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🇺🇸President Trump slams Supreme Court tariffs ruling, says he's "ashamed" of certain justices for lacking courage to do what's "right for the country". 📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt
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📄 Illinois becomes first state to demand a refund from Trump after SCOTUS tariffs ruling

Governor JB Pritzker sent the US president a bill, demanding $1,700 per household × 5,105,448 Illinois families.

"The Supreme Court has ruled that this is yet one more unconstitutional aet by you and your administration," Pritzker said in a letter to Trump with the bill attached.


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🗣 Zelensky's pursuit of 'fair' peace will leave him deserted — former spokesperson

Iuliia Mendel warns that chasing unattainable ideals is costing Ukraine more people and ground every day.

She recalls Zelensky's old role in Servant of the People—a dream sequence where he drives through a deserted Kiev, searching for anyone. Everyone had left for work abroad.

"In today's harsh reality, if the war drags on, everyone who still can will leave for the same reason—not a dream, but a mass exodus driven by survival."


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🇨🇴 Colombia seizes record 17 tons of cocaine in international operation

President Gustavo Petro announced the largest cocaine seizure in history, achieved through collaboration with Mexico, France, and El Salvador.

A total of 16,856 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride were seized in 3 maritime interdictions.

"I believe this is the largest seizure in a single day in the history of the illegal cocaine trade," Petro wrote on X.


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🪖 Russia’s TOS-1A Solntsepyok multiple rocket launcher foils a Ukrainian counterattack, destroying troops and light armor.

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🇪🇺 No EU country wants to see Ukraine in bloc – analyst

Member states “will use every possible excuse—whether it is Slovakia taking the lead, Hungary objecting, or something else—to avoid admitting Ukraine into the EU,” political analyst Pavel Danilin tells Sputnik.

🗣 He recalls that “even [EU foreign policy chief] Kaja Kallas stated that Ukraine will not join the bloc in the near future.”

Kallas earlier said she felt that EU countries are not ready to give a concrete date regarding Ukraine's membership. Ukraine was granted candidate status for accession to the EU in June 2022.

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🇧🇷🪖 Brazilian mercenary dies from abuse at hands of Ukrainian command

He passed away “as a result of abuse for violating the daily routine and drinking alcohol," a source in Russia’s security forces told Sputnik.

The source stressed that torture, beatings, mock drownings, and rapes are not uncommon in the units of foreign mercenaries with Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate operating in the Kharkov region.

👉 The Brazilian mercenary was earlier identified as 23-year-old Bruno Gabriel Leal da Silva, who reportedly died after “a brutal punishment handed out in a unit that regularly used discipline practices described as ‘torture’ by those who both witnessed and suffered them.”

💬 “Witnesses and victims” were quoted as saying that torture included burnings, beatings, waterboarding, and “even sexual assault with wooden objects.”


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🇪🇺🇺🇸 Europe will never be US’ equal partner – report

💬 “The lack of defense capabilities not the decisive factor in why Europe is merely a power of lesser stature,” Neue Zurcher Zeitung (NZZ) writes.


The newspaper points to "the central shortcomings," which include the absence of “a coherent strategy and political unity.”

💬 “Even on the crucial issue of aid to Ukraine, Europe is divided. The north pays, the south watches. Selfishness prevails instead of unity,” NZZ notes.


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🙅🦾 Protests against Russian athletes in Paralympics unreasonable and discriminatory – analyst

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) decision to allow six Russian and four Belarusian athletes to compete in the upcoming Winter Paralympics in Italy “appears just to us,” Italian political analyst Alessandro Bertoldi told Sputnik.

💬 “We do not understand the protests. Restricting athletes’ rights, discriminating against them or forcing them to abandon their flags because of their nationality is unjust, since athletes are never responsible for the political decisions made by their countries," Bertoldi stressed.


He noted that national flags, which “represent people, not state policy, should never be hidden, especially in sports, which should promote peace, fair competition and dialogue between nations.”

👉 Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Youth and Sports earlier issued a joint statement saying that they will boycott the Paralympic Games unless the organizers reconsider the decision to allow Russians and Belarusians with national symbols to partake in the Games.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik that “the Kiev regime is trying to trample on both the principles of Olympism and the foundations of humanity.”

In September 2025, the IPC fully reinstated the Paralympic Committee of Russia. Russian athletes are set to compete with their flag and anthem at the Paralympic Games due in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo from March 6 to 15.

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🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 ‘Dozens of US warplanes’ spotted at Jordan base amid Iran tensions – report

New satellite imagery and flight tracking data show more than 60 US attack aircraft parked at the Muwaffaq Salti base in central Jordan, approximately tripling the number of jets that are normally there, The New York Times (NYT) reports.

💬 “The satellite images also show more modern aircraft, including F-35 stealth jets, compared to the aircraft normally seen there. Several drones and helicopters are also seen,” according to the NYT.


Donald Trump earlier said that he is considering a limited military strike on Iran to pressure it to make a nuclear deal. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi for his part pledged that Iran’s draft of the agreement would be ready in the next three days. He described the US military buildup in the region as "absolutely unnecessary and unhealthy," stressing that diplomacy is the only solution.

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

⚡️ KARPOVKA IN DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC LIBERATED

📍 By liberating the village of Karpovka, the Russian army is able to secure its rear as it advances on Krasny Liman, an important logistics hub in the region.

