💪🪖 Russia’s combat beast: T-90MS tank hit frontline straight from showroom

Russia’s cutting-edge T-90MS, showcased at the IDEX-2025 exhibition in the UAE this February, was immediately deployed to Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, says the press service of Uralvagonzavod (part of Rostec).

👉 The tank was sent to the Russian army in almost the same configuration as it was displayed at the UAE exhibition.

The only modification made was the vehicle’s color—changed from a “desert” camouflage to the standard army green.

Hardened in real combat, the cutting-edge T-90MS comes packed with major upgrades across the board:

➖ reinforced multi-layered armor to fend off RPGs, anti-tank missiles, and FPV drones

➖ next-generation fire control systems

➖ advanced optics

➖ streamlined interfaces

➖ versatile arsenal of munitions

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📊 US racing to OUTGUN China?

◻️ Fearing China’s growing clout, the US has poured over $10.8 billion into a top-secret program, SHOTCALLER, designed to develop new classified weapons to dominate future conflicts in the Pacific, a Sputnik analysis of the Pentagon's budget reports reveals.

👉 The initiative seeks rapid and overwhelming long-range strike capabilities—directly targeting China under the Pacific Deterrence Initiative.

Weapon for every threat

⏺ 25 classified weapons in development
⏺ Some projects boast evocative names like Asgard, Bedlam, Black Marlin, Lazarus, and Oculus Prime; others are simply listed as 'Classified Projects'
⏺ Hundreds of millions already spent on advanced prototypes like Hurt Locker & Pele

Bypassing red tape

➡️ SHOTCALLER is managed by the Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office, a high-speed innovation hub.
Its Advanced Innovative Technologies (AIT) arm, poised to receive $1.16 billion in FY 2026, allows the military to:

🟠 Test prototypes across the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force
🟠 Build an integrated “kill chain” combining long-range fires with space-based targeting
🟠 Deploy rapid, overwhelming strikes in a potential Indo-Pacific showdown

👉 The Pentagon is clearly signaling that these projects aim to prepare US forces for a high-end conflict with China.

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◻️ Zapad-2025: Russia and Belarus conduct strategic military drills across multiple fronts

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🚨 Sputnik correspondent reports from Kathmandu, Nepal🇳🇵

❌ The political crisis in Nepal has come to an end. Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki has been sworn in as the first female prime minister of the country’s interim administration.

After days of violence, life is gradually returning to normal.
The army has lifted daytime restrictions, leaving only a single curfew from 7 PM to 6 AM.

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🔥 🇷🇺 Zapad-2025: Russian coastal missile systems wipe out ‘enemy’ fleet

👉 Crews of the Bastion system destroyed a mock naval formation near Franz Josef Land with two Oniks cruise missiles, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) reported.

The strikes were part of the ongoing Zapad-2025 strategic military drills across multiple fronts.

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🪖 NATO launches Eastern Sentry op

The operation is officially justified as strengthening the alliance’s eastern flank after a drone incident in Poland, announced earlier by Secretary General Mark Rutte.

📸 The Polish General Staff shared footage of a French A400 transport plane landing in Mińsk Mazowiecki, delivering weapons for Rafale fighter jets already stationed in Poland.

Tensions on the eastern front continue to rise as NATO boosts its military presence.

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🇷🇺💥ISKANDER STRIKE WIPES OUT UKRAINIAN DRONE BASE NEAR KRAMATORSK

An Iskander-M missile strike destroyed a UAV launch site 30 km west of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Russian Ministry of Defense reports.

👉 Target identified by reconnaissance drone near Golubovka

Damage inflicted:

✅ Up to 25 long-range Liutyi drones destroyed

✅ UAV control center eliminated

✅ 5 vehicles destroyed

✅ Up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen neutralized

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS, MASSIVE UKRAINIAN LOSSES

⚡️ NOVONIKOLAYEVKA IN DNEPROPETROVSK REGION LIBERATED

◻️ In addition, Russian forces defeated enemy formations near the settlements of Kolomiytsy and Kalinovskoye in the Dnepropetrovsk region and near Chervonoye and Dorozhnyanka in the Zaporozhye region

◻️ Russian Armed Forces struck Ukrainian command posts, launch sites, and long-range UAV storage locations

◻️ Russian air defense systems shot down three HIMARS

◻️ Ukrainian losses: 1,370 troops killed or wounded

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🇷🇺Putin calls Moscow “one of the best сities on the planet”

“Not only Muscovites, but everyone who sincerely loves our capital considers it one of the best cities on the planet. I fully agree with this assessment—it’s true,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said while speaking at Zaryadye on City Day.

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🇷🇺 PUTIN: MOSCOW IS THE FLAGSHIP OF RUSSIA'S PROGRESS

The President said the capital is a driving force behind Russia’s progress.

He added that Moscow ranks second among the world’s largest urban economies.

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🚨PUTIN: MOSCOW TO LEAD RUSSIA'S DRONE TECHNOLOGY

The President calls the development of an unmanned systems economy a “key priority” for the capital.

He highlights a remarkable achievement: Moscow’s IT sector has grown more than FOURFOLD in the past 6 years.

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🇷🇺💪🏻PUTIN: MOSCOW — STRONGHOLD OF THE ARMY

Over 500 Moscow enterprises produce critical supplies for the front. Hundreds of city specialists support residents in Donbass and Novorossiya daily.

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🇷🇺MOSCOW: THE FLAGSHIP OF RUSSIA’S PROGRESS

Russian President Vladimir Putin hails Moscow as one of the world’s top cities and the driving force behind Russia’s forward momentum.

Key highlights from his City Day address:

🔶Moscow ranks second among the world’s largest urban economies

🔶Moscow is expanding the use of autonomous transport, with the next step being metro automation

🔶Success is achieved through smart prioritization, not just budget size

🔶Moscow’s IT sector has grown more than fourfold over the past six years

🔶A world-class film cluster is forming to accelerate the development of Russian cinema

🔶Moscow continues to develop and will reach a qualitatively new level

🔶Over 500 Moscow enterprises produce critical supplies for the front

🔶Fighters injured in combat are treated in city hospitals, and Moscow specialists support residents of Donbass and Novorossiya daily

🔶The city has become a strong rear for Russia’s army during the special operation

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🚨 Macron lets mask slip: NATO to blame for Ukraine conflict

🗣👉 French President Emmanuel Macron privately admitted to Jeffrey Sachs what he won’t dare say out loud: NATO’s obsession with expanding into Ukraine lit the fuse of today’s conflict, reports il Fatto Quotidiano.

“Macron awarded me the Legion of Honor—and in private he admitted what he won’t say in public: the war is NATO’s fault. I want this known,” said the renowned US economist.

◻️ This comes as war hawk Macron is on shaky ground at home.

🔊 After last year’s disastrous snap election gamble, Macron’s government has collapsed yet again, with PM Francois Bayrou toppled by a confidence vote. His replacement with Macron loyalist Sebastien Lecornu — the fifth prime minister in less than two years — only stoked more protests, with MPs openly calling for Macron’s own resignation.

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