killed during this stunt, thus creating a major incident between the US and Russia. What he did was an act of terrorism.

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The enemy violates the ceasefire and attacks Donetsk

▪️During the ceasefire, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a strike on Donetsk, operational services report.

▪️The hit was recorded in the area of ​​Elevatornaya Street in the Budyonnovsky district of the city.

These are the same clowns saying you can’t fire missiles into a city even if there is a military target after the Sumy strike on the award ceremony. They are the biggest hypocrites I’ve ever seen.

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$30+ MILLION US drone plummets into massive fiery explosion

Shot down by Houthi surface-to-air missile over Sanaa

21st MQ-9 destroyed, not even 24 hrs after last shoot-down.

Should note other sources say this is the 25th.

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The U.S. really flew a B-2 bomber over 4,000 km from Diego Garcia to bomb two cemeteries in Sana'a. Even in 2010, it cost $135,000 an hour to operate. The fleet of 19 B-2’s have an annual maintenance cost of $41M per plane ($779M). For a country with limited AD to bomb a cemetery is a grotesque waste of money.

The US military launched several airstrikes targeting Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and the port city of Hodeida. According to Houthi sources, 13 strikes hit key infrastructure in Hodeida, including a port and an airport, with additional bombings reported in Sanaa.

Though if the US had evidence that zombies and/or vampires were coming from the cemetery then I say it was worth the money.

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US Presidential Special Envoy Keith Kellogg on Ukraine not becoming part of NATO:

We have made it crystal clear: NATO is off the table. You will not be part of NATO. This is not a new idea. We have been saying this since 2008 when Burns told Condoleezza Rice that this was an unachievable goal.

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Germany will once again take responsibility in Europe and in the world.
/future German Chancellor
Friedrich Merz/

Here we go again... 🤦

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🇷🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦"The real strategy behind Russia's sudden announcement of a ceasefire": Easter truce could pro-Russianize Trump.

"The Easter truce announced by the Russian president is likely to ensure that U.S. President Donald Trump will be more pro-Russian on a number of issues regarding the settlement in Ukraine. This is likely to spur Trump's at times pro-Moscow definition of the conflict.

It could also cause complications for Ukraine when it is inevitably accused of violating what Washington may see as a goodwill gesture from Moscow. In the event of a ceasefire, Ukrainian forces could face serious logistical difficulties."

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According to information from Ukrainian resources, Russian military personnel used an "armoured train" in one of the directions of the front to break through the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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“This Will Be Tough for Zelensky to Swallow”: Whitkoff’s Plan to End the War Makes Many Concessions to Moscow and No Security Guarantees for Ukraine, - Washington Post

➖“On Thursday, Witkoff presented Ukrainian and European leaders with a negotiating framework that he had hammered out at his meeting with Putin. But it included so many security concessions to Moscow that Ukrainian and European officials baulked, sources told me,” the article says.

“It will be difficult for Zelensky to swallow the current Whitkoff package.”

“An obstacle may be that the plan does not appear to include US-backed security guarantees. Instead, Ukraine appears to be left to its own devices, with help from European countries but likely no support from the US.”

Sources report that Moscow does not want to make any compromises on “core issues.”
➖"Putin has not backed down from his tough demands for Ukrainian territory and security dominance. Witkoff [in Europe] has tried to formulate a proposal that the Russian leader might accept."

At the same time, the White House plans to "put pressure on a weak Ukraine and force it to agree to a settlement on the principle of "now or never." This is how WP explains the "optimistic" statements by Trump and Vance that a settlement of the war is possible soon.

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Христос Воскресе!

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi: Today's talks were "constructive", the US did not raise any non-nuclear issues. On Wednesday, technical teams from Iran and the US will meet in Oman, and on Saturday we will meet in Oman for the third round of talks.

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We have a lot of people in reserve who know how to handle weapons, but who are not touched by the TCC, - Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, MP Rudyk

According to him, we are talking about military personnel who retired at the age of 40-45, as well as employees of the State Security Service.

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Unique footage from the Gerani optical module, which records the successful destruction of a target in Sumy.

