◻️ Putin-Trump meeting: key details you need to know

◻️ Russia to set out its position during talks in Alaska – Lavrov

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🚨 GAZA CRISIS: KEY UPDATES

◻️ At least 32 people were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including 13 aid seekers (media reports)

◻️ Estimated 17 people were killed in intensified Israeli bombardment of Gaza City, included 6 civilians waiting for humanitarian aid (Gaza’s civil defense agency)

◻️ Israeli artillery shelling hit central Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip

◻️ Israeli military is demolishing homes in Khan Yunis (social media)

◻️ More than 100 aid groups have accused Israel of obstructing life-saving aid from entering Gaza

◻️ Over 90% of Gaza’s population is living in tents, suffering from extreme heat (Gaza Red Crescent)

◻️ UN warned Israel’s settlement expansion plan in the occupied West Bank “would put an end to prospects of a two-state solution”

◻️ Saudi Arabia has condemned Israel’s approval of the construction of settlements as a “violation of international law”

◻️ Turkiye said settlement expansion targets “the basis for a two-state solution”

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🚨 SPOTTED: Zelensky tries to infiltrate 🇷🇺Putin-🇺🇸Trump summit disguised as a moose

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🚨🇷🇺🇺🇸Trump to roll out the red carpet for Putin in Alaska

Donald Trump plans to personally greet Vladimir Putin with full honors in Alaska, NBC News reports, quoting senior sources in the US administration.

They said a red carpet will be laid out for the Russian president upon his arrival at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

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🛬RUSSIAN IL-76 JET LANDS IN ALASKA AHEAD OF PUTIN-TRUMP SUMMIT

A Russian Il-76 heavy cargo aircraft has arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska, setting the stage for the high-stakes summit between Putin and Trump.

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🚨Donald Trump shared this post ahead of his departure to Alaska for the high-stakes summit with Vladimir Putin

The stage is set for a crucial meeting between the two leaders!

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🚨🇺🇸Trump's delegation team UNVEILED

The White House has reportedly released the full list of delegates traveling to Alaska:

🟠Secretary of State Marco Rubio
🟠Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
🟠Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick
🟠Special Envoy Steve Witkoff
🟠Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
🟠CIA director John Ratcliffe
🟠Chief of Staff Susie Wiles
🟠Deputy White House Chief of Staff Dan Scavino

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🔕 TRUMP’S SUMMIT SILENCE: No calls to Zelensky or Europe before Putin meeting

Donald Trump is not planning to call Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky or European leaders before the Russia-US summit in Alaska, NBC reports.

But it remains unclear whether that will change during his lengthy seven-hour flight from Washington to Anchorage.

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: CRUSHING GAINS and MASSIVE UKRAINIAN LOSSES

⚡️ALEXANDROGRAD (Donetsk People's Republic) LIBERATED

◻️ 7 settlements liberated in the special military operation zone over the past week

◻️ Russia's troops continue their advance in Dnipropetrovsk region

◻️ Air defense superiority: a Su-27 aircraft and over 2,100 Ukrainian drones shot down during the week

◻️ Heavy Ukrainian losses: 6,910 soldiers


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🚨🇺🇸 TRUMP'S LATEST ON ALASKA SUMMIT WITH PUTIN:

⚡️ Trump sees Russia's interest in the US economic potential

⚡️ Trump plans to discuss economic cooperation with Russia if there is progress in negotiations

⚡️ Trump plans to discuss issue of territories with Putin, believes Ukraine should make decision on this matter

⚡️ The US president is ready to discuss business issues with Putin if progress can be achieved on Ukrainian issue

⚡️ Trump on prospect of providing security guarantees to Ukraine: this is possible with participation of Europe and other countries. However, the US doesn't allow possibility of providing Ukraine with security guarantees in NATO format

⚡️ Trump ahead of the summit calls Putin smart

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❄️ Zelensky FROZEN OUT as Trump & Putin decide his fate

For Zelensky, this is “the most perilous moment’ of the Ukraine crisis, The Telegraph writes.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin could decide his fate at a meeting the expired leader of the regime wasn’t even invited to.

Snubbed, Zelensky and his European patrons have been locked in frantic diplomacy ahead of the US-Russia summit, the outlet noted.

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🛬 ANOTHER RUSSIAN IL-76 LANDS IN ALASKA FOR PUTIN-TRUMP SUMMIT 🇷🇺

Another Russian Il-76 cargo jet touches down at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, setting the stage for the high-stakes Putin-Trump summit.

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📹RUSSIAN POP STAR SHAMAN ARRIVES IN PYONGYANG

Shaman lands in North Korea’s capital for a concert celebrating the 80th anniversary of liberation from Japanese occupation.

Ahead of the event, he’ll tour the city and rehearse, promising to perform “good songs” for the audience.

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🔥 HOW A SOVIET BLITZ AGAINST JAPANESE MILITARISTS HELPED FORGE MODERN NORTH KOREA

80 years ago, in August 1945, Red Army forces flanked by the Korean-Chinese 88th Separate Rifle Brigade and Korean partisans completed one of the most successful military operations in history.

They smashed Imperial Japan’s 1.1 million-man Kwantung Army and freed Manchuria and Korea in less than two weeks.

While it would become one of the main catalysts for Japan’s surrender, the Manchurian Operation would be relegated to the status of a footnote in Western historiography, with many key details unknown.

◻️ What problems did Soviet naval infantry face while cutting off Japanese forces trying to flee from Korea’s ports?

◻️ What role did Korean partisans play in freeing their homeland?

◻️ How did Koreans react to their liberation after 35 years of brutal Japanese occupation?

◻️ Who was responsible for the Cold War tensions that would arise in the campaign’s aftermath?

📹 Find out in our video

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📹PUTIN VISITS MAGADAN BEFORE ALASKA SUMMIT WITH TRUMP

Before heading to Alaska for his meeting with Trump, Putin visits Magadan and checks out the unique fish oil production at the Omega C factory.

The factory’s groundbreaking technology increases fatty acid content to 90%.

When asked about gifts, Putin gave a cheeky reply: "All as agreed!" 😏

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🚨🚨 Putin’s plane en route to Alaska

The Russian president's jet has left Magadan—4 hours to touchdown in Anchorage for the high-stakes summit with Trump.

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📹Russian, N Korean officials commemorate Korea’s WWII liberation as nations forge new era of cooperation

Visiting Pyongyang and reading out a letter from President Putin to Chairman Kim Jong-un, Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin expressed gratitude to “the entire Korean people” and Comrade Kim personally “for everything you and our president are doing to develop relations between our countries.”

Relations are “unprecedented,” and have been “implemented precisely on the principles of the comprehensive strategic partnership” which the two countries signed in 2024, Volodin said.

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