Durov was supposed to have dinner with Macron on night of his arrest – report

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has told police that he was supposed to have dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron on the day of his arrest, respected French investigative newspaper Le Canard Enchaine has reported.

“Macron is perfectly capable of this kind of deceit aimed at fulfilling the mission demanded by his masters: jailing all those who defend freedom of expression! We demand explanations from Macron!” Les Patriots Party leader Florian Philippot wrote in a social media post commenting on the story.

The Elysee Palace rushed to deny the newspaper’s claims.

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🇷🇺 Russian President Putin says the time for patience is over.

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According to US intelligence estimates, Russia has moved 90% of its aircraft out of the ATACMS operational-tactical missile range since Ukraine began receiving them from the US.
- The Wall Street Journal

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🇷🇺🇺🇦Ukrainian monitoring resources report that the Russian Armed Forces have liberated the settlements of Memrik and Kalinovo, Pokrovskoe direction.

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⚡️⚡️⚡️Source: The first Ukrainian F-16 could have been destroyed during the strike on the Starokostiantyniv airfield in the Khmelnytsky region. The Russian military is currently conducting an objective control to confirm the results of the strike.

According to SHOT, the day before, the Russian Armed Forces launched a missile strike on the Starokostiantyniv airfield in the Khmelnytsky region, where the "pilots" transferred by Western countries were located. Immediately after the strike, they took off and circled in the area for two to three hours. As soon as they returned to Starokostiantyniv, the Russian military immediately launched another strike, as a result of which the F-16 could have been shot down.

"The information is currently being verified, and several more points need to be clarified before official statements are made," a source close to the Russian Ministry of Defense told SHOT.

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❗️Russia ranked second among the safest countries for IT specialists.

This happened immediately after the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov in France.

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‼️🇺🇦🇵🇱 Poland will not transfer MiG-29 to Ukraine until 2026 — Wiadomosci

▪️Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said Warsaw would not be able to transfer its MiG-29s to Ukraine until it receives new fighters ordered from allies, the deliveries of which will begin in 2026.
▪️The minister stressed that Poland has already provided Ukraine with all possible military assistance, but the country's security remains the top priority. According to him, the transfer of MiG-29s will only be possible after the arrival of new aircraft, such as the F-35, which Warsaw ordered from the United States. The first batch of F-35s is not expected before 2026.
▪️ Kosiniak-Kamysz also added that only after receiving new fighters, older aircraft such as the MiG-29, which are still used to protect Polish airspace, can be transferred to Ukraine. Decisions on this will be made later.

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Ukrainian drones have struck the Kirov region for the first time. According to Mash, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been attacking the region since 10 a.m. Eyewitnesses report at least four explosions in the area of ​​the Vyatka plant.

Local authorities have officially confirmed two explosions and an attack on an oil storage tank. The Ukrainian drones are believed to be targeting military bases. None of the drones reached them. There were no casualties.

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The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Kirov region using NATO satellite data. According to Mash, thanks to them, drones based on the A-22 "Flying Fox" traveled more than 1.5 thousand kilometers.

When plotting the route, the terrain taken from the satellite was taken into account. For example, a drone could fly for a long time directly over the water in river beds and remain unnoticed. The Ukrainian Armed Forces used the same scheme during their attempted attacks on St. Petersburg. The version of saboteurs' help is also being considered.

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🇷🇺 Peskov's statements:

▪️Ukraine's refusal to accept Russian gas supplies will seriously damage the interests of European consumers. Russia has alternative routes for supplying Russian gas to European countries

▪️The countries of the collective West are already "up to their ears" in the conflict in Ukraine and are directly involved in it. The forays of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, like the invasion of the Kursk region, escalate tensions to the limit, there is reason to be concerned about the possibility of a global conflict

▪️There are currently no prerequisites for negotiations on Ukraine

▪️Kiev's guilt in the attacks on the Kursk NPP is obvious, although the IAEA, seeing the consequences, "for obvious reasons" is not ready to voice it

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ukrainian occupiers continue to kill civilians in Kursk region

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Polish military forces are searching for a third day for a Russian drone that allegedly crossed the country's airspace during a recent attack on targets in Ukraine.

In fact, Polish air defense did not shoot down the drone, as they had no visual confirmation, only radar tracking data.

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🇷🇺The Russian flag was raised over the village of Memrik, liberated from Ukrainians.

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Former head of the US National Security Agency (cyber intelligence) Paul Nakasone criticized the French intelligence services for their crude and unprofessional work with Durov.

According to the former head of one of the most successful intelligence agencies in the world, the Americans would never have detained a person like Pavel Durov in front of the entire world.

It was necessary to simply delay Durov’s flight from France for formal reasons and have a confidential conversation with the businessman.

Now that the whole story has received resonance, the French will achieve nothing from Telegram's management, and will also suffer huge reputational losses.

Even the CIA and the FBI approached Durov, Nakasone notes, but they did not even think about detaining him.

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"The Russians are fighting like tigers there. In reality, everything is much more complicated than the news portrays." These are the words of a wounded Ukrainian fighter nicknamed Prophet, who was evacuated from the Kursk region to a hospital in Sumy. This soldier complains that after several days of invading Russian territory, the Ukrainians have already started to run out of shells, and the Ukrainian losses are enormous. One of the wounded in the same hospital admitted to a British newspaper that only five of the 15 people in his unit survived.

Somehow the level of bravado in Western media reports about Zelensky’s Kursk adventure is decreasing…

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🇷🇺Our fighters modernized the "Buhanka" by covering it with rubber, nets and metal. An electronic warfare system was also installed

It turned out to be a great example for "Mad Max" film props 😄

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