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The pro-war blogger and known for his repeated denunciations, Ilia Remeslo, gave an interview after being discharged from a psychiatric clinic, in which he once again criticized the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. “The main cause of all the problems in our country is not Serghei Kirienko, nor the Max app, nor the presidential administration, but the man at the top, who controls everything. This is Vladimir Putin,” declared Remeslo. According to him, this is known by “everyone”, including war correspondents and opinion leaders, but “almost everyone is afraid to say that this man is responsible and that, under his…
Russian soldiers, amidst the chaos of command and poor coordination, are increasingly shooting down their own drones, and then trying to present them as Ukrainian to claim rewards. These cases are even reported by pro-war channels, highlights the Mozhem Obyasnit project. According to the “Drone Operator’s Chronicle” channel, the problem arises because neighboring units do not notify mobile fire groups about their own drone flights. In addition, these teams do not always manage to distinguish their own drones from the Ukrainian ones and open fire on any device in the air. In pro-war communities, the situation is described as a…
The authorities in Moscow have obliged schools and colleges to open museums dedicated to the war in Ukraine. The announcement was made by the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, on his Telegram channel. According to this, 175 such museums have already been established in the city. In 2025, there were over 2,300 educational institutions in Moscow, which means that “special military operation museums” have appeared in approximately 8% of schools and colleges, according to the calculations of the Agenstvo publication. The exhibitions include over 250 “artifacts” from the front and thematic installations. Sobyanin argues that these help students “better…
American President Donald Trump announces on his Truth Social network that he has ordered the US Navy to “shoot and destroy any ship, no matter how small, that lays mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz. There should be no hesitation,” reports AFP and The Associated Press. “I have ordered the United States Navy to fire and destroy any ship, no matter how small, that lays mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz”, he writes. “There should be no hesitation”, demands the White House chief. “In addition, our ‘minesweepers’ are about to clear the Strait of…
The Chief of the General Staff of Russia, General Valeri Gherasimov, made a series of extensive statements on April 21 about the progress on the battlefield in Ukraine, during a visit to the command of the South Forces Group. According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), these assertions are in direct contradiction with the available data, including reports from pro-Russian sources, reports Euromaidan Press. Analysts from ISW have assessed that Russia’s spring-summer offensive of 2026, launched no later than March 17, did not generate significant tactical gains. Moreover, the analysis indicates that Russian forces have been losing…
France and Poland are expected to conduct exercises with a nuclear component over the Baltic Sea, during which they would simulate strikes on targets in Russia, according to onet.pl, which cites the Wirtualna Polska portal. The maneuvers are scheduled to take place soon on NATO’s eastern flank, mainly over the Baltic Sea and the north of Poland. They are part of France’s nuclear umbrella expansion to cover countries threatened by Russia’s aggressive policies. The exercises are taking place following the decisions announced by Emmanuel Macron in Brest on March 2, 2026, according to the Polish army. Following the visit of…
President Vladimir Putin has not commented for a week on the major fire that broke out at the Tuapse oil terminal, following strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, nor on the “acid” smog that is said to have spread over hundreds of kilometers. Despite the magnitude of the disaster, which affected almost the entire Russian coast of the Black Sea and was described by ecologists as “the greatest ecological catastrophe”, the head of state continued to attend meetings and official events, without publicly addressing the subject. The first attack on Tuapse took place on the night of April 16, when…
Internal documents of the Department of Justice, obtained by Reuters, show that some of the most important federal agencies – FBI, DEA, and ATF – have lost over 4,000 employees from the fiscal year 2024 to the present, despite public commitments from the Trump administration to strengthen the fight against crime. According to data analyzed by Reuters, the FBI has recorded a decrease of over 7% in staff, equivalent to about 2,600 positions. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has lost nearly 6% of its employees, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has suffered a reduction of…
The European Union has reached an agreement for a new package of sanctions against Russia, however one of the most important measures – the complete ban on maritime services for Russian oil – has been postponed. The EU approved the new sanctions on Thursday after Hungary and Slovakia withdrew their veto, linked to a separate dispute with Ukraine over the Drujba oil pipeline, which has since been repaired. However, the centerpiece of the package – the total ban on maritime services for Russian oil tankers – remains, for now, only on paper. Its effective implementation has been postponed until a…
Iran is facing a widespread wave of layoffs, amid the conflict with the United States and Israel, according to authorities in Tehran. The Deputy Minister of Labor, Gholamhossein Mohammadi, recently stated that approximately two million people have lost their jobs as a result of the war, directly or indirectly. The situation is intensely debated on social networks, where users describe the visible economic impact in everyday life, from less crowded transportation to the decrease in activity in commercial areas. Officials and employers use the term “workforce rebalancing” to describe layoffs. The effects are not limited to the factories affected by…