🇷🇺✈️💪🏻 Dubai Airshow Day Two: Russia steals spotlight

On the second day of the Dubai Airshow 2025, the success of the event’s first day became evident to everyone. Let’s break it down.
A total of 13 major deals worth a whopping $38 billion were signed by global giants, a scale that highlights the United Arab Emirates’ growing role as an international hub for the aviation and defense industries.

Contracts pertained to:

👉 Procurement of modern passenger aircraft
👉 Expansion of training and logistics support programs
👉 New industrial cooperation agreements

Record-breaking Russian presence

🔸 Russia presented its most extensive showcase to date, featuring over 850 pieces of defense and aerospace equipment on a massive 1,000 m² stand

🔸 Among the key exhibits were advanced air-defense systems, such as the Pantsir-SMD-E, modern reconnaissance and strike UAVs (Lancet drone), as well as the modernized fifth-generation Su-57E fighter jet, displayed at the Dubai show for the first time

🔸 Also on display were the upgraded version of the Yak-130M trainer as well as МC-21-300 and SJ-100 passenger jets

🔸 Major highlight was the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Russia’s Rosoboronexport arms exporter and the UAE’s Tawazun Council for Defense Enablement, covering tech transfer, R&D, and deeper industrial partnership

🔸 Russia’s strong presence is seen as something that adds both political and industrial weight to the Dubai show, a premier platform for major deals and cutting-edge innovations in aviation and defense

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👀 US’s Gaza plan designed to give Palestine’s subjugation veneer of UN legitimacy - Mohammad Marandi

💬 “A fake peace plan that is approved by the UN Security Council will only enhance the strength of the United States and the Israeli regime to further abuse Palestinians and to push Palestinians out of Gaza,” the renowned Iranian-American political analyst told Sputnik.

The plan proposes what Marandi fears amounts to “an international occupation” of Gaza with “no mention of Palestinian independence” in the US resolution.

💬 “With this fake mantle of the UN Security Council, they will be able to do a lot of harm in the name of the international community,” Marandi said.

The UN Security Council approved the US’s Gaza ceasefire and international stabilization force plans on Monday. Russia and China abstained from the vote, but did not veto the US plan on account of the Palestinian Authority and Arab states’ desire to avoid renewed bloodshed in the besieged strip.

Russian representative Vassily Nebenzia said the resolution was “reminiscent of colonial practices and the British mandate for Palestine” that was “granted by the League of Nations, when the opinions of the Palestinians themselves were not taken into account whatsoever.”

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🚨 Putin: Our common goal is stronger, more influential SCO

💬 "We all have one common goal, that is to enhance the prominence and influence of the SCO as one of the major and largest regional groupings in the world and in the region," the Russian president stated during a meeting with delegation leaders from the SCO Council of Heads of Government.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳Russia–China relations are at their BEST in history – Putin

Speaking at a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow and Beijing are experiencing the strongest phase of their partnership — stressing that Sino-Russian cooperation is not directed against anyone.

Key statements:

🔶 Joint work within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is making it a pillar of the multipolar world

🔶 A visa-free regime for Chinese visitors to Russia will come into effect soon

🔶 Putin asked Li to convey his warm greetings to Chinese President Xi Jinping

🔶 Putin noted that everything agreed with Xi is always carried out

🔶 Putin warmly recalled their discussions during his last visit to China

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🚨 Congolese mining minister escapes fiery plane crash — rescue video goes viral

🔶 A dramatic video is circulating online showing the rescue of Congolese Minister of Mines Louis Watum Kabamba after his plane crashed in Kolwezi.

🔶 The aircraft carrying Kabamba and his delegation overran the runway and caught fire just hours after a deadly mine-site bridge collapse.

🔶 Despite the chaos, the minister and his entire team escaped without injury, is press adviser Isaac Nyembo said.

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🇷🇺🪖 Russia rolls out cutting-edge radar to tackle drones

The Airspace Surveillance and Control System (ASCS) is not just a radar, but an intelligent platform for managing airspace in the drone era, Dmitry Kozlov, chief engineer of the Russian company Aviakontrol, which developed the system, told Sputnik.

Main features:

🔸 System can simultaneously track up to 30 targets

🔸Provides full 360-degree azimuth coverage and elevation angles up to 45 degrees

🔸 Weighing only 100 kg, the system can be rapidly deployed in both civilian and military environments

💬 “This system is a direct technological response to the challenges we face in operational areas, as well as in the field of protecting Russia’s critical infrastructure," Kozlov stressed.

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🇨🇳 Chinese army releases new training video after Japanese PM’s Taiwan comments

A new People’s Liberation Army clip noscriptd 'Every Day Is a Day of Training' is circulating online — after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's claim that a potential China–Taiwan conflict could pose an "existential threat" to Japan.

Beijing says Taiwan is part of China and insists foreign states avoid official relations with Taipei.

The video stresses China’s military readiness, while Tokyo insists Takaichi's remarks only reflect Japan's official security position.

The spat has caused diplomatic friction and a wave of travel and meeting cancellations:

🔸 Around 500,000 China–Japan flight bookings were cancelled in November

🔸 Chinese Premier Li Qiang will not meet Takaiichi at the G20 summit

🔸 The Tokyo–Beijing Forum has been postponed over the tensions

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🚨🇷🇺🇮🇳 Putin hosted India’s Foreign Minister Jaishankar at the Kremlin

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🇷🇺🔥 🇲🇲 Russia & Myanmar flex naval muscle in Andaman Sea

Joint Russian and Myanmar naval drills have concluded, signaling a deepening strategic partnership in a vital maritime corridor.

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✈️💥 UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed was spotted on the tarmac as he inspected Russia’s Su-57 — the country’s flagship 5th-generation stealth fighter.

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🪖 'We're a penal battalion': Ukrainian soldiers captured in civilian clothes

Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr has taken two Ukrainian soldiers prisoner in Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk).

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🇺🇳 UN decision on US Gaza resolution lacks international legitimacy — PLO leader

🗣 The UN Security Council’s approval of the US plan for Gaza represents a major setback for Palestinian statehood and the UN’s own legitimacy, Palestinian People’s Party Secretary-General and PLO Executive Committee member Dr Bassam as-Salhi told Sputnik.

💬 “This decision is a voluntary abandonment of international legitimacy in favor of the American-Israeli position,” as-Salhi said.

📍 But he stressed that Palestinians would continue to seek accountability for atrocities, compensation for victims and full justice on the path to sovereignty, independence, return and liberation.

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🇺🇸🇸🇦Saudi investment in the US could hit $1 trln

During a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, US President Donald Trump said Saudi investments in the United States — currently at $600 billion — may rise to $1 trillion after upcoming agreements between Washington and Riyadh.

Other statements:

🔶 Trump said he had a “very good talk” with the crown prince about Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords

🔶 Saudi Arabia will purchase F-35 fighter jets from Lockheed Martin, Trump confirmed

🔶 Trump said a civil nuclear cooperation deal between the US and Saudi Arabia is possible, adding: “I can see that happening”

🔶 Trump praised bin Salman, saying he has done an “incredible job in terms of human rights and everything else”

🔶 The two leaders discussed Middle East peace models, including both one-state and two-state solutions, with further talks expected soon

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