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🇺🇦🦅🚀🇷🇺 “Today these unmanned aerial vehicles number in the hundreds, tomorrow they will be in the thousands, and the day after — in the hundreds of thousands. Moreover, they (the Ukrainians) can already fly completely autonomously anywhere using artificial intelligence.” — In an broadcast on the Kremlin’s propaganda outlet “Komsomolskaya Pravda”, Russian State Duma deputy Alexei Zhuravlyov sadly admits that “something terribly nasty war” has begun for the occupiers against Ukraine.

This admission from a Russian deputy reflects growing alarm in Moscow over Ukraine’s rapidly advancing drone capabilities. The acknowledgment of autonomous AI-operated drones and their expected massive proliferation highlights the shifting technological balance in the war, where Ukraine is increasingly able to project power deep into Russian territory with minimal human risk. Such statements reveal the psychological and strategic pressure mounting on the Russian side.

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🇷🇺🏦 The governor of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, is under de facto house arrest. This was reported by Dmitry Skorobutov, the former chief editor of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK), who is in exile in Switzerland.
🗣️ According to Skorobutov, during a heated debate at the end of May / beginning of June, Nabiullina issued an ultimatum to Putin: she would resign and leave the country if the Russian dictator announced general mobilization for the ongoing war in Ukraine.

This report, if confirmed, points to deep internal fractures within Russia’s top economic and political circles. Nabiullina, long seen as one of the few relatively pragmatic figures in Putin’s entourage, appears to be resisting further radical escalation (such as mass mobilization) due to its potentially catastrophic economic consequences. Her reported confinement highlights the Kremlin’s increasing intolerance for any dissent, even from key technocrats, amid mounting war-related pressures.

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🇺🇦🎯 Frustrated by Ukraine’s massive and successful bombing of Russian economic facilities, Putin demands the intensification of strikes on Ukraine’s “infrastructure” in order to “deprive Ukraine of the desire to carry out retaliatory strikes.”
🔶 In reality, he forgets that Ukraine only began intensive strikes deep into Russian territory in 2026, and the scale will significantly increase in the coming months through the combined use of domestically produced ballistic and cruise missiles. Within this framework, massive bombing of Moscow and St. Petersburg is planned.

This statement once again exposes the Kremlin’s growing desperation. While Putin calls for more attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, Ukraine’s long-range strike capabilities are rapidly expanding and shifting the war deeper into Russian territory. The planned intensification against major Russian cities underscores how the conflict is becoming increasingly costly and painful for the aggressor.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 “The enemy hoped to achieve its goals in pre-war negotiations, but due to our resistance, those hopes were dashed and the war began.
Even during the war itself, it realized that it could not achieve its set goals and its spirit broke. That is why it itself requested negotiations.”
“As soon as the final stages of the negotiations are completed, the agreement will be signed and made public. The initial signing will take place remotely, in digital form.
This may happen in the coming days.”
“The future of the Strait of Hormuz will never be the same as in the past.
Services provided in the future will no longer be free. This will also be reflected in the agreement.
The issue of collecting [naval] duties/taxes is unacceptable, but payment for services is completely…
Certain costs will arise here and a fee must be paid.”
“Our unchanging position is that the only way to resolve the issue of enriched materials is to dilute them inside Iran itself.” — states Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
agreement will in any case be worse than Obama’s agreement, which Trump left in 2018.
For a broader picture, it is necessary to remember that on the second day after the start of the war, Trump’s declared goal was Iran’s immediate capitulation.
In the following period, this demand for capitulation was officially formalized as a political act and consisted of several points.
1Iran had to renounce uranium enrichment and already highly enriched uranium.
2Iran had to limit the production of ballistic missiles and their range.
3Iran had to open the Strait of Hormuz and cede control.
4Iran had to stop financing/supporting proxy forces in the Middle East — Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, and others.
At the same time, the Pentagon’s declared goals, which were also confirmed by the US Secretaries of Defense and State, were the destruction of Iran’s military capabilities, which mainly meant the destruction of Iran’s asymmetric warfare capabilities, missile and drone arsenals, and their production. Despite Trump declaring the complete destruction of Iran’s military capabilities, sources from US intelligence state that in reality 70% of Iran’s drones and missiles survived, along with the same proportion of their launchers. And if an agreement is reached and Iran again gains large amounts of finances from oil trade, they will very quickly be able to restore their heavily damaged production resources.
At the same time, it should be taken into account that Iran will most likely, along with revenues from free oil and gas trade, receive a full “war dividend” — payment for services in the Strait of Hormuz, which will add hundreds of millions to Iran’s budget. Before the war, the strait was free for navigation.

