Daily Chronicles

Daily Chronicles features issues, small or large, that have the potential to change our world.  Then we add snippets of the daily happenings we usually write about in the coming days.

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May 18

Tomorrow Trump speaks with Putin. It will be interesting.

Col Macgregor (angry) and Danny Davis .. just a short selection from a longer video. Smoothie had this up.

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Iranian president: West will stoke Middle East conflicts to keep oil flowing

If oil stops flowing from the Persian Gulf, Western countries would find themselves paralyzed, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned at the Tehran Dialogue Forum, state agency SNN reports.

In response, they would pit Middle Eastern nations against each other so they could grab their oil at bargain prices, and hand them weapons in return to keep the conflict going, he said.

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The court is not reliable and the US does not accept its jurisdiction. (Neither does Russia for that matter). Nevertheless their work on Netanyahu was thorough and the International Court of Justice said the same, even worse. (I guess the sex scandal that they tried to pin on him is not working out for them.)

International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan was placed under U.S. sanctions by the Trump administration in February 2025, as part of an effort to coerce the court into halting investigations of Israeli abuses in Gaza.

His official Microsoft email account has been disabled, and his UK bank accounts frozen. Additionally, all 900 ICC staff members have been banned from entering the United States, accused of pursuing “illegitimate” investigations into alleged war crimes committed by Israel.

The U.S. government has threatened that any individual or organisation providing Khan with financial, material, or technological assistance could face fines or imprisonment.

Two U.S. based human rights organisations have confirmed they’ve ended cooperation with the ICC. One senior official noted that staff are now actively avoiding communication with court officials, citing fear of government retaliation.

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Chaos Principle: Container ship owners swamped as US-China trade detente revives demand (possibly temporarily)

Container ship bookings for China-to-US cargo have surged since the countries declared a 90-day truce on punitive tit-for-tat tariffs last weekend, spawning traffic jams at Chinese ports and factories that could take weeks to clear. US importers of sneakers and sofas to construction supplies and auto parts are racing to get goods in before the deadline resets tariffs again.

The cargo surge at major trade gateways like Shenzhen’s Yantian Port, which handles more than a quarter of China’s exports to the United States, has ship owners scrambling to coordinate berths and adjust vessel schedules.

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Dmitry Medvedev spells out a stark warning that is the threat in the current Russia/Ukraine talks.

“All enemies of Russia that issue negotiating ultimatums should remember a simple thing: peace negotiations alone do not always lead to the end of hostilities.” Unsuccessful negotiations can lead to the onset of a more terrible stage of the war with new weapons and participants.”

May 17

A short note from the channel of a friend, The Lookout – Z: Cuauhtémoc – the awfulness cannot be fully described, as an ex mariner, as someone who also stood aloft many times, my thoughts are with the crew, the families of those young naval cadets. (Images of this beautiful tall ship, a three-masted barque, can be seen all over the media. She must have lost power and the currents are fierce. The ship was on a goodwill trip.)

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Trump is going to have to advertise for a ‘Tariff Eater’. Nobody wants the job and he seems to be triggered. Somebody must ‘eat these tariffs’ already!:

@realDonaldTrump
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Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain. Walmart made BILLIONS OF DOLLARS last year, far more than expected. Between Walmart and China they should, as is said, “EAT THE TARIFFS,” and not charge valued customers ANYTHING. I’ll be watching, and so will your customers!!!

(What about the excellent taxation structure for all of those businesses that must perforce come and set up their manufacturing in the US and not pay tariffs?  Strategy or something non-trivial like that falling by the wayside already?)

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Said in joy: “Tonight we killed nearly 100 people from Gaza, and no one cares.”

In a blatant statement dehumanizing Palestinians, far-right Israeli MK Zvi Sukkot said that the world has become desensitized to mass Israeli killings in Gaza, boasting that Israel killed more than 100 Palestinians in a single night. https://t.me/ChroniclesWorldOrderZ/3971

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A few corrections across the site – Comments and examples of an internet where the information space is very messy with AI and propaganda:

