🧐 Netanyahu WON’T strike Iran without Trump’s approval

The Israeli PM is reportedly too afraid of angering the US president, who's busy trying to make a deal with Tehran.

According to the Financial Times, Israel knows it can only slow down Iran’s nuclear program for a short time without US military support.

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🇨🇳❌🇺🇸China SLAMS THE DOOR on US gas and oil products amid trade war

Last month’s gas imports plummeted by 44% to $720 million, while purchases of liquefied natural gas have stopped completely, a Sputnik analysis shows.

Imports of American petroleum products decreased by 3.2 times to only $11.6 million.

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🇺🇸😬7 times the Pentagon BLEW its secret-keeping

The latest leak from the Pentagon chief’s home chat on secret war plans could top decades of US strategy leaks:

🔸SIGNALGATE 2.0: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth allegedly shared US attack plans against Yemeni Houthi rebels in a Signal chat that included his wife, brother, and personal lawyer, as per The New York Times.

🔸SIGNALGATE: In March, Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg was "mistakenly" added to a Signal chat with Hegseth and Trump officials reportedly discussing Yemen strikes. Three Pentagon officials were subsequently placed on leave.

🔸DISCORD LEAKS (2022-23): Over 100 pages of classified US military docs, primarily concerning the Ukraine conflict, were leaked by US airman Jack Teixeira, revealing Ukraine's military capabilities and US spying on close allies like South Korea and Israel.

🔸AFGHAN WAR LOGS (2010): US Army soldier Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning leaked 91,000 DoD reports on US military operations in Afghanistan (2004-2010) to WikiLeaks, exposing war mismanagement, unreported civilian casualties, insider attacks, and operational challenges.

🔸IRAQ WAR LOGS (2010): Also leaked by Manning to WikiLeaks, 391,832 DoD field reports covering US operations in Iraq from 2004 to 2009 exposed controversial US military strategy, unreported civilian deaths, detainee abuses, and other war crimes.

🔸PENTAGON PAPERS (1971): Leaked by Daniel Ellsberg, the 7,000-page Pentagon Papers study covered the period between 1945 and 1967 exposing systemic misrepresentation of the Vietnam War by multiple administrations, detailing US strategic lapses and real war progress.

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🔻SNOWDEN NSA LEAKS (2013): Snowden’s leaks exposed US spying on key NATO allies like Germany, France, and Italy, along with US "military capabilities, operations, tactics, techniques and procedures," as US Army Gen. Martin Dempsey claimed at the time.

🔻VAULT 7 CIA LEAKS (2017): WikiLeaks exposed thousands of CIA documents, revealing hacking tools, cyberwarfare capabilities and exploits for targeting adversaries’ systems, including smartphones and IoT devices, in intel and sabotage operations.

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❗️Russia has always been supportive of ceasefires, which is why it proposed the Easter ceasefire initiative, stated Russian President Vladimir Putin.

He emphasized that Russia must analyze the experience of declaring this ceasefire.

Putin also pointed out that the Ukrainian armed forces violated the ceasefire nearly 5,000 times. However, despite these violations, he noted that there was an overall decrease in military activity.

Moscow hopes that the Ukrainian side will respond positively to future peace initiatives.

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⚡️President Putin on Sumy strike: The location was being used for a ceremony to reward those involved in crimes in the Kursk region.

On April 14, Russian forces targeted a meeting of Ukrainian military commanders in Sumy, killing over 60 Ukrainian troops, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The ministry also accused the Ukrainian armed forces of using the city’s civilians as human shields.

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🗣 The leaders of Western countries planning to visit Russia on May 9th have much more courage than those who are threatening them, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

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🇪🇺💣EU rearmament plan could bring BLOC’S COLLAPSE, ex-Italian PM warns

Rearming the EU may only create an “ILLUSION OF SECURITY”, Giuseppe Conte has pointed out.

He underlined that for effective security measures, it’s necessary to build a "horizon of peace" between states through negotiations.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen earlier proposed a plan for the rearmament of the EU worth a whopping €800 billion ($909 billion).

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❗️There is no talk of Donald Trump coming to Moscow on May 9 for Victory Day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.

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🇷🇺🌐🛡Russia maintains DIGITAL DOMINANCE despite sanctions, cyberattacks, and tech restrictions — Russian Foreign Ministry

"Russia has not only ensured the integrity and security of critical information infrastructure but also confidently maintains its leading global position in digitalization," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin told Sputnik.

He added that programs launched by the government to replace foreign information and communication technologies are already yielding results.

