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Noel Reports · Policy · before 2 meat.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski criticized President Karol Nawrocki’s decision to strip Volodymyr Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle, calling it an inappropriate reaction that personally humiliated the Ukrainian president. Sikorski said he would instead have proposed naming Jasionka Airport after victims of the UPA.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski criticized President Karol Nawrocki’s decision to strip Volodymyr Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle, calling it an inappropriate reaction that personally humiliated the Ukrainian president. Sikorski said he would instead have proposed naming Jasionka Airport after victims of the UPA.

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Noel Reports · Policy · before 2 meat.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Poland is ready to act in the event of a direct Russian threat.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Poland is ready to act in the event of a direct Russian threat. He warned that if Moscow seeks escalation after its war against Ukraine, Poland will respond as it has before and will defend every inch of NATO territory.

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🇻🇪 #Venezuela Earthquake Updates: According to state media, acting President Delcy Rodriguez said in an update on Friday that at least 589 people were killed and another 2,980 were injured in the two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela late on Wednesday.Follow us -> LiveLeak

🇻🇪 #Venezuela Earthquake Updates: According to state media, acting President Delcy Rodriguez said in an update on Friday that at least 589 people were killed and another 2,980 were injured in the two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela late on Wednesday.Follow us -> LiveLeak

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Noel Reports · Policy · before 2 meat.

Zelensky said another 160 Ukrainian servicemen returned from Russian captivity, almost all held since 2022.

Zelensky said another 160 Ukrainian servicemen returned from Russian captivity, almost all held since 2022. The group includes defenders of Mariupol, Azovstal, Donetsk region, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv and Sumy axes. He said Ukraine has returned more than 9,500 people since the full-scale war began, including 1,596 this year.

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Noel Reports · Policy · before 2 meat.

❗️Russian hardliners are urging Putin to abandon US-mediated diplomacy and escalate the war after Ukrainian deep strikes hit Moscow, St Petersburg and Crimea, Reuters reports. Nationalist commentators are calling for full mobilization, heavier bombing, strikes on Kyiv’s leadership and attacks on European drone factories, while the Kremlin has so far kept talks open.

❗️Russian hardliners are urging Putin to abandon US-mediated diplomacy and escalate the war after Ukrainian deep strikes hit Moscow, St Petersburg and Crimea, Reuters reports. Nationalist commentators are calling for full mobilization, heavier bombing, strikes on Kyiv’s leadership and attacks on European drone factories, while the Kremlin has so far kept talks open.

Noel Reports · Policy · before 2 meat.

CyberBoroshno analysis finds Putin’s residence in Valdai has been demolished.

CyberBoroshno analysis finds Putin’s residence in Valdai has been demolished. Analysts said the logic remains unclear, but suggested fear of a drone strike on the site as a possible motive. A section of the M-11 highway near the residence was also closed today.

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Noel Reports · Policy · before 2 meat.

Zelensky confirmed Ukraine brought home 160 servicemen from Russian captivity.

Zelensky confirmed Ukraine brought home 160 servicemen from Russian captivity. All had been held since 2022. The released troops include Armed Forces personnel, transport service members, National Guardsmen and border guards who defended Mariupol, Azovstal and fronts across Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy regions.

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Noel Reports · Policy · before 2 meat.

Moscow built another S-400 air defense position less than 10 km from the Kremlin, near Moscow State University on Vorobyovy Gory, Radio Svoboda reports.

Moscow built another S-400 air defense position less than 10 km from the Kremlin, near Moscow State University on Vorobyovy Gory, Radio Svoboda reports. The site is located on territory tied to Innopraktika, a foundation linked to Putin’s daughter Katerina Tikhonova.

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Noel Reports · Policy · before 2 meat.

In a rather long statement, Putin said cooperation between Russian and Belarusian regions is a key element of the two countries’ strategic partnership.

In a rather long statement, Putin said cooperation between Russian and Belarusian regions is a key element of the two countries’ strategic partnership. In a video address to the XIII Forum of Regions, he cited 26 joint import-substitution projects in high-tech sectors, new cross-border suburban trains and plans for a Moscow-Minsk high-speed railway.

Noel Reports · Policy · before 2 meat.

❗️NATO allies are expected to announce billions in new arms contracts, expand defense production and pledge €70 billion in military support for Ukraine at next month’s Ankara summit, with a similar funding commitment planned for 2027, POLITICO reports.

❗️NATO allies are expected to announce billions in new arms contracts, expand defense production and pledge €70 billion in military support for Ukraine at next month’s Ankara summit, with a similar funding commitment planned for 2027, POLITICO reports.

Noel Reports · Policy · before 2 meat.

❗️❗️Zelensky approved a 40-day SBU influence operation to pressure Russia toward ending the war.

❗️❗️Zelensky approved a 40-day SBU influence operation to pressure Russia toward ending the war. He said the SBU’s Alpha center has delivered top results for months in defending Ukrainian front positions and striking Russian personnel and equipment with drones.

Noel Reports · Policy · before 2 meat.

Zelensky said Ukrainian foreign intelligence obtained materials showing a daily deepening fuel, military logistics and command crisis in occupied Crimea.

Zelensky said Ukrainian foreign intelligence obtained materials showing a daily deepening fuel, military logistics and command crisis in occupied Crimea. He said Russian occupation authorities recognize they cannot resolve the problems created by Ukrainian medium-range and long-range sanctions, while similar pressure is spreading across Russian regions.

Noel Reports · Policy · before 2 meat.

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko claimed he recently met with representatives of Zelensky during a meeting with Belarusian officials.

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko claimed he recently met with representatives of Zelensky during a meeting with Belarusian officials. He said he conveyed a complaint over the Ukrainian president’s statements and warned that the nature of the war would “instantly change” if Belarus became involved in the conflict.

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Noel Reports · Policy · before 2 meat.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed back on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, saying no agreement was reached in Alaska.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed back on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, saying no agreement was reached in Alaska. Rubio said only a proposal was made there and stressed that it was never an agreement, countering Lavrov’s framing of the talks.

Noel Reports · Policy · before 2 meat.

❗️Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico stated the war in Ukraine has no military solution and can end only through negotiations.

❗️Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico stated the war in Ukraine has no military solution and can end only through negotiations. Speaking at the Ukraine recovery conference in Gdansk, he urged the EU to more actively support peace initiatives and diplomatic efforts.