🪖🇪🇪 Estonia to send troops to Ukraine as part of "Coalition of the Willing" - Country's PM confirms such plans

Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron stated that several members of the coalition plan to send "deterrence forces" — not peacekeepers — to be stationed at key Ukrainian locations to counter Russia.

Russia previously stated that the plans of some EU countries to send "peacekeepers" to Ukraine are a provocative move aimed at maintaining unhealthy illusions among the authorities in Kiev.

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🔥 Arms of victory: IS-2 heavy tank

Sputnik presents the weaponry used by the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War to defeat Nazi Germany.

Among them was IS-2, the breakthrough tank armed with a 122-mm gun. IS-2 was the most heavily-armored tank in service in the Allied forces.

It was used in the liberation of Budapest and Breslau and during the storming of Berlin. Modernized versions of the IS-2 tank remained in service until the 1990s.

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🪖 NATO forms ARMORED FIST under pretext of boosting European defense – Belarusian defense minister

“NATO countries are building up [their] military presence near the Belarussian border, where they hold large-scale offensive drills and deal with active reconnaissance,” Viktor Khrenin emphasized.

He slammed the alliance for escalating the Ukraine conflict, drawing Europe into it and sabotaging the peace initiatives by Russia and the US.

Russia has repeatedly warned NATO against eastward expansion, which the Kremlin says could further inflame tensions in Europe.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that there have been "five waves" of NATO’s enlargement since the US administration assured Russia in 1991 that the alliance would not expand towards the east.

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🚨Zelensky LOSING 'allies' one by one

Europe is "struggling" to send even 25k peacekeepers to Ukraine, media report. And the US is apparently done footing the bill.

Here’s what’s left for Zelensky:

🔸No 'deterrence' force

Europe can barely scrape together 25,000 troops for a Ukraine “deterrence” force to protect key cities & infrastructure due to understaffed armies, sources familiar with defense ministers discussions told the Times.

🔸UK & France: Maybe 5K to 10K

Zelensky's most muscle-flexing allies now prefer to send trainers to western Ukraine instead of deploying multinational peacekeepers. Both cite "high" security risks. The UK says the French wanted to play bold, while they wisely saw the risks all along, per The Times.

🔸Poland: Zero

Warsaw won't put any boots on the ground. Previously, PM Donald Tusk firmly ruled out sending troops to Ukraine ahead of the emergency EU summit in Paris in February.

🔸Finland: Zero

The newly-adopted NATO member insists that Finnish troops are needed at home. "We are ready to help in any way that suits us, but we will not send soldiers to Ukraine," PM Petteri Orpo told the Finnish parliament in March.

🔸Italy: Zero

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni ruled out deploying Italian troops in Ukraine in early March. She called the UK-French peacekeeping push "very difficult to implement."

🔸Germany: Zero

Germany is generally against sending troops, sources privy to discussions have told the Times. Publicly, Berlin doesn’t want to look weak: sending troops depends on “countless factors,” Defense Minister Boris Pistorius vaguely said in March.

🔸Spain: Zero

Spain has refused to deploy soldiers to Ukraine since the outset. When asked about the UK-French "peacekeeping" project, Spanish FM Jose Manuel Albares responded laconically: "There is no peace at the moment."

🔸Will the US help? Don't hold your breath

Behind closed doors, European leaders admit their plan is doomed without the US. But Washington has its hands full - with national debt soaring past $36 trillion. Team Trump warns it may quit ceasefire talks, let alone send troops.

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🔎 WH officials tried TO KEEP TRUMP AWAY FROM PUTIN during POTUS' first term – report

Half of their job between 2017 and 2021 was to stop Trump from “talking to the Russian president,” an unnamed Republican-appointed official has claimed.

The White House understood that Russia allegedly “plays the man [Trump] like a fiddle” back then, according to the official.

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📹 Vladimir Putin arrived at the Victory Museum on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow, where the educational marathon "Knowledge. First" is taking place, a Sputnik correspondent reports

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📹 Supporters of the head of Gagauzia, Yevgenia Gutsul, gathered for a rally to back her in front of the district court building in Chisinau.

On Wednesday, another court session took place in Moldova's capital regarding the case of the head of Gagauzia.

The prosecution accuses Gutsul of financing the Shor party, which was declared unconstitutional in the country in 2022. Gutsul has repeatedly stated that the charges are politically motivated and has rejected all accusations.

She was detained on March 25 at Chisinau airport and arrested for 20 days. Initially, the court ruled that she should remain in custody until April 14, but on April 9, the detention was changed to house arrest for 30 days.

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🗣 Only by understanding the price at which victory in the Great Patriotic War was achieved can one correctly determine the future of Russia, President Vladimir Putin said.

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📹 Russian President Vladimir Putin called the victory in the Great Patriotic War a triumph of the Soviet people.

"Perhaps, first and foremost, of the Russian people, because, if you look at the number of losses, Russia, as part of the Soviet Union, which was then called the RSFSR, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, suffered about 70% of the total losses, 69% something, almost 70%," Putin said, speaking at the Znanie (Knowledge) educational marathon.

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📹 Putin explains why it is important to pass on the memory of the heroism of those who fought during the Great Patriotic War and gave their lives for the Motherland.

