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Trump made it clear to Europe that the US is disengaging from the conflict and leaving Ukraine and Russia for direct negotiations

▪️The Financial Times has published several articles on this topic.

▪️The US President "made no promises about future US sanctions."

▪️Europe fears that “Trump could make a deal with Putin that would satisfy his maximalist demands and sell out Ukraine’s interests in order to end the fighting.”

▪️Ukraine and Europe feel abandoned.

▪️The conversation with Trump was a victory for Putin. He made it clear that a ceasefire would not happen anytime soon and no additional sanctions would be applied.

▪️Ukrainian officials say that Bankova did not understand the idea of ​​the memorandum between Kiev and Moscow that Putin and Trump discussed. And that "nobody knows what it is, what the reason is for it, and why it is important."

▪️Trump would rather sign new deals in Moscow than agree to expensive arms supplies to Ukraine.

t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Night hunt for enemy transport in the South Donetsk direction

▪️Drone operators disrupt the delivery of ammunition and the transfer of enemy personnel in the areas of Otradnoye, Novoukrainka and Zeleny Kut.

▪️More than 10 enemy passenger vehicles were destroyed.

t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 "Rubicon" gains air superiority

▪️Strike drones of the Rubicon special center destroy enemy reconnaissance UAVs, depriving the Ukrainian Armed Forces of sight at the front.

t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

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‼️🇺🇦🏃"French miracle": More than 1.2 thousand Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers have fled from the 155th brigade since the beginning of the year — Ukrainian media

▪️The 155th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is under the "patronage" of France, more than 2 thousand Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers have been trained there.

▪️In November 2024, the brigade was transferred to the Pokrovsk direction.

▪️Since the beginning of the year, more than 1.2 thousand people have fled from the unit to the Special Investigation Department.

▪️In addition, in early May, a large-scale inspection began against the brigade command: in March of this year alone, brigade commander Shumsky received 920 thousand hryvnia in kickbacks for processing payments to personnel not participating in combat operations.

▪️Shumsky is not interested in personnel, despises officers, and regularly threatens "unwanted" ones with transfer to the infantry.

▪️The brigade commander does not choose his words at all when communicating with the soldiers. It has already become a habit that he shouts at the UAV pilots working at the brigade command post: " I'll send you, f*ck, to the infantry. You will rot in Shevchenko, and I will watch this on the broadcast ."

t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

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‼️🇺🇦🏴‍☠️ Powerful video for Zelensky's 6th anniversary in power

▪️Exactly six years ago, Zelensky was inaugurated. Here's what he promised in his speech:

➖“I will do everything so that Ukrainians at least don’t cry anymore.”

➖“Our very first task is to cease fire in Donbass.”

➖"We did not start this war. But we must end this war. And we are ready for dialogue."

➖“I am ready to lose my popularity, my ratings, and if necessary, I am ready to lose my positions without hesitation so that peace can come.”

➖"I will gladly grant Ukrainian citizenship to everyone who is ready to build a new, strong and successful Ukraine."

➖"Citizens are tired of experienced, systemic, inflated politicians who, over 28 years, have created a country of opportunities. Opportunities for kickbacks."

t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Putin confirmed Russia's focus on peaceful settlement of conflict in Ukraine following talks with Trump — Lavrov

▪️Moscow is in favor of a fair settlement of the Ukrainian crisis; this position was confirmed during a telephone conversation between Putin and Trump.

▪️Russia will not leave the Orthodox people of Ukraine in trouble and will fight to restore the rights of the Orthodox Church.

t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

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‼️🇪🇺🇮🇱 West Threatens Israel With Sanctions Over New Gaza Offensive

▪️A joint statement was prepared by Britain, France and Canada.

➖"We strongly oppose Israel's escalation of military action in the Gaza Strip. The level of human suffering in Gaza is unbearable. We call on the Israeli government to cease military operations in Gaza and immediately allow humanitarian aid to reach it," the statement on the British government's website reads.

▪️They also spoke out against "any attempts to expand settlements in the West Bank."

