(2025-05-04). Zelensky rejects Putin's 'truce theatre' ahead of Russia's May 9 celebration. geo.tv 
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. — AFP/File
(2025-05-04). Kemi Badenoch's call for 'massive Margaret Thatcher statue outside Parliament' met with brutal mockery. leftfootforward.org With so much going on in the world politically — the local elections, the US-Ukraine minerals deal, Israel's latest airstrikes near Syria — you might expect the leader of the opposition to stay focused. Instead, Kemi Badenoch turned attention to an unexpected priority — the erection of a 'massive' statue of Margaret Thatcher outside Parliament. | This would be in addition to the existing statue of the former prime minister located inside the Palace of Westminster. It would stand alongside Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, Millicent Fawcett, Abraham Lincoln and Mahatma Gandhi immortalised on th…
(2025-05-04). US pulling out of Ukraine-Russia peace talks after mineral deal. defenddemocracy.press by Craig Nigrelli May 2, 2025 Days after striking a deal with Ukraine involving rare earth minerals, the Trump administration appears to be conducting a major shift in diplomacy. Months after the president's promise to end the Ukraine-Russia war, quickly after becoming president, the U.S. announced that it would no longer engage in what is often …
(2025-05-04). Minerals deal resets geopolitics of Ukraine. indianpunchline.com Ukraine's mineral resources, December 10, 2024 [SOURCE: NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence] Moscow and Kiev have been vying with each other to curry favour with the new US administration. Just as Russian diplomacy appeared to be outstripping Kiev, things changed dramatically on April 30 with the signing of the so-called minerals deal between the … |
(2025-05-04). Zelensky rejects ceasefire, threatens to strike Moscow parade. plenglish.com Kiev, May 3 (Prensa Latina) Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, rejected Saturday the proposed ceasefire by Russia in honor of the 80th anniversary of the Victory over Germany, and threatened the guests at the Moscow parade.
(2025-05-04). Ukrainian troops to take part in Victory Day parade in London UK MOD. defenddemocracy.press Moscow has called the move "blasphemous" and "disrespectful" due to Kiev's open glorification of Nazism Ukrainian troops will take part in the World War II Victory Day parade in London on May 8 at the invitation of the UK government, the British Ministry of Defense has announced. Moscow has condemned the move as "blasphemous" and "disrespectful" due to Kiev's …
(2025-05-04). Romania votes in crucial presidential election rerun. aljazeera.com The country's Constitutional Court annulled the November election won by NATO critic Calin Georgescu.
(2025-05-03). Ukraine threatens Xi, Lula, and Maduro with attacks for attending Moscow on May 9. strategic-culture.su By refusing to adhere to the ceasefire on the most important date of…
(2025-05-03). The US-UK-Israel Empire is a Police-State. dissidentvoice.org 
Here is the youtube in which Chris Hedges interviewed, on April 30, the journalist Richard Medhurst about Medhurst's being punished-without-trial and threatened with up to five years of legal imprisonment of him under Section 12(1a) of the UK's Terrorism Act 2000 because he had reported honestly about the wars in Syria, Lebanon, and Ukraine. Also …
(2025-05-03). Five Benefits That The US Would Reap From Coercing Ukraine Into More Concessions To Russia. thealtworld.com Failure to do so risks another "forever war", an Afghan-like debacle for the US, or World War III. | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's
(2025-05-03). U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Report Prioritizes Women and Destructive Mining. indybay.org Women's rights, an end to Russia's aggression in the Ukraine, and the protection of Indigenous Peoples from mining, specifically the abuses of critical minerals extraction, were priorities of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in its final report as it concluded on Friday afternoon in New York.
(2025-05-03). US Talks "Peace" With Russia as US-trained Operators Kill Russian Generals in Moscow. thealtworld.com Even as the US poses as seeking "peace" between Russia and Ukraine, the ongoing conflict is in actuality a US war on Russia simply using Ukraine as an intermediary. | US media has revealed in recent years that US generals serve at the top of Ukraine's chain of command and that the CIA reorganized and directs Ukrainian intelligence, including units carrying out armed attacks inside Russia and Russian-held territory. | Among these US-trained operators is Kyrylo Budanov who has admitted Ukrainian intelligence has killed Russian journalists and commanding officers in Russia. | Thus, as US envoys talk with Russia, US-…
(2025-05-03). Full Speech: Starmer On UK's New StormShroud War Drones Days After Houthi Attacks, Ukraine Tension. hindustantimes.com British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited a defence contractor in Bedfordshire on May 2. Starmer met the staff of the firm and emphasized national security in an address. Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and other emerging global threats, Starmer also underscored the importance of strengthening the defense capabilities of the United Kingdom.
(2025-05-03). Hamas releases second video of hostage Maxim Herkin from Gaza captivity. haaretz.com Herkin's family has not authorized the video's release. Herkin was born in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region in Ukraine, and Russia has taken an active part in attempting to secure his release…
(2025-05-03). What is Trump doing with Russia and Ukraine? A peace or a (light) war president? defenddemocracy.press US still pressuring Greece to hand over its air defenses to Kiev regime Even Germany, the EU's leading power, regularly complains that it has no air defense systems to spare, particularly "Patriots" as it awaits new ones from manufacturer Raytheon (no sooner than 2027, mind you). If even Berlin needs to wait another two years, …
(2025-05-03). Say It Ain't So! — But It Is! dissidentvoice.org So, Donald Trump's heralded intervention to bring resolution to the Ukraine conflict has fallen flat. Rejected by Russia, by the EU states, by Kiev. An unprecedented trifecta of failed foreign policy. His contrived scheme designed to skirt the core issues and interests at stake was a 'non-starter' from Day One. That should have been obvious. …
(2025-05-03). Ukraine War Day The Cow Says Moo! awfulavalanche.wordpress.com Dear Readers: | Myself, as well as many of my Loyal Readers are quite fond of Maria Zakharova, the spunky spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry. We all know she has a sharp and biting sense of humor, but we rarely see her saucier side. | This
(2025-05-03). Two Russian Su-30 Flankers Downed By AIM-9s Fired From Drone Boats: Ukrainian Intel Boss. twz.com 
The event marks the first time drone boats downed fighters and the first successful use of AIM-9 missiles to take down any aircraft via drone boat.
(2025-05-03). How, after 80 years, Germany is somehow repeating its history. pressenza.com We know already how NATO provoked Russia in starting its military operation in eastern Ukraine in 2022. Its constant expansion drift towards the borders of Russia and the US orchestrated coup in Kiev in 2014, putting neo-Nazi affiliated nationalists in power, can be clearly observed by those who are not blindly following a western fabricated anti-Putin, anti-Russian narrative and propaganda. It can be discussed if the Russian military operation was an invasion of a sovereign country and thus an aggression that has to be condemned. But to do so, all that has happened since the Soviet Union's fall in 1991 should be…
(2025-05-03). NJ Repression Escalates, 4 Arrested @ RU New B: Defend, Protect, Keep Each Other Safe Protest Tue. May 6, New B. fightbackbetter.com 
On April 29, activists held a rally to protest the actions of Congressman and Gubernatorial candidate Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) who…
(2025-05-03). Vance, Rubio Openly Shame Germany Over Spy Agency's Big Move As Trump Spooks NATO | AfD | Merz. hindustantimes.com Top US officials on May 2 targeted the German establishment over its action against the AfD party. Germany's domestic intel agency, the BFV, designated the AfD as a right-wing extremist group. This reportedly allows German authorities to monitor AfD activities more easily. US Vice President JD Vance and State Secretary Marco Rubio launched an attack on Germany. Watch this video to know more.