1. China airdropping supplies to Gaza – China airdropped supplies to Gaza in 2024. I don’t know of a recent airdrop.
2. The video of Traoré that we posted: It looks to be AI enchanced and is playing in a live stream around the clock. I am still questioning if Traoré speaks English and the soundtrack on the video that we posted does not sound like his voice but the translation is correct. We’ve had problems specifically on the Africa thread in the Hearty Salon with heavily propagandized videos as clickbait. Traorés original video was on Sputnik and in French but with good subtitles: https://en.sputniknews.africa/20250512/the-alliance-of-sahel-states-a-model-of-unity-for-africa-ibrahim-traore-says-1072992070.html
3. A kind commentator kindly posted a video from Kishore Mabubane in the Hearty Salon and it indeed started with Kishore Mabubane but then deteriorated to a series of comments by a series of commenters not always commenting on Kishore. It looks perfectly real. The real video is available and short.
4. A commentator commented on the downing of the French Rafale jets by Pakistan and said at least the pics of the downed jets should be posted. Valid comment and yes, in the normal course of events those would be available, but the internet was scrubbed as the stock price tumbled. (Not that I would recognize a downed French Rafale jet from a drowned bathtub toy).

This is but a few examples that others questioned and that I discovered – we all fall into such traps so there is no fingerpointing here. Its wild out there – Keep yer eyes peeled!. This material is after polluting your and my mindspace. Check the channel that you are posting from. YouTube is particularly rife with these kinds of almost falsified depictions that look real. It is the 80/20 or the Pareto principle – 80 percent manufactured information and 20% real information. Note the article that I posted today from PressTV on the highly funded Israeli propaganda media. Informational hygience is getting highly important, so, wash your videos lol.

If anyone finds an AI that writes out reasonable video transcripts please let me know. I’ve tested a few but time is short for such work.

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There is a very dirty game being played re Gaza. A few days ago when American-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander was released by Hamas, the agreement with Witkoff was that the US would pressure Israel to end the Gaza blockade and permit humanitarian access within two days of freeing American-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander. It was a solid agreement and Witkoff tossed it in the bin. Israel to the contrary has increased its barbarity by orders of magnitude. So far Witkoff proved out to be reasonable but we have to realize now that he is just the same as the rest of the US administration who lives on lies, deceit and mendaciousness.  UNICEF: At least 45 Palestinian children have been killed over the past two days in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip.

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Generally gentle Dmitry Peskov sets out the rules for the Russia/Ukraine talks :

🔹 For Russia, the main and fundamental issue when signing documents between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations is the identity of the signatory from Ukraine;
(This is funny as the US just signed some rare earths minerals deal with Zelensky)

🔹 Russia and Ukraine have agreed to exchange lists of conditions for a ceasefire;
(A fair starting step. Let ’em write down what they say, and the microphone war will lose its sting)

🔹 The Kremlin will inform if Putin and Trump consider it appropriate to hold a phone conversation;
(Aaah, we don’t have to say anything. Trump is continually whining to the press that he has to and will talk to Putin, without picking up the phone)

🔹 The negotiations between Russia and Ukraine were and should be conducted in a closed format;

🔹 There have been no contacts between the leaders of Russia and the US following the talks in Istanbul;
(Did they do what they said and walked off?)

🔹 Peskov on the next round of Russia-Ukraine negotiations: for now, the focus is on fulfilling the agreements that have been reached in Istanbul;
(That has not changed, despite the media frenzy from the EU and Zelensky)

🔹 There is no talk of changing the composition of the Russian delegation to the negotiations with Ukraine.
(You will talk to who we say you talk to!)

May 16

Moody’s downgrades US credit rating: The major credit rating agency lowered the US rating from AAA to AA+, joining the other two “Big Three” agencies in doing so. Moody’s cited rising debt and interest rates that are significantly higher than those of similarly rated sovereigns.

Mmmm… has Moodies and credit rating agencies every done this?

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❗️ Russian team peace negotiations results:

▪️ LARGE scale exchange of POWs, 1000 for 1000

▪️Ukraine requests direct talks between Heads of State – Russia will take that under consideration.

▪️Each side must in detail present their own view of a ceasefire.

Medinksy here:  https://t.me/rtnews/95897

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The situation in Gaza defies description.  One looks on in sheer deep horror!   Israeli regime forces have carried on with their brutal assaults across the besieged Gaza Strip, killing scores more people.  The Israeli regime kills at least 143 in one day in Gaza (https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/05/16/748013/Israeli-regime-kills-at-least-143-in-one-day-in-Gaza).  It is hard to count the dead, as there is no trace left.  Please see this and also notice the youth of the reporter.  While Gazan and Palestinian reporters are being deliberately targeted and killed, the young take over. https://t.me/QudsNen/164414. I do not even like to refer to a link like that, because this young man may be targeted.  The Yemenis are out in their usual Friday million-man march.

