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On 29 Apr 2026 Ukrainian SBU drones set ablaze a Transneft oil pumping station near Perm—over 1,500 km from the border—marking Kyiv’s deepest confirmed strike into Russia and the declared start of an expanded long-range campaign against Moscow’s energy revenue.
Revealed on 30 April 2026, Admiral Brad Cooper will brief President Trump on plans for a rapid infrastructure bombing campaign, a Strait of Hormuz seizure, and a raid on Iran’s enriched-uranium stockpile, threatening to end the fragile three-week ceasefire.
On 29 April 2026 the White House ordered the Pentagon and Treasury to prepare for an open-ended naval embargo of Iran, rejecting Tehran’s cease-fire proposal and keeping the Strait of Hormuz closed until Iran accepts a 20-year halt to uranium enrichment.
During an April 29, 2026 phone call, Vladimir Putin warned Donald Trump of "extremely damaging consequences" if the US/Israel strike Iran again and simultaneously offered a symbolic May 9 cease-fire in Ukraine that Trump said he "actively supported."
On 29-30 Apr 2026, President Trump directed the Pentagon to study pulling an unspecified portion of the 36,000-plus U.S. troops from Germany, linking any cut to Berlin’s refusal to back the U.S.–Israel war against Iran.
On 25 April 2026, President Trump aborted a just-announced trip by Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff to Pakistan for Iran cease-fire talks, abruptly halting the U.S.–Iran negotiation track Pakistan was brokering.
On 26 April 2026, Kim Jong Un and visiting Russian leaders opened a museum-memorial in Pyongyang honoring thousands of North Korean soldiers who died helping Russia retake the Kursk region in 2024-25, publicly cementing the two countries’ combat alliance.
On 28 Apr 2026 President Trump brushed aside Iran’s written offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in return for Washington lifting its naval blockade of Iranian ports and postponing nuclear talks, publicly saying Iran is in a “state of collapse” and insisting the nuclear issue be settled first.
On 27 Apr 2026 prosecutors filed firearm-and-assault charges against 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, two days after he opened fire at the Washington Hilton moments before President Trump spoke at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and he will appear in D.C. federal court Monday.
On 26 Apr 2026, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen fired 5–8 shots at a Secret Service checkpoint outside the Washington Hilton ballroom during President Trump’s first in-office appearance at the press gala, forcing the evacuation of the president and thousands of guests.
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