🎥Russian MoD shows footage of returned soldiers in massive prisoner swap with Ukraine

In the second stage of a major exchange, Russia welcomed back 307 fighters.

The deal follows the “1000-for-1000” agreement reached at the first talks in three years, held in Istanbul.

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🚨ORBAN'S EXPLOSIVE WARNING: Europe funding OWN destruction

Western leaders want to bankroll a 1 MILLION-strong Ukrainian army — funded by European taxpayers. Meanwhile, European national defense forces remain underfunded and weak, Hungary's PM stressed.

"Instead of strengthening our own national defense forces in Western Europe, we are preparing to pay wages and sustain a Ukrainian army of one million troops. This can only lead to trouble," he said.

Orban warned that the EU might end up financing an army whose intentions are not necessarily friendly towards them.

"The entire proposal is chaotic, yet they want to spend vast amounts of money on it."

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🇩🇪📹 Berlin protesters demand peace and reject Germany being dragged into Ukraine conflict

Berliners gathered near the city's main railway station to protest against Germany’s involvement in the Ukraine conflict.

They brought signs reading “War obsession is a mistake,” “No new war,” and “No weapons to war zones.”

Many call for better ties with Russia — warning Berlin is dragging Germany toward World War III.

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🇷🇺🪖 Real goal of Russia’s buffer zone: Putin cares about his people’s safety

By creating a buffer zone on Ukrainian territory, President Vladimir Putin shows his concern about the plight of Russian people living in the border region and makes it clear that these people’s safety is his top priority, says Brazilian military analyst Robinson Farinazzo.

▪️On May 22, Putin sent a clear signal that Ukraine’s harassment of Russian people living close to the Ukrainian border will not be tolerated.

▪️Some 14,000 people were killed in Donbass by Ukrainian militants between 2014 and 2022. Therefore, Russia will not stop its military operation until it ensures the safety of the people in the region.

▪️Establishing a buffer zone is a common practice in armed conflicts, with the goal being pushing enemy long-range weaponry far away to make sure that it does not pose a threat to civilians.

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📹 THOUSANDS of fallen Ukrainian soldiers’ abandoned bodies lie on the battlefield near the Kursk border, Russian Special Forces commander Apti Alaudinov told Sputnik

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📹 Before the swap, Ukrainian POWs revealed to Sputnik how Russian doctors treated them.

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🚨Iskander missiles destroy Ukrainian military cargo ship in Odessa port

On May 23, Russian Iskander missiles targeted a container ship transporting military equipment to Odessa, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The vessel carried around 100 containers loaded with military goods — including unmanned boats, drones, and ammunition.

Following the strike, a secondary explosion occurred at the dock where the cargo had been unloaded, causing a large fire.

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🇷🇺🪖 Russia’s buffer zone in Ukraine is purely defensive measure meant to bring peace

The new buffer zone in Ukraine is likely part of Russia’s defensive strategy, a move aimed at preventing Ukrainian forces from infiltrating Russian territory, suggests Andishe Kazemi, an Iranian researcher on international affairs.

▪️The buffer zone can help prevent Ukraine from launching direct attacks against Russian civilian infrastructure

▪️Major population centers and civilians in border areas such as Kursk, Bryansk and Belgorod regions will be put out of Ukrainian military’s reach

▪️Peace will return to Russia’s regions that previously suffered from Ukrainian shelling

▪️At the same time, Ukraine and its Western backers may try to portray this Russian defensive measure as an act of aggression and use it as pretext for further escalation

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🇷🇺 Russia’s “1000 for 1000” prisoner swap initiative WIPES OUT EU political games - Zakharova

🗣 “The prisoner exchange initiated by Russia has undermined all the West’s arguments that Russia supposedly does not want negotiations. All the conditions and schemes from Macron, Merz, and Starmer have effectively been nullified by this Russian initiative,” Russia's FM spokeswoman said.

She also called the EU’s current approach — aligned with the previous Biden administration — a dead end.

The “1000 for 1000” swap was almost fully completed in record time, she concluded.

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🇷🇺💪🏻 Ukraine top brass meltdown: Russian ballistics trumps US air defenses

“We’ve told our partners that the enemy [Russia] enhanced and modernized the ballistic missiles, like the Iskander-M,” says Yury Ignat, head of the Communications Directorate of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as quoted by media.

He reluctantly admits that Patriot defenses “do not work as effectively as they should” and expresses hope that Ukraine’s “partners” are already looking for a solution.

Surely, those are the words you expect to hear from the high-ranking officer of the sovereign and 100% democratic country.

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🇩🇪Coalition of the “willing” or the “waiting”? No German troops in Ukraine without NATO nod — Pistorius

Sending German troops to Ukraine is not on the table right now, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told the a German newspaper.