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Key statements of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

🔹Putin-Trump contacts are extremely important in the context of the settlement in Ukraine;

🔹Moscow hopes that direct Russia-Ukraine negotiations will begin in the near future;

🔹High-level meetings should be well prepared, especially if it is about a Putin-Trump meeting;

🔹Russian negotiating group is in constant contact, Russian President Vladimir Putin receives information online;

🔹The Russian delegation in Istanbul has all necessary communication channels to exchange information with Moscow;

🔹Issues related to strategic stability on the European continent need to be discussed as soon as possible;

🔹It is currently difficult to talk about the resumption of the partnership between Russia and NATO, as the alliance is actually at war with Russia;

🔹A Putin-Trump meeting is necessary, and a serious discussion on international issues, including the Ukrainian crisis, is needed.

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BEYOND THE TURKISH KABUKI

The Eurasia equation.

Beijing is fully aware NATO’s real goal was always to confront it via Russia.

Ukraine was NATO’s pawn to take down Russia then get to China from the West.

The goal of the US ruling elites remains to blockade China from the…

— Pepe Escobar (@RealPepeEscobar) May 16, 2025

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An internal web of chaos; so much theater!:  As Zelensky and Europe tries to scuttle peace talks with Russia, so is the US. Currently it looks like the negotiating team of the Ukraine and of the US has started talks with Turkey in Istanbul. Marco Rubio continuously says that Trump and Putin are the only people that should talk and the only people that can .. what?. Trump says the same. He has to speak with Putin.  While the US said they will be observers, Rubio now says: A US representative will be involved in the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul.  Each time the US enters, situations become worse – the chaos principle and the plunder principle in one.

This is of course ludicrous, as the detail needs to be sorted and and then Putin will play his role. But it seems as if there is a concerted effort to ‘corner’ Putin. This is not only stupidity and confusion but there is a focus here. How can these people run countries? And it does not seems very healthy for Mr Putin and I trust his security turns down any meetings in any other venue than Russia or China. Sergey Lavrov called the situation surrounding the Istanbul talks on Ukraine intriguing.

The SMO continues.  Russia has liberated four more villages reported in today’s Russian MoD report.  From 10 to 16 May 2025, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered six group strikes by high-precision weaponry and strike unmanned aerial vehicles to hit: an enterprise of the Ukrainian defence industry, which produces components of Neptune anti-ship missiles and uncrewed surface vehicles; infrastructure of military airfields, assembly and repair workshops for weapons and military hardware, storage and training areas for the use of UAVs and uncrewed surface vehicles, ammunition depots as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries.

May 15

Take with salt: Ukrainian channel RezidentUA writes:

The delegation in Turkey reported that the Trump administration continues to insist on negotiations with the Russian delegation, otherwise they are threatening to withdraw from the Ukraine conflict resolution track. Andriy Yermak is currently holding talks with partners to formulate a position and resolve the situation. We have not yet refused the meeting, but by delaying it, we hope the Russians will leave on their own.

The latest: Delegations from Ukraine, Russia, and the United States—reportedly led by Marco Rubio—are set to meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Istanbul on Friday, May 16, according to Turkish state news agency Anadolu.

(I thought the US would be there only as observers but it seems as they want to crash the party.)

TASS reports: Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul to start TOMORROW, May 16 — TASS sources claim.  Medinsky and his team have been waiting for Ukraine’s team for nearly 24 hours now

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The Russian delegation is still waiting for the start of negotiations with Ukraine on Thursday, a source tells RIA Novosti. It is unknown whether talks in Istanbul will take place today, the source says. Medinsky made a statement to the press saying the negotiation team has all the mandates and competencies to conduct negotiations and then Russian team left, forever or for dinner, that we don’t knnow. .

Current local time in Istanbul is just after 6pm. The SMO continues.

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It is a full house in Istanbul. It is reported that there is no free press seat. This is the most crucial meeting happening today. Russia is taking this seriously, fielding a strong team. Last evening, Mr Putin gave a final briefing to his delegation.  Representatives of the “cocaine coalition” from France and Britain rushed to Istanbul to advise the Ukrainian delegation.

