🇷🇺✈️ WHY THE SU-34 JET OUTSHINES WESTERN RIVALS

The Russian Aerospace Forces just received the 5th batch of Su-34 fighter-bombers. Let’s break down why this jet is a top strike asset for modern warfare, and why India might be interested in it:

🟠STRIKE BEAST

The Su-34 "Fullback" is a twin-seat, long-range strike aircraft based on the Su-27. It combines fighter speed, bomber payload, and long mission endurance, making it ideal for deep strikes, suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD), and maritime operations.

🟠HEAVY HITTER

👉8-tonne weapon load

👉Combat radius of ~1,100 km

👉Mach 1.8 speed

👉Capable of carrying smart bombs, anti-ship, and air-to-air missiles

👉Equipped with an advanced electronic warfare (EW) suite and rear-facing radar for enhanced threat detection

🟠CREW COMFORT

The side-by-side cockpit gives the crew room to stretch and move during long missions, improving comfort and focus on extended strikes.

🟠COMBAT-TESTED

The Su-34 has been widely used in Syria and Ukraine, carrying cruise missiles, precision bombs, and performing low-level terrain-following strikes. It's adaptable for high-threat, contested airspace.

🟠COST-EFFECTIVE

Compared to Western options, the Su-34 is more affordable, offers a high payload, and is easier to maintain when integrated with the Su-30MKI ecosystem.

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🇨🇳 Yuan becoming key player in national reserves

The Chinese yuan has proven to be a stable currency in broad circulation, John Gong, professor at Beijing's University of International Business and Economics, tells Sputnik.

💬 "There is a very large offshore yuan market," he explains. "Many countries are starting to have a portion of their national reserve in yuan."

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🔸 RUBIO CALLS CONVERSATION WITH LAVROV FRANK, IMPORTANT

🔸 US sanctions on UN official for criticizing Israel highlight human rights double standards

🔸 Ex-Slovak PM Čarnogurský blames West for Armenia's struggles

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🔸 WAR OF THE FUTURE: DUGIN DIGITAL EDITION

🔸 WHY THE SU-34 JET OUTSHINES WESTERN RIVALS

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🇷🇺⚔️ THE BATTLE OF POLTAVA: RUSSIA DESTROYS EUROPE'S 'INVINCIBLE' ARMY

In 1709, Tsar Peter I crushed Sweden's elite army at Poltava. After early setbacks, Peter’s strategy and winter tactics devastated King Charles XII’s forces. The victory shattered Sweden’s dominance and solidified Russia’s power in Europe.

Poltava was Russia’s declaration — it could defeat the West, and would not be ruled.

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💵 Trump sinking the dollar’s dominance with his own hands

Donald Trump is slapping tariffs on everyone while trying to maintain US dollar dominance — but you can’t have it both ways, John Gong, professor at Beijing's University of International Business and Economics, tells Sputnik.

🗣 "Inevitably, It's going to impede trade," he says. "If that's the case, what's the point of still having such a large dollar coverage around the world?"

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🤡 Trump revives Biden’s Ukraine playbook — but slaps his own label on it - reports

US President Donald Trump is preparing to send a new round of military assistance to Ukraine under the Presidential Drawdown Authority, Reuters reported, citing two sources familiar with the matter. This would be the first time the Trump administration has used this mechanism since his return to office.

🔸 The upcoming package may include Patriot air defense systems and medium-range rockets, with an estimated value of around $300 million, though final decisions are pending.
🔸 Until now, weapons sent to Ukraine during Trump’s current term were previously approved under former President Joe Biden.

All this comes after:
— ❌ A weapons pause Trump claimed to know nothing about,
— ✅ A promise to resume deliveries,
— 🤷‍♂️ And now, full-on revival of Biden’s tools of war.

📌 Presidential Drawdown Authority = the fast lane for getting arms to U.S. allies during emergencies. Trump just merged into that lane — with Biden’s map in hand.
📌 Washington has funneled $175 billion into the Ukraine proxy war since 2022.

