⌛ Zelensky trapped, Russia sets the terms – reports

According to Bloomberg, Zelensky arrives in Washington with “only bad options”: either defy US President Donald Trump or accept a peace deal recognizing Russia's control over territories Ukraine has already lost.

Trump, fresh from his Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, is pushing Kiev toward “acting fast” on a settlement — while Russia holds the upper hand on the battlefield.

Even Bloomberg admits Zelensky is reduced to begging, dragging divided European leaders with him — all with "questionable leverage."

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📹🤕 Knocked out, dragged in, shipped off to die

In Lutsk, a Ukrainian recruiter beat a man unconscious before tossing him into a van.

Another “volunteer” for Zelensky’s war.

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🚨 'NO GOING INTO NATO BY UKRAINE' – Trump

💬 “Zelensky of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight,” US President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social — blasting Zelensky ahead of White House talks with him and NATO allies.

Top EU and NATO leaders — von der Leyen, Starmer, Merz, Macron, Stubb, Meloni and Rutte — are all rushing to Washington to prop up Zelensky.

Trump makes it clear: it is Zelensky's choice — war or peace.

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🇧🇴 Bolivia election heads to run-off - reports

Bolivia’s presidential vote is set for a run-off for the first time, ending nearly 20 years of dominance by MAS (Movimiento al Socialismo, Movement for Socialism) — the leftist party long led by Evo Morales and later Luis Arce, The Guardian reported.

With 92% counted:

➖ Rodrigo Paz Pereira (center-right) — 32.1%

➖ Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga (ex-president) — 26.9%

MAS candidate Eduardo del Castillo got just 3.1%, while null votes surged to nearly 20% after ex-leader Evo Morales urged supporters to spoil ballots.

👉 Run-off set for October 19.

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🗣Russian special envoy Dmitriev WARNS European warmongers to STAY AWAY

A bunch of European leaders are lining up to join Zelensky’s meeting with Trump in Washington, after previously pushing for Ukraine to keep “fighting.”

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🔫 Payback time: Ukraine might become major arms supplier for Europe

Ukraine is “certainly going to be a large provider of military equipment to Europe, as they [European countries] spend the 5% they all agreed to," US Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker told Fox News.

He added that Ukraine will have to restore its agricultural economy, ports, and infrastructure, which Whitaker said would require "a lot of money pouring into Ukraine primarily from Europe."

➡During last month’s NATO summit in The Hague, member states committed to increasing their defense spending to 5% of their GDP in the future.

➡Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov earlier noted that Western countries are trying to get taxpayers to spend 5% on defense, intimidating them with the alleged threat from Russia.

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🚨 Ukraine attempts to bomb Crimean Bridge, Russian security service foils attack

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) foiled an attempt by the Ukrainian intelligence services to detonate a high-power bomb on the Crimean Bridge, planted in a car that was to be driven by an unsuspecting suicide bomber.

All those involved in importing the improvised explosive device into Russia had been detained.

"The car with the high-power homemade explosive device arrived in Russia from Ukraine in transit through a number of countries. It crossed the Russian-Georgian border at the international checkpoint 'Verkhniy Lars' in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, and was supposed to proceed to the Krasnodar region in a car transporter driven by a private driver," FSB stated.

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🔥 Russian special envoy Dmitriev LEAKS EUROPEAN PLAYBOOK

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◻️ Trump’s 'big day at the White House' — packed schedule with Zelensky & European leaders

◻️ 'No going into NATO by Ukraine' – Trump

◻️ Nearly 1 million protest in Israel for end to Gaza war

◻️ Ukraine attempts to bomb Crimean Bridge, Russian security service foils attack

◻️ Ukraine might become major arms supplier for Europe

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🚨 Ukrainian drone intercepted over Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant explodes on impact

The drone detonated upon falling, damaging windows in Reactor Unit 3, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom stated.

No one was injured during the interception, the plant’s operation was unaffected, and radiation levels remain normal.

A criminal case has been opened for a terrorist act involving an attack on nuclear energy facilities in connection with this attempted strike by Ukrainian forces.

