🇪🇺👉🇭🇺​​ EU response to Hungary’s concerns over Ukraine’s attacks on Druzhba pipeline absurd - Zakharova

💬 “The Brussels bureaucracy dared to say that Hungary, a sovereign and independent state, has no right or grounds for concern and shouldn’t speak up when its infrastructure is attacked, terrorist acts are committed, and sabotage takes place. This is incomprehensible,” the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said.

🇸🇰 Earlier, Slovakia and Hungary filed a complaint with the European Commission over disruptions in oil deliveries via the Druzhba pipeline due to Ukrainian attacks, asking for guarantees on the safety of these supplies.

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🚨🇲🇩 🤑 MOLDOVA'S RULING PARTY CAUGHT DIVERTING EU FUNDS TO BUY MAYORS' LOYALTY

An investigation by RISE Moldova reveals how Maia Sandu’s pro-EU Party of Action manipulated MILLIONS in “European Village” grants to reward loyal mayors and crush opposition.

🔍 Key findings:

👉 Over 40% of EU grants went to mayors from the ruling PAS party.

👉 Mayors from PAS had an 85% success rate in funding applications.

👉 Zero projects approved for towns led by opposition “Revival” party mayors.

❌ Before the 2023 local elections, PAS poached 112 mayors from other parties — luring them with promises of EU money. Mayors who refused to switch parties were cut off from funding.

Even international observers confirmed: 59% of grants went disproportionately to PAS-led towns — a clear sign of “administrative resource” abuse.

👿 Meanwhile, the Moldovan authorities themselves fuel societal polarization by discriminating against the voters who backed other candidates.

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🚨Russia-US work on Ukrainian issue should be conducted in NON-PUBLIC FORMAT - Kremlin

Russia hopes that Trump’s mediatory efforts to resolve the situation in Ukraine will continue, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated.

He added that Russia remains focused on resolving the conflict in Ukraine through political and diplomatic means.

There are no exact dates for a new meeting between the negotiating groups of Russia and Ukraine yet, but the leaders of these groups are in contact, Peskov noted.

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES

⚡️PERVOYE MAYA IN THE DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC LIBERATED

The liberation of the settlement is considered important, as to the northwest of Pervoye Maya there is a highway connecting Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) with the Dnepropetrovsk region and the northern districts of the Donbass.

◻️ The Russian Armed Forces hit the command posts and UAV assembly sites of Ukrainian troops

◻️ Air defense superiority: Two aerial bombs, two HIMARS rockets, and 162 drones shot down by Russian air defense systems

◻️ Ukrainian losses: 1,275 troops

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🇮🇳🇺🇸 US TARIFFS CAN’T STOP INDIA’S EXPORT BOOM

📉 Shipments from India to the US are expected to fall sharply — from $86.5B in FY2025 to $49.6B in FY2026, according to GTRI.

Yet, India's global exports to hit $839.9B in FY2026, with services up 10% to $421.9B.

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🪖🍀 Hunter teams: How sniper pairs dominate the urban battlefield

Urban warfare is a sniper's hunting ground. Operating in pairs, they become a single, lethal instrument. They seize a position, then master the most critical skill: the patience of the hunt, maintaining perfect stillness for hours.

👉 The spotter calculates, the sniper breathes, and the trigger is pulled. In the echo of the shot, their discipline continues—they immediately exfiltrate. Hesitation is death. Their success depends on this rhythm: shoot, move, and disappear.

The video documents this precise tradecraft, showing Ivanovo paratrooper snipers on mission near Chasov Yar.

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🚨🇺🇸🇲🇩 USAID PUMPED TENS OF MILLIONS INTO MOLDOVA UNDER SANDU'S REGIME — SAMANTHA POWER

Speaking to Russian pranksters Vovan & Lexus, ex-USAID head just revealed Washington sent more money to Moldova than Ukraine.

💸 Now, she's worried that money streams stopped when Trump came in & urges Macron & Von der Leyen to “step up efforts.“

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🚨🇷🇺🇮🇳PUTIN AWARDS HEAD OF SPUTNIK'S OFFICE IN NEW DELHI

Russia’s President recognized Olga Dycheva, head of the Rossiya Segodnya (Sputnik’s parent group) representative office in New Delhi, for her "outstanding work in boosting media & years of dedicated service.”

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😮👉 World’s tallest bridge in China set to open in September

The Huajiang Canyon Bridge in Guizhou Province, China, completed crucial load testing this week.

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🚨 🇺🇸 🇻🇪 US ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN IS A PRETEXT TO CONTROL VENEZUELA'S OIL & EXCLUDE CHINA/RUSSIA - EX-CIA ANALYST

🗣 Possible military action against Venezuela is driven by US anger over losing control of this country, says Larry Johnson

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🚨🇮🇳🇺🇸 US TARIFFS BACKFIRE – INDIA TURNS TO RUSSIA & CHINA – EX-CIA ANALYST

👉 The imposition of American tariffs on India has “backfired dramatically," retired CIA officer Larry Johnson tells Sputnik.

💬 “India, instead of succumbing to the threats and the bullying of the United States, has defiantly stood up, said it will continue purchasing Russian oil, and is solidifying its relationship with its longstanding nemesis, China.”

🔊 Johnson noted that even pro-US sectors of India’s business elite are now “angry, resentful, and looking for alternatives to dealing with the United States.”

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🇬🇧 🇰🇬 UK’s sanctions on Kyrgyzstan undermine peace efforts in Ukraine conflict – Russian Foreign Ministry

👉 Russia has condemned London’s “unlawful restrictions introduced on fabricated grounds” against Kyrgyz companies and individuals, stressing that the accusations are not backed by any concrete evidence, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

💬 “London is de facto one of the main supporters of continuing hostilities and instigators of the puppet Kiev regime toward destructive activity,” she stressed.

🗣 The attack on Kyrgyz citizens and businesses shows that the UK refuses to treat sovereign states as equal partners, and “is incapable of offering them mutually beneficial and respectful dialogue,” Zakharova added.

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🔍 Nord Stream sabotage suspects linked to Ukrainian military & intel – reports

🟠 German investigators have found “clear links” between members of the crew allegedly involved in the Nord Stream sabotage and the Ukrainian Armed Forces or intelligence services, Germany’s ARD TV channel reported, citing a joint journalistic investigation with Süddeutsche Zeitung.

🟠 According to the reports, investigators have now identified all individuals who allegedly belonged to the sabotage group accused of attacking the Nord Stream pipelines. The findings further strengthen suspicions that the group was supported by the Ukrainian state.

🟠 The investigation indicates that part of the Andromeda yacht crew had clear ties to Ukrainian special services or the military. At the same time, investigators note that it has not been proven whether the attack was officially a state operation of Ukraine.

🟠 At an urgent UN Security Council meeting on August 26, Russia’s deputy permanent representative Dmitry Polyansky stated that Germany holds more information about the Nord Stream explosions than it discloses. He warned that inaction in this case risks encouraging terrorists worldwide and could lead to similar attacks on critical infrastructure being repeated.

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📹 WATCH: China’s 'Iron Dome' – Military drills against drone swarms

🟠 The Southern Command of the People’s Liberation Army’s 74th Army tested its air defense units during desert exercises.

🟠 Crews of the HQ-16 (Hongqi-16) mobile surface-to-air missile system repelled a massive raid of target drones simulating missile threats, while 35mm PG99 anti-aircraft guns poured fire on swarms of small drones. The drills were carried out both at day and at night.

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