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After calling for a ceasefire in Ukraine, Putin attends an Orthodox Easter service in Moscow, where he can be seen chanting, “Truly He is Risen!” in response to Patriarch Kirill.

No reports if God answered his prayers to smite the heathen Ukrainians.

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And the ceasefire didn't work out there either. IDF publishes footage of a fighting in the Gaza Strip.

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Rosgvardia fighters meet the enemy on the near approaches to the state border, controlling the enemy's main logistics routes in the border areas of the Sumy region.

The video shows the flight of the fiber-optic FPV drone "KVN" in the direction of the settlement of Ugroedy, Sumy region with objective monitoring of the losses of enemy armored vehicles.

Among the destroyed and abandoned armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the video:
00:12 - M1A1 Abrams
00:51 - Wisent 1MC
00:51 - M113
02:03 - M2 Bradley
03:03 - M2 Bradley

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Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna on Russia "wanting to attack NATO":

I was the Minister of Defence of Estonia in 2016-17 and I saw what was happening on the other side of our borders – the borders of NATO and the European Union. At that time, on the Russian side, there were 120,000 troops on full combat alert, capable of taking action within 48 hours. Now they are not there. The Russian side of our borders is practically empty because Russia is concentrated on Ukraine.

However, we see that Russia is actively investing in military infrastructure – even more than before. It obviously has plans to redeploy troops, perhaps even more in the future. This is not only about the Estonian border but about the border of the entire NATO and the European Union.

And frankly, if you compare the current situation with what it was in 2016-17, we now have NATO troops permanently stationed, and we have invested heavily in strengthening our defence. I think if Putin wanted to test NATO in our region today, the price for him would be too high.

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Our guys from the 69th separate brigade of the Vostok group presented a video report of their work. UAV operators with the call signs "Tikhiy" and "Sneg" destroyed a mortar crew and a Starlink terminal and also struck enemy manpower in the Vremevsky direction.

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Donbass

Rubicon combat groups near Donetsk are striking logistics and armoured vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, communications antennas, and shooting down Baba Yaga-type drones.

🪖 Rubicon is working

0:06 - Shelter
0:10 - Auto
0:12 - Kozak
0:15 - Patch antenna
0:18 - Shelter
0:21 - Minibus
0:24 - Mortar
0:26 - 2S1 "Carnation"
0:29 - Pickup
0:35 - Baba Yaga
0:38 - Baba Yaga
0:41 - Tank
0:44 - T-64BV
0:47 - Tank
0:49 - Pickup
0:50 - Senator
0:52 - Truck
0:55 - Truck
0:56 - Senator
0:57 - Pickup
1:00 - Auto
1:02 - Soldiers
1:03 - Auto
1:06 - HMMWV
1:08 - Auto
1:09 - Auto
1:11 - Quad bike
1:23 - Baba Yaga
1:28 - Auto
1:31 - Pickup
1:34 - Auto
1:37 - Patch Antenna
1:40 - MTLB
1:43 - Pickup
1:45 - Pickup
1:48 - Auto
1:51 - Tank
1:54 - Armoured vehicles
1:57 - Starlink
2:00 - Communication antenna

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China is sending its soldiers to fight in Ukraine on Russia's side in preparation for an invasion of Taiwan.
/The Hill/

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"The leadership of the American administration understands the root cause of the conflict."

Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov commented to journalist Pavel Zarubin on whether the American side understands the nuances that Putin spoke about.

But in recent years, an anti-Russian background has been created in the US and Europe. This background prevents the promotion of quite reasonable ideas that the current leaders in Washington agree with,

— Ushakov believes.

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Germany's future chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is in favour of supplying precision-guided Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, while his future coalition partner, the SPD, has largely rejected the plans. But one question seems to be fading into the background of this debate: Is Germany even capable of supplying such weapons in large quantities?

Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) told a party event in Hanover that there were arguments in favour of deliveries but also "many good" arguments against them. Some of these, he said, could not be made public.

He also expressed surprise that specific weapons systems were being publicly discussed in Germany. Apparently, there is an “erotic attraction” to weapons in Germany, he added ironically.

