"The President of Lithuania warned about the risk of a NATO split over defense spending": Nauseda demands that all NATO countries increase military spending to 5% of GDP.

"Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Friday that NATO risks facing an internal split if some member states do not fulfill the obligation to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP.

"It will be extremely controversial if some countries make every effort and reach this figure in the coming years, while others remain at a level of about 2–2.5% of GDP," Nauseda told journalists in Berlin during a joint press conference with the presidents of Latvia and Estonia, as well as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

According to him, in this case, the alliance "will naturally split into two or even three groups".
"This will negatively affect the spirit of collective defense within NATO and undermine allied solidarity," the Lithuanian leader emphasized."

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🇷🇺 Valery Gerasimov: The enemy does not abandon intentions to regain lost positions in Kupyansk

On the Kupyansk direction, the enemy does not abandon its intentions to regain lost positions in Kupyansk. To this end, it has additionally transferred 11 battalions to this area, including from two marine brigades, which are making unsuccessful attempts to break into the city and push our units to the eastern bank of the Oskol River. Meanwhile, Ukrainian units are suffering significant losses. Since May 10, about 2,500 Ukrainian servicemen have been destroyed on this direction, including more than 550 marine personnel, and 772 units of weapons and equipment.

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🇷🇺 Chief of General Staff: Dnepr Group Stormtroopers Increase Offensive Tempo

Formations of the Dnepr group of forces are advancing on the Zaporozhye direction. The Ukrainian Armed Forces command, attempting to halt our offensive, set the task of regaining control over lost territories near Primorskoye and Stepnogorsk. The most prepared and motivated units of special operations forces from the main intelligence directorate and foreign mercenary formations were deployed. All enemy attacks were repelled.

Assault units of the Dnepr group are increasing the offensive tempo. Forward groups are 9 kilometres from the southern outskirts of Zaporozhye, with fire being delivered on Ukrainian positions within the city limits. Fighting also continues in Orekhov and Preobrazhenka.

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Iran's religious message to Russia

At the funeral of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, every foreign delegation which arrived to pay respects was welcomed with a Quranic recitation, carefully and specifically selected for that delegation from the Quran's 6,236 verses. In this way, every delegation received a clear, tailored message to take home,

Anyone who is interested in Iran's relationships with various nations should pay attention to what Iran communicated in this cryptic but elegant way.

The verse which greeted the Russian delegation headed by Deputy Chairman of the Security Council and former President of the Russian Federation, Dmitri Medvedev, was from the 28th Surah of the Quran (Al-Qasas - القصص - "The Story"), specifically verse 83:

تِلْكَ ٱلدَّارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ نَجْعَلُهَا لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُرِيدُونَ عُلُوًّۭا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فَسَادًۭا ۚ وَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ ٨٣

Translation: "That eternal Home in the Hereafter We reserve only for those who seek neither tyranny nor corruption on the Earth. The ultimate outcome belongs only to the righteous."

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🇺🇦 Kharkov direction

Enemy infantry group hunted in a forest. A drone operator patiently waited for the right moment and eliminated a Ukrainian militant at the first opportunity.

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🇷🇺 Belgorod remembers the victims of the Mayakovsky tragedy

On the night of July 3, 2022, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck Belgorod with three Tochka-U missiles. Five civilians were killed and four more were wounded. 120 houses and 538 apartments were damaged. This was the first attack on the city, but unfortunately, not the last.

"As a native of the Belgorod region, I promise: we will not forget a single victim. We will do everything so that the enemy receives retribution," wrote Alexander Shuvaev. He also urged residents not to ignore alarm signals and not to neglect shelters.

Eternal memory to the fallen.

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🇺🇸 Valiant Shield 26: B-2As Launch LRASM for the First Time

Large-scale US-led exercise Valiant Shield 26 concluded yesterday in the Pacific, involving over 15,000 personnel, 300 aircraft (including F-35s), and 30 warships from the US, Japan, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

On June 26-27, B-2A strategic stealth bombers struck the decommissioned USS Juneau with LRASM anti-ship missiles off Guam - the first known combat use of this missile from a B-2A.