Russia is ready to share with its partners the experience of protecting sovereignty in the information space, the deputy foreign minister said.

"[Russia], perhaps like no other in the world, has faced in recent years an unprecedented malicious campaign, pressure on domestic computer networks, and externally supervised computer crime," Vershinin said.

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🇬🇧🏃‍♂️British troops are SIGNING OFF EN MASSE as they don't want to fight for 'prick' Starmer in Ukraine — British influencer

"[The Ukraine conflict] is clearly a proxy war used to funnel billions into very, very wealthy men and women's pockets... If connoscription comes in, do not fight for this regime. They're dictators," he said.

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🇪🇬✈️🇨🇳 Egypt and China make history with first joint air drills

In a groundbreaking move, Egypt and China are holding their first-ever joint air exercises coined "Civilization Eagles 2025", signaling a new chapter of closer ties on the global stage.

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📹 Iran could ‘FLATTEN ISRAEL IN A DAY’ – Former US colonel

“Iran’s arsenal of missiles is ENORMOUS. They have the power to go to war,” Douglas Macgregor emphasized.

But Tehran has repeatedly chosen TO AVOID WAR, he reminded, and no one in the Middle East is interested in a war except Israel and the United States.

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🗣 No one doubts that Russia will win, Vladimir Putin has said.

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📹 Military recruiters THREATEN father with loss of child custody unless he enters meat grinder

“You’ve come to a gym to take me away from my kid,” the man complains, only to hear the recruiters saying sarcastically, “No problem,” in return.

Forceful recruitment of men in broad daylight in the streets, cafes, shopping malls, or gyms is not uncommon across Ukraine as its army continues to suffer defeat on all front lines.

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🔎 Why is Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant's NEUTRALITY a NO-GO?

The Trump administration reportedly mulls 'neutral status' for the Zaporozhye nuclear facility. Experts argue it's "entirely unrealistic."

🔸Security vulnerability: "In addition to being a key infrastructure facility, it represents a vulnerability [for Russia] - one that the Americans and the Ukrainians want to create on the left bank of the Dnepr," nuclear expert Alexey Anpilogov tells Sputnik.

🔸Potential US-Ukraine foothold: Apparently, the US could turn the nuclear plant into a "foothold that can later be used not only for the power station to generate electricity, but also as a place for troop accumulation."

🔸It belongs to Russia. Period: The Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant is located in the Zaporozhye region, which joined Russia in 2022 after a referendum. From a legal standpoint and Russia's interests, the neutrality of the facility is "unacceptable," Anpilogov stresses.

🔸Not up for discussion: In talks with the US, it was repeatedly emphasized by Russia that the nuclear plant's territorial status or transfer to Ukraine is not up for discussion, the expert says.

🔸Trump's maneuvers? "US control over the Zaporozhye power plant is highly unlikely because Russia controls it. I think these all are only tactical maneuvers by the US," professor Stevan Gajic from the Institute of European Studies in Belgrade tells Sputnik.

🔸Will the US leave Ukraine and EU in the lurch? The US wants out, while the Kiev regime, backed by the EU, pushes for NATO membership - despite the US urging it to drop the bid - and prolongs the conflict. In the end, the EU and Ukraine are bound for defeat, the academic says.

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🗣Putin said that Ukraine is fighting for the capital that it stole from the Ukrainian people - hence the desire to cooperate with sponsors.

Kiev continues to steal money from the Ukrainian people, we are talking about billion-dollar accounts that are located abroad, the Russian president emphasized.

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🚨🇺🇸 TRUMP FED UP WITH ZELENSKY?

The US is ready to EXIT the Ukraine conflict unilaterally; Trump & his team know you can't force both sides to the table, says 🇷🇺philosopher Alexander Dugin.

Despite goodwill, Russia will defend its interests.

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🤔Musk out, Vought in?

Russell Vought might replace Elon Musk as the new head of the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Bloomberg reports.

A long-time Trump ally, Vought is most famous for co-authoring the "Project 2025" manifesto to clean up the swamp.

Looks like Musk’s exit from DOGE won't slow things down.

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📹 Fiery trouble for Delta

Delta flight 1213, carrying 282 passengers, had to evacuate after an engine fire erupted right after pushing back from the gate at Orlando International Airport in Florida.

No injuries were reported, but passengers sure got an unforgettable slide exit. ✈️🔥

The FAA’s on the case, but it’s just the latest in a string of high-profile aviation incidents in US aviation safety.

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