Russia does not want to escalate the conflict with the West, but it is clear to everyone that Ukraine will not be able to use the long-range weapons it has been supplied with, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Sky News Arabia, warning of potential consequences.
"I assure you, we have weapons that will have serious consequences for the patrons of the Ukrainian regime. These weapons exist, and they are fully combat-ready," he said.
At the same time, he added, it's unreasonable to interpret Moscow's words as demands, like, "if you don't do what I ask by tomorrow, we'll push the red button."
"I'm convinced that in such situations, those making decisions understand what we are talking about. No one wants a nuclear war. This has been said many times," Lavrov underscored.
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"I assure you, we have weapons that will have serious consequences for the patrons of the Ukrainian regime. These weapons exist, and they are fully combat-ready," he said.
At the same time, he added, it's unreasonable to interpret Moscow's words as demands, like, "if you don't do what I ask by tomorrow, we'll push the red button."
"I'm convinced that in such situations, those making decisions understand what we are talking about. No one wants a nuclear war. This has been said many times," Lavrov underscored.
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⚓️ US unveils plan for 'warfighting navy’ with eye on China ‘threat’
The US Navy has released its plan to prepare for potential military conflict with China.
Franchetti described China as a "complex, multi-domain, multi-axis threat" while emphasizing that the Russian Navy continues to pose an "acute threat."
The plan outlined by Franchetti includes:
◻️ Streamlining maintenance for warships, submarines, and aircraft;
◻️ A greater push to develop and integrate drones and unmanned vessels;
◻️ Creating efficient command centers for the fleets;
◻️ Improving ways to recruit and retain personnel; The admiral wrapped up her speech warning that the "clock is ticking."
The mentioned “2027 deadline” can be traced back to an oft-peddled narrative. US military leaders have claimed that China allegedly seeks to reunite with Taiwan -governed independently of mainland China but viewed by Beijing as its province - “by force” sometime in 2025 or 2027.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has repeatedly underscored that Taiwan will reunify with mainland China, and that Beijing favors peaceful reintegration of the island.
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The US Navy has released its plan to prepare for potential military conflict with China.
"It’s my overarching strategic guidance to make our Navy more ready, prioritizing raising our level of readiness for potential conflict with the People’s Republic of China by 2027 while also enhancing the Navy’s long-term warfighting advantage," US Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Lisa Franchetti said in a speech at the Naval War College, Rhode Island.
Franchetti described China as a "complex, multi-domain, multi-axis threat" while emphasizing that the Russian Navy continues to pose an "acute threat."
The plan outlined by Franchetti includes:
The mentioned “2027 deadline” can be traced back to an oft-peddled narrative. US military leaders have claimed that China allegedly seeks to reunite with Taiwan -governed independently of mainland China but viewed by Beijing as its province - “by force” sometime in 2025 or 2027.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has repeatedly underscored that Taiwan will reunify with mainland China, and that Beijing favors peaceful reintegration of the island.
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Typhoon Pulasan brought torrential rain to Shanghai on Friday.
But locals quickly adapted to the floods and took to improvise canoes.
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🇦🇷 The Argentinian government refused to raise pensions, so many of those affected by the decision taking to the streets of the country's capital Buenos Aires to protest.
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The level of the Danube river, which burst its banks in Budapest, has risen by another 30 centimetres in 24 hours. The peak of the flood in the Hungarian capital is expected on Saturday, a Sputnik correspondent reports.
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Boeing Defense, Space, & Security CEO leaves company
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg thanked Ted Colbert, the president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space, and Security for 15 years in the company, while telling staff members that Boeing's priority is to "restore the trust" of the customers and "meet the high standards they expect."
The company, currently experiencing some of its hardest times, has faced scrutiny after a series of mishaps, such as the worldwide grounding of its 737 MAX aircraft in 2019-2020 in the wake of crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, as well as an incident with a 737 MAX 9's door plug being blown out during an Alaska Airlines flight in January – on top of Boeing's $60 billion debt struggle.
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Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg thanked Ted Colbert, the president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space, and Security for 15 years in the company, while telling staff members that Boeing's priority is to "restore the trust" of the customers and "meet the high standards they expect."
The company, currently experiencing some of its hardest times, has faced scrutiny after a series of mishaps, such as the worldwide grounding of its 737 MAX aircraft in 2019-2020 in the wake of crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, as well as an incident with a 737 MAX 9's door plug being blown out during an Alaska Airlines flight in January – on top of Boeing's $60 billion debt struggle.