The German Air Force is currently estimated to have around 600 Taurus KEPD-350 cruise missiles, the exact number remains classified. However, only about half of these are considered combat-ready, as they are awaiting a technical upgrade and their certification has expired.

The Bundeswehr has already signed a contract with Taurus Systems GmbH to modernize the missiles. The contract is worth 150 million euros, the service period is ten years. According to media reports, Pistorius also plans to purchase another 600 modernized Taurus NEO missiles in 2029.

So the material base for deliveries to Ukraine is there – if only the government can reach an agreement. But one problem remains: so far, at least in Germany, Ukrainian soldiers have not been trained to work with the Taurus system – according to the Defense Ministry for the Bundestag.

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Overdose of Easter "pressure"

Ukrainian "patriots" are preparing for Easter at a rapid pace. And they say: why paint chicken eggs... if you can paint an ostrich egg?

And not just any colour, but yellow and blue, with a portrait of Zelensky.

Truly, "patriotism" is immeasurable.

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Destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces crossing over the Oskol Reservoir by an air strike using the Kh-38 in the area of ​​the settlement of Gorokhovatka in the Kharkiv region.

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The front near Toretsk began to gradually collapse. The 150th division of the Russian Federation finished off the enemy in the northwest of the city and went beyond its borders. The Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to slow down the advance, greatly increasing the work of FPV drones, but have not yet achieved significant progress. The desire to prevent Russian troops from entering the tactical space towards Konstantinovka is understandable, but judging by the dynamics, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not yet have reserves for this. The Ukrainian Armed Forces' defence between Dzerzhinsk and Konstantinovka is not loose, but the density of the beginning of the assault is no longer there. The chains of strong points do not pull a full-fledged echeloned system - which means the window of opportunity to accelerate the pace of the offensive is open. Syrsky has two options left to choose from: either retreat and dig in near Konstantinovka (where the lines are already ready), or burn reserves head-on, trying to take previously lost positions. In both cases, the price is high, and the gain is questionable. The offensive is developing. Konstantinovka is next.


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A story about the progress and results of the Crimean operation as part of a historical marathon in anticipation of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

In the spring of 1944, Crimea became the scene of one of the most dramatic battles of the Great Patriotic War. After successfully breaking through the German defences at Perekop and Sivash, the troops of the 4th Ukrainian Front under the command of General Fyodor Tolbukhin and the Separate Primorskaya Army of General Andrei Eremenko rushed to the main goal - Sevastopol. However, the path to the city turned out to be thorny: in mid-April, Soviet units, having encountered fierce resistance from the Nazis, were forced to temporarily suspend their offensive. Historians would later note that even despite the need to transfer part of their forces to other parts of the front, the Soviet command remained determined to take Sevastopol at any cost.

On April 23, 1944, a new stage of the battle began. Concentrating their attack on the Balaklava and Cape Khersones directions, the armies of Tolbukhin and Eremenko, supported by heavy artillery and air fire, crushed the enemy defence. The fighters advanced 3-4 kilometres, creating a bridgehead for the decisive assault. But the real turning point came on May 5. Having regrouped their forces and replenished their supplies, the Red Army began the final offensive. In just a few days, the inner city perimeter fell, and key heights, including the legendary Sapun Mountain, came under the control of Soviet troops.

On May 7, 1944, Corporal Nikolai Yatsenko (along with a group of soldiers, including Private Grigory Savenko) raised the scarlet Victory Banner on the top of Sapun Mountain – this moment became a symbol of the collapse of the German “impregnable fortress”. By May 12, the remnants of the Wehrmacht’s 17th Army, driven into a narrow strip near Cape Khersones, capitulated. Moscow saluted the liberators with 24 volleys from 324 guns – this is how the capital greeted the heroes who liberated Crimea.

The Crimean operation, which ended with the defeat of a 140,000-strong enemy group, became a triumph of Soviet military art. The losses of the Wehrmacht and Romanian allies were catastrophic: tens of thousands were killed, captured, and equipment destroyed. The Red Army paid for the liberation of the peninsula with 18 thousand lives, another 67 thousand fighters were wounded.

