⚡️🪖ZELENOYE POLE (DPR); KONSTANTINOVKA (SUMY REGION) LIBERATED — 🇷🇺MoD

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🇩🇪💅Germany HYPOCRISY 101: No guns for Israel in Gaza, but Ukraine gets a free pass?

Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has suddenly discovered a strong moral compass, warning Israel that Germany won’t be sending any weapons that might be used in Gaza—because, of course, that would be a violation of humanitarian law.

➡️This comes hot on the heels of 🗣 Chancellor Friedrich Merz declaring that Israel's airstrikes in Gaza are no longer “justified” or “comprehensible.”

Odd how that sharp moral clarity seems to disappear when Germany gives a free pass to Ukraine to use Western long-range missiles.

Selective outrage?

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🚨Putin-Zelensky meet POSSIBLE - but must be result of delegation-level talks

Other statements by Kremlin spokesman Peskov:

✅Russia and Ukraine's negotiation teams are working on drafting terms for a temporary ceasefire
✅Work on Russia’s draft memorandum on Ukraine is in its final stages
✅The contents of the draft memoranda on Ukraine will soon be revealed, paving the way for the next round of negotiations
✅The Kremlin will not discuss document details via media—coordination must happen discreetly
✅The location of the next round of talks must suit both sides
✅There are many nuances in the settlement process that cannot be compromised
✅Documents outlining terms for a temporary ceasefire are being prepared, but the Special Military Operation continues
✅Treat media reports on Ukraine settlement with caution—most are fake
✅The root causes of the Ukraine crisis pose a serious threat to Russia’s national interests

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Zelensky drops drone swarm on Russia, then asks for peace talks in any format🤡

After unleashing nearly 300 drones in a single night, Ukraine’s Zelensky has dusted off his peace talk noscript. Now he says he is ready to negotiate with Russia “anywhere, anytime, in any format,” according to Ukrainian media reports.

💬 “Almost anywhere in the civilized world, we are ready to meet with Russia,” Zelensky was cited as saying, with US and European mediation welcome, of course.

Belarus was rejected as a platform because allegedly "missiles were flying from there." Ukraine wants "neutral platforms" – Turkiye, the Vatican, or Switzerland.

➡️Meanwhile, the toll from a week of Ukraine’s attacks on civilian targets in Russia stands at nine civilians killed and 117 injured, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry's ambassador-at-large on the crimes of the Ukraine regime, Rodion Miroshnik.

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🗣Trump’s not being adequately informed about what’s REALLY happening in the context of the Ukraine-Russia confrontation – Kremlin aide

Other statements by Yuri Ushakov:

🟠Trump makes many statements, Moscow monitors them
🟠Trump still fails to understand that Russia only strikes military infrastructure targets in Ukraine
🟠It appears that Trump is not being informed about Ukraine's terrorist attacks against Russian cities—only about Russia's retaliatory measures

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🇮🇳📹India’s Army Chief of Staff General Upendra Dwivedi observed advanced demonstrations of Indian drones, counter-drone systems, and loitering munitions.

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🚨Israel preps for STRIKES while Trump teases Iran deal

Israel notified the Trump administration in early May that it was preparing to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, The New York Times reports.

🟠Netanyahu may order a strike on Iran even if the US makes a deal with the Islamic Republic, insiders told the outlet.

🟠There has been at least one tense phone call between Trump and Netanyahu, plus a blitz of meetings between US and Israeli officials in recent days, they claimed.

🟠The US president recently teased that “something good” might be brewing from his efforts to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions—hinting at news within “the next two days.”

🟠But insiders downplayed the hype, saying the best outcome would be a vague statement of principles—while core issues like Iran’s uranium enrichment are being kicked down the road yet again.

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🚨💬 “In Moscow's corridors of power, they're discussing: if German soldiers use German weapons to strike Moscow (and allowing 'Taurus' missile attacks can only mean this, since Ukraine can neither maintain them nor program flight missions), then we'll have no choice but to strike Berlin," Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of Rossiya Segodnya media group (Sputnik's parent company) and RT, said.

