Decisive battle in Donetsk Oblast. After a three months campaign, the Russian 20th Division broke through Ukrainian lines along the T0504 road. As a result, Russian forces exploited the breach between the strategic cities of Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka. Will Ukraine be able to defend both of them simultaneously?

Russian BREAKTHROUGH Pokrovsk in Operational Encirclement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6QxYsiAVbM

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JSc6YLpIiI

Russian Su-34 struck Ukraine so hard that explosions were visible from satellites

 

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Russia-Ukraine War: 1200 Killed! Bloodiest Day for Ukraine | GRAVITAS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHdCIEygSas

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVpMkrC2mzA

'Casualties In Thousands, 10 Areas Lost': Kyiv Suffers One Of 'Biggest Blows’; ‘Huge Win’ For Russia

 

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MAKE A DEAL PRONTO BEFORE THE SHIT HITS THE FAN:

NO NATO IN "UKRAINE" (WHAT'S LEFT OF IT)

THE DONBASS REPUBLICS ARE NOW BACK IN THE RUSSIAN FOLD — AS THEY USED TO BE PRIOR 1922. THE RUSSIANS WON'T ABANDON THESE AGAIN.

THESE WILL ALSO INCLUDE ODESSA, KHERSON AND KHARKIV.....

CRIMEA IS RUSSIAN — AS IT USED TO BE PRIOR 1954

TRANSNISTRIA WILL BE PART OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

A MEMORANDUM OF NON-AGGRESSION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE USA.

 

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US President Donald Trump has ramped up his demands in trade talk with the EU and is pushing for a minimum tariff of between 15% and 20% in any deal with Brussels, the Financial Times reports, citing informed sources.

The negotiations between Brussels and Washington have been underway since early April, when Trump announced a set of measures aimed at protecting American manufacturers he called the ‘Liberation Day.’

They included a blanket 10% tariff on all imports from the EU and most other US trading partners. The duties have been put on hold pending the talks, but the US president warned that they would grow to 30% if no deal is reached between Washington and Brussels by August 1. The tariffs would be applied on top of the existing sector-specific duties, such as 50% on steel, aluminum duties and 25% car imports levies introduced by the US earlier this year.

The Trump administration is hardening its stance in talks with the EU in order to test the bloc’s “pain threshold,” the FT said in an article on Friday.

According to the paper’s sources, the president was also “unmoved” by an offer from Brussels to reduce the 25% car tariffs and wants them to stay as they are.

EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic provided a “downbeat” assessment of his recent discussions with the Americans during the meeting of the bloc’s ambassadors on Friday, two people briefed on the matter said.

An EU diplomat has told the paper that if Trump insists on 15% to 20% duties, the EU would be forced to retaliate. Brussels has prepared several packages of counter-tariffs against Washington, but delayed their implementation until August 1.

"We do not want a trade war, but we do not know if the US will leave us a choice,” the source said.

A second EU diplomat stressed that “the mood has clearly changed” in Brussels in favor of retaliation, adding that “we are not going to settle at 15% percent.”

READ MORE: France a ‘fiscal time bomb’ for EU – Bloomberg

Washington has so far largely avoided retaliation for its tariffs, while collecting a record high of $64 billion in customs duties in the second quarter of 2025, according to the US Treasury.

https://www.rt.com/news/621683-trump-us-eu-tariff/

 

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The EU’s 18th sanctions package against Russia over the Ukraine conflict, targeting Moscow’s energy and banking sectors, has gone into force, the bloc has announced.

The new restrictions became official after the relevant regulations were published in the EU’s Official Journal on Saturday.

The package was adopted by the 27-member bloc on Friday after Slovakia, which had opposed the curbs, received guarantees from the European Commission regarding the availability of gas and oil.

Among other things, the sanctions banned transactions with 22 more Russian banks and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and forbid the use of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, which were crippled by underwater blasts in 2022 and remain inoperable.

The head of the Russian parliament’s Committee on Financial Markets, Anatoly Aksakov, told TASS on Friday that the new EU sanctions are just “fluctuations of air” for the country’s banks. Even medium and smaller financial institutions have long been prepared for the possibility of being disconnected from the Western SWIFT baking systems, Aksakov said.

Russia’s Yandex Bank and Ozon Bank, which were hit by the new restrictions, said on Saturday that their operations have not been affected by the development.

The sanctions also upgraded the EU price cap on Russian crude oil, fixed at $60 per barrel, replacing it with a dynamic mechanism that remains 15% lower than the average market price. It will now kick in from $47.6 per barrel.

The EU also added another 105 vessels to a blacklist of what Brussels calls a “shadow fleet” involved in transporting Russian oil, bypassing the bloc’s restrictions. This puts the overall number of tankers denied access to EU ports and service at over 400.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomed the new sanctions, saying that they will remain in place until the Ukraine conflict is settled.

Russia has repeatedly expressed readiness to negotiate peace with Kiev, while accusing Ukraine and its Western backers of being unwilling to look for a long-term solution that would address the root causes of the crisis.

READ MORE: Putin aide gives verdict on new EU sanctions

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the EU curbs “illegal,” but insisted that Russia has already obtained “a certain immunity” to them.

https://www.rt.com/news/621692-eu-sanctions-oil-banks/

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PqPcj8v5e0

NATO's Promises To Ukraine Are Just EMPTY WORDS!

 

Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsakhna has stated that the EU has already begun work on the 19th sanctions package on Russia. He said that the EU will not stop at “halfway measures”. Bild has reported that Germany is preparing one Patriot system to be sent over to Ukraine, but it can’t send more than one. Bild is also reporting on the fact that, right now, Germany only has three operational Patriot systems protecting the German skies. Tammy Bruce, spokeswoman for the US State Department has stated that Donald Trump will aggressively pursue his vision for ending the conflict in Ukraine. Zelensky and President Macron have had a phone conversation and have emphasised once more that European security is directly tied to Ukraine’s security.

 

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