🇺🇦⚡️ — Fedorov will challenge Zelensky for power—but only after the war ends.

In an interview with The New York Times, the former Ukrainian defense minister said he does not intend to engage in political competition while the conflict is ongoing.

However, the publication notes that Ukrainian analysts believe his dismissal was politically motivated, including concerns that he could emerge as a rival to President Volodymyr Zelensky in future elections.

According to those analysts, the backlash over his dismissal has increased the risk of a split between two centers of political influence: the president and the former defense minister.

Fedorov also said he would not return to Zelensky's government unless he is once again offered the position of defense minister.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — The United States used one of its most powerful air bombs, weighing nearly a ton, to strike a residential building in Iran, resulting in the deaths of three people, according to The New York Times, citing satellite images and expert opinions.

No evidence of military facilities near the residential building was found. The strike was carried out in a densely populated area, the publication adds.

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🇷🇺⚡️ — An explosion occurred at the Balzi Rossi restaurant near the Barrikadnaya metro station in Moscow.

▶️ According to preliminary media reports, about 20 people were injured, and at least one person has died

▶️ A fire broke out in the building following the explosion. Dozens of ambulances and fire crews have arrived at the scene, and traffic in the area has been blocked.

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✍️🇪🇸🇲🇦⚡️ — Further compromising information about the Spanish government is coming to light.

https://t.me/The_Europe_Update/9686

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🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Israeli hospitals have been placed on full alert.

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🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — A bomb with a 1 kg TNT equivalent, filled with metal balls, exploded at the entrance to a restaurant - Media reports.

The target of the explosion near Balzi Rossi in central Moscow was a group of guests gathered for a private event on the restaurant's terrace.

The bomb was detonated remotely. As a result, a delivery person and a security officer who tried to stop her were killed. The female suicide bomber was blown apart. Her arm was found on the road, about 15 meters from the explosion site.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — New York Times: U.S. allies believe that the war being waged by the Trump administration against Iran is heading toward a strategic defeat.

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🇮🇷⚡️ — Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) used online betting websites to move approximately $4 billion.

According to a Reuters investigation, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spent years using a network of thousands of Persian-language betting websites and a Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange to transfer funds and circumvent international sanctions.

Reuters estimates that around $4 billion was moved through this system.

The investigation also mentions several prominent figures from Iran's online community, including Sasha Sobhani, the son of Iran's former ambassador to Venezuela, who became well known on social media for his lavish lifestyle, and Pouyan Mokhtari, an Iranian blogger who has been linked in various reports to the promotion of online betting websites.

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🇺🇦⚡️ — Every day, I ask God to forgive me for helping Zelensky during those two years in my job-for serving as his voice and for covering up who he truly is afterward.

Every day, I try to forgive Zelenskyy for rejecting every peace deal and turning Ukraine into a corrupt cage, where people struggle to save themselves from both Putin's missiles and Zelenskyy's autocracy. I do not know if I will ever be able to.

— Iulia Mendel, Zelensky's former press secretary

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — As a result of the strikes on the bridge in Zatoka, Odesa Oblast, a span in the northern section of the bridge has finally collapsed.

The bridge has repeatedly been targeted by the Russian Armed Forces since 2022, coming under attacks with Iskander ballistic missiles, Kh-59MK2 cruise missiles, glide bombs equipped with UMPK kits, Geran-2 loitering munitions, and even unmanned surface vessels (USVs).

However, repeated attempts to disable the bridge's lifting mechanisms and supporting piers using a wide range of weapons had previously failed.

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🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — Two civilians were killed in a drone attack in Engels.

A multi-story building was hit. Governor Roman Busargin expressed his condolences and promised that the family would receive all the necessary assistance. Temporary accommodation is being set up for the residents of the damaged building. Specialists are beginning to inspect the building's structural elements to assess their safety.

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