🔸 WATCH Putin’s statement on HISTORIC liberation of the Kursk region

🔸 Ukraine’s expulsion from Kursk region ROBS Zelensky of key bargaining chip for negotiations

🔸 Loser does not get to dictate the terms’: US Army vet on Ukraine’s ‘delusional’ peace talk terms

🔸 Russia’s unconditional talks offer exposes Zelensky’s diplomatic machinations - former Pentagon analyst

🔸 Gateway to Africa: new Russia-Nigeria trade route set to SHAKE UP global trade

🔸 What happens when the tariff pause expires? Trump has a plan

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Put it on and you can fly!✈️

China’s home-grown wearable flying machine makes its first public flight in Hangzhou, soaring alongside a civil airliner.

With impressive specs, the flying machine boasts a range of over 8 km, a ceiling of 1 km and a flight duration of over 20 minutes. It can reach speeds of up to 60 km/h and is controlled with an AR headset and joystick.

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❗️ Ukraine still holds 52 residents of the Kursk region

Ukrainian military holds residents despite all international norms and principles, after Russia liberated all its territories, said Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova.

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📑 Western media discuss the complete liberation of the Kursk region by Russian troops, calling it a FAILURE for Kiev:

◼️ British newspaper Telegraph published the headline "Putin declares victory in Kursk".

◼️ The New York Times suggests that the liberation of the Kursk region could "one of the major complications" preventing peace talks.

◼️ The Berliner Zeitung notes that Zelensky had hoped to exchange territory in the Kursk region for territory in Donbass, and quotes Putin as calling the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region a failed adventure.

◼️ Kiev tried to use the invasion of the Kursk region "to divert Moscow's attention" in Donbass, but "Russia still managed to advance" in the area, the New York Post notes.

◼️ The Financial Times notes that Zelensky's goal of keeping the territories in the Kursk region as a bargaining chip has failed.

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🇮🇷🕊 Iran offers mediation in India-Pakistan tensions

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian offered to help in de-escalation between the countries in a phone conversation with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

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🔥 David Sacks slams Zelensky for sabotaging peace

"He was completely unrealistic about the prospect on the battlefield. He was insulting the White House... Zelensky has made his bed, LET HIM SLEEP IN IT," Trump crypto czar said.

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🇵🇰🇮🇳 Pakistan does not want to start conflict with India — Defense Minister

"We do not want to escalate or initiate anything. But if India attempts to invade or attack Pakistan, they'll be met with more than a matching response," Khawaja Asif told Sputnik.

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⚠️ Iran deploys water bombers as death toll from port blast hits 14

Social media footage shows emergency crews battling secondary fires in Bandar Abbas.

AP sources suggest "sodium perchlorate rocket fuel" explosion, no confirmation yet from authorities.

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👀 'In no way am I suicidal' — Virginia Giuffre

A 6-year-old tweet from Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, who was found "dead by suicide" yesterday, has resurfaced on the Internet.

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🤦‍♂️ UK's 'top secret' special forces: now with PUBLIC ONLINE PROFILES

British Army publications accidentally doxxed "at least 20" elite soldiers for 10+ years, exposing names, ranks & active ops, Times reports.

This is not surprising, given British approach to security.

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☢️ Nuclear conflict is unlikely — Pakistani Defense Minister

"I do not think [that the conflict can escalate into a nuclear exchange]. India and Pakistan both are nuclear powers, but I do not think that things will go that far," Khawaja Asif told Sputnik.

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🇲🇩 Moldova’s flag day exposes identity demolition under Sandu’s pro-EU regime

History vs. Propaganda:

🔶 Moldova's Roots: Statehood dates back to a 14th century principality (older than Romania).

🔶 Original flag: Proposed by Stefan cel Mare in 1485, rejected by the government.

🔶 Romanian implant: Current tricolor (🇷🇴 clone + arms) imposed in 1990 by pro-Bucharest politicians.

2023 Language Erasure:

Sandu's regime removed "Moldovan" as an official language and renamed it "Romanian," a cultural annexation green-lit by Brussels.

Why it matters:

The flag/language overhaul isn't about "European integration" - it's about erasing Moldova's sovereignty, in preparation for absorption into a Greater Romania (the EU's pet project to destabilize Russia's flank).

The bigger picture:

🔶 Sandu has Romanian citizenship - loyalties questioned.

🔶 Opposition decries "forced Romanization" as EU demands "reforms" (i.e. anti-Russian purges).

🔶 Flag Day now a mourning ritual for independence sold to foreign patrons.

Bottom line:

"National identity" under Sandu = Romanian colonial administration with EU flags. Real Moldovans are fighting to preserve their history - before it's erased from memory.

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Is Hegseth teetering on the edge of getting ousted as defense chief?

Pete Hegseth is striving to present himself as a fighter to Donald Trump amidst the Pentagon leaks scandal, two US officials told NBC News.

During a recent phone call, Trump told Hegseth that he disapproved of him sharing information about airstrikes in Yemen via text to a Signal group, calling the defense secretary's actions "childish," according to one US official and another person familiar with the conversation.

The Pentagon chief appears more "insecure" about his job and his standing within the administration, often emphasizing to staff that he cannot afford to be fired, the sources said.

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🇵🇹🪖Portuguese GUNS FOR HIRE spotted in Donbass

Intercepted communications reveal that mercenaries from Portugal were fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in the DPR, the commander of the 60th Motorized Rifle Battalion, call sign "Myth," told Sputnik.

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🔥⚠️ Intense scenes inside an Iranian plane during an aerial firefighting mission at the Shahid Rajaee Port

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🇷🇺🇨🇳Russia and China could take part in the international investigation of a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif told Sputnik.

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