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🚨 IF THEY STRIKE WITH TAURUS — RUSSIA'S NEXT TARGET WILL BE GERMAN MILITARY FACILITY: EXPERT

Ukraine does NOT have the technical capability to operate Taurus missiles on its own. Without German military specialists on the ground, these missiles are useless. This means Bundeswehr soldiers would directly participate in combat against Russia, says Igor Korotchenko, military analyst and editor-in-chief of “National Defense”.

💬 “Giving Taurus missiles to Ukraine’s terrorist Zelensky regime—and their use against Russia means Germany is officially at war with Russia. For the 3rd time [in history], Germany becomes a world war instigator.”

ORESHNIK MAY COME IN HANDY

Regardless of whether Ukraine’s Taurus strikes are intercepted or hit targets, Russia’s task is to “retaliate with 2 Oreshnik complexes — medium-range ballistic missiles carrying 12 hypersonic warheads in total, conventionally armed.”

"Such a strike would target the missile production plant in Germany for total destruction.”

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“If Ukraine continues using Taurus missiles against us, the next German military or industrial facility will be destroyed. We do not want war, we want peace. But under the UN Charter, we will act in self-defense.”

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🔊LIVE NOW: Putin and Chairman of Yemen's Presidential Council al-Alimi hold talks in Kremlin 🇷🇺🇾🇪

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🚨Merz's statements on long-range missiles further provoking war, attempts to force Ukrainians to continue fighting - Kremlin

Other statements:

🟠Merz's statements on long-range weapons HINDER attempts to reach peace process path in Ukraine

🟠Russia hopes that Merz's statements on long-range weapons will not become serious obstacle to further attempts at peaceful settlement

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🚨🪖Germany competing with France to FURTHER PROVOKE WAR - Kremlin

"We hope that, despite such provocative actions and all the obstacles, it will still be possible to continue the settlement process," Kremlin spox Peskov said.

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🗣AfD Lawmaker DESTROYS Taurus polls: ‘Germans don’t know the consequences!’

💬 "I'm convinced that these numbers [51% of Germans support supplies of Taurus missiles to Ukraine, while 49% oppose] don’t catch the opinion in Germany,” Steffen Kotre, a Bundestag lawmaker from the AfD party, told Sputnik.

🟠"The media in Germany only have one topic - to support Ukraine."
🟠"If we had neutral media, polls would show a MINORITY supporting arms deliveries!"
🟠"Most Germans don’t understand the consequences of sending Taurus missiles [to Ukraine]."
🟠"Even the Bundestag’s scientific service admits: ‘Two years ago, consequences weren’t clear.’"
🟠"If Germans knew the risks, polls would look VERY different."

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🇾🇪⚔️🇺🇸WHY THE HOUTHIS REALLY DEFEATED THE US

Biden and Trump’s failures to deal with the Houthi challenge to US military supremacy isn’t just a matter of their “lack of will” to “win,” but the utterly rotted out state of the US military, hidden behind a false “aura of invincibility,” a new UnHerd analysis suggests.

💬 “Trump’s Operation Rough Rider, unlike Biden’s operations, utilized many of America’s most limited, expensive, and advanced weapons to try to bring the Houthis to heel. And still it surrendered. The lessons here are thus quite bleak.”

The hard realities are:

🟠The US cannot actually field more than 2-4 of its 11 supercarriers at any given moment
🟠the six B-2 Spirit stealth bombers deployed over Yemen likely represented the USAF’s “entire working inventory”
🟠the US couldn’t achieve air supremacy, “meaning it couldn’t risk flying its older, non-stealth planes for fear of losing them.”
🟠America’s arsenal of planes and ships, largely built during Reagan’s 1980s military buildup, are worn out, without “enough workers, dockyards, engineers and dollars to replace them.”
🟠the US was losing scores of the MQ-9 Reaper drones supposed to guide missiles to their targets
🟠US standoff munitions “are so expensive and so limited that there is no budget to replenish them when stores are depleted,” especially amid China’s restrictions on components and rare earths

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🚨Ukraine escalates, West ignores attacks on civilians – expert

Taufiq Taame, int'l affairs expert, exposes the dynamic to Sputnik:

🟠Ukraine’s failed gambit
"Regime deliberately escalates, attacking Russian civilians during talks. A desperate bid for leverage at the table."

