🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russians have reportedly captured 35 settlements with a pre-war combined population of roughly 14000 -
Bahatyr and Torske being the largest, with 3400 residents.

🔗 Vitaly

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Paradoxically, these territorial gains coincide with a reported overall reduction in Russian ground offensive operations across the front, including near Pokrovsk and Toretsk. This raises the question: Why is Russian forward momentum accelerating amid diminished ground attack activity?

🔗 Konrad Muzyka

URGENT:
🇬🇧❌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿-A vehicle ran over several Liverpool supporters during celebrations for the English Premier League noscript.

🇬🇧❌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 — British media reports 17 people injured as a result of the car attack in Liverpool.

One person has been arrested.

🇬🇧👮‍♂️📹 — Video shows the local police dragging out and arresting the driver of the mini-van that conducted the attack at Liverpool fans

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❌🇬🇧👮‍♂️ — Liverpool fans and Local men in Liverpool are seen trying to get to the attacker while he is being arrested and placed in a police van.

🇳🇴🇻🇪❗️🇻🇪 — From the Oslo Freedom Forum, Pedro Urruchurtu recounted how he and four other members of María Corina Machado’s team were persecuted and forced to take refuge in the Argentine embassy in Caracas, after defeating the Chavista regime on July 28.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ukraine is also facing increased missile and drone strikes, including cruise and ballistic missiles and Shahed-type drones, aimed at overwhelming air defences. The reported shortage of PAC-3 interceptors further exacerbates the challenge. High-precision missile usage has surged to unprecedented levels, while drone deployments in early 2025 reached record highs. Ukraine needs cheaper solutions, especially for the Shahed-type threat. For missiles, there are no easy fixes. Russia is producing a lot more long-range precision missiles than the West is producing interceptors.

Russia’s strategy is one of cumulative attrition: continuous pressure through relentless missile/drone attacks very often aimed at civilian populations, sustained troop replacements enabled by ongoing recruitment, and increased production of precision munitions. After a brief pause earlier in the year, Ukraine again faces difficult weeks ahead.

🔗 Konrad Muzyka

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 Trump says Putin "has gone absolutely CRAZY!" after the recent offensive

🔗 Rapid Response 47

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Financial Times: Russia is now producing missiles and drones faster than it uses, stockpiling reserves and ratcheting up pressure on Ukraine’s stretched defences.

https://www.ft.com/content/01bc7e5a-f846-4833-b861-bbfc0029a0e9

https://archive.is/CQ6si

🗣👎🇷🇺☦️🤝🇻🇦🕊 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Kremlin Says Vatican Is Not A 'Neutral' Place For Peace Talks | May 24, 2025:

"(...)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking at the Diplomatic Academy in Moscow on Friday, poured cold water on hopes of Vatican-hosted talks.

"Many people are fantasizing about when and where [the meeting] will take place. We don't have any ideas right now," the foreign minister said. "But imagine the Vatican as a venue for negotiations. It would be a bit inelegant for Orthodox countries to use a Catholic platform to discuss issues on how to remove the root causes [of the war in Ukraine]," Lavrov added.

"I do not think it would suit the Vatican itself to host delegations from two Orthodox countries in these circumstances," he said."

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 According to The Economist, Russia is now producing so many attack drones that what once took a month 300 Shahed drones now takes less than three days. Documents suggest plans to ramp up to 500 drones per day.

That means swarms of 1,000 drones could become a reality, overwhelming Ukraine’s air defences already struggling with interceptor shortages and limited Western support.

Already 300 drones in one wave is a lot it's overwhelming as it is. Hitting 500 a day might sound ambitious, but at this rate, we could very well see it within the next 6 to 12 months.

This isn’t just a warning for Ukraine. NATO should be paying close attention too if a future conflict ever breaks out, these swarm tactics could be used far beyond Ukraine.

🔗 GeoInsider

🇵🇸 Aerial view of Rafah in the Gaza Strip before and after the war.

🔗 Clash Report

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israel set to increase reserve force by 50,000 to expand Gaza genocide: Israeli media

Israel’s reserve force to increase by 50,000 to reach 450,000, local media say

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-set-to-increase-reserve-force-by-50-000-to-expand-gaza-genocide-israeli-media/3579913