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A major Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv early Saturday wounded 15 people and damaged six districts of the Ukrainian capital, according to city officials. The strikes came as Russia and Ukraine prepare for the second day of a major prisoner exchange. https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250524-kyiv-hit-by-large-scale-drone-attack-as-russia-ukraine-set-to-continue-prisoner-swap
🚨🇷🇺🇺🇦OVERNIGHT RUSSIAN BARRAGE LEAVES 9 DEAD, 63 INJURED IN KYIV | RESCUE EFFORTS ONGOING The devastating combined missile and drone attack that hit Ukraine's capital has resulted in confirmed civilian casualties as emergency services race to find survivors. Emergency… https://t.co/Ob61VopbPR pic.twitter.com/2NZ9yhQbHm — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 24, 2025 🇺🇦HEDGE FUNDS TO UKRAINE: TIME TO PAY …
BREAKING: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is cutting short his official trip to South Africa and returning home after a Russian strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv killed at least nine people and injured more than 70. https://t.co/cnvoZH55AG — The Associated Press (@AP) April 24, 2025 KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked Kyiv with …
Reuters is reporting on a major news story: Europe might import Russian gas once again. The reason is that the European industry simply cannot provide meaningful output without it and the price of the European products is rising because of the high energy costs which Europe currently has. In this video we’ll discuss the impact …
Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev credited U.S. President Donald Trump’s diplomatic team with preventing an escalation in the ongoing conflict, saying the Trump administration had already made “sizable progress” in negotiations to end the war. “There is no question that President Trump’s team not only stopped World War III from happening but also had already achieved …
🚨🇩🇪GERMANY SEIZES RUSSIAN 'SHADOW FLEET' TANKER WITH $43M IN OIL IN MAJOR SANCTIONS MOVE Germany confiscated the Panama-flagged tanker Eventin—linked to Russia’s shadow fleet—after intercepting it off Ruegen Island loaded with 100,000 metric tons of oil worth €40M. The… https://t.co/ptKHyJobva pic.twitter.com/ZQrcGfJLZS — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 21, 2025
The skies over Moscow lit up before dawn, not with victory, but with fire. Ukraine’s largest drone swarm yet—337 of them—ripped through Russia’s defenses, striking the heart of its energy empire. The Druzhba pipeline, a lifeline for Moscow’s oil exports, is burning. The city’s biggest refinery—half of its fuel supply—crippled. The illusion of invincibility shattered, …
The Russians should never be trusted unless they say something bad about the orange man. These people are delusional byu/Desurfaced inShitPoliticsSays
On Saturday, the Baltic states will finally desynchronise from the BRELL electricity grid, which links it to Russia and Belarus. But the region is still vulnerable to Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure. History happens this weekend, when Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia desynchronise from the Soviet-era electricity grid that has kept the Baltic states connected …
World figure skating champions in pairs as part of the Russian national team Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov was on board a passenger plane that crashed in the skies of Washington. “On board the crashed plane were our coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov,” the source told TASS. 52-year-old Shishkova and 55-year-old Naumov are the winners of …
by Martin Armstrong Brussels has been eager to oust Hungarian leader Viktor Orban. The prime minister has grown bolder in his battle against Ukraine regarding the nation blocking gas imports from Russia. Orban has not declared that he may not renew the European Union’s required sanction on Russia unless Ukraine renews the Russian pipeline deal. A …
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called on members of the alliance to either increase their defense spending targets or start taking “Russian language courses.” Rutte has previously said Trump was right to push NATO to increase spending, saying at a November summit in Budapest that “you will not get there with the 2 percent.” Rutte addressed …
The new Syrian authorities have refused to grant entry to a ship that was supposed to evacuate Russian military equipment from Russia’s Tartus naval base in Syria, The Moscow Times reported on Jan. 9. The refusal follows the December overthrow of Russian-backed dictator Bashar al-Assad by rebel forces, marking a significant shift in Syria’s political …
Ukraine will no longer receive the markups on the massive gas sales. But they don’t care, because the US will pay them instead. The EU is going to have a huge financial hit. h/t JustmeTX
“American specialists capable of enhancing the pathogenic functions of microorganisms are actively operating in Africa.” Major General Aleksei Rtishchev, Deputy Chief of the Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops of the Russian Armed Forces, recently delivered a briefing highlighting U.S. biological activity in Africa. In the following excerpt, he states, “The US administration views the …
