Ze fourth Reich is upon us.

A preview of tomorrow's Moscow Mukes. @irishmaninrussia

Putin’s peace offer ‘not serious’ – Scholz

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s new proposal to achieve a lasting peace between Moscow and Kiev, branding the overture a ploy to distract the global community from the Swiss-hosted Ukraine ‘peace summit.’

Speaking to the country’s top diplomats on Friday, Putin signaled that Russia “will order a ceasefire and start negotiations” as soon as Kiev completely withdraws its troops from the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions.

The four regions overwhelmingly voted to join Russia in referendums in the fall of 2022. Neither the West nor Kiev recognized the votes.

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The future has arrived in the form of the attack-transport UAV “Perun ”.

Among the possibilities:
landing behind enemy lines,
removal of wounded,
delivery of ammunition and supplies,
bombing,
unmanned artillery observation.

This is a working platform with experience in combat use. The authors of the project are former soldiers of the Wagner PMC.

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Kiev to get $1.5 billion from frozen Russian assets in July

"The EU has agreed to allocate incomes from immobilized Russian assets, worth 1.5 billion euro. Ukraine is expected to receive the funds in July 2024," the ministry said in a statement, posted on its website.

90% of them will be used to finance Kiev’s military spending, the remaining 10% will be directed for reconstruction.

The EU, US, Japan and Canada seized Russia's assets in the amount of about $300 billion after the start of the SMO. Of this, about $5-6 billion is located in the US, and most of it is in Europe, including the Euroclear international platform in Belgium ($210 billion is stored there). Earlier, the European Commission approved a proposal to use proceeds from seized Russian funds to provide assistance to Kiev. The US Congress approved a package of bills on providing military assistance to Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine, as well as on the confiscation of frozen assets of Russia for their actual transfer to Kiev.

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CNN reports that Joe Biden and Donald Trump have agreed on the terms of the election debate

It is clarified that the following rules have been established for the upcoming debates:

- Only the speaker will have the microphone on;

- Candidates will not have cheat sheets or communication with the team;

- There will be no spectators in the hall;

- The debate will last 90 minutes with two commercial breaks.

The debate will take place on June 28 at 4:00 Moscow time. Prepare popcorn.

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Russian ships completed their visit to Cuba and are leaving Havana.

Russian ships arrived in Havana on June 12. The event aroused interest from local residents, who also had the opportunity to visit the ship “Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov”.

On June 6, a number of Western media outlets, including Reuters, Associated Press, CBS and the Miami Herald, citing sources among American officials, reported Russia's plans to send its fleet to Cuba. This became known the day after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the preparation of an “asymmetric” response to the supply of long-range weapons to Ukraine .

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Romanian fans at the match with Ukraine at Euro 2024 chant “Putin!”

Romania won this match with a score of 3:0

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Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea for the first time in 24 years. Western media associate the visit with military cooperation between the two countries. What's happening?

— Today, the Kremlin officially announced Putin’s trip to the DPRK on June 18 and 19. Presidential aide Ushakov said that the visit program will be intense, the parties will discuss a wide range of topics, including security, the DPRK “understands the real reasons for the Ukrainian crisis” and is “grateful for the recognition of Donbass,” and the need for a new strategic partnership agreement with the DPRK is caused by “the evolution of the situation in world."

— According to the Washington Post, the rapprochement between Russia and North Korea is the result of a short-term need for each other, and not a strong alliance, since both sides have great distrust of cooperation. The visit of the Russian delegation may be connected with the large stock of obsolete shells in the DPRK, which are compatible with Russian weapons systems. Russia can accept labor from Korea, as well as provide various forms of “technological assistance,” including assistance in building up nuclear capabilities.

— 38 North project expert Rachel Minyoung Lee, in a commentary for Blomberg, suggested that Russia and the DPRK will continue where they left off in September 2023, during Kim Jong-un’s visit to the Russian Federation. “The parties will strive to further improve bilateral relations in many, if not all areas,” the analyst said, adding that at the meeting they could discuss a new version of the strategic partnership agreement, which would add more stringent language on cooperation in the military sphere.

— The Economist writes that relations between the DPRK and the Russian Federation go beyond the arms trade. North Korea plays a useful role in widening Russia's confrontation with the West, helping to complicate American strategy in Asia. At the same time, by cooperating with the DPRK, Russia seeks to keep South Korea from providing direct lethal assistance to Ukraine. For Korea, cooperation with Russia is beneficial from an economic point of view (under the conditions of a complete blockade of Western countries), and the visit also strengthens the image of Kim Jong-un himself. And although the countries’ partnership is currently associated with military operations in Ukraine, cooperation may go beyond it. “The calculated alignment of national interests may change if circumstances change,” says Sejong Institute expert Lee Sang-hyun.

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