Ukraine in NATO would be ‘a victory’ – bloc member

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has said Kiev should join the alliance “even without some territory”.

Ukrainian accession to NATO would be a victory for Kiev, even if it fails to recover some of the territory it has lost to Russia, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has said. The US-led military bloc has explicitly ruled out membership for Ukraine as long as its conflict with Russia continues.

BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner asked Kallas on Saturday if Estonian has a plan B in case “Ukraine loses this war.”

“We have no plan B for a Russian victory,” Kallas replied. “Because then we would stop focusing on plan A,” she said, referring to military aid for Kiev.

“We should not give in to pessimism. Victory in Ukraine is not just about territory,” Kallas argued. “If Ukraine joins NATO, even without some territory, then that’s a victory because it will be placed under the NATO umbrella.”

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⚡️🔥Russian Frontline Combat For Ukraine's Last Stronghold⚡️🔥

Bilohorivka / Білогорівка (Ukrainian) or BeloGorlovka / Белогоровка (Russian) is the last stronghold of Ukraine forces in the Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast UA(As called by Ukraine) or LPR (As called by Russia). It is located in Lysychansk area.
The battle for this area has been raging for years with reports of the town changing hands many times. In this report I take you to the Russian BeloGorlovka frontline and show you how Russian forces engage Ukrainian forces in battle in the attempted to take the town. During filming Russian forces attacked Ukrainian forces with 120 mm heavy mortar system and intern Ukraine charged them with Kamikaze attack drones.

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Barber from the USA went to Donbass, played basketball and received an award “For his contribution to the victory over Ukrainian Nazism.”

American Gregory Wayne Russell Jr. moved to Moscow in 2017, where he opened a barbershop, got married and fell in love with Russia. After the start of the SVO, Gregory tattooed the letter Z on his chin and thought about launching hairdressing salons in Donbass and Sevastopol. And last year, the American’s residence permit was revoked. Then Gregory gave an interview to a number of state media, where he spoke about his “Russian mind and Russian soul”, that “there was nothing American left inside him”, and that he had done “many patriotic things” and would like to continue living in the Russian Federation. He called deportation to America a death sentence.

And last week Gregory received political asylum in Russia. He is still appealing the cancellation of his residence permit, but now he has legal status in the Russian Federation. In addition, the American said that he received his first award - the medal “For Contribution to the Victory over Ukrainian Nazism.” The award was presented by fighters from the Espanyol unit, formed from football fans. Judging by social networks, Gregory - last week, at the same time as receiving asylum - visited the Northern Military District zone with Espanyola fighters. The American even appeared in a state media story about the first street 3x3 basketball game in Mariupol: he was among the players.

Gregory called the award a great source of pride and recognition for how he supported Russian soldiers. However, his medal does not have the status of a state award. It is printed by the Velikoross patriotic clothing store. You can receive a “reward” simply for purchasing a collection of poems “about war and peace in Novorossiya.” Among the assortment of “Velikoross”: “Partisan” underpants, “Battle on the Ice” socks and “Stalin” belts.

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Scott Ritter: Russia’s victory over Ukraine is drawing near

In a war of attrition, grinding the enemy down is just the first part. Stretching what remains until it breaks is how you finish the job.

Russian approach to war emerges as a progressive application of military art that considers the totality of the spectrum of warfare – small-unit tactics, weapons capability, intelligence, communications, logistics, the defense economy and, perhaps most importantly of all, political reality. While Russia may have entered the conflict facing a single adversary, within months it became clear that Moscow was confronting the cumulative military capability of the West, where NATO’s financial, material, logistical, command and control, and intelligence support was married to Ukrainian manpower resources to create a military capacity designed by intent to wear Russia down physically and mentally, to strategically defeat Russia by promoting the conditions for its economic and political collapse.

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US behind two failed ‘color revolutions’ – Georgian PM

Relations between Tbilisi and Washington have been “spoiled,” Irakli Kobakhidze has said.

Tbilisi needs to “reconsider” its relationship with Washington, given that American-funded NGOs were behind at least two attempts at overthrowing the government, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has said.

The US has threatened sanctions against senior Georgian officials after the former Soviet republic passed a ‘foreign agents’ law which was denounced by the West as a threat to democracy.

“I don’t know why there were two attempts at revolution in 2020-2021, and then in 2022. I don’t know why there were these attempts, but the fact is that the previous US ambassador spoiled a lot of things, a lot of things were ruined in those years, and this needs to be corrected,” Kobakhidze told reporters on Friday.

