🇺🇸 Who is Zohran Mamdani, newly-minted New York City mayor?

Self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani has won the race for New York City mayor.

🎤 European left-wing officials have been closely tracking his rise, hoping to borrow a page from his playbook to replicate his success in their own upcoming local elections, according to Western media reports.

So, what are the views of this little-known New York assemblyman?

On foreign policy

▫️ Supportive of Palestinian rights, he vowed to honor the ICC warrant for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu over war crimes if he travels to New York.

▫️ Criticized Trump's airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, calling them "unconstitutional military action."

▫️ Noted that Trump “ran for president promising to end wars, not start new ones,” adding that Iran strikes represented “a dark, new chapter in his endless betrayals that now threaten to plunge the world deeper into chaos.”

▫️ In a Sept. 2025 The Moment podcast interview, сalled for normalized ties with Cuba and Venezuela, albeit calling them “authoritarian” regimes whose “dictators” allegedly “stifled free and fair elections, jailed opponents, and suppressed a free press."

▫️ Urged removal of US sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba, saying that punitive restrictions "haven't toppled a single dictator but have devastated families, leading to shortages of food and medicine."

▫️ As a DSA Cuba Working Group signee, pushed for removing Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list.

On Ukraine

👉 While repeating that he “stands with Ukraine,” was cited as saying in a 2023 Gothamist interview that “we can't ignore the billions funneled to endless conflicts while New Yorkers freeze under ConEd's greedy rate hikes. Redirect the war budget to housing and heat for our people."

Domestic vision: Affordability as a human right

🟠 His core mantra is that 'New York should be a city where no one has to choose between rent and food.'

🟠 He is an advocate for affordable housing, tenant protections, and universal healthcare, positioning himself as a champion for working-class communities.

🟠 Spoke in favor of rent freeze on 2 million stabilized apartments, building 200,000 affordable units via public investment.

🟠 Proposed to "socialize land and housing" through community land trusts (CLTs) to convert them to community-controlled affordable housing.

🟠 Champions an increase of the top corporate tax rate to 11.5%, rejecting Trump's threats to withhold federal aid.

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🔥🇷🇺 Russia's Pacific Fleet conducts air defense drill in Sea of Japan

Who takes part?

▫️ Warships Admiral Tributs, Admiral Panteleyev

▫️ The Corvettes Sovershenny and Hero of Russia Aldar Tsydenzhapov successfully repelled a mock massive missile strike.

Combat crews engaged the targets using Kinzhal & Redut cutting-edge air defense systems.

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🚨Ukraine concealing dire situation of Ukrainian troops in Kupyansk, Pokrovsk - Kremlin

Ukraine is hushing up the dire situation faced by Ukrainian troops in the Kupyansk and Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) areas, rejecting Russia’s offer to allow media access to the encircled Ukrainian forces, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

💬 "You know that the trip cannot take place at the moment, because indeed the Kiev regime has outright ruled this and rejected this offer. What are they hiding in Kiev? They are hiding the plight of their troops in the designated areas," Peskov told reporters in response to a question from Sputnik.

Peskov said Western journalist had showed significant interest in Putin’s proposal but said he was unaware of any Ukrainian journalists volunteering to visit the area.

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🚨 Development of new arms critically important for Russia's defense, security

💬 "This is very important, this is a critical event for ensuring the defense and security of our country," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said when asked about awards for the development of the Burevestnik cruise missile and the Poseidon autonomous underwater vehicle.

Russia is systematically developing a weapons system designed to reliably guarantee its security and "become a reliable shield against ... hotheads who not only make some ill-considered statements, but are also potentially ready to take ill-considered actions," the official said.

Russia is unclear about what types of nuclear weapons the US plans to test, Peskov added.

