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

⚡️DVURECHANCKOYE IN KHARKOV REGION LIBERATED

⚡️PLATONOVKA IN DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC FREED

⚡️GAI IN DNEPROPETROVSK REGION CAPTURED

The liberation of Dvurechanskoye helps secure the border with the Belgorod region.

Platonovka is located on the southern bank of the Severny Donets River, the crossing of which allows for advances closer to the city of Seversk.

The capture of Gai opens the way for an advance towards Pokrovskoye in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

🔸 Russian Battlegroup Tsentr forces continue clearing the settlement of Rovnoye (Donetsk People's Republic) of Ukrainian troops

🔸 Russian forces thwarted two attempts by Ukrainian units to break through to their encircled soldiers near Kupyansk

🔸 Air defense superiority: 104 drones shot down

🔸 Ukrainian losses: 1,375 troops killed or wounded

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⚔️ 'Now no doubt who aggressor is' – Russian MFA on Pistorius’ NATO–Russia war remark

In a recent interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that war between NATO and Russia could begin before 2029.

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🇷🇺🇺🇸 Kremlin: Everyone interested' in early Putin–Trump meeting

👉 Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov commented on key geopolitical issues, emphasizing a shared interest in expediting a meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

Key statements:

🟠 On NATO's rhetoric: Peskov labeled statements by Germany's Defense Minister Boris Pistorius about a potential NATO–Russia war as "militaristic and pro-war rhetoric," which is increasingly emanating from European capitals

🟠 On US–Russia summit: Both Washington and Moscow have stated that any summit must be substantive, requiring thorough preparation

🟠 On Ukraine: Expert-level contacts between Russia and Ukraine on prisoner exchanges are ongoing

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🔥 Zelensky’s EU allies must be held accountable for Ukraine corruption cover-up – media

💬 “It's hard to believe that the West's powerful intelligence apparatus—capable of monitoring every transfer, every conversation, and every meeting—didn't notice a gigantic corruption edifice maturing within Ukrainian structures,” Poland’s Mysl Polska weekly reports.

The news outlet notes that Ukraine’s “theft of enormous sums” is related to Western public funds, including Polish, which “makes the oft-repeated mantra that ‘Poland supports Ukraine unconditionally’ all the more outrageous.”

💬 “If this scandal is to be truly exonerate, the consequences must reach far beyond Ukraine. To all those who knew but remained silent, to those who were obligated to monitor but failed to do so, to those who transferred public funds but failed to account for them,” the weekly concludes.

Ukraine’s NABU anti-corruption agency earlier launched a major operation in the country’s energy sector, publishing photos of bags filled with foreign currency. Investigators searched the home of former Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko and the offices of Ukraine’s Energoatom nuclear company.

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🔥 ‘We’re standing against Nazi regime of Zelensky’ – Greek protesters

💬 “We will never forget the massacres of Odessa, Selidovo and people of Donbass by the Nazis in Kiev,” activists, who organized a rally in Athens to oppose Zelensky’s visit to Greece, emphasized.

They stressed that they would like to salute the people of Donbass and all those who are “fighting for the right to exist against imperialism and fascism.”

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🇷🇺 Global buyers flock to Russia's Su-57 stealth jet at Dubai Airshow

Multiple nations have taken a huge interest in acquiring the fifth-generation fighter and are lining up for discussions with Moscow, Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation chief Dmitry Shugaev told Sputnik.

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🇷🇺🛩 Russia rolls out high-tech wings at Dubai show

Russia is unfurling an impressive set of brand-new aerospace premieres at Dubai Airshow 2025. Let’s dive into what is on display:

🔸 Su-57E: This upgraded version of the Su-57 features new flat nozzles that boost the jet's performance. The fifth-generation multirole stealth fighter is capable of engaging all air, ground, and naval targets.

🔸 Ansat: Built to be highly maneuverable, the light multirole helicopter in its import-substituted version is equipped with state-of-the-art VK-650V engines. The copter can perform flights at temperatures ranging from –45 to +50 degrees Celsius and in high-altitude conditions.