As for nuclear issues — Iran does not renounce enrichment; at most, it may officially suspend it for a few years and also states that enriched uranium will not leave the country, it will be diluted to energy value and remain in Iran. The monitoring of all this will be carried out by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), but how effective this will be, no one knows — because during Obama’s agreement, the IAEA also carried out monitoring, yet the Trump administration stated that Iran secretly continued high-percentage enrichment. Moreover, no one knows what will happen in 2 years, when Trump completes his presidential term and there will be no real hard leverage left for influencing Iran.

Iran does not renounce financing/armament of proxy forces in the region — Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, and large Shia paramilitary groups in Iraq. It is noteworthy that Iran did not spend white money on them and did not recognize any official ties with the above-mentioned terrorist groups. Accordingly, even if some clause on this issue is included in the potential agreement, Iran will standardly continue their support and financing through black channels.

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🇺🇦🔥 The plan for the complete isolation of occupied Crimea is successfully proceeding in a forced mode.
🎯 In just the past few days, Ukrainian forces have blocked or significantly restricted all three main routes connecting the Kherson region with the occupied peninsula through strikes — the infographic map clearly marks all the damaged bridges, the number of which has reached 6.
🟧 As of June 11, 2026, the following have been damaged:
1Chongar bridge — damaged twice, traffic is blocked.
2Bridge in Henichesk — damaged, traffic is sharply limited.
3Road bridge Perekop — Armyansk… bridge near Stavky —
4Two bridges on the North Crimean Canal (Preobrazhenka and Mirnoe).

Ukraine is methodically executing a strategy to sever occupied Crimea from the mainland. By systematically targeting key bridges on multiple routes, Kyiv is creating severe logistical bottlenecks for Russian forces. If this pace continues, the peninsula could soon become almost entirely dependent on the vulnerable Kerch Bridge and sea transport, significantly complicating Russian military operations in the south.

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🤡🇷🇺🇬🇪 “Your fate is being decided in Ukraine” — a Russian occupier now tells this directly to the separatists.
🔻 This was personally stated to representatives of the so-called “sovereign” Abkhazia and “South Ossetia” by Maxim Vaskov, professor of the Department of Regional Studies and Eurasian Research at the Southern Federal University.
🔻 “It so happened that the fate of Abkhazia and South Ossetia depends on whether Russia wins or loses” — stated Maxim Vaskov.
🔻 For information: the mentioned Maxim Vaskov is an honorary academician of the so-called “Academy of Sciences of Sovereign Abkhazia” and is considered a distinguished figure in the science of the so-called “South Ossetia”.

This unusually candid admission from a Russian academic underscores how deeply the occupied Georgian territories are tied to the outcome of the war in Ukraine. It treats Abkhazia and South Ossetia not as independent entities but as direct extensions of Russian power, whose survival depends entirely on Moscow’s success or failure on the Ukrainian battlefield. Such statements reveal the fragile and instrumental nature of Russia’s control over these regions.

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❗️🇷🇺⚔️ Russia may soon attack a NATO member state in order to test the Alliance’s collective defense — according to a report by the Swedish Parliament’s Defense Committee. The report notes that the invasion could occur in the relatively short term.

