Ahead of VE Day, Ukraine launches a second invasion of Kursk.
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Taking advantage of the bad weather conditions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces smashed trough the border into Russia, Kursk region.
"It already goes through the teeth, f*ck. And look we are also already being sorted out." β Russian drone command center, Kursk region.
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AFU broke through to the "dragon's teeth" near Novy Put east of Tetkino - in the Glushkovsk district.
Ukrainian troops fired missiles, breached the border, & used specialised vehicles to cross minefields.
"At least 50 Ukrainian soldiers crossed into the region."
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Russians write that the Ukrainian Armed Forces "blew up the bridge over the Seim in the area of ββthe village of Zvannoye."
They blew up bridges with rockets overnight before launching an armoured assault in the morning, taking advantage of poor weather
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βThe mine clearance vehicles began to make passages in the minefields, followed by armored vehicles with troops. There is a heavy battle going on at the border.β β Z channels reported.
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βKursk direction. Tetkino. The Russians are shown that the game of 'creating a buffer zone' can be played by two. It also confirms the blowing up of the bridge.β β βοΈ one of the πΊπ¦ military channels - the unofficial Telegram channel of the 46th Airmobile Brigade.
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The offensive is indirectly confirmed by the DeepState project: on its map, some areas of the Kursk region on the border with Ukraine in the Tetkino area are designated as a "gray zone".
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Kursk region, situation opposite the settlement of Novy Put.
"The Ukrainian Armed Forces obstacle clearance vehicle made a passage through the dragon's teeth and drove back despite multiple hits, landing troops." β βοΈ Z channels
No official confirmation yet.
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π¨Pentagon chief halted military aid to Ukraine without Trump's approval.
Some Pentagon staffers advised Hegseth to suspend aid.
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Trump did not give the order to stop aid to Ukraine on Jan 30, the order to cancel all flights with weapons was issued by Def Secretary Pete Hegsett, who simply misunderstood Trump during discussions. The order to stop military aid caught the White House by surprise.
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Senior officials at the meeting were not aware of the order. Trump did not give a clear instruction to stop it. As a result, Hegsett's order surprised many, including heads of departments at the Pentagon & the State Department, to put it mildly.
Kazakhstan bans entry to Russian deputies & propagandists, β DW
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The reason for the ban is insulting and threatening statements against the country in public.
A Kazakh official confirmed the information about the existence of a special list of people who are denied entry to the countryπ
βͺοΈKremlin propagandist Tina Kandelaki,
βͺοΈKremlin propagandist Tigran Keosayan,
βͺοΈNikita Mendkovich,
βͺοΈ Political scientist Aleksandr Dugin, βͺοΈState Duma deputy Piotr Tolstoy,
βͺοΈState Duma deputy Yevgeny Fyodorov,
βͺοΈState Duma deputy Vyacheslav Nikonov
βͺοΈState Duma deputy Konstantin Zatulin,
βͺοΈThe head of Rossotrudnichestvo Yevgeny Primakov,
βͺοΈRussian historian Andrei Grozin.
But the Kazakh authorities have not officially announced this list.
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As The Moscow Times reports, Tolstoy previously stated that after Ukraine, Kazakhstan could become the βnext problemβ for Russia.
France is massively rejecting Russian visa applications, β Le Monde
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βParis has denied 1,200 visas & accreditations applications submitted by Russian nationals, including diplomats & 'lecturers', wanting to enter French soil, aiming to prevent Moscow from rebuilding an intelligence network.β citing a source at the π«π· Foreign Ministry 2/7
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France halts issuance of schengen visas to holders of Russiaβs 5-yr passports.
This is "consular vigilance" in coordination with other European countries. Holders of 5-yr (non-biometric) Russian passports are no longer eligible to apply for visas.
ππ·πΊ Vladimir Putinβs money machine is sputtering, β The Economist
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ππ·πΊ βAfter years of resilience, Russiaβs economy is slowing down.β
An index from Goldman Sachs showed that Russia's economic growth has fallen from 5β to 0.
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ππ·πΊ Russia's Web Development Bank noted similar trends in its monthly growth estimates, and the Russian central bank noted in early April that "a number of sectors have recently seen a decline in production due to a sharp drop in demand."
We will increase pressure on Russia in next 8 to 10 days, β Emmanuel Macron
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"In the next 8 to 10 days, we will increase pressure on Russia," Macron said in an interview w/ the French weekly Paris Match.
He believes he has "convinced the Americans of the possibility of an escalation of threats, & potentially sanctions" against Moscow.
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"The next 15 days will be crucial in trying to implement this ceasefire" desired by the US, accepted by Ukraine & defended by the Europeans, but to which Russia has not yet subscribed, insisted Macron after the meeting between Trump & Zelenskyy, at the Vatican.