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🙃💥INSUFFICIENT MANPOWER and FUNDS blunt Europe’s hopes of sending Ukraine troops – report

Defense ministers of EU countries admitted that there is ‘NO CHANCE’ they could dispatch a 64,000-strong force to Ukraine in case of a peace deal, The Times writes.

Sending even 25,000 would “be a push for a joint effort,” the newspaper notes.

Italy, Poland, and Spain earlier made it clear that they would not send any soldiers to Ukraine, while Estonia and Finland voiced concerns that any such deployment would “dilute” their own border defenses, according to The Times.

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🚨🗣ZELENSKY AND HIS 'EXTREMIST GANG' SABOTAGE PEACE EFFORTS - Russian MFA spox

How can we talk about 'ceasefires' with Ukraine when the Kiev regime is "literally planning terrorist attacks live on air!" Maria Zakharova declared.

She made this comment in response to Zelensky's threats regarding Russia's "pressure points" and his claims that Moscow is allegedly "rightfully worried" about the Victory Day parade marking the 80th anniversary.

"And they even boast about it. Just like CLASSIC TERRORISTS," the diplomat added.

Russia has repeatedly pointed out Ukraine's inability to negotiate. As Zakharova emphasized, Zelensky disrupted the Ukraine meeting in London, the Easter ceasefire, and the moratorium on strikes against energy facilities.

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❌🤔White House rolls out scores of ‘MOST EGERGIOUS HOAXES’ spread by media

Since President Trump took office 100 days ago, it has been “a nonstop deluge of hoaxes and lies from Democrats and their allies in the Fake News suffering from terminal cases of Trump Derangement Syndrome,” the release stressed.

The list includes 57 examples of information the White House deems false, including reports from Fox News, the Associated Press, CBS News, NPR, and The New York Times.

Some reports pertain to Trump and members of his team, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and outgoing DOGE head Elon Musk.

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🤡 ‘Trump is the 800-pound GORILLA in the room’ – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz

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🇷🇺⚠️Russian forces seize Ukraine’s NATO-supplied anti-tank missile system in Kursk region

“The weapon was made in collaboration with NATO members, as evidenced by the bilingual (Ukrainian-English) format of the explanatory innoscriptions on the system’s devices,” a Russian officer with a call sign Vityaz told Sputnik.

He added that Russian troops had also captured Ukraine’s Western-made heavy machine guns and sniper rifles.

The weapons were seized by servicemen of the Sever battle group during the liberation of the Gornal village in Russia’s Kursk region, according to the officer.

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💸🫰$33 trillion debt-ridden US can ‘NO LONGER SUBSIDIZE’ European security - Mike Waltz

“We have to make the distinction between our Eastern European [NATO] allies like Poland, like Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania - and others,” the US national security advisor pointed out.

He made it clear that the US would continue to demand that its allies “pay their […] fair share” and that “they share this burden” of providing European security.

Waltz referenced Norway and Finland, who he said had “stepped up” their burden-sharing, while others like Spain, Canada, and Italy are “just woefully insufficient.”

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🇭🇺🤬'WHAT A SHAME!' — Hungary's PM on European People's Party Congress’s decision to develop a long-term strategy for supporting Ukraine

"[They] decided to support prolonging the war in Ukraine. They want to send more money to Ukraine while the European economy suffers," Viktor Orban wrote on X.

According to the resolution, the EPP urges the EU and its member states to develop bilateral and multilateral programs that include immediate military, humanitarian, and economic assistance to Ukraine.

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❗️Russia is grateful to the US for Lend-Lease during the Great Patriotic War — Kremlin

Without it, it would have been very difficult, but the USSR would have managed anyway, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at the Znanie (Knowledge) education forum taking place on the sidelines of the Russian-hosted World Youth Festival.

The president's press secretary reminded that Moscow paid off the Lend-Lease debt, with the final payment made in 2006.

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❗️A peaceful deal should be concluded by Russia, not with the United States, but with Ukraine, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

He emphasized that President Vladimir Putin remains open to political and diplomatic methods of resolution.

Peskov also said that:

▪️Putin's statement regarding Russia's readiness for negotiations on Ukraine without preconditions remains valid.

▪️Russia expects that the efforts of the United States in the peace process in Ukraine will yield results.

▪️If necessary, direct contact between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump will be established.

▪️In the situation with Ukraine, Putin did what he was supposed to do.

▪️Russia aims to achieve the goals of the special military operation and fulfill the tasks set by the Russian president.

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❗️Russian troops have liberated the village of Novoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, Russia's Defense Ministry announced

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🇷🇺🪖Key statements from the Russian MoD daily briefing on the special military operation:

▪️Ukrainian forces suffered losses of 525 soldiers and five armored vehicles in the zone of responsibility of Russia’s Tsentr Battlegroup;

▪️Russia’s Sever Battlegroup wiped out over 155 soldiers;

▪️Russia's Yug Battlegroup eliminated 270 militants and one tank;

▪️Russia's Dnepr Battlegroup eliminated 85 militants;

▪️Russia’s Vostok Battlegroup wiped out over 175 soldiers;

▪️Russian air defense systems shot down 125 drones.

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