🚨🪖 Russian army’s offensive in the Dnepropetrovsk region is partly aimed at creating a buffer zone — Kremlin

Dmitry Peskov's key statements:

▪️ Ukraine’s excuses for the failed prisoner swap? Not buying it.

▪️ Russia will reserve the right to deploy medium- and short-range missiles in response to NATO.

▪️ Russian presence in Africa is growing fast.

▪️Bank of America just crowned the ruble as 2024's strongest global currency - but you don't need "experts" to see Russia's economic resilience.

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🇷🇺🪖 RUSSIAN DEFENSE BRIEFING: NIGHT STRIKES & ENEMY LOSSES

🔹Massive precision strike on Ukrainian airfield near Dubno (Rovne region) with high-tech weapons & UAVs.

🔹142 enemy targets hit: Temporary bases of UAF & foreign mercenaries destroyed.

🔹Enemy collapse: Up to 1,350 Ukrainian troops eliminated in 24 hours.

🔹Black Fleet dominance: 2 enemy unmanned boats sunk.

🔹Air defense supremacy:

▪️2 JDAM bombs
▪️4 HIMARS rockets
▪️212 drones shot down in one day.

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🎥 Lavrov enters like a rock star🤩

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov steps onto the stage at the Forum of the Future in Moscow — and heads straight for a warm hug with former Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl.

No handshakes, no hesitation. Just geopolitics with a personal touch.

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🔥 Elon’s dad just torched Western propaganda

Errol Musk said people tried to talk him out of visiting Moscow — because in the US media, Russia is painted as “a horrible place full of killers.”

His verdict? “Complete nonsense.”

Also: called Putin an impressive man.

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⚡️BREAKING: Russia returns 1st group of POWs under 25 from Ukrainian-held territory under Istanbul agreements - 🇷🇺MoD

In exchange, an equal number of Ukrainian soldiers were handed back.

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📹 RESPECT, NOT ULTIMATUMS - Lavrov on cooperation between Russia and its neighbors

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov emphasized that Russia’s growing cooperation with major neighbors — China, India, the CIS, and the Eurasian Economic Union — naturally brings "a lot of issues that cause debates."

But he stressed, “If we work respectfully and avoid threats or ultimatums, we can always find a fair balance that benefits everyone.”

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🚨📹 ANCIENT ROME 2.0: Musk's dad says Moscow is by far the best capital in the world

"I arrived here, and the first thing I saw was perfect total civilization in every direction. I see a city that easily rivals ancient Rome. And probably, I made the comment to somebody earlier, is by far, not by a little, but by far, the premier capital city in the world," Elon's dad said at the Forum of the Future in Moscow.

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📹 Errol Musk: America was in shock under Biden — Trump brought the smile back

At the Forum of the Future in Moscow, Elon’s father didn’t hold back:

▶️ “The US was lost. People didn’t know where to run. Then Trump won — and everything changed.”

▶️ “Now they’re breathing again. 80% [of those who] I met? Behind Trump.”

He blasted global distrust in governments and praised sovereignty first, calling multipolarity a good idea — but only after nations reclaim control of their own future.

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📹 Jackson Hinkle on LA protests: America looks ready to explode

The US influencer compared the unrest in LA to the BLM riots, calling it a “deep state coup attempt 2.0” against Trump.

“The US is a powder keg — firebombings, protests, National Guard… this could spiral fast,” he told Sputnik at the Forum of the Future.

No heroes, no villains — just chaos waiting to ignite.

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📹 George Galloway: Trump’s in office — but is he in power?

At the Forum of the Future, George Galloway questioned who's really running the US.

🗣“A state of dual power may exist… Trump didn’t order the strikes on Russian bases — but his operatives did.”

🗣“Is the deep state blocking any good Trump might do?”

Washington’s chaos isn’t just dysfunction — it might be deliberate.

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📹 Why do Ukrainian men keep trying to set British PM Keir Starmer’s properties on fire?

Three Eastern European nationals are in Belmarsh Prison over arson attacks on Keir Starmer-linked properties — one skipped court, two appeared via videolink, and the trial won’t happen until April 2026. Because apparently torching the PM’s stuff isn’t urgent.

Former British parliamentarian George Galloway wonders, “If they were Afghan Muslims, it would be [called terrorism].”

He’s also asking the question no journalist or MP will: “Prime minister, have you ever met these men now sitting in Belmarsh?”