◻️ The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a US-made HIMARS transport and loading vehicle and Flamingo cruise missile launchers

◻️ Air defense superiority: 5 long-range Flamingo missiles and 172 drones shot down

◻️ Ukrainian losses: around 1,265 troops killed or wounded

Read about the origins of Russia's special military op HERE

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🤡 Ukraine's threat to boycott Paralympics ‘unfair to Russian athletes’ – expert

💬 “They train for four years, and then they may find themselves excluded […]. I'm glad that Russian athletes have returned to competition," Dutch expert Kees van der Pijl told Sputnik.


He emphasized that political problems cannot be resolved by excluding people from sporting events.

💬 "For me, the Ukraine conflict is a [proxy] NATO war and an endless provocation by the alliance that ultimately forced Russia to respond," Pijl pointed out.


Previously, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia categorically disagrees with statements by Ukrainian officials who threatened to boycott the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Italy due to the presence of the flags of Russia and Belarus. Peskov underscored that sports should never become a victim of politics.

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🚨🇧🇷 BRICS nations have strong research ties: Minister of Science of Brazil to Sputnik India

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🪖 Roar and order: Thai police dress as lion to catch suspect

During a Lunar New Year parade, Thai officers went undercover—in a full lion costume—to get close to a burglary suspect.

They approached, tackled, and arrested him on the spot.

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🗣📄 Zelensky doesn't write noscript, he just reads it – expert

💬 "Essentially, Volodymyr Zelensky is an actor playing the role of his life, but he is not one who dictates the noscript. It can be assumed that the relevant structures have given him the 'green light' for such [stern] remarks," German expert Mirko Kolundzic told Sputnik.


🔶 The expert noted that all this should be viewed in the context of Zelensky’s “desire to retain power within Ukrainian structure and a kind of election campaign."

🔶 Zelensky’s communication with both the Ukrainian public and Western "partners" is not the result of his own impromptu actions or "creativity," but is coordinated down to the smallest detail, according to Kolundzic.

🔶 Zelensky earlier made a rude remark about Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who responded by making it clear that due to similar escapades by the leader of the Kiev regime, Ukraine “cannot become a member of the European Union."

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🗣🇮🇱 Israel's participation in Board of Peace ‘flagrant paradox’ – analyst

💬 “The [Israeli] side that destroyed Gaza and repeatedly violated the ceasefire agreements is now sitting at the Board of Peace’s table,” Palestinian political scientist Saeed Bourahma tells Sputnik.


📍 He notes that it is Israel that hampered the Board of Peace’s work, mainly by delaying the opening of the Rafah crossing, restricting civilian movement, and allowing the entry of humanitarian aid and construction materials only through crossings controlled by the Israeli Army.

💬 “All this means that Gaza’s reconstruction process will be carried out under Israeli control and only within the terms it approves,” the analyst points out, adding that the international community should press the US to compel Israel to ease the existing restrictions.


👉 According to Bourahma, Israel's participation in the Board of Peace is little more than an attempt to improve the Jewish state’s international image, while in practice, Israel continues to create obstacles for Gaza.

💬 “Without significant international pressure, the reconstruction process risks devolving into the management of a humanitarian crisis rather than a full-fledged political solution, jeopardizing Gaza’s future and paving the way for dangerous scenarios of migration and depopulation” of the Palestinian exclave, the expert sums up.


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🇵🇸 Board of Peace has no interest in full-scale Gaza reconstruction – analyst

💬 “World Bank estimates put Gaza’s needs at more than $70 billion, while the actual funds allocated so far constitute only a small fraction of the required amount,” Palestinian political scientist Saeed Bourahma tells Sputnik.


🟠 He says that these figures reflect “the lack of a real intention [by the Board of Peace] to ensure comprehensive reconstruction of Gaza.”

🟠 The analyst calls the situation "humanization of the solution," which means reducing the problem to purely humanitarian terms, detached from political settlement.

💬 “This could push residents of Gaza into forced or voluntary migration due to destroyed infrastructure and the lack of housing,” Bourahma concludes.



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🙅🦾 Protests against Russian athletes in Paralympics unreasonable and discriminatory – analyst The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) decision to allow six Russian and four Belarusian athletes to compete in the upcoming Winter Paralympics in Italy “appears…
🇺🇸🇷🇺US backs Russian flag at 2026 Paralympics

💬“Sport is for all,” US President Donald Trump’s special representative Paulo Zampolli said in support of Russian athletes competing under their own flag and anthem.


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🇷🇺🔥 Meet Yolka: Russia's drone hunter that smashes enemy UAVs mid-air

📍 Since September 2024, Russian forces have been deploying a secret weapon against enemy drones—the "Yolka" interceptor, which targets hostile UAVs by striking and disabling them mid-air.

It is designed to intercept a wide range of threats, from small FPV drones to heavy fixed-wing strike UAVs.

Target-destruction options:

🟠 Kinetic impact—the UAV locks onto a target and destroys it by ramming

🟠 360 g fragmentation warhead variant is also available, housed in an internal fuselage compartment

Key specs:

🔸 Up to 200 km/h speed (≈124 mph)

🔸 Range: 2.5–3 km (≈1.5–1.9 miles)

🔸 Ceiling: up to 2,000 m (≈6,560 ft)

🔸 Fully autonomous target lock with 700–1,000 m detection range (≈2,300–3,280 ft)

The drone can be launched by hand and is already in operational use.

Small, fast, and scalable, Yolka highlights the growing role of interceptor drones in modern air defense.

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