🚨VIDEO: Russia-Ukraine exchange of fallen soldiers' bodies on Wednesday

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🇷🇺🤝🕊Joint US-Russia work on Iran nuclear deal could be diplomatic ICEBREAKER

Vladimir Putin’s offer to help Donald Trump strike a new Iran nuclear deal could be crucial opportunity for global security, The American Conservative writes.

Cooperation on Iran’s nuclear program between the two great powers could serve the vital purpose of fostering much-needed dialogue, particularly amid the dangerously escalating Ukraine conflict, it notes.

Russia is ready to help broker a nuclear deal between Iran and the US, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated earlier.

He noted that Russia could help remove excess nuclear material from Iran and convert it into fuel for peaceful nuclear reactors.

The window for reaching an agreement is still open, Ryabkov said.

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🙂 Trump's new deal: 55% tariffs on China, 10% on US

Donald Trump just announced a new trade deal with China, with 55% tariffs on Chinese imports to the US and just 10% for US goods going the other way "subject to final approval with President Xi and me."

China would supply rare earths and magnets up front, while the US agrees to continue hosting Chinese students.

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🇺🇸🪖US sends more troops to LA than Iraq or Syria amid deportation protests

Around 4,800 National Guard and US Marine Corps troops are now in Los Angeles, more than the 2,500 in Iraq and 1,500 in Syria, ABC News reports.

As protests against arrests of illegal immigrants escalate, a curfew from 8 PM to 6 AM is in force, with violators facing arrest.

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🇷🇺⚔️ RUSSIAN FORCES GAIN GROUND: BREAKTHROUGH & ENEMY LOSSES

🔹BREAKTHROUGH: Russian motorized rifle units reached the western border of the DPR & joined forces with a tank division advancing in Dnipropetrovsk region.

🔹COMBINED STRIKE: Group "Vostok" merged with Group "Tsentr" for a coordinated offensive in Dnipropetrovsk region.

🔹Enemy routed: Ukrainian forces lost up to 1,300 troops in past 24 hours.

🔹AIR DEFENSE SUPREMACY:

▪️5 JDAM bombs
▪️120 fixed-wing UAVs

shot down by Russian air defenses.

🔹Precision strike: Command post for Ukrainian long-range UAV reconnaissance & targeting destroyed.

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💥 HUNGARY WON’T DIE FOR 'SOMEONE ELSE’S WAR' - Orban

"We don’t want [our sons] coming home in coffins, or Brussels dragging us into economic ruin. No to debt traps, no to militarization, no to centralized control," Hungary's PM declared.

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🇲🇩 Court renews house arrest for Gagauzia leader

The court in Chisinau has extended the house arrest of Gagauz Authonomy Head Yevgenia Gutsul for another 30 days.

Gutsul said Moldova will be lawless without a change of government.

"I can confidently say that there is no justice in Moldova," she told journalists.

🗣"As long as we are under this yellow plague [the ruling Action and Solidarity party], the laws will not work," she charged. "Instead of fighting crime, they are fighting the opposition, fighting those who try to do something good for the people of the Republic of Moldova."

Moldovan authorities have opened criminal cases against Gutsul for alleged illegal funding of her Shor party, including during the 2023 Gagauz elections.

Gutsul's house arrest was set to expire on June 13. Her lawyers vowed to appeal the decision.

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🔍Ukrainian army vs. ISIS*: try and spot the difference

From terror bombings to jihad mobiles, Ukraine’s military is looking more and more like a West-funded jihadist franchise every day. Here’s proof:

◾️Terror tactics

▪️Targeting of passenger trains and bridges in Bryansk and Kursk regions with explosives

▪️Assassination attacks against Russian public and media figures, from Daria Dugina to Vladlen Tatarsky

Terror is the go-to intimidation tactic of the weak, and armies or paramilitaries suffering failures on the front.

◾️Civilians = expendable human shields

Hiding equipment in schools, kindergartens, hospitals, residential courtyards, malls and even churches, Ukraine’s Army is notorious for using civilians as human shields.

In a recent interview, Zelensky admitted that “if the city is empty,” it would be “very easy to capture.”

ISIS famously used similar tactics in Mosul, resulting in up to 11,000 civilian casualties.

◾️Mass killings

The Ukrainian Army’s occupation of Kursk was accompanied by heinous crimes against Russian civilians, with 300+ killed, hundreds more injured and nearly 800 still missing.

These tactics echo those of ISIS, which exterminated tens of thousands of “nonbelievers” in areas it occupied.

◾️Targeting culture

Attacks on culture and religion are a staple of the Ukrainian Army’s approach, including:

▪️Deliberate drone attacks on churches in Russia’s border regions

▪️Vandalism and demolition of monuments to Russian writers, historical and cultural figures in occupied areas

Another tactic borrowed from ISIS, which horrified the world with its attacks on Iraq and Syria’s priceless cultural heritage sites in 2014-2015.

