📹 Russia shows drone demining of Zaporozhye roads

Russian Ministry of Defense has released footage of engineering units clearing remote anti-tank mines and magnetic field-triggered traps.

📍 The area was heavily saturated with explosive hazards, now being systematically and safely removed to secure routes for troop and supply movement.

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🗣 Discussions about Tomahawks for Ukraine tied to US incompetence, push to test weapons - Sachs

"While the news is muddled, we can be certain that the administration is muddled as well. We are seeing the consequence of an incompetent team combined with military contractors, notably big tech, that want to continue to test their weapons," Jeffrey Sachs, US economist and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, said.

➡️Earlier, The WSJ suggested that Tomahawk missiles might be supplied to Ukraine, while Reuters indicated that other missile systems, not Tomahawks, could be provided due to strains on US stockpiles.

➡️Last week, Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, stated that the president was still deliberating whether to authorize the transfer of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine. JD Vance noted that Washington was considering Ukraine’s request for the missiles.

👉On Thursday, Putin warned that supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine would severely damage Russia-US relations and mark a "qualitatively new stage of escalation," emphasizing that their use would require direct involvement of US military personnel.

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⚔️🗣Resolving Ukraine conflict requires facing warmongers - Sachs

👉 Resolving the ongoing conflict in Ukraine requires confronting warmongers both in the United States and Europe, alongside a deep understanding of historical context, Jeffrey Sachs said.

"This would require situational and historical awareness, the political capacity to face down the warmongers in DC and Europe, and the ability to speak to the American people. Alas, none of these criteria are met — not in Washington nor in the capitals of Europe," Sachs stressed.

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▫️ Hamas agrees to Trump's peace plan in Gaza

▫️ Israel halts Gaza operation, says it’s ready to implement phase 1 of Trump's plan

▫️ US conducts 4th strike off Venezuela, killing 4

▫️ US government shutdown continues as Senate adjourns

▫️ Discussions about Tomahawks for Ukraine tied to US incompetence, push to test weapons

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🚨🤝 ISRAEL GEARS UP FOR GAZA TALKS

Israel is preparing to send a delegation of negotiators to discuss the details of the first phase of Trump's Gaza plan pertaining to the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, an Israeli government source told Sputnik.

👉 The source didn’t elaborate on where and when the talks would take place.

The IDF earlier halted its offensive to occupy Gaza City as Hamas signaled a desire to “immediately” enter negotiations for the release of all hostages in line with Trump’s plan.

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🚨📄 Agreement to terms of Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan does not imply transfer of weapons - Hamas representative to Sputnik

🔹 Issue of governing Gaza strip should be decided by Palestinian nation, not just Hamas

🔹 Counting on Netanyahu's real guarantees regarding Gaza ceasefire agreement impossible

🔹 Surrendering weapons possible after formation of full-fledged Palestinian state with national army

🔹 Most important to reach ceasefire in Gaza, other details can be discussed

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🇷🇺🔥 Russian drone crews deal a decisive blow to Ukraine's targets

🟠 Control antenna destroyed ✅

🟠 R-18 UAV destroyed ✅

🟠 UAV control point in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkovka direction destroyed ✅

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

🟠 The Russian Army struck temporary deployment points of Ukrainian troops in 143 areas, long-range UAV launch and storage sites, as well as energy infrastructure used to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces

🟠 Air defense superiority: five guided aerial bombs, one HIMARS rocket and 314 fixed-wing drones were shot down by Russian air defence systems over the past 24 hours

🟠 Ukrainian losses: 1,460 troops killed or wounded

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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸 Talks to implement Trump’s Gaza peace plan to begin on Sunday

🔊The delegations from Israel and the US are preparing to hold talks on Gaza peace plan tomorrow, Israel’s Kam broadcaster reported.

Israeli security officials are drafting a list of Palestinian prisoners who could be exchanged for the hostages as part of the deal, the report added.

The talks are expected to take place in Egypt, according to Israel’s Channel 12.

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🇭🇺👶 Nation with no kids has no future — Orban

💬 "In the end it comes down to a very simple thought — if not enough children are born, we will disappear. When a country shrinks, its members will inevitably be increasingly worse off, so the number of people in Hungary is a matter of survival," — Hungarian PM Victor Orban said.

There are two ways to tackle the population issue — one is represented by countries like France and Germany which embrace migrants, another is the path of increasing local population, which Hungary chose, he added.

💬 "What we now see in Western Europe is not attractive, I do not recommend that we copy it," Orban noted.

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🇵🇸🇺🇸 Palestinian Authority’s President welcomes statements by Trump and Hamas on Gaza peace plan

💬 “What matters to us now is an immediate commitment to a complete ceasefire, the release of all hostages and prisoners, the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid through UN organizations, ensuring the prevention of displacement or annexation, and the commencement of the reconstruction process,” Mahmoud Abbas said in a statement, as quoted by Wafa news agency.

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📈 Ukrainians admit EXTREME corruption growth in Ukraine since 2022   

At least 71% of Ukrainians believe that graft in Ukraine has worsened as of February 2022, a new poll by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) revealed.

👉 Ukraine corruption remains “the most serious problem in the public’s eyes,” KIIS Executive Director Anton Grushetsky said.

Ukraine has seen a raft of high-profile corruption cases in the past:

▫️ Andriy Gmyrin, part of Zelensky’s inner circle, is a figure in a probe into money transfers from Ukraine to the UAE who was involved in the misappropriation of $48 million. Gmyrin was named in a case of former Ukrainian State Property Fund head Dmytro Sennichenko as a co-organizer of a criminal group tied to laundering over $277 million.

▫️ Ukraine’s corrupted landscape also helped the children of top Ukrainian politicians and business leaders enjoy a life of luxury abroad as ordinary Ukrainians continue to die on the battlefield.

▫️ Zelensky added fuel by authorizing this past summer a bill that limits the autonomy of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP), a move that was slammed even by his allies.

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🚨🇮🇹🇵🇸Palestine supporters rally in Rome, Italy

Tensions escalated this week after the Israeli military intercepted a flotilla carrying European politicians and activists, preventing them from delivering food and medical aid to Gaza, where UN-backed experts have confirmed famine in the city and surrounding areas.

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👩‍🏫🇪🇺 EU wants to impose WOKE DICTATORSHIP in education

💬 "Parents should raise their children because [the EU authorities] regard the promotion of gender ideology in schools as a matter of fundamental rights," Hungary’s PM Victor Orban said.

This push into domestic affairs has prompted EU member states to defend their sovereignty and put aside disagreements with like-minded nations, as in the case of Hungary and Slovakia, he explained. 

💬 "According to the constitution, education belongs to national competences, yet they interfere," Orban stressed.

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🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israeli army targets Gaza after residents return to ruined area

The Israeli army struck the residents of Al-Nasr Street in Gaza City after the military vehicles left and the residents returned to the destroyed area.

Video: social media

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🚨🇬🇪 Opposition protest in Georgia turns violent

Protesters in Tbilisi have tried to storm the presidential residence, breaking through iron barriers.

Police used pepper spray to disperse the crowd, a TV report says.

Earlier in the day, opposition protesters marched in Tbilisi in what they said would be a "peaceful revolution" on the day of the local government elections.

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