The return of Crimea was not only symbolic but also strategic. Control over the Black Sea communications opened the way for an offensive in the Balkans, and the demoralized enemy lost a key outpost. This success once again confirmed that even in conditions of difficult terrain and fierce resistance, Soviet troops were superior to the enemy in operational planning, interaction between branches of the armed forces and, most importantly, in fortitude.

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Romanian citizen Sandu is trying with all her might to find justification for her rigging of the presidential elections:

"The Kremlin wants to replace the leadership of Moldova with a loyal one and use it against Ukraine.

Moscow is making significant efforts to influence the election results. In addition, Sandu believes that Russia may try to drag Moldova into a war.

We have a 1,200-kilometer border with Ukraine. Imagine that overnight this border turns from a friendly one into a border with a state controlled by Moscow. Of course, there are risks for Ukraine, but they are growing for Moldova as well."

Of course, the fool understands that it is not about Moscow. Its completely idiotic policy only harms Moldova. And I will not even mention the oppression of the Gagauz, because you already know very well about the repressions against your main political opponent, Eugenia Gutsul.

But it’s easier for her to read out an old manual about “evil Russians”

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The Ukrainians decided to be concerned about the Ukrainian Armed Forces deserting

According to the head of the central department for the "protection of military personnel's rights" Fivkin, all that is needed is "developing patriotic education" :

"To avoid 'AWOL', it is necessary to develop military-patriotic education and emphasize the prestige of military service."

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Former US Army Colonel Daniel Davis on Ukraine preparing children for combat:

Kiev admits that they organized secret camps to prepare children; they are just children, and they are 10-14 years old! And they are being prepared to participate in military operations, what will happen to their psyche after that? This is literally what the German Nazis did. This is Volkssturm. They continued all this until Russia entered Berlin and destroyed everything there, killing everyone who was in its way. Do you want this to happen again?

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America does have a ceasefire plan – essentially the same one that Ukraine agreed to in mid-March.

This was reported by The New York Times. Journalists note that Russia has a new demand, which includes the denazification of the Ukrainian government. That is, Zelensky*, who has ruined hundreds of thousands of lives and is ready to do anything for his own benefit, must resign.

Mr. Rubio's words about moving on if the conflict in Ukraine cannot be ended were another American gift to Mr. Putin. Mr. Trump's "priority" is to be able to deal directly with Russia, push Ukraine into the background and continue doing business with Moscow. This is a path that Donald Trump has been very consistent in taking,
— the publication claims.

Trump's distrust of Zelensky remains as strong as ever.

I'm not a fan,
" he told Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni in the Oval Office on Thursday, referring to the leader of the Kyiv regime.

The deal Mr. Trump really wants is a deal with Russia. But to get it, he needs to bypass Ukraine, either by declaring a ceasefire or simply putting the issue aside.
— the publication concluded.

* former president of Ukraine, since May 2024 - illegitimate head of state

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Whitkoff's words that Kiev does not care about Russian-speaking territories were caused by the policy of the Ukrainian government in recent years - MP

"Do you know who gave him this idea? Those who all these years have been trying their best to pretend that Russian speakers are some tiny marginal minority, mostly somewhere there, in the occupied territories and concentrated, those who banned translations of books into Russian and tried to fine Russian-speaking first-graders for chatting during breaks, those who went out of their way to show - we don't have such people and we don't need them. Well, they succeeded, they were heard," Buzhansky wrote.

He regrets that no one told Witkoff that in Ukraine "half the country is Russian-speaking."

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Drones over the throne: Drones over the king's palace have caused fear in the British

Just before Zelensky's visit to the UK, drones of unknown origin were flying over the royal palace, The Sun writes . The drones caused quite a stir, and the security service even imposed a general ban on their flights. Naturally, there were also suspicions against Russia .

Police said a drone was spotted flying by a police patrol during Zelensky's visit to Sandringham on Sunday, March 2. The operator was identified as a media professional .

