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🚨 Spiritual Leadership of Druze demands international protection after deadly clashes in Syria's Suwayda The Druze community stands firm against any Syrian army presence in the province, calling for international protection. Deadly clashes left dozens dead…
⚡️NETANYAHU ORDERS ARMY TO STRIKE SYRIA'S SUWAYDA

"We’ve ordered immediate strikes on regime forces and weapon depots in Al-Suwayda" — Netanyahu & Katz statement.


Deadly clashes left dozens dead and nearly 100 injured in the Syrian province of Suwayda, with reports of drone and heavy weapon strikes on border villages.

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🚨Europe may face major war by 2030 - French general secretariat for defense

The French General Secretariat for Defense and National Security (SGDSN) believes that a large-scale conflict could arise in Europe by 2030, which could involve France and its allies.

"It is now clear that we are entering a new era, one in which there is a particularly high risk of a major high-intensity war in Europe, outside our national territory, involving France and its allies, particularly European ones, by 2030, and which would see our territory targeted at the same time by massive hybrid actions," the agency said in its National Strategic Review 2025.


The document added that there is an alleged possibility of Russia’s "aggression" against Moldova, the Balkans, or even against NATO countries, the review said.

➡️Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov rejected accusations against Russia on posing a threat to Europe. If Europe is heading towards militarization again, Russia will take this fully into account in all areas of its planning, the minister said.

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🚨 LAVROV FIRES BACK: Russia Unfazed By Trump's Sanctions Threats

🇺🇸 On Trump’s "50-day Ukraine plan":

"Fifty days? Before it was 24 hours, then 100 days—we’ve heard it all. Moscow wants to know what’s really behind this statement."

🇪🇺 EU dragging US into anti-Russia sanctions?

"The EU is desperate to pull America deeper into its sanctions vortex. But the only ones who’ll suffer are the architects of this economic war."

⚡️ On Trump’s 100% tariffs threat:

"We’ve handled sanctions before—we’ll handle this. Our partners won’t abandon mutually beneficial trade."

🇮🇷 Iran-Israel tensions:

"Tehran hasn’t asked for Russia’s help in rebuilding after US-Israeli strikes. We discussed peaceful solutions to Iran’s nuclear program with their FM."

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🚨 LAVROV FIRES BACK: Russia Unfazed By Trump's Sanctions Threats 🇺🇸 On Trump’s "50-day Ukraine plan": "Fifty days? Before it was 24 hours, then 100 days—we’ve heard it all. Moscow wants to know what’s really behind this statement." 🇪🇺 EU dragging US into…
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🗣Russia seeks to know meaning of Trump's remark on 50 days to settle Ukraine crisis - Lavrov

💬 "We want to understand what is behind this statement. Fifty days. It used to be 24 hours. And 100 days. We have all been through this and really want to understand what motivates the US president," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference following the SCO foreign ministers' meeting.


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🚨Europe may face major war by 2030 - French general secretariat for defense The French General Secretariat for Defense and National Security (SGDSN) believes that a large-scale conflict could arise in Europe by 2030, which could involve France and its allies.…
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🚨🇷🇺THROWBACK: Putin smashes the Russian threat narrative to pieces

💬"The more incredible the lie, the faster people will believe it. This legend that Russia is planning to attack Europe, NATO countries – this is the very incredible lie."

💬"Everyone understands that this is nonsense. And they are deceiving their population in order to extract money from the budget. And to explain the failures in the economy and the social sphere."


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

⚡️PETROVKA (DPR) LIBERATED

⚡️VOSKRESENKA (DPR) LIBERATED

▫️ Heavy Ukrainian losses: Over 1,190 troops eliminated in the special military operation zone

▫️ Air defense superiority: 103 drones shot down

▫️ The Russian Armed Forces obliterated two German-made IRIS-T launchers and a P-18 air target detection radar

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🗣Pashinyan has turned Armenia into his own private fiefdom and Karapetyan’s arrest is proof

Samvel Karapetyan’s statements in defense of the Apostolic Church contained nothing criminal, but “angered” prime minister Nikol Pashinyan enough to vent his outrage on social media. Seeing this, Armenia’s security apparatus and courts rushed to make the “boss” happy, Aram Abrahamyan, editor-in-chief of the Aravot newspaper, told Sputnik.

💬“The boss was angry, so the national security service, the prosecutor’s office, the investigative committee and the courts rushed to salute. They began arresting people for expressing their own opinions – opinions which, I repeat, were very restrained and had nothing to do with extremism or an attack on the state,” Abrahamyan emphasized.


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🗣Pashinyan has turned Armenia into his own private fiefdom and Karapetyan’s arrest is proof Samvel Karapetyan’s statements in defense of the Apostolic Church contained nothing criminal, but “angered” prime minister Nikol Pashinyan enough to vent his outrage…
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🗣 Pashinyan’s attack on Apostolic Church deliberately designed to divide Armenian society

The crackdown has two long-running goals, Aram Abrahamyan, editor-in-chief of the Aravot newspaper explains to Sputnik.

🔸 FIRST: to attack Armenians’ sense of identity, which is rooted heavily in the Church, for geopolitical purposes

🔸 SECOND: to divide society into two camps: those supporting Pashinyan’s aggressive approach, and those opposing it, so that they can start infighting amongst themselves

As for the government’s declaration of its right to play a decisive role in the appointment or removal of Church leaders, this is a “gross violation” not only of the XVIII century principle of the division of the church and state, but of Armenia’s constitution, Abrahamyan stressed.