🟠Russia's resolve
"Strategy doomed. Russia holds strategic superiority & demands its core security interests – NO NATO for Ukraine. Counterstrikes on military targets are then spun by Western media to paint Russia as aggressor."

🟠Western hypocrisy unmasked
"Deafening silence on attacks hitting Russian civilians. Reveals the West's shameful double standards on 'human rights.'”

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🔥 MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: ZELENOYE POLE LIBERATED

Russian troops cleared 460 structures from Ukrainian forces, Russia’s MoD stated.

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🔥 Don't say Putin didn't warn you! 🔥

For two years, Putin said: if strikes against Russia won't stop, we will create a BUFFER ZONE in Ukraine

1️⃣June 13, 2023

First warning: "If the shelling continues, we’ll consider creating a sanitary zone at a distance from which it would be impossible to reach our territory." (Meeting with war correspondents)

2️⃣June 16, 2023

At the Saint-Petersburg Economic Forum: "If attacks persist, we'll consider creating a cordon sanitaire on Ukrainian territory." No ambiguity.

3️⃣January 31, 2024

As a presidential candidate: The demilitarized zone in Ukraine should be moved to a distance that would ensure the safety of peaceful cities from Ukrainian attacks.

4️⃣ March 18, 2024

During the press conference: Russian forces will have to create a sanitary zone in the territories currently under the Kiev regime’s control.

5️⃣ May 17, 2024

In China, this comment on the shelling of Kharkov was voiced: Ukraine continues to shell residential areas in the border regions of Russia; therefore, it is necessary to establish a “security zone, a sanitary zone.”

6️⃣ May 28, 2024

In Uzbekistan: Russian forces have just started to establish a security zone. Another zone is possible if Ukraine uses long-range weapons.

7️⃣ June 20, 2024

Vietnam press conference: "They [Ukrainians] kept shelling, so we did exactly what we promised."

8️⃣ March 12, 2025

Kursk HQ: Troops push into Sumy, expanding the zone. Putin issues instructions to work on a security zone along the state border.

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🚨 DEEP STATE FEEDS TRUMP PRO-UKRAINE LIES?🤔

Trump's getting only one side of the story on Ukraine, while neo-conservatives and "allies" ignore his push for peace, believes ex-Pentagon analyst Michael Maloof 👆

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🚨 French Special Forces Colonel BLASTS Taurus Decision: ‘Germany will be punished!’

Colonel Jacques Hogard (26-yr French Army veteran, ex-NATO Kosovo commander) – to Sputnik:

💬 "I think it's a very bad idea, a very bad decision of Chancellor Mertz. I think this guy is a bit crazy. I have no explanation."

💬 "The European leaders... want their war. It's incredible, but that's it."

💬 "This decision could be a catastrophe... For Western Europe it's a criminal decision."

💬 "If they provoke a Russian reaction, this reaction will be terrible for Germany or NATO countries."

💬 "Germany will be punished. That's evident."

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🚨☠️TAURUS WILL SHARE PATRIOT'S FATE — RUSSIAN RETALIATION READY IF GERMANY ESCALATES

If Germany sends Taurus missiles to Ukraine, it’s a direct declaration of war against Russia, says Colonel Srbobran Radic (Retd).

Once Bundeswehr enters Ukraine, they become lawful targets for Russian strikes. Taurus will share the fate of Patriot—ANNIHILATED.

Radic warns: "Russia could take ‘certain measures’—like targeting Germany from Kaliningrad."

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