◾️Jihad mobiles

Even aesthetically, aspects of Ukraine’s Army match jihadists. This includes the infamous jihad mobiles – pickup trucks with mounted machine guns or mortars.

Oligarch ex-President Petro Poroshenko even built himself a custom “Bandera mobile” & proudly drove it around Kiev in 2022.

* terrorist organization banned in Russia

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When the army fails: Civilians are now their own air defense against drones in Ukraine🪖

The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has rolled out an experimental project letting volunteers shoot down drones! That’s right – forget about trained soldiers.

According to Taras Melnychuk, a representative of the Cabinet in the Verkhovna Rada, the plan will 'strengthen air defense' by handing joysticks to volunteers.

Because nothing screams 'military efficiency' like crowdsourcing your air war!

With martial law in place, the project will run for 2 years... unless, of course, it gets extended – because things are going so well.

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🎥🎥 Putin holds a meeting on the state armament program

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⚡️PUTIN: NUCLEAR TRIAD REMAINS GUARANTEE OF RUSSIA'S SOVEREIGNTY

At a meeting on the state armament program for 2027 to 2036, Putin stated that 95% of Russia's nuclear triad consists of modern weapons — the highest ratio in the world.

He stressed the importance of maintaining and strengthening the key strategic asset as a guarantee of sovereignty.

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🇮🇷 Iran tests new two-tonne warhead missile, warns US bases are in range

Iran has successfully tested its first missile able to carry a two-tonne warhead, Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh announced.

He warned that if war is "imposed" on Iran, all US military bases in the Middle East are within range of its missiles.

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🚨 PUTIN OUTLINES RUSSIA'S FUTURE MILITARY STRATEGY IN NEW ARMS PROGRAM

Russian President Vladimir Putin laid out key priorities for Russia’s military future during a meeting on the state armament program for 2027 to 2036, stressing modern weapon systems and learning from past conflicts.

Here are the main points:

🔸 Focus on creating the most advanced weapons systems

🔸 Leverage experiences from the Special Military Operation and regional conflicts to shape the long-term program

🔸 Early planning and infrastructure for new weapon systems is crucial

🔸 Russia took vital steps a decade ago to ensure development of its defense industry

🔸 Defense companies have significantly ramped up production with state support

🔸 The new armament program will align with the Russian Navy development strategy through 2050

🔸 Strengthen the combat capabilities of Russian ground forces

🔸 Special attention will be given to the nuclear triad as part of the new program

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🔸 Ukrainian army vs. ISIS: try and spot the difference

🔸 TRANSFER OF DEAD SOLDIERS’ BODIES BEGINS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ISTANBUL AGREEMENTS — Medinsky

🔸 US sends more troops to LA than Iraq or Syria amid deportation protests

🔸 NATO gearing up for direct SHOWDOWN with Russia – top Russian diplomat

🔸 Court renews house arrest for Gagauzia leader

🔸 'CHAOS PEOPLE QUIETENED DOWN' – Errol Musk on moment Trump won election

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🇷🇺 Russian bombers take to the skies over the Baltic Sea

Russian Tu-22M3 bombers carried out a planned flight over neutral Baltic waters, escorted by Su-30SM and Su-27 fighter jets.

The mission lasted over four hours, showcasing Russia's continued air dominance in the region.

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📹 Russian recon units destroy two Ukrainian drones with ease

Recon units from the 41st Motorized Rifle Regiment took out two ‘Baba Yaga’ drones while executing combat tasks in the Kharkov region.

One drone was even shot down with a machine gun, a soldier with the call sign Dobry told Sputnik.

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📹 Call back later: Russian forces blow up Ukrainian communication antenna in Sumy

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🇭🇺 Orban calls out the West: Ukraine's NATO push ended Russia buffer and ruined Europe

Viktor Orban didn’t hold back in his chat with Ben Shapiro. He blasted the West, claiming that by pushing Ukraine into NATO they had destroyed a key buffer zone with Russia.

Orban called Kiev’s ambitions a recipe for economic disaster pointing out that “the Ukrainians don’t have a penny. The whole Ukrainian army is funded by the US and Europe.”

With soaring inflation and energy prices, he called on Europe to rebuild a neutral buffer zone.

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🚨 Ukraine vs Russia: high-stakes ‘cat and mouse’ drone battle over Sumy

In the skies above Ukraine, a high-intensity ‘cat and mouse’ game is unfolding.

Ukraine ramps up its use of attack and kamikaze drones to halt Russia’s advance in the Sumy region.

But the Russian military has already got the counter-strategy down.

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