🇺🇸⚔️ 🇨🇳US distorts China's nuclear policy to reach nuclear hegemony - Chinese Foreign Ministry

💬 "The US position is not new, Washington continues to distort and denigrate China's nuclear policy, which, in fact, is a political manipulation on the part of the United States in order to achieve nuclear hegemony and evade its own responsibility for nuclear disarmament," Lin told reporters.

The United States is the largest source of chaos for international nuclear order and global strategic stability, the spokesman said, expressing hope that the US will resume dialogue on strategic stability with Russia and stop accusing China of conducting nuclear tests.

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🪖💣 From US HMMWVs to drone posts: Russia's UAVs take out multiple targets

Russian Unmanned Systems Forces have executed a coordinated series of precision attacks, targeting Ukrainian assets in multiple regions:

🔸 00:00 – Attack drones destroyed ground-based robotic systems, multiple R-18 heavy combat drones and recon UAVs in the Kharkov region

🔸 00:33 – In Zaporozhye, Russian UAVs hit a Ukrainian command post

🔸 00:54 – In Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk), Russian drone operators wiped out Ukrainian dugouts

🔸 01:26 – Russian FPV drones engaged an ATV, enemy personnel, and a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle

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💣 US pursuit of systems once covered by New START likely tipping point for Russia’s response - analyst

💬 “The old architecture of international security — built on strict controls over both conventional and non-conventional weapons — has effectively become a thing of the past,” political analyst Alexander Asafov, a member of the Russian Public Chamber, tells Sputnik, commenting Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks in the State Duma.

Russia assumes the New START moratorium remains in force as long as the US continues to observe its limits, Lavrov said during a government-hour session outlining the country’s foreign policy priorities.

Credible intelligence showing US attempts to rapidly expand nuclear arsenals or deploy such weapons in third countries could be viewed as a direct threat to both Russia’s security and global stability — potentially prompting Russia to reconsider its stance, Asafov says.

👉 Read more about the New START Treaty HERE

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🚨 West’s double standards turn international law into geopolitical pressure tool – analyst

💬 “Whether it’s the Kosovo precedent or the current situation with Greenland, Western countries always interpret legal norms to serve their own hegemonic interests,” Alexander Asafov, a member of the Russian Public Chamber, tells Sputnik, commenting Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statements in the State Duma.

🔶 Greenland’s right to self-determination is recognized, but Crimea, Donbass, and Russia’s new regions are denied the same, Lavrov underscored.

🔶 The West’s hypocrisy on self-determination is glaring, notes Asafov: upheld when it serves the West’s goal of containing Russia, and ignored when it conflicts with its interests — a pattern likely to persist.

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🇵🇰 Guarding the skies: An overview of Pakistan's combat aviation

The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) operates 574 aircraft, including 163 fighters and 209 fighter-bombers, according to international assessments for 2024.

Historically, the main suppliers of modern combat aircraft were the United States and France. Currently, Pakistan is almost entirely oriented towards military-technical cooperation with China.

Key Aircraft in Service:

▫️ Mirage V: A French third-generation multirole fighter. Entered service in 1970. It is the most numerous combat aircraft model in Pakistan's arsenal (139 units). These are currently being replaced by modern JF-17C and J-10CE fighters.

▫️ Mirage III: A French third-generation supersonic multirole fighter, interceptor, reconnaissance aircraft, and bomber. In service since 1961. The PAF operates 135 aircraft of this type. They are also being replaced by JF-17C and J-10CE fighters.

▫️ F-16: An American multirole fighter. The world's most numerous fourth-generation fighter. Entered service in 1978. The PAF possesses 85 aircraft of this type.

▫️ Chengdu J-10CE: A Chinese fourth-generation multirole fighter. Entered service in 2005. It is in service with both the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force and the PAF (currently 20 aircraft).

▫️ JF-17 Thunder (also known as Chengdu FC-1 Xiaolong): A joint Chinese-Pakistani development. A 4+ generation multirole fighter. Pakistan already has 161 fighters of this type in service.

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🚨 US builds tools to disrupt Northern Sea Route - analyst

💬 “The US openly flaunts its race to militarize the Arctic,” political analyst Alexander Asafov tells Sputnik, commenting on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks in the State Duma.

Russia will respond to such challenges with proactive and strategic moves, fortifying its Arctic presence, adds the pundit.

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🟠 Lavrov: Russia defending its rights in emerging multipolar world

🟠 'Epstein' effigy burned at Iran rally

🟠 NATO admits Russia has found weak spot in Europe’s air defense

🟠 US distorts China's nuclear policy to reach nuclear hegemony - Chinese Foreign Ministry

🟠 Macron playing three-card monte? Zakharova sees shell game in France’s overture to Russia

🟠 Epstein lists just blew the lid off: The West is a satanic elite empire, collapsing in real time (Digital Dugin Edition)

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🚨 Lavrov: NATO seeks to turn Arctic into zone of confrontation

Russia’s top diplomat pointed to the growing militarization of the region and the mounting challenges to Moscow’s established rights over the Northern Sea Route.

