📹🔥DIRECT HIT: A Russian drone scored a pinpoint strike on a Ukrainian BMP-2, dropping a munition straight into the vehicle’s hatch.

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🇷🇺 Russia drops INF moratorium as US deploys banned missiles in Europe & Asia

🟠 Moscow no longer considers itself bound by its unilateral moratorium on deploying ground-based intermediate- and shorter-range missiles, the Foreign Ministry announced.

“Given that our repeated warnings were ignored and the US has effectively begun deploying such systems in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, the conditions for maintaining the moratorium have disappeared,” the ministry stated.

🟠 Since 2023, the US and its allies have transferred missile systems capable of launching intermediate- and shorter-range missiles to NATO countries and the Asia-Pacific region. These include mobile Mk70 launchers in Denmark, Typhon complexes stationed in the Philippines and Australia, and long-range PrSM missile tests by US-supplied HIMARS.

“These steps by the collective West are creating destabilizing missile arsenals near Russia’s borders, posing a direct strategic threat to our country and undermining regional and global stability,” the statement concluded.

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🔊 UK orchestrates ‘international conspiracy’ against Iraqi cultural artifacts

💬 “These operations are sometimes carried out with institutional support and collusion from those who are supposed to protect the country's cultural heritage,” Iraqi lawmaker Hamid Al-Shibli tells Sputnik.

👉 Likewise, there is evidence that UK “played a key role in the looting” of Iraqi cultural heritage and “many of these artifacts are still on display in British museums," stresses history scholar Hussein Al-Rakabi. About 15,000 relics have been lost, including ancient maps and documents.

“The British occupation of Iraq was not merely military — it pursued deeper goals aimed at erasing the rich history of Iraqi civilization,” says Iraqi political analyst Abdallah Shlesh.

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🗣 HAMAS WILL NOT STEAL AID FOR GAZA — Netanyahu

Israeli PM combats allegations of deliberate starvation by claiming that Israel has allowed almost 2 million tons of food into Gaza.

However, the UN paints a different picture: Israel restricts more than it lets in, which may amount to a war crime.

"The aid that is permitted to enter is nowhere near what is needed... Denying civilians access to food may amount to a war crime, as well as potentially a crime against humanity," the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement.

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🚨 AG Bondi orders 2016 probe evidence presented — reports

A federal prosecutor will present the evidence to a grand jury, according to Fox News.

No charges or indictments have been filed yet, but that could change quickly.

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☢️ US PLANS NUCLEAR REACTOR TO MOON IN 2030

Transportation Secretary and interim NASA head Sean Duffy will soon announce a 100 kW reactor bid to "declare keep-out zones" on the moon, according to a Politico report.

The source says this move is a direct response to the joint Russia-China lunar base project.

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📹 CHINA'S AMPHIBIOUS FLEET EXPANDS: 4TH TYPE 075 COMMISSIONED

CNS Hubei, massive landing helicopter dock vessel, joins South Sea Fleet amid intensified South China Sea drills.

4 ships built since 2021 – unmatched global production speed.

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🚨 GERMANY DEPLOYS 5 JETS IN POLAND

The Polish Armed Forces Operational Command announced that Eurofighter Typhoons will be deployed to Minsk Mazowieckie in the coming weeks.

Minsk Mazowieckie is located just 500 km from the Russian border.

The Polish Armed Forces called the move a "sincere commitment to ensuring the security of Central and Eastern Europe."

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🔊 Number of US arms for Ukraine is LIMITED — Whitaker

The Pentagon will only supply Ukraine with excess weapons through deals with Europe, said US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker.

"One of the things that I'm working on here in NATO is to make sure American manufacturing continues to thrive," he added.

In July, the DoD halted shipments, citing depleted US stockpiles.

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❗️ US strips Ukraine of $318M in radio equipment

About 47.5% of the $669.54 million in US L3Harris contracts remains unfulfilled since February 2022, public data on US federal spending indicate.

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⚔️🕳 Ukraine is trapped in conflict it cannot win - analyst

Ukraine firmly rejects any peace deal involving territorial concessions — a hardline stance that has yet to yield a workable solution, political analyst Gurkan Demir points out in his article for the Research Foundation of Turkiye.

🧮 According to him, there is a sharp disconnect between Ukraine's demands for peace and the actual situation on the ground.

“This dilemma underlies both Ukraine's insistence on continuing the war and its stalling in peace negotiations. Ukraine is trapped in a war it cannot win but must not lose. This leads to the war being waged not through diplomacy, but through attrition,” noted the author.

