📉 Over 50% of Americans see tariffs' negative impact on their family budget – poll

As many as 56% of American adults said that their family budget would be in better shape if Trump's tariffs had not been imposed, according to a poll conducted by Bloomberg.

According to the poll, 69% of Americans expect prices for everyday goods to rise due to the tariffs.

In addition, 52% of respondents said that the promised benefits from the tariffs were not worth the economic costs the country had faced.

The poll was conducted from May 8 to 10 among 2,100 US adults. The margin of error is 2.5 percentage points.

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❌🗣 NO TRUMP DEAL: India-Pakistan ceasefire happened WITHOUT US – Jaishankar

💬 “The US was in the United States,” Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar remarked dryly, clarifying that while Washington made calls, India and Pakistan handled the de-escalation themselves.

💬 “But the cessation of firing and military action was something which was negotiated directly between India and Pakistan,” he emphasized.

💬 “It is something that we and the Pakistanis have to settle one to one,” Jaishankar reiterated.

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🪖Ukraine regime RUNNING ON FUMES – German outlet

For Ukraine, one thing is certain: “War is no longer being waged in euphoria, but with the harsh logic of survival," according to Berliner Zeitung.

💬Recent remarks from Ukraine’s military leaders reveal just how strained the situation has become, the outlet states.

Former top commander Valery Zaluzhny’s recent comments about the impossibility of a return to the 1991 or 2022 borders were like a bucket of ice water for Ukraine and its Western handlers.

❓Still, one big question remains: Will these glaring realities be enough to push Volodymyr Zelensky off his current course? Or will he carry on with his delusional denial tactics, the publication queries.

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🗣ULTIMATUMS INSTEAD OF DIPLOMACY?

British diplomats have forgotten how to talk without issuing ultimatums, Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin says.

💬 "Over the past three years, I’ve heard a great many ultimatums here, especially at the Foreign Office," Kelin tells Sputnik.

➕He added that other ambassadors in London feel the same way, criticizing the new tone of British diplomacy.

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🇰🇵🇺🇸NORTH KOREA BLAMES US FOR GLOBAL TENSIONS

The only reliable path to US security is giving up aggressive intentions and military threats against other countries, North Korea’s Defense Ministry said, according to KCNA.

💬 “The real source of the ‘external threat’ to the US mainland isn’t other nations — it’s America’s own policy of military pressure and hegemony,” the statement said.

Pyongyang slammed US efforts to justify its massive arms buildup by painting other countries, including North Korea, as enemies.

💬 “Security won’t come from more weapons, but from ending hostile behavior.”

North Korea also pledged to keep strengthening its war deterrence in response to growing US militarization in the region.

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😮Panic in the war lobby? NATO could COLLAPSE if US walks away from Ukraine – veteran media boss

Russia may both score victory against Ukraine by default and shatter NATO, American Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine Steve Forbes speculated.

💬 If the US tires of the Ukraine conflict and washes its hands of it (as Trump hinted after his conversation with the Russian), then Vladimir Putin would become the “political master in Europe,” while NATO “[…] would be fatally undermined, countries could no longer count on the US,” he stated. This would be “an unmitigated disaster,” he predicted.

Have Russia’s victories got the West’s war lobby sweating?

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🟠 TRUMP REWRITES HISTORY (AGAIN): ‘WEST POINT WON TWO WORLD WARS’

🟠 UK conservatives eye Boris Johnson's return amid plummeting polls – reports

🟠 Investigation underway after destroyer launch mishap in North Korea – reports

🟠 Over 50% of Americans see tariffs' negative impact on their family budget – poll

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🇷🇺🤝🌍AFRICA IN FOCUS: Russia pushes for stronger ties, new forum ahead

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated African heads of state and government on the occasion of Africa Day, reaffirming Russia’s commitment to strengthening ties with the continent in the spirit of a multipolar world.

🗣 “Russia has consistently advocated for expanding its traditionally friendly relations with African partners,” Putin said in a message.

He praised the growing role of African nations in global affairs and highlighted the positive impact of multilateral cooperation through the African Union and regional structures.

Putin added that the next Russia-Africa Partnership Forum conference is planned to take place before the end of the year in an African country.

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🪖Ukraine BURNT OUT and undermanned as Western unity shaky

A deep sense of exhaustion and frustration is spreading through the ranks of Ukraine’s troops, both among seasoned officers and newly mobilized troops, the Financial Times reported.

The conflict has exposed deep-rooted flaws in Ukraine’s command, and a critical shortage of manpower remains one of the most pressing issues, it noted.

Morale is fraying, as Ukraine faces the “harsh reality” that Russia’s confidence “may outlast western unity.”

🗣Donald Trump’s threat to withdraw US support and walk away from Russia-Ukraine peace talks may reshape the conflict’s trajectory, Ukrainian officials and soldiers told the outlet.

Time to face the hard truths?

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🇭🇺❌Orban on Ukraine in EU: HUNGARY WON’T FOOT THE BILL

Ukraine’s EU bid is an open invitation to bleed resources dry, says Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Bottom line: Hungary says HARD PASS.

