🇷🇺 Victory Day flyover from the aerobatics team's perspective.

Given that the live feed included many animations, this footage feels appropriate to share.

Vid: @SWIFTSAEROBATICTEAM @RussianKnights

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🇫🇷🇷🇺 Macron Gives Russia Deadline to Accept Ceasefire Offer

French President Emmanuel Macron said Russia has "until the evening" to accept a 30-day ceasefire proposal in Ukraine.

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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 Trump insists that the meeting between Russia and Ukraine, scheduled for Thursday in Istanbul, should go ahead. However, he made no mention of the so-called "Coalition of the Butthurt" and their demand for a 30-day ceasefire.

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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 Trump said he is considering the possibility of flying to Istanbul, where meetings between representatives of Russia and Ukraine may take place.

He also suggested Russia could agree to a 30-day ceasefire.

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🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 A power outage has occurred in the London Underground metro system, causing severe transport disruptions in London.

A spokesman for Transport for London (TfL) has stated that there was a power outage in Southwest London for "a matter of minutes" and that "everything shut down" due to a "National Grid issue".

Place your bets on how long it will take the British to blame Russia.

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🇹🇼 Taiwan Conducts First Live-Fire Test of HIMARS

On May 12, Taiwan held large-scale "Thunder" military drills at Jiupeng base, simulating a PLA amphibious assault. For the first time, the M142 HIMARS system was used in live-fire exercises.

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🇺🇸🇺🇦👃❄️✍️📝Zelensky signed the law on ratification of the agreement between the US and Ukraine on mineral resources.

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🇺🇦💬 Narcoführer says he's coming to Turkey

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🇺🇸🛫🇸🇦Grandpa Donald on his way to Saudi Arabia with a possible technical pit stop in Germany.
The time is present.

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🇺🇦👃❄️”We are ready for direct negotiations with Putin” - Zelensky

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🇷🇺💬Maria Zakharova: The same countries that previously admitted that they used the Minsk agreements to stall for time in Ukraine’s favor are now seeking a 30-day ceasefire to restore the Kiev regime’s combat capability.
The West is seeking a 30-day ceasefire to give Kiev a breathing space to restore its military potential and continue the confrontation with Russia.

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🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺 Trump Blocks Europe’s Push for Sanctions, Pressures Ukraine to Negotiate with Russia

According to The Guardian, Donald Trump derailed a European plan to sanction Russia if it rejected a proposed 30-day ceasefire starting Monday. Instead, he demanded that Ukraine immediately begin peace talks with Moscow.

European diplomats revealed that leaders like Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz, and Donald Tusk visited Kiev aiming to pressure Trump into acknowledging that Putin was stalling — and to support tough U.S. sanctions. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham had even prepared a sanctions package.

However, after Trump publicly urged Zelensky to accept direct talks, Ukraine reportedly agreed to a meeting with Russia in Istanbul to avoid provoking Washington. As a result, the UK also delayed its planned sanctions against Russia.

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🇪🇪🇱🇻 Chihuahuas are helping each other "protect" their borders.

Estonia has sent an amazing 11 (yes, eleven) member unit to help Latvia protect its border with Belarus.

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🇱🇾The head of the security service of the Presidential Council of Libya, Abdel Ghani al-Kikli, was killed in Tripoli, and gunfire was heard in several areas of the city, Al Wasat reports.

According to Libyan media, the Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli has suspended operations due to the clashes.

Footage is being published on social networks, presumably from the scene.

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🇱🇾The emergency services in Tripoli, Libya, have declared a state of high alert, its representative said on the Libyan television channel Al Wasat.

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🇾🇪🖕🇺🇸 NYT Reveals: U.S. Declared ‘Victory’ Over Ansar Allah Despite Strategic Stalemate

A recent New York Times report outlines how the United States, under Trump, launched a high-cost air campaign against Ansar Allah in Yemen with the goal of reopening commercial shipping through the Red Sea. The campaign was expected to yield results within 30 days—but instead ended in a political declaration of success with no decisive military gain.

Trump approved the bombing campaign in early 2024, hoping for a quick resolution. By Day 31, U.S. forces had failed to suppress Ansar Allah’s operational capabilities and achieve air superiority. The group continued firing at Red Sea vessels, shot down multiple American MQ-9 Reaper drones (each worth ~$30 million), and forced U.S. aircraft—including F-16s and F-35s—to evade advanced air defenses.

American munitions were being consumed at a rate of over $1 billion per month, raising internal concerns about long-term readiness, especially amid tensions with China.

Despite the lack of tangible success, the White House suddenly ordered a “pause” in strikes on May 5. According to the NYT, this decision followed indirect talks via Oman. In return for halting the bombings, Ansar Allah reportedly agreed to stop targeting American-flagged ships, though they made no promises about Israeli-linked vessels. No binding agreement was signed.

General Kurilla, head of U.S. Central Command, had proposed a prolonged 8–10 month campaign to degrade Ansar Allah’s air defense systems and carry out targeted assassinations of key leaders—modeled on Israeli tactics in Lebanon. Saudi Arabia supported the plan and even provided a list of targets, while the UAE expressed skepticism, citing Ansar Allah’s resilience after years of Saudi-Emirati bombardment.

In the end, the extended campaign was squeezed into a 30-day window, and results failed to meet expectations. Pentagon planners grew uneasy about depleting advanced weapons stockpiles and the strategic strain it posed globally.

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🇹🇷💬🇷🇺🇺🇦A ceasefire in Ukraine will create the necessary conditions for the start of peace talks, and this opportunity cannot be missed. - Erdogan during a conversation with Zelensky.

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