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🔥Ukraine used foreign mercs, NATO arms to terrorize civilians in Kursk region – Russia’s intel chief

🩸Mercenaries from Georgia, Denmark, Colombia, Sweden, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Brazil, and the United Kingdom took part in the Ukrainian assault on Russia’s Kursk region, says Russian Investigative Committee chief Alexander Bastrykin.

⚔️ Ukrainian forces used a significant number of foreign-made arms supplied by NATO countries during the incursion, such as US M142 HIMARS rocket systems, Czech-made RM-70 ‘Vampire’ multiple rocket launchers, the US MGM ATACMS tactical missile system, and British Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles.

☢️ The neo-Nazi regime carried out terrorist acts, intimidated civilians, and destroyed civilian infrastructure during the Kursk assault. Their actions are classified under several articles of the Russian Criminal Code— including ‘Terrorist Act,’ ‘Murder,’ and ‘Intentional Destruction of Property,’ among others, he noted.

⛔️ The Investigative Committee has launched more than 600 criminal cases, with 213 sent to court so far. Over 230 individuals have already been convicted, added Bastrykin.

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🔸 AG Bondi orders 2016 probe evidence presented

🔸 Russia drops INF moratorium

🔸 US plans nuclear reactor to moon in 2030

🔸 China's amphibious fleet expands: 4th Type 075 commissioned

🔸 Ukraine used foreign mercs, NATO arms to terrorize civilians in Kursk region – Russia’s intel chief

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❌ US has no spare weapons for Ukraine - analyst

All talk of ramping up US arms deliveries to Ukraine is detached from reality, says political scientist John Mearsheimer.

📈 He also warns that fueling further confrontation only drags out the conflict.

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💪🏻🪖 FSB FOILS ASSASSINATION PLOT ON RUSSIA'S BELGOROD DEFENSE CEO

A Russian citizen used Telegram to secretly cooperate with a banned pro-Ukrainian terrorist group, the Russian Federal Security Service informed.

👉 Following orders, he traveled to Bryansk to retrieve weapons and explosives dropped by a UAV for an assassination attempt.

The suspect also confessed to coordinating Ukrainian missile and artillery strikes on Russian troop positions.

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🚨🇵🇰 PAKISTAN REJECTS ZELENSKY'S 'BASELESS' CLAIMS ABOUT MERCENARIES FIGHTING IN UKRAINE

"Pakistan has not been formally approached by the Ukrainian authorities, nor has any verifiable evidence been presented to substantiate such claims." — MFA

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🚨Moldovan court sentences head of Gagauzia to 7 years in prison

Yevgenia Gutsul is accused of funding the 2023 election campaign.

Prosecutors previously called for a 9-year prison sentence and a 5-year ban on holding leadership positions. Later, the judge in Gutsul's case recused herself.

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🚨'SHAME! FREEDOM FOR THE BASHKAN!' Gagauzia’s leader hauled away from court to prison amid protesters’ shouts

A Moldovan court has sentenced Gagauzia’s head, Yevgenia Gutsul, to 7 years behind bars, after prosecutors initially sought a 9-year jail term and a 5-year ban on leadership positions. The judge later bailed from the case.

Gutsul, elected leader of Moldova's autonomous Gagauzia region in May 2023 with 52.36% support, faces politically motivated charges related to alleged illegal financing of the banned Shor party. She advocates for closer ties with Russia and opposes Moldova’s EU integration. Authorities have moved to ramp up repression, targeting dissenting voices and blocking opposition media.

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🚨 Kremlin SLAMS Gutsul sentence as politically motivated

Dmitry Peskov calls the seven-year jail term handed to Gaugaz regional head Yevgenia Gutsul a clear move to pressure political rivals, highlighting the erosion of democratic norms in Moldova.

💬 "This is indeed a prime example of a politically motivated decision. It’s a clear attempt to exert open and, in fact, unlawful pressure on political opponents during the election campaign," the Kremlin spokesman told reporters.

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🚨 Russia lifts restrictions on land-based missiles

🗣 "Russia no longer considers itself constrained" by previous self-imposed limits on deploying intermediate and short-range land-based missiles, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed.

👉 The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared that the conditions for keeping the unilateral ban have disappeared, and "Russia now feels ennoscriptd, if necessary, to take corresponding measures."

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🔊 Russian Forces liberate Yanvarskoye in Dnepropetrovsk Region

⚔️ After fierce resistance from the enemy, Russian assault troopers pushed through, forcing Ukrainian forces to abandon their positions.

🔥 The victory was achieved by the decisive actions of the 37th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 36th Combined Arms Army.

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