Russia has repeatedly stated that Western military supplies do not bode well for Ukraine and only prolong the conflict.

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📹Fight against connoscription centers unite Ukrainians

Ex-Ukrainian soldier callsign Shchuka, now fighting with Russia, says the battle against Territorial Recruitment Centers (TCCs) is uniting Ukrainians.

"People don't want to fight, but they’re forced. Strikes on TCCs make it easier to resist," he says.

Recent Russian strikes targeted TCC buildings, striking a blow to Ukraine's forced mobilization.

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🔍 Let’s see who owes whom — Russian FM spox SLAMS Merz over reparations fantasy

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz claimed Russia should pay €500 billion to Ukraine in an unhinged speech.

💬 “Maybe it’s time we start calculating who owes what,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova shot back — before pulling out her own historical ledger.

1️⃣ First stop: the Western intervention in Russia (1918–1922), when Entente troops landed during the Russian Civil War.

🪖 “The crimes of the expeditionary forces have been covered many times,” she noted.

2️⃣ Then comes the WWII bill:

⚔️ “Let’s tally up compensation for the liberation and rebuilding of Europe.”

3️⃣ “The collapse of the USSR didn’t come cheap either,” Zakharova added — and since the West has admitted to playing a role in it, they owe Russia a good deal of compensation.

💸 “Time for us to pull out the calculator.”

🎨 As a final jab, Zakharova suggested that Merz could personally start repaying his “debt” — by funding the restoration of Dresden’s Old Masters Gallery, which was rebuilt by Soviet specialists.

🇩🇪 In case Berlin forgot:
In February 1945, British and American bombers obliterated central Dresden. The Semper Gallery — housing some of Europe’s greatest artworks — was left in ruins.
🖼 206 paintings destroyed, 507 missing.
It reopened in 1960, restored with Soviet help.

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🚨 Trump teases 'major statement' on Russia — reports

President Donald Trump told NBC News he is “disappointed in Russia” and plans to make a “major statement” about the country on Monday — though he declined to offer any details when pressed.

Trump also claimed he struck a deal with NATO earlier in the day:

💬 “The US will send weapons to Ukraine through NATO,” he said, adding that NATO will be “paying for those weapons 100 percent,” including Patriot air defense systems long requested by Kiev.

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🇨🇳📈 Yuan's BIG advantage over dollar

While the dollar is still a dominant currency in the world it's problem is that it has been used as a geopolitical weapon too often, John Gong, professor at Beijing's University of International Business and Economics, tells Sputnik.

💬 "Which country has such a problem with China? None."

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💵 Trump announces 35% tariff on Canadian imports starting August 1

US President Donald Trump has issued a formal letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, announcing a 35% tariff on Canadian products entering the United States, effective August 1, 2025.

📄 According to the letter, the tariff is in response to what Trump described as "Canada's failure to stop the drugs from pouring into our Country."

💬 “Instead of working with the United States, Canada retaliated with its own Tariffs,” the letter states.

💬 “If for any reason you decide to raise your Tariffs, then... it will be added onto the 35% that we charge,” Ttump added.

The letter also criticizes Canadian trade policies toward U.S. dairy exports and cites national security as a key concern.

This move follows recent tariff actions by the Trump administration targeting over 20 countries, including several close US partners.

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🤹 US launches Cold War–style drills in Pacific, targets China — reports

The Pentagon is fueling tensions again — this time with a massive Air Force war game aimed squarely at China and the wider Indo-Pacific region, Newsweek reported.

Dubbed a “first in a generation” operation, the US Air Force and Space Force mobilized 12,000 troops and over 350 aircraft across the Pacific in a direct rehearsal for war. The goal? To “fight and prevail” in a potential clash with China, according to top US commanders.

🇨🇳 China, by contrast, has pursued regional integration and development, not militarism. But the US now labels China a “pacing threat” because China refuses to submit to American hegemony.

