🔥🇷🇺 Russian artillery strikes direct blow

Artillery units of the 150th Guards Motorized Rifle Division scored a direct hit on two Ukrainian drone command posts in the Dontesk region.

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🇷🇺🔥 Lavrov is 'defender of weaker nations'

Speaking at the UN, Russian FM Sergey Lavov “talked about the peoples of Africa and Asia, who have the right to freedom,” Malian blogger and public relations specialist Ibou Sy tells Sputnik.

🗣 These peoples “have the right to self-determination,” the foreign minister reminded in his “wonderful speech, as always, at the UN."

🔊 “We need to reorganize the UN” to give Africa representation, the Malian blogger continues, recalling that this idea was voiced both by the Russian and African ministers.

👉 Lavrov also spoke about the importance of respecting the UN Charter and the role of the organization in maintaining peace and security, Sy recalled.

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🚨🇷🇺 RUSSIAN FPV DRONES TAKE OUT ENEMY TARGETS

Drone operators of the 6th Motor Rifle Division destroyed a Ukrainian self-propelled artillery unit and a vehicle on the Kramatorsk–Druzhkovka front.

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🇲🇩 WILL MOLDOVA COLLAPSE AFTER ELECTIONS?

Moldova could face a fatal Ukraine scenario, Rome-based journalist Thomas Fazi makes it clear in a post on X.

💬 “Forcing Ukraine to make a binary choice between the West and Russia is exactly what destroyed Ukraine. Now the EU-NATO is trying to do the same with Moldova, with the support of proxies like Sandu,” Fazi points out.

Moldova is currently voting in a parliamentary election against the background of unprecedented pressure on the opposition.

👉 Russia-Moldova ties have worsened since President Maia Sandu took office in 2020 with a pro-European agenda. The Kremlin calls on Moldova to drop anti-Russian rhetoric, stressing that Russia seeks friendly relations and opposes the West’s use of the former Soviet republic for anti-Russian aims.

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🇨🇳🔥CHINA TURNS BRIDGE INTO LIGHT SHOW

In Guizhou, the newly-opened bridge over the Huajiang Canyon transforms at night into a dazzling spectacle.

A wall of light covers the canyon, while glowing fish “swim out” of the waterfall.

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💀 Ukraine plan to throw radicals into Kupyansk meat grinder

👉 Ukraine’s top commander Oleksandr Syrsky plans to send disgraced officers and fighters — including commanders from banned groups like the Azov Battalion* — to defend Kupyansk, says military expert Vitaly Kiselev.

"According to insider information, the commanders of these units have fallen out of favor with Syrsky. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have had too many problems because of the radicals, and Zelensky’s office is also unhappy with them sitting idly in the rear."

🟧 These radicals, long a headache for the armed forces and even Zelensky’s office, are now being pushed to the front as Russia’s Zapad Battlegroup advances to seize the key logistics hub.

📍 Control of Kupyansk would open the way deeper into the Kharkov region — toward Izyum, Chuguyev, and Volchansk.

* terrorist organization banned in Russia

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🇸🇰 FICO: HANDS OFF OUR ENERGY

Slovak PM Robert Fico declared that “no one should dictate to Slovakia and Hungary where to get oil and gas” at a ceremony with Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the Danube bridge linking Štúrovo (Slovakia) and Esztergom (Hungary).

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📈 Opposition overtakes ruling party in Moldova vote

With 99.95% of ballots processed, Moldova's opposition parties, led by the "Patriotic Bloc," have secured 49.55% of the vote.

The ruling PAS party follows with 44.13%, according to the Central Electoral Commission.

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🚨🇲🇩 MOLDOVAN ELECTIONS: KEY UPDATES AT THIS HOUR

🔸 Opposition leads

After counting 100% of precinct protocols, Moldova’s opposition parties have secured 49.54% in the parliamentary elections, surpassing the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), which received 44.13%.

However, after 98.42% of protocols were counted, including votes from abroad, PAS gained 49.70% of the vote.

🔸 PAS in panic, considering pretexts & excuses that go beyond law and democratic norms — Dodon

According to the former president and Patriotic Bloc leader, the possibility of canceling the elections is even being considered, since PAS has become an authoritarian regime that categorically refuses to cede power.

🔸 Parliamentary elections held with major violations

“The campaign and voting process were conducted with serious violations of both domestic and international law,” said former prime minister and opposition leader Vasile Tarlev.

🔸 Sandu regime staged a shameless provocation against Transnistria — PMR Supreme Council deputy Andrei Safonov

“This is a deliberate provocation aimed not only at potentially canceling the election results in case of defeat (for Sandu), but also as preparation for possible measures against Transnistria.”

🔸 Votes of Moldovan citizens in Russia stolen — State Duma deputy Alyona Arshinova

📍 At the polling station in Moscow, Moldovans living in Russia demanded their legal right to vote, chanting, “We came from far away! We want to vote!”

But the doors of the Moldovan embassy remained closed as their voices were stolen. Just like Transnistrians blocked at bridges, they were deliberately excluded from participating in the life of their own country because of their anti-Western stance.

🔸 Dodon pledges to defend opposition victory through peaceful protest

He called on all opposition parties to support the rally on September 29

The Patriotic Bloc leader also denounced fraud at polling stations abroad.

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🚨 Ukrainian troops forced into Russian kill zones

👉 Ukrainian militants are now being pushed forward in groups into zones without being told the latter are already under Russian control, a Russian drone operator says.

