🇸🇮🔊Slovenia to EU: Time for SILENT DIPLOMACY with Russia

Natasa Pirc Musar, the Slovenian President, thinks it’s high time the EU stops ghosting Russia and begins “engaging directly” with it.

💬 “One of the mistakes of [the] European Union was that we stopped communicating with Russia,” she told European media.

💬 A handpicked circle of “wise men and women” should kick off what she calls “silent” diplomacy—talks that could reopen a path toward direct dialogue with Moscow.

➕According to Musar, Europe’s refusal to engage directly has helped ensure the EU is “not seen as a politically strong group.” Instead of sitting on the sidelines, she says the bloc should aim for a seat at the table with “the United States, Russia, Ukraine.”

She even floated the idea to 🗣 EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who apparently revealed: “They are working on that.”

🇪🇺Brussels has spent years icing Russia out with sanctions and saber-rattling. Will it finally wake up to reason?

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🔥NATO AIR DEFENSES NO MATCH FOR RUSSIA'S ISKANDER - Rostec to Sputnik

🟠 UNSTOPABBLE: Enemy can’t intercept Iskander — its ballistic missile moves unpredictably at 'hypersonic' speeds. Maneuvering G-forces exceed what most NATO missiles can handle.

🟠 DEVASTATING POWER: Warhead cripples targets far beyond impact point. Even nearby air defense systems are obliterated by blast waves—no chance of repair.

🟠 PINPOINT ACCURACY: Hits dead center—often with zero deviation. Foreign missiles can’t compete.

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⚡️🪖VLADIMIROVKA & BELOVODY (SUMY REGION) LIBERATED - 🇷🇺MoD

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RUSSIA'S FSB THWARTS SECRETIVE ISLAMIST CELL DIRECTED FROM POLAND

🔍Their goal? To spread terrorist ideology among local Muslims and migrant workers, with the intent of violently seizing power and establishing a so-called global caliphate.

Criminal cases have been initiated against the two leaders of the group, while the remaining members have been detained and will be deported back to their home country.

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🇷🇺 RUSSIAN DEFENSE BRIEFING: CRUSHING STRIKES & ENEMY LOSSES

🔸Russian troops have carried out a massive strike using precision-guided munitions on targets at the Ukrainian Starokonstantinov airfield.

🔸Enemy losses: Over 1,415 Ukrainian troops wiped out in the past 24 hours.

👉Russian air defenses shot down:

220x Ukrainian drones

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🚨KEY UPDATES FROM KREMLIN:

🔸 Russia-Ukraine talks → No agreement yet on continuation or location. Preparing for Round Two.

🔸 Ukrainian strikes → "They target Russia's civilian infrastructure. Our strikes on military targets are purely retaliatory."

🔸 Trump & Peace talks→ "Launching negotiations is a major achievement. We appreciate Trump and US assistance."

🔸 Russia-US rapprochement? → "Just the beginning of restoring working-level ties."

🔸 Turkish FM's visit to Russia on the agenda.

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🇷🇺🇹🇷 PUTIN TO HOLD KEY TALKS WITH TURKISH FM FIDAN IN MOSCOW TODAY

🟠 Focus: Potential diplomatic pathways on Ukraine, following Turkiye's past mediation efforts.

🟠 Moscow's nod: The Kremlin praised Ankara for providing "excellent conditions" during previous Istanbul negotiations.

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💵❌China and Indonesia just ditched the dollar — quietly

While Washington clings to dollar dominance, China just rewrote the rules — and it only took one MoU.

🇨🇳🇮🇩Under the watch of Premier Li Qiang and President Prabowo, China’s central bank governor Pan Gongsheng signed a sweeping deal with Indonesia to ditch the dollar and settle all bilateral transactions in national currencies.

It isn't just about trade. The expanded agreement covers capital flows, financial accounts and investments — a major upgrade from the 2020 deal.

👉No SWIFT. No greenback. Just yuan and Indonesian rupiah.

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🇨🇳🔥Full throttle: China doubles down on tech push despite US pressure

🗣President Xi Jinping’s government is crafting a new high-tech manufacturing blueprint to push China further into the lead, building on the largely successful “Made in China” 2025 plan, according to Bloomberg.

The name may change to dodge Western scrutiny, but the mission remains sharp: Dominate advanced industries like semiconductors, AI, and EVs—especially as the 🗣 US ramps up pressure, the outlet cited sources as saying.

🛠With access to advanced foreign chipmaking tools restricted by the US and its allies, like Japan and the Netherlands, China is racing to build its own.

The next Five-Year Plan kicks off in 2026, but the new tech push could launch at any time, the report added.

