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

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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.

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

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🇮🇱🇵🇸 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

🇩🇪🇷🇺🇺🇦 Germany's Chancellor Merz declares "no more limits" for weapon systems: "Ukraine can now also defend itself by attacking military positions in Russia."

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🇨🇳⚡️ An explosion occurred at a chemical plant in eastern China, the South China Morning Post reports.

The number of victims is unknown, rescue operations are ongoing. The cause of the incident has not been established. The plant belongs to Shandong Youdao Chemical, which is the world's largest producer of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, producing about 11 thousand tons of the substance per year.

🌐🇷🇺 Residents Flee Suwałki Corridor Amid Rising Tensions — Bild

Amid escalating tensions, residents of the strategically vital Suwałki Corridor have begun leaving the region en masse, Bild reports. This narrow strip of land — about 65 km wide — lies between Poland and Lithuania, separating Belarus from Kaliningrad, and is considered NATO’s most vulnerable point.

Military analysts warn that in the event of war, Russia could strike from both sides. Russian artillery, with a range of over 30 km, can cover the entire corridor, potentially cutting off the Baltic states from the rest of Europe.

With rising military drills, aggression, and regional militarization, more and more locals are saying:
“We don’t want to be the first ones hit.”

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🇪🇺🇩🇪🇸🇰 Germany will consider suspending EU funding to Slovakia if the country continues to drift away from the bloc’s common direction, Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned.

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🇺🇦❌🇨🇳❗️ — Oleh Ivashchenko, director of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service, claimed in an exclusive interview with Ukrainian News Agency that China is supplying special chemicals, gunpowder and machine tools to 20 Russian military factories.

He also said, "We have confirmed the data of 20 Russian factories," and relevant information will be released in the near future.

🇹🇷🔒❗️ — The owner of the Turkish payment system Papara, popular in Eastern Europe, has been detained in Turkey for illegal betting; an external manager has been appointed to the company, writes Ahaber