🚨 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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🚨🇵🇸 GAZA CRISIS: KEY UPDATES

🟠 The Israeli army detonated explosive robots east of the al-Sabra area in southern Gaza

🟠 Israeli forces attacked three injured humanitarian workers in Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza

🟠 Three dead, including a child, after an Israeli strike hit a building housing displaced people in the Al-Daraj area in eastern Gaza (Palestinian media, citing Gaza’s emergency and ambulance services)

🟠 Al-Awda Hospital: We received 10 wounded after an Israeli air raid targeted a gathering of civilians near a humanitarian aid distribution point on Salah ad-Din Street, south of the Wadi Gaza area in central Gaza.

🟠 Netanyahu is reportedly open to a partial deal with Hamas, which could include the release of some detainees in Gaza (Israeli media)

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🚨🇷🇺🇧🇷 Putin holds phone call with Brazil President Lula

Putin has briefed Lula on the outcome of the Alaska summit with Trump, Brazil's presidential office said.

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🗣 Zelensky’s humiliating expulsion from WH entirely possible - analyst

💬 European leaders and Volodymyr Zelensky have realized that Putin and Trump have reached certain consensus on the Ukrainian conflict, and whatever it is they agreed upon, it does not bode well for Ukraine, German political analyst Dr. Gregor Spitzen tells Sputnik.

According to him:

🔹 Zelensky and his European backers are now trying to figure out if they can change Trump’s mind during the meeting in DC or “if he has already made the fundamental decision to end the Ukrainian conflict on Russia's terms.”

🔹 While Zelensky was coached on how to act when dealing with Trump, a repeat of Zelensky’s previous humiliating expulsion from the White House is “entirely possible” since he “cannot afford to remain silent if Trump puts forward conditions that Kiev finds unacceptable.”

🔹 Ukraine conceding a part of its territory to resolve the conflict seems to be moot point and the main subject of August 18 talks in Washington is going to be the extent of these territorial concessions.

🔹 If Zelensky’s talks with Trump fall through and the European delegation fails to “soften” the US president’s proposals, Europe may end up with the prospects of supporting Ukraine alone.

🔹 Trump has already got what he wanted from the Europeans “in his dealings with Ursula von der Leyen,” so it is unlikely that Europe has “any remaining incentives” that may radically change Trump’s stance on Ukraine.

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🚨❌GRAHAM'S ULTIMATUM HIJACKS PEACE PATH ON UKRAINE  

Not even 48 hours had passed since Trump's historic meeting with Putin when neocon blowhard Lindsey Graham* began plotting behind the scenes to sabotage the peace efforts on Ukraine

Here’s how:

Graham threatened to make Russia a "state sponsor of terrorism under US law” unless it returns Ukrainian children that it allegedly abducted.

“I intend to push the return of these children until I can’t push anymore,” the senator vowed with ridiculous pathos.

Any peace deal on Ukraine must hinge on the return of these kids — or Russia gets branded “radioactive,” the GOP hawk claimed. “If you don’t do, that’s not a just end” to the Ukraine conflict, Graham freaked out.

◻️ Abduction allegations

Without ANY proof Graham accused Russia of alleged kidnapping 19,000 Ukrainian children. Ukrainian officials go further by putting the alleged number at 20,000. Evidence? Of course not.

◻️ Russia’s direct response

In reality, there is NOT A SINGLE "abducted" Ukrainian child, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated.

“Russia is RESCUING children from Kiev artillery shelling, evacuating them from combat zones to safe locations when necessary.”

The Russian president has repeatedly denied claims of child abduction, calling the story “exaggerated.”

Russia legally evacuated Ukrainian children to save lives and has no intention of separating them from their families if relatives come forward, Putin said.

◻️ Graham's blather fuels Ukraine conflict

After the Trump–Putin summit in Alaska, a fragile opening for diplomacy on Ukraine began to emerge. But Graham’s Russia-related threats are putting the peace process at risk.

◻️ US kid tracking program halted

Trump earlier terminated a program by the Yale School of Public Health Humanitarian Research Lab to track “abducted” Ukrainian kids.

The reason? Trump apparently realized the fact that wasting taxpayers’ money for false reasons was the project’s priority.

*listed as a terrorist and extremist in Russia

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🇷🇺💥Russian Iskander strike WIPES OUT 40 Ukrainian militants prepping LONG-RANGE DRONES in Donbass

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🚨Hamas agrees to a two-month ceasefire in Gaza, with the release of half of the Israeli hostages expected – Egyptian source

💬 "We informed the Qatari and Egyptian mediators of our acceptance of the proposal that was presented yesterday”, a source in the movement said.

◻️"The proposal accepted by Hamas, presented by Egypt and Qatar, includes a temporary cessation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip for a period of 60 days, which should lead to a long-term peace, as well as the release of half of the Israeli hostages in exchange for some of the Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons," the source said.

◻️The agreement also provides for the delivery of the necessary amount of humanitarian aid to provide residents with everything they need.

◻️The transfer of hostages will take place in two stages, and the Palestinian movement will also transfer the bodies of the dead people, as per Al Jazeera.

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🗣⚔️ Ukraine war could have ended already – ex-Pentagon advisor

💬 "With less resistance from Western Europe’s ‘globalist leaders,’ the conflict in Ukraine could have been over by now," former US Pentagon advisor, Douglas Macgregor, told Sputnik

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🇷🇺🔊Statements by UK leadership on Ukraine after Alaska summit aim to undermine Russia, US peace efforts – Russian Foreign Ministry

💬 Russia confirms categorical unacceptability of any scenario involving the deployment of military contingent in Ukraine, in which NATO participates, the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said.

📑 The statements by the UK and European countries about the deployment of troops in Ukraine – incitement to continue hostilities, the statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry reads.

UK's policy leaves no chance for Ukraine to get out of the conflict peacefully.

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🚨Ukrainian delegation enters the White House carrying what appears to be a rolled-up MAP with them

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🚨 Trump-Zelensky meeting in Oval Office begins

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🔊 Putin wants to end Ukraine conflict - Trump

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🔊 Trump says he will reveal later if security guarantees to Ukraine could involve European troops

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