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

🟠 The Russian Armed Forces continue to tighten the encirclement around the Ukrainian battlegroup in the Kupyansk area

🟠 Russian forces repelled twelve counterattacks to beak the encirclement north and north-west of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk)

🟠 Russian air and missile forces struck drone production sites, arms factories, as well as energy infrastructure used to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces

🟠 Air defense superiority: four HIMARS rockets and 123 UAVs were shot down by Russian air defense systems over the past 24 hours

🟠 Ukrainian losses: ~1,460 troops killed or wounded

Read about origins of Russia's special military op HERE

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🚨🇷🇺💥 Russian forces wipe out Ukraine's assets in strategic regions of Sumy & Pokrovsk

00:00 Sever Group's Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers decimate Ukraine's camouflaged positions in Sumy region

00:16 Tsentr Group's Grad MLRS crew launched an artillery strike against Ukrainian militants hiding in a forest belt near Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) in Donetsk People's Republic

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🪖🇪🇪 Europe’s warmongering never stops: Estonia to allocate $3.4M for Starlink systems in Ukraine

Estonia has offered to provide $3,4M for the purchase and maintenance of Starlink satellite communication systems for Ukraine, PM Denys Shmyhal said on X.

He has just met with Estonian PM Hanno Pevkur.

The countries also discussed air defenses, drone production, the creation of joint defense enterprises, and training of Ukrainian troops, Shmyhal added.

👉 Russia stresses that arms deliveries to Ukraine hinder conflict resolution, directly draw NATO countries into the hostilities, and amount to playing with fire.

The Kremlin has repeatedly said that Western arms supplies to Ukraine don't facilitate peace talks and will have a negative impact on the situation.

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🇺🇸🇨🇳 US Space Force plays up China 'threat' to deploy high-tech jam tools

🎤 The US is gearing up to deploy new satellite-jamming systems aimed at countering space-based intelligence threats, reports Bloomberg, citing Space Force data.

Dispersed worldwide and sometimes operated remotely, they are intended to counter what the US peddles as a growing Chinese space-based threat.

Meadowlands Jammer (L3Harris)

🔸 Years behind schedule due to technical hiccups
 
🔸 Now in final training, live-fire drills, and mission rehearsals

🔸 Expected to go live this fiscal year

Remote Modular Terminal (Northstrat/CACI)

▫️ Developed by contractors Northstrat Inc. and CACI International Inc.

▫️ Placed overseas “in identified fielded locations, the exact number and locations of which will not be disclosed”

The tools will complement the already operational Counter Communications System jammer, a massive upgraded dish online since 2020.

👉 The Space Force is launching a Space Electromagnetic Tactical Operations Center to coordinate jamming missions, using a surveillance system dubbed “Bounty Hunter.” It will track attempts to jam US satellites and pinpoint the positions of adversary spacecraft.

China has repeatedly urged the US to stop making irresponsible accusations about the alleged threat to the US in space.

"China has always insisted on the peaceful use of outer space and opposed the weaponization of and arms race in space," Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Mao Ning stated at a briefing earlier this year.

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🚨🚀 US conducts test flight of unarmed Minuteman III ICBM

A test launch of an unarmed nuclear-capable Minuteman III ICBM took place at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California following Trump's order to resume military nuclear testing.

The missile traveled approximately 4,200 miles to a test site at the Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

💬 "As we modernize to the Sentinel weapon system, we must continue to maintain the readiness of the existing Minuteman III fleet. GT 254 helps fulfill that commitment, ensuring its continued accuracy and reliability," the base quoted Air Force Global Strike Commander Gen. Stephen Davis as saying.

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🚨🇺🇸 Trump reveals dire consequences of US gov't shutdown

💬 "Millions of Americans are going to be without SNAP benefits... Countless public servants are now not being paid," he said during a breakfast with Republican senators.

