🚨 Israeli Airstrike Hits Damascus: Civilian Casualties Reported

The IDF bombed the Syrian military HQ in Damascus, claiming to "monitor developments" in the region. Meanwhile, Syrian state TV reports two civilians wounded in the attack.

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🇷🇺 RUSSIAN ARMY STRIKES HARD: KEY LIBERATION & MASSIVE UKRAINIAN LOSSES

⚡️ NOVOKHATSKOYE (DPR) LIBERATED!

🔸 1,255+ Ukrainian troops eliminated in past 24 hours

🔸 Russian Aerospace Forces shoot down Ukrainian MiG-29

🔸 2x S-300PS launchers, command post & Israeli RADA radar destroyed

🔸 Air Defense intercepts 4 guided bombs + 178 drones

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🚨‼️🇷🇺🇮🇳 India & Russia are linking payment systems - Ambassador

85% of mutual transactions between Russia & India are now in national currencies, says Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov.

“I won’t go into details about specific projects, but we are discussing the integration of payment systems, linking Russian & Indian bank cards, and financial messaging systems—many areas.“

Sberbank, VTB, and Gazprombank are already operating in India, and Alfa-Bank has announced its plans to enter the Indian market.

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⚡️🇮🇳🇷🇺India-Russia ties go WAY BEYONG OIL: — Amb Denis Alipov

◼️ Bilateral trade is expanding fast: agriculture, equipment, defence, nuclear energy & more

◼️ Cultural & educational ties growing strong with thousands of Indian students in Russia

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🚨 IDF prepares to move two divisions to Golan Heights in light of escalation with Syria

Israel also launches airstrike on Damascus presidential palace area, expecting several days of fighting.

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🔊Ukraine lowers the bar: Army now RECRUITING OVER-60s amid desperate frontline shortages

Kiev is taking drastic measures as battlefield losses mount. Its parliament just passed a law allowing citizens over 60 to sign military contracts — health permitting.

But MP Irina Gerashchenko warns: vague rules on who approves recruits could open doors for abuse and favoritism.

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🚨🇺🇸☠️ Lindsey Graham isn’t just a standard DC neocon —
he’s a supporter of full-blown ROBBER IMPERIALISM, where the US goes around the world STEALING other countries’ resources.

1️⃣ UKRAINE

In 2022, Graham said, “With American weapons & money, Ukraine will fight to the last Ukrainian.” He later admitted this war is all about money:👇

Ukraine is a "gold mine" with $12 trillion worth of critical minerals, which the West "can't afford to lose".

2️⃣SYRIA

In 2019, Graham & Gen. Keane (Retd) used a map of Syria’s oil fields to convince Trump to keep troops.

In 2020, Graham revealed a deal between a US oil company & Kurdish-led SDF to “modernize oil fields in northeastern Syria” (i.e. steal them).

3️⃣GAZA

Graham was actively advocating for Israel to drop a NUKE on Gaza.

He's also received at least $1M from pro-Israel interest groups, according to AIPAC Tracker.

Coincidence?

4️⃣ VENEZUELA

In a WSJ op-ed from 2019, Graham openly called for US invasion of Venezuela.

Although the nominal reason was to fight "Cuban influence", it was more likely about the country's rich oil resources.

5️⃣LIBYA

Graham got around $1M from energy sector (Business Insider, 2011).

After the death of Gadhafi, he said:

“There's a lot of $$ to be made in Libya. Let's get on the ground & help them establish a democracy & a functioning economy based on free market principles.“

*Lindsey Graham's listed as a terrorist and extremist in Russia

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🇦🇲 Armenian regime CRUSHES church in ruthless POWER GRAB

The current government of Armenia is willing to sacrifice the country’s sovereignty and identity to remain in power, and makes no secret of it, Armenian political scientist Alen Ghevondyan tells Sputnik.

This is what Ghevondyan had to say about the current state of affairs in Armenia:

🔸 When the Armenian Apostolic Church opposed the government’s destructive actions, it immediately felt the latter’s ire, with archbishops being arrested and a massive smear campaign launched against the Church.

🔸 In this context, Armenian businessman Samvel Karapetyan voicing his support of the Church and of the Armenian people became a cause for concern for the powers that be in Yerevan.

🔸 Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was aware of the fact that Karapetyan, a well-known philanthropist, could become a problem for him and would thus have to be isolated “at any cost – through false and fabricated accusations.”

🔸 Under the pretext of anti-corruption investigations, Pashinyan’s government may try to pressure the church and its head into submission.

🔸 In this troubled time, the people and the political elite of Armenia should thus stand by the Church “until the end.”

