🗣 The Ukrainian authorities are taking young people out of the region's villages and leaving the elderly to survive in basements under shelling and without water, the head of the Russian administration of the Kharkov region, Vitaly Ganchev, told Sputnik.

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🗣 Germany is using evasive language to avoid addressing the Leningrad blockade and Nazi crimes against humanity, but Berlin will not be able to cover up or silence the issue of recognizing the GENOCIDE OF THE PEOPLES OF THE USSR, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

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The Houthis have announced they will STOP ATTACKS on UK and US-linked vessels in response to the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

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❗️Russian troops have liberated the settlement of Krimskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, Russia's Defense Ministry announced.

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❗️Russian forces launched a group strike on gas and energy infrastructure facilities that provide for the work of Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises

🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian MoD weekly briefing:

▪️Ukrainian losses in the area of responsibility of the Russian Zapad Battlegroup amounted to 320 soldiers;

▪️Ukrainian forces lost up to 220 militants in the area of responsibility of the Russian Yug combat group;

▪️In the area of responsibility of the Russian Vostok Battlegroup, Ukrainian troops lost over 130 soldiers and a Leopard tank;

▪️Russian air defense systems shot down 10 HIMARS MLRS missiles and 108 drones of the Ukrainian armed forces.

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🇻🇪🇺🇸 Venezuela to accept deported immigrants from US

President Nicolas Maduro has agreed to permit some flights following a meeting with US Presidential Special Envoy Richard Grenell, Bloomberg reported.

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🙅‍♂️ Identity months ‘dead’ at Pentagon

The US military will no longer allocate official resources or staff time for events related to cultural awareness months, the Department of Defense announced.

Which 'months' are over?

1. National African American/Black History
2. Women's History
3. Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage
4. National Hispanic Heritage
5. National Disability Employment Awareness
6. National American Indian Heritage

The Pentagon clarified that service members and civilians "remain permitted to attend these events in an official capacity outside of duty hours."

Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth instructed staff to create a task force ensuring that no DEI programs remain in the Pentagon, making it clear that "DEI IS GONE."

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Tragedy in the skies: Deadliest US plane crashes in the 21st Century

The US has been shaken by two fatal plane crashes in recent days, claiming a total of 73 lives. What other air disasters, caused by pilot error or maintenance issues, have occurred?

🟠 2019: Atlas Air Flight 3591 crashed near Houston, Texas, shortly after takeoff, killing all three crew members on board.

🟠 2018: All nine airmen (five crew members and four passengers) died in the US Air National Guard C-130 crash.

🟠 2013: Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed while attempting to land at San Francisco International Airport. Three people were killed, and over 180 were injured.

🟠 2009: A Bombardier DHC-8 propeller plane crashed near Buffalo, New York, killing all 49 people on board, including 45 passengers, two pilots, and two flight attendants.

🟠 2001: An American Airlines flight crashed into a residential area of Belle Harbor, New York, shortly after takeoff, killing all 260 on board.

🟠 2000: An Alaska Airlines flight crashed over the Pacific Ocean near Anacapa Island, California, claiming the lives of 88 people, including 83 passengers and five crew members.

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Behold Ukrainian politics!

Meet Oleksiy Goncharenko - minister, diplomat, MP, and, oh yes, "participant" in the Odessa Trade Union House tragedy of May 2, 2014. Some even call him an organizer.

How did he mark the occasion? With selfies among the corpses - because nothing says “leadership” like a macabre photo op.

And now? He’s in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, casually discussing the material benefits Europeans could enjoy by killing Putin. Details? Who needs them!

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🎨🚫Graywashing Biden's woke heritage

FBI Academy in Virginia is painting over narratives about diversity, equity, and inclusion after Trump's executive orders aimed at dismantling such programs across federal agencies.

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'No country for old men’: Another dark secret of Ukraine's military exposed

Ukrainian authorities are evacuating only young people from the Kharkov region, transferring them to western parts of the country, Vitaly Ganchev, head of the Russian administration of the Kharkov region, tells Sputnik.

“Some elderly individuals and those with disabilities were physically unable to fend for themselves and were left behind in these villages,” until Russian troops relocated them to the Belgorod region for safety and shelter, he adds.

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🛢 Trump vs. Canada & Mexico: The hidden agenda behind oil tariffs

US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on Canadian and Mexican oil is less about the market and more about strengthening his trade negotiation stance, Igor Yushkov, an expert from the Financial University and the National Energy Security Fund, tells Sputnik.

“This is more about trade wars than the oil market,” he explains.

Imposing tariffs could be risky, as Canada and Mexico are the main suppliers of heavy sour oil, crucial for US refineries. Alternatives - Russia and Venezuela - are under sanctions, making replacement difficult and potentially driving up fuel prices, which "voters won’t be happy about," Yushkov adds.

He suggests Trump may be betting that Canada and Mexico have no viable alternatives, forcing them to cut production or accept his terms. Canada, in particular, lacks enough export terminals to redirect its oil elsewhere.

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Released American-Israeli citizen Keith Segal handed over by the Red Cross to the Israeli Army for onward transportation to Israel

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🗣US and UK support Ukrainian dictator who oppresses people — Tucker Carlson

"My government and your government particularly are supporting this dictator in Ukraine who's oppressing Christians, who is banning people's native language and books in their native language. He's a book burner. And like, that's totally cool because we hate Putin," Carlson said while speaking to British journalist Piers Morgan.

Ukraine is "a puppet of the United States and Great Britain," Carlson added, noting that it's neither a sovereign country nor a democracy.

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🎬🇨🇳😲 RoboCop — No longer just film, but reality now

Along with police officers, new humanoid robots now patrol the streets of the Chinese city of Shenzhen

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Desperate and ruthless: Ukrainian military turns on its own

Ukrainian troops have been ordered to kill their fellow soldiers who attempt to surrender to Russia, even using first-person view drones to eliminate them, Ukrainian POW Oleksandr Prokopenko has admitted.

Prokopenko himself narrowly survived the friendly fire, sustaining concussion and shrapnel injuries from a Baba Yaga drone while heading toward Russian positions.

“They wanted to ensure there were no prisoners, so we couldn’t share anything with you [Russian military] or be exchanged,” he said.

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