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📹 A truck overturned in the grounds of a post office in the Indian city of Pune after part of the road collapsed.
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What’s known about US private military companies?
(Part 1 /👉 Part 2 )
Members of American private military company (PMC) the Forward Observations Group (FOG), which delivers weapons to Ukraine and allegedly assisted the country’s forces in coordinating the delivery of toxic chemicals to the Donetsk People’s Republic for potential sabotage, took part in the Ukrainian military incursion into Russia's Kursk region, according to evidence that recently surfaced.
What is known about US PMCs?
• PMCs are often led by high-ranking Pentagon, CIA, and State Department retirees.
• Units are comprised of ex-servicemen, former special forces officers, graduates of military academies, and foreign mercenaries.
• The Pentagon’s facilities in San Diego (California), Mount Carroll (Illinois), and Moyock (North Carolina) are used for training.
• Salaries reportedly range from $400 to $600 a day (some operatives get $1,000 daily).
The US is not a signatory to the International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing, and Training of Mercenaries, and uses PMCs in circumvention of national legislative restrictions.
(Part 1 /👉 Part 2 )
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Members of American private military company (PMC) the Forward Observations Group (FOG), which delivers weapons to Ukraine and allegedly assisted the country’s forces in coordinating the delivery of toxic chemicals to the Donetsk People’s Republic for potential sabotage, took part in the Ukrainian military incursion into Russia's Kursk region, according to evidence that recently surfaced.
What is known about US PMCs?
• PMCs are often led by high-ranking Pentagon, CIA, and State Department retirees.
• Units are comprised of ex-servicemen, former special forces officers, graduates of military academies, and foreign mercenaries.
• The Pentagon’s facilities in San Diego (California), Mount Carroll (Illinois), and Moyock (North Carolina) are used for training.
• Salaries reportedly range from $400 to $600 a day (some operatives get $1,000 daily).
The Defense Department, State Department, and intelligence agencies are the main customers of PMCs, with contracts worth over $50 million requiring approval from Congress.
The US is not a signatory to the International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing, and Training of Mercenaries, and uses PMCs in circumvention of national legislative restrictions.
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What’s known about US private military companies?
(Part 2 /👉 Part 1)
The State Department uses the Arms Export Control Act to indirectly regulate American PMCs’ services, including:
• Advising and assisting foreign defense departments in reforming their armed forces;
• Creating paramilitary formations, as well as saboteur and militant detachments; coordinating their actions;
• Providing training missions, reconnaissance, logistics, transport, and technical support;
• Security for diplomatic staff, commercial organizations, strategic US facilities abroad, including oil fields and pipelines (such as those plundered in Syria and Iraq, where the US maintains troops), and oversight for prisons;
The PMCs active in Ukraine, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry:
• Academi (formerly Blackwater), part of Constellis Group, which had around 400 personnel in Ukraine until 2022, according to German media.
• DynCorp International, which offers sabotage and sniper training.
• Cubic Corporation, providing reconnaissance assistance using satellites and drones, opened an office in Ukraine in 2015.
According to existing data, some 3,000 mercenaries are fighting on the side of the Kiev regime, with at least 300 of them employees of US PMCs.
Russian authorities have emphasized that all foreign “specialists” or mercenaries who illegally cross Russia’s border will automatically be considered legitimate military targets for the Russian Armed Forces.
(Part 2 /👉 Part 1)
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The State Department uses the Arms Export Control Act to indirectly regulate American PMCs’ services, including:
• Advising and assisting foreign defense departments in reforming their armed forces;
• Creating paramilitary formations, as well as saboteur and militant detachments; coordinating their actions;
• Providing training missions, reconnaissance, logistics, transport, and technical support;
• Security for diplomatic staff, commercial organizations, strategic US facilities abroad, including oil fields and pipelines (such as those plundered in Syria and Iraq, where the US maintains troops), and oversight for prisons;
The PMCs active in Ukraine, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry:
• Academi (formerly Blackwater), part of Constellis Group, which had around 400 personnel in Ukraine until 2022, according to German media.
• DynCorp International, which offers sabotage and sniper training.
• Cubic Corporation, providing reconnaissance assistance using satellites and drones, opened an office in Ukraine in 2015.
According to existing data, some 3,000 mercenaries are fighting on the side of the Kiev regime, with at least 300 of them employees of US PMCs.
Russian authorities have emphasized that all foreign “specialists” or mercenaries who illegally cross Russia’s border will automatically be considered legitimate military targets for the Russian Armed Forces.
