Ukraine will 'collapse anyway' despite US aid bill, investor warns

The collapse of Ukraine is inevitable, despite the US aid bill for Kiev that passed the House of Representatives, American entrepreneur David Sacks wrote on X.

“These scenes of celebration are going to look particularly foolish when Ukraine collapses anyway. The federal government can print more money; it can’t just print more artillery shells and air defense missiles,” he wrote. He further quipped, “And I should have added, they can’t print more soldiers.”

The billionaire investor pointed out in his thread on X that, “It’s not “just” $61 billion. Ukraine will need massive annual cash infusions to stave off total defeat. So it’s $61 billion as the baseline for an annual appropriation in a new forever war.”

On Saturday, the US House of Representatives passed legislation to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The legislation, which now heads to the Senate, contains $60.84 billion in Ukraine-related aid.

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Hamas chief names countries he sees as guarantors of security in Gaza

Hamas wants to see Russia among the guarantors of security for the Gaza Strip, the chief of the movement’s political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, told Turkish media.

"Our demands in this matter remain in force. We want Egypt, Qatar, Turkiye, Russia, and the UN to be guarantors. Of course, the United States will also [be able to join] in the future. However, Israel constantly opposes this. Demand for guarantor countries – we always put it first," he said, as quoted by the TV channel A Haber.

Commenting on the failure of the negotiations, Haniyeh said that "Israel wants to get all the hostages and then continue military operations again."

"They want to legalize the occupation by the Israeli Army. That is why, for example, we do not raise the white flag in Rafah. Israel is the only force that prevents the establishment of a ceasefire. The US unconditionally accepts everything Israel says," Haniyeh noted.

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The head of Moldova's autonomous region of Gagauzia, Yevgenia Gutsul, has arrived in Moscow for a congress of Moldovan politicians and public figures supporting Moldova's entry into the Eurasian Economic Union, Sputnik correspondent reports.

The delegates are expected to discuss the prospects for Moldova’s political and economic development, as well as relations with Russia and upcoming presidential election in Moldova.

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❗️The ruling elites in the US are ready to pump weapons into Kiev to fight to the last Ukrainian, resorting to stealing frozen Russian assets, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, commenting on a multi-billion foreign aid package passed by the US House of Representatives.

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🔺Washington's actions as an actual party to the conflict will be met with an absolute, decisive response, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

🔺The White House is not betting on a mythical victory of Kiev, but on Ukrainian forces to hold out at least until the US elections, so as not to spoil Biden's image, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

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A congress of Moldovan politicians and public figures advocating the entry of the Republic of Moldova into the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Eurasian Economic Area (EEA) begins in Moscow.

Yevgenia Gutsul, the head of Moldova's autonomous region of Gagauzia, has arrived at the congress of Moldovan politicians and public figures supporting Moldova's entry into the Eurasian Economic Union, a Sputnik correspondent reports.

A powerful air bomb, which was dropped during the 1999 NATO attack, has been neutralised in Serbia and removed from a residential area in the largest city in the south of the country, Nis, the Ministry of Internal Affairs stated.

The found bomb was identified as an American MK 84 aerial bomb, weighing 1 tonne and containing 430 kilogrammes of explosives.

An unexploded bomb was found during excavation work in a densely populated residential area in Stevan Sindjelic. As a result, the area was cordoned off, and 1,300 residents were evacuated.

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⚡️The Russian Battlegroup Youg has completely liberated the settlement of Bogdanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic of Russia, according to the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation.

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Moldovan opposition politician Ilan Shor announced in Moscow the creation of the “Pobeda" (Victory election bloc, Sputnik correspondent reports.

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❗️Russian troops destroyed a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet and air defense systems at the Dnepr airfield, as well as a workshop for the production of Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles.

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

🔺Ukraine has lost up to 440 militants as a result of the combat operations conducted by the Russian Battlegroup Youg.

🔺The Russian Battlegroup Tsentr improved its tactical position and successfully repelled eight Ukrainian counter-attacks in the Donetsk People's Republic of Russia, resulting in the loss of up to 360 Ukrainian militants.

🔺Ukraine has lost up to 50 militants and infantry fighting vehicles as a result of combat operations conducted by the Russian military group Zapad.

🔺Russian Battlegroup Vostok has taken more advantageous positions in the Donetsk People's Republic of Russia, defeating the Ukrainian armed forces and causing enemy losses of up to 100 militants.

🔺The Russian Battlegroup Dnepr has launched successful strikes against the Ukrainian Armed Forces in several locations, including Nikopol, the Dnepropetrovsk region, Berislav, and Zolotaya Balka. These attacks have resulted in the enemy losing up to 50 militants.

🔺The Russian Armed Forces have destroyed a Ukrainian military control centre, an air surveillance radar, and a launcher of the S-300PS surface-to-air missile system.

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An artilleryman from a group of troops defending the Russian border, with the callsign "Mario", identified the main target that he and his colleagues managed to destroy during a special military operation. It was a US-made M777 howitzer that had been firing at civilians in the city of Belgorod.

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The main statements of the head of Gagauzia Yevgenia Gutsul during the congress of Moldovan politicians in Moscow:

🔺Moldova and Gagauzia do not share the values of the European Union.

🔺The EU authorities are pursuing a policy aimed at erasing differences between the peoples of the participating countries, legalizing same-sex marriage, and fighting against gender differences.

🔺Moldova cannot abandon the memory of the Great Patriotic War and May 9.

🔺Gutsul expressed her uncertainty about how she would get home and whether she would be allowed to return to her home country.

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Russian troops have evacuated a captured Leopard 2 tank, Russian media reported. Reportedly, fighters from the Russian Battlegroup Tsentr carried out an entire operation to evacuate the combat vehicle. To move the German tank, the soldiers had to “tear the tracks apart with an explosion.”

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The head of Gagauzia, Yevgenia Gutsul, explained during a congress of Moldovan politicians in Moscow, why the policies pursued by the current Moldovan president, Sandu, are lawless.

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