🇷🇺 Russian AI-powered Burevetsnik missile to be stealthy

🚀 Burevetsnik missiles are capable of operating at both high and low altitudes, enhancing their ability to evade detection, said Valery Polovinkin, scientific director of Russia’s Krylov Research Center, which develops next-generation naval and maritime systems.

💬 “Furthermore, its control systems use artificial intelligence that processes vast amounts of data — maps of terrain and the starry sky, along with other embedded information,” he told Russian media.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 Why the US is unlikely to send troops into Iran

💬 "I can imagine a warning airstrike. I am sure America will take some kind of action, but it will not send troops into Iran," Hungarian political analyst Georg Spottle tells Sputnik.

🔶 He argues that a prolonged conflict would be politically impossible at home: "America would not get involved in a war that could last for several years, because the American public would not accept it."

🔶 Spottle believes the US "will not risk a serious war that would cost the country billions of dollars and whose outcome would be uncertain."

🔶 The analyst also drew parallels with the US operation in Iraq, which lasted eight years, despite Iraq having "a far less complex landscape and a much weaker army than Iran."

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🔊 Trump chooses American interests over NATO, EU — Dmitry Kiselev

US President Donald Trump has made a choice in favor of American interests and views the European Union and NATO, in their current form, as anti-American organizations, said Director General of Rossiya Segodnya (Sputnik’s parent company) Dmitry Kiselev.

💬 “The bottom line is that, in their current state, the European Union and even NATO are, if you will, anti-American organizations for Trump. He seems to have made his choice — for him, America’s interests are far clearer than those of NATO, and even more so than those of the European Union,” Kiselev said on Russian television.

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💰Russia’s gold reserves surge $130B in a year

Rising gold prices pushed the value of Russia’s gold holdings from $195.7B to $326.5B over the past year, despite a slight drop in physical volume.

Gold now makes up 43.3% of Russia’s total reserves, while foreign currency holdings grew just 3.6% to $428.3B.

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🐾 In Malaysia, a cat got stuck inside an ATM — and a civil defense officer had to climb into the machine to rescue it, with the shaken feline escaping unharmed. 🐾

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🚨🪖 Pentagon puts 1,500 troops on alert for possible Minnesota deployment — reports

The Pentagon has placed about 1,500 active-duty troops on alert for a possible deployment to Minnesota, as President Donald Trump considers invoking the Insurrection Act, Axios reported.

According to Axios, there is no confirmed plan to send troops at this stage. A Pentagon spokesperson said the military is “always prepared to execute the orders of the Commander-in-Chief if called upon.”

The move comes amid escalating tensions following the killing of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer and growing clashes between state officials and the federal government. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said deploying troops would be a “shocking step,” while state leaders have urged de-escalation.

Axios noted the Pentagon has neither confirmed nor denied the alert, though multiple outlets reported the troops would come from the 11th Airborne Division based in Alaska.

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🇨🇦🇩🇰 Canada weighs troop deployment to Greenland amid NATO exercises — reports

Canada is considering sending a small contingent of soldiers to Greenland to take part in Danish-led NATO military exercises, as a show of solidarity with Denmark, The Globe and Mail reported, citing senior government officials.

According to the report, the Canadian Armed Forces are awaiting final approval from Prime Minister Mark Carney. If approved, the troops could be deployed as early as this week.

🪖 The Globe and Mail noted that Canada already has CF-18 fighter jets and a Cormorant helicopter in Greenland as part of a NORAD exercise involving the United States.

Carney said recent US tariff threats linked to Greenland represent a “worrisome intensification” of the situation, adding that NATO is capable of safeguarding the island’s security. The potential deployment would be part of Operation Arctic Endurance, a NATO exercise aimed at reinforcing allied commitment to Denmark and Greenland.

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🔥🇩🇪 German lawmaker calls for withdrawal of US forces and weapons

The Member of the Federal Executive Board of the BSW Party, Sevim Dağdelen, said US troops should be withdrawn from Germany, along with US nuclear weapons stored at Büchel, and called for an end to plans to deploy US medium-range missiles.

In a post on X, Dağdelen said the missile deployment would make Germany “even more of a target,” and argued that removing foreign forces and weapons would improve the country’s security.

Her post appeared to be a response to a news report on rising tensions linked to US tariff threats and the dispute over Greenland.

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🇩🇪🇺🇸 Germany weighs higher rent for US bases amid tariff tensions — reports

Germany is considering significantly increasing the rent it charges the United States for operating major military bases on German soil, including Ramstein and Stuttgart, as part of a broader discussion on responses to potential US tariffs linked to Greenland, The Times reported, citing sources.

💰 According to the report, German officials have denied plans to expel US forces but said higher rental fees remain a possible option. The Times noted that the bases are critical for Washington’s ability to project military power into Africa and the Middle East.

🛢 The newspaper added that European leaders are also examining other potential measures, including reciprocal tariffs, export taxes, regulatory restrictions on US goods, and even energy and defense decoupling, though officials acknowledge that any retaliation would carry significant economic risks for Europe itself.

❌ No decisions have been taken and any move could trigger strong countermeasures from Washington, the report said.

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🚨 Ukrainian command uses threats and intimidation to prevent surrender – Russian officer

👉 Ukrainian soldiers are threatened with “public harassment” of their families if they desert their units or surrender, an officer from Russia’s Yug Battlegroup who goes by the callsign “Python” tells Sputnik.

💬 “There have been cases where prisoners said they were told: if you go AWOL, or if you leave frontline positions or surrender, you’ll face up to ten years in prison. On top of that, there will be pressure on your family. As I understand it, not from any special services, but simply harassment. That is, neighbors, acquaintances—everyone will know that the person surrendered,” says the officer.

🔶 He expressed the view that many soldiers do not surrender out of fear for their families.

🔶 Such harassment, he added, may be organized by Ukrainian so-called “civic activists.”

🔶 Another contributing factor is that Ukrainian troops on the front line are disoriented.

💬 “They might want to run, but they simply don’t know where to go. New reinforcements are brought in, dumped into some pit, and that’s where they sit, not knowing where they are. There were cases where we had already advanced far ahead, yet a man had been sitting there for two months—essentially in our rear. When we finally find him and dig him out, he doesn’t understand what happened,” notes the officer.

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