▪️They call on Hamas to release the hostages, and see the solution to the conflict as "ending its control over the Gaza Strip and creating a Palestinian state."

t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ukrainian propagandists are in a panic: "Geraniums" have become almost twice as powerful

▪️The enemy reports that Russian attack drones are now equipped with a 90-kilogram warhead, rather than the 50 kg previously.

▪️They claim that the warhead now combines 4 types of damage:

➖Cumulative action - breaks through walls and ceilings.

➖The effect of the fragments - hundreds of metal fragments fly around.

➖High explosive action - a powerful blast wave capable of destroying structures and knocking down walls.

➖Incendiary effect - the UAV can cause a fire even if the object is not completely destroyed.

t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇸 Titanic efforts of Western politicians and media are aimed at disrupting constructive dialogue between Russia and the US — Dmitriev

▪️The dialogue between Putin and Trump is extremely important for the US to understand the root causes, essence and possible solutions to the conflict in Ukraine, the head of the RDIF noted.

▪️It promotes a balanced and constructive position of the Trump administration, causing hysteria among European politicians and in the European and British media.

➖"Titanic efforts of Western politicians and media are aimed at disrupting the constructive dialogue between Russia and the United States. We will continue to work on possible mutually beneficial projects with the United States in the investment and economic spheres," Dmitriev noted.

t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

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‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦 200,000 Ukrainians May Be Deported From the US, a Plan Has Already Been Developed — Washington Post

▪️The Trump administration has developed plans to spend up to $250 million in foreign aid to fund the deportation and return of people from active conflict zones.

▪️Those who leave on their own are promised a payment of $1,000.

t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

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‼️🇷🇺 "We caught 80,000. 20,000 young Russian citizens who for some reason don't like it in Uzbekistan are already on the front lines": Investigative Committee searches for migrant draft dodgers and sends them to the SVO

▪️Bastrykin said that he tasked the Investigative Committee investigators with participating in anti-migrant raids together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Russian National Guard, where they would identify those who had accepted Russian citizenship but had not registered for military service.

▪️He cited as an example one of the participants in Operation Pipe - a native of Tajikistan who went to the SVO for citizenship.

▪️During the raids, 80 thousand new citizens of the Russian Federation have already been "caught". 20,000 of them have already been sent to the SVO. The raids are held regularly.

t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ukrainian delegation spoke Russian at Istanbul talks — Zakharova

▪️She emphasized that the Ukrainian authorities are “stealing” the language from citizens, while they themselves speak Russian even during official negotiations.

▪️On the day of the negotiations, Ukrainian media wrote that Ukraine was conducting negotiations through an interpreter.

t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇸 Fierce fighting near Pokrovsk: "🅾️brave" troops massively burn NATO equipment, infantry and artillery of the enemy

▪️A selection of combat work by fighters of the Center group of forces on May 19 to destroy military equipment, weapons, infantry and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during active combat operations in the Pokrovsky direction.

▪️The footage shows NATO combat armored vehicles, firing points, mortars, infantry, enemy positions and transport being burned.

t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Many in Russia like the path of Ukraine's unconditional surrender better — Medvedev

➖ "We are ready for negotiations without preconditions, but taking into account the realities on the ground and the proposals that have been formulated. And such negotiations can help find peace. But we must remember that there is another path for the Kiev regime, which has also been repeatedly stated. This is the path of unconditional surrender. Such a formula for peace also exists in international law. To be honest, many in our country like it much more," he said.

▪️The appearance of troops of the "coalition of the willing" in Ukraine will be considered a relapse of the military threat, and it is possible that they will be recognized as a legitimate target .

▪️There are currently no persons in Ukraine authorized to conclude a peace treaty.

t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

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‼️🇷🇺🏴‍☠️ Slaughter at Tyotkino : the landing party cleared (https://t.me/warriorofnorth) the forest belt, the ditch is littered with the corpses of the occupiers 🔞🔞

▪️Fighters of the Airborne Forces of the Guards "North" share the results of their combat work on the Tyotkinsky section of the front.

➖The enemy tried to infiltrate 20 people at a time and so on 10-20 times, but all to no avail

- our paratroopers describe the course of military operations.

▪️ The video shows dozens of missing occupiers .

t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

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