❓ ‘Are we just PLAYING WITH DOOM right now?’ – Prof. Sachs

💬 “The technical needs of this operation almost surely required US intelligence all along the way,” Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs told Judge Napolitano, commenting on Ukraine’s drone attacks on Russian airfields.

💬 “If we DID know – it's completely shocking. If we DIDN'T know – it's completely shocking,” Sachs emphasized.

💬 “Well, the American interest is NOT to have Russian nuclear bombers blown up as they're sitting on the tarmac,” the professor stressed.

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🤡From gaffes to global stage: Germany’s Baerbock SHOOTING FOR THE TOP at UN

Annalena Baerbock, elected to the annual symbolic role of UN General Assembly chair, might just be eying a higher leap, Berliner Zeitung speculates.

🔍This might be her warm-up act for the real prize: to replace Antonio Guterres when his term as UN secretary-General ends in 2026.

The paper suggests that maybe Baerbock will pull a classic move and propose someone else take over, paving her own path to bigger things.

➡️Baerbock parachuted into the candidacy at the last minute in March, bumping out seasoned diplomat Helga Schmid, whose name had been in the UN hat earlier.

➡️It’ll be interesting to watch Germany’s ex-foreign minister in action at the UN – especially given her past gems, like urging Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to do a “360-degree” turn to solve the Ukraine crisis (which means he'd end up facing the same direction).

Oh, and don’t forget speech fails, like confusing “Ostukraine” (Eastern Ukraine) with “OstCocaine.”

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🚨Ukraine's desperate gamble FAILS: Drone attacks only WEAKEN Kiev's position – report

The terrorist attack on Russian airfields was Ukraine’s last chance to improve its position on the battlefield—and it failed, the British outlet UnHerd writes.

💬 "The operation, planned for over a year, is Ukraine’s latest high-risk attempt to ‘shift the trajectory’ of the conflict that is increasingly moving in Russia’s favour," the article notes.

According to the publication, this kind of risky gambit not only brought Ukraine no advantages, but could also weaken Kiev’s position both at the negotiating table and on the battlefield. In addition, the attack might cost Ukraine its remaining US military support.

💬 “This is a high price for a fragile Ukraine to pay,” UnHerd concluded.

➡️Earlier, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that Ukraine had carried out a terrorist attack using FPV drones against airfields in the Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur regions. All of the attempted attacks on the airfields were repelled.

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💵Greenback in retreat: Markets brace for deeper dollar DECLINE

As the US dollar weakened against its major rivals on the first trading day of June, Wall Street is betting the slide is just beginning.

💵The Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of currencies including the euro and yen, dropped 0.69% to 98.67.

The prospect appears dim, as Morgan Stanley forecasts the dollar will fall roughly 9%, hitting 91 by around this time next year – levels not seen since the depths of the COVID-19 crisis, per Bloomberg.

🔍What’s driving the bearish outlook?

🟠a widely expected rate cut from the European Central Bank
🟠softening US economic growth
🟠report that US factory activity contracted in May for a third consecutive month
🟠uncertainty around Donald Trump’s trade and tax agenda

No wonder more countries, like BRICS, are increasingly committing to the de-dollarization plan, betting on anything that doesn’t dance to Washington’s tune.

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West planned to seize Kursk Nuclear Plant, forcing Russia into unfavorable talks – Apti Alaudinov

💬 "When summing up the Kursk operation—which the enemy conceived as an operation meant to bring Russia to its knees, to force us to sign a treaty on humiliating terms—it’s clear their initial plan involved seizing the nuclear power plant in the town of Kurchatov," the Akhmat special forces commander told Sputnik.

➡️Earlier, Alaudinov told Sputnik that NATO’s Joint Chiefs had been preparing a Ukrainian invasion of the Kursk region for more than six months.

During the fighting on this section of the front, the enemy has lost over 76,550 militants, according to Russia's Defense Ministry.

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🚨Unfazed, Russia poised for swift PAYBACK after Ukraine’s drone attack – report

The Ukrainian drone attack will not force Russia to scale back its offensive operations against Volodymyr Zelensky's forces, a senior US official told The New York Times.

⚔️Russia will mount a significant retaliation against Ukraine for the strikes, officials and military analysts told the publication.

They speculated that Russia could hit the energy grid or launch waves of intermediate-range ballistic missiles.

There is no indication that the attack has changed the military advantage that Russia holds over Ukraine, its ability to “grind down vastly outnumbered Ukrainian forces,” especially amid the “weakening resolve” of Zelensky’s Western patrons, the outlet stated.

➡️Earlier, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that all of Ukraine’s attempted attacks on the airfields in Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur regions were repelled.

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🚨UKRAINIAN DELEGATION CAUGHT LEAKING TALKS IN REAL-TIME

🤙The Ukrainian delegation at the meeting with the Russian side in Istanbul connected an external participant by phone and kept them informed about what was happening, Sputnik’s correspondent reports.

One of the members of the Ukrainian delegation, before the start of the negotiations, first sent a message to an unknown participant, then dialed the number and put the call on speakerphone.