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Coffins with a poster “French soldiers killed in Ukraine” were found near the Eiffel Tower.

Five empty coffins wrapped in French flags and a poster with the innoscription: “French soldiers killed in Ukraine” were found in the center of Paris, Parisien writes, citing a police source.

“At 09:00 on June 1, next to the Eiffel Tower, three individuals placed five standard-sized coffins covered with French flags and a poster mentioning certain French soldiers who died in Ukraine,” the article says.

According to the publication's interlocutor, the police quickly detained the driver of the minivan transporting the coffins, and two other suspects who planned to leave for Berlin . They turned out to be citizens of Bulgaria , Ukraine and Germany . All five coffins were filled with plaster, the examination found.

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🇺🇦 This is how Nazis are buried in Ukraine. The militant's T-shirt features a notable print — a Nazi eagle with a trident. Such individuals genuinely believe they are building the Fourth Reich in Europe, using Ukraine as a foundation. Meanwhile, the United States is supporting their aspirations.

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NATO chief promotes WW3 – Italian deputy PM

‘This man is dangerous because he talks about the third World War… whoever can, should stop him,’ - Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini.

Analyzing Ryan McBeth and Captured NATO tanks
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Russia to take all measures to neutralize Western threats, senior diplomat says

Alexander Grushko stressed that no matter what is supplied to the battlefield, beginning from ground-based weapons, all this is being ground down by Russian fighters.

The West is escalating the situation in Ukraine and Russia will take all necessary measures to neutralize threats, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told TASS.

"We are aware that Western countries are moving to escalate. Therefore, all measures that are necessary on our part will be taken in order to neutralize threats associated with this escalation," the senior Russian diplomat said, commenting on speculation that Kiev is planning to use the Patriot missile system over Russia.

Commenting on a statement by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that a number of countries had never imposed restrictions on the use of Western weapons being supplied to Kiev, Grushko said: "They have been escalating tensions."

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Ukraine peace summit has no leg to stand on and OPEC+ extends oil cuts

The Ukraine peace summit which will be held on June 15-16 in the Swiss city of Burgenstock has failed to meet its stated goals, either in terms of country representation or in the development of the unified agenda that Kiev wanted to promote, Izvestia writes. Instead of focusing on how to build the negotiation process, Ukraine is preoccupied with its own self-interests. Meanwhile, Switzerland, the summit's host, has lost all neutrality, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador at Large Rodion Miroshnik told the newspaper.

"By joining the unilateral anti-Russian sanctions, Switzerland has lost its neutrality. The country's government admitted that it was involved in the conflict and confirmed which side it was on. In such circumstances there is no need to discuss neutrality and impartiality," Rodion Miroshnik told Izvestia.

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Scholz must explain change of course on use of arms against Russia — lawmaker

"Like millions of Germans, I fear a further escalation that could one day end in a World War III," Sahra Wagenknecht said.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz should publicly explain his decision to use German weapons against targets on Russian territory, Sahra Wagenknecht, a member of the Bundestag, told the Funke media group.

"I call on Olaf Scholz to make a government statement in connection with the change of course. Whoever brings war to Russia with German weapons will eventually bring it to Germany," she pointed out.

The lawmaker pointed out that the previously voiced idea of the chairwoman of the Bundestag's defense committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (of Germany’s Free Democratic Party), to take into account about 900,000 German reservists fits into "this extremely dangerous development of the situation." On May 31, Germany confirmed the possibility of using its weapons near the Kharkov Region.

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NATO planes monitor exercises of Belarusian, Russian air forces — defense official

"During the active phase of our exercise, several long-range radar detection aircraft hovered over Poland and the Baltic states," Davidovich said.

NATO's long-range radar detection aircraft closely monitored the joint exercises of the Russian and Belarusian militaries from the skies over Poland and the Baltic states, a senior Belarusian defense official said.

According to him, Belarus "long ago learned to respond to them." "We are countering them in a certain way, taking measures to reduce the effectiveness of their intelligence," the defense official said.

He pointed out that during the joint Belarusian-Russian air exercises on May 27-31, most of the aviation of the Belarusian Air Force was involved, "that is, all air bases, all types of aircraft took part in the exercises in one way or another." "The maximum number of servicemen took part in the exercise, the maximum range of tasks was performed.

