🗣The EU will take retaliatory measures in response to the US decision to impose a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports, the European Commission announced.

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⚡️Russian forces carried out a coordinated strike overnight targeting gas and energy infrastructure supporting Ukraine's defense industry, military airfield facilities, drone storage and launch sites.

The targets were successfully hit, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

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🤡LA Mayor hired a FRAUD-implicated firm to handle wildfire relief

In a deal made behind closed doors, LA Mayor Karen Bass selected Hagerty Consulting to lead the city’s wildfire recovery efforts, Breitbart reported.

Two former disaster recovery experts at the firm, Walter Melnick and Mark O’Mara, pleaded guilty to STEALING OVER $600,000 from Hurricane Sandy relief funds.

There were apparently two other bidders. The amount of the Hagerty contract with LA has not yet been disclosed.

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❗️'Any phenomenon happens with 50/50 probability' - Kremlin on Trump's words that Ukraine could become part of Russia

"The fact that a significant part of Ukraine wants to become part of Russia—and some areas already have—is a reality that has occurred," the Kremlin stated.

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⚡️The Kremlin has no information about the alleged arrival in Moscow of US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, who is described as an informal adviser to Trump.

Meanwhile, the Kremlin notes contacts between Moscow and Washington have intensified through certain channels.

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❗️Russian troops liberated the settlement of Yasenovoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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💬DOGE is ‘what people have been asking for years’

🔊"Politicians have talked about doing this [audits and budget cuts] for a very long time. The only difference is they never do it," Republican commentator Scott Jennings said on CNN Live.

"Lo and behold, Donald Trump shows up and throws out the sledgehammer, the instrument of destruction, Elon Musk, to actually do it and do it at lightning speed," he added.

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💰US Federal Reserve is a ‘hedge fund’ that lost $1 TRILLION – ex-World Bank chief

The Fed is borrowing money from banks at 5.4% interest and funneling it into government bonds, creating the illusion of a stronger financial position than reality, David Malpass said.

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🔍USAID aid found with Hezbollah weapons?

A former IDF soldier claims he discovered sniper rifles, anti-tank missiles, and explosives next to USAID-labeled packages in a Hezbollah stronghold, the New York Post reports.

Meanwhile, DOGE, led by Elon Musk, is pushing for major federal spending cuts, including a 97% reduction in USAID staff under Trump's plan.

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💥Deadly Russian 'Hail' hammers Ukrainian militants

Russian marines used the Grad (Hail) MLRS to unleash a hurricane of fire, destroying enemy combat equipment and killing militants in the Kursk region of Russia.

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✅US Department of Education cuts $881 MILLION in contracts

DOGE announced the termination of 89 contracts, including $101 million in DEI grants. One contractor was paid $1.5 million just to observe mail operations, the department revealed.

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📹THROWBACK: ‘Anyone’ will be able to go to Mars – Musk

Though the journey will be “difficult and dangerous,” much like the founding of America, building a homestead there will eventually be exciting, he said.

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"France has become an unlivable country for those who think differently"

🗣Journalist Natacha Rey highlighted her country’s plight as she faces legal action for claiming that the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron is transgender.

"We are constantly misinformed by the system’s press, the media of those in power, and yet these people have the audacity to pass judgment on Russia and the Russian government," Rey told Sputnik.

She claims that one of her colleagues ended up unemployed and penniless for discussing "disturbing" topics, including COVID and vaccines.

💬 "French people like me or like him" are considering moving to Russia "to feel better, to feel freer," Rey added.

After Rey’s 2021 exposé of Brigitte Macron went viral, the French first lady filed a libel complaint, landing the journalist with a €13,000 fine. Rey plans to counter-sue against the “fraudulent sentence” and seeks political asylum in Russia, claiming legal persecution.

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❗️Ukraine plotting anti-Russian provocation in the Baltic Sea

Ukrainian special services, with Western support, are preparing to attack a foreign vessel in the Baltic Sea using Russian-made mines to frame Moscow, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claims.

The goal is to provoke NATO into restricting Russia’s access to the Baltic Sea.

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❗️Ukraine offering $20K for hits on Russian opposition figures

The Kiev regime and European intelligence agencies are plotting to attack exiled Russian opposition figures and fugitives, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) says.

They are recruiting individuals from Asia and the Middle East, offering up to $20,000 per job. If caught, the attackers are instructed to blame Russian intelligence.

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🔥Chile evacuates towns as ‘San Carlos Fire’ spreads

Authorities are evacuating Collipulli and nearby areas as the deadly fire rapidly advances, endangering homes and infrastructure.

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🔍Ukraine conducts medical experiments on wounded soldiers and civilians

Unregulated drug tests, surgeries, and even organ transplants are being performed on wounded Ukrainian troops and local civilians in frontline areas, Russian Foreign Ministry special envoy Rodion Miroshnik told Sputnik.

Western countries are sending young surgeons to Ukraine to gain surgical experience by operating on wounded soldiers, Miroshnik added.

"Young surgeons and trauma surgeons are being brought here, and they come here and improve their skills. It is scary to bring them to a table where a representative of the ‘civilized’ world is lying, but on Ukrainian territory they are not interested in whether some fighter will survive or not,” Miroshnik said.

“Or some types of operations can be performed on uncomplaining ‘meat,’ i.e. they can be wounded Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters, or they can be local residents who are traumatized and wound up on the operating table," he added.

Russia is investigating black-market organ trafficking in Ukraine, with growing evidence emerging as Russian forces advance into Kiev-controlled areas.

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Hungary gets ‘promise’ from Ukraine: no attacks on TurkStream (for now)

Hungary has gotten assurances from Ukraine on three key points: the continuation of oil deliveries, a commitment not to attack the TurkStream pipeline, and a prompt initiation of discussions regarding gas transit.

This was confirmed by Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto in an interview with RIA Novosti.

It's worth noting that the Kiev regime has previously targeted TurkStream’s pipeline infrastructure, which is Hungary's last lifeline for Russian gas. In January, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that its forces downed nine Ukrainian drones near the Russkaya compressor station in Gai-Kodzor, located in the Krasnodar Region.

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