💬 "The past saw multiple provocations, such as French ships entering the Northern Sea Route without any proper permission or notifications. We still witness such provocations at sea," Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the Empatia Manuchi channel.

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🗣 'There is truly PEACE in the Middle East' — Trump

President Trump confirmed no agreement was reached with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Iran, insisting instead that negotiations continue.

"I insisted that negotiations with Iran continue to see whether or not a Deal can be consummated. If it can, I let the Prime Minister know that will be a preference. If it cannot, we will just have to see what the outcome will be," he wrote on Truth Social.

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🤔 Lavrov: Where’s the mythical 20-point Ukraine plan? No sign of it anywhere

Russia never received the much-talked-about 20-point plan for Ukraine, neither through official nor unofficial channels, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov revealed in an interview with the Empatia Manuchi project.

💬 "In Anchorage, we encountered an approach rooted in genuine US initiatives and proposals—the kind that actually yielded peace. On that foundation, a settlement could have been finalized swiftly," he noted.

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🔊 Dmitriev drops hammer on Starmer's 'Orwellian regime'

"Paedophile appointments nicely supplement uncontrolled migration, grooming gangs, early release of criminals, warmongering, censorship, and economic failures of the Starmer Orwellian regime," Kirill Dmitriev, RDIF head and Russian special presidential envoy wrote on X.

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⚔️ Pentagon readies second aircraft carrier for Iran strike — report

The US has ordered a second aircraft carrier strike group to prepare for immediate deployment to the Middle East, WSJ reported.

According to the paper, citing US officials, the deployment order could come in "a matter of hours."

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✍️ US House passes SAVE America Act enforcing voter ID

The US House of Representatives narrowly approved legislation to overhaul federal election laws, requiring voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship in person and present photo ID to cast a ballot.

The measure passed 218–213, with unified Republican support and all but one Democrat voting against. The bill now heads to the Senate, where its fate remains uncertain amid fierce opposition from voting rights advocates.

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🗣 Canada is among the worst countries to deal with — Trump

President Donald Trump accused Canada of taking advantage of the US for decades, calling Ottawa "among the worst in the World to deal with" regarding the northern border.

Despite his statement on Truth Social, the US House of Representatives voted 219 to 211 in favor of a resolution to terminate Trump's use of a national emergency to put tariffs on Canadian goods.

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🔊 Venezuela and US eye energy ties as new 'engine' of relations — President

Acting President Delcy Rodríguez appeared alongside US Energy Secretary Chris Wright at Miraflores Palace, emphasizing a significant shift in bilateral ties.

"We have had a work agenda with important focal points. The first point is the establishment of a long-term productive partnership that allows for an energy agenda that becomes the engine of the bilateral relationship," Rodríguez said.

The meeting follows recent Treasury licenses easing Venezuela oil sanctions.

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🤝 Iran sets $30B trade target with Russia

Iran is aiming to more than quintuple annual trade with Moscow, targeting $5 billion this year and a midterm vision of $30 billion, Iran's Ambassador Kazem Jalali announced.

"Our goal for this year is to exceed $5 billion. However, our vision goes beyond these figures, and in the midterm, we aim to reach $30 billion."

Energy, agriculture, and strategic partnership — insulated from Western sanctions and dollar systems.

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🔊 US Energy Secretary to Venezuela: 'Make Americas great again'

Energy Secretary Chris Wright delivered a direct message from President Trump to Venezuelan officials, proposing an "absolute transformation" of the long-hostile bilateral relationship.

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📑 Switzerland will vote on population cap — report

The Swiss People's Party forced a national referendum to cap permanent residents at 10 million, calling into question Switzerland's open-border accords with the EU.

The current population of Switzerland is 9.1 million, 27% of whom are foreign residents.

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🇷🇺🤝🇺🇸 US & Russia need to tackle 'tough obstacles' to work out arms control treaty - think tank

"Based on Trump’s words, it is vital that the United States and Russia dispatch expert teams to negotiate on a new framework agreement. The president's statement is better late than never, but there are tough obstacles that the two sides will need to tackle," Arms Control Association Executive Director Daryl Kimball tells Sputnik.

The sides should avoid uploading additional warheads while negotiators seek to work out the details of a new nuclear control framework, he adds.

📍 In September 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed that Russia and the US continue adhering to the New START nuclear arms control treaty, but no response was received from Washington.

The agreement expired on February 5.

On the same day, Trump wrote on Truth Social that the New START was a “badly negotiated deal” and should be replaced with a new, modernized agreement.

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