Sergei Ryabkov: The outcome of Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul depends not on Moscow but on those directing the Kiev regime from the West.

“It depends not on us, but on those who guide the Kiev regime, on the part of Western sponsors. They need to provide the appropriate impulses,” he told journalists in Moscow, responding to a question about possible outcomes of the Istanbul talks.

He emphasized that Russia is ready for a serious exchange of views in Turkey on Ukraine.

“Our delegation has all the instructions and operates clearly within the framework set by the president. And we are ready for a serious exchange of opinions,” the deputy minister added.

Maria Zakaharova:

-Europe is set on continuing and escalating hostilities in Ukraine;

– Kiev has no intention of pursuing peace;

-Ukraine’s territory shrinks each time the Kiev regime disrupts the negotiation process;

(Forlorn hopes of getting Ukraine to put up a white flag because they’ve lost, but that is an emotional reaction.  The geopolitical response should be the understanding that Russia cannot lose as they have overwhelming escalation dominance in all respects).

Approximately an hour ago:

In the meantime, the Russian Armed Forces have liberated Novoalexandrovka and Torskoye in the DPR, the Ministry of Defense reports.

May 14

The Qatar FM had a interview with Fox news today. Fox news framed it all around the airplane that they gifted to Donald Trump. Yet,there were a few reasonable comments.

Qatar’s PM says country wanted a complete hostage deal after Edan Alexander’s release was negotiated. But today’s hospital ‘MASSACRE’ in Gaza (updated on the war thread) put end to hopes. ‘Going after senior Hamas leader doesn’t mean killing 70 people just as collateral damage’

All of us we AGREE, we want a nuclear free region. ‘Iran has its RIGHT to have a civilian nuclear power’

Interviewer: You’ve always been in the middle of the negotioation… Trying to find solutions. QATARI PM: It’s a complex region that has ancient wars, proxies, a lot of complications… It needs a lot of countries to step up. ‘Qatar has been trying it’s best to be a FAIR mediator’

I do hope they had the same conversation with Orange!

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The Russian Negotiating Team: Powerful. The military men are hardened military negotiators. Putin is serious here.

• Vladimir Medinsky, Presidential Aide, who will be leading the delegation;
• Mikhail Galuzin, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia;
• Igor Kostyukov, Director of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces;
• Alexander Fomin, Deputy Defence Minister of Russia.

Putin formally appointed them and this is via the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry. What a difference from the dithering of everyone else. Putin also appointed a list of experts:

• Zorin A.S. – First Deputy Head of the Information Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
• Podobreyevskaya E.S. – Deputy Head of the Presidential Directorate for State Policy in the Humanitarian Sphere
• Polishchuk A.A. – Director of the Second CIS Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Shevtsov V.I. – Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of International Military Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Defense

This was a little after the SMO statistics for the day was posted.

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The secret of all secrets is out. CIA, the FBI, the DOE.. all AGREED… NIH research almost certainly led to the pandemic — RFK JR
‘What is DANGEROUS gain-of-function and what is legitimate scientific investigation’

CIA, the FBI, the DOE.. all AGREED… NIH research almost certainly led to the pandemic — RFK JR

‘What is DANGEROUS gain-of-function and what is legitimate scientific investigation’

So which country is going to sue them first?
https://t.me/rtnews/95605

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Now it is only Witkoff and Rubio from the US that will attend. Mr Lavrov reportedly will not be there. Witkoff and Rubio states that they will be observers only.

We wait to see who turns up for what purpose.

It is generally a day of news junk. Everyone is reporting everything whether they understand it or not. Let’s give the Trump / Qatar phenomenon a little time before talking. I believe there were many camels there. So far it is megabucks and megalies.

There is generally too much froth in the sphere and at least I will sit back and let it dissipate. Journalists desperate for something to say, are reporting on the kind of chairs that are being offered at the Russia – Ukraine negotiations tomorrow.

What is real today, is that Gaza and Palestine are suffering and people are dying of hunger while aid trucks that the world paid for, waits in the sun and the food deteriorates and rots. They have thrown food out on various occasions now. It is an engineered famine and the briefers at the UNSC yesterday made it crystal clear.