This happened during the statement being made by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.

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🟠 Ukraine’s stark choice: make peace with Russia or waste more time and lose more lives and territory

🟠 ‘Are we just PLAYING WITH DOOM right now?’ – Prof. Sachs

🟠 CIA involved in Ukraine’s drone strikes on Russian airfields – ex-CIA analyst

🟠 'RECKLESS, CRAZY, DEMONIC' – Maduro BLASTS Starmer over war talk

🟠 Iran BLASTS ‘INCOHERENT’ US proposal as nuclear talks flounder — CNN

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🗣🇬🇱US MILITARY ANNEXING GREENLAND? Pentagon's Command shift marks start of Trump's Greenland takeover

The Pentagon is set to shift oversight of Greenland from European Command’s jurisdiction to Northern Command – marking the first concrete step in Donald Trump's push for Arctic dominance.

The shift could happen this week, aimed to bolster the Golden Dome missile shield with new radar coverage.

✔️US President Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that Greenland should become part of the United States. Former Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede responded that the island “is not for sale and never will be.” However, Trump has refused to rule out using military force to establish control over Greenland.

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☠️Europe hurtling towards ENERGY SUICIDE by severing Russia ties

A full ban on Russian gas—such as the one being mulled by the EU—would deliver a final blow to Europe’s “flailing industrial base,” British outlet UnHerd warns.

Europe would be forced to import even larger volumes of higher-priced LNG—primarily from the US—while global gas prices would surge even higher, it emphasized.

🗣As for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, his vow to do “everything” to ensure the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which suffered sabotage in 2022, never reopens “effectively legitimizes the worst act of industrial sabotage in European history.”

🇪🇺The EU talks a big game about strategic independence, the outlet observed, but added:

💬 “Publicly defiant of Trump, EU leaders are quietly implementing his energy demands — even if it accelerates Europe’s economic decline.”

In boycotting cheap and reliable Russian energy, Europe’s hawks didn’t outsmart Russia— turns out, they just cornered their own economy.

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🇷🇺 RUSSIAN DEFENSE BRIEFING: CRUSHING STRIKES & ENEMY LOSSES

🔸Enemy casualties: Ukrainian forces suffered 1,485 troop losses in past 24 hours.

🔸Precision strikes: Russian forces hit Ukrainian radio-electronic reconnaissance systems and attack drones production facilities.

🔸Air defense success: Intercepted:

▪️4 JDAM aerial bombs

▪️199 Ukrainian drones

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🗣'JUSTICE WILL COME' – Medvedev addresses those who are 'worried and waiting for retribution'

The deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council outlined what people should keep in mind:

1️⃣Russian Army is advancing – and will not stop.

💬 "What must be destroyed will be destroyed, and those who must be eliminated – will disappear."

2️⃣Istanbul talks aren’t for “some imaginary compromise peace on unrealistic terms."

💬 "They are about securing our swift victory and the complete destruction of the neo-Nazi regime. That’s the core of the Russian Memorandum published yesterday."

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🗣NATO committed to ENDLESS CONFRONTATION with Russia – US ex-diplomat

NATO wants a perpetual COLD WAR with Russia even after the Ukraine conflict is resolved, says former US diplomat James Jatras.

💬 "They want this to be a permanent feature of international life, they want a new cold war with whatever dividing line ends up in Ukraine as long as it's not a complete defeat,” he warned.

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🚨Kremlin cools down expectations for Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul

Expecting any immediate breakthroughs in the Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul would be wrong, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Important deals were made, and they will be implemented.

His other statements:

🔸 The issue of compromises from Russia is a matter for negotiations with Ukraine and cannot be made public.

🔸 The decision to publish the Russian draft memorandum on Ukraine was made by Russian Delegation Head Vladimir Medinsky after the document was discussed with the Ukrainian side.

🔸 Zelensky’s statement after the Istanbul talks was awkward and unsuccessful, not matching the spirit of the negotiations.

🔸 Moscow has dialogue channels with Washington and continues to use them for communication.

🔸 A new contact between Putin and Trump could be arranged quickly if needed, but no such agreements currently exist.

🔸 A meeting between Putin, Trump, and Zelensky is unlikely in the near future.

🔸 Regarding Nawrocki’s victory in the presidential elections: this is an internal matter for Poland.

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🇭🇺🔊It was a POWER GRAB: Hungary’s Orban blasts EU’s migration agenda

🤡EU lunatics sold mass migration as “compassion” – but it was always about “control,” says Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban.

💬 They opened the gates to crime and terror, but “We won’t let that happen here [in Hungary],” he vows.

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🗣Trump’s patience on Ukraine conflict WORN THIN – US envoy

🇹🇷Turkiye, which traditionally has a good relationship with Russia, could intervene to play a key mediating role in resolving the Ukraine conflict, US Ambassador to Ankara Tom Barrack told NTV.

Particularly now, when US President Donald Trump is “at the end of his rope" regarding the situation, Turkiye could step in to “get the operating issues out of the way,” he said.

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