🚨IRAN MOVES TO BOOST MILITARY SPENDING AFTER ISRAELI STRIKES

A new bill in the Iranian parliament aims to increase defense funding for a full-scale confrontation with Israel.

✅Backed by 120 MPs, the bill passed its first hurdle in the National Security Committee with support from military leaders — including the IRGC and the Defense Ministry.

👉The move follows last month’s Israeli strikes on Iranian soil. In response, Iran launched Operation True Promise 3, a massive missile and drone retaliation that crippled Israeli military and intelligence assets.

The confrontation ended only after Israel, unable to absorb further strikes, accepted a unilateral ceasefire — announced not by Tel Aviv, but by Washington.

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🔸 Putin: Western-Russian conflict was never about ideology

🔸 ‘Collision’ of most modern drone technologies in Ukraine giving birth to whole new kind of warfare

🔸 Putin: I rewrote my Munich speech on the plane – and they still didn’t listen

🔸 No rare earth jackpot in Ukraine

🔸 Lavrov and Wang Yi hold strategic talks in Beijing

🔸 US Army’s fossilized drone warfare tactics make perfect sense for a country using others to do its dirty work

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🚨🇷🇺RUSSIAN FORCES DESTROY US-MADE HOWITZER IN DNEPROPETROVSK

A footage shows troops of the Russian Vostok Battleroup targeting and eliminating a Ukrainian M198 artillery piece near Novoivanovka.

Precision strike deep behind the lines.

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📹INSIDE PUTIN’S AURUS

Vladimir Putin gave reporters a peek inside his Aurus limousine, calling it “comfortable, spacious, and perfect for conversations.”

But he wasn’t just praising the seats — he made it clear that “this is 100% our car. Our production. Our design.”

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🚨 DRONE WARFARE IS CHANGING THE UKRAINE CONFLICT

The front line in Ukraine has stalled—because drones now dominate the battlefield, The Wall Street Journal reports.

👉The reason? First-person view (FVP) drones are becoming the main force in combat.

Bloomberg previously reported that Russia is quickly mastering large-scale drone production.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, used a June meeting on the draft parameters of the state armament program for 2027–2036 to call for rapid and high-quality development of drone forces.

Putin stressed that Russia is well aware of Ukraine’s drone warfare tactics and is not lagging behind in any way.

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🫣UKRAINE ON EDGE AHEAD OF TRUMP'S MYSTERY RUSSIA STATEMENT

Ukrainian leaders are anxious as Donald Trump teases a major announcement about Russia on Monday—but gives no details, a German newspaper reports.

👉Will Trump back new sanctions? His base is split, and he’s been vague for months.

🔊Trump told NBC News n Friday that he would make an important statement about Russia on Monday – with no hints about what he will say.

✅The Kremlin is watching too. Vladimir Putin reminded Trump that Russia still wants talks — with diplomacy preferred over escalation.

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🪖Ukraine automates draft enrolment — NO ESCAPE for young men

The “meat grinder” just got a digital upgrade.

Ukraine has launched Obereg – which ironically means a protective charm – a fully automated military registration system that now forcibly enrolls all men aged 17–25 into draft databases without their knowledge or consent.

🔶 No need to show up — the system pulls your data straight from state registries like the Migration Service and uploads it directly to military records.

🔶 Medically unfit or exempt? You must report in person to prove it — or you stay on the draft list.

🔶 Draft notices are now considered served automatically once marked ‘undeliverable’ in the system. You don’t even need to see it.

The move follows a law signed by Volodymyr Zelensky lowering the draft age from 27 to 25 — with Washington reportedly pressuring Kiev to drop it further to 18.

📍 Reminder: There is still no demobilization date for those already drafted. Once you’re in — you stay in.

Ukraine is running out of men on the battlefield. The Kiev regime is making sure every last one is tagged and tracked.

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🥴The Trump admin. thinks Iran still wants a deal — even after the bombs fell

Despite 12 days of missile strikes, blown-up nuclear sites and a US airbase under attack, the Trump adminsitration still believes Iran is open to diplomacy.

The Washington Post reports that backchannel talks gave the White House hope that a nuclear deal isn’t off the table — even after Israel and the US bombed Iranian facilities last month.

