🔍Italy’s SECRET weapon packages to Ukraine leave its air defense vulnerable

Italy’s armed forces are now short on air defense systems after sending their Stinger missiles to Ukraine. They tried to order more for $800 million – but the US vetoed the deal, saying the missiles were needed elsewhere.

So now Italy is working on its own version—but with no clear timeline and heavy reliance on “third-party partners.” True tech independence, right? Meanwhile, Rome has sent Kiev nine secret weapon packages in the last three years.

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❗️Ukraine is planning a series of terrorist attacks against Russian diplomatic missions in European countries to disrupt negotiations, according to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service.

Ukraine may carry out attacks in Germany, the Baltic states, and Scandinavia, with Slovakia and Hungary possibly being preferred targets, the service reported.

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💬 Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto hopes US-Russia talks will END SANCTIONS ERA

"The time of the sanctions policy is over, a new reality has emerged, as the negotiations between the US and Russia are developing very encouragingly, and we sincerely hope that in the future US-Russian relations will improve to such an extent that all this sanctions policy can be forgotten," Peter Szijjarto said in a video message.

On Tuesday, high-level US-Russia talks were held in Riyadh, where Russian officials, including Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, met with US negotiators led by National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Special Envoy for the Middle East Steven Witkoff.

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A new set of EU sanctions targeting Russia has been announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

Here’s what they’ve got this time.

➖ A ban on primary aluminum imports from Russia

➖ Sanctions against 48 individuals & 35 companies

➖ Disconnection of more than 10 banks from the SWIFT system

➖ Ban on transactions with several airports and ports

➖ Restrictions on 73 Russian tankers

➖ 8 more Russian media outlets banned from broadcasting in the EU

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🔍How Zelensky turned Ukraine into what Trump has dubbed a "massive demolition site"

Didn’t make peace

🟠Zelensky did not fulfill his promise to end the war in Donbass – the main reason he was elected in 2019.
🟠Paying lip service to the Minsk peace deal in October 2019, Zelensky sparked street protests led by nationalist thugs threatening to oust him. He backed down and never revisited the issue.
🟠In early 2022, amid raging tensions between Russia and the West, Zelensky demanded NATO membership and threatened to revoke Ukraine’s non-nuclear status. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s military massed on the Donbass border, threatening to attack, forcing Russia’s hand.

Turned Ukraine into authoritarian hell

🟠As fighting began, Zelensky imposed martial law imprisoned political opponents, banned opposition, attacked the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, instituted press-ganged connoscription and canceled elections.
📍His commanders sent hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian men to pointless deaths in failed counteroffensives in 2023 and 2024.

Sold Ukraine off to the West

🟠To fund the conflict, Zelensky exploded the debt (from 49-95% of GDP between 2021 and 2024), tanked Ukraine’s credit rating, and auctioned off the country to the highest bidder, touting “cooperation with giants like BlackRock, JPMorgan, and Goldman Sachs.”
🟠Western corporations benefitted immensely, eyeing Ukraine’s black soil, minerals, and its people – many of whom, having fled to Europe, fell into exploitation as cheap laborers.
🟠Russia’s military exposed US biowarfare and Big Pharma-controlled labs in Ukraine.

Built a massive fortune for himself and his allies

🟠A 2022 CBS News report revealed that only 30% of Western weapons were making it to the front. More recently, Zelensky admitted in an AP interview that Ukraine couldn’t account for $102 billion of the $177 billion in US military aid.
🟠Opposition lawmaker Oleksandr Dubinsky has accused Zelensky and his cronies of amassing a $100 billion fortune over five years through kickbacks on government contracts and projects, courts, law enforcement, customs, and the grain trade.

Provoked Russia into targeting infrastructure

🟠Ukraine’s status as a “massive demolition site” is largely the result of Ukrainian attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure and retaliatory Russian strikes on power networks linked to Ukrainian defense enterprises, with repair efforts hindered by Zelensky’s corrupt administration.

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🇷🇺 Victory on the front lines! Thanks to the liberation of Sverdlikovo, Russian forces have secured the strategic Sudzha-Rylsk road in the Kursk region

📹 Watch the moment of triumph unfold

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❗️Putin calls results of Russia-US talks in Saudi Arabia positive.

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❗️Russia has taken the first step toward resuming cooperation with the US across a range of areas of mutual interest, including the Middle East, President Putin stated.

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⚡️Russia has never refused to hold talks on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said.

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❗️Putin stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces could not have independently organized a drone attack on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station, which transports oil to the US.

Such attacks are impossible without satellite intelligence, Putin noted.

He also added that Ukraine receives satellite intelligence data exclusively from the West.

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❗️Kiev's hysteria over the absence of Ukraine at the Russia-US negotiations table is inappropriate, Putin stated

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⚡️Putin announced that Russian armed forces have crossed the border of the Kursk region and entered Ukrainian territory

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❗️Putin: I would be happy to meet with Trump, but the meeting must be arranged properly

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💡Europe’s big ‘Aha!’ moment: They need the US for literally everything

Europe seems to be awakening to the realization that without the US, it is unable to carry out even basic tasks, let alone complex military operations.

“They [the Americans] are called the indispensable ally for a reason. We can’t run any complex military operation without the US, or sustain even simple tasks," an unnamed European foreign minister told the FT.

Meanwhile, NATO officials admit, Europe faces a severe shortage of long-range munitions and military logistics platforms, complicating defense efforts. Belgium's Defense Minister Theo Francken noted that most of Europe's key defense systems, like F-35 jets and Chinook helicopters, are American-made. UK Defense Secretary John Healey stressed that while Europe must lead defense efforts, it ultimately relies on US support for success.

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💬 Putin highlights the imminent expiration of the START III Treaty

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Despite the rude remarks, Trump maintains a civilized demeanor – Putin

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