(Part 2 /
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The list includes the following 47 countries and territories: Australia, Austria, Albania, Andorra, the Bahamas, Belgium, Bulgaria, the UK, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Micronesia, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Romania, San Marino, North Macedonia, Singapore, the US, Taiwan (territory of China), Ukraine, Finland, France, Croatia, Montenegro, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, and Japan.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Foreign Ministry to determine a list of countries pursuing a policy of imposing neoliberal values that contradict Russia’s traditional values.
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❗️Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr destroyed up to 520 Ukrainian militants - Russian Defense Ministry
🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry's daily briefing on the special military operation's progress:
▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 135 militants in the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup Sever.
▪️In the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup Zapad, Ukraine lost up to 435 militants, with Russian forces repelling two counterattacks.
▪️Russia’s Battlegroup Vostok inflicted losses on Ukrainian forces amounting up to 160 militants.
▪️In the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup Yug, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 840 militants.
▪️In the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup Dnepr, Ukraine lost up to 60 militants.
▪️Russian air defenses shot down 177 drones, 10 HIMARS rockets, and six Neptune missiles.
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🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry's daily briefing on the special military operation's progress:
▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 135 militants in the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup Sever.
▪️In the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup Zapad, Ukraine lost up to 435 militants, with Russian forces repelling two counterattacks.
▪️Russia’s Battlegroup Vostok inflicted losses on Ukrainian forces amounting up to 160 militants.
▪️In the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup Yug, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 840 militants.
▪️In the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup Dnepr, Ukraine lost up to 60 militants.
▪️Russian air defenses shot down 177 drones, 10 HIMARS rockets, and six Neptune missiles.
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The video-sharing platform TikTok has removed the Sputnik International account of the Sputnik media network, just days after the US announced new sanctions targeting Russian media.
TikTok has not yet commented on the move.
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TikTok banned the Sputnik International account, which had been gaining millions views monthly, just as the West ramps up sanctions against Russian media.
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TikTok banned the Sputnik International account, which had been gaining millions views monthly, just as the West ramps up sanctions against Russian media.
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TIKTOK BANS SPUTNIK: MEDIA CRUSADE CONTINUES?
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The Hungarian capital Budapest is inundated as flooding reaches its peak, with a riverside metro station now closed. Police have also restricted access to the Danube, which was still open on Friday.
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Key statements from the Russian Ministry of Defense on the fighting in Russia's Kursk region:
◻️ Throughout the fighting in the Kursk region, Ukraine has lost 15,650 militants, 124 tanks, and over 120 artillery pieces.
◻️ Ukraine lost more than 300 militants and 9 armoured vehicles.
◻️ The Russian Armed Forces repelled three attempts by Ukraine to break through the border in the direction of Novy Put and Medvezhye, with the enemy losing up to 20 militants.
◻️ Russian aviation struck Ukrainian forces concentrated near 18 settlements in the Kursk region and 14 in the Sumy region.
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America's healthcare: dead last in the rich nation rankings
The US healthcare system continues to lag far behind other high-income countries, an analysis by the Commonwealth Fund shows. It has retained its dismal ranking since 2004, when the nonprofit launched its surveys.
Ten nations, including Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US, were compared on healthcare system aspects such as access, care process, administrative efficiency, equity, and health outcomes.
How broken is the US healthcare system?
▪️ The US showed the worst overall performance despite spending more per capita on healthcare than any other nation (16% of its GDP in 2022).
▪️ It ranked lowest in both accessibility and healthcare outcomes, with 26 million Americans having no insurance, and a quarter of the working age population underinsured.
▪️ As inflation fuels costs, over 40% of Americans spent at least $1,000 on healthcare out-of-pocket last year, per the survey.
▪️ At 77.5 years, US life expectancy is over four years below the 10-country average (the same as sanction-riddled Iran).
▪️ The US has the highest rates of preventable and treatable deaths for all ages.
▪️ Over 107,000 people died from overdoses in 2023 amid a raging substance abuse crisis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
▪️ There were 43,000 gun-related deaths in 2023, according to a report by the National Institute of Health Care Management.
▪️ Recent surveys indicate that healthcare is among the top priorities for voters in the November presidential election.
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The US healthcare system continues to lag far behind other high-income countries, an analysis by the Commonwealth Fund shows. It has retained its dismal ranking since 2004, when the nonprofit launched its surveys.
Ten nations, including Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US, were compared on healthcare system aspects such as access, care process, administrative efficiency, equity, and health outcomes.
How broken is the US healthcare system?
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