🚨$1.6B in Ukraine aid actually fuels US weapons boom – here’s how

The US is redirecting $1.6 billion from Ukraine assistance funds to supercharge domestic arms production, with the money flowing into major expansions of America's military-industrial complex.

A deep dive into the US Army’s latest budget for fiscal year 2026 reveals where every dollar is going⬇️

◻️ The biggest chunk - $623 million - is building an entirely new TNT factory capable of producing 5 million pounds annually, solving critical shortages in artillery shell production.

◻️ Another $600 million is supercharging output of next-generation explosives at the Holston Army Ammunition Plant, with a massive new capacity of 13 million pounds per year.

◻️ The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant is getting $80 million for upgrades to dramatically increase 155mm shell production, while $93.8 million will modernize propellant manufacturing at Radford to replenish dwindling US military stockpiles.

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🇦🇲✍️ UN Secretary-General's office aware of situation around Armenian Apostolic Church – Spokesperson Dujarric to Sputnik

The UN hopes the matter will be resolved through proper legal procedures.

Earlier, Armenian social media reported potential law enforcement operations near the Holy Etchmiadzin complex.

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🚨Child severely burned while shielding mother during Ukraine terror regime attack

Ukrainians attacked the Gorodskoy beach in Kursk, 6 injured including a child. Three people died at the scene, three others are in critical condition, Acting Governor Alexander Khinshtein said.

One of the injured is 5-year-old Anatoly, who tried to shield his mother during the strike. The child suffered severe burns and will be transferred to Moscow for further treatment.

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🇺🇸🫵🏻 Pointing finger at themselves? CIA chief pledges to brief Trump on chemical weapons use in Ukraine

But the CIA, most conveniently, couldn’t reveal intelligence information on the matter publicly, CIA Director John Ratcliffe said at a recent White House gathering.

This comes after the Netherlands’ Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans groundlessly accused Russia of using chloropicrin.

The Russian Mission to the OPCW dismissed these claims as fabricated, noting that NATO has clearly been instructed to blame Moscow for violations of the Chemical Weapons Convention by any means possible.

Let’s talk facts:

✅ In August 2024, Russian forces uncovered toxic substances in a hidden Ukrainian army cache — evidence of Ukraine’s preparations for chemical use.
✅ The Russian defense ministry has repeatedly warned that Kiev is preparing provocations to frame Russia for chemical attacks in the zone of the special military operation.
✅ The ministry also confirmed that Ukraine has been systematically using chemical agents and riot-control substances in combat — all under the silent approval of Washington.

The West accuses Russia of what its proxies are doing — classic false flag tactics to justify further escalation and arms deliveries.

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🚨Russia urges the sober-minded part of international community to slam Ukraine’s terror attacks in Kursk, Rylsk

💬 “We call on the sensible part of the global community—those who are still able, despite the censorship imposed by the West and Bankova Street, to see the true picture of the atrocities committed by the Kiev regime—to strongly condemn these bloody crimes," Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

Three people were killed and seven injured as a result of a UAV attack on a beach in Kursk. Additionally, two people were injured in a drone attack in Rylsk.

💬 "We express our sincere condolences to the families and loved ones of the deceased and to all those affected by these ruthless terrorist attacks against the civilian population of our country,” the diplomat stressed.

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🚨Ukraine tramples religious freedoms with shameful silence of international structures

"Zelensky and his gang of anti-church inquisitors, this community, this group, are trampling on religious freedoms in Ukraine and stripping the country of its spiritual independence," Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

Earlier the SBU announced the revocation of the Ukrainian citizenship of Metropolitan Onufriy. According to former Verkhovna Rada deputy and church benefactor Vadym Novynskyi, the stripping of Onufriy's Ukrainian citizenship is "not a coincidence" but the first step towards expelling the head of the UOC from the country.

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🇷🇺 RUSSIAN TROOPS MOVING FORWARD, CREATING BUFFER ZONE TO ENSURE SECURITY - KREMLIN

🔶 The complexity of the situation in Ukraine prevents the problem from being solved diplomatically immediately

🔶 Moscow expects that the third round of negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations will take place, and the dialogue will continue

🔶 Direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine are in Kiev's interest, as the situation on the ground is changing daily to the disadvantage of the Ukrainians

🔶 The complexity of the situation in Ukraine prevents the problem from being solved diplomatically immediately

🔶 Russia does not intend to comply with the European Court of Human Rights' decisions regarding Ukraine and the Netherlands' complaints about Moscow's actions, considering them null and void

🔶 On the alleged threats by Trump to "bomb" Moscow and Beijing: The Kremlin is unaware if this is a fake or not, as such discussions did not take place during that period when Trump was not yet president

🔶 There are no disagreements between Washington and Moscow; there is a desire to resolve the situation in Ukraine through political and diplomatic means

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIA'S MoD UPDATE: CRUSHING GAINS & MASSIVE UKRAINIAN LOSSES

⚡️TOLSTOY (DPR) LIBERATED

The settlement is important for clearing Ukrainian troops from the southern Donetsk region and reaching the Dnepropetrovsk region

▫️ A coordinated nighttime strike, involving Kinzhal missiles, targeted Ukrainian military airfields, successfully hitting all designated objectives

▫️ Heavy Ukrainian losses: Over 1,280 troops eliminated in the special military operation zone over the past 24 hours

▫️ Air defense superiority: 4 HIMARS missiles and 226 drones shot down

▫️ The Russian Armed Forces wiped out temporary deployment points used for Ukrainian military formations and foreign mercenaries in 135 districts

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📹 WATCH: Dramatic footage of liberation of Tolstoy settlement in the Donetsk People's Republic as Russia tightens its grip on the southern front

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💬 Orban takes aim at Ursula von der Leyen with bold ‘Time to go!’

