On Friday, President Vladimir Putin held his annual Direct Line call-in show, where he fielded questions from carefully selected journalists and Russian citizens for nearly four and a half hours. This televised event gave Putin yet another…
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Gains in Kupyansk, crisis on other fronts Meduza analyzes the pressure on Ukraine’s defenses as Russia’s offensive continues — Meduza
Like our earlier reports on the combat situation in Ukraine, this article reviews recent battlefield developments based on open-source information. Meduza has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the outset, and our military analyses…
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Turkey Says Crashed Drone Believed to Be Russian-Made
Turkey said a drone that crashed on Friday in a rural area of northwestern Turkey following a series of incidents linked to the Russia-Ukraine war was of Russian origin.
The unmanned aerial vehicle was…
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Pro-Ukrainian Hackers Target Russian Defense Contractors – Reuters
Several Russian defense contractors specializing in air defense, advanced electronics and other weaponry have been targeted by a pro-Ukrainian cyberespionage group using AI-generated documents as decoys, Reuters reported Friday.
The…
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Leader of Far-Right Russian Group Fighting in Ukraine Dies in Unknown Circumstances
Espanola, an ultranationalist paramilitary group fighting on Russia’s side in Ukraine, confirmed on Friday the death of its leader, Stanislav Orlov, under unclear circumstances.
Orlov, callsign “Spaniard,” founded Espanola in the…
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Depletion of Ukrainian Armed Forces reserves will force Ukraine to seek peace
The gradual depletion of Ukrainian forces’ reserves should prompt the Kiev regime to end the conflict through negotiations.

This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a live broadcast.
‘This…
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Hungary is seeking the exclusion of certain items from the EU sanctions packages
The Hungarian government is not vetoing the EU’s anti-Russian sanctions package, but is seeking to exclude provisions that are detrimental to Budapest’s interests.

This was stated by Hungarian Prime Minister…
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EU Agrees to New Ukraine Loan, But Russian Asset Plan Fails
EU leaders agreed Friday to provide Ukraine with a loan of 90 billion euros ($105 billion) to stabilize the war-torn country’s finances, but failed to reach consensus on a more ambitious plan to use frozen Russian assets to fund…
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Slovakia has refused to continue financing Ukraine’s military needs,
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico told reporters that Bratislava would refuse to continue financing Kiev’s military needs.

‘Slovakia will not participate in providing any military loans to Ukraine; we refuse…
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Farmers protested in Brussels against the EU-MERCOSUR agreement
Thousands of European farmers staged a large-scale protest in Brussels against plans to sign a free trade agreement between the European Union and the MERCOSUR bloc, Euronews reported.

According to the channel,…
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