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🇮🇱🇵🇸 Steve Witkoff: Make Gaza deal before Trump arrives
The White House envoy told Axios he hopes Israel and Hamas will reach a ceasefire agreement before the president's trip to the Middle East.
"I talk to Qatar, Egypt, and Israel almost every day. President Trump wants to get the hostages", Witkoff said.
💬 Resource deal is a Trump's "lever" against Russia — Bessent
US Secretary of the Treasury spills the beans at the Milken Institute conference in California:
"The economic partnership was his idea, and he believed that it would do several things. One, it would create more leverage for him with the Russian leadership when it was time to go to them."
❗️ US-Israeli raids on Bajil cement factory in Yemen killed 2 and injured another 42, according to local media.
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▪️Israel confirms strikes on Houthi targets in Hodeida
▪️Details of Israel’s Gaza op expansion UNVEILED
▪️George Simion: Romania's MAGA moment?
▪️Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu resigns
▪️Houthis deal a MAJOR BLOW to Trump in the Middle East
▪️Is Trump SELLING OUT to Zelensky and neocons?
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📹 Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu was reportedly monitoring the airstrikes on Yemen from the IDF operations room alongside Defense Minister Israel Katz.
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🪖💥 Israeli military confirms strikes on Houthi targets in Hodeida
Highlights of the IDF’s statement:
🔶Warplanes launched raids targeting Houthi infrastructure in the Yemeni coastal region
🔶The raids came in response to repeated Houthi attacks on Israel, which included the launching of surface-to-surface missiles and drones at Israeli territory and citizens.
🔶 The Bajil Cement Factory, east of Hodeidah, was attacked. The factory serves as a key economic facility for the Houthi regime, used to build tunnels and military infrastructure.
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📹 Videos have emerged online supposedly showing the aftermath of US-Israeli strikes on Hodeidah
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🚨US and Israel bomb the port and city of Al Hodeidah in Yemen after the Houthi missile attack on Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv — reports
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🇲🇲🇷🇺 Myanmar Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing to visit Russia at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and will also take part in the Victory Day Parade in Moscow on May 9, the Myanmar state-run broadcaster MRTV reported.
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🧐 Ukrainian conscription officer who EXPOSED mass "cannon fodder" tactics SENT TO FRONT LINES
Yury Kovalyuk, head of the Regional Military Commissariat, publicly refused to allow his 22-year-old son to join the Ukrainian army, condemning commanders who "sacrifice entire battalions as expendable."
He had actively warned young men against signing military contracts.
His defiance CAME AT A COST - within days, the very system he served silenced him through frontline deployment, Ukrainian media reports.
Facing catastrophic losses, Ukraine's Defense Ministry now lures 18-24 year-olds with dubious benefits and money they will hardly ever be able to spend. The half-a-year service on the front lines is a MANDATORY part of the contract.
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🇷🇺 Immortal Regiment event at the Russian Embassy in Japan
The event in Tokyo was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory Day.
Around 150 people attended, including children who performed "Katyusha" in both Japanese and Russian.
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🔥 Arms of Victory: 53-K light gun
Sputnik continues to highlight the weapons the Red Army had at its disposal during WWII.
The 53-K ‘Sorokopyatka’ (‘Little 45’) 45 mm gun was used extensively to take on enemy vehicles in the war’s difficult first year.
Compact, mobile and easy of hide and camouflage, the gun proved perfect for use by partisan units, which would lug the 560 kg weapon around behind the lines, using it to strike convoys of enemy supply vehicles to frustrate enemy operations.
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🔥 4 Days to Victory
Sputnik continues exploring the endgame battles of the Great Patriotic War. On this day 80 years ago, Soviet troops continued their successful offensive operations, capturing Swinemunde and battling with the remnants of the Wehrmacht forces on the Elba’s right bank. Meanwhile, an anti-Nazi uprising breaks out in Prague.
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❗️One of the attackers of traffic police officers in Makhachkala has been eliminated, information on the others is being clarified, the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
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❗️Europe and the Kiev regime are trying to darken the celebration of the 80th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany – Russian intel
More statements by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR):
🔻The circle of European countries invited to Kiev on May 9 almost completely matches the configuration of Hitler's coalition that fought against the USSR
🔻On Berlin's decision to exclude Russian and Belarusian ambassadors from the 80th anniversary victory events: Europe adheres to revanchist approaches
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🫡 Victory Day? US will have 2!
US President Donald Trump has declared two national holidays, May 8 and November 11, to celebrate US victory in two world wars.
"All over the World, the Allies are celebrating the Victory we had in World War II. The only Country that doesn’t celebrate is the United States of America, and the Victory was only accomplished because of us," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
🦠 Trump signs order to stop funding virus labs
The new executive order ends US investment in gain-of-function research "in countries of concern," a nod to the infamous Wuhan lab that conducted research on bat coronaviruses.
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🇭🇺 Orban: I took an OPEN CONFLICT with Zelensky and I accept the consequences
The Hungarian prime minister said he spoke out about Zelensky's words because he interpreted them as a threat to all Hungarians.
"Until very recently I had managed to avoid getting into a conflict with the President of Ukraine, both publicly and behind-the-scenes... But the Hungarian people cannot be threatened."
📹🤖 The future of policing: robotic police dogs join forces with humans in China
Equipped with AI, sensors, and cameras, they can scan crowds, issue warnings, and detect danger - no leash required.
