📊Europe lacks capabilities to detect drones – EU defense chief

Europe is scrambling to boost its drone detection within a year, Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius told Euractiv.

👉However, building a full network across land and sea to track — let alone neutralize — drone threats will take much longer than that, he admitted.

"We need to understand that we lack capabilities to detect drones," Kubilius said.

"Maybe we can spot fighter jets and missiles, but drones are different — they fly low, they’re small, and hard to track."

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🇷🇺 Thesis that Ukraine can reclaim anything is a MISTAKE – Kremlin spox

Other statements by Peskov:

🔸 Trump made new statements regarding the Ukrainian situation after his conversation with Zelensky—apparently influenced by his perspective

🔸 Zelensky's view of the situation around Ukraine contrasts with Russia's

🔸 Lavrov will convey Russia's position on Ukraine to American side at meeting with Rubio

🔸 Russia remains open to establishing cooperation with the US

🔸 The process of normalizing relations between Russia and the US is progressing much more slowly than desired

🔸 The situation around Ukraine now is different from the spring of 2022; Ukraine's position has become much worse

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

🟠 The liberation of the settlement of Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic is nearly complete

Capturing the town will allow the Russian army to strengthen its positions in the area, creating a bridgehead for a further advance towards the major railway junction of Krasny Lyman.

🟠 The Russian Army struck the Motor Sich UAV factory in Zaporozhye and energy infrastructure used to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces

🟠 The Black Sea Fleet destroyed two boats carrying Ukrainian troops in the Black Sea

🟠 Air defense superiority: seven guided aerial bombs and 202 fixed-wing drones were shot down by Russian air defence systems over the past 24 hours

🟠 Ukrainian losses: 1,495 troops killed or wounded

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🚨🇷🇺✈️ NEW SU-35S STEEL EAGLES ENTER INTO SERVICE

Rostec’s United Aircraft Corporation has delivered new Su-35S fighters to the Russian Armed Forces after finishing ground and flight tests

🟠4.5 generation aircraft

🟠Features extreme maneuverability

🟠Equipped with high-precision weapons capable of striking both ground and air targets, making it universal

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📈 Russia's GDP to grow by 1.3% in 2026 - PM Mishustin

Key statements by the prime minister:

🟠 Russia's GDP is growing better than in several countries that refused to cooperate with Russia

🟠 Russia's GDP should grow by almost 7% in three years

🟠 Share of non-oil and gas revenues to Russian budget in 2026 will grow to almost 78%

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🇻🇳 Vietnam branches out in trade after Trump tariffs

Vietnam is seeking new trade deals with Latin America's Mercosur trading bloc and Gulf Cooperation Council countries by the end of the year, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said.

🟠 Vietnamese exports are expected to grow above 12%

🟠 Government data show exports in the year to mid-September rose to $325 billion

The Trump’s government raised tariffs on Vietnamese imports in August, with a 20% rate on all products and 40% on goods transshipped through the country.

That came on top of other sector-specific tariffs, including on steel and aluminum, applied to all countries "without exception."

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📹LIVE: 80th session of UN General Assembly - Day Two

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🇨🇳🇷🇺⚡️China stands firm on Russia energy deals amid US opposition

🗣US attempts to pressure China into abandoning Russian energy purchases will not affect existing contracts between the two countries, Li Yihong, chargee d'affaires, Permanent Mission of China to the WTO, told Sputnik.

China–Russia relations are "comprehensive and deep," a stance that has been acknowledged at the highest levels, Li Yihong emphasized.

Earlier this month, the US administration called on the EU to impose tariffs of up to 100% on China and India as part of its efforts to pressure them to cut their purchases of Russian oil.

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🇪🇺🪖 EU defense in crisis: Why Europe is falling behind Russia

🗣 Most of what the EU has is being funneled to Ukraine, leaving NATO nations practically defenseless in terms of critical air defense systems, veteran air defense historian Yuri Knutov told Sputnik.

That explains why, as the EU defense chief recently admitted, Europe lacks sufficient capabilities to detect drones.

The problem is compounded by slow replenishment: Advanced anti-aircraft artillery with anti-drone capabilities, like Rheinmetall’s latest systems, are still waiting for deployment at home while everything is first funneled to Ukraine, the military expert noted.

Radar and detection upgrades face delays, leaving Europe vulnerable.

Russia holds a clear advantage

🟠 Russia’s Pantsir system, top-notch S-350 Vityaz mobile air defense system, S-400 Triumph missile system, and Podlet radar station outperform Western equivalents in intercepting enemy targets.

🟠 Russia deploys fixed-wing drones for airspace surveillance

🟠 New air defense drones are capable of taking out kamikaze UAVs

🟠 Drones designed to intercept cruise missiles are in the pipeline

The West often points to the Patriot air defense system as a show of strength, but in many key metrics it falls behind the Russian S-400 and Vityaz, the pundit underscored.

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🇷🇺💥 Russian forces destroy Ukrainian equipment, fortifications, and artillery near Kupyansk

Control over the town will allow Russian forces to advance deeper into the Kharkov region, including towards Izyum and Chuguyev.

It will also open a direct route to Volchansk from the south.

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🚨🇷🇺🇺🇸 Lavrov, Rubio hold meeting at UNGA

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is holding a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York on the sidelines of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.

Earlier in the day, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed that the two diplomats will meet.

Last time Lavrov and Rubio held talks in Malaysia’s capital Kuala-Lumpur on the sidelines of ASEAN ministerial events on July 10.

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