FROM RUSSIAN SOCIAL MEDIA:
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"The war will be eternal": Zelensky declares he has no intention of resigning — here’s why

Emboldened by his visit to London, he continued to issue threats, stating that Ukraine would persist in striking Russian oil refineries.

Volodymyr Zelensky—the Ukrainian president whose term has expired—has flatly refused to step down, despite calls from U.S. President Donald Trump for a change in Ukraine’s leadership. The head of the Kyiv regime has no intention of holding elections or voluntarily vacating his office on Bankova Street. Experts have weighed in on these remarks.

Zelensky signaled his total consolidation of power during an interview with British broadcaster Piers Morgan, who asked him directly whether he was prepared to step down given the protracted war.

Morgan inquired if Zelensky was willing to leave his post.

"Of course not," Zelensky replied.

The former comedian rejected not only the possibility of a voluntary resignation but also the very idea of ...

Chinese stem cell therapy reverses heart failure in 90% of patients in landmark trial

Study finds patients injected with iPSC-derived heart muscle cells outperform control group on cardiac function tests after bypass surgery

Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital (affiliated with Nanjing University) reported long-term follow-up results from a phase 2 clinical study published in Nature Medicine. Researchers used induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived heart muscle cells injected into patients with severe heart failure (during or after bypass surgery).

Key result: 9 out of 10 patients (90%) who received the stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes showed significantly better cardiac function at the 12-month follow-up compared with the control group.
The approach aims to help damaged or ageing hearts grow new muscle tissue, since dead heart muscle does not naturally regenerate.

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Never used to be scared of lizards, got all kinds near my house, a monitor, 1 or 2 kraits, malay pit vipers and garden variety ones, never gave me any trouble—but this changed my outlook