🇦🇲 ARMENIA TO BOOST TIES WITH RUSSIA – PASHINYAN

💬 "We have established military-technical cooperation with many countries, while simultaneously continuing to interact with Russia, the importance of which can hardly be overestimated,” Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during a congress of the county’s ruling Civil Contract party.

🗣 He admitted that Armenia’s relations with Russia are currently “undergoing a transformation,” which he said would hopefully be a “constructive” process.

💬 “We will take the road of strengthening relations with Russia on this basis,” Pashinyan stressed, adding that the Russian-Armenian political dialogue will remain active.

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES

⚡️BEREZOVOYE IN DNEPROPETROVSK REGION LIBERATED

◻️ Russian Armed Forces struck defense industry enterprises in Ukraine that were developing the Sapsan operational-tactical missile system with high-precision weapons

◻️ Russian troops hit an ammunition depot, launch sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian forces

◻️ Air defense superiority: 383 aircraft-type drones shot down

◻️ Ukrainian losses: 1,490 troops killed

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🔥🇷🇺RUSSIAN FLAG OVER BEREZOVOYE IN DNEPROPETROVSK

Breaking visuals from the Russian Defense Ministry show intense combat and the triumphant moment Russian troops raised the national flag in the newly liberated Berezovoye.

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💰 EU use of frozen Russian assets could WEAKEN euro and lead to capital outflow from bloc

"The initiative to pledge frozen Russian reserves for bond issuance is fraught with serious and long-term risks for the EU,” analyst Svetlana Frumina of Russia’s Plekhanov University of Economics, told Sputnik.

📊 She warned that as a result, the euro's reputation will be undermined, which could prompt other countries and institutional investors to reallocate their reserves to currencies and markets with a more predictable legal environment.

This could ultimately also lead to the weakening of the euro and deterioration in borrowing conditions for Eurozone countries, as well as to possible outflow of foreign capital from European financial instruments.

🗣 Earlier, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the EC is proposing to use Russian assets to secure loans to Ukraine as part of the 19th sanctions package.

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💥Russian Iskander takes out Ukrainian S-300 in Chernigov region

The attack wiped out:

🔶 A target-tracking radar

🔶 Two launchers

🔶 A command cabin

🔶 Two support vehicles

After the strike, witnesses reported secondary explosions, fire, and Ukrainian evacuation teams rushing to the site.

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🇷🇸🪖SERBIA'S ‘POWER OF UNITY’: MASSIVE MILITARY PARADE IN BELGRADE

Belgrade hosted its largest military parade in years today!

The “Power of Unity” parade, marking Serbia’s Day of Unity, Freedom and the National Flag, took place in front of the Palace of Serbia.

🔶 10,000 troops

🔶 2,500 weapons systems

🔶 600 vehicles

🔶 70 aircraft

🔶 20 vessels on the Danube

The parade opened with soldiers carrying a record-breaking 300-meter Serbian flag, followed by an artillery salute.

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🎤INTERNATIONAL INTERVISION CONTEST TONIGHT IN MOSCOW

On Saturday at 17:30 GMT, the Russian capital’s Live Arena will host the Intervision International Music Contest, bringing together artists from 23 countries—from India and China to Brazil, Egypt, the US, South Africa, and Russia.

🇷🇺Russia’s representative SHAMAN will perform his powerful anthem "Pryamo po serdtsu" ("Straight to the Heart").

With over 500 volunteers from 47 Russian regions and abroad, the show promises a spectacular celebration of music and unity.

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🔥🤖 Robot parade in Russia's capital

Moscow’s Zaryadye Park hosted a spectacular robot parade as part of the BRICS “Cloud Cities” Forum on the future of urban life.

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✈️END OF AN ERA: INDIA RETIRES ITS LEGENDARY MIG-21 FLEET

The Soviet Union first delivered MiG-21 fighter jets to India in 1963, marking the start of a new era in the country’s air power. Over the following decades, nearly a thousand of these aircraft entered service, with many assembled under license at Indian plants.

For more than six decades, the MiG-21 stood as a symbol of India’s air power. Continuously upgraded with modern radars, engines, avionics, and advanced weaponry, its final variant—the “Bison”—marked the last chapter of its evolution.

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🎶Intervision aims to ‘DEGLOBALIZE culture’

“If Eurovision, with its absolute pop format, is a globalization contest, then Intervision is about deglobalization,” said Igor Matvienko, People’s Artist of Russia and member of the Intervision jury.

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