Ukraine might never join NATO, and the alliance is afraid to say it out loud, Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says

The official also called NATO’s intention to increase military assistance to Ukraine "a dead end in fact."

"The World War Three is getting closer," Medvedev said.

The remarks come as Ukraine's potential NATO membership has remained a hot topic amid Russia's special military operation, even more so with the military bloc's recently kicked off Vilnius summit.

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GOP Congresswoman proposes amendments to pull US out of NATO and stop aid to Kiev

GOP Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene put forward a number of amendments to the draft US defense budget for fiscal year 2024, including directing President Joe Biden to begin the process of withdrawing the United States from NATO, as well as suspending aid to the Kiev regime until the end of the Ukrainian conflict.

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📹 The Russian Navy’s "Perekop" training ship with cadets on board has arrived in Havana Bay, Russia’s diplomatic mission reports

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Foreign mercenary fighting on Kiev’s side calls Ukrainian counteroffensive ‘horror’ and ‘chaos’

"On 'zero line' it's horror. It's horror" Rhys Byrne, a 28-year-old from Dublin, revealed to English-speaking media.

He described the battle to reclaim territory by the Kiev regime as horrific. "We are not supposed to be alive. I mean, we were closer than close to death" he added.

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📹 A booby-trapped weapons cache belonging to Ukrainian saboteurs was uncovered in the LPR’s north

Due to the impossibility of demining the premises, it had to be destroyed.

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Footage of a spectacular shelf cloud has been circulating on Indian social media platforms

🇮🇳 ⛈ Over the past few days, northern India has been doused with heavy #rainfall. In the midst of this weather phenomenon, a colossal shelf cloud made its presence known in Haridwar, Uttarakhand.

📹 A video shared on local social networks captures the awe-inspiring sight of a massive cloud forming a wide arc in the sky, attracting the attention of astonished onlookers from the local community.

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NATO member countries misrepresented China's policies in their joint statement and deliberately discredited the country

China is determined to protect its sovereignty and security and will resolutely rebuff any NATO action that harms China's legitimate rights and interests, China's diplomatic mission to the EU said, adding that Beijing also opposed NATO's expansion in the Asia-Pacific region.

On Tuesday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO member countries agreed to jointly counter China's growing influence and military power.

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US, G7 leaders to reveal plans to help Ukraine build its military to defend itself and deter future attacks - White House

The White House announced that a series of bilateral talks between the G7 countries and Ukraine will be held to achieve bilateral security guarantees.

📹 Russian soldiers captured an American IFV Bradley as a trophy in the special military op zone and sent ‘greetings’ to Zelensky

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📹 Russia’s 152 mm Giatsint-B howitzers destroy armored vehicles and fortified positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

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⚡️ By providing security guarantees to Ukraine, NATO countries actually encroach on the security of Russia, the Kremlin warned

Moscow hopes for the wisdom of Western countries.

Kremlin says security assurances to Kiev fraught with negative consequences, this will make Europe more dangerous for years to come.

"They do bad things to us. We will take into account this fact and will proceed from it," the Kremlin added.

In this fresh episode of our New Rules podcast, we are joined by retired CIA intelligence and US State Department official Larry Johnson. He discusses the Ukrainian counteroffensive, the NATO summit in Vilnius, and how and why US foreign policy decisions are really made.

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⚡️ NATO is an offensive alliance that promotes instability and aggression - the Kremlin

Safari in Ukraine failed

Irish mercenary shows British press how he ran away in panic after a surprise shelling.

"Yeah, it's like a hot knife through butter. You're finished. So, again, all of us are screaming, drive the Humvee, drive the Humvee. I was going mental."

He was so deeply impressed by “big Russian T-72" tanks that he fled straight to the train that took him out of the hostility zone.

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EU Court of Justice beefs up security in run-up to Roman Abramovich’s case hearing

The Court of Justice of the European Union has stepped up security measures for the hearing of Russian businessman Roman Abramovich’s appeal to fight the EU’s sanctions against him. The court received information about a group of Ukrainians plotting to protest in court against the tycoon and Russia, Abramovich’s attorneys told Sputnik.

On March 15, 2022, the EU Council imposed personal sanctions against a number of Russian businessmen, including Abramovich.

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⚡ The DPR head’s adviser said that Russian troops possess the initiative throughout the Donetsk sector of the front, from Ugledar to Artemovsk

🇷🇺🇨🇳 Relations between Russia and China different from relations between NATO countries that are engaged in bloc confrontation, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday.

"Relations between Russia and China are based on the principles of non-alignment with blocs, non-confrontation, and non-targeting against third parties. Relations between the two countries have transcended the model of military-political alliances of the Cold War and formed a model of relations between major powers," Wang told reporters, adding that they "fundamentally differ from [relations among] the NATO countries involved in the creation of narrow groups and bloc confrontation."

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The analogies between the Nazi revenge attempt on the Kursk Bulge in July 1943 and the current Ukrainian counteroffensive are very clear, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service head believes

⚡ Wallace admits UK, allies were building Ukraine's military capability before the conflict started

US delegation outraged at Zelensky's reaction to NATO Vilnius summit - Washington Post

President Zelensky's displeasure with NATO's decision on Ukraine infuriated the US delegation.

According to the Washington Post, the alliance’s diplomats described the situation as extremely tense.

The president of Ukraine criticized the joint statement of NATO leaders on the possible membership of his country, decrying the lack of any specific deadlines as "unprecedented and absurd."

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🇨🇳 China launches world's first methane-powered rocket

China successfully launched the world's first methane-powered space rocket, named Zhuque-2, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Wednesday morning at 9 am local time (01:00 GMT).

The methane-fuelled engine, renowned for its high performance and cost-effectiveness, is considered a pioneering innovation in rocket science. State media reported that both rockets will enter lunar orbit and, following a successful docking, Chinese astronauts will board the lunar lander to descend to the surface of the moon.

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