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Trump in 2024: We will significantly lower energy prices. The price of gasoline will return to $2, or maybe even less. Trump in 2026: When you have to pay a little more, for example $4, that's normal. I won't apologize for that. I did the right thing.

The Russian MFA has appealed to Turkey and the USA with a request to provide explanations regarding plans to carry out large-scale arms supplies to Ukraine. The ministry's representative Zakharova threatened that new arms supplies to Ukraine will cause serious harm to Russia's relations with the USA and Turkey. Attempts by the USA and Turkey to use peacekeeping rhetoric while simultaneously supplying arms to Ukraine inevitably "undermine mutual trust", she complained.

Russia is losing the economic “war of attrition” with the West, the Kremlin’s main state bank believes The chief economist of VEB, a key Russian state bank, Andrey Klepach, predicted the defeat of the Russian Federation in the “war of attrition.” “We will not win the competition in this war of attrition. We have the illusion that everything will collapse there. It has not collapsed and will not collapse. Our costs are increasing,” Klepach said. According to him, the losses of the Russian economy from sanctions, as well as strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on ports, infrastructure, chemical and oil refineries, are growing, and Russia is increasingly lagging behind the world in the development of technologies. “We are lagging behind. We are losing both technological and economic competition in the world. And, as I have already said, we are losing it not only to China and the USA, we are losing it to Ukraine in some ways. The economy of Ukraine, of course, is to some extent destroyed, a demographic catastrophe. But, once again, the Ukrainian economy, in spite of everything, survives. Of course, there is huge financial assistance <…> With such assistance for military expenses and their own expenses, it is approximately almost 50% of our budget,” Klepach said. The economist believes that due to new sanctions and strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the potential growth rate of the Russian economy may not exceed 1–1.5%. All these factors will inevitably lead to a social crisis in the country, “when no one particularly expects it.” “I believe that Russia will not collapse, but I am almost sure that we will find ourselves facing a social crisis,” he said.

🇺🇸🇰🇵 Trump again stated about great relations with Kim Jong Un: “Despite the unfriendly look in this particular photo, there are many pictures where we are smiling. Kim Jong Un and I get along great!” – wrote the US President.

​​The World Archery Federationhas lifted restrictions on Russian athletes, teams, and officials at competitions held under its auspices. This decision was made by the World Archery Executive Board after reviewing the decision of the IOC Executive Board.

🇵🇱 Soon our army will be the largest in Europe. Today we can say that we are building a force that will determine the fate of the region thanks to its modernity and size, — Polish Prime Minister Tusk

🇰🇷🇰🇵 South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has called on North Korea to negotiate to ensure peaceful coexistence and replace the armistice agreement with a full-fledged "peace regime," — Reuters The president stressed that Seoul will take preventive and long-term measures to reduce tensions and build multi-level systems to prevent escalation on the peninsula. Earlier, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un abandoned the policy of unification, declared South Korea the most hostile state and ordered to strengthen border defenses.

🇦🇫 🇺🇸 The Taliban is calling on the US to return to Afghanistan for investments, - New York Times. Five years after the withdrawal of American troops, the Afghan authorities offered Washington to restore diplomatic presence in the country. The Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, Amir Khan Muttaqi, stated in an interview with The New York Times that the US could reopen its embassy, maintain a diplomatic presence, and invest in Afghanistan's mineral resources, dams, and road infrastructure. According to Muttaqi, the Taliban authorities consider the period of war over and want to build relations with the US based on mutual respect. Afghanistan seeks to exit international isolation and is already expanding ties with Russia, Central Asian countries, and Persian Gulf states. However, the restoration of full cooperation with Washington remains a difficult task. Washington is currently opposed to normalizing relations, citing ongoing concerns related to terrorism, as well as the "Taliban's" policies.

"Flamingo" missies struck an aviation plant in Samara. Under the strike, it is likely, was the enterprise "TSKB-Progress", which produces medium-class rocket carriers.

Russian terrorists killed a 3-month-old boy in Marganets. Occupants struck a high-rise building with drones. Another 11 people were injured, seven of them hospitalized in critical condition. Among the wounded are two children — a 5-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl.

Videos of the "Flamingo" launches were published by the Fire Point company. The distance to Samara is about 1000+ km in a straight line.

Dnipropetrovsk region has been liberated from the Russian forces— as reported by military