Pakistan is prepared for an "ALL-OUT WAR" with India — country's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif

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🔸Putin and Xi meet in Moscow for talks

🔸Ukrainian Finance Minister's plan to solve Ukraine's debt — Just don't pay it

🔸Trump praises the Houthis for bravery

🔸Indian army reports small arms, artillery fire from Pakistan

🔸Trump announces first trade deal

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💰❌'WE REFUSE TO PAY FOR UKRAINE'S BANKRUPTCY' — Hungary's PM

As Ukraine controls 40% of EU arable land, flooding the market with cheap goods could CRIPPLE European agriculture and resources, Viktor Orban said.

"Development funds? Gone to Ukraine. Yet Brussels still wants to send them billions," he added.

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❗️Putin: The RECORD trade figures between Russia and China are NOT THE LIMIT

Efforts to maintain positive trade dynamics continue, the Russian president added.

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❗️Russia has always welcomed responsible partners, Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), said.

He stated that while Moscow doesn’t place barriers for foreign businesses returning to the country, priority is given to domestic companies.

Dmitriev also noted that many foreign firms are interested in returning, with negotiations mainly taking place privately.

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🚨🇷🇺🇨🇳PUTIN: RUSSIAN-CHINESE TIES MOST IMPORTANT STABILIZING FACTOR IN INTERNATIONAL ARENA

Key statements by the Russian president during negotiations with Chinese leader Xi Jinping:

💬Cooperation between Russia and China will continue to develop for the benefit of the peoples of both countries.

💬Energy is the driving force behind the ties between Russia and China, said Putin.

💬Russia has become the world's top importer of Chinese cars. 

💬Russia is ready to expand the range of Russian agricultural products to China. 

Vladimir Putin also announced:

🟠New joint initiatives between Russia and China in the energy sector 

🟠Conclusion of Russia-China agreement on promotion and mutual protection of investments

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❗️🇨🇳XI: RUSSIA AND CHINA MUST CONSISTENTLY STRENGTHEN THEIR STRATEGIC COOPERATION AND PROMOTE EQUAL, MULTIPOLAR DEVELOPMENT

Thanks to joint efforts, Russia-China relations have maintained positive dynamics, the Chinese leader stressed.

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❗️Despite the ceasefire announcement, Ukrainian troops have not ceased hostilities, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Ukraine made two attempts to break through the Russian state border in the Kursk region, as well as an attack in the Dzerzhinsk area in the Donetsk People's Republic.

"Along the entire line of combat contact, Ukrainian units carried out 173 attacks from barrel artillery, tanks and mortars on positions of Russian troops, as well as four using multiple launch rocket systems. In addition, 300 strikes and drops of ammunition from unmanned aerial vehicles were carried out," the ministry said.

A total of 488 violations of the ceasefire were recorded.

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❗️The official negotiations between Putin and Xi Jinping have concluded, lasting 3.5 hours.

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❗️EU snatches another billion from Russia for Ukraine 🇪🇺💸

The European Commission has announced a new €1 billion loan to Ukraine, to be repaid from frozen Russian assets.

Russian FM calls the freezing of assets "theft" and warns it's not just private funds, but state assets targeted.

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🔥 Arms of Victory: Il-2 ‘Flying Tank’

Sputnik continues to detail the armaments used by the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War – the deadliest armed conflict in human history.

A combination of powerful armament and heavy armor led Soviet pilots to dub the plane a “Flying Tank”, while Germans nicknamed it the “Concrete Plane” and “Black Death” due to its ability to absorb heavy damage on ground-attack missions.

Armed with cannon and machineguns, unguided rockets and bombs, the plane rained terror down on enemy tanks, infantry and other ground targets, and featured a second seat for a gunner, who would operate a rear-facing machinegun against enemy fighters. Besides ground attack, it could fly escort and interdiction missions.

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