Speech over. Putin did not say anything indicating Russia will accept the 30-day truce, actually, quite the opposite.

Which makes total sense. There's no reason why Russia should accept a truce currently, they're about to make a breakthrough.

— ❗️🇺🇸/🇵🇦 NEW: 'The United States may use military force to 'swiftly take control' over the Panama Canal' – Sources citing Trump Administration insiders

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— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸 Iran: 'It may take a while before we respond to the American letter. It is also possible that a response will never come.'

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇵🇦 BREAKING: The Pentagon has been ordered by the White House to immediately provide ‘military options’ to ensure U.S. access to Panama Canal — CNN

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— 🇮🇷/🇵🇰 Brigadier General Abul Qasem Rezaei, Commander of Iran's Army in Fars, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Provinces, proudly wears a Pakistani Army Ranger patch he was awarded by passing ranger training in Pakistan, likely in the 1990's

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— Damn, the General is in good shape for being in his 60's.

(Video from a recent army fitness exercise)

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced sanctions on Iran’s Minister of Petroleum, Mohsen Paknejad, as well as several 'Iran-linked' shipping companies in China, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, India, Seychelles, Indonesia, Marshall Islands, Singapore, and 13 specific vessels.

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— 🇺🇸/🇷🇺 U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: 'On a scale of zero to ten, the Biden administration's sanctions on Russia were probably a three; on the way out the door, they took them to a six. And I can tell you, we wouldn't hesitate to take them up to a ten.'

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— 🇺🇸/🇺🇦 NEW: The United States is set to resume shipments of long-range Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bombs (GLSDB) to Ukraine, purchased under President Biden's administration through the 'Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.'

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— 🇺🇦 NEW: One of the participants in the Odessa Trade Union House Massacre, Demyan Gaul, a prominent member of Ukraines 'Right Sector', was murdered in Odessa

On May 2, 2014, Russian-speaking Ukrainians who were protesting against the ousting of former President Viktor Yanakovich were barricaded into the Trade Union House where supporters of the 'Right Sector' lit the building on fire and shot those who tried escaping.

Just yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found Ukraine guilty of the massacre.

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Winning very bigly and very strongly!

#MAGA 🇺🇸

— 🇪🇺/🇷🇺 NEW: The European Union is set to extend sanctions on over 2,400 individuals and entities associated with Russia for an additional six months.

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— 🇻🇪/🇷🇺 NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Nicholas Maduro, President of Venezuela, to attend the Victory Day Parade in Moscow on May 9th.

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— 🇮🇷/🇷🇺/🇨🇳 NEW: The Foreign Minister of China, Wang Yi, and the Deputy Foreign Ministers of Russia and Iran, Sergey Ryabkov and Kazem Gharibabadi, met in Beijing today to discuss Iran's nuclear program

The three sides released a joint statement that called for the ending of unilateral sanctions and the need for negotiations based on the principles of 'mutual respect.'

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— 🇵🇸/🇸🇩/🇸🇴/🇺🇸 NEW: Sudan, Somalia, and Somaliland have all rejected US propositions to settle displaced Palestinians in their respective countries.

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— 🇺🇦/🇺🇸/🇷🇺 NEW: The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has stated that all of the objectives of the Kursk operation were achieved

Earlier today, U.S. President Donald Trump asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to spare the Ukrainian soldiers who were surrounded in Kursk region.

President Putin would address this at a meeting of Russia's Security Council by saying Ukrainian soldiers would need an order from their President to lay down their arms and surrender to spare their lives.

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— 🇪🇺/🇨🇦 NEW: More Canadians (47%) approve of joining the European Union than those who disapprove (29%)

Support for joining the EU in Canada is significantly higher than support for becoming America's 51st State.

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