🎉 55 Days to Victory Day

Sputnik continues to spotlight significant moments of the Great Patriotic War. On this day 80 years ago, the Red Army launched the Upper Silesian offensive.

Meanwhile, Soviet troops split the Eastern Prussian group of Nazi German forces into two parts. In Hungary's Lake Balaton region, the Nazis shifted to the defensive after ten days of intense battles.

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📹A car plowed into a crowd during a student protest in Belgrade, Serbia, Blic reports.

The driver has been detained, but their motives remain unknown.

Preliminary reports indicate that three people were injured.

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🌊 Italy flood crisis: Tuscany swamped! 🇮🇹

Torrential rains triggered a deadly river overflow, submerging streets in water and mud across Tuscany. Firefighters in Florence scrambled to rescue trapped residents as red alerts shut schools and paralyzed cities. 

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⚰️Russia’s Kursk region turned into GRAVEYARD for NATO’s top tech

The near-total collapse of Ukrainian operations in the Kursk area has led to the capture of vast amounts of NATO equipment, highlighting Zelensky’s obsession with the hopeless campaign.

Ukraine has lost nearly 400 tanks, 2,800 armored vehicles, and over 1,000 guns in Kursk to date, according to Russia’s MoD.

Here’s the top NATO equipment the MoD says has “found its peace in Kursk”:

1️⃣ M2A2 Bradley: Over 300 of these do-it-all American IFVs have been sent to Ukraine, with nearly half confirmed lost by Oryx.

2️⃣ M777: A third of the 180 US-made 155mm howitzers sent to Ukraine have been lost, damaged, or abandoned, with one recently captured intact.

3️⃣Leopard 1 AVLB Biber: Armored vehicle-launched bridge built on a German Leopard-1 tank chassis. 30+ delivered. One recently found in mint shape in Kursk region.

4️⃣Stryker: Over 400 of these Canadian-built AFVs have been delivered. At least 55 destroyed.

5️⃣BMC Kirpi II: 200 of these Turkish MRAPs have been sent to serve in Ukraine’s elite units. Scores destroyed, damaged or captured by Russian forces.

6️⃣HMMWV: 5,000 of these ubiquitous US vehicles delivered to Ukraine. Scores captured on Russian FPV drone cams in Kursk region moments before their destruction.

7️⃣MAXXPRO: About 440 these MRAPs have been sent to Ukraine by the US, with at least 197 lost to date.

8️⃣M113: 1,000+ of these ancient American tracked APCs have been sent to Ukraine by the US and allies, with nearly 300 destroyed to date.

9️⃣BATT UMG: Ukraine has received 116 of these US-made vehicles. Rarely deployed, some have met their fate on the battlefields of Kursk region.

1️⃣0️⃣Bushmaster PMV: About 120 of these Australian-made PMVs have gone to Ukraine, some ending up in Kursk region, and 25+ lost.

1️⃣1️⃣VAB APC: At least 20 of the 412 APCs France has sent to Ukraine have been destroyed so far.

1️⃣2️⃣M1 Abrams: 31 of these custom-made monkey model American tanks have been delivered to Ukraine. 20 lost, with one recently filmed being towed in Kursk region.

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