Author: disinfo5
US President, Donald Trump, stated that he is “very disappointed” in Russian leader Vladimir Putin, just a few days before the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington, DPA reported on Wednesday. “I am very disappointed, because Vladimir and I had a very good relationship. We probably still do. I don’t know why he continues this war,” Donald Trump stated on Tuesday evening at a press conference at the White House after meeting with the President of Argentina, Javier Miley. The White House leader said that Putin simply does not want to end the conflict with Ukraine, which has…
Courts in the Russian Federation have issued, in the first six months of the current year, 224 convictions in cases involving treason, espionage, and confidential collaboration with foreign states, the highest number recorded in the entire modern history of Russia. According to data from Kirill Parubets’ Analytical Center, prepared for the “First Department” project, 232 people have been implicated in these cases, reports The Moscow Times. Considering that the first semester had 117 working days, it turns out that Russian courts have issued, on average, almost two convictions per day — 1.98. For comparison, during the year 2023, 167 people…
The former Russian president and prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, who is the vice president of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, has commented on the recent series of drone incidents in several European countries. “It’s a way to scare the Europeans,” Medvedev stated, without directly acknowledging Russia’s involvement. In a post published on Monday, October 6, on his Telegram channel, Medvedev mocked the situation, claiming that “European cities have been gripped by a UFD epidemic” (Unidentified Flying Drones) and that these incidents remind Europeans what war means. Medvedev lists five possible explanations for these incidents, framing the message in…
The initiative of the Russian leader Vladimir Putin to voluntarily maintain limits on deployed strategic nuclear weapons “seems like a good idea,” said US President Donald Trump, quoted by Reuters. Putin announced last month that Moscow is willing to continue to respect the limits provided by the New START agreement from 2010, which expires in February 2026, provided that the United States does the same. The document limits the size of the world’s largest nuclear arsenals – those of the USA and Russia. “I think it’s a good idea,” Trump told reporters, as he left the White House, when asked…
Russia announced on Monday that its air defense units have destroyed 251 Ukrainian drones overnight, most of them in the southwest of the country. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 61 of the unmanned devices were intercepted over the Black Sea, and one was heading towards Moscow, reports Reuters. The Ministry published the figures on its official Telegram channel, but did not provide details about possible damage or casualties. Usually, the institution only announces the number of destroyed drones, without specifying how many were launched by Ukraine. Ukrainian news channels on Telegram reported that a large fire broke out…
The parliamentary elections of September 28 were followed by a flood of accusations from both local politicians and officials in Moscow. Statements about “rigged elections”, “European Union interference” or “PAS victory only with the help of the diaspora” were propagated by Ilan Șor, Igor Dodon, Maria Zaharova and other political actors, being amplified by Moscow-affiliated media and massively distributed on social networks. These statements are contradicted by the reports of international observation missions, according to which the election was largely free and fair, even if not without problems and vulnerabilities. Moreover, the electoral legislation does not provide for the division…
The Prime Minister of Ireland, Micheál Martin, has drawn attention to the security situation facing Europe, speaking of a “pattern” of Russian behavior in Eastern Europe and warning of “a certain degree of naivety in Ireland in this regard”. “We had a very serious discussion about the threat that Russia currently poses to the European Union and to the member states of the European Union, especially in terms of violating the airspace of a quite large number of European member states. If we consider everything that has happened in recent weeks and months, a clear pattern emerges regarding drone incursions,…
The former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was hospitalized in Moscow following an alleged poisoning attempt, claims the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The deposed dictator, who received political asylum in Russia after being overthrown from power ten months ago, is said to have recently been discharged from a hospital in the Russian capital, reports digi24.ro. According to SOHR, the information was obtained from a “private source” who stated that Assad “was poisoned”, and the assassination attempt was aimed at “putting the Russian government in difficulty and accusing it of complicity” in his death. Assad, who is 60 years old,…
The Prime Ministers of Poland and Hungary exchanged remarks in front of journalists, before their participation in the European Political Community meeting in Copenhagen. The Pole, Donald Tusk, told his Hungarian counterpart that he doesn’t realize which side of the barricade he’s playing on and that he believes there is no war. Viktor Orban was making statements in parallel, a few meters away, saying that his geographical position forces him to buy energy from the Russians. “We have no problem with Viktor Orban, I mean, I don’t have a personal problem. Viktor Orban believes there is no war, I believe…
The problem of fuel shortage in Russia will not be resolved earlier than the end of October 2025. The statement was made by the Minister of Energy, Sergey Tsyvilev, during a meeting with the so-called “governor” of Sevastopol, appointed by Moscow, Mikhail Razvozhaev, according to the press service of the “administration” in Sevastopol. “The situation could remain unstable for a month, but we hope to completely eliminate interruptions in fuel supply by the end of October”, Tsyvilev said. He specified that he personally took control of the problem of gasoline supply in Crimea and other Ukrainian regions occupied by Russia,…