❗️Ukraine lost more than 240 militants, tank and two infantry fighting vehicles in the Kursk region over the day.

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

▪️Ukraine lost up to 450 soldiers in the areas of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 150 soldiers in the areas of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Vostok.

▪️Russian aviation shot down four JDAM bombs and 141 drones.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 305 militants and a tank in the Russian Yug Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 240 servicemen in the Russian Zapad Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 160 soldiers in the areas of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Sever and Dnepr

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🗣Houthis warn Trump of long, costly war as US launches strikes: what’s known so far

🟠Trump announced “decisive and powerful military action” against the Yemeni militia Saturday, demanding they halt attacks on US shipping and warships or face “hell” “like nothing you have ever seen before!”

🟠US warplanes attacked the capital Sanaa and areas in Saada, Dhamar, Al-Bayda, Radaa, Hajjah, and Marib.

🟠Yemeni Health Ministry spox Anis Al-Asbahi said 31 people were killed and over 100 injured in the attacks, mostly women and children.

🟠CENTCOM said its “precision strikes” were carried out “to defend American interests, deter enemies and restore freedom of navigation.”

🟠The strikes were launched by F/A-18 jets from the USS Truman supercarrier in the Red Sea, and aided by P8 Poseidon, RC-135V and MQ-4C Triton jets and drones flying out of US bases in the Gulf. A British KC2 Voyager out of Cyprus also took part.

🟠Secretary Rubio spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, touching on Yemen. Lavrov called for an “immediate” halt to the use of force, and stressed the need for dialog “to find a solution that would prevent further bloodshed.”

🟠The Houthis’ political bureau stressed the militia is “prepared to confront escalation with escalation.”

🟠US and UK commercial vessels and warships have been added back on to the Houthis’ list of legitimate targets.

🟠Brig. Gen. Abdullah bin Amer recalled that ten years ago, a Gulf coalition sought to oust the Houthis in “two weeks,” but “months and years passed…and Yemen has not been subdued.”

🟠The same fate will meet today’s aggressors, who were “disappointed before,” and “will definitely be disappointed again,” Amer said.

🟠Preparations for the strikes began after Trump put the Houthis back onto the US’ “terror” listing, and accelerated after they downed another US Reaper drone March 4, per Axios.

🟠The strikes come days after the Houthis’ announcement that they would resume attacks on Israeli vessels in the Red and Arabian Seas, citing Israel’s refusal to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza.

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✅About 30 active-duty NATO officers TRAPPED in Kursk region

They were involved in commanding troops on the ground, processing NATO satellite intelligence, and coordinating strikes deep into Russian territory, Sergey Lebedev, a coordinator of the pro-Russian underground movement in the Nikolayev region, told Sputnik.

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Kellogg DIMINISHED to Ukraine envoy, but is he the man for the job?

The US president has narrowed retired General Keith Kellogg's role after initially tapping him as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine.

🔸 The general did not attend the US-Russia talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 18 and was notably absent from the US-Ukrainian talks in Jeddah on March 11.

🔸 In early March, anonymous US administration sources told the American press that “Kellogg’s role [was] very much in question” and that his actions were "adding confusion" to the team's peace negotiations.

What preceded the move?

◻️ After Trump's win, Kellogg was appointed a special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, despite being seen as a staunch Russia hawk.

◻️ Previously, in April 2024, he proposed a Ukraine peace plan aimed at enabling Kiev to negotiate with Russia "from a position of strength."

◻️ Speaking to the New York Post on February 6, Kellogg rated the severity of current sanctions against Russia “only about a 3” on a scale of 1 to 10, claiming that Trump was prepared to tighten restrictions.

◻️ On February 15, Kellogg advocated for additional sanctions on Russia’s energy exports "to break [its] economic back" at the Munich Security Conference.

◻️ In the same month, The Washington Post revealed that Kellogg’s daughter, Meaghan Mobbs - president of the R.T. Weatherman Foundation - has been operating a logistics hub on the Romanian-Ukrainian border to support aid efforts and US mercenaries.

◻️ Kellogg told the Senate Armed Services Committee in February 2023 that the path to peace talks is "enabling Ukraine to defeat the Russian army."

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💬 THROWBACK: ‘Slow strangulation by overregulation’ – Musk on stifling EU bureaucracy

“EU headquarters in Brussels is essentially a giant CATHEDRAL TO BUREAUCRACY,” he said, adding that, in fact, Europe needs government efficiency more than the US does.

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