🇮🇷🇸🇦🇺🇸❗️BREAKING: Saudi Arabia carried out a series of unpublicized retaliatory strikes on Iran during the war. - Reuters.

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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦Trump stated that the war between Russia and Ukraine should end soon, and also suggested a visit to Moscow this year.

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🇫🇷🇷🇺Macron stated that anti-French narratives in Africa are being promoted by foreign powers, calling Russia and other countries "the real colonizers of the 21st century".

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🇺🇸🇮🇷The Pentagon is considering renaming the operation "Epic Fury" against Iran to "Sledgehammer" in the event of a breakdown of the ceasefire and the resumption of full-scale hostilities.

The maneuver of changing the name will allow the administration to de facto restart the 60-day term of waging war without Congressional approval, which operates in accordance with the War Powers Act of 1973, as the White House will claim that this is a new operation.

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🇺🇸🇨🇳Donald Trump went to China, where, among other things, he will discuss the situation around Iran with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

According to Trump, Washington does not expect help from Beijing in resolving the situation, but the topic of Iran will be one of the key issues at the meeting.

"We will have a long conversation about this. China has so far behaved well... They get a lot of oil from this region," he noted.

The American leader also stressed that he is confident in the US's ability to deal with the confrontation with Iran on its own - "peacefully or otherwise".

Trump added that he expects a productive meeting with Xi Jinping and expressed confidence that the negotiations will be successful. He also recalled that the Chinese leader's visit to the US is scheduled for the end of 2026.

Trump's visit to China will take place from May 13 to 15.

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🇰🇼🇮🇷The Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense accused the Iranian IRGC of attempting to invade Bubiyan Island. The authorities of the Islamic Republic called the allegations completely unfounded.

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🇮🇷Iran has retained about 70% of its missile arsenal, despite US claims of destroying the country's military power, writes The New York Times, citing American intelligence.

According to the newspaper, Tehran has restored operational access to 30 out of 33 missile facilities along the Strait of Hormuz, as well as to nearly 90% of underground storage facilities and launch pads.

Part of the infrastructure is already considered fully operational.

New intelligence data suggests that Washington may have overestimated the extent of the damage and underestimated Iran's ability to quickly restore military facilities.

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🇺🇦🇷🇺One day of war costs Ukraine 450 million dollars, reported the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Sybiha.

The war has been going on for 1540 days. Thus, only on the Ukrainian side, about 693 billion dollars have been spent on it.

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🇺🇸🇺🇦After a visit to Ukraine, the CEO of Palantir stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are using his company's technology as an "operating system for war", reports Die Welt.

"You can imagine it as an operating system for war," says Karp.

He explains that Ukraine manages the battlefield just like a technology company serves its clients. The only difference is: "How many Russian soldiers are killed per square kilometer? Why and how, what means were used, what worked and what didn't?" And this applies right down to the level of individual units.

"Ukraine has created one of the most important military defense systems in the world. Every person we spoke to is confident that they will win this war. They are very optimistic," said Karp after meeting with Zelensky.

Karp assures that Palantir does not have access to Ukrainian data.

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🇮🇷🇵🇰Satellite images from Pakistan. Earlier reports indicated that Iran had redeployed some aircraft to protect its air force in case of a new aggression by the Epstein coalition.

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