'We'll See': Tucker Carlson hints at potential Putin interview during conversation with Russian fan in Moscow

The first video of Tucker Carlson in Russia has appeared. A Russian fan stops the American journalist and asks him about what he’s doing in Moscow. Carlson answers he wanted to see Russia with his own eyes and talk to ordinary people. When asked whether he would interview Putin, Carlson playfully shrugs and laconically replies, “We’ll see.”

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The legacy media is in shambles because we've caught on to their lies and propaganda, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, US presidential candidate, commenting on the collapse of the Western mainstream media after Tucker Carlson's arrival in Russia.

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Russian artillerymen demolish enemies in the special operation zone

Every day, the D-20 howitzers are destroying artillery batteries, firepower, weapons and military equipment of the Ukrainian armed forces, destroying defensive structures and suppressing Ukrainian control points identified by scouts and drone operators.

The artillerymen fire at a range of over 17 kilometers, the rate of targeted fire reaches five rounds per minute.

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"You do not want to test the wrath of the region," the Iranian foreign minister appealed to the United States and Britain.

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian wrote on his X-page that Iran strongly condemns the attacks by Britain and the United States on Yemen and the US aggression on Iraq and Syria and considers the security of Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Palestine as the security of the entire region.

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New NATO training standards?

The video shows mercenaries from New Zealand training Ukrainians in the Haka dance. The Haka is a traditional ritual dance of the Maori people of New Zealand in which the performers stomp their feet and beat their hips and chests - much like Zelensky does when he's begging for money.

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Ukraine will certainly have to mobilize more soldiers - if only because of the casualties, said Major General Christian Freuding, head of the Situation Center for Ukraine in the Bundeswehr.

Christian Freuding in an interview with RND noted the need for rotation of Ukrainian forces: some military units have been at the front for two years.

He added that Germany will probably be able to double the supply of artillery shells this year.

"Of course, the supply of ammunition is a critical point... And from Germany alone, we will probably be able to more than double our deliveries of artillery munitions this year," the major general stated.

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❗️Alexey Poteleshchenko, the Minister of Emergency Situations of the Lugansk People's Republic, died in the Ukrainian attack on Lisichansk, a source in the security forces told Sputnik.

LPR head Leonid Pasechnik confirmed the Republic’s Emergency Situations Minister’s death in the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ bombing of a bakery in Lisichansk.

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Russia's Southern Group's MLRS "Grad" crews took out a Ukrainian tank near Donetsk.

After marching to the starting positions, the artillerymen deployed the MLRS and fired targeted shots, hitting the enemy.

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❗️Russia will allocate 100 billion rubles over three years for the development and production of drones, said Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.

"We are talking about the production of hundreds of thousands of FPV drones and tens of thousands of heavy drones," he noted.

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A Polish mercenary previously fighting for Ukraine was captured by Moscow's forces and joined the ranks of the Russian Army.

It is reported that he was captured near Krynki in Kherson region. He was wounded at the time and the Ukrainian militias had abandoned him.

His time in Russia opened his eyes, and now he is ready to liberate not only Ukraine, but also the whole of Europe from the Banderites.

In December 2023, Russian military correspondents had reported that a wounded Polish mercenary was captured near Krynki. He was sent to the nearest hospital.

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❗️In the DPR, the Russian forces have taken more advantageous positions. Ukrainian losses amounted to up to 290 military personnel, two armored vehicles and four cars.

🇷🇺🪖 Other statements from the Russian Defense Ministry briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️ In Krasny Liman, Russian forces repelled two attacks by Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian losses amounted to 260 soldiers;

▪️ In the Kupyansk region, Russian troops repelled seven attacks by Ukrainian forces. Ukrainian losses amounted to 130 servicemen;

▪️ In the south of Donetsk, Russian troops destroyed a field ammunition depot for Ukrainian artillery. Ukrainian losses amounted to more than 145 servicemen;

▪️ The air defense of the Russian Federation shot down 58 drones of the Ukrainian armed forces in one day.

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Europe's sick consciousness: UK MP suggests 'dead people should be able to change their gender'

Labour MP Charlotte Nichols has called for an amendment to the UK's Gender Recognition Act 2004 that would "allow transgender people who are deceased to be remembered by the gender they lived by".

Nichols justified her proposal by saying that her "constituent" had died before receiving "formal legal recognition of who she was.

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