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🟠 Hungary will hold a public vote on Ukraine's accession to EU

🟠 How BlackRock is tightening its grip on global trade routes

🟠 White House reportedly vetting job seekers with loyalty ‘litmus’ tests

🟠 VIDEO: Clashes erupt in Syria's Latakia amid anti-HTS protests

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💬 'Romania will not send troops to Ukraine, but will continue to be a logistical hub for military support,' said Romania's acting President Ilie Bolojan.

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📹Chinese 'Ultra-skateboard chassis' technology - designed to power self-driving shuttles, cleaning bots and tree-planting robots, delivering smart, eco-friendly solutions for autonomous mobility.

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✅The US aerospace company Maxar Technologies has cut off Ukraine's access to its satellite data, following the same measures taken by Starlink, media reports.

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💬 'The tofu crowd is mad' - Sen. John Kennedy slams anti-DOGE supporters

"You know, when you trim fat, pigs squeal," the politician said, explaining the "way the world works."

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💬 Only 8 out of 100+ illegal migrants with suspected ties to terrorist groups like ISIS* were deported under the Biden administration - Tulsi Gabbard

* A terrorist group outlawed in Russia and many other countries.

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🇷🇺🪖Key statements from the Russian Defense Ministry's weekly briefing on the special military operation's progress:

▪️Russian troops liberated four settlements in the Donetsk People's Republic.

▪️The Russian forces carried out 7 successful group strikes targeting military airfield infrastructure, ammunition depots, production facilities, storage warehouses, and command centers for strike drones.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 3810 soldiers, 2 tanks and 29 armored fighting vehicles in the areas of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr.

▪️Russia's Battlegroup Vostok has struck 10 Ukrainian brigades in its combat zone.

▪️Russian aviation shot down 21 JDAM bombs and 637 drones.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 1,600 militants in the Russian Yug Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 1,525 servicemen in the Russian Zapad Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 1590 soldiers in the areas of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Sever.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 575 troops and 2 warehouses in the Russian Dnepr Battlegroup's combat zone.

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🇷🇺 The EU now poses Russia as its main adversary, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said

Other statements by Peskov:

🔸 Talk of European militarization is at odds with efforts to end the conflict in Ukraine

🔸 Peskov did not rule out that Moscow may need to take measures to ensure its security against the backdrop of discussions on the development of the EU's defense sector

🔸 Moscow insists that European nuclear arsenals must not be left out of disarmament talks

🔸 The focus on European nuclear weapons in possible disarmament talks with the US has increased following French President Emmanuel Macron's confrontational statements

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💬‘We are going to be taking a FLAME THROWER to the waste that Elon Musk is identifying’ – Congressman Brandon Gill told Fox.

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❗️❗️❗️European democracy kills anyone with a different opinion - Slovak MEP Blaha

The failed attempt on PM Fico’s life was because he sought dialogue with Russia and peaceful political options, said Ľuboš Blaha, deputy leader of Slovakia’s Smer party, speaking to Sputnik.

"Imagine you have a different opinion, and somebody wants to kill you. What is it? This is European democracy now. THIS IS EUROPEAN FREEDOM NOW."

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💪Mousavi Airlines – 18-ton aircraft pulled by woman athlete

Giti Mousavi, an Iranian athlete, has set a new world record in the women's heavy object pulling category by successfully pulling an airplane.

She was assisted in her endeavor by Iranian law enforcement officials, who provided one of their aircraft for the record attempt.

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🔍Germany doesn't have money for Merz's defense boost – ex-AfD MEP

Berlin plans to change its fiscal rules and “invest” €500 billion ($543 billion) in infrastructure and defense, as explained by the chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz.

It's alarming that Merz is prioritizing military spending because of the mythical Russian threat, especially amid efforts for peace in Ukraine, Gunnar Beck, a legal academic and former AfD MEP, tells Sputnik.

Merz has long pushed for higher defense spending. Last December, he stated the Bundeswehr would need at least $87 billion annually, up from the current $57 billion. German media also reported a proposed $433 billion defense fund.

"Germany hasn't got the money," Beck stresses. "It's got to borrow the money. It's at the expense of social spending and badly needed investments in infrastructure and research and development."

"It’s not only Germany that's proposing to increase military spending. The EU, under von der Leyen, has announced it will borrow another €800 billion ($866 billion) to support Ukraine. When you add up these figures, it's already more than a trillion. And they are clearly coordinating their policies," Beck concludes.

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