🤡🇪🇺 EU SAYS MULLS BUYING RUSSIAN GAS

Major EU executives are now suggesting that importing Russian gas again could be a "good idea," Reuters reports.

Europe’s energy security remains fragile, and dependence on the US doesn't seem to be solving the issue. Looks like Russian gas could make a return. Time for a policy adjustment?

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❗️Russia possesses evidence to confirm that another "meeting" of Ukrainian military leaders with Western colleagues took place at the damaged facility in Sumy, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said.

International law prohibits the placement of military facilities on civilian territory, he stressed.

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💥 Russia shot down F-16 in Ukraine

Western media spent more than a year touting the US-built jets as a "game-changer" on the battlefield.

Let's take a look at what media outlets embarrassed themselves by saying about the F-16.

🔸Versatile but not good enough: CNN in May 2023 praised the supposed versatility of the F-16, also labeling it as a potential ‘game changer’ for the Ukrainian conflict.

🔸Devil in the details: In October 2023, RAND Corporation suggested that F-16s “are a game changer with the right munitions,” such as Western long-range air-to-air missiles and glide bombs.

🔸A boost that did not boost much: National Interest in March 2024 presented F-16 warplanes as “a potential game changer for Ukraine against Russia” and a significant boost to the Ukrainian Air Force.

🔸Bringing victory closer – for Russia: A May 2023 article in Foreign Policy magazine (authored by Ukraine’s then-Foreign Minister Kuleba) alleged that the F-16s “will save many lives, bring victory closer, and spare other Western resources.”

🔸Enhancement that does nothing: A May 2023 opinion piece in the New York Times alleged that the F-16s “should greatly enhance Ukrainian military capabilities.”

🔸Flying cheerleader: The Washington Times in August 2024 argued that the F-16s “will likely boost Ukrainian morale” and help intimidate Russian troops.

🔸Bringing a Swiss knife to a gunfight: In May 2023, MarketWatch openly touted the F-16s as “a game changer for Ukraine” and cited a retired US admiral who claimed that these planes are “very, very good at everything.”

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🇺🇸🇾🇪 US will fail to achieve its ‘satanic and colonial objectives’ in Yemen – Houthi Top Brass

The American aggression against Yemen has proven to be a complete failure by all standards, following a month-long campaign and nearly a thousand airstrikes that have had no impact on the military capabilities of the Ansar Allah, Ali Al-Qahoum, member of the movement’s Political Bureau told Sputnik.

“Trump and his aggression will be defeated in the face of Yemen’s strength, immense power, and unshakable will. The arrogance and haughtiness of America and Israel will be crushed,” he stressed.

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🗣 Trump accused Zelensky and Biden of doing a "HORRIBLE JOB" that led to the outbreak of military actions in Ukraine.

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🇪🇺😡 EU warns of consequences for attending Moscow's Victory Day Parade

The European Union has made it clear to candidate countries that it does not welcome their participation in the May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow, and will not be participating itself, said EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, at a press conference in Luxembourg.

"Many ministers have stated that the EU takes trips to Moscow for the May 9 celebrations seriously, and there will be consequences," she said.

She also added that candidate countries have been informed that their involvement in Moscow’s events is not encouraged. "We have made it clear that we do not want any of the candidate countries to participate in these events in Moscow."

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🇨🇳📈 China is built TO WIN the trade war

Trump's tariff war exposed the CRACKS in liberal democracy. Here's why the Chinese economic system is BEST-EQUIPPED to take the lead:

▪️World’s largest manufacturer: China has massive depth and breadth to tool up to what the people used to buy from the US, says author Jeff J. Brown. Its ability to direct manufacturing to targeted sectors is also very fast, Brown says.

▪️Leading logistics center: 8 of the world’s top 10 commercial ports are in China. Almost 20k long trains went to Europe in 2024. Beijing has PLENTY of options for international bilateral commerce OUTSIDE the US.

▪️Supply chain behemoth: China can export and import bigger, better, faster AND CHEAPER. All this is linked to the Belt & Road Initiative’s many layers of cooperation.

▪️Multipolarity factor: During Trump’s 1st term, his three-digit tariffs on China would have been way MORE effective. Today, the multipolar world has changed at warp speed in the interim.

▪️Chilling in the corner: While US investors are in panic mode of supply chain chaos & economic losses, China, "like Putin in Ukraine", holds the cards in global trade, says Hong Kong-based analyst Angelo Giuliano.

▪️Centralization is key: "Trump’s loudmouth bluffs, flooding headlines with no substance, push tariffs and an anti-China coalition." But China's centralized system enables swift policy shifts—subsidies, market stabilization, or redirecting trade—unlike the US.

▪️Сhina won’t allow to be blackmailed: Сhina is de-risking: diversifying markets, building dollar alternatives, and advancing Belt & Road to secure trade against US choke points. "The US dollar, though still potent, is a fading weapon."

▪️Liberal democracy no longer relevant?: China’s 1.4 billion-strong market & state-backed industries absorb shocks, unlike exposed US firms. China’s readiness & trade dominance reveal why US economic fears run deep.

