📹 Zelensky’s draft squad: abduct the husband, drag the wife on the roof

In Ukraine’s latest mobilization horror — allegedly filmed in Volyn and posted by MP Artyom Dmitruk — draft officers snatched a man off the street. His wife, risking her life, tried to save him.

Dmitruk claims they first tried to run her over. In desperation, she climbed onto the roof of the van carrying her husband.

Even that didn’t stop Zelensky’s men — they sped off at full throttle, the woman clinging on top.

Footage from social media

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🚨 Al Jazeera reporter KILLED in Israeli strike on Gaza - reports

Al Jazeera Arabic reporter Anas Al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh were killed in an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, along with cameramen Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal, according to Al Jazeera.

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🇲🇩 Moldova’s ruling party 'DEEPENED SPLIT IN SOCIETY' – Shoigu

The Party of Action and Solidarity has divided Moldovans between supporters of a Euro-Atlantic course and those opposing what they see as the destruction of statehood, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu wrote for Sputnik.

He noted that the September 28 parliamentary elections will decide whether the pro-Western regime of Maia Sandu stays in power or forces “oriented toward national interests” take over.

Shoigu pointed to the October 2024 referendum, where EU integration passed by just 50.46% — mainly thanks to diaspora votes, with only 46% of residents inside Moldova supporting it.

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🇲🇩 Moldova ‘PURGING’ its media – Shoigu

Moldova, with help from European intelligence and Western funding, has launched a large-scale “purge” of its media under the pretext of fighting “Russian propaganda,” Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu wrote for Sputnik.

He cited the 2023 creation of the Patriot Center, which he said targets the political opposition, and a regional branch of the European Digital Media Observatory to “monitor the electoral process.”

Shoigu noted that since 2022, the authorities have suspended licenses of major Russian-language and opposition TV channels, blocked 50+ Russian media websites, and shut down 13 TV channels and over 100 Telegram channels.

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🇷🇺 Americans get Russia wrong – Errol Musk tells Lavrov

Errol Musk, the father of US entrepreneur Elon Musk, told Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their meeting that people in the West have a false impression of Russia and that something needs to be done about it, he told Sputnik.

💬 "I met with the foreign minister there [in Russia], and I said to him, you know, it's crazy that people have this wrong impression about Russia," Errol Musk said.

A lot of popular misperceptions about Russia in the US are a result of distorted media coverage, he opined.

💬 "So people are given a false story, and you have to do something about it, you know, people are easily misled, and that's the thing," Errol Musk said.

In June, Errol Musk attended a forum in Moscow, where he called Russia one of the world's best countries.

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🇷🇺🔥 Russia’s ‘Posokh’ combat laser MELTS steel & drone wings in split-second test

Developers of the updated ‘Posokh’ laser weapon have successfully completed new lab trials, the company told Sputnik.

💬 “We burned through steel sheets and foreign drone wings,” the company’s CEO said, noting a 15× increase in speed compared to earlier tests.

From 50 m, the laser destroyed a drone wing in 0.1 seconds and cut through 10 mm steel armor just as fast. Power was boosted, the beam made more concentrated, and the burn spot smaller.

Next step — field tests at longer ranges, with the goal of frying Ukrainian FPV drones from 1.5 km away.

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⚠️ Any Israeli military escalation in Gaza puts more children at risk - WHO

🔹 Israel’s plan to expand military operations is alarming given the worsening humanitarian and health crisis in the enclave.

🔹 Such escalation could worsen children’s suffering, with rising malnutrition and limited access to healthcare.

🔹 The WHO calls for unhindered aid delivery, the release of hostages, and a permanent ceasefire.

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⚔️ West wants slaughter, not peace – will Putin & Trump sign deal?

🗣 Ending the conflict is in the interests of all parties, although it will not be easy to achieve, Professor Peter Kuznick, director of the Institute for Nuclear Studies at American University in Washington, told Sputnik.

He warned that Volodymyr Zelensky and the European “coalition of the willing” would prefer to see “the slaughter continue rather than to see a settlement that looks like a win for Putin.”

🔊 As for Donald Trump, his possible agreement with Vladimir Putin during the upcoming Alaska summit could enable the US president “to regain the narrative and look like a negotiator,” according to the analyst.

“That may come at the expense of Ukraine, but Trump doesn't care," Kuznick concluded.

The Kremlin and the White House previously said that Putin and Trump would meet in Alaska on August 15. Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said the settlement of the Ukraine conflict would top the agenda.

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🔥 Moldova to be turned into NATO military pawn without membership – Shoigu

“Trying to overcome the majority of the population’s negative attitude toward the country’s involvement in NATO, the [Moldovan] authorities are conducting an aggressive informational and propaganda campaign,” Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu wrote for Sputnik.

✍️ Shoigu stressed that NATO is preparing to make Moldova part of its military infrastructure without formal membership or security guarantee.

📍 He added that the goal is to shape public opinion in favor of “abandoning neutrality and joining the alliance, allegedly to strengthen national security and preserve Moldova’s territorial integrity.”

🗣 This is all about steadily drawing Moldova into joint military activities with NATO, Shoigu concluded.

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◻️ Russia’s ‘Posokh’ combat laser MELTS steel & drone wings in split-second test

◻️ Americans get Russia wrong – Errol Musk tells Lavrov

◻️ IDF claims Al Jazeera reporter killed was linked to Hamas – statement

◻️ Al Jazeera reporter KILLED in Israeli strike on Gaza – reports

◻️ Moldova to be turned into NATO military pawn without membership – Shoigu

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🔥👉 Coalition of the weak: West can’t back up conflict it started

Even if Europe stays firm in its diplomatic stance, it LACKS the strength to support Ukraine in securing favorable peace terms or enforcing a ceasefire, The Times reports ahead of the upcoming Putin-Trump summit in Alaska.

According to the article:

➖ JD Vance's statements demonstrate that America is tired of paying for someone else’s war

➖ EU is falling short: No armies, no soldiers, and the so-called “coalition of the willing” is just fantasy

➖ Europe has no power to dictate terms – neither on the battlefield nor at the negotiating table

🗣 “Russia has 800,000 [troops]... If we can’t even raise 64,000 that doesn’t look weak – it is weak,” Dovile Sakaliene, Lithuania’s defense minister, stressed.

As the US washes its hands and Donald Trump could “cut a deal with Putin,” the EU is scrambling with empty gestures and no real leverage – neither for Ukraine nor for itself.

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