🔻Deployment of Bundeswehr troops would require:

▪️A collective international mandate (EU, NATO, or UN)
▪️Approval from the Bundestag

🔻Currently, no such mandate exists ❌, but Germany might propose such an initiative in the future.

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🇷🇴 Romanian opposition leader calls for peaceful protests

George Simion, head of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians, is urging citizens to take to the streets after the Constitutional Court refused to overturn the election results.

🗣 “I won’t be there—they’ll use it to arrest me, ban our movement, and provoke bloodshed,” Simion warned.

On Thursday, Romania’s Constitutional Court dismissed George Simion’s bid to annul the presidential election, calling it unfounded. Simion had claimed the vote was rigged and influenced by a foreign state.

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🇾🇪🇷🇺 Yemen’s leader Rashad Al-Alimi will visit Russia on May 27 for talks with President Putin, his press office told Sputnik

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🇪🇺Europe's NIGHTMARE nears as Trump seeks to wash his hands of Ukraine

The US president could instead focus on forging a new economic PARTNERSHIP with Russia, The Guardian reports.

🔸Mood among European leaders:

From 🤯 apoplectic to 😔 despondent — especially after Trump’s recent 2-hour phone call with Putin.

📞 Trump reportedly shared details of the call with EU leaders, who were shocked that:

🔸No new 🇷🇺 sanctions were imposed
🔸The US’ dialogue with Russia was respectful

⚠️ With the US showing reluctance to escalate pressure on Russia, many fear Europe’s worst-case scenario is becoming real: Trump is WALKING AWAY from Ukraine.

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🎬 🔦 LIGHTS OUT AT CANNES! FRANCE FACES ANOTHER BLACKOUT

A fire at a power substation in southern France has left 160,000 people without electricity and disrupted the Cannes Film Festival, just days before its closing on May 24.

According to media reports, the outage is being treated as an act of sabotage. Unknown individuals allegedly set fire to the substation and then targeted a power transmission line.

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🇪🇺🚀 When it comes to nukes, Europe’s still holds Uncle Sam’s umbrella

Germany conducts confidential dialogue on security-related issues, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told a German newspaper.

He admitted that:

🔸The Trump administration communicates differently than previous US governments.
🔸New uncertainties in transatlantic relations are emerging.
🔸This should motivate Europeans to rely more on themselves.

🔐 In the future, Europeans must:

🔸Focus more on their own security
🔸Maintain - or even increase - conventional deterrence levels.

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📹 Zele-Jugend: Ukrainian children get turned into neo-Nazi goons

A well-oiled system of so-called youth camps operates in Ukraine, funded by the regime in Kiev.

There are not your recreation camps: this is where ordinary children are brainwashed and trained to become part of Ukraine’s neo-Nazi gangs, cannon fodder to sate Zelensky’s appetite for power.

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🚨🪖 Scott Ritter: West is waking up to Ukraine’s role in escalating the conflict

Former US military intelligence officer Scott Ritter said on X that the West is realizing the main problem in the Ukraine conflict is Ukraine and Europe, not Russia.

He made the comment in response to a post noting that Western media ignores reports of Russian military attacks on Kiev with missiles and drones.

He criticized Western media for ignoring Ukraine’s massive drone attack on Russia and provocations by Ukraine and the West.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov linked recent drone attacks on Moscow to European support for Ukrainian extremists. Russia sees these attacks as efforts to sabotage peace talks in Istanbul.

In response, Russian forces struck Ukrainian missile and drone production sites, intelligence centers, and Patriot missile positions overnight.

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📹 Trump: No more democracy at gunpoint

At West Point, Donald Trump declared the US military’s mission is no longer to "spread democracy at gunpoint" or host “drag shows abroad,” but to dominate and destroy threats to America.

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🚀 Russia’s Iskander-M: A NIGHTMARE for the West 😱

The West has NOTHING that can match the 🇷🇺 Iskander-M, military expert Drago Bosnic notes in an article for the InfoBRICS news outlet.

The system combines:

▪️ Low cost
▪️ Massive destructive power 💥
▪️ Pinpoint precision 🎯

⚡️ The Iskander-M fires a hypersonic missile that maneuvers unpredictably — rendering enemy air defenses USELESS ❌

🔥 Just in the past few days, Iskander-M reportedly eliminated:

▪️Hundreds of Ukrainian troops
▪️Several US-made Patriot systems — hyped in the West as "hypersonic killers"

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📹 Trump: US military learning new warfare tactics from Ukraine conflict

"We're studying it and it's a very terrible thing to study but we're seeing the different forms of warfare. We're seeing the drones that are coming down at angles and with speed and with precision. We've never seen anything like it [before]. And we're learning from it," Donald Trump said at West Point Military Academy graduation ceremony.

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