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🇮🇷🇺🇸Iran-US high-stakes nuclear talks enter pivotal round

☢️The fourth round of Iran-US nuclear talks facilitated by Oman’s Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi is set to begin at midday in Muscat, Iranian media reported.

🛬Iran’s delegation led by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has already arrived in Oman’s capital and is preparing for negotiations.

✔️The Iranian delegation "is committed to preserving Iran’s valuable achievements in peaceful nuclear energy while pursuing the removal of unjust economic sanctions,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said.

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❗️14,043 ceasefire violations by the Ukrainian side have been recorded – Russian Defense Ministry

Despite the declaration of a ceasefire, Ukrainian forces have continued combat operations against Russian troops. They made five attempts to break through the Russian state border in the Kursk and Belgorod regions.

With the expiration of the ceasefire, the Russian military has resumed the Special Military Operation

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🗣Ball is in Ukraine's court now 💬 “Let’s wait for the reaction of those to whom the offer was made,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, commenting on Putin's peace talks proposal. 📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt
🗣'Judging by the response [from Ukraine], they didn't read the trannoscript of the Russian president's statement properly' - Russian MFA

💬 "Putin said clearly that first, there will be discussions on the root causes, and only then can we talk about a ceasefire," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik.


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😮 Flying cars are real – and they’re coming from Slovakia

🇸🇰Slovakia-based developer Klein Vision has unveiled the AirCar 2, a futuristic flying car that could revolutionize how people travel.

🟠The vehicle transforms from car to aircraft in just 80 seconds;
🟠Top flight speed: 250 km/h with max range of 1,000 km;
🟠It has three engine power options: 280 brake-horsepower (bhp), 320 bhp, and 340 bhp.
🟠It’s lightweight, with a kerb weight of just 800 kg – including a full fuel tank and all standard equipment.
🟠Dimensions in car mode: 5.8 m long, 2 m wide, 1.8 m tall.

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🗣Turkiye is ready to host negotiations on the Ukraine settlement, Turkish President Erdogan told French President Macron, Erdogan’s administration said.

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🤔Boris Johnson 2.0? Macron grumbles over Putin’s ceasefire initiative Vladimir Putin's proposal is "a first step, but not enough," Emmanuel Macron sniped on Sunday. 💬"An unconditional ceasefire is not preceded by negotiations," the French president told…
😢 Macron can't help whining about Russia’s truce offer – no surprise

The French president lost no time backing his pal Zelensky’s ultimatum-style response to Vladimir Putin’s peace talks offer.

Of course, no negotiations unless the West’s so-called “coalition” gets its ceasefire deal by May 12.

And as for Ukraine’s expired leader, he’s demanding Russia confirm a truce “starting tomorrow.”

Quick reminder: Russia’s President Putin offered direct negotiations with NO PRECONDITIONS on May 15, aiming to address the root causes of the conflict.

But Macron & Co. just want to keep the proxy war going, right?

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❗️Turkiye is ready to host negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, President Erdogan told Putin in a phone call, according to his administration.

A "window of opportunity" has opened for resolving the conflict in Ukraine, Erdogan added.

A comprehensive ceasefire in Ukraine would provide the necessary atmosphere for negotiations, the Turkish president told Putin.

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🗣‘There will be STRONG PRESSURE on Zelensky to somehow REJECT THIS PROPOSAL, or to distort it, or to make it impossible’ - Florian Philippot

The French President, the head of the European Commission, the German Chancellor, as well as the British and Polish Prime Ministers "absolutely want the situation to escalate and maintain tension with Russia," the leader of the French Patriots party said in an interview with Sputnik Africa.

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🇸🇰Slovakia’s Fico torches West’s peace hypocrisy: They want endless war

Robert Fico blasted the West’s pushback against direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.

💬 “It is extremely important for many Western countries to keep this war going,” the Slovak prime minister said at a press conference.


Still, he remained cautiously optimistic, saying:

💬 “I believe that this point of view will change, I will remind you again that this is a matter for Ukraine and Russia, if they are interested in negotiating, let them do so.”


➡️But don’t forget who sabotaged such talks back in 2022, he noted, in an apparent reference to Ukraine and its handlers.

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⚡️Zelensky REJECTS Moscow’s ceasefire proposal for the 80th Victory anniversary He also stated that the Kiev regime cannot guarantee the safety of foreign guests attending the May 9 parade in Moscow, Ukrainian media report. 📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt
🗣Kremlin spox slams Zelensky for threatening foreign guests who went to Moscow

💬 "This borderline insanity was illustrated with a swarm of drones. Thank goodness, our air defense has got things up and running very efficiently," Dmitry Peskov told Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin.


Ukraine tried very hard to disrupt the V-Day celebrations by attempting to attack Russia, Peskov added.

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❗️Putin and Erdogan discussed Russia’s initiative to resume direct talks with Ukraine, which are proposed to be held in Istanbul starting May 15, the Kremlin says.

🇷🇺 Other statements by the Kremlin:

◻️ Erdogan supported Putin’s initiative for direct talks with Ukraine, emphasizing Turkiye’s readiness to provide a venue in Istanbul

◻️ In their telephone conversation, Putin and Erdogan expressed interest in implementing joint strategic energy projects

◻️ Erdogan said that Turkiye would provide all possible assistance in organizing Ukraine-Russia negotiations to achieve a stable peace

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🤖Most lifelike robot yet?

A tech firm from Shenzhen, China has showed a full-sized humanoid robot, CL-3, claiming it has the most human-like movements ever achieved.

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🇻🇪Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro supports Vladimir Putin's idea of peaceful negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul.