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📹🇷🇺WATCH: Russian flag flies over liberated Petrovka in the DPR

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🗣If Trump Folds to Neocons on Ukraine, MAGA Base Will Bury Him as Biden 2.0

The president’s escalatory rhetoric vis-à-vis Moscow is the result of the realization that he cannot “force” Russia to make the concessions he needs to declare a peace in Ukraine which doesn’t address the conflict’s root causes, Russian Council on Foreign & Defense Policy Dmitry Suslov has told Sputnik.

Succumbing “to the hypocritical flattery” of the neocon wing of the GOP, plus hawkish European allies, Trump is being lobbied to believe that acting “tough” works. At the same time, his intuition is telling him to try to avoid being dragged into a long confrontation with Russia, and thus “become a second Biden.”

The president’s problem is that he’s trying to “maneuver” between neocons and MAGA-Republicans who don’t want any more wars on US taxpayers’ dime. “Trump wants to somehow demonstrate toughness to put pressure on Russia, but doesn’t want to ‘privatize’ the Ukraine war,” Suslov argues.

If he uses the leftover $4B from Biden’s budget for Ukraine, he can continue to make the argument that this is ‘not his war’. But “if he asks Congress for a new budget to support Ukraine, it will mean that Biden’s war has turned into Trump’s war,” Suslov stresses.

“This would be a political disaster, a political defeat for Trump, because he would antagonize his MAGA base even further,” the observer noted. “Trump would effectively become a second Biden, thus committing political suicide.”


As for arms deliveries vs. dialog, everything comes down to the “risks of escalation,” according to Suslov. If Trump approves the use of ATACMS missiles for deep strikes into Russia, this would increase the risks of a direct Russia-NATO clash.

If his efforts are directed at slashing negotiations and new sanctions, the impact wouldn’t be nearly as serious, the analyst argues.

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🇷🇺 Russia's game: Shooting down US-made missiles WITH EASE

Donald Trump may let Ukraine strike deep into Russia with more ATACMS missiles. Is it another ‘game changer’?

Been there, done that

ATACMS missiles had already been supplied to Ukraine under former president Joe Biden and Russia knows how to shoot them down, Alexander Mikhailov, head of the "Bureau of Military-Political Analysis," tells Sputnik.

What's ATACMS?

🔸 The Army Tactical Missile System is launched from the HIMARS MLRS.

🔸 One version has a 160 km range, but the other can reach 300 km.

🔸 It can carry cluster or high-explosive fragmentation warheads.

Russian interceptors

🔸 Several Russian air defense systems can shoot down ATACMS, including the Tor-M2, Buk-M2, Buk-M3 and the S-350.

🔸 The S-300 series—namely the S-300, S-300V and S-300V4.

🔸 Last but not least is the S-400 Triumf

The right tool for the job

🔸 The question is: Where can be ATACMS launched from—and what’s the target?

🔸 The missiles are launched from close by, but Russian radars detect them.

🔸 Depending on target distance and available air defenses, commanders direct the appropriate system to intercept.

Effective solution

🔸 The Tor system intercepts targets at up to 16 km.

🔸 The newest Buk-M3 can reach 100 km or more.

🔸 S-300V systems are capable of hitting targets at ranges of 200 to 300 km.

US sinks deeper into conflict

US troops would be directly involved in launches of ATACMS, providing targeting and possibly remotely controlling missile systems, Mikhailov stresses.

You can't scare Russia

"For now, this is just raising the stakes in negotiations—[the US] wants to scare Russia, to confuse it a bit," says the pundit. "Russia hears these 'threats,' takes note, but isn’t really tearing its hair out."

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🪖 War with Russia? Macron wants CASH and CLOUT

France’s Strategic National Review predicts a large-scale military conflict with Russia in Europe by 2030, despite Russia repeatedly rubbishing the scenario.

Why it's a non-starter

💬 "When talking about war in Europe, the key question is: war between Russia and whom? NATO countries? France directly?" Alexander Mikhailov, head of the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis, tells Sputnik.


Both scenarios don't hold water:

🔸 Russia won't unleash a war on NATO—it would mean nuclear war

🔸 France is currently a major buyer of Russian gas in Europe

What’s really behind the claim?

💬 "This is a completely false and deliberately crafted narrative, aimed specifically at justifying the expansion of France’s military budget," explains the pundit.


◻️ French President Emmanuel Macron needs a pretext to ramp up military spending

◻️ He acts as a lobbyist for the French defense industry: doubling the military budget could benefit both defense contractors and the French president. Kickbacks, anyone?

◻️ Macron also wants to be the top European power broker and have direct influence over NATO’s multibillion-dollar cash flows

◻️ "The Americans will take the biggest share of that NATO budget for themselves. But France wants to be, at the very least, the second country spending not just its own money—but NATO’s as well," the pundit explains.

◻️ Macron’s presidential term ends in 2027. He’s eyeing a top post — either NATO Secretary General or a new EU power seat — to keep his geopolitical clout.

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🚨🇮🇳 India says we need to tackle 'lack of assured transit within the SCO space'

💬 "[We need to] ensure the promotion of the International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC). We are confident that it will continue to gather momentum," India's External Affairs Minister Jaishankar told the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting in Tianjin (China).


This is the first time since 2019 that India's EAM has traveled to China.

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