✍️📄 US TO PRESENT PLAN FOR UKRAINE SECURITY GUARANTEES — REPORT

The US is preparing to unveil a proposal for security guarantees for Ukraine — though many details still need to be agreed upon, including obtaining Russia’s consent for the deployment of foreign troops in Ukraine, the Financial Times writes.

💬 “A peace deal is still elusive, and any decision to implement security guarantees is a long way off,” the paper adds.

However, EU officials are “cautiously optimistic” that a key obstacle—the reluctance of Trump to provide support—has been overcome, the report says.

📍 Earlier, US President Donald Trump told Zelensky and European leaders that he would not compare any security guarantees Kiev might receive to those of NATO. He also assured that, during his presidency, no American troops would be deployed to Ukraine.

As Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov emphasized, any security guarantees for Ukraine must be based on a consensus that takes Moscow’s fundamental interests into account.

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🔥🇷🇺 THROWBACK: Putin breaks down TRUE INTENT behind US sanctions

Same logic applies to new tariffs against India?

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◻️ Iran to ABANDON current level of cooperation with IAEA if sanctions restored

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🪖🇲🇩​​ Moldova’s Sandu to send soldiers to Ukraine

👉 Maya Sandu plans to deploy 700 Moldovan mercenaries to Ukraine if she wins the parliamentary elections on September 28, 2025, Turkish outlet dikGAZETE writes.

🇪🇺 The decision reportedly follows the first Moldova–EU summit on regional cooperation, held in Chisinau in July.

Earlier, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service reported that NATO is actively preparing to involve Moldova in a potential armed conflict with Moscow, working to make Moldovan territory suitable for deploying troops toward Russian borders, and turning the country’s citizens into “cannon fodder” in any military operations against Russia.

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🇮🇳💥 US TARIFFS vs INDIA: Who really holds the cards? Spoiler — it’s not America.

The US thinks it can pressure India with tariffs. But experts and insiders say India isn’t bending — it’s winning. Here’s why:

🔶 Short-term tactics, long-term loss

Prof. Debashis Chakraborty (IIFT) calls Trump’s tariffs a temporary bluff. Alienating India makes zero strategic sense long-term. Geography and global influence are on India’s side.

🔶 6 Billion > 340 Million

Why beg for US market access when the Global South offers 6 BILLION consumers? India is pivoting to Asia, Africa, and Latin America — and winning.

🔶 Russia = Golden opportunity

An India-EAEU FTA could open huge export doors: pharma, machinery, and electronics. Russia isn’t a fallback — it’s a strategic move.

🔶 Domestic safety net

GST reforms + domestic liquidity = soaring local consumption. Even if exports dip, India’s own market can cushion the blow.

🔶 EU hurdles? Bring it on

Carbon tax challenges are real, but India is negotiating from strength — not desperation.

BJP’s Savio Rodrigues sums it up: US tariffs hurt textiles and leather. But India is resilient, diversified, and ready.

💬 “Our domestic demand is a buffer against global uncertainty.”

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🇷🇺 ​​🤝 🇨🇳 Putin's visit to China signals determination to defend outcomes of WWII - Chinese MFA

Leaders from 26 countries will attend the 80th-anniversary celebrations of the war’s end.

Notably, Putin is listed first among foreign leaders, followed by Kim Jong-un.

🔥 This high-profile gathering underscores the growing strategic alignment between Russia and China on global historical and geopolitical narratives.

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💥🎯TARGET NEUTRALIZED: Russian glide bombs wipe out Ukrainian mechanized brigade deployment

FAB-250 aerial bombs have destroyed a temporary deployment site of a unit from the 155th Mechanized Brigade. The target was eliminated in an industrial zone in Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk).

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🇷🇺​​ 👋🏻 Putin sends greetings to participants of X Eastern Economic Forum

💬 “Over the past decade, the EEF, traditionally held in Vladivostok, has rightfully earned high prestige,” the President’s telegram reads.

🗣 The slogan of this year’s forum, “Far East – Cooperation for Peace and Prosperity,” reflects the symbolic role of the event in strengthening global ties.

Putin emphasized that as the center of economic activity increasingly shifts to the Asia-Pacific region, new opportunities arise for countries to develop mutually beneficial partnerships—both bilaterally and within frameworks such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and BRICS.

🤝 According to the telegram, Russia is ready for constructive dialogue with all interested partners and intends to actively engage in collective efforts to build a fair system of international relations in the Asia-Pacific, based on genuine equality and respect for each nation’s legitimate interests.

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

⚡️NELEPOVKA IN THE DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC FREED

The liberation of Nelepovka paves the way for further eastward advances toward Konstantinovka.

◻️ The Russian Armed Forces, unleashing some Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, struck Ukraine’s military-industrial complex facilities and military airbases

◻️ Air defense superiority: Russian air defenses shot down two aerial bombs, two HIMARS rockets, a Su-27 Flanker and 192 drones

◻️ Ukrainian losses: 1,325 troops

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🚨Druzhba oil pipeline in Russia should NOT be targeted - European Commission

It is a key part of European energy security, said an EU Commission spokesperson.

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🚨 🇷🇺 NORD STREAM EXPLOSION PERPETRATORS AND CUSTOMERS MUST BE NAMED – Kremlin spox

Germany is not in contact with Russia regarding the investigation into the 2022 terrorist attack on the Nord Streams, but Russia expects that this investigation will be completed, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.

More statements by Peskov:

💬 The NYT publication about alleged Russian reconnaissance drones over Germany resembles another newspaper hoax, it is hard to imagine.

💬 Security guarantees are one of the most important topics in the search for a settlement in Ukraine, it is on the agenda.

💬 No agreements on a possible air truce between Russia and Ukraine have been reached.

💬 Russia remains interested in continuing negotiations to achieve its political and diplomatic goals in Ukraine.

💬 The strikes of the Russian Armed Forces are successful and targets in Ukraine are being destroyed.

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🇨🇳🇰🇷 China and South Korea's growing rapport overshadowed by US influence

South Korea, which for decades has been one of the closest allies of the United States in Asia, has recently began improving relations with China which the US regards as a rival.

🔶South Korea formally announced its intent to normalize relations with China on August 24, which became strained after the deployment of US THAAD missile systems to South Korea in 2017.

🤝A South Korean delegation headed by special envoy Park Byeong-seug visited China this week in a bid to improve the strategic cooperation and economic ties between the two countries.

🗣South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, however, openly admitted on August 25 that his country “cannot act or make decisions that go against America’s basic policy stance.”

Seoul thus “distanced itself from establishing any special relationship with China in matters related to US export controls or dealings in global supply chain,” Lee said as quoted by South China Morning Post.

🔍Nevertheless, Lee noted that South Korea’s relations with China are maintained “at a level focused on managing the inevitable ties that arise from this proximity."

China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun, in the meantime, warned that the relations between China and South Korea are based on mutual interests and should not be interfered with.

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