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

⚡️ NOVOUSPENOVSKOYE IN ZAPOROZHYE LIBERATED

The liberation of the settlement of Novouspenovskoye in the Zaporozhye region allows the Russian Armed Forces to advance towards the village of Rovnopolye and then the city of Gulyaipole.

🟠 Russian forces have fully liberated the eastern part of Kupyansk

🟠 Russian forces repelled seven counterattacks aimed at breaking the encirclement in Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk)

🟠 Russian air and missile forces struck transport infrastructure used to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces

🟠 Air defense superiority: 69 UAVs were shot down by Russian air defence systems over the past 24 hours

🟠 Ukrainian losses: around 1,255 troops killed or wounded

Read about origins of Russia's special military op HERE

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🇨🇳✈️ China unveils team-up of GJ-11 stealth drone, J-20 fighter, and J-16D electronic warfare jet

The cutting-edge technology was showcased in a PLA Air Force video marking the 76th anniversary of the service.

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🇷🇺 🔊 Russia to Netherlands: Ukrainian MiG hijack plot risks dragging NATO into full military conflict

"Such reckless actions, the consequences of which are extremely difficult to predict, pose a real threat to European security," Russia’s Embassy in The Hague said.

The embassy hopes the Netherlands will finally take note of Ukraine's repeated attempts to draw the alliance and the country into a direct military confrontation with Russia.

🗣 Earlier in the day, Russia's FSB said it had foiled a Ukrainian intelligence plot, coordinated with UK handlers, to hijack a MiG-31 jet armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile.

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🚨🇷🇺 Lavrov unsure how the UK will distance itself from the MiG-31 provocation attempt

The UK will find it extremely difficult to disown itself of its role in the attempted hijacking of a MiG-31 fighter jet from Russia, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said.

Earlier in the day, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said that it had thwarted an operation by Ukrainian military intelligence and its UK handlers to hijack a Russian MiG-31 fighter jet armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile.

💬 "The FSB exposed everything in great detail, and I do not know how the British will wash their hands of it," Lavrov said in a interview with Russian media.

The UK has now lost its empire, economic and military power, but is trying to compensate for this, the FM added.

He also accused the UK media of launching an information campaign after BBC Director General Tim Davie and Executive Director Deborah Turness resigned amid widespread criticism of the BBC's misrepresentation Trump's 2021 speech.

💬 "I would like to draw your attention to the latest facts of unprofessional and, I would say, malicious media coverage of certain events. Including, perhaps, first of all, the UK ones. It is well known what is happening with the BBC now, and the fact that some figures are trying to justify what happened and talk about some kind of staged campaign is a disgrace," Lavrov said.

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🚨🇷🇺📑 Key statements by Russian FM Lavrov to media:

🟠 The Financial Times publication on the reasons behind the cancellation of the Putin–Trump summit contains numerous inaccuracies, including distortions in the sequence of events.

🟠 Trump’s claims about Russia allegedly resuming nuclear tests do not correspond to reality; Russia remains ready to discuss the concerns raised by the US side.

🟠 Putin and Trump, even if they did not agree on every detail in Anchorage, nonetheless reached an understanding.

🟠 The next step after Trump’s conversation with Marco Rubio was to be a meeting between representatives of the foreign ministries, military, and intelligence agencies of Russia and the United States.

🟠 The topic of the Russia–US summit in Budapest should not be linked to the emerging discussion on nuclear testing.

🟠 Europe has been relatively successful in persuading the United States to align with its position on Ukraine.

🟠 Russia’s proposal on START is not tied to deadlines — a declaration of commitment to the idea can be made at any time before February 5, 2026.

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🚨🛩 Failed MiG-31 hijack plot: Ukrainian intel stuck to Western political directives

First and foremost, Ukrainian intelligence planned to capture Russia’s advanced weapon system, military expert Sergey Gorbachev told Sputnik, commenting on the botched Ukraine-UK attempt to hijack a Russian MiG-31 jet armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile.

He didn’t rule out that the perpetrators planned a provocation involving the MiG-31 to simulate an attack on Romania or Bulgaria, both NATO members. Gorbachev also pointed to a possible media effect related to the scenario of a Russian pilot becoming a traitor and being used for nefarious purposes.

💬 “It was a multifaceted operation that could have caused not only reputational damage to Russia, but also serious security consequences. A provocation imitating a combat strike against a NATO country would have obvious and easily predictable repercussions,” the expert underscored.