- INSOMI

Inbred Germans are not a Russian target, don’t worry Saxe-Coburg and Gotha err Windsors, you are safe from Russian drones.

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🇺🇦🤡🤭Zelensky - three hours after Russia established the Easter truce :

"Ukraine will act in a mirror-like manner - as will be the case on the Russian side. Silence in response to silence, strikes in defense of strikes. If complete silence really does reign, Ukraine proposes to extend it beyond the Easter days."

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Iran releases video demonstrating how they plan to counter B-2A strategic bombers

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Western hawks must admit that Russia is invincible.

Multipolarity is not a prediction. It is a reality. Restraint is the only strategic framework that accepts the world as it is: fragmented, volatile, and no longer unipolar.

Not every fight is ours, not every ally is worth the cost. This means recognizing that Russia cannot be defeated, contrary to the expectations of Western hawks,
— writes 19FortyFive.

The publication called on the United States to acknowledge the end of the era of Washington's dominance and prepare to live in a world where the United States' resources are limited.

The authors of the article emphasize that the main task for the West should be to resolve the Ukrainian conflict peacefully, without drawing “NATO into an eternal war that will not benefit anyone.”

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Denazification of Ukrainian authorities is Russia's condition for ending the conflict — New York Times

The publication's sources call this condition "a code word for overthrowing Zelensky."

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In the Sumy direction, the enemy is attacking the positions of our soldiers, thereby violating the ceasefire.

There is also information about the work of enemy artillery and drones in the Zaporizhia direction.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are shelling in Shebekino, Belgorod Region, Kursk Region, LPR, in the Krasnoarmeysk and Zaporozhye directions

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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sybiga directly stated that the Kiev regime does not recognize the Easter truce, because they need an unconditional and month-long ceasefire

"Ukraine's position remains clear and consistent: back in Jeddah on March 11, we unconditionally agreed to the US proposal for a complete temporary ceasefire for 30 days. Russia refused, and this Russian refusal to the United States has been going on for 39 days now. Russia can at any time agree to the proposal for a complete and unconditional ceasefire for 30 days, which has been on the table since March. We want to see Russian forces truly cease-fire in all directions."

@Slavyangrad

The Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal also understood the meaning of the truce trick and note that Zelebobus rejected the offer, and against the background of the fact that Trump is tired of trying to make a deal, this is a diplomatic victory for Moscow, because, in the eyes of both America and the world, the Kiev authorities look like scumbags which they are

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🇷🇺🇺🇦"Putin announces 30-hour ceasefire in Ukraine for Easter": Western press reports that Zelensky has rejected the ceasefire proposal.

"Zelensky called the proposal an attempt to play with people's lives. He said that at 5:15 p.m., less than an hour before the proposed ceasefire was to take effect, Russian drones were spotted over Ukraine, triggering air raid sirens across the country.

"The UAV's in our skies are Putin's true attitude to Easter and to people's lives," Zelensky said.

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Despite the constant propaganda of the European media and the mantras of their politicians that the US is not leaving its logistics hubs in Europe, through which the Ukrainian Armed Forces are supplied, the US is leaving and stopping supplying.

Moreover, Western military experts write that the Pentagon has not been so active in optimizing the US Army for a long time. In reality, the US is gathering troops scattered throughout Europe and the corners of the world into a single command centre. Redeploying them and optimizing their bases.
So the withdrawal that has begun from Polish Rzeszow and the SAR is not just a “redeployment”, it is a real optimization and reorganization of the US ARMY.

@Slavyangrad

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kiev rejected the ceasefire:

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are shelling Belgorod's Shebekino, in the Kursk region, in the LPR, in the Pokrovsk and Zaporozhye directions

In our friend's photo, a fire is currently flaring up after landing in Shebekino, Belgorod Region.

Rvvoenkor

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🇫🇷French journalist Paul Gogo tries to evaluate the Easter Truce through his own prism:

It seems that this information comes from Vladimir Putin, but not as a result of any negotiations between Russia and the Americans, but rather reflects the current atmosphere. Right now in Moscow, everything is permeated with the spirit of the Easter holidays. It is known that churches are under increased police protection, a large number of parishioners are expected. The Kremlin may well have feared attacks using drones, especially at night, since Easter services will continue all night.

