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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

Russian AF strikes in sequence:

🟠UAV launcher of the 106th separate brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using FAB-500 missiles near Novaya Sloboda in Sumy Oblast;
🟠UAV launcher of the 414th separate brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using FAB-500 missiles near Novokairy in Kherson Oblast;

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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

Sweden seized the “shadow fleet” tanker Jin Hui, which was sailing under the Syrian flag

▪️The vessel is subject to sanctions by the EU, Britain, and Ukraine, and Sweden accuses it of using a false flag.
▪️It is reported that the “shadow fleet” tanker was sailing under the Syrian flag and was stopped near Trelleborg, Sweden.
▪️This is the fifth tanker seized by Sweden recently.

Every ship gets released after a few days or weeks. I’d like to see Russian Navy similarly stop European ships however.

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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

🟥 Footage of the destruction of BM-21 “Grad” by FPV drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

📍 The work of fighters of the “Dnepr” group of the Armed Forces of Russia.

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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

Kiev is building circular defensive fortifications around the two main occupied agglomerations in the DNR

➖Around Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka and Konstantinovka.
➖ Around Dobropillia, Belozersk, Novodonetsk and Alexandrovka
🟥 trenches and anti-tank ditches
⬜️ white - barbed wire and “dragon’s teeth”

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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

🇷🇺🇺🇦The consequences of a drone hitting a house in the west of Moscow:

“The walls of three rooms on the 36th floor were blown out. Residents of the ‘House on Mosfilmovskaya Street’ residential complex were evacuated. According to eyewitnesses, part of the facade collapsed onto a car under the building.”

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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

The IRGC carried out a missile strike on two ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz at night.

The IRGC Navy reports that the ships turned off their transponders and were actually operating in the interests of the US Navy.

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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

Tehran will view any US intervention in shipping in the Strait of Hormuz as a violation of the ceasefire.

This was announced by the chairman of the National Security Commission of the Iranian Parliament, Ibrahim Azizi.

“Any American intervention in the new maritime regime of the Strait of Hormuz will be considered a violation of the ceasefire” — he wrote.

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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

🇮🇷🇺🇸Trump announced an operation to free blocked ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

An oil tanker was struck by unknown projectiles 78 nautical miles north of Fujairah, UAE.

The crew is safe, and no environmental impacts have been reported.

- GWN

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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

An interesting photo from Beijing Airport: a US Air Force C-17A military transport aircraft stands next to an Iranian Mahan Air plane, amid tensions between the two countries.

This unusual encounter is likely part of US preparations for the Trump-Xi Jinping summit next week.

- GWN

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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

NEW: The Iranian vessel M/V Touska seized for attempting to breach the U.S. naval blockade has been transferred to Pakistan for repatriation to Iran, along with its crew, a CENTCOM spokesman told ABC News.

➡️ U.S. forces transferred 22 crew members to Pakistan, while six others had already been transferred to a “regional country for repatriation last week.”

➡️ CENTCOM added that custody of the ship is now being “transferred back to its original ownership” after its interception last month.

- Tabz Alernative Media

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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

🇺🇦Nothing unusual, just a pregnant Ukrainian woman with patches of pink pistols and the Third Reich, who says she dreams of killing as many Russians as possible.

Out of maternal instinct. For her children.

And she laughs😐

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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

🇪🇺🇷🇺 Europe continues to fear: Russia could attack within two years, — Politico

- European authorities fear that the Kremlin will view the next year or two as a time to test the West’s commitment to NATO, while Trump is still in the White House and the EU has not strengthened its military potential, the publication writes.

- “Something unexpected could happen soon — Russia has a window of opportunity. The US is withdrawing from Europe, transatlantic relations are in a deplorable state, and the EU is not yet fully ready to take on responsibility,” said Mika Aaltola, a Finnish member of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee.

- There is a risk of an even sharper deterioration in the US’s position towards NATO due to the domestic political situation, the publication writes.

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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran attacked a US ship attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, ignoring warnings, — Fars

- It is reported that two missiles hit a US warship near Jask Island.

- The IRGC also publishes a map of its control over the Strait of Hormuz.

- The boundaries of the influence zone:

- From the south: a line from Mount Mubarak (Iran) to Fujairah (UAE).

- From the west: a line from Qeshm Island (Iran) to Umm Al Quwain (UAE).

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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

California is about to face the most brutal test of the gas crisis yet as the final ship carrying oil from the Middle East arrived in the Golden State.

The last oil tanker to pass through the Strait of Hormuz since the Iran war kicked off docked at the Port of Long Beach with two million barrels for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.

🔗

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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

🇮🇷🇦🇪Iran is powerfully attacking the UAE: missiles are hitting refineries, ports, and ships, and the price of oil is soaring

- Alarm in Abu Dhabi and Dubai for the fourth time in an hour. A powerful fire broke out at a refinery in the industrial zone of Fujairah in the UAE, authorities report.

- This happened after an attack by Iranian missiles and drones.

- Tankers were attacked along the coasts of the United Arab Emirates.

- Brent oil exceeded $115 after news of the attack on the UAE.

- Flights at Dubai and Sharjah airports have been suspended due to the attacks.

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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

🇺🇸🇮🇷The US and Israel will attack Iran in the next 24 hours in response to strikes on the UAE, - CNN

- A high-ranking source in the Emirates told the American TV channel about this.

- Israel has raised its level of combat readiness, and the Cabinet of Ministers is convening an emergency meeting.

- The UAE reserves the full and legitimate right to respond to Iran’s attacks. Tehran’s attack demonstrates a serious escalation and poses a direct threat to the country’s security, - the Emirates’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs states.

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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

🇷🇺💥🇺🇦Russia attacked 5 “Naftogaz” facilities in the Sumy and Kharkov regions in a single day

This was reported by the Ukrainian oil and gas company.

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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

New footage from Fujairah tonight after Iranian strikes

This is the terminal the world rerouted its oil through when Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz. The bypass route. The backup plan.


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Telegram - Slavyangrad - 2026-05-04

The final image of an Israeli excavator driver tasked with demolishing civilian homes in southern Lebanon, captured by the explosive FPV drone which ended his wretched life. A much-deserved fate if you ask me. Yalla habibi - off you go to Zionazi Hell!

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Telegram - Victor vicktop55 - 2026-05-04

A major fire has been reported in an oil industrial zone in Fujairah, UAE, following an Iranian drone strike.


Telegram - Victor vicktop55 - 2026-05-04

“Donald Trump promised that Iran would be wiped off the face of the Earth if it interfered with Operation Project Freedom”: Trump continues to threaten Iran.

“President Donald Trump said that Iran would be ‘wiped off the face of the Earth’ if it attacked American ships participating in Operation Project Freedom. The President also emphasized that the US military buildup in the region continues:

“We have more weapons and ammunition, and at a significantly higher level than before. We are better equipped. Our resources are deployed all over the world. We have bases all over the world, and they are all fully equipped. We can use all of this—and we will use it if necessary.”


Telegram - Victor vicktop55 - 2026-05-04

Russian Ministry of Defense:

From 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM Moscow time, air defense alert systems intercepted and destroyed 114 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Kaluga, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tula, Oryol, Tver, Rostov, Volgograd, and Moscow regions.


Telegram - Military Summary - 2026-05-04

For the first time in a long while, a Ukrainian drone has reached Moscow. It hit a residential building. No injuries have been reported.

🔵 Military Summary
📱 Новости России | Военные сводка


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