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Perhaps Chay Bowes (below) made his announcement too early.  Dmitry Peskov says this morning that the negotiation team for tomorrow’s negotiation between Russia and Ukraine has not been announced yet.  So, we wait.  The US is intent on crashing this party.  So far we’ve had announcements that Rubio, Witkoff and Kellogg will attend.  Understand, they are not looking for peace but for MINSK 3.0

Please ignore the EU and Zelensky’s utterings – it is theater of the absurd.

There is background here, as the Russian MoD liberates village after village.  It looks like the SMO has increased in pace, but it is early to tell.

May 13

Veteran Diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov

Will lead the Russian delegation to Türkiye for talks with Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/mx8w8zeYh1

— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) May 13, 2025

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He was the finest man driving his little Blue Volkswagen Beetle through his country and everyone paid him respects. Once nicknamed “the poorest president on earth” because of his demonstrative efforts to live on modest means, Mujica’s Beetle became a symbol of the leftist leader’s personal austerity. It was not only his personal austerity but his personal ethics, his morals and refusal to bow. Pepé was one of those, a good man who did not need a raft of security personnel, as nobody, not the greatest criminal would lay a hand on him. https://sovereignista.com/2025/01/09/pepe-mujica-says-goodbye-to-his-comrades/

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Orange is the new purple. The World Leader in his own mind:

It’s not just Elon Musk that went to meet MBS and the government in Saudi Arabia. The CEOs of BlackRock, IBM, NVIDIA, Amazon, Boeing, OpenAI, Google, Palantir, Halliburton, and more attended with Donald Trump. (What was that we heard about the Deep State?).

A Houthi funny guy made a funny clip.  He has this fat old milk cow as MbS and Trump milking the cow.  The internet world is meming something fierce! https://t.me/RezistanceTrench/40705

May 12

The usual few Donny the orange Donut’s – as few as we can get away with.
So, he is on his way to Saudi Arabia. It is all unbelievable but the Saudis apparently gave him a President level airplane (flying palace). Pay for play is now paid for – let’s see what the play will look like. (Don’t know if they will again gather around a lighted orb with their hands on it.)

-He says the Thursday meeting between Russia and the Ukraine on first solving root causes for a starter cease-fire, is a good thing and both leaders will be there and maybe he will go as well. Uhm .. Donny Donut – Mr Putin does not fly off to first level negotiations. So, you cannot try and sneak in to speak with him. Because Zelensky said he would be waiting for Putin in Türkiye on Thursday “personally”, really does not mean that Mr Putin will arrange his schedule to meet with Zoned-out Zelenski.

-Then onto India and Pakistan .. who still are skirmishing and still threatening and still killing, he says .. Come-on guys, if you don’t stop it, we won’t trade with you – kindergarten games. He really does not understand how these things work or not. His boyz just organized a cease-fire that lasted about 2 hours. His administration failed again. He really must think he rules the world.
With his first go-round as President, Catherine Austin Fitts said something very wise .. “President of the United States is not an Entry Level position”. Now we can say there is no Ruler of the World job here on earth. We only have multiplarity and cooperation and coordination. Donny, if you want to do something about India and Pakistan, I suggest you start with Israel.

-Iran JPCOA 2.0 – he says very good things are happening there…they are acting very intelligent…they are being very reasonable. Well, you did a good thing .. for a moment you got Netanyahu out of the way. Iran will be reasonable but they won’t bend in terms of what their rights are.

-Hamas is reasonable. Hamas resistance movement announced it has released Israeli-American soldier Edan Alexander. See, it was easy. Why don’t you pick up the phone to Netanyahu and tell him to call his troops to barracks, land his planes and stop his genocide and report in at the Hague? You will get accolades that you so want, for that. They can give you a Nobel prize – heck, they can give you two – they can give you all of them! Then give the rest of the region to the Security Council but stop your vetoes.

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May 11

The coke spoon and bag is all over. Even Maria Zakharova has it on her Telegram. Macron and The new the Führer passing baggie and coke spoon and trying to hide it from journalists. The socalled “coalition of the willing” is clearly the “coalition of coke sniffers”.

https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/147567?single

https://t.me/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/10479?single

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Russian MoD after the ceasefire:  In accordance with the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, all the Groups of Forces deployed in the special military operation zone were strictly observing the ceasefire from 00:00 of 8 May till 00:00 of 11 May remaining in the previously taken positions.

❗️ Despite the announcement of a ceasefire regime, the Ukrainian armed groups carried on combat operations against Russian troops.