🔶 At the same time, the Kremlin’s position indicates that an attack on NATO could be carried out even “if the military balance does not meet the traditional criteria required to launch an attack.”

▪️ The committee also emphasized that the political security situation cannot return to the level that existed before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, as Russia has further increased defense spending since 2024 and adapted its economy for a long-term confrontation with the West.

▪️ Meanwhile, Bloomberg writes that Putin may orchestrate a limited military conflict — for example, invading Estonia and then quickly withdrawing troops in order to discredit NATO and show Europeans that the United States no longer supports them.

This assessment from Sweden and Bloomberg highlights growing concerns within NATO about Russia’s willingness to test the Alliance’s Article 5 commitments through hybrid or limited conventional actions. The strategy of a quick “probing” attack followed by withdrawal aims to expose potential divisions and hesitation within NATO, particularly regarding U.S. involvement. The coming years, especially around 2028, are increasingly viewed as a dangerous “window of opportunity” for Moscow.

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🇺🇦👊🔥 Ukraine is ready to burn Russia, but additional funding is needed for this.

Kyiv is requesting approximately $20 billion in additional funding from its allies. This amount is planned to be directed toward weapons, drones, air defense systems, and the development of the defense industry in order to maintain the initiative on the front and increase pressure on Russia.

the corresponding request is planned to be presented on June 18 at the Ramstein format meeting, where the coordination of military assistance to Ukraine takes place.
Ukraine proposes that each allied country allocate from $2 billion to $6 billion.

This is a bold and strategically ambitious request. By seeking a substantial new funding package, Ukraine aims to significantly scale up its long-range strike capabilities and sustain the current pressure on Russian rear areas, energy infrastructure, and logistics. The upcoming Ramstein meeting will be a key test of the allies’ willingness to continue strong support at this critical stage of the war.

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🇺🇦🤝🇫🇷 SkyFall and Airbus have signed an agreement on a strategic defense partnership.
The parties signed a memorandum of understanding within the framework of Europe’s largest aviation and space industry exhibition — ILA Berlin Air Show.
One of the main areas of cooperation will be the integration of P1-SUN type anti-drone interceptors with the Airbus Air C2 airspace management system.
It is noteworthy that P1-SUN systems have already destroyed approximately 10,000 Russian drones of various types.

This partnership marks another important step in deepening Ukraine’s cooperation with leading Western defense companies. The integration of Ukrainian P1-SUN anti-drone systems with Airbus technology will significantly enhance air defense capabilities and accelerate the development of modern, layered protection against aerial threats. The impressive combat record of the P1-SUN further strengthens Ukraine’s position as a key innovator in drone warfare technologies.

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❗️🇷🇺“Being in Crimea this summer means falling into a trap.
This is so that later we don’t clutch our heads and beg at negotiations to save people trapped in the combat zone.”
Z-propagandists categorically do not recommend that their fellow citizens travel to or stay in occupied Crimea.
The peninsula, as promised by Madyar, is getting closer and closer to isolation

Even Russian Z-bloggers and propagandists are now openly warning people against visiting or remaining in occupied Crimea. This reflects the rapidly deteriorating security and logistical situation on the peninsula due to intensified Ukrainian strikes. The growing sense of isolation signals the strategic success of Ukraine’s campaign to sever Crimea from mainland Russia.

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🇺🇦 President Zelenskyy has revealed several details of the army reform, the implementation of which will begin in June.
• The minimum salary for a Ukrainian serviceman will be 30,000 hryvnia. This applies if he serves in the rear. The more combat missions a soldier completes, the higher the remuneration will be.
• A Ukrainian infantryman will receive an average of 300,000 hryvnia per month.
• Three types of contracts will be introduced — 10-month, 14-month, and 24-month. Each will have clearly defined terms and real deferral mechanisms.
• The international recruitment program will be expanded, creating significantly more opportunities to attract foreign volunteers.
• The transfer of servicemen from one unit to another will be simplified.
The President is confident that the proposed changes will prove their effectiveness already during the summer.

