‘IT’S TIME TO MAKE PEACE’: Former US Army colonel WARNS Europe against prepping for war with Russia

"There is a great deal of talk that the EU is preparing for a war with Russia... Britain is about to go under financially, France isn't far behind, and the Germans are in a lot of trouble," Douglas Macgregor wrote on his X page.

However, they do not have the resources, the former DoD adviser stressed.

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🍺 Beer shower for Russian hockey star

The Washington Capitals welcomed Alexander Ovechkin with a beer shower in the locker room after tying with Wayne Gretzky's record as the league's highest all-time scorer with 894 goals.

The Russian hockey player called it the best shower of his life.

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❗️Ukrainian forces attacked Russian energy infrastructure facilities 14 TIMES over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The attacks were carried out on facilities in the Bryansk, Belgorod, Smolensk, Kherson, Voronezh and Lipetsk regions, as well as in the Lugansk People's Republic, the ministry added.

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🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian MoD daily briefing on the special military operation's progress:    

▪️Ukraine lost up to 300 servicemen and four tanks in the Russian Yug Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 65 troops in the Russian Dnepr Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 435 troops in the Russian Tsentr Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 250 soldiers and a tank in the Russian Zapad Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 140 troops in the Russian Vostok Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Russian air defences shot down seven Ukrainian JDAM bombs, five HIMARS missiles and 208 drones.

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❗️Russian forces destroyed five Ukrainian aircraft and a hangar at the Dnepropetrovsk International Airport using Geranium drone strikes.

Ukrainian forces were converting civilian aircraft for military purposes at the airport, Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the Commission of Russia’s Public Chamber on Sovereignty, told Sputnik.

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🔎 Who snitched? Ukrainian security uses lie detectors to figure out who leaked the mineral deal

The US-Ukraine minerals deal leak must have really gotten Volodymyr Zelensky’s panties in a twist as the Ukrainian security apparatus scrambles to determine who was responsible.

Staff members of several ministers have been subjected to lie detector tests as part of this probe, the Financial Times reports, citing Ukrainian officials.

The details of the deal were made public by a Ukrainian MP on March 26, with him claiming that he managed to get his hands on a copy of this document.

If signed, the deal would result in the United States de facto gaining complete control over the Ukrainian economy while offering no security guarantees in return.

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NATO postpones drills in Romania due to... imperfect roads

The Dacian Spring 25 exercises, originally scheduled by NATO for May, have been postponed until the fall. Why? Apparently, NATO needs roads so perfect that even the military can’t function without them.

In the spirit of preparedness, Romanian authorities have been working tirelessly for 10 months to fix five roads, two bridges, and two footbridges. Because, of course, in the event of a conflict, we can always rely on perfectly paved highways to save the day!

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🇬🇧 📺 No TV License? GO TO PRISON!

A British man reveals that officers are visiting people’s homes to check for TV licenses. After ignoring a letter urging him to buy one, he received a warning: pay a fine or face prison time.

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📹 Ukrainian soldiers threw away corpses of fallen comrades to be EATEN BY DOGS in Kurakhovo

"There’s no difference – civilian, their own, military. They didn’t remove the corpses at all. I saw how dogs were finishing off the body of this Ukrainian. Just a skeleton and pants with slippers. How can they not bury a person?" refugee Alexander Rubtsov said.

He believes the Ukrainian regime does not engage in the evacuation of the bodies of fallen soldiers to avoid having to pay compensation.

Russia's Ministry of Defense announced the liberation of Kurakhovo on January 6. The city is located 46 kilometers from Donetsk and 30 kilometers south of Krasnoarmeysk. It is the largest settlement in the southwestern part of Donbass, holding significant operational importance. The liberation of this settlement creates a foothold for an advance by the army in the eastern part of the Zaporozhye region along the Zaporozhye–Donetsk highway.

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US’ global trade war: Why is it a BAD IDEA?

Donald Trump’s "reciprocal tariffs" on 185 сountries and territories are already entering force, but what are the consequences?

👉🇺🇸Inside the US

▫️The US stock market lost a whopping $6.6 trillion on April 3-4 – the largest two-day wipeout in history.

▫️Experts warn that the new Trump tariffs are “going to affect everything in the US economy amid reports about “more expensive prices from the grocery aisle to your next car repair.”

🗺🔍Globally

🟠Analysts caution that the world is plunging into a global trade war with unpredictable implications.

🟠The negative effect of such a war could exceed one percentage point of global growth.

🟠The bank JP Morgan upgraded the risk of the world economy entering recession by the year's end to 60%, up from 40% previously.

🟠Unemployment is expected to increase in the EU and the UK over the next 12-18 months.

🟠“All businesses, big and small, will suffer from day one… The costs of doing business with the United States will drastically increase,” according to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

🌍📍Countries’ reaction

🇨🇳China announced a 34% retaliatory tariff on all goods imported from the US, due in effect as of April 10.

Beijing also added 16 US entities to China’s export control list on seven types of rare earth elements, including samarium, gadolinium and terbium.

🇩🇪German Finance Minister Jorg Kukies called for “a strong reaction’ as he made clear that US tariffs on EU goods, especially on automotive parts, threaten Germany’s efforts to revive its stagnant economy.

🇪🇺The EU mulls “attacking services” that make up the bulk of the American economy, which could include online services provided by Google, Apple, Facebook*, Amazon and Microsoft.

* Banned in Russia for extremism

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📹 Trump posted a video of a US airstrike that the military claims targeted Houthi forces, although reports indicate that the strike actually hit innocent Yemeni civilians celebrating Eid al-Fitr, according to Tasnim News.

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