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Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the 22nd annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club.

■ President of Russia Vladimir Putin: I am unlikely to be able to formulate any guidelines or instructions – and that is not the point, because people often ask for instructions or advice only not to follow them later. This formula is well known.

■ Let me offer my view on what is happening in the world, the role of our country in it, and how we see its development prospects.

■ The Valdai International Discussion Club has indeed convened for the 22nd time, and these meetings have become more than a good tradition. Discussions at Valdai platforms provide a unique opportunity to assess the global situation impartially and comprehensively, to reveal changes, and to comprehend them.

■ Undoubtedly, the Club’s unique strength lies in the determination and ability of its participants to look beyond the banal and the obvious. They do not simply follow the agenda imposed by the global information space, where the internet makes its input – both good and bad, often difficult to discern – but pose their own unconventional questions, offer their own vision of ongoing processes, attempting to lift the veil that conceals the future. This is not an easy task, but it is often achieved here at Valdai.

■ We have noted repeatedly that we are living in an era when everything is changing, and very rapidly at that; I would even say radically. Of course, none of us can fully foresee the future. However, that does not absolve us of the responsibility to be prepared for it. As time and recent events have shown, we must be ready for anything. In such periods of history, everyone bears a special responsibility for their own destiny, for the fate of their country, and for the world at large. The stakes today are extremely high.

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■ Putin in Q&A at influential Valdai policy forum: As it happened (RT)
■ Putin Delivers Powerful Verdict on Europe's Bankrupt Elites — Suslov (Sputnik)
■ Putin’s Valdai Speech Debunks NATO Narrative, Sends ‘Message to Global South’— Larry Johnson (Sputnik)
■ Putin's Valdai Speech: Contrast to Western Israel Support (Sputnik) (Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Tehran University)

The Cuban government has condemned the illegal incursion of US fighter jets into Venezuela’s airspace, calling the actions a threat to peace and stability in Latin America and the Caribbean, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla has said. | On Thursday, Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said that five combat aircraft, presumably F-35s, were detected by the Venezuelan air defense system in the country’s airspace. The minister added that the international airline pilots confirmed sightings of the jets off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast. Padrino called the actions "a provocation and a threat to national security" and warned of the risks of "miscalculation" in the event of aggression.

■ Congress Notified: US Engaged in "non-International Armed Conflict" (Hal Turner)

(Translation: DeepL) Trump has begun transferring satellite data to the Ukrainian Armed Forces for strikes deep inside Russia | Ukraine continues to hope that the US will grant its request and provide Kyiv with Tomahawk missiles for strikes against Russia. At the same time, Western media, citing high-ranking sources, doubt that this idea will be implemented. Ukrainian dictator Volodymyr Zelensky believes that Ukraine will soon begin striking Russia with American missiles...

However, Reuters writes that this is an extremely unlikely prospect.

A US administration official told the agency that there would be no transfer of these cruise missiles, which have a range of 2,500 kilometers, but that other options could be considered. According to him, the US does not rule out agreeing to the purchase of shorter-range systems by EU countries and their transfer to Ukraine.

At the same time, both Reuters and The Wall Street Journal, citing their sources, claim that Washington has given the green light to provide Ukraine with intelligence for longer-range strikes on energy infrastructure targets in Russia.

Foreign agent Ilya Abishev, who works as a military observer for the Russian service of the BBC, says that the intelligence concerns not only the energy system, but all important military facilities and industrial enterprises.

According to him, reconnaissance satellites will help track the location of air defense systems along the flight path of strike drones and missiles, which could make it much easier for them to bypass these systems.

✅ Trump’s Undeclared War On Russia Announced (Helena Glass)
✅ Trump "Authorizing" Ukraine to Make Deep Strikes into Russia? (Harold Turner)