He added that it is only natural that the UK’s MI6 was involved, as the Ukrainians “could not have planned, organized, and carried out such an operation all by themselves.”

Gorbachev was echoed by political analyst Vasily Belozerov, who said: When it comes to Ukrainian intelligence, it is “not independent and operates under political directives from abroad, following instructions that come from outside Ukraine as part of the West’s confrontation with Russia.”

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🚨🇵🇰 Death toll rises following Pakistani car bomb blast

At least 12 people were killed and 27 injured in a suicide bomb attack outside the Judicial Complex in Islamabad, Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi confirmed.

💬 “The suicide bomber targeted a police vehicle as he couldn't enter the complex,” Naqvi told reporters at the scene.

President Asif Zardari condemned the “foreign-sponsored” attack, calling for the elimination of terrorist networks.

Security forces have cordoned off the area and launched an investigation.

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🚨Russia’s FSB foils illegal Nazi reburial attempt

Russian security services stopped an illegal reburial ceremony near Volgograd for Wehrmacht officers’ remains, organized by German authorities through an NGO.

The remains were exhumed from the Holy Ascension Convent and were to be buried at the Rossoshki memorial — with military honors meant for WWII defenders.

The operation was planned for the eve of May 9 — Russian Victory Day — with a broadcast prepared for Western media.

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🪖 US officers can’t explain why so much military needed for strikes in Caribbean - report

US senior Special Operations officers in a briefing last month did not provide a comprehensive explanation why the Trump administration needed a massive military presence in the Caribbean for strikes on a few small boats allegedly used by drug cartels, CNN reported, citing sources with the knowledge.

At the moment, there is no public information from the Pentagon on what the military is using to conduct the strikes, but the sources told CNN that MQ-9 Reaper drones are used for US attacks on alleged drug boats, as well as AC-130J gunships and fighter jets.

🔊 The sources told CNN that the Pentagon officials also could not provide an exact amount of taxpayers' dollars spent on the counternarcotics campaign.

However, administration officials have stated that each strike costs up to hundreds of thousands of dollars, the report said.

⚔️ A significant part of all deployed US naval assets worldwide has been located in US Southern Command since last month, and even more US military assets are about to be placed in the Caribbean, the report added.

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🚨🇷🇺🇴🇲 Shoigu arrives in Oman for security talks with top leadership

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu has arrived in Oman for talks with top the leadership of the country on security issues, the Russian Security Council said.

📑 "The agenda will include, first of all, the implementation of agreements reached during the historic state visit of Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said to Russia in April this year. In particular, it is planned to discuss in detail the prospects for deepening cooperation in the field of security, the development of strategic projects with Russian participation, as well as ways to increase coordination on topical global and regional issues," the statement said.

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🇺🇸🪖 Trump suggests Veterans Day should be ‘Victory Day for WWI’ modeled after Russia’s May 9 celebration

Speaking at Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday on the 107th anniversary of the 1918 armistice which ended WWI, Trump said that “from now on, we’re going to be celebrating Victory Day for World War I, for World War II, and frankly, for everything else.”

Trump said he got the idea from watching British and Russian celebrations commemorating the end of WW2 in Europe.

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🟠 Failed MiG-31 hijack plot: Ukrainian intel stuck to Western political directives

🟠 Lavrov unsure how the UK will distance itself from the MiG-31 provocation attempt

🟠 Death toll rises following Pakistani car bomb blast

🟠 Von der Leyen’s secret intel hub takes shape as critics cry foul

🟠 Trump suggests Veterans Day should be ‘Victory Day for WWI’ modeled after Russia’s May 9 celebration

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🚨🇺🇸 USS Gerald Ford supercarrier arrives in Latin America amid standoff with Venezuela

US Naval Forces Southern Command announced the deployment on Tuesday.

🗣 A Pentagon spokesman said the carrier would “bolster US capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States homeland and our security in the Western Hemisphere.”

The carrier’s arrival comes amid the continued buildup of US naval and air power in the area off Venezuela. The US missile has attacked ~20 vessels in international waters, killing at least 76 people.

The US says the targeted vessels are drug boats, but has yet to provide evidence.

🇻🇪 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused the US of plotting regime change, and deployed the army and militias in preparation for a potential invasion.

🇨🇴 Colombian President Gustavo Petro called for the re-formation of a 19th-century Gran Colombia-style superstate to repel potential foreign aggression.

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