▫️ In total, there were 14,043 ceasefire violations.

▫️ The AFU made five attempts to break through the State border of the Russian Federation in Kursk and Belgorod regions, as well as launched 37 attacks and one reconnaissance-in-force in the areas of Pavlovka, Budki (Sumy region), Tetkino (Kursk region), Berezniki (Kharkov region), Novoyegorovka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Lipovoye, Redkodub, Dzerzhinsk, Romanovka, Ulyanovka, Novoolenovka, Mirolyubovka, Yelizavetovka, Troitskoye, Veseloye, Alekseyevka, Novoleksandrovka, Kotlyarovka, and Novosergeyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic). All the attacks were repelled.

▫️ Along the line of contact, Ukrainian units carried out 4,011 shelling attacks, by tube artillery, tanks, and mortars against Russian positions, including 62 with the use of MLRS projectiles. Moreover, the enemy carried out 9,918 drone strikes and munitions drops.

▫️ From 00:00 of 8 May, Russian air defence units shot down 58 fixed-wing UAVs of the enemy outside the special military operation zone.

▫️ In these conditions, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation responded to the AFU violations of the ceasefire regime and acted in an appropriate manner to repel the criminal assaults launched by the Kiev regime.

❗️ With the end of the ceasefire regime, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued the special military operation.

May 10

US/Iran nuclear talks remain a series of hardline threats.  Sources close to U.S. envoy Steve Witcoff told Israeli i24NEWS that if Sunday’s nuclear talks with Iran fail to yield substantial progress, Washington may reconsider the military option.   Of course Israel wants the ‘military option’.

Iranian Foreign Minister’s yesterday meeting with top Saudi and Qatari officials is closely tied to mounting concerns over reported U.S. attempts—allegedly pushed by figures from Trump’s circle—to reshape the Palestine [the treacherous two-state solution] issue without Hamas. The discussions reportedly revolve around:

• Trump’s proposed framework to sideline Hamas and reposition Mahmoud Abbas (or a similar figure) as the central Palestinian authority.

• American-backed plans to depopulate parts of Gaza under the guise of reconstruction or “voluntary migration” efforts, raising red flags in Tehran and Doha.

• Washington’s informal offer to Riyadh: allow civilian uranium enrichment in return for broader normalization with Israel.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a phone call respectively with Pakistani and Indian senior officials on Saturday, as the two countries reached ceasefire after days of cross-border firing exchanges.  China hopes for and supports an early ceasefire between Pakistan and India, and is willing to continue playing a constructive role in this regard.

As a neighbor of both Pakistan and India, China is concerned about the escalation of their conflict, Wang said, expressing sympathies over the civilian casualties in Pakistan.

Noting that China supports Pakistan in safeguarding its national sovereignty and dignity, Wang expressed confidence that Pakistan will respond to the current situation with calm, and make decisions in line with its fundamental and long-term interests.

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Pakistan declares victory:   Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif:  Our army responded forcefully to the Indian aggression in a highly professional manner.  We won the war.  (The truce at this stage looks shaky!).

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🔴Reuters citing US President Trump: India, Pakistan agree to immediate comprehensive ceasefire

🔴PressTV:   Islamabad: Pakistan, India agree to immediate truce

🔴RT:  India’s Foreign Secretary confirms ceasefire with Pakistan.  Beginning from 17:00 Indian Standard Time today: just over 1 hour ago.

🔴Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has confirmed that a ceasefire agreement with India is in effect.

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The world is watching as China and the U.S. are to start their trade talks today in Geneva in a bid to deescalate the tensions, triggered by U.S. tariff wars against China and the rest of the world. There is no winner in a trade war pic.twitter.com/BN4UeX1Abz

— Chen Weihua （陈卫华） (@chenweihua) May 10, 2025

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Report — Yemen’s Ansarullah leader on Indo-Pak situation:

We address all systems and governments in the Islamic world, advising and reminding them of their responsibility regarding the situation between India and Pakistan. There is American incitement of India against Pakistan. Great efforts must be made to contain this tension and thwart American attempts to provoke a major, destructive war between India and Pakistan.

Commendable Iranian efforts have begun, but broader and more extensive efforts are needed to contain this tension, as the Americans have their own motives and goals in stirring up such strife and major problems. We ask Allah, the Exalted, to guide us and you to what pleases Him.

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