🇺🇸🇺🇦The US State Department has approved a contract for the provision of F-16 training services to Ukraine worth approximately $311 million, the Pentagon's Security Cooperation Agency reported.

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🇺🇲🇷🇸 US President Donald Trump is due to meet Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić at Mar-a-Lago in Florida sometime in the near future.

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🇺🇸🇷🇺The U.S. has completed a new set of economic sanctions aimed at increasing pressure on Russia to support President Trump's peace efforts in Ukraine.

The measures target major sectors, including state-owned energy company Gazprom and key players in banking and natural resources.

However, it remains uncertain whether Trump will approve the sanctions, as his initial leniency toward Moscow has shifted to frustration over President Putin's refusal to engage in ceasefire or peace negotiations.

According to a source, the National Security Council is working on a stronger response, but Trump’s approval is still required.

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🇮🇱⚔️🇸🇾In a joint statement, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said, “Israel struck tonight near the presidential palace in Damascus. This is a clear message to the Syrian regime,” in reference to recent security developments in the region.

The statement added: “Israel will not allow a deployment of forces south of Damascus or any threat to the Druze community.” It further noted that the attack forms part of Israel’s deterrence policy to prevent what it called “a threatening military presence.”

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🇺🇸💬🇩🇪 JD Vance also defended the AfD

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🇺🇸 Trump posted an image of himself as the Pope

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⭐️ Red Star Cinema: films about the Great Patriotic War

As Victory Day draws near, we continue highlighting powerful Soviet films that capture the war through a uniquely Russian/Soviet lens — with all its trauma, sacrifice, and humanity.

"Come and See", 1985

Belarus, 1943. A teenage boy named Flyora joins the Soviet partisan resistance, believing he’s headed for glory. What he witnesses instead is a descent into utter horror. As the Nazi occupation scorches its way across villages and forests, Flyora is pulled into the unspeakable cruelty of war — losing not only his innocence, but his grip on reality.

"Come and See" is not just a war film — it's a cinematic experience. Co-written by war veteran Ales Adamovich and directed by Elem Klimov, the film was decades in the making. Adamovich, who fought as a teenage partisan himself, insisted that only absolute realism could do justice to the truth. Klimov agreed — and refused to sanitize anything.

To film Come and See, the production used live ammunition, not blanks. The lead actor, 14-year-old Aleksei Kravchenko, reportedly aged visibly during filming due to the emotional toll. At one point, he had to be hypnotized between takes to avoid long-term trauma. The film’s hallucinatory camerawork and unflinching realism were groundbreaking at the time — and still are.

Initially blocked by Soviet censors for its brutal honesty, the film was finally released in 1985, just before the Perestroika era. Today, it is widely regarded as one of the most powerful anti-war films ever made — not just in Russia, but globally.

Watch with English subtitles

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🇷🇺🫡 "Music of Victory": an album featuring modern arrangements of legendary compositions about the Great Patriotic War has been released on several music platforms for the 80th anniversary of Victory.

These songs are filled with love for the Motherland and unite generations, preserving historical memory.

The funds collected from playing the songs will be used to support veterans of the Great Patriotic War, as well as participants of the SMO.

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