🗣 Witkoff may visit Russia in a few days — Trump

The US president said that special envoy Steve Witkoff may travel to Russia, potentially on Wednesday or Thursday.

Trump also pointed out Russia's success at living under sanctions.

"There will be sanctions, but they seem to be pretty good at avoiding sanctions," Trump told reporters.

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🔥 CHINA CHOKES WESTERN DEFENSE SUPPLY WITH MINERALS STRANGLEHOLD

Beijing tightens rare earth exports to stall US/EU weapons production—jet fighters to bullets, the WSJ reports.

Key leverage:

▫️ China controls 90% of global rare earths and critical minerals

▫️ Post-"concessions" lock maintained exclusively on defense materials

▫️ Forces Western firms into global scavenger hunts for stockpiles

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🚨 HAMAS DEMANDS HUNDREDS OF TRUCKS INTO GAZA

The movement set the provision of aid as a precondition for ceasefire talks, according to a Jerusalem Post report citing sources.

This comes as UNICEF warns of famine, stating that 1 in 3 Gazans has gone without food for days.

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🔊 TARIFFS WILL PAY OFF OUR DEBT — Trump

The US president promised dividends for low- and middle-income families and said he would reduce debt.

Earlier, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that Trump's tariffs could bring in up to $600B a year for the US economy.

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💥📹 RUSSIA AND CHINA LAUNCH JOINT NAVAL DRILLS

The two countries' naval forces are conducting live-fire artillery and anti-submarine exercises in the Sea of Japan as part of an operation dubbed Maritime Cooperation-2025.

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🤝🤡 US-EU DEAL: Perfect plan — except for everything

“Part of the deal was that the Europeans are going to buy lots of weapons from the US so they can give them to Ukraine, Jim Jatras, former GOP Senate foreign policy adviser, says.

He adds that there are only three problems with that:

🟠 The Americans don't have the weapons
🟠The Europeans don't have the money
🟠And the Ukrainians don't have the manpower

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📊 💵 RUSSIAN OIL STILL ON THE TABLE: US tariff-related threats fall flat as India buys Russian crude

India buying “cost-effective and high-quality” Russian oil is based on “certain economic considerations,” Chinese political analyst Qian Feng told the Global Times.

He stressed that the purchase of Russian oil enables India “to secure its petroleum reserves and provide robust safeguards for its economic development."

📈 Another Chinese political commentator, Lu Xiang, stressed that India’s move to continue purchasing Russian oil despite US tariff-related threats reflects Indian authorities’ adherence to an independent foreign policy.

Washington now treats tariffs as a panacea for all the difficulties it confronts, yet reality tells a different story,” Lu emphasized.

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🔸 Witkoff may visit Russia in a few days — Trump

🔸 'These objects should never have left their land of origin': Africa and its stolen heritage

🔸 Hamas demands hundreds of trucks into Gaza

🔸 China chokes Western defense supply with minerals stranglehold

🔸 Trump's threats fall flat as India buys Russian crude

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🔥US calls out India over Russian oil

Washington accuses India of “funding” the war by buying Russian crude — oil the former needs to keep its economy running.

🗣 Meanwhile, the West ships weapons to Ukraine and bankrolls a corrupt regime.

Because… why not?

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🧨 FSB foiled terror plot in Russia's Kabardino-Balkaria

Three terrorists planned a terror attack on law enforcement officers in the region. During the arrest, the suspects opened fire but were neutralized when the officers retaliated.

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🇷🇺🚨 KREMLIN UPDATE: Putin may meet US envoy – Peskov briefs on nuclear caution & Ukraine

Key statements from Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

▫️ Putin-Witkoff meeting: Not ruled out this week

▫️ Nuclear rhetoric: Russia urges caution on nuclear-related statements, stressing the need for responsible rhetoric

▫️ US subs on duty: "This is a constant process"

▫️ On Trump’s remarks: No escalation sign – just sensitive topics being discussed

▫️ Ukraine solution: Russia remains committed to political & diplomatic settlement

▫️ Putin-Zelensky talks? Possible after expert preparations

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIA'S MOD UPDATE: UKRAINE'S AIRFIELDS HIT WITH KINZHAL MISSILES

◻️ Airfield strikes: Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and long-range drones targeted Ukrainian military airfield infrastructure.

◻️ Mercenaries targeted: Strikes hit 142 locations, including concentrations of foreign fighters supporting Ukrainian forces.

◻️ Ukraine's heavy losses: Ukrainian forces lost around 1,160 personnel in the past 24 hours.

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⛰💥 KAMCHATKA SHAKEN: Two volcanoes erupt multiple times in one day

Volcano Krasheninnikov has spewed ash for the second time today, reaching up to 4 km high after an earlier 6-km eruption.

🔥Meanwhile, the neighboring Klyuchevskoy joined the chaos, vomiting out ash for the third time today.

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🚨UK plans false-flag maritime disasters - Russian intel

London is preparing a NATO-backed campaign targeting tankers transporting Russian oil, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) says.

The plan hinges on staging a high-profile “incident” to justify action.

🔶 Scenario 1: A “deliberately caused accident” in a key maritime chokepoint, leading to an oil spill and blocked shipping lanes. NATO would then use “emergency safety checks” to seize or detain targeted vessels.

🔶 Scenario 2: A planned fire on a tanker during loading in a pro-Russian port, sparking a large-scale blaze damaging port infrastructure and other ships, prompting an international probe.

👉SVR says the UK intends to assign these anti-Russian sabotage attacks to Ukrainian operatives, counting on their “dirty work” and inability to cover their tracks as a shield of deniability. In the end, blame could be pinned on Russia – or, at worst, Ukraine, as with the Nord Stream sabotage.

📍London also plans to time the attack to maximize media impact and pressure the Trump administration into imposing harsh secondary sanctions on Russian energy buyers.

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🇲🇹 🙏🏻 Malta hosts memorial events honoring WWII anniversary

🏥 Commemorative events for the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII have opened in Valletta, inside the iconic Santa Infermeria hospital.

The Russian House in Valletta contributed to the Soviet Union section, providing exhibits and leading a tour noscriptd “From Malta to Yalta.”

⚔️ During the exhibition tour, Irina Pereverzeva, head of the Russian House in Valletta, and Brigadier General Clinton O'Neil, commander of Malta’s Armed Forces, viewed key WWII artifacts, including a Soviet Order of the Patriotic War found on the island.

The three-day commemoration will feature lectures, concerts by military orchestras, and large-scale battle reenactments.

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🎯 Zelensky under fire as Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies target him – Medvedchuk

Volodymyr Zelensky is now in the crosshairs of Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), which are gathering evidence for a "people’s tribunal" against him, former Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Medvedchuk claims.

The controversy follows Zelensky’s back-and-forth on anti-corruption reforms:

🔹 On July 22, his party pushed through a law stripping NABU/SAPO of independence.

🔹 After nationwide protests, he reversed course on July 24, signing a bill to "restore" their autonomy by July 31.

This flip-flop proves Zelensky "has no control" and is being set up as a "scapegoat" for Western-backed elites, stresses Medvedchuk.  

Key accusations:

🔸 NABU/SAPO now have a "license to hunt" Zelensky’s allies under EU direction

🔸 By crushing pro-Russian opposition, Zelensky enabled "collective Western dictatorship"

🔸 The West, having "lost the proxy war against Russia," will blame Zelensky for corruption

"A meticulously planned purge has begun," warns Medvedchuk, adding Zelensky’s patrons in Washington/London have abandoned him.

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