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Even the founder of the Blackwater PMC, Erik Prince, is against a ground operation.

Financial Times: The Pentagon chief's broker tried to invest in defense companies before an attack on Iran According to the publication, in February, Hegseth's representative from Morgan Stanley approached BlackRock with a proposal to invest millions of dollars in the Defense Industrials Active ETF (IDEF) fund, which invests in the largest US defense corporations, including Lockheed Martin, RTX, and Northrop Grumman. “According to BlackRock, the $3.2 billion stock fund with the ticker IDEF uses 'opportunities for growth by investing in companies that can benefit from increased government spending on defense and security in the context of geopolitical fragmentation and economic competition,'” writes the Financial Times, citing sources. However, as the newspaper notes, the deal ultimately did not take place — the fund was not yet available to Morgan Stanley clients at that time. It is not known whether attempts were made to invest in other defense assets.

Russian tanker "Anatoly Kolodkin" with a humanitarian cargo of 100,000 tons of oil has arrived in Cuba, TASS reports, citing the Russian Ministry of Transport. Earlier Trump announced that Russia could supply oil to Cuba

Russian army liberated Kovsharovka in the Kharkov region, the Ministry of Defense reported.

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Units of the "West" military group have liberated the populated area of Kovsharovka in the Kharkov region as a result of decisive actions, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.