These reforms aim to make military service more predictable, financially attractive, and flexible. Increasing salaries, especially for frontline infantry, along with clearer contract terms and easier unit transfers, should help with recruitment, retention, and overall motivation in the Armed Forces. The expansion of international recruitment also indicates Ukraine’s continued effort to bolster its forces with experienced foreign fighters.

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🇷🇺 A deputy of the Russian Duma has spoken about the danger of a “social explosion” and the need for a public plan to end the “special military operation”.
Vyacheslav Markhaev, a representative of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), accused the “ineffective leadership” of the deaths of Russian soldiers in the war and admitted that strikes on Russian territory are only intensifying.
According to him, the country’s political system has been controlled by the same team for a quarter of a century, which has completely lost touch with the needs of the population.
“The time of illusions is over. The country is on the brink of a social explosion, and full responsibility for this will lie with the unchanging government,” — Markhaev stated.

This statement from a Communist deputy is a notable sign of growing internal criticism within the Russian political system. Markhaev openly points to leadership failures, mounting military losses, and the risk of social unrest, highlighting the disconnect between the ruling elite and the population after decades in power. Such admissions reflect increasing war fatigue and pressure on the Kremlin from even systemic opposition voices.

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🤡🇷🇺 “We are expanding our low-orbit satellite constellation, which is capable of countering the drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Russia is practically facing the so-called collective West alone in the form of NATO.
Absolutely every country is increasing its efforts and doing everything to organize hostile actions against Russia.
A number of countries joined NATO after 2022 in order to get a ‘piece of the pie’ in the event of Russia’s defeat.
Russia cannot advance as quickly as we would like, but it is gradually making progress in the special military operation zone.
We can give our adversaries only one piece of advice: do not fight Russia.
Let us live in peace and resolve all issues through negotiations. But these must be negotiations, not ultimatums.
We see that the enemy is expanding the use of aircraft-type drones.
The enemy’s task is to sow division in Russian society, plant chaos, and cause economic damage, but they will achieve nothing.
Drone strikes cause damage to the Russian economy, but everything is quickly restored.
We need to strengthen the country’s air defense system, and we are already doing this.
We will intensify retaliatory strikes on enemy infrastructure.
We must respond to the enemy’s infrastructure so that they lose the desire to attack our civilian infrastructure.
Russia has always had many enemies. Even during the times of Napoleon and Hitler, all of Europe fought against Russia.” — states a desperate Vladimir Putin.

This speech reveals a mix of defiance, historical revisionism, and underlying concern. Putin acknowledges the scale of the confrontation with the West and the impact of Ukrainian drone strikes, while trying to project strength and inevitability of Russian progress. The repeated emphasis on negotiations “without ultimatums” and the historical parallels are typical Kremlin rhetoric aimed at domestic and international audiences.

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 The US Senate Armed Services Committee announced that it supports the continuation of American security assistance to Ukraine and an increase in authorized funding to $750 million.

This step by the Senate Armed Services Committee reflects continued strong support for Ukraine in the US Congress. Increasing the authorized funding ceiling to $750 million provides more flexibility for future military aid packages and sends a clear signal of long-term commitment to Ukraine’s defense against Russian aggression.

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🇷🇺 Russia’s oil production has been declining for the sixth consecutive month

In May, average daily production stood at 9.009 million barrels per day, the lowest level in more than a year.
This figure is approximately 370,000 barrels lower than the November peak (9.38 million barrels per day) and falls 690,000 barrels short of Russia’s quota under the OPEC+ agreement.
According to analysts, the decline coincides with an increase in attacks on Russian oil infrastructure.

This sustained drop in oil production reflects the cumulative impact of Ukrainian strikes on refineries and related infrastructure. The gap from OPEC+ quotas and year-on-year lows further strains Russia’s economy and budget, highlighting the strategic effectiveness of Ukraine’s long-range campaign against Russia’s energy sector.

