Killed while feeding kittens: Zakharova shares stories of Ukrainian war crimes

At a press conference on the atrocities committed by Ukrainian neo-Nazis in Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk), Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova shared harrowing testimonies from civilians, presented by Civic Chamber member Maxim Grigoriev.

🟧 Drone strikes on families and executions of the elderly and children

🟧 A woman gunned down on her doorstep and another killed while feeding kittens

🟧 Homes torched with women and children still inside

🟧 Testimonies describe shelling staged for foreign media to blame Russia

🟧 “If journalists appear, shelling begins,” one local said

Zakharova stressed that “these crimes were committed deliberately, coldly, with devilish calculation.”

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🇮🇷🇮🇱LATEST UPDATES ON ISRAEL–IRAN CONFLICT

Here are key developments by evening of June 26:

◼️ Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei claims victory over both Israel and the United States

◼️ Iran’s oversight body approves a bill to suspend cooperation with the IAEA

◼️ The IAEA appeals to Iran to allow inspectors to return and assess nuclear sites

◼️ Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says the US and Israel are responsible for damaging the IAEA’s work and challenging the nuclear non-proliferation regime

◼️ European countries believe Iran’s stockpiles of enriched uranium were not destroyed by the US strike, a British newspaper reports

◼️ The US strike on Iran, dubbed ‘Midnight Hammer’, was the result of 15 years of preparation, US Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Kane reveals

◼️ Trump lashes out — demanding that CNN and NYT reporters be fired over leaks about limited damage from US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites

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🇮🇷 Tehran: A city with wounds but a beating heart

For 12 days, Tehran burned, with hearts beating in fear. Some stayed in their homes and others fled, leaving behind memories. Social media echoed: “If we don’t return, this is our story.”

After the ceasefire life returned—shops reopened, children’s laughter filled the streets and traffic, once a nightmare, became a sign of recovery.

🗣"I still flinch at loud noises"

Mohsen, who fled north, says “the ceasefire was a breath of air, but fear still lingers. Every loud sound tightens my heart.”

🗣"Who could have thought we’d miss traffic?" he asks.

Blogger KM reflects that “at first the empty city felt peaceful, but soon I realized it was loneliness. Now I welcome the noise of cars and people.”

🗣"Being a journalist is not just a job," he adds.

Reporter Hengameh stayed. “These 12 days taught me that journalism means standing with the people, telling their truth,” he said.

Tehran breathes again — with scars, but full of life and hope for the future.

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🇮🇷💥 Israeli MoD admits they planned to kill Iranian leader

"If he had been in our sights, we would have taken him out. There was no operational opportunity," said Israel Katz in an interview with Channel 13.

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🔊 US-India trade deal is close — NEC Chief Kevin Hassett

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🇮🇷 Damage to Iran's nuclear facilities is 'HIGH AND SERIOUS' — Araghchi

Although Iran hasn't closed the door to cooperation with the IAEA, the Iranian foreign minister added that this cooperation will take a different form.

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🔊 Von der Leyen reminds Trump: EU is ready for trade deal

Meanwhile, the US president is opting for bigger markets: China and India come first.

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❗️ Europe NOT READY for drone warfare

The EU would need 3 million drones annually to protect its border with Russia and Belarus, according to EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius.

He admits, however, that Russia already has far more than that.

"Russia can have around five million drones, so we need to have capacities bigger than those in order to prevail," he told Sky News.

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👨‍🏫Medinsky offers NATO chief history lesson on Malorossiya

💬 "If needed, Mark and I can discuss Malorossiya’s history. I’m sure he’ll learn much – just as he might teach me about Dutch merchants colonizing Indonesia," the Russian presidential aide said.

📕He also proposed sending Mark Rutte a sixth-grade Russian history textbook. However, according to him, Rutte is unlikely to appreciate the gift.

➡️Medinsky previously stated that Crimea’s 1954 transfer to Ukraine was a Soviet political maneuver by Nikita Khrushchev to secure the support of Ukrainian leaders in the party to retain power.

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🚨AfD MP slams Merz-led Germany as BLIND AND CLUELESS on Ukraine

Germany may be the world’s third-largest economy, but when it comes to Ukraine, it’s flying blind, says AfD MP Markus Frohnmaier.

Speaking in the Bundestag, Frohnmaier ripped into the 🗣Friedrich Merz-led government, claiming that even the disastrous Olaf Scholz Cabinet didn’t look this amateurish on foreign policy.

💬 “No wonder no one takes us seriously on the world stage anymore,” he said.

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🚨MI6’s new female chief’s grandfather was a Nazi ‘BUTCHER’

Britain’s newly appointed MI6 chief, Blaise Metreweli, comes with an explosive skeleton in the family closet, according to the Daily Mail.

🔍Archival German records reveal her grandfather, Constantine Dobrowolski, was a Nazi collaborator so brutal he earned the nickname “The Butcher.”

😨Serving as a spy and enforcer during Hitler’s occupation of Ukraine, Dobrowolski boasted of helping exterminate Jews and executing hundreds of Ukrainian resistance fighters.

Reports even claim he looted the corpses of Holocaust victims.

➡️Metreweli never knew her grandfather, but his monstrous legacy now trails her into the heart of British intelligence.

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🟠 MI6’s new female chief’s grandfather was a Nazi ‘BUTCHER’

🟠 TRUMP SAYS CHINA TRADE DEAL IS SIGNED

🟠 Pentagon brags about FAILED Iran strikes

🟠 US has to destroy Iran's DESIRE to have nuclear weapon — Lindsey Graham

🟠 Damage to Iran's nuclear facilities is 'HIGH AND SERIOUS' — Araghchi

🟠 Europe NOT READY for drone warfare

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🚨'THE REAL THREAT SITS IN GOVERNMENT’ – Armenian archbishop

Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan, who has been detained by the Armenian National Security Service, said he was ready to go along with the security forces.

He stated that he is not a threat to Armenia, while the situation is lawless.

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