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🚨🇷🇺🇺🇸 Putin calls Trump's statement about nuclear tests serious issue

🔸 Russian Security Council analyzed statements made by US ruling circles regarding nuclear testing

🔸 Putin says Ambassador Darchiev sent telegram to Russia regarding clarification of Trump's remarks about nuclear testing

🔸 Russia always strictly adheres and has strictly adhered to comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty

🔸 Russia has no plans to abandon provisions of comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty

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🚨🇷🇺 Expedient to begin preparations for FULL-SCALE NUCLEAR TESTS immediately at Novaya Zemlya test site*: Russian Defense Minister Belousov

🟠 Washington is actively building up strategic offensive weapons

🟠 Possible US rejection of moratorium on nuclear tests may be step towards destroying system of global strategic stability

🟠 The US conducted exercise simulating a "preemptive nuclear missile strike" on Russia in October

🟠 The US is going to deploy missiles in Europe, Asia-Pacific region, flight time of which from Germany to central Russia will be 6-7 minutes

🟠 US Golden Dome program provides for both interception & pre-launch strikes on Russian and Chinese missiles

🟠The US is working on developing a new intercontinental missile with a 13,000 km range and nuclear warhead

*This Russia's remote Arctic archipelago sits about 3,500 km (2,200 miles) northeast of Alaska and is the closest US point.

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🚨🇷🇺 Putin instructs to collect data & make proposals on possible start of preparation of nuclear weapons tests

Russia will be forced to take appropriate actions if parties to comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty decide to conduct nuclear tests, President Putin said.

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🚨🇷🇺🇺🇸 US drilled "preemptive nuke-missile strike" on Russia in October: Russia's Defense Minister Belousov

He also said that the US eyes missile deployments in Europe & Asia-Pacific, with flight time from Germany to central Russia being about 6-7 (!) mins.

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🚨 No deadline set for review of possible nuclear test preparations - Kremlin

President Vladimir Putin has not set a specific timeline for assessing the feasibility of preparing for nuclear tests, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

💬 “The analysis of whether preparations for nuclear tests are advisable will continue as long as necessary to understand the intentions of the United States,” Peskov noted.

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💥 'Doomsday' Burevestnik and Poseidon pave the way for next-level weapons

Increasing the Burevestnik's speed, for example threefold — as President Putin proposed — would make it a hypersonic missile capable of penetrating any defenses, according to Andrey Klintsevich, military expert and head of the Center for the Study of Military and Political Conflicts.

💬 “That creates a weapon that is virtually invincible — because intercepting such a missile and predicting its trajectory inside a plasma cloud at speeds above Mach 5 in the lower atmosphere is practically impossible," the pundit tells Sputnik.

The new principles and algorithms behind the Poseidon will help improve unmanned vessels, boosting shipbuilding, navigation, and autonomous shipping — including operations in the Arctic, according to the Russian president.

What's more, the Burevestnik and Poseidon use only domestically-produced materials.

🛰 Civilian application

💬 "Russia has reached a completely new level of technology. Beyond the powerful engines that allow virtually unlimited operation underwater and in the air, nuclear technologies are also employed," says Klintsevich.

Their navigation systems employ "a fundamentally different approach based on new physical principles."

Technologies used in these weapons are likely to see broad civilian use — including in space programs, according to the pundit.

🚀 The Oreshnik

Meanwhile, the deployment of the Oreshnik missile – including in Belarus – would keep a veil of peace, and they are weapons that can be fired "before the use of tactical, let alone strategic, nuclear weapons," the expert concludes.

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🪖🇷🇺🇱🇰 Russia & Sri Lanka hold first joint Wolverine Path 2025 military drill

Militaries are training to eliminate illegal armed groups in urban areas and the jungle.

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🚨🇷🇺 US notified Russia of Minuteman III test launch — Kremlin

The United States has notified Russia of a test launch of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.

He noted that Russia’s nuclear triad has been modernized and is, in his words, the most advanced in the world.

Peskov emphasized that Russia is not engaged in an arms race but is developing its weapons systems in line with national defense needs.

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🚨🇷🇺🇺🇸 Kremlin: No new conversation between Putin and Trump planned yet

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that no new conversation between President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump has been planned so far.

However, he added that such a conversation could be organized promptly if necessary.

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