A NATO-supplied F-16 fighter jet, recently delivered to Ukraine as part of its air defense upgrade, has reportedly been shot down by Russian forces while attempting to conduct a missile strike on targets in the Zaporizhzhia region, Obektivno.bg reports, citing a Russian source in Telegram. According to Vladimir Rogov, co-chairman of Russia’s Coordination Council for …
Not a loan when every time the U.S. govt allows them to be "forgiven" because they met some bogus terms. — Propaganda ⌖ Sniper (@HindlesKitchen) December 11, 2024
The incoming Trump administration fills Russian state TV propagandists with glee. In mid-November, when president-elect Donald Trump started to announce his future appointees, state TV host Olga Skabeeva gushed, “All of them are totally wonderful!” Evgeny Popov, Skabeeva’s husband and the co-host of Russia’s 60 Minutes, concurred, describing Trump’s picks as his “radical dream team”. …
🚨BORIS JOHNSON: WE MUST SEND BRITISH TROOPS TO UKRAINE AND GRAB RUSSIAN CASH! “I think as part of the solution, as part of the end state, you're going to want to have multinational European peacekeeping forces monitoring the border, but also helping the Ukrainians. And I… pic.twitter.com/yZKtl01Lxy — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) November 28, 2024 People …
⚡️The Russian Aerospace Forces continue to strike at the advancing HTS forces in western Aleppo. pic.twitter.com/HIV8tAMu3D — War Monitor (@WarMonitors) November 27, 2024 Russian Aerospace Forces have intensified their airstrikes on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied factions advancing in western Aleppo. The strikes, involving ballistic missiles and vacuum bombs, are part of a large-scale …
“…the Russian Defense Ministry reported that over the past three days, Ukraine’s forces had conducted two long-range strikes on Kursk Region using Western weaponry. On November 23, Kiev reportedly fired five long-range ATACMS missiles at village of Lotaryovka, some 37km northwest of the city of Kursk, targeting the position of an S-400 anti-aircraft missile division. …
Ukraine’s parliament cancelled its session scheduled for Friday (Nov 22), citing concerns about the risk of a Russian missile attack targeting Kyiv’s government district. “The hour of questions to the government has been cancelled,” a member of parliament from the ruling party told news agency AFP. Yevgenia Kravchuk, another MP, said, “There are signals of …
BREAKING: British Stormshadow cruise missiles start hitting Russian and North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region of Russia. This video shows Russian soldiers taking cover in an apartment as the British missiles fired by Ukraine start hitting targets near them. 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇷🇺🇰🇵 pic.twitter.com/3fPmov1SOV — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) November 20, 2024 BREAKING: Reports of Ukraine firing up …
by Michael When it comes to the world of geopolitics, there is always far more going on than meets the eye. The long-range missiles that Ukraine is now firing deep into Russian territory are not going to change the course of the war. But the Russian response to those long-range missiles might. Hopefully the Russians …
by Michael Now Joe Biden has really done it. By giving the green light to long-range missile strikes deep inside of Russian territory, he has brought us closer to nuclear conflict than ever before. As you will see below, Russian officials have become convinced that “NATO has gone to war with Russia”. I feel like …
DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CONFIRMS BEYOND THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT, BARACK OBAMA personally authorized one of the greatest criminal conspiracies in United States history, the Russian Collusion hoax. To TIE Donald J. Trump, the Trump Organization and Donald J. Trump for President Inc. to the Russians. Thus attempting to overthrow the United States government in 2016 …
by Michael Now that Donald Trump has won the election, he is going to have to deal with Vladimir Putin and Russia, and that isn’t going to be easy. The Russians have no incentive to end the conflict because they are steadily gobbling up territory in eastern Ukraine. As long as the Russians are making …
JUST IN: 🇷🇺🇺🇸 Russian President Putin confirms his readiness to begin negotiations with US President-elect Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/KHS8cV2uik — BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) November 6, 2024 who did This 😂pic.twitter.com/7NdEb4YVgH — AK اویناش کدبے (@THEAvinashK) November 6, 2024
In a groundbreaking decision, the Group of Seven (G7) allies have pledged a staggering $50 billion loan to Ukraine, aimed at bolstering its economy and military against ongoing Russian aggression. This unprecedented move marks a pivotal moment in international relations, with the loan set to be distributed by the end of 2024. The United States …