💬 The message is clear: China’s not backing down, it’s gearing up.

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🔥 MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: Russia's flag flies over Belovody

🇷🇺 WATCH: Russian paratroopers decisively push out Ukrainian troops from the settlement.

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🍽Michelin hype, airline reality: Trump’s crypto gala leaves a SOUR TASTE

🔍The glitz at Donald Trump’s $1.7 million-a-head black-tie gala for his top $TRUMP coin backers ran out when it came to the food served.

Guests expected a Michelin moment when the menu promised “pan-seared halibut with citrus reduction” and “filet mignon with demi-glace” on Trump-branded plates… But in reality: Think airline meal.

💬 “Trash… Walmart steak, man,” influencer Nicholas Pinto told Fortune.

Wired’s Matthew Champion posted a pic from the crime scene: a sad cafeteria-style scoop of yellow mashed potatoes, a lonely few carrots, a slice of squash, halibut resembling a chunk of dry chicken, and the filet drowned in brown gravy looking tragically overcooked.

💬 “I’ve had better food on Spirit Airlines,” quipped CNBC’s Steve Kovach.

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🚨Britain, France, Germany, and the US lift distance restrictions on military supplies to Ukraine - Chancellor of Germany Merz

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EU's Ukrainian protection dilemma: Time running out? 🤯

What began as an emergency measure for Ukrainians fleeing connoscription is now pushing EU law to its limits—with Brussels scrambling to decide what comes next.

As the Temporary Protection Directive expires in 2026, behind closed doors talks of an "exit strategy" are intensifying, Euractiv writes.

💬 “We’re already on thin ice,” warns migration policy expert Martin Wagner. Without a clear transition plan, asylum systems could be OVERWHELMED—the very scenario the TPD was meant to avoid.

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🇷🇺🇹🇷 TOP DIPLOMATS IN MOSCOW: TURKEY & RUSSIA TACKLE UKRAINE TALKS

Turkish FM Hakan Fidan and Russia’s Vladimir Medinsky held high-stakes talks in Moscow on the Ukraine negotiation process, reports a Sputnik diplomatic source in Ankara.

Fidan’s visit to Russia heats up as Kremlin spokesperson Peskov confirms: “Meeting with Putin TODAY.”

📸 Turkish Foreign Ministry drops exclusive photos from the closed-door session – diplomacy in motion.

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💥 RUSSIA TAKES THE HITS, WEST PLAYS DUMB

Moscow is sounding the alarm after what officials describe as a record wave of Ukrainian drone and missile strikes on Russian civilian infrastructure. Here’s how Russian officials are framing the escalation:

👉 Unprecedented attack

Ukraine has launched a record number of drone strikes and missile attacks on Russian civilian targets, including in Moscow, with casualties reported.

👉 Civilians under fire

President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ukrainian forces are deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure, calling Russia's response against military targets in Ukraine "retaliatory."

👉Kiev still trying to infiltrate

Despite being pushed out of the Kursk region, Ukrainian forces continue to attempt incursions and bombard Russian territory with drones, artillery, and Western missiles, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

👉Buffer zone is a security necessity

The Russian Foreign Ministry said the decision to create a security strip on Ukrainian territory was made to prevent future strikes and infiltration attempts.

👉 Terror to derail peace process

Moscow accuses Kiev of launching “barbaric terrorist attacks” in an effort to derail renewed peace negotiations facilitated by the US.

👉 Ceasefire violations

Ukraine broke multiple informal ceasefires – including during Easter, Victory Day, and the energy truce period – as part of its escalatory war strategy, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated.

👉 EU leader visits = more attacks

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov suggested a link between European politicians visiting Kiev and the spike in attacks on Russia: “It’s impossible not to notice.”

👉 Where's int’l community’s reaction?

Lavrov called on the UN and the international community to condemn Ukraine’s strikes on civilian areas and its disregard for the rules of warfare.

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🚫Running on EMPTY? Ukraine scrambles amid critical missile shortage

Ukraine’s air defenses are running dry as French and Italian missiles deplete, Western media reported.

💬 “We need many more long-range systems, such as the [American] Patriot, the [German] Iris-T and the [French-Italian] SAMP/T," one Ukrainian officer demanded.

Ukraine reportedly no longer has missiles for its two SAMP/T batteries, and has "not received a single missile in a year and a half" for the Crotale short-range anti-aircraft system.

The Patriot and SAMP/T air defense systems are practically USELESS near active combat zones in seven of Ukraine’s regions, Bild reported earlier, citing Western military analysts.

❓Why? Because Russian drone surveillance makes them easy targets.

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