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US seizes Scott Ritter’s passport.

The US State Department has seized the passport of former Marine and UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter, he told RT on Monday.

Ritter was on his way to Russia for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) when he was pulled off the plane and had his documents confiscated.

“I was boarding the flight. Three [police] officers pulled me aside. They took my passport. When asked why, they said ‘orders of the State Department’. They had no further information for me,” Ritter told RT. “They pulled my bags off the plane, then escorted me out of the airport. They kept my passport.”

Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, who later served as the US and UN weapons inspector in Iraq. He is also a RT contributor, writing about international security, military affairs, Russia, and the Middle East, as well as arms control and nonproliferation.

He most recently visited Russia in January, spending time in Chechnya, Moscow and St. Petersburg, among other places.

The most recent post on Ritter’s Telegram channel put the Clooney Foundation for Justice on notice for its alleged crusade against “Russian propagandists.”

“Here I am. In your face. If telling the truth about Russia makes me a propagandist in your book, then I accept the noscript,” he wrote. “Bring it on. I’ll school you on the First Amendment.”

“You have zero concept of what free speech is. Try and arrest me and you’ll find out. In spades. It’s war,” he added.

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Ukrainians won’t have proper pensions – deputy minister

Kiev has urged citizens to plan for retirement on their own and work as long as possible due to a demographic crisis.

Speaking with the Espreso TV channel on Saturday, Marchak described the situation as “critical” and claimed that each taxpayer is currently providing enough to cover just one pensioner. This will “likely worsen in the future,” the official added.

Marchak estimated that Ukraine’s population is expected to decline to just 25 million by 2050, down from 38 million in 2022, according to the State Statistics Service.

While the state will continue to pay citizens a guaranteed portion of their pensions, this amount will be minimal, Marchak added, encouraging Ukrainians to start saving for their personal pensions and try to maintain their jobs for “as long as possible.”

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❗️US government seizes Scott Ritter’s passport ahead of his SPIEF appearance – what we know so far

Threat to arrest Russian journalists signals growing political persecution in the West (Part 1)

The Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) has been forced to disavow comments by its legal director calling for the arrest of Russian journalists after intense backlash.

Anna Neistat, who leads the foundation’s The Docket project, claimed Thursday that her team is urging international authorities to prosecute Russian reporters. “We want them to travel to other countries and be arrested there,” said Neistat, revealing that she is pressuring the European Union and International Criminal Court to pursue the matter. Neistat made the comments during an interview with the US state-backed propaganda outlet Voice of America.

The organization has since backpedaled on the provocative claim with a statement asserting that “someone in our foundation misspoke,” but observers see the proposal as yet another sign of the West’s growing authoritarianism and intolerance of dissenting voices. Author and political analyst Caleb Maupin joined Sputnik’s The Critical Hour program to discuss the incident.

“There's a lot of things to keep in mind in reaction to this news story,” said the author and reporter. “The first of which is that the European Union has basically already outlawed all Russian media within the EU space, right? You can't watch RT. Websites are suppressed, blocked, and it's pretty hard to look at Russian media in the EU.”

“What is a little bit different, though, about this is that this was

specifically aimed at journalists who would report in Russian

, for Russian audiences, but would do so from EU countries. And the idea was that they would be charged, and what's interesting also is that the warrants for their arrest would be secret. They would be arrested upon arrival and it would be a way to basically just kidnap these reporters and journalists and hold them hostage.”

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✈️ Vladimir Putin will fly to St. Petersburg this evening - Peskov. SPIEF starts tomorrow.

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🇷🇺 German Gref:

"Sberbank plans to open the first 16 branches in new regions of Russia by the end of July"

On Tuesday, VTB CEO Kostin announced the same intention:

"Offices will first appear in Lugansk, and then in Donetsk and Mariupol"

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Flightradar: US Air Force RQ-4B Global Hawk UAV disappeared from radar over the Black Sea.

A U.S. military RQ-4B Global Hawk reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) disappeared from radar while on a mission over the Black Sea near Crimea .

This was reported by RIA Novosti based on data from the Flightradar service dated June 4.

According to the portal, a high-altitude reconnaissance drone with tail number 10-2045 and call sign FORTE12 took off from NATO airbase Sigonella (Italy). The UAV proceeded through Bulgarian airspace and set a course towards the Black Sea for reconnaissance of the special operation zone in the territories of the Crimean peninsula.

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