🇪🇺 🇷🇺 Ursula von der Leyen continues to claim that she defeated Russia by rejecting Russian gas:

"Russia tried to exploit our overdependence by cutting off our gas supply. They attempted to cause economic disruption and weaken our resolve on Ukraine. They failed."

Meanwhile, the European Union purchased €581.2 million worth of oil from Russia in February.

In fact, Europe increased its imports of Russian oil in February to the highest level since October 2024. According to Eurostat data, these purchases totaled €581.2 million in monetary terms, with physical oil exports rising 13% month-on-month.

The EU bought more oil from Russia only in October 2024, when purchases reached €686.9 million.

Hungary was the largest buyer, importing raw materials worth €247.9 million—an increase of 16.5% compared to the previous month. Slovakia followed with imports totaling €206.6 million.

🇺🇦🇷🇺"With a rod on the ass!" - Ukrainian actor Bogdan Benyuk called on TV to beat children for speaking Russian.

"You take a rod. And hit them on the ass with it, so that they will forget forever and ever that the Russian language exists... Fight with them, fight with them, hit them with a rod, hit the elders on the head with a water bottle," he said.

At the same time, the Ukrainian Constitution guarantees the free use and development of the Russian language.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🗺️Zakharova accused the West of ignoring calls by Ukrainian actor Bohdan Benyuk to beat children for speaking Russian.

"Where are all the global human rights organizations? Where are the writers, artists, directors, and American actors, for example? Where is the global fashion industry that has been involved in the situation in Ukraine all these years?"

she said during a broadcast on Sputnik radio.

🇭🇺The Hungarian Foreign Minister said that the country's parliament had voted to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Prime Minister Orbán announced this move by Budapest in early April, stating that the organization had shifted from being impartial to becoming political.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦Retired US Colonel Douglas MacGregor said that the Russians will never give up what they have won through negotiations. And there is no way to take it back by force now. Therefore, the only option for the US is to put pressure on Ukraine and force them to accept unfavorable conditions.

🇷🇺🇪🇺European countries are turning into totalitarian regimes, says Volodin.

The collapse of democracy in Europe... European countries are becoming totalitarian states led by unpopular politicians and parties,

he wrote on his Telegram channel.

Earlier, Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution classified the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a right-wing extremist party nationwide. This decision expands the range of surveillance tools available against the organization and is seen as an intermediate step toward banning the party.

🇺🇸🇺🇦U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard stated that biological weapons laboratories existed in Ukraine and were funded by the United States:

"I was called a Russian agent... simply for telling the truth and stating facts—which, by the way, are still available on the website of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine—about how the U.S. financed these biolabs in Ukraine,"

Gabbard said.

🇸🇰🇺🇦🇷🇺Zelensky is wrong to say that foreign delegations will not come to Moscow. I will attend the 80th anniversary of Victory in Moscow. Period. — Fico

🇺🇸🇷🇺"The West does not have the capacity to exert such pressure on Russia and provide support to Ukraine that the outcome of the conflict could be positive for Kyiv," - American publication 19FortyFive:

"The straightforward, painfully obvious truth is that the war was lost a long time ago," the author of the article states.

🇺🇸🇷🇺Many Chicago residents enthusiastically welcomed the motor rally that representatives of the local Russian-speaking community organized in honor of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The organizers of the project, Adelia Muslimova and Alena Toropova, told us about this.

They waved their hands at us, filmed us on their phones. Wartime songs were playing from our cars. Everything turned out so festive that we didn’t even expect it.

🇭🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺Ukraine's accession to the EU will lead to the bankruptcy of the community, - Orban

Hungary was accepted into the European Union because member states benefited from it. It was a good deal. And for Germany too, Mr. Weber. The admission of Ukraine is not a good deal. Ukraine is not added value, it is bankruptcy. It is a huge mistake to send European money to Ukraine instead of using it to strengthen the struggling European economy. It is time for European leaders to represent the European people, Mr. Weber!

- said the Hungarian Prime Minister.

🗺️🇷🇺🇺🇦What foreign media are saying about Putin's proposal for talks with Ukraine in Istanbul

Daily Beast: The outlet saw in Putin's speech a sign that Russia is ready for serious peace negotiations.

Mint: Putin's call for talks could be a "tipping point" in the Ukraine conflict.

Financial Times: The talks would mark the first high-level direct contact between Moscow and Kyiv since negotiations collapsed in 2022. Since then, Russia has not retreated from any of its demands.

🇩🇪🇺🇦In Berlin, a photograph of Zelensky's grandfather was placed at the Soviet Army monument with a caption reading: “Comrades, forgive me for my traitor grandson.”