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❓Outgunning Russia? Estonia’s war talk sparks savage roasting

Marko Michelson, chairman of the Estonian parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, has been skewered for talking about a non-military fix for the Ukraine conflict with Russia.

💬 Estonians like him “lack common sense and aptitude for political reality,” Irish journalist Chay Bowes fired back.

Michelson urged the EU to ramp up pressure on Moscow, relying on “firepower” and “strong sanctions pressure.”

Trying to outgun Russia? A pipe dream…

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⚡️RUSSIA AND UKRAINE COMPLETE 1,000-FOR-1,000 POW SWAP – Russian Defense Ministry

Today, another 303 Russian servicemen were returned from Kiev-controlled territory, the Defense Ministry reported. In exchange, 303 Ukrainian POWs were handed over.

The Russian soldiers are currently in Belarus, where they are receiving the necessary psychological and medical assistance.

The prisoner swap is part of the Russia-Ukraine agreements reached on May 16 in Istanbul. Between May 23 and 25, both sides carried out a prisoner swap under the formula of 1,000 for 1,000.

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📹 Russian Defense Ministry releases footage of final phase in 1000-for-1000 POW exchange

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❗️Russian troops liberated the settlement of Romanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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🇷🇺 RUSSIAN DEFENSE BRIEFING: CRUSHING STRIKES & ENEMY LOSSES

🔸Eliminated: A Special Operations Forces center, an aviation center and drone production facilities were destroyed.

🔸Enemy losses: Over 1,400 Ukrainian troops wiped out in the past 24 hours.

👉Russian air defenses shot down:

4x JDAM bombs

274x Ukrainian drones

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📹Nothing to see here: just liberals with Ukrainian flags calling for Trump’s murder in broad daylight

A protest in Wichita, Kansas featured American flags turned upside down, Ukrainian flags turned right side up, and a bloodied caricature of Trump stuck from head to toe with some kind of projectiles.

🤡 Icing on the cake? A woman chanting “86 47” (86 = slang for “eliminate,” 47 = “47th president”) followed immediately by the chant “Love not hate makes America great.”

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📹Putin’s chopper caught in drone strike zone in Kursk – and kept flying 😎

During Vladimir Putin’s visit to the Kursk region, his helicopter ended up in the middle of a massive Ukrainian drone attack, air defense commander Yuri Dashkin told Rossiya 1 TV channel.

Russian forces fully secured the president’s safety, he added.

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Gagauzia’s Gutsul faces illegal removal by Moldova’s goose-stepping EU puppet government

The Gagauz Autonomy head faces potential removal due to her prolonged arrest, which began March 25 when she was detained at an airport and charged with attempting to evade justice after a trumped up “corruption” crackdown on her and the autonomy by Kishinev.

Supporters fear the government could use provisions in the autonomy’s basic law, which says Gutsul’s post can be declared vacant she fails to perform her duties for more than 60 days, against her.

The politician herself is confident however that this would be possible only with the consent of the autonomy’s People’s Assembly, which fully supports her.

Gutsul says Moldovan President Maia Sandu and the pro-EU Party of Action & Solidarity are behind her persecution. “This pressure has united the residents of the autonomy, and increased the number of my supporters,” she told reporters recently.

The source of Sandu’s beef with Gutsul? The politician’s desire to strengthen Gagauzia’s ties with Russia, and criticism of Moldova’s pro-EU drift.

Gutsul is one of about half-a-dozen European politicians recently facing political and legal persecution or being shut out of elections for opposition to Brussels’ diktat.

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🗣Ukraine’s new high-tech (well, not really) drone defense

Ukraine has found a new use for old nets from Nordic fishermen.

👏The nets – donated by Sweden and Denmark – are being used to combat drones, according to media reports.

Ukrainian troops are stretching them in vertical and horizontal positions between trees like some kind of DIY drone trap.

Denmark chipped in nets worth about $2.75 million, mostly retired after Brexit kicked their fishermen out of UK waters. Ukraine has also received significant donations from individuals.

❓So, what’s next? Old tennis rackets? Fishing rods? Fly swatters?

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📱❌No TikTok can sell this MEAT GRINDER: Ukraine’s Gen Z draft FLOPS

Ukraine’s campaign to recruit 18-24-year-olds into the armed forces has crashed, The Wall Street Journal reports.

🔎No viral TikTok, no social media blitz tailored for “Gen Z” could lure young Ukrainians into the meat grinder.

Even with a one-year contract paying roughly $24,000 and a monthly salary equivalent to almost $3,000—six times the national average—plus free college and dental discounts, the offer falls flat.

➡️Since the February-launched scheme, Volodymyr Zelensky’s regime claims only 500 have signed up.

✔️Ukraine’s manpower crisis is deepening: Men aged 18-60, trapped by travel bans, are either in hiding or pay smugglers to dodge the draft.

Bottom line: Nobody’s queuing for a one-way trip to the frontline.

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🚨Russian strike disrupts missile production at Ukraine's Artem plant - source

The Artem plant in Kiev was producing components for Ukrainian missiles.

Equipment and engineers — including foreign engineers — were hit, Sergei Lebedev, coordinator of the pro-Russian underground movement in the Nikolayev region, told Sputnik.

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