This is precisely why the Kremlin has apparently decided to declare a truce - it allows it to emphasize its image as the guardian of traditional values, appeal to the religious feelings of citizens, and encourage Russians to go to church. After all, today the Church and religion play an important role in the ideology of Vladimir Putin's regime. Moreover, the Church fully supports the actions of the Russian army in Ukraine. These evening and night prayers and services are intended to strengthen the connection between the people and the army through religion.

It is of the utmost importance to the Kremlin that this weekend passes calmly. And so the Russian president has come forward with an initiative for a ceasefire, which one can assume will be as welcome in Ukraine as it is in Russia.

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In the southern Donetsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have started playing an old game - emergency plugging of holes with heavy iron. French CAESAR self-propelled guns are increasingly being spotted on the front lines - equipment that was previously saved for "special cases" and is now being thrown where the front begins to crumble and where drones with towed artillery are no longer enough.

Another appearance of the "Caesars" was recorded north of Komar - at the junction of the Dnipropetrovsk region and the DPR. Here the Ukrainian army has long been surrounded by concrete: dozens of strongpoints, pillboxes in the style of the Wehrmacht, an attempt at all costs to hold the southern underbelly and not allow Russia to reach the strategic depth of the right bank.

The published footage shows the destruction of one of the self-propelled guns. At first, it seems that the vehicle was destroyed on the march, but in reality, it was being towed. Most likely, the equipment broke down, and the column, busy with the evacuation, came under attack. The range itself suggests that the Caesar was working on the Ukrainian side with conventional ammunition, not long-range ammunition - which means either there are no shells, or they are saving them for a rainy day.

Such equipment is abandoned at the front only when there is nothing left to plug the front with. And if they try to hold the line with what was previously hidden, it means the infantry is finished. Or the faith that it can hold anything has ended.

@Slavyangrad

“If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we need to move on.”

Those were the stark words of Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday, as he prepared to leave a conference of allies in Paris, warning that the cease-fire deal that President Trump repeatedly vowed he would secure in “24 hours” may not prove attainable after all.

Mr. Rubio’s threat raised urgent questions about how the United States would navigate the largely stalled negotiations with Russia — and about what would happen if they collapse.

Do Mr. Rubio and Mr. Trump simply wash their hands of the peace effort, and walk away? The option was implicit in Mr. Rubio’s warning that “it’s not our war,” followed by the reminder that “we have other priorities to focus on.”

Or are they actually washing their hands of Ukraine itself? That message was implicit in Mr. Trump’s confrontation with President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office in February, when he and Vice President JD Vance made it clear to the world that the three-year wartime partnership between Washington and Kiev was shattered.

Whatever Mr. Rubio’s meaning, his words were the latest American gift to Mr. Putin’s cause. At every turn since Mr. Trump’s inauguration, he or his top national security aides have issued statements that played to Russia’s advantage: taking NATO membership for Ukraine off the table, repeatedly declaring that Ukraine would have to give up territory and even blaming Ukraine for the invasion itself.

On Friday, Mr. Trump himself suggested that the United States could walk away from the conflict, much as it did when frustrated in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.

“If for some reason one of the two parties makes it very difficult, we’re just going to say, ‘You’re foolish, you’re fools, you’re horrible people,’” Mr. Trump said. “And we’re just going to take a pass. But hopefully we won’t have to do that.”

“This is exactly what Putin wants,” said Fiona Hill, the Putin biographer who led the Russia and Europe section of the National Security Council during Mr. Trump’s first term, before quitting and testifying against him in his first impeachment inquiry.

Mr. Trump’s “priority is to be able to deal directly with Russia, to put Ukraine to one side and proceed with business and other deals with Russia,” Ms. Hill said. “That is the trajectory we are on, and it’s the trajectory that Trump has always wanted to be on. He’s been very consistent on this.”