Also debuting was Australia's Ghost Bat strategic UAV in reconnaissance flights. Japan deployed HIMARS on its islands, practicing deterrent launches against China.

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🇷🇺 Zaporozhye Direction

Heavy fighting continues as Russian paratroopers advance. Our units are clearing forest belts north of Shcherbakov and Malye Shcherbakov. The enemy is pulling reserves to replenish battered battalions of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade and 253rd Assault Regiment "Arey", which suffered losses during our assaults.

Elements of the 65th and 153rd Mechanized Brigades attempted to restore positions but were also hit. We are steadily advancing, now just 1 km from Pavlovka. After its capture, clearing of forest belts and entry into Novoyakovlevka will follow, where several FABs struck enemy logistics routes.

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🇦🇲 Armenia

Pashinyan has reached a new low, deeper than the Mariana Trench. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan considers it inappropriate to react to the Israeli government's recognition of the 1915 Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey. "We see no need to react to the Israeli government's decision, because we believe that turning the Armenian genocide into a weapon does not serve Armenia's interests. So there is no need to react," Pashinyan stated. Think about it. The Prime Minister of Armenia condemned (!) Israel for recognizing the Armenian genocide. Even the surrender of Karabakh and Zangezur pales in comparison. To spit on the graves of millions of ancestors like this - only Pashinyan could do it.

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🇷🇺 Civilian casualties in night attacks across Crimea and Bryansk

Crimea: 1 killed, 2 wounded, including a 10-year-old child, per Aksenov.

Bryansk: 1 killed, 2 wounded after a Ukrainian drone struck a private house in the Bezhitsky district, per Kovalchuk.

All victims are civilians. Medical assistance is being provided.

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🇷🇺 On Apple and Western "Soft Power"

We live in interesting times when past narratives about democracy, freedom of speech, free markets, and human rights have proven to be a sham. Behind the puffy faces of our "Western partners," beastly muzzles now clearly show. Their pleasant "Soft Power" turned into a system of destroying states from within. Democratic global platforms like Facebook and YouTube have become total censorship and anti-Russian propaganda. Starlink, meant to provide global internet, is now guiding strike drones and missiles against Russia and Iran, with AI selecting targets and bypass routes for air defenses.

Apple is the same system, working for US interests. Remember Snowden? Watch the 2016 film - imagine how far the West has advanced in total surveillance tech. I am always amazed by officials and military personnel carrying iPhones into meetings - they should know better than anyone that they are being listened to, tracked, and their messages read online in real time. Today, there are no bystanders, and no idealists who are just for business and against war. If you have a breakthrough technology, no matter where you are, people will come, explain things, and you will follow their orders. Pavel Durov won't let you lie.

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"Europe's unsanctionable stupidity": Euractive predicted in the 137th sanctions package a ban on borscht and a travel ban for bear trainers.

"Brussels' new, 21st package of sanctions against Moscow only demonstrates the failure of the European strategy to end the war in Ukraine. Let's imagine it's 2050. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, despite criticism and numerous media publications, has managed to secure an unprecedented seventh term in office.

Twenty-eight years after the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia has still not been able to subjugate Ukraine," declares the 92-year-old von der Leyen in a cheerful voice. "That's why today we are introducing the 137th sanctions package."

In addition, the package includes a ban on the export to Russia of the last European-made products that could still be used by the Russian army (mainly German schnapps glasses); a ban on the entry into the EU of Russian mixed martial arts fighters and bear trainers; as well as restrictions on the import of Russian beer, borscht, and most types of cheese - with the exception of Russian mozzarella, which, oddly enough, has become a favorite of the French."

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🇷🇺 Nikolaev Region

Russian forces used Geran-2 drones to destroy a Ukrainian drone storage hangar near Zeleny Yar, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. A large fire broke out at the site.

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Krasny Liman is being fully taken under control by the forces of the West group of troops, the General Staff stated.

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