Applebaum: What binds Russia, China, Iran and North Korea is not religion or ideology. China is communist, Russia nationalist, Iran theocratic. What binds them is fear of liberal language: rights, rule of law, separation of powers and independent courts. 1/

Kostyantynivka, just a small update. The situation, as always, remains very difficult. Western flank: Russian forces attacked along the marked routes in the fields and reached for the first time the northern part of the city's Novoselivka district. Some unconfirmed reports suggest that the furthest Russian soldier was able to enter Osykove before being eliminated. Center: The Russians continue usual infiltrations along the known marked routes, without particular changes. Eastern flank: Russian forces continue infiltrating in and near Novodmytrivka, without particular changes. Notably, another Russian soldier was able to reach Stinky this morning but was quickly eliminated by Ukrainian small arms fire. For a full picture of the situation, I suggest reading this article: hromadske.ua/viyna/265664-ch…

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BREAKING: President Trump explains what happened with yesterday's Iranian strike on a US Apache helicopter: Two US Apache helicopter pilots were flying low in the Strait of Hormuz. An Iranian drone then "lodged" in-between both pilots but did not explode. The drone then caught on fire as the pilot were attempting to land the helicopter. These two pilots then took the helicopter into the sea and were rescued by an unmanned sea drone. This marks the first ever rescue by an unmanned sea drone in US Military history. The US then responded with 20 retaliatory strikes.

Kostyantynivka direction, description of the situation focusing on the city itself and answers to FAQs. Russian forces are infiltrating along the shown routes, reaching as far as the heads of the furthest arrows (approximately). The infiltrations recorded recently are deeper than ever and quite worrying, but, after clarifying, are fortunately still one-time actions and don't constitute immediate criticalities (this doesn't mean that they should be ignored, quite the opposite). Please remember the fundraiser I'm doing to help this direction! x.com/Playfra0/status/205029… - On the western side, they advance along the creek up to Illinivka, then divide in two vectors: one with the aim of reaching northern Kostyantynivka through the forests on the shores of the artificial lakes, exactly as predicted in t.me/PlayfraOSINT/4666, and one that goes through the Chervone Mistechko district up until the Tsentralniy district, where some Russians were detected recently. - On the southern side, infiltrations come through Berestok up to eastern Illinivka and the Berestovyi District. - On the eastern side, Russian forces infiltrate through the big forest east of the city, periodically hiding in the dugouts and basements of destroyed dachas and then entering the Hora district; there, they divide once again into 2 distinct fluxes: one going into Novodmytrivka, where they were found and struck in its northern outskirts recently, up to Molocharka, and one going deep into eastern Kostyantynivka up to the 92nd Quarter. - Possible unspecified infiltrations into the southeastern part of the city into the Santurynivka District and through the garbage dump area into the Ukrainskiy Khutir District. FAQs: Q: Why are the Russians advancing here? A: This is happening not because of one evident Ukrainian mistake, but because of massive and constant Russian pressure prolonged for months, if not years, on a single small sector, with extreme amounts of air support launching FABs, KABs, drones of all types, and artillery 24/7. The closest analogy to the current situation is a dam that is at its cracking phase and might soon either suddenly give up or slowly continue to crack until all the water seeps out. That is, we might see a big but very unlikely Russian breakthrough in the city or a moderate advancement of Russian infiltration groups in the city that will first make these deep infiltrations frequent (gray zone), and then they will try to consolidate these positions, repeating the process until Kostyantynivka is eventually lost. Q: What can the Ukrainians do? A: Not much. The Russians still have resources here, and they set this city as one of their main goals for this year, so they will not give up easily whatsoever in attempting to capture it and will commit massive amounts of resources to fulfill this goal. The only theoretical stabilization might happen after a significant amount of assault units are transferred here, which would have to undertake a big clearing operation, likely at the level, if not bigger, than the Kupyansk operation (which is still ongoing after almost half a year). Q: What is this scenario comparable to? A: Mid-Pokrovsk/Myrnohrad, where logistics were already terrible and a significant number of Russian infantry started to infiltrate deeper into the city. Q: Are the Russian levels of attrition satisfactory for what has been accomplished by them up to now? A: From the ground, the feeling is that yes, Russian forces have suffered appropriate and significant losses until now, and the battle for the city is still far from over. In general, it's possible to underline how Russian forces suffer much more in fields than in urban areas.

Christopher Nolan instructed Ludwig Göransson not to use an orchestra for ‘THE ODYSSEY’ score. “It’s not like the orchestra existed back then. It was a challenge and also an opening to try to make something unique.” (Source: time.com/article/2026/05/12/…)

UFO files reveal claim of a secret flying saucer capable of reaching 1,500mph built by the N-zis.

Kaliningrad should not remain Russian. All Russians must leave, full demilitarisation. We rebuild Königsberg, and it becomes part of Lithuania.