🔸 The third round of Russia-Ukraine negotiations in Istanbul has concluded

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🎥🎥 Press briefing by the Russian delegation following the Russia-Ukraine negotiations in Istanbul

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⚡️Medinsky: All humanitarian agreements from the second round of Russia-Ukraine talks have been fulfilled.

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🔊 Statement by the Russian Delegation Following the Russia-Ukraine Negotiations in Istanbul:

🔸 All humanitarian agreements from the second round of talks between Russia and Ukraine have been fulfilled.

🔸 The second unprecedented large-scale prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine has been completed.

🔸 Russia proposed that Ukraine form three working groups to operate online.

🔸 The Ukrainian side has agreed to consider the proposal on establishing working groups.

🔸 Russia suggested that Kiev declare short-term ceasefires (24-48 hours) to evacuate the wounded and retrieve soldiers’ bodies.

🔸 Russia proposed to Ukraine another prisoner exchange involving at least 1,200 military personnel from each side.

🔸 Russia offered Kiev the handover of an additional 3,000 bodies of deceased Ukrainian servicemen.

🔸 Not all residents of Kursk region "evacuated" by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to Ukraine have been returned home; around 30 remain.

🔸 The reason for the continued detention of these civilians in Ukraine remains unclear.

🔸 Indefinite medical exchanges of severely wounded and sick personnel along the frontline with Ukraine will continue.

🔸 Kiev must clarify the status of civilians from the Kursk region detained in Ukraine.

🔸 Russia and Ukraine extensively discussed positions outlined in the memorandums during the talks.

🔸 The positions of Russia and Ukraine on the memorandums remain far apart.

🔸 Russia has completed work on the list of Ukrainian children provided during the previous round of negotiations.

🔸 Ukrainian children in Russia are under state supervision, receiving adequate care and safety in appropriate childcare facilities.

🔸 Russia has demanded that Kiev return Russian children taken to Ukraine.

🔸 Ukraine has been provided with a list of Russian children currently in Ukraine and EU countries.

🔸 Russia expects Ukraine to show the same level of care for Russian children as Russia has demonstrated toward Ukrainian children.

🔸 A meeting between the leaders of Russia and Ukraine should "finalize the matter."

🔸 For such a meeting to take place, the terms of the agreement must be finalized, and the agenda must be clearly defined.

🔸 The meeting between Putin and Zelensky must be properly prepared—a position the Russian delegation has conveyed to Ukraine.

🔸 Ukraine refuses to hand over civilians or children to Russia in exchange but demands their return.

🔸 Russia’s human rights and children’s rights commissioners are verifying the list of Ukrainian children allegedly on Russian territory.

🔸 A significant number of children on Ukraine’s list were never in Russia.

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📹 Russian servicemen have been returned from territory controlled by Kiev, Russia's Ministry of Defense announced.

In exchange, a group of captured Ukrainian soldiers was handed over.

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💥 'ABSOLUTE DEGRADATION OF MORALS' — Medinsky slams monument desecration in Lvov

Russian Presidential Aide noted that the question of exchanging the exhumed remains of Soviet soldiers, many of whom are Ukrainian, was not considered during this round of Russia-Ukraine talks.

"Even the Ukrainian side is ashamed of their Gauleiter who is doing this exhumation process," he said.

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🔥 HISTORY LESSON FOR RUTTE FROM MEDINSKY

The Russian president's aide emphasizes that a meeting between the leaders of the opposing sides does not guarantee peace.

Addressing "the basic contradictions" is what will bring a settlement closer.

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🔍 Istanbul talks: Russia's constructive stance versus Ukraine's theater

🔶 Russia's proposal demonstrated a constructive approach focused on a real political and diplomatic settlement, deputy director of research at the Russian Council on Foreign and Defense Policy Dmitry Suslov tells Sputnik.

🔶 Ukraine, meanwhile, must address the issue of the illegal detention of Russian civilians taken hostage in the Kursk region.

"These peaceful Russian residents, who were illegally taken to Ukrainian territory or, more precisely, are currently being illegally detained, are in fact being treated as hostages. If this is the case, then the Kiev regime is once again proving its terrorist nature," Suslov noted.

🔶 Ukraine's demands for a leaders' summit and a ceasefire only prove their unwillingness to negotiate. Their goal is to portray Russia as uncooperative to the US president.

"The Ukrainian side has once again shown that its goal is not a political and diplomatic settlement but rather an attempt to portray Russia negatively in the eyes of the West, including Donald Trump," Suslov added.

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🔥 DNI publicly accuses Obama of Russia hoax

Former President Obama was behind the creation of the false "Russia interference" report, according to Tulsi Gabbard.

"They used fake sources, suppressed real intel, and ignored standard tradecraft to push a lie," she added.

Gabbard noted that she referred all the information to the DOJ and FBI for further investigation.

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🤖 Trump signs new executive orders on AI:

🔸 Loosening the regulation of AI development

🔸 Banning Wokeism and DEI in AI models

🔸 Stating the need to eliminate copyright in AI training

🗣"We have to grow that baby and let that baby thrive. We can't stop it with politics, we can’t stop it with foolish rules," Trump said at the event.

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🔥 EU political crackdown EXPOSED

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov slammed European regulations for persecuting people who criticize the government.

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💬 US gets FULL ACCESS to Japanese market — Bessent

The new trade deal eliminates tariffs on US car exports to Japan in exchange for a 15% tariff on Japanese cars.

✅ US-made constitution
✅ US-made foreign policy
✅ US-made market

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🪖US to spend over $322 million to maintain equipment for Ukraine

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has announced:

👉The United States has approved $150 million for Ukraine to maintain and repair Bradley IFVs.
👉An additional $172 million will be spent to sustain HAWK air defense systems.

Earlier, Trump stated that Washington would supply weapons to Ukraine, with European nations covering all associated costs. He called it a "very big deal," with "billions of dollars worth of military equipment" to be purchased from the US, including Patriot air defense systems.

France, Italy, the Czech Republic, and Hungary have declined to participate in the initiative.

❗️Russia has stated that supplying arms to Ukraine or contributing to their repair undermines peace efforts and drags NATO into the conflict.

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🚨'JULY STORM': RUSSIA HOLDS LARGE-SCALE NAVAL DRILLS ACROSS SEVERAL MARITIME REGIONS

🔸 00:00 Pacific Fleet Corvette Gremyashchiy strikes an underwater target with precision

🔸 00:20 Patrol boats and helicopters neutralize an enemy drone boat near Eastern Bosphorus Strait

🔸 00:35 Caspian Flotilla's Bal missile system covers 50+ km in a rapid deployment – ready to strike

🔸 00:44 Crews master target detection and destruction in intense drills at Baltic & Leningrad Bases

🔸 00:53 Air defense systems crush mock enemy raids in the Barents Sea

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🚨GERMANY & FRANCE TO TAKE ON ZELENSKY OVER ANTI-CORRUPTION ROLLBACK

Chancellor Merz and President Macron are gearing up for "intensive talks" with Zelensky on Ukraine's shocking move to cripple anti-corruption bodies.

The trigger? A controversial decision to place independent watchdogs under the Prosecutor General's control.

Mass protests erupting in Ukraine's capital, and now even the EU is finally taking notice.

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🇷🇺🔥SUMY FRONT: Smuglyanka Detachment delivers heavy airstrikes to enemy heads after assaults on Kondratovka village

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