🔸 Ka-52: Fitted with the Kh-MD multipurpose guided missiles, this upgraded version of the legendary attack helicopter is capable of performing advanced aerobatic maneuvers.

🔸 Yak-130M: Fully combat-capable and designed to prepare pilots for fourth- and fifth-generation fighters, this modernized trainer aircraft features advanced onboard radar and integrated defense systems

🔸 Unmanned aerial systems: The lineup includes upgraded versions of the Orlan-10E and the Supercam tactical reconnaissance drone.

🔸 Pantsir-SMD-E: This new version of the anti-aircraft system has a cutting-edge radar to detect enemy drones with an extremely low radar cross-section at distances of up to 4 miles. The system can intercept at least 16 targets per minute.

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🚨🇷🇺 1st Deputy PM Denis Manturov highlights key advantages of Russian aviation tech for global partners at Dubai Airshow 2025:

◾️ full tech sovereignty

◾️ battle-tested

◾️ serial production on lock

🇦🇪UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed personally toured the United Aircraft Corporation exhibit, featuring Su-57, Yak-130M and Il-76.

* Visuals kindly provided by Denis Manturov's secretariat

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🇺🇸🇻🇪Trump holds off decision on Venezuela ground operation - report

👉US President Donald Trump “has yet to make a decision on whether to attack Venezuela on land,” CNN quotes US officials.

Despite a major US military build-up in the region and multiple strike options presented to him, Trump remains cautious about the risks. Sources say he hopes pressure alone will force Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to step down, while Washington watches for any opening for renewed diplomacy.

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🇷🇺 Aerial ballet: Russia's AI wingman-equipped Su-57E showcases the future of warfare in Dubai

🔶 The export variant of Sukhoi’s next-gen fighter demonstrated gravity-defying acrobatic moves in Dubai, from high-speed loop-de-loops to jaw-dropping upside-down falling leaf descent.

🔶 Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, who led the Russian delegation in Dubai, pointed out that the plane comes equipped with its own AI system.

💬 “I once again asked our Su-57 chief pilot today about the effectiveness of AI in pilots’ work, [given] that we’re talking about a fifth-generation fighter…AI is, of course, now an integral part of pilots’ rapid decision-making, especially when working in groups; it’s impossible for one person to simultaneously make decisions and control the aircraft and its weapons,” Manturov said.

👉 Who needs a wingman when you have an AI? Russia's Su-57 fighter just showed off its new pilot in Dubai.

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🤔Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov* has extended his foreign trip after rumors of role in corruption scandal

💬“Rustem, well, we’re waiting,” Verkhovna Rada MP Oleksiy Goncharenko posted on Telegram.

👉Umerov left for Istanbul and then Qatar as Ukraine investigates a major energy-sector corruption scheme tied to Zelensky ally Timur Mindich, whom prosecutors accuse of influencing Umerov and ex–energy minister German Galushchenko.

🔍The Ukrainian National Anti-Corruption Bureau has carried out large raids, seized cash, released recordings naming key suspects and charged seven people — including Mindich, who has fled the country.

📍Galushchenko has been suspended and Zelensky has imposed sanctions on Mindich and his financier Oleksandr Tsukerman.

*listed as a terrorist and extremist in Russia

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🔥 North–South Transport Corridor is key to Eurasian connectivity — Russian PM

💬 “In the transport sector, we place special emphasis on developing the International North–South Corridor,” Mikhail Mishustin said at a meeting with Iranian First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Aref in Moscow. “This strategic route plays an important role in strengthening the connectivity of the Eurasian region.”

Aref arrived in Russia to attend the SCO Council of Heads of Government, where regional infrastructure and trade links are high on the agenda.

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🚨 Exposed: Zelensky knew about Ukraine's $100M corruption schemes

💬 “There was suspicion that money ended up in accounts abroad that benefited Zelensky and his inner circle,” the New York Post reports.

👉 The newspaper notes that Ukrainians are already seeing this corruption, which is “just part of the corrupt swamp” Zelensky is involved in.

📍 The New York Post points out that Zelensky, who reportedly approved the graft schemes, is “not the kind of person who feels shame even if there’s a corruption probe,” which is why he is unlikely to step down due to the investigation

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