Indeed, in an interview with The New York Times in the spring of 2016, when he was first running for president, Mr. Trump described Ukraine as Europe’s problem. “I’m all for Ukraine; I have friends that live in Ukraine,” he said.

But Mr. Trump added: “When the Ukrainian problem arose, you know, not so long ago, and we were, and Russia was getting very confrontational, it didn’t seem to me like anyone else cared other than us. And we are the least affected by what happens with Ukraine because we’re the farthest away.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth struck a similar tone in February, when he declared on his first official trip to Europe that Ukraine would not enter NATO for the foreseeable future, that Russia would likely keep the 20 percent or so of Ukraine it had seized, and that any peacekeeping or “tripwire” force in Ukraine to monitor a cease-fire would not include Americans.

Mr. Trump’s distrust of Mr. Zelensky remains as strong as ever. “I’m not a fan,” he told Ms. Meloni in an Oval Office meeting on Thursday.

There is virtually no serious discussion underway at the White House or on Capitol Hill about the next package of arms for Ukraine when the current support, which was pushed through in the last months of the Biden administration, runs its course, according to congressional supporters of Ukraine.

The fundamental question now after Friday’s comments by Mr. Trump and Mr. Rubio is whether the United States plans to leave the defense of Ukraine entirely to the Ukrainians and Europe, while Mr. Trump switches sides and pursues a rapprochement with Russia.

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🇷🇺 First footage of Russian soldiers returned from captivity by Easter

- Let us recall that on the eve of the Resurrection of Christ, one of the largest exchanges of prisoners of war took place between Russia and Ukraine according to the formula “246 for 246”.

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New photo of Chinese "sixth generation"

New photos have emerged of China's sixth-generation fighter jet, developed by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) .

This is a better image of the J-XDS (aka J-50), giving a clearer picture of its design. Another photo suggests that the aircraft has or will have the thrust vectoring engines that were showcased at the Zhuhai 2022 exhibition.

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We continue combat work in Donbass:

The reconnaissance forces of the "Southern" group identified and, using drones on fibre optics, destroyed the SAU-2S1;

Soldiers from the 98th Airborne Division destroyed two enemy pickups at once.

@Slavyangrad

A new batch of Su-34 fighter-bombers was delivered to the troops

The delivered aircraft have undergone a full cycle of factory tests, were checked in various operating modes and flew to their home airfield, Rostec reported.

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🇺🇦🤡The Junkie has just posted this in Response to the Vladimir Putin's ceasefire announcement.

@Slavyangrad

A Ukrainian who built the Egyptian pyramids was found in Odessa. The Statue of Anubis stands at a cattle burial ground.

TutanKhokhol is presumably written on the burial site.

You doubt it? Here is the proof! Eat this jealous btrds..

@Slavyangrad

Personally, I believe this is useless. However, I see the game-theory calculations behind the move. They don’t check out in my own dinner-napkin scrawls, but then the usefulness of game theory is always in the eye of the beholder.

Kindly recall the year 2023:

Following a recommendation by Patriarch Kirill, Putin ordered Shoigu to institute a “Christmas ceasefire” along the front, from 12:00 [noon, Moscow time,] on January 6th, until 24:00 [midnight, Moscow time,] on January 7th.

“Breathe out” (c) @rus_jansen

“The ceasefire will be observed by the Russian group of troops on condition that Kiev mutually observes it,” according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

"LOGISTICS GENIUSES": TARAS AND MIKOLA PUT ON A SHOW WITH AN AMERICAN HOWITZER

While the Ukrainian Armed Forces complain about the lack of equipment, their "elite" crews continue to demonstrate top-notch skills in handling Western gifts

CHRONICLE OF THE "FEAT":

Out of nowhere, without a single enemy shot, they turned over an M777 howitzer

Masterfully ignored all transportation rules

Continuing the traditions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: "It is better to destroy than to give to the enemy"

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT:
Another "successful commissioning" of Western technology
New method of fighting Russian troops - destroy equipment BEFORE the battle
A visual aid explaining why NATO is in no hurry to transfer truly valuable weapons to Ukraine

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