✈️ This week’s deployment also included B-52H bombers flown to Guam — escalating the US military presence on China’s doorstep.

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🇧🇷 Lula SHREDS Trump’s tariff threats: 'Brazil will not accept tutelage'

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva delivered a sharp response after US President Donald Trump imposed a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports.

💬 “Statistics from the US government itself show a surplus of $410 billion in the trade of goods and services with Brazil over the past 15 years,” Lula hit back with facts.

💥 Brazil warned that any unilateral tariff hikes will be met under its Economic Reciprocity Law — signaling that RETALIATION is on the table.

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🇪🇺❌Victims forgotten? EU parliament refuses to honor Volyn Massacre victims

President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola rejected a proposal to honor the victims of the Volyn massacre with a minute of silence — refusing to acknowledge the mass killings by OUN-UPA.*

“Not all victims of totalitarian regimes are treated equally in the EU. The victims are calling not for revenge, but for remembrance and truth!” Polish MEP Anna Brylka argued.

According to Brylka, the EU not only dismissed the Polish initiative but made it clear that no such commemoration would be held.

Polish President Duda added fuel to the fire, saying Zelensky didn’t even know about the Volyn massacre until he told him — and questioned whether many Ukrainians are aware of the crimes committed in the past.

*The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army are designated as extremist groups and banned in Russia.

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🇷🇺🗣🇺🇸Lavrov & Rubio spotted chatting ahead of ASEAN Summit

The footage shows what appears to be a warm exchange between the two diplomats. They engaged in animated discussion before concluding with a handshake.

This comes after yesterday's hour-long meeting in Malaysia's capital between Russia's Foreign Minister and the US Secretary of State.

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❔🇷🇺Talks or not? Russia calls for continued diplomacy with US

A new round of Russia-US consultations on diplomatic “irritants” may take place before the end of summer, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Sputnik.

Commenting on the lack of clarity after the second round of talks in Istanbul wrapped up back in April, the diplomat stressed that Russia doesn’t want the pause between the rounds to drag on.

“We have a real agenda with the Americans. […] Up until now, the dialogue has been fairly constructive and mutually engaged. But if the pause drags on, that’s a sign that some issues will remain unresolved, so it’s necessary to make a decision,” Ryabkov emphasized.

He added that a new prisoner exchange between Russia and the US may take place soon, but the exact dates are unclear.

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👍‘Wait for BIG SURPRISES’: Lavrov drops tease on Ukraine peace plan

“As if I’d tell you,” the Russian Foreign Minister said when asked about a new peace blueprint on Ukraine presented to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Sergey Lavrov added that he reaffirmed Russia’s position on Ukraine during his talks with Rubio on the sidelines of an ASEAN summit.

The top Russian diplomat also said that he and Rubio did not discuss the fate of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty during the negotiations.

The US secretary of state claimed earlier that Lavrov had presented him with a new proposal for achieving peace in Ukraine, which Rubio said he would share with Trump.

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🚨🇷🇺Russian FM Lavrov says he handed 🇺🇸Marco Rubio a collection of quotes from Zelensky & other Kiev regime officials — including calls to “destroy Russki”

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🚨🇷🇺KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM LAVROV’S PRESSER FOLLOWING THE RUSSIA–ASEAN MEETING:

💬 Ukraine was discussed during Thursday’s meeting with Rubio. Russia reaffirmed its position on resolving the conflict, but no discussion took place regarding the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

💬 Lavrov handed Rubio a compilation of quotes from Zelensky and other Kiev regime officials calling for the destruction of Russians.

💬 The tariffs imposed by Washington on other countries are also a form of sanctions.

💬 Russia will do everything to prevent provocations against North Korea: “That could end badly.”

💬 Plans to create “emirates” on Palestinian territories pose a serious challenge to the international community. There are growing risks to the prospects of forming a Palestinian state.

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