Speaking about the trial set for almost a year from now, Galloway tells Sputnik at the Forum of the Future in Moscow that Starmer is probably “hoping the public forgets”.

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📹 Ex-CIA analyst blasts LA protests as manufactured lawlessness

Larry Johnson slammed Democrat leaders for pandering to illegal migrants, ignoring laws, and letting crime run wild.

“This is a confrontation between Trump and California’s Democrat machine,” he told Sputnik at the Forum of the Future in Moscow.

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🚨📹 TOP MANAGERS, NOT LEADERS: RUSSIAN DELEGATION HEAD RIPS KIEV’S NEGOTIATORS

The Ukrainian delegation in 2022 appeared more autonomous and willing to engage, but by 2025 seemed more constrained, resembling corporate executives with limited decision-making authority, Vladimir Medinsky said in an interview on The Rick Sanchez Effect RT show.

Medinsky suggested this shift reflected growing external influence over Kiev’s positions.

Key points from Medinsky’s remarks:

🔸Ukrainian military representatives at the 2022 Istanbul talks showed visible reluctance to continue hostilities or send more troops into combat.

🔸A mutually acceptable agreement between Russia and Ukraine could be reached quickly — if the Ukrainian side prioritizes national interests over external guidance.

🔸The main obstacle to peace is the European Union’s resistance to allowing Ukraine to secure terms favorable to itself.

🔸A peace agreement could have been signed as early as February 28, 2022, had Ukraine pursued an independent course.

🔸The terms offered to Ukraine in 2022 were described as more favorable than those currently under discussion.

🔸President Vladimir Putin made only minor amendments to the draft agreement discussed in Istanbul in 2022.

🔸Following the receipt of the draft agreement in April 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky remained silent for two weeks. During that time, he received visits from former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and representatives of the Joe Biden administration.

🔸Ukrainian negotiators later told the Russian side that Western partners opposed finalizing the draft agreement.

🔸In the 2015 Minsk talks, Russia proposed giving Donbass residents the right to elect their own governors — an initiative Kiev declined.

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🗣 BLINKEN PROVOKED UKRAINE WAR BACK IN 2021 — LAVROV

In January 2021, Russia demanded guarantees of Ukraine’s neutrality. But former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken flatly rejected the demand, saying Russia should forget it and that the US would deploy medium- and short-range missiles in Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Minister revealed.

Other statements by Lavrov:

🔸The special military operation in Ukraine will continue, but Russia is simultaneously open to diplomatic efforts.

🔸The gains achieved on the ground during the SMO will eventually be formalized into legal documents.

🔸The best diplomats in the Ukrainian conflict are Russian soldiers on the front line — they are fighting for truth and honor.

🔸Russia will do everything necessary to suppress the growing terrorist threat emanating from Ukraine.

🔸The failure to investigate the tragedy at the Odessa Trade Unions House is a disgrace for the Council of Europe.

🔸Russia is ready to resume strategic stability talks with the US — but only on equal footing.

🔸Russia’s relationship with the Trump administration is more “normal” than it was under Biden.

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✈️ Small plane crashes in Tennessee after 'unknown issue' during takeoff

A skydiving plane went down in Tennessee on Sunday afternoon, injuring several people, according to the Tullahoma Police Department.

The aircraft departed from Tullahoma Regional Airport at around 12:30 pm local time and crashed shortly after.

There were 20 people on board at the time, including crew members. No fatalities have been reported so far.

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🔫📹Media under FIRE: US police officer appears to SHOOT at Aussie journalist

Lauren Tomasi, an Australian journalist, was struck in the leg by a rubber bullet while reporting on the riots in Los Angeles.

Footage of the incident shows a US police officer appearing to deliberately aim at Tomasi and her camera operator before opening fire.

Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to hold US President Donald Trump accountable for the incident.

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💣 Iran drops bombshell: Europe’s role in arming Israel with nukes about to be unmasked

Several European countries were involved in Israel’s military nuclear program, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei reported.

“These are the same countries that constantly speak about nuclear non-proliferation and cast doubt on Iran’s peaceful nuclear program,” he noted.

Iran’s intelligence said that it had acquired secret documents from inside Israel. Tehran has vowed to start publishing the docs soon.

Is Europe’s nuclear hypocrisy about to be exposed? Stay tuned.

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