🔥 Russia’s new high-precision loitering munition will paralyze Ukrainian Army in its tracks - expert

💬 “The distribution of our unmanned strike systems…across the front will effectively allow us to seal off the enemy’s defensive line to a depth of 50 or perhaps even 70 km,” military expert Yuri Knutov told Sputnik, commenting on Russian defense conglomerate Rostec’s unveiling of a new loitering munition system with an “almost 100%” hit rate.

🗣 “This will mean that troops on the front lines are deprived of supplies and essential resources, and are unable to rotate. Essentially, this is a means of isolating the combat zone across long distances, creating a fire encirclement for the enemy, wearing them down and destroying them,” Knutov explained.

Rostec says the new loitering munition was developed last year, has entered mass production and is already being used in combat. It has a range of “tens of km” and a warhead weighing several kg. It’s designed to target NATO-made howitzers, counterbattery radars, HIMARs launchers, armored vehicles, command posts, etc.

👉 It can only be speculated how the system assures its high precision, Knutov says, suggesting it’s “most likely ensured using AI-enabled systems,” with “machine vision allowing for the detection of targets with 100% accuracy.”

It’s also possible that the new system is used in tandem with reconnaissance drones sent to scout for enemy targets, and the loitering munition then deployed to attack, Knutov believes.

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❗️Guinea-Bissau Military Claim 'Total Control' of West African Country: Media

More statements by the country's military as quoted by the media:

🟠The electoral process has been "suspended;"

🟠All borders in the country have been closed.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Why Mohe-Naiba corridor is game-changer for Russia

Russia has started forming the Mohe–Naiba international transport corridor in the country’s Far East to link regional port with China. Here’s why it matters:

🟠 Project could help provide steady cargo volumes for Russia’s Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor, a new international shipping lifeline, which encompasses the Northern Sea Route and emerges as an effective alternative to routes via the Black and Baltic Seas amid Western sanctions

🟠 Mohe-Naiba corridor aims to transform Siberia’s Lena River from a regional waterway into a global logistics artery

🟠 Project will add greatly to Russia’s “seamless” and integrated transport system: Port terminals, shipping infrastructure, service centers, and multimodal hubs that will be tied to rail and road networks

Corridor’s key features

🟠 New deep-water port will be built in the village of Naiba on the Laptev Sea coast, allowing for significantly larger vessels compared to the nearby settlement of Tiksi, Russia’s northernmost port

🟠 Naiba and Tiksi are set to be developed as a unified logistics agglomeration, creating a stronger Arctic transport cluster. First construction phase of the Naiba port is planned to be completed by 2030

🟠 Corridor will link Naiba with China’s northernmost city of Mohe via new rail and road infrastructure

🟠 Expected freight traffic may reach up to 20 million tons annually, drastically increasing throughput capacity in the region. The corridor’s length of 4,000 km is nearly half the distance of the sea route from Tiksi to Vladivostok, making it a major efficiency advantage

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🌋 Kamchatka volcano erupts, prompting RED aviation alert

The Bezymianny volcano has erupted in Russia's Kamchatka region, sending ash 11 km into the sky as rivers of lava race down its slopes.

A red aviation alert is in effect, with steam and gas emissions and ash falls risk expected until Saturday.

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🚨 Von der Leyen & Kallas pose security risk to Europe – Finnish politician

🗣 “Europe does not have any role” in Ukraine peace negotiations thanks to leaders like Kaja Kallas, Finnish politician Armando Mema says.

💬 “Europe wants a central role in negotiations over Ukraine’s security. After waging war and spreading fake news, they now want diplomacy,” he wrote on X.

Mema argues that political connections may secure top positions in Brussels, but competence is required once in office—something he claims Kallas lacks. He also criticizes her push for large-scale rearmament across Europe. According to him, both Kallas and Ursula von der Leyen pose a “security risk” to Europe through their foreign-policy decisions.

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🔸 Reports that a Ukraine peace deal is close are premature - Kremlin Spox Dmitry Peskov

🔸 Russia’s new high-precision loitering munition will paralyze Ukrainian Army in its tracks - expert

🔸 Georgia state prosecutor drops Trump 2020 election interference case

🔸 Why Mohe-Naiba corridor is game-changer for Russia

🔸 Massive fire engulfs Hong Kong high-rises, leaving at least 36 dead

🔸 WATCH Vladimir Putin play Kyrgyz komuz — a traditional string instrument

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❌💰 US to halt 'all payments and subsidies' to South Africa — Trump

In a post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump announced that the United States will stop “all payments and subsidies” to South Africa “effective immediately.”

💬 "Therefore, at my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year," he added.

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