Tehran says it never had a nuclear weapons program to begin with — and the IAEA backs that up, noting there is no hard proof.

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🚨 Terrorist attack targeting top defense officer thwarted in Crimea

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled an assassination attempt orchestrated by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) targeting a senior Russian Defense Ministry officer.

🟠The plot involved car bombing the officer during his routine movements.
🟠A dual Russian-Ukrainian citizen was arrested, the woman declared to be a suspected perpetrator.
🟠Criminal cases opened for terrorism and treason.

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🎤Trump to announce new arms deliveries to Ukraine

Trump will announce a new plan for arms deliveries to Zelensky's regime, which may include offensive weapons, per Axios.

🔍The plan will likely include long-range missiles, the article said.

➡️Trump previously said that the United States would send additional Patriot missile systems to Ukraine. According to Trump, the United States will send Ukraine "various pieces" of military equipment, which will be paid for in full.

➡️Russia has repeatedly stated that arms supplies to Ukraine hinder the settlement of the conflict and directly involve NATO countries in it.

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💸Bitcoin hits ALL-TIME high above $121,000

📈Bitcoin price rose above $121,000 for the first time in history, according to trading data on the Binance cryptocurrency exchange.

Opinions on the trend remain divided:

1️⃣“This shift signals a maturing perspective on Bitcoin — not merely a speculative asset, but a macro hedge and a structurally scarce store of value,” said George Mandres, senior trader at XBTO Trading LLC, cited by Bloomberg.

2️⃣“In my view, this isn’t a macro-driven rally, but rather an isolated event,” Nicolai Sondergaard, a research analyst at Nansen, retorted.

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🔊Persecuted Karapetyan unveils ambitious political plan for Armenia

Businessman Samvel Karapetyan, currently under arrest in Armenia, has announced the creation of a new political force in the republic.

"We have our own vision for building a prosperous future for Armenia. We will follow our own path, with our new team, while not excluding political cooperation with like-minded individuals."

👉 Earlier, Karapetyan had voiced support for the Armenian Apostolic Church — currently in conflict with the government. Just hours later, he was arrested on charges of “calling for the seizure of power.”

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🟠The Trump admin. thinks Iran still wants a deal — even after the bombs fell

🟠US to announce new arms deliveries to Ukraine

🟠Ukraine automates draft enrolment — NO ESCAPE for young men

🟠Terrorist attack targeting top defense officer thwarted in Crimea

🟠Persecuted Karapetyan unveils ambitious political plan for Armenia

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🚨British drone added to Russia's growing collection of NATO trophy weapons

Russian troops pulled off a high-stakes maneuver:

✅Intercepted a UK surveillance drone
✅Soft-landed it without detonation
✅Disarmed & captured for intel analysis

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

⚡️MAYAK (DPR) LIBERATED

⚡️MALINOVKA (ZAPOROZHYE REGION) LIBERATED

▫️ Heavy Ukrainian losses: Over 1,105 troops eliminated in the special military operation zone

▫️ Air defense superiority: 3 aerial bombs and 120 drones shot down

▫️ The Russian Armed Forces struck a Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprise, military equipment depots, and a storage warehouse for attack drones.

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🚨🇮🇳🇨🇳 India's External Affairs Minister visits China FIRST TIME SINCE 2019

EAM S. Jaishankar told Chinese VP Han Zheng that the continued normalization of ties could yield "mutually beneficial outcomes."

What if two Asian giants unite? 🤯

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🚨NATO prepares to draw Moldova into potential armed conflict with Russia - Russian Intel

The EU has decided to accelerate Moldova's transformation into a "forward outpost" of NATO on the eastern flank, considering the advancement of Russian troops in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Intel stated.

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🚨🇷🇺LATEST UPDARTES FROM KREMLIN: US weapons continue to flow into Ukraine

Key statements from Dmitry Peskov on Monday:

▪️Supply of US weapons & ammo to Ukraine continues, this is a fact --— despite all the talk about "high costs";

▪️ Russia READY for the 3rd round of talks with Ukraine & still waiting for proposals on the timing — but Zelensky is in "no hurry";

▪️ Coastal European nations engaged in aggressive policies in the Baltic, tensions are rising;

▪️ The Kremlin received information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about Count Sheremetev’s request to relocate from France to Russia.

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