The European Parliament is debating a vote of no confidence against the European Commission president on Thursday following the EU court's ruling on her opaque dealings with Pfizer during the pandemic.

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🔥 TERROR TACTICS: Ukraine’s war on the innocent

While Russia carries out precision strikes on Ukraine’s military infrastructure, the Zelensky regime has continued targeting civilians without hesitation.

Here are 5 clear examples of Ukraine’s war crimes.

🟠 Barbaric assault

A Ukrainian drone hit a public beach in Kursk as families gathered to celebrate the Day of Family, Love, and Fidelity on July 8. Three civilians were killed, and seven were injured, including children.
Governor Khinshtein condemned it as a deliberate and barbaric strike on peaceful people.

➖ Hospital targeted

Ukrainian drones struck the Central District Hospital and a local farming firm in Rylsk, Kursk Region, on July 9. Two civilians were injured. One drone hit the infectious diseases wing and emergency building, setting the roof ablaze.

🟠 Makeyevka strike

Ukraine fired multiple launch rocket systems at civilian infrastructure in the city of Makeyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic in February 2025.
Two women were killed, and nine more civilians were wounded.

🟠 Donetsk market shelling

Ukrainian artillery hit the Sokol market in the city of Donetsk in September 2024, killing three and injuring nine.
Earlier in January 2024, another strike on a Donetsk market killed 27 civilians and injured 25.

🟠 Belgorod bloodbath

A massive Ukrainian strike hit the heart of the Russian city of Belgorod, killing 25 civilians, including children, and injuring over 100 in December 2023.
Shops, homes, and streets were reduced to rubble ahead of New Year.

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🔊 'White noise' tactics towards BRICS failed

💬 For years, Western elites treated BRICS like background static — deliberately muffling its rise with "strategic silence," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova explains.

What exactly did they do?

🟠 Erased the acronym from discourses

🟠 Ignored summits & joint statements

🟠 Pretended the alliance didn’t exist

Yet the bloc kept growing. Now, its expansion shocks those who hoped silence would mean irrelevance.

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🇦🇲 Armenian people become hostages in the global 'war with Russia'

💬 "There is currently a war with Russia. Those who are close to Russia – whether partners, past or present – are creating problems against Russia everywhere. People, even without realizing it, end up in such situations – they are simply used. The church and the people will be used too," Arthur Anesyan, head of the Armenian community in Montenegro, tells Sputnik.

Armenia at the geopolitical crossroads

"This is all the result of the global war between Russia and the West. Therefore, whoever controls the Caucasus and Asia will dictate who ends up 'under the grinder' and how they will be used," Anesyan reveals.

"Armenia finds itself in a geopolitical position, between Europe and Asia, always at a crossroads, not knowing which direction to move," he says.

🟧 Anesyan points out that throughout history, starting from the Byzantine era, the "swings" were constant, and all paths to Iran went through Armenia.

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🚨 5-YEAR-OLD CHILD INJURED IN UKRAINIAN STRIKE DIES - OFFICIAL

💬 "To my deep sorrow, a five-year-old boy who was injured on a beach in Kursk the day before died during transportation to Moscow. The doctors did everything to save him, but the injuries turned out to be too severe — the child had more than 30% of body burns — this is extremely, extremely too much for a small person!" Acting Governor Alexander Khinshtein posted on Telegram.

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🗣The Jewish state renewing its war with Hezbollah is “only a QUESTION OF TIME,” veteran war correspondent Elijah J. Magnier tells Sputnik.

His key points:

🟠 Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu sees a window of opportunity to dismantle Hezbollah’s missile/drone capabilities

🟠 Israel CANNOT start the war “without the support and the agreement of the US”

🟠 Netanyahu “can start ANY WAR as long as the Americans, the Germans and the British are supplying Israel with all the weapons it needs”

🟠 Possible response from Hezbollah? The Lebanon-based militant group’s capability “has been damaged, but NOT DESTROYED”

🟠 “There is NO TRUST in the Americans because they are part of the problem and they're not the solution” as “they are taking the side of Israel”

🟠 Superpowers like Russia and China should work within the UN “to stop the Americans allowing the Israelis to do whatever they want”

🟠 There’s a danger of a Middle East map being changed, “with a complete US hegemony over the oil and traffic between West Asia and the rest of the world”

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