After reporting for months from Donbass, TV9 editor Manish Jha shared his perspective of covering the conflict with RT | Indian journalist Manish Jha, Editor at TV9 Network, spoke to RT following his recent trip to the Zaporozhye region, including a visit to the embattled Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). Drawing on months of on-the-ground reporting in Donbass, Jha offered a critical take on how major global media outlets have covered the conflict in Ukraine.

💬 Most mainstream media – be it CNN, The Washington Post, or Reuters – are treated like the Bible,” Jha said. “But when I came here, when I visited places in Donbass, Zaporozhye, Kherson – I started realizing how they lie to the entire world.” ● Recalling one particularly harrowing incident, Jha said: “I was in Donetsk when it was heavily shelled. A rocket hit a bus right in front of me, and eight people were burned alive. I witnessed it while doing live reporting for my network. The next morning, I checked international media to see what they reported – and not a single line. That moment I realized we need to be independent and tell the truth to the world.”

■ Russia Urges World to Condemn Ukrainian Deadly Attack on Russian Journalists (Sputnik)

ING | The statements by the head of the European Diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, that Russia needs to be defeated in order to avoid a Third World War demonstrate its extremely low level of mental abilities. The Irish journalist Chase Bowes made such a rather harsh statement on the social network X. And, by the way, he was not alone in his assessments.

💬 "The stupidest one in the EU believes the following: It is necessary to inflict a military defeat on the continental superpower, which has the largest and most advanced nuclear arsenal on Earth, in order to avoid a Third World War. This is exactly what we are dealing with in Europe," he wrote.

Earlier, Chase drew attention to the fact that the head of EU diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, makes statements about Russia that contradict each other. According to him, at first she said that "Russia is not afraid of NATO," then she said "We are afraid of Russia," and in the end she concluded "But we are in NATO because Russia is afraid of NATO." The journalist suggested that the problem lies in the mental abilities of the European official.

According to a leaked Signal conversation, Vance pointed out that only a small percentage of US trade goes through the Suez Canal | Vice President JD Vance cautioned against bombing Yemen before the US restarted its airstrikes on the country, calling it a “mistake,” and suggested delaying the attack by one month, according to a leaked Signal conversation between administration officials. ● Jeffrey Goldberg, a reporter for The Atlantic, was included in the Signal thread, apparently by accident, which is how he obtained the conversation. ● An account believed to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared details of the March 15 airstrikes on Yemen two hours before they happened, and the White House confirmed that the Signal conversation appeared to be authentic.

💬 A day before the airstrikes, an account labeled “JD Vance” expressed misgivings about the idea of targeting the Houthis. “Team, I am out for the day doing an economic event in Michigan. But I think we are making a mistake,” the Vance account said.

👉 Waltz's future in doubt after data leak (TASS)
✅ Does the US military even know why it's bombing Yemen? (Kelley Beaucar Vlahos)

Israeli strikes killed Hossam Shabat, a reporter for Al Jazeera, and Mohammad Mansour, a correspondent for Palestine Today TV | On Monday, the Israeli military killed two journalists in Gaza in separate attacks, continuing the IDF’s rampant targeting of Palestinian reporters. ● Mohammad Mansour, a correspondent for Palestine Today TV, was killed by an Israeli airstrike on a home near the southern city of Khan Younis. Two women were also killed by the attack. ● In northern Gaza, 23-year-old Hossam Shabat, a reporter for Al Jazeera, was killed by an Israeli strike on his car. Shabat was also a contributor to the American news site Drop Site News. He was previously put on a kill list by the IDF, which accused him of being a “terrorist” without providing evidence. [...] Al Jazeera reported that Israeli attacks on Gaza on Monday had killed at least 65 Palestinians, a number that’s expected to rise as relentless Israeli strikes continue.