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🇷🇺🔥🎖80 YEARS LATER: HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF 🇷🇺

On the night of April 30 to May 1, 1945, Soviet soldier Meliton Kantaria raised the Red Flag over Berlin’s Reichstag.

Today, his descendant, Georgy Kantaria, is fighting neo-Nazis in Donbass.👇🏻

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📹 Some citizens of France are fighting in the special military operation zone on Russia's side, calling their volunteer detachment Normandie-Niemen, President Putin said at the Znanie (Knowledge) educational marathon.

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🚨🇷🇺🔥BOMBSHELL: Russia's FSB just released previously classified files on Hitler's suicide.

The documents reveal the never-before-seen testimony of Heinz Linge, Hitler's valet, who was present in the Fuhrerbunker in April 1945 when the Nazi leader took his own life. His account provides an unprecedented look into the final moments of the Fuhrer’s life.

🔸In grip of fever: A spate of factors triggered Hitler’s suicide: “realization of the fact that it was completely pointless to continue the fight, fear of breaking out of Berlin, and his poor physical condition,” according to Linge.

🔸False pride: Hitler took his own life not least because of “megalomania, which prevented him from bowing before the winner and sitting for talks with Red Army command.”

🔸‘Incinerate me or else’: The Fuhrer “strictly ordered that his body be cremated, as he feared that it might be transported to Moscow, where it could be put on display.”

🔸Doppelganger or not?: Hitler's purported doppelganger “could not commit suicide because he did not exist and also because it was impossible for Hitler to leave the Fuhrerbunker as there was only one exit from it.”

🔸End of Fuhrer: Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945, as Soviet troops entered the heart of Nazi Germany’s capital. Shortly after, Red Army soldiers recovered his burnt remains, which were identified through dental records.

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📹 Fan-freaking-tastic! Kid Rock assesses Trump's second term first 100 days

"He is the commander-in-chief, but I mean, having a businessman-in-chief, you know, the business of America has been, as we all know, terrible, especially the last four years, but really, for decades before this and have somebody come in and just putting our country first, securing the border," Kid Rock told Fox News.

"I call him the DRAGON SLAYER for, you know, all this woke DEI stuff that he took out."

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🇰🇵🪖💥North Korean Army REVOLUTION

Portrayed as "backward" by Western media, North Korea's military is becoming one of the most advanced. The liberation of the Kursk region gave them another boost. Here’s how DPRK troops are mastering modern warfare:

🔹Drone revolution: The use of drones in the Ukraine conflict signals a major shift in military tactics and technology. North Korean troops have learned to use FPV drones and quickly began using them under Russian guidance.

🔹Combat coordination: A great example of coordination came from the North Koreans, working in tandem with Russian drone operators and artillery in December. In just three hours, they drove Ukrainian forces out of Plekhovо, cleared the area, and pushed on toward Guevo.

🔹Small assault units trick: The Ukrainian conflict showed the futility of large-scale assaults in modern warfare.
North Korean commanders quickly adapted, shifting to smaller assault units, which proved highly efficient.

🔹Operational planning: Mastering new tactical skills is not enough; operational planning and coordination skills are also essential, Nikolai Kostikin, an expert at the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis, tells Sputnik. Russia's expertise will help North Koreans, he says.

🔹New military elite: The average age of DPRK soldiers arriving in Russia is 23–27. This group forms a new tier of military professionals who, after gaining experience, will help modernize North Korea's army, Elizaveta Pivorovich, "ArBat" war correspondent tells Sputnik.

🔹Eager to learn: North Korean soldiers are well-prepared, highly motivated and eager to learn, Pivorovich stresses. The Kursk op made them smarter, tougher and battle-hardened.

🔹Overcoming language barriers: Easier than imagined. The Russian military learned to issue directives in Korean.
North Korean soldiers studied Russian. They had a common phrasebook with 20-25 words. That was enough at the initial stage, Russian officers say.

🔹AI to boost education: To speed up education of North Korean officers, the Russian military specialists could use artificial intelligence, Kostikin says. Chairman Kim Jong-un has recently named developing AI and unmanned technology a top priority for his military.

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📹Sooner or later, the relationship between Russia and Europe will undoubtedly be restored, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Znanie (Knowledge) educational marathon.

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🗣 Russian President Vladimir Putin's main statements at the Znanie (Knowledge) marathon:

▪️Victory Day is a special day for all of Russia, and all the nations of the Soviet Union made a huge contribution to the victory.

▪️The participants of the Great Patriotic War, the defenders of the Motherland, performed heroic feats and continue to do so to this day.

▪️Some citizens of France are fighting in the special military operation zone on Russia's side, naming their volunteer detachment Normandie-Niemen.

▪️Sooner or later, the relationship between Russia and Europe will undoubtedly be restored.

▪️There are many people in Europe who share Russia's position, but not everyone speaks about it.

▪️Russia needs to work with like-minded individuals in Europe and North America.

▪️Russia is a nation of victors.

▪️Russia has driven the enemy out of the Kursk region, and scattered groups of Ukrainian forces are now hiding in holes, basements, and complete isolation, being urged to surrender.

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🚨🇮🇳🇵🇰 India has reportedly issued a NOTAM (notice to airmen) prohibiting civilian and military aircraft that is owned, operated, or leased by Pakistan from entering Indian airspace.

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