Israeli Channel 14, citing a security source: Expectations that the Houthis will intensify their attacks on Israel in response to the escalation of American strikes
"Today, we are in Bucha, where three years ago the world began to grasp the scale of Russia's aggression against Ukraine." - Zelensky at the Bucha Summit, dedicated to the anniversary of the city's liberation from Russian occupation.
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New details about the Israeli proposal regarding the negotiations for the hostage deal:
The ceasefire will last for 40 days.
Day 1: Release of ten living detainees, in addition to the release of the American-Israeli soldier, Edan Alexander.
Day 5: Hamas will be required to provide complete information on the status of all the hostages.
Day 10: 16 deceased hostages will be returned, which is estimated to be half of the number of deceased hostages currently held by Hamas.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is claiming to have attacked and seized two oil tankers today in the Persian Gulf, which they claim were part of a “fuel smuggling network” in the Gulf. The two tankers, identified as STAR l and VINTAGE, were captured during a naval operation by the IRGC earlier today, with 25 crewmembers being arrested while the tankers are transferred to an oil port in the city of Bushehr, where their fuel will be offloaded and seized by Iran. One of the tankers is believed to be owned and operated by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), while the other is currently unknown.
Marine Le Pen was sentenced this Monday (31) to four years in prison, with two years to be served in custody and two under electronic monitoring. Additionally, the French far-right leader will be ineligible to run for office for five years. The ruling comes less than three years before the 2027 presidential elections in France.
Paraguay’s Foreign and Trade Ministers are meeting following reports that ABIN spied on the Paraguayan government.
“We are taking this very seriously because it would be an unprecedented event. We are investigating to determine whether the information is 100% accurate, and then we will take the appropriate measures,” said Trade Minister Javier Giménez.
According to a senior U.S. defense official in Europe, the bodies of three of the missing crewmembers from the U.S. Army M88A2 “Hercules” Armored-Recovery Vehicle (ARV) that went missing last Tuesday and was extracted this morning from a swamp at the Pabradė Training Ground in eastern Lithuania, have been found deceased, while the fourth remains missing at this time. Search-and-recovery teams are searching through the nearby swamp, while divers search the mud and water the M88 was extracted from this morning.
Another Russian column of equipment was advancing toward the Ukrainian positions of the 141st Brigade, but instead of breaking through, it hit a mine, took several precise strikes - and lost a tank along with its crew.
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The crew of a MiG-29, with a precise drop of a GBU-62, eliminated a "high-ranking" enemy officer corps along with equipment at one of the enemy command posts near temporarily occupied Oleshky, Kherson region.
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A senior Hezbollah official told Al-Manar TV that the group has decided not to retaliate and launch an attack from Lebanese territory following the IDF Beirut strike on Friday.
Instead, Naim Qassem has opted for an operation from Iraqi soil, expected to take place in the coming days.
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Sweden will provide Ukraine with the largest aid package since the start of the full-scale war.
The package is worth 16 billion Swedish kronor ($1.6 billion), including:
$0.92 billion allocated for weaponry, likely including ammunition and air defense systems.
$0.5 billion directed to various funds and coalitions that will purchase equipment for Ukraine.
Additionally, $50 million will be used for machine guns, small-caliber ammunition, training weapons, and medical transport vehicles for Ukrainian forces.
Putin has signed a decree for the spring military draft, yet Trump still believes that the Russian dictator will agree to end the war.
A major airlift by the U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command (AMC) appears to be ongoing between Osan Air Base in South Korea and Isa Air Base in Bahrain; with several C-17s over the last few days observed flying between the bases, likely transporting MIM-104 “Patriot” surface-to-air missile batteries as well as other air-defense systems and munitions to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). Only just yesterday, Iran threatened to attack the U.S-U.K joint base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, as well as military bases in Turkey and Middle East, if the United States launches an attack against Iran.
The U.S. Army M88A2 “Hercules” Armored-Recovery Vehicle (ARV) and the bodies of 4 American Soldiers with the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team (1ABCT), 3rd Infantry Division, who sunk over 16ft into a swamp during a military exercise last Tuesday in eastern Lithuania, have been recovered following an extensive 6-day search-and-recovery operation by the Lithuanian and U.S. Armed Forces, with assistance from Poland and other countries within NATO. Investigators are now on-site, checking over both the vehicle and nearby swamp, as we await details about the accident and the identities of the 4 Soldiers.
Trump says Zelensky is trying to back out of the minerals deal:
“Zelensky, by the way, I see he's trying to back out of the rare earth deal — and if he does that, he's got some problems, big, big problems”
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Footage of ongoing recovery efforts by U.S, Lithuanian, Polish and other NATO militaries at the Pabradė Training Ground in eastern Lithuania, as they continue operations to recover a U.S. Army M88A2 “Hercules” Armored-Recovery Vehicle (ARV) and the bodies of 4 American Soldiers with the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team (1ABCT), 3rd Infantry Division, who sunk over 16ft into the swamp during an exercise last Tuesday.
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U.S. President Donald J. Trump played golf yesterday with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, alongside Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and former House Representative Trey Gowdy, discussing a strengthening of relations between the United States and Finland. Stubb, who spent two days last week with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, is said to have talked with President Trump about both Ukraine and Russia as well its President, Vladimir Putin, who Stubb says Trump is “losing patience with” claiming that Putin appears to be directly stalling a ceasefire in in order to gain additional ground and leverage in eastern Ukraine. This appears to align with today’s interview by Trump with NBC News, where he stated he was “pissed off” with Putin, threatening to impose secondary tariffs on Russia’s oil industry if they continue to delay a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine; with the current ceasefire proposal reported to have agreed upon now by the United States, Ukraine and Europe, but still not Russia.
Trump is planning to travel to Saudi Arabia in mid-May on his first foreign trip since returning to the White House, per two U.S. officials and a source with knowledge — Axios
Taking a break from close to a week now of continuous search-and-rescue/recovery operations in eastern Lithuania, U.S. military officials in Europe, alongside military leaders and servicemembers from Lithuania, Poland and a dozen other nations across NATO who are assisting with the recovery efforts, attended a Catholic Mass this morning led by Archbishop Gintaras Grušas at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaus and St. Ladislaus of Vilnius, praying for the recovery of the 4 U.S. Soldiers.