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🇷🇺💥 Russian Geran-2 kamikaze drones SMASH Ukraine's elite forces

Powerful explosion in the Chernigov region’s village of Zhdanovo obliterated Ukrainian spec ops position.

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIA'S MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS & DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES

🔸 An "Iskander-M" strike eliminated 100 fixed-wing UAVs and 16 cargo vehicles in the Donetsk People's Republic

🔸 Russian forces destroyed up to 100 long-range drones (UJ-22 and "Palyanitsa" models) at a launch preparation site

🔸 Air defense superiority: 23 Ukrainian drones shot down over Russian regions

🔸 Heavy Ukrainian losses: 1,400 soldiers

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🚨 Putin holds telephone conversation with South African President Ramaphosa – Kremlin

⚡️ Putin briefs Ramaphosa on the key outcomes of the high-level Russian-American talks in Alaska

⚡️ Ramaphosa expresses support for diplomatic efforts aimed at peaceful settlement of Ukrainian crisis in conversation with Putin

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🇷🇺 🗣 ‘Ukraine will stop at nothing now’: Russian Foreign Ministry spox issues dire warning

💬 “For all these years, Russia has been warning the ideologues - those from the Obama-Maidan club - who’ve been fostering the Kiev regime, that this immoral and bloodthirsty monster will never stop and, like a filthy contagion, will spread throughout the world. In Africa, they have already committed terrorist attacks. They’ve popped up in the Middle East. They’ve sucked Central Asian citizens into terrorism. They’ve taken control of the illegal arms trade in Europe. [And] they've perfected black market organ transplants for Western clients. Bankovaya will stop at nothing now,” Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram.

Oil supplies from Russia to Hungary have been suspended due to a pipeline attack carried out by Ukraine, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced earlier on Monday.

💬 "Another strike on our energy security is outrageous and unacceptable," the top diplomat emphasized.

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🚨🇷🇺🇮🇳 Indian PM Modi holds phone call with Putin

⚡️ Modi and Putin discussed the Russia-US summit in Alaska

⚡️ India consistently advocates for a peaceful resolution to the Ukrainian conflict and supports all efforts in this direction, Modi told Putin

⚡️ Modi expressed his anticipation for continued meetings with Putin in the coming days

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⚔️Ukraine ramps up provocations to sabotage peace efforts

As Zelensky prepares to meet Trump at the White House, Ukraine is desperately attempting to jeopardize the peace process, which gained momentum after the historic meeting in Alaska.

Crimean Bridge bombing thwarted

◻️ A Ukrainian terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge has been prevented, according to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).

◻️ Ukrainian authorities planned to target the strategic transport link with an explosive-laden vehicle, the second such plot in the past four months, the FSB pointed out.

◻️ “Despite all the trickery by the Ukrainian terrorists, the FSB officers managed to defuse the explosive device and also detain all those involved in its delivery to Russian territory,” the security agency said.

Nuclear plant drone attack disrupted

◻️ Russian anti-drone systems have intercepted an attempted drone attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on a nuclear power plant in Russia's Smolensk region.

◻️ Ukraine tried to use ‘Spis’ strike drones to conduct the attack.

Pipeline drone strike provocation

◻️ Russian oil supplies to Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline have been suspended following the Ukrainian military’s attacks on the pipe’s key distribution station "Unecha" in Russia’s Bryansk region.

◻️ Hungary sees the strikes as an attempt on the country’s sovereignty and energy security, FM Peter Szijjarto underscored.

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🗣Ukraine’s dirty tricks won’t have fundamental impact on Washington summit outcome

“Ukraine's organization of attacks on Russian infrastructure and its attempt to carry out a terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge are all part of Kiev's strategy. The aim is to create an information background that will force Russia to withdraw from the negotiation process, demonstrating its complete inability to negotiate in Trump's eyes,” German political analyst and independent journalist, Dr. Gregor Spitzen, told Sputnik.

But “it is unlikely that Kiev's dirty tricks will have a fundamental impact on the outcome of the Washington summit”, Spitzen argues.

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