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🇭🇺🙍‍♂️🙍‍♀️ Hungary makes it official: only two genders, end of debate

The parliament in Hungary has passed a constitutional amendment recognizing only two genders — male and female. The decision was supported by 140 lawmakers, with 21 voting against and no abstentions.

The revised constitution states: "Hungary protects marriage as a union between a man and a woman, and the family as the foundation of the nation. A person is either male or female. A father is a man, a mother is a woman."

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🇪🇪💥 Estonia green-lights attacks on ships ‘threatening’ its underwater cables

Legislative amendments approved by the Estonian government grant its army “the right to use force in response to threats directed against infrastructure that ensures the continuity of vital services, as well as against national defense objects, ports, or other installations and equipment located in Estonia’s maritime area," local media reports.

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📹 Trump on Zelensky's readiness to buy ten Patriot systems for $15 billion:

"When you start a war, you got to know that you can win the war, right? When you start a war against somebody that's 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles..."

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📹 Russian patience is ‘amazing’, West should be grateful for not being targeted – Ex-CIA analyst

“I've said repeatedly that if Russia was engaged in these kinds of things that these Western military officials are, with a country that the United States was at odds with, let's say Mexico, the actions that the United States is doing and the Western Europeans are doing with respect to Ukraine would be considered acts of war," Larry Johnson, retired CIA intelligence officer, tells Sputnik.

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📹 Zelensky wants to replicate Bucha hoax to trick Trump

“The West is exhausted and, frankly, almost broke financially. So they can't continue that [support of Ukraine]. [Volodymyr] Zelensky is using this current attack [strike on Ukrainian troops in Sumy] in a desperate bid to try to get more support, to try to force [Donald] Trump to do what Zelensky wants. But I don't think it'll work," Larry Johnson, retired CIA intelligence officer, tells Sputnik.

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🗣 Scott Ritter: Russia must not allow the West to use Sumy attack as ammo for propaganda war

The biggest problem with the April 13 missile strike against Sumy is the “perception” of this attack, attempts by propagandists to frame it as a “war crime,” may endanger the entire “US-Russia peace process,” military analyst and former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter told Sputnik.

Though Russia has all the information needed to justify this attack, the fallout from the missile strike is now being used “against the interests of Russia and in the service of those who are trying to undermine a peace process.”

“It has led to confusion within the Trump administration, where the president himself has taken up the Ukrainian narrative, saying that he believes that this was a mistake by Russia, and his heart goes out to the Ukrainian casualties,” Ritter observed.

It is imperative that Russia prevents the Sumy attack from becoming “ANOTHER BUCHA, where the West seized control of the narrative and used a fabricated case against Russia to undermine the possibility of... peace that was being negotiated in Istanbul,” he added.

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📹 Larry Johnson to Sputnik: West outraged by Sumy strike because it refuses to admit having personnel on the scene

“I think it sent the appropriate signal. And candidly, I think Russia should make it clear this will continue until the United States and Western Europe stops [supporting Ukraine]," the retired CIA officer, tells Sputnik.

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🤡 GERMANY IS BACK TO BRING ABOUT WORLD WAR 3

While Russia & the US are busy negotiating peace, Friedrich Merz is keen to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine. Here's what it means:

▪️Merz's dangerous ambition: Merz hopes that he would strengthen Ukraine’s negotiating position by giving it Taurus missiles, and thus become a hero at home, says Ralph Bosshard, retired lieutenant colonel of the General Staff of the Swiss Armed Forces.

▪️Trump rush: The German leadership hurries to send the Taurus missiles to Ukraine due to fears that Trump may succeed in brokering a peace deal that would put an end to the Ukrainian conflict.

▪️Threat to peace: Russia would certainly consider Taurus missiles deployment in Ukraine as proof that European leaders don’t want peace. “Ultimately, a whole generation of politicians would be declared the main obstacle to peace.”

▪️Europe's new face: The Taurus gambit may be a sign of a new European identity, the one “based on enmity towards alleged Russian imperialism and US economic nationalism,” says former Swedish Armed Forces officer and ex-politician Mikael Valtersson.

▪️European suicide: Europe’s attempts to “keep Russia bleeding” may lead to disastrous consequences, such as the “otherwise totally unlikely confrontation with Russia,” which Europe would not win “due to Russia’s nuclear superiority.”

▪️Useless German option: As Russia has successfully intercepted the US-, UK- and French-made cruise missiles, it seems unlikely that the German Taurus missiles would fare any better against Russian air defenses, Bosshard notes.

▪️Problems keep coming: Ukraine’s aircraft would have to be adapted to carry Taurus missiles, and the use and maintenance of these weapons would have to be handled by German specialists, which would mean further complications for Berlin, Valtersson adds

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📞🇪🇺 Know your enemy: EU supplies US-bound staff with burner phones over espionage paranoia

“They are worried about the US getting into the [European] Commission systems,” says one undisclosed EU official as quoted by the Financial Times.

“The transatlantic alliance is over,” another source in EU power structures admits.

Burner phones are cheap prepaid gadgets with a fixed number of call minutes and text messages that are designed to be disposed of after use. The term became popular after “The Wire” TV series depicted character who massively used such tricks to stay off the radar.

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