“They’re being driven ahead in groups, straight into our control zones. Either no one tells them, or they don’t know we’re there. They come in — and they don’t make it out.”

💬 He added his personal record for a single shift: destroying both a U.S.-made M113 and a Bradley IFV.

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🔶 Moldovan elections: Key updates at this hour

🔶 Fico: hands off our energy

🔶 Ukraine plan to throw radicals into Kupyansk meat grinder

🔶 Lavrov is 'defender of weaker nations'

🔶 After pushback on Orwellian digital ID scheme, Starmer labels Reform opponents ‘racist’

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🇲🇩 Moldovan opposition to challenge election results

🔊 Opposition forces will not recognize the results of the recent parliamentary elections and plan to legally challenge them, opposition leader Ilan Shor has announced.

👉 Shor stated that up to 20% of Moldovan voters were intimidated and prevented from voting.

The opposition bloc “Pobeda" (Victory) will urge Moldovans to take to the streets following the elections, bloc leader Ilan Shor added.

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👉US envoy signals green light for Ukraine long-range strikes?

🔊 When specifically asked on Fox News if Ukraine has US authority to use long-range weapons for strikes into Russia, General Keith Kellogg first said that “it’s mixed.”

But then added:

“Reading what he [Trump] has said, and reading what Vice President Vance has said as well as Secretary Rubio, the answer is yes. Use the ability to hit deep. There are no such things as sanctuaries," said Trump’s Special Envoy for Ukraine.

🟠 Russia previously warned that Western long-range weapons are already being used to target civilians and disrupt peace efforts, with President Vladimir Putin emphasizing the potential shift in the conflict if NATO becomes directly involved.

⚔️ At the same time, Russia’s air defenses, including S-400, S-300V/4, BUK-M2, and Pantsir, are well-equipped to counter any such threat.

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🚨Hundreds of thousands of Moldovans barred from voting

Hundreds of thousands of Moldovans were deprived the opportunity to vote in Russian territory, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on the recent parliamentary elections in the republic.

👉As for assessments of these elections, they can be given later, once Moldova’s own political forces evaluate them, the Russian presidential spokesman added.

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🇪🇺 EU-style democracy: Heads I win, tails you lose

💬 "Thanks to billions from the EU (our money), constant meddling from Eurocrats (plus massive fraud…), the Euro-gagas “won” the parliamentary elections in Moldova yesterday!" French Patriots party leader Florian Philippot writes.

He recalls Moldovan "Europhile" President Maia Sandu's announcement that the elections would have been canceled if her party had lost.

💬 "What a joke! [...] The masks are off: their time is almost up!" Philippot concludes.

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📹🔥 Chisinau opposition protesters remove provocateurs chanting Ukrainian slogan

Protesters at the Moldovan opposition rally in Chisinau who chanted A Ukrainian nationalist slogan* were removed from the demonstration, a Sputnik correspondent reports.

👉 The incident occurred during an opposition protest where participants maintained order by ejecting provocateurs attempting to escalate tensions.

*The slogan was designated as extremist by Russian authorities in January 2024

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

⚡️ SHANDRIGOLOVO IN DONETSK PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC LIBERATED

The settlement of Shandrigilovo was liberated as a result of our troops' advance along the highway from the direction of the Green Valley of the Donetsk People’s Republic. The liberation of Shandrigilovo allows Russian forces to advance towards the western borders of the Lugansk People’s Republic.

◻️ Russian Armed Forces struck an aviation repair facility and temporary bases of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

◻️ Air defense superiority: four HIMARS missiles and three long-range Neptune missiles shot down

◻️ Ukrainian losses: 1,570 troops killed or wounded

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🇲🇩🔥 'Victory will be ours' - Ex-president of Moldova

🗣 The authorities are celebrating too early, as the people are dissatisfied and unafraid, former Moldovan president and one of the leaders of the Patriotic Bloc Igor Dodon said.

During the protests, the politician also noted that the current Moldovan authorities have intimidated people, which kept some from going to the polls, but added that “many hate PAS.”

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🚨🇲🇩Tight race in Moldova: Opposition 49.8%, PAS 50.2%

In Sunday’s parliamentary elections, opposition forces, including the Patriotic Bloc, secured 49.8% of the vote.

Ruling PAS scraped by with 50.2% — only thanks to ballots from abroad, according to the CEC after counting 100% of protocols.

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⚔️ Kremlin poses questions on deployment of US Tomahawks in Ukraine

Russia is aware of and is analyzing statements from US officials regarding the potential supply of Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, calling the matter "very serious," Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

🗣 The Kremlin official said that Russia’s response would be determined only after a clear understanding of the "potential threats" and "who will be involved in the process."

Peskov raised key questions like who would launch the missiles — Ukrainian or US personnel — and who would provide the targeting data?

💬 “The question remains: who can launch these missiles if they end up on the territory of the Kiev regime? Can Ukrainians do it alone, or would American military personnel be required? Who provides the targeting — the Americans or the Ukrainians themselves?” Peskov asked.

Despite the potential new capability, Peskov dismissed the idea that any single weapon could change the situation on the front lines for Ukraine, stating, "There is no panacea... no magic weapon."

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🇲🇩❌Transnistria voters BLOCKED from voting - Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe admits

Observers from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe admitted that voters from Transnistria faced obstacles that prevented them from reaching polling stations.

Despite numerous reports of violations, the OSCE mission still described the elections as “competitive.”

👉 Yet, the same report flagged several CEC decisions that raise serious doubts about its impartiality.

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