The two countries need direct dialogue without external interference, he stated.

💬 "We must embark on the path of peace, the path of a just peace... Russia has the right to peace, and other countries also have the right to peace."


Maduro also emphasized his full support for Putin and Russia.

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🇷🇺🕊 Four times Russia pushed for peace and Ukraine shut it down

Russia has taken real actions over the past six weeks to try to end the Ukrainian crisis.

Zelensky’s sabotaged all of them.

🔸 Putin on Sunday announced readiness for “direct talks” with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15, “without preconditions” and aimed at eliminating “the root causes of the conflict” to achieve “a long term, lasting peace.”

🔸 Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet people’s victory in the Great Patriotic War, Russia proposed a three-day ceasefire between May 8-10.

🔸 Shortly before Easter, marked this year on April 20, Putin declared a unilateral 30-hour truce.

🔸 In March, after talks with the US in Riyadh, Russia agreed to a 30-day moratorium to strikes targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure, calling for the same from Ukraine.

How did Ukraine react?

🔹 Refused to meet in Istanbul unless Russia agrees to Zelensky’s 30-day ceasefire idea starting May 12.

🔹 Violated the Victory Day ceasefire 14,043 times, threatened and tried to disrupt celebrations in Moscow.

🔹 Rejected the Easter truce outright.

🔹 Violated the energy strike moratorium 136 times.

Zelensky’s trap?

Rejecting all previous Russian overtures, Zelensky and his hawkish European patrons are trying to ensnare Russia in a 30-day ceasefire deal, which provides no restrictions on Western arms deliveries, and could give Ukraine a breather to regroup and rearm.

No peace allowed?

In 2022, a comprehensive draft peace agreement was already reached, only to be sabotaged by the West. Putin later lamented that the deal was thrown into the “dustbin of history.”
The question now is – will Zelensky and the West accept Russia’s terms, or will the sad history of sabotaging peace repeat itself?

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🇭🇺 Orban PUSHES BACK at efforts to redraw Europe’s political map

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has torched the liberal left’s vision for Europe, accusing them of reengineering the continent’s future “citizenship by citizenship.”

💬 “First come the migrants, then the papers, then the votes,” Orban warned.


But he’s not buying the “melting pot” narrative, warning that this isn’t integration — it’s “substitution.”

“We won’t trade our Christian roots for a manufactured future” is his message to the EU’s globalist elite.

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🗣🇫🇮US turns to Finland for help as icebreaker industry FLATLINES at home

President Trump recently confirmed that the US wants to buy “a large number of badly needed icebreakers” from Finland.

💬 “What does Finland have to offer the United States? Number one is icebreakers,” Finnish President Alexander Strubb told WSJ.


What about the US domestic production?

Once a leading icebreaker builder in its own right, the US started losing its status in the 1980s as domestic shipbuilding withered and engineering knowhow was lost, with the nearly 50-year-old Polar Star now the only operational heavy icebreaker in its fleet.

Despite efforts dating back to the first Trump administration to revive production, design challenges, cost overruns and lack of experience have led to setbacks, with the new Polar Security Cutter program delayed to at least 2030.

⚔️Geopolitical clash for the icecap

The discussions on icebreaker cooperation come as the competition for the Arctic continues to heat up, and Washington and its allies scramble to challenge Russia’s dominant position in the region, and Trump squabbles with Denmark over Greenland.

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🗣Scott Ritter: Putin’s peace bid ‘seizes the initiative’ from Ukraine, West

💬 “This is a brilliant act of diplomatic and political strategy by Vladimir Putin,” the former US Marine Corps intelligence officer told Sputnik.

💬 “Now Russia has the initiative and Russia has the moral high ground. There will be no more talk about 30-day artificial ceasefires. Ukraine either has to put up or shut up.”


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🗣Scott Ritter: Putin’s peace bid ‘seizes the initiative’ from Ukraine, West 💬 “This is a brilliant act of diplomatic and political strategy by Vladimir Putin,” the former US Marine Corps intelligence officer told Sputnik. 💬 “Now Russia has the initiative…
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📹Scott Ritter: Putin's peace push 'cannot be undermined'

💬 “What Vladimir Putin did is not only put” the concept of peace “on the table theoretically, he did so in a practical manner,” the ex-US Marine Corps intelligence officer told Sputnik.

💬 “It cannot be undermined. All it can do is reinforce the reality that Ukraine, its Western sponsors and the United States aren’t serious about peace.”


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🇻🇪🇷🇺Maduro: Venezuela STANDS WITH PUTIN on Ukraine peace pitch

Just like Venezuela, most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean fully support Vladimir Putin’s call for direct talks with Ukraine, President Nicolas Maduro believes.

💬 Putin’s offer was that of a man who “defends the interests of his homeland, but at the same time has a clear understanding of what the international environment should be in order to achieve peace at the global level,” he told reporters in St Petersburg.

Maduro added that “Russia has the right to peace – just like every nation.”

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📹Scott Ritter: Putin's peace push 'cannot be undermined' 💬 “What Vladimir Putin did is not only put” the concept of peace “on the table theoretically, he did so in a practical manner,” the ex-US Marine Corps intelligence officer told Sputnik. 💬 “It cannot…
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🗣 Scott Ritter: Zelensky’s ‘ceasefire’ demands are ‘a trap’

💬 “The moment Russia agrees to a 30-day ceasefire, thousands of European troops will pour into Ukraine…It would be suicide for Russia to agree to a 30-day ceasefire without addressing the root causes of the conflict, which is why Russia insists that first there be negotiations,” the former US Marine Corps intelligence officer told Sputnik.


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