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ICC Has Become Court Used as 'Rottweiler' Against Global South Countries, P.L.O. Lumumba Says

The ICC, being a "handmaiden" of the West, issues arrest warrants "like confetti" against countries with an anti-Western stance, renowned Kenyan lawyer Prof. Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba stated to Sputnik Africa.

At the same time, countries such as Israel are treated with "velvet gloves," the professor lamented.

🌍 What should African countries do to combat the ICC's double standards?

📹Watch the video to learn Lumumba's position on the issue!

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📹 Watch UNMATCHABLE Russian Iskander missile obliterate Ukraine's S-300PS air defense system in Odessa region

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⚡️The head of the RT bureau in Lebanon, Steve Sweeney, was detained in Britain, where he came to his daughter, after a number of questions he was released, Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of Rossiya Segodnya, Sputnik's parent media group, said.

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🚨 US Declares Economic War Against BRICS: Will Global South Give In?

Should BRICS countries threatened by US tariffs cave in - or continue to trade with Russia?

Threats won't work

"I don't think that the rest of the BRICS bloc of countries will be intimidated into not trading with Russia," Dr. John Gong, professor at Beijing's University of International Business and Economics, tells Sputnik.

When challenge is just noise

🔸 The Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025 - that would slap 100-500% secondary tariffs on BRICS nations – has not yet been inked into law by Trump.

🔸 What's more, it has not even been passed by the Senate.

🔸 Gong: "It's going to remain an empty threat at the end of the day."

Taking on BRICS and Global South?

🔸 Russia cooperates with BRICS - which accounts for at least 40% of the global economy - and other Global South countries.

🔸 If the US restricts Russia’s energy, fertilizers, food, metals, or minerals in the global market, there are no replacements.

Oil prices to go through the roof

🔸 China and India are the largest buyers of Russia's oil.

🔸 If the US blocks their purchases, global oil prices will skyrocket.

🔸 China & India don't want to pay inflated prices for the commodity.

🔸 Is the US ready for pain at the pump?

US hybrid war already failed

"The combination of the economic war [against Russia] with the military confrontation (via proxies) has so far failed," Professor Alexis Habiyaremye from the University of Johannesburg tells Sputnik. "Trump has very limited leverage."

BRICS countries rely on each other

Habiyaremye refers to China: It isn’t as vulnerable to Trump’s tariff war as he’d like. With a vast web of trade partners, it could lose the US market entirely and still enjoy economic growth.

US' self-defeating strategy

Unlike the political wars in which the US bands together with its allies and vassals, Trump’s economic war is now being waged against Washington's foes and its associates, according to Habiyaremye.

This proves to be a self-defeating strategy, he says.

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🚨 Lindsey Graham on Ukrainian oligarchs' payroll

Larry Johnson, retired CIA intelligence officer drops a bombshell in an interview with Sputnik:

Ukrainian whistleblowers have handed US law enforcement proof that American aid was stolen—and some ended up in the pockets of dozens of US politicians, including Senator Graham*!

🗣"I have been told that Lindsey Graham is one of those people who has benefited financially through this corruption," Johnson said.

*Lindsey Graham's listed as a terrorist and extremist in Russia

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🤩 China unveils world’s fastest hydrogen train

China’s rail titan CRRC is building a game-changing hydrogen train—speeding to 250 km/h with no emissions. Hitting tracks by 2025.

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🚨🇺🇸 Liberalism vs Protectionism: How US is DESTROYING its own ideals

For years, the US championed market liberalization as key to prosperity… but now? Tariffs are their weapon of choice against countries they dislike.

Globalist hypocrisy EXPOSED once & for all

The irony is that the US has always criticized protectionism, calling it “trade barriers.”

But now, it’s ready to use tariffs as a weapon of political pressure.

Back in 2009, when India and China introduced tariffs on certain goods, the US condemned these measures, claiming they slowed down economic growth and hindered free trade.

🇺🇸🇨🇳 In 2018, the US kicked off its own trade war with China, imposing tariffs on $200B worth of Chinese goods.

This was a clear example of protectionism, even though the US had previously criticized China for doing the same.

🟠 The 100% tariffs Trump announced won’t just hit Russia and its trading partners – they’ll also affect US companies that rely on imports.

In the end, it’s American consumers who will bear the brunt, with prices soaring.

🟠 Imposing high tariffs is not just an economic punishment; it’s a strategic weapon designed to force other countries to bend to political demands.

But such actions undermine the principles of the free market and equality in the global economy.

When the US starts using tariffs as a tool of political pressure, it’s clear that globalisation is not the universal model for everyone, as the globalists once claimed.

🟠 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

The US imposed draconian tariffs in the 1930s – and it only WORSENED the Great Depression and sparked trade wars.

It seems the lessons of history have been forgotten.

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