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❗️🇺🇦🇷🇺 “We are ready for war and to fight the Russians tomorrow,” — the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) of NATO.

📍 Russia must realize that if it tries to do anything in the Baltic states, it will not succeed.
📍 If I am asked whether we would be ready to fight if such a scenario were to occur tomorrow, my answer is: absolutely. We are ready to fight in all 32 countries.
📍 According to assessments by military experts and intelligence services, Russia may use a “window of opportunity” by 2028 to attack the Baltic states or create a serious military threat to them.
📍 The Kremlin is systematically preparing pretexts for aggression and accusing the Alliance of allegedly aggressive actions toward Kaliningrad and the border territories of the Russian Federation.

This is a strong and unequivocal statement from NATO’s top military commander. It sends a clear deterrent message to Russia, emphasizing the Alliance’s full readiness to defend every member state. The reference to the 2028 “window of opportunity” aligns with growing concerns among Baltic states and intelligence assessments about Russia’s potential timing for hybrid or direct aggression once it rebuilds capacity. The statement underscores NATO’s shift toward proactive deterrence amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.

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🇳🇴🇺🇦 Norway is allocating 100 million Norwegian kroner for the restoration of the protective sarcophagus of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
It is noted that this structure was damaged as a result of a Russian drone attack in February 2025.

This decision by Norway underscores the long-term consequences of Russian strikes on critical and environmentally sensitive infrastructure. The continued international support for securing the Chernobyl site is essential to prevent any potential radiological risks, while also highlighting the broader impact of the war beyond the active front lines.

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❌ YouTube has begun removing videos containing advertisements for the drone factory in Alabuga, located in the Republic of Tatarstan, from its platform following an appeal from Ukraine.
According to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, this result was achieved after a dialogue between the Ukrainian side and the platform.
The Foreign Ministry also called on other major online platforms to take similar measures.

This represents a notable success in Ukraine’s efforts to pressure Russian military production facilities through international platforms. Targeting visibility and advertising for the Alabuga drone factory (a key hub for producing Iranian-designed Shahed drones) disrupts not only propaganda but also potential recruitment and investment into Russia’s war machine. The appeal for other platforms to follow suit could further isolate such facilities from global digital infrastructure.

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🇩🇪🇺🇦 The German company Diehl Defence is considering the possibility of starting production of the Ukrainian “Flamingo” type cruise missile in Germany

According to the company’s CEO, he will hold talks with Fire Point in the coming weeks to discuss possible partnership options.

He stated that Diehl’s leadership is quite optimistic about this project.
This idea emerged against the backdrop of Berlin urgently seeking alternatives to replace American Tomahawk-type missiles.

This potential partnership represents a significant step in deepening military-industrial cooperation between Ukraine and Germany. Localizing production of the Flamingo cruise missile in Germany would not only increase output for Ukraine but also strengthen Europe’s own long-range strike capabilities, reducing reliance on U.S. systems like the Tomahawk. It reflects growing European willingness to invest in advanced joint weapons programs amid the ongoing war.

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🇷🇺 The fuel crisis in Russia has now reached Siberia as well.
From today, gasoline limits have been introduced in the Irkutsk region, Buryatia, and the Baikal area.
In the Murmansk region and Krasnoyarsk, a complete ban on filling gasoline into cans has been introduced.
Some gas stations have been left completely without fuel. A similar situation exists in Volgograd and Karelia.
In Novorossiysk, huge queues have formed at gas stations due to the gasoline shortage. Locals say they have already learned to live without electricity, water, and the internet, and now they have to live without gasoline as well.

The rapid spread of the fuel crisis from occupied Crimea and southern Russia to distant regions like Siberia demonstrates the systemic impact of Ukrainian long-range strikes on Russian oil infrastructure and logistics. This is no longer a localized problem but a nationwide one that is severely affecting both military supply lines and civilian life, further eroding public morale and economic stability.

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