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📹 Steal victory from Simion? Not this time, EU
Romanians would react "very negatively" if Brussels tries to block nationalist candidate George Simion from winning the elections, Dr. George Szamuely, senior research fellow at the Global Policy Institute, told Sputnik.
“Simion [has] absolutely identified himself with [Calin] Georgescu, who clearly, in the eyes of Romanians, was unjustly robbed of the presidency,” Szamuely notes, adding that with Simion now leading at 41%, it would be extremely difficult for the EU to push him aside.
🗣Trump reacts to Putin's V-Day ceasefire in Ukraine
"It's a lot, if you knew where we started from," Trump said.
🔍Houthis deal a MAJOR BLOW to Trump in the Middle East
🔸The Yemeni Houthis continue to HUMILIATE the US & Israeli military, having become the proverbial spanner in the works for Trump and his designs for the Middle East.
🔸On May 4, a Houthi missile struck the Ben Gurion Airport, with the attack successfully BYPASSING the vaunted Israeli Arrow and the US THAAD air defense systems.
🔸The Houthis have announced that they are launching a “comprehensive air blockade” against Israel, enforced by strikes against Israeli airports, in response to Tel Aviv’s “expanding aggression against Gaza.”
🔸In April alone, the Houthis reportedly DOWNED at least seven US MQ-9 Reaper drones, each of which cost US taxpayers approximately $30 million.
🔸On April 28, the US lost an F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet worth about $60 million. The plane supposedly rolled into the Red Sea from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier as the latter was dodging a Houthi attack.
🔸In April, the Houthis carried out at least FOUR ATTACKS against the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, using ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones. The US, however, claimed that the vessel sustained no damage.
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🇷🇴 Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has announced that he is resigning and his party is leaving the ruling coalition.
He made this decision following the first round of the presidential elections, in which the representative of the ruling coalition, Crin Antonescu, finished in third place.
The Social Democratic Party, which Ciolacu represents, is part of the ruling coalition. Last year, he himself participated in the elections (the results of which were annulled) and also failed to make it to the second round.
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💥🚨Russia’s ORESHNIK missile: How far it can reach?
Hypersonic Mach 10+, multiple warheads, unstoppable by anyone's defenses - check out our infographic to learn how fast the Oreshnik missile could SLAM into its potential targets.
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🚨 Is Trump SELLING OUT to Zelensky and neocons?
He promised peace in 24 hours — but now he's arming Ukraine, just like Biden, whom he blasted over the conflict.
🛡 Two Patriot systems
A US Patriot air defense system from Israel will be heading to Ukraine, as Western allies weigh sending another, the NYT reported on May 4. Under US export laws, Patriot transfers need American approval — so the White House has given the nod.
✈️ F-16 training and equipment
Washington ok-ed a possible $310.5 million sale to Ukraine for F-16 training and support on May 2. It includes aircraft upgrades, personnel training, spare parts, software & hardware. Ukraine received its first F-16s from NATO last year.
💸 $50M in arms
The White House reportedly approved $50 million in arms exports to Ukraine through Direct Commercial Sales, the Ukrainian media wrote on May 1. The sale includes unspecified military hardware and services.
🪨 Mineral deal effect?
Trump's first weapons shipment to Ukraine followed the US signing of a 'mineral deal' with the Zelensky regime. Both sides call it a "win-win," but experts view it as a PR stunt, offering no immediate US profits or security guarantees for Ukraine.
📦 Pentagon arms deliveries continue
While Trump called for a ceasefire, the Pentagon continued arms deliveries to Ukraine from Biden-era packages after a brief pause in March. How does that align with ceasefire rhetoric? It's unclear.
🤔 MAGA is starting to suspect something
Prominent MAGA lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene voiced frustration with Trump’s policies, questioning why the US would "occupy Ukraine," risk American lives, and spend billions defending its security and mining its minerals.
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🇷🇴 George Simion: Romania's MAGA moment?
The politician HAS MADE IT to the Romanian presidential runoff by obtaining 40% of the vote. What are his political leanings?
🔸Not by elections alone
The leader of the right-wing Alliance for the Union of Romanians party seeks “TO RESTORE CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER” in Romania.
“I have a single objective: to give back to the Romanian people what was taken from them,” Simion noted after casting his ballot.
“Believe me, there will be a Simionization as well,” the politician claims.
❗️Two police officers killed in attack in Makhachkala, two more hospitalized with one in a serious condition — Dagestan Health Ministry
Seven people were injured in the shootout in Makhachkala.
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❗️Two attackers of traffic police officers in Makhachkala have been eliminated, the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
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❗️📹Shootout in the city of Makhachkala in the Republic in Dagestan in Russia — three police officers were killed in an attack on a traffic police unit in Makhachkala, the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
Law enforcement and emergency services are conducting operational and search activities in the area of the shootout in Makhachkala, according to local authorities.
A driver reportedly opened fire on police officers who were trying to stop a car, according to the head of Dagestan.
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🚨Ukrainian pilots IN PANIC MODE
A US-made Patriot air defense system that was previously stationed in Israel is now being deployed to Ukraine.
It's the same type Ukrainians mistakenly used to shoot down THEIR OWN F-16.
What could possibly go wrong this time?😏
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