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๐Ÿช–Kalashnikov unveils new versions of AK-12 rifles in United Arab Emirates

The new models presented at the international IDEX-2025 exhibition in Abu Dhabi, UAE, include:

๐ŸŸ AK-12K (shortened version)
๐ŸŸ AK-12ะกK (compact version)

Both are chambered for 5.45x39mm rounds and designed for engaging enemy personnel.

The weaponry was presented at the international IDEX-2025 exhibition in Abu Dhabi, the UAE, that showcases cutting-edge military technologies, weapons, and defense systems.

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๐Ÿ—ฃUkrainian POW slams overhyped โ€˜on paperโ€™ AWOL-marred military training in France

The subpar training of Ukrainian soldiers in France was just a PR stunt, a Ukrainian POW has revealed.

The much-hyped 155th Mechanized Brigade was stocked with around 2,400 unmotivated and only partially fit troops, said Vadim Veikai, a platoon commander taken prisoner by Russian forces recently.

Since the unitโ€™s inception, there was a record number of AWOL cases, some 1,700 soldiers, he said.

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๐ŸŽค Zarif explains what Iran's defense policy REALLY hinges on

Iranโ€™s deterrence is rooted in self-reliance, advanced capabilities, and historical resistance to external aggression, the countryโ€™s Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote in Iran Newspaper.

He rejected the narrative claiming that Iran, under regional pressure and economic challenges, has shifted its policy towards going nuclear as a last resort for survival or deterrence as โ€œsimplistic and influenced by global instability.โ€

Reacting to regular Western claims of Iran seeking nuclear weapons, Zarif argues that the countryโ€™s defense policy remains consistent with its strategic doctrine.

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โ—๏ธRussian troops liberated the settlement of Nikolayevo-Daryino in Russia's Kursk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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๐Ÿ”ฅNew Russian nuclear submarine the Arkhangelsk joins the Northern Fleetโ€™s ranks

๐ŸŸ The new vessel is a fourth-generation Yasen-M-class submarine,
๐ŸŸ It carries all types of naval missile weapons, including cruise missiles,
๐ŸŸ  It is capable of effectively attacking targets at sea as well as on the coast.

Russia's nuclear submarine fleet includes Borei-class subs armed with Bulava ballistic missiles and Yasen-class submarines equipped with Zircon hypersonic missiles, as well as Oniks and Kalibr missiles. The fleet includes some 40 active submarines.

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โ—๏ธRussian troops liberated the settlement of Nikolayevo-Daryino in Russia's Kursk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said. ๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿช–More statements from the Russian MoD daily briefing on the special military operation's progress:    

โ–ช๏ธUkraine lost up to 355 servicemen in the Russian Zapad Battlegroup's combat zone.

โ–ช๏ธRussian air defence systems shot down four HIMARS missiles and 64 Ukrainian drones.

โ–ช๏ธUkraine lost up to 610 troops in the Russian Tsentr Battlegroup's combat zone.

โ–ช๏ธUkraine lost up to 250 servicemen and four warehouses in the Russia's Battlegroup Yug area of responsibility.

โ–ช๏ธUkraine lost up to 50 soldiers in the areas of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Dnepr and Sever.

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What is known about the US-Colombia showdown over migrants and tariffs? ๐ŸŸ Colombian President Gustavo Petro blocked two US planes carrying illegal migrants from landing in Bogota, accusing Donald Trump of not treating the handcuffed deportees with dignity.โ€ฆ
โš”๏ธUS-Colombia tariff feud to be 'shortest trade war in history'

It took the new Trump administration just 8 hours to force Colombia to back down from its rejection of deported immigrants, Spanish media noticed.

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Russia-India relations anticipate 'greater success' in 2025, Indian Ambassador to Russia predicts

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Record of DEVASTATION wrought by 2,000-pound bombs sent by Trump to Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Donald Trump for lifting restrictions on the export of 1,800 MK 84 bombs to Israel.

๐ŸŸ Joe Biden imposed a symbolic ban on MK 84 deliveries to Israel last May amid the IAFโ€™s heavy use of the munitions to flatten Gaza.

๐ŸŸ Researchers from Harvardโ€™s FXB Center for Health found last fall that between October 7 and November 17, 2023, Israel dropped 592 MK 84s within range of critical hospital infrastructure.

๐ŸŸ The study found the bombs could kill people 360 m from the point of detonation, and cause injury at ranges up to 800 m away. Of 36 of Gazaโ€™s hospitals, nine had at least one MK 84 crater in lethal range, two with 21-23 craters. 38 bombs were dropped within an 800 m radius identified by Israel as an โ€˜evacuation zoneโ€™.

๐ŸŸ Between late 2023 and mid-2024, the IAF dropped more MK 84s and other munitions on the 365 km2 strip than the combined tonnage dropped on London, Hamburg and Dresden in WWII, hitting an array of civilian targets including hospitals, mosques and Gazaโ€™s three churches.

๐ŸŸ Israel's intense bombing of Gaza is thought to have killed some 33,000 Palestinians in the first 100 days of the war, more people per capita than any conflict since the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.

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๐Ÿ“น A new era is dawning for the 70-year long India-Russia bond, driven by energy, tech & BRICS multipolarity, says Ambassador Venkatesh Varma

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๐ŸคซTackling crime can wait: UK police told to brush up on woke talk

๐ŸŸ  From now on, pregnant women are to be referred to as "pregnant persons" or "expectant parent", according to a โ€œdiversity, equality and inclusionโ€ rulebook for the UK police, The Telegraph reports.

๐ŸŸ The nine-page handout also advises British police to avoid terms like โ€œblack sheepโ€ and โ€œblacklistedโ€ over racism fears.

๐ŸŸ Words like "faith" are discouraged because they might be perceived as overly "Christian-centric."

๐ŸŸ Police will also have to keep an eye out for โ€œa wider range of gender identities than just male and female.โ€

So while Trump is working overtime to root out DEI, the UK is doubling down on woke madness.

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๐Ÿ“น Amid BRICS expansion and ongoing sanctions, a new agenda is required to navigate these challenges, VIF Director Arvind Gupta emphasizes.

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbiaโ€™s capital gridlocked by protest Vucic says is foreign-funded

Protesters have blocked Belgradeโ€™s largest transport hub, vowing to halt traffic for 24 hours.

Demonstrations led by students and opposition groups have gripped Serbia since November, following the deadly collapse of a railway station roof in Novi Sad.

President Aleksandar Vucic insists the protests are foreign-funded and part of a plot to destabilize the government.

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Trump renames Gulf of Mexico: Could Russia take a page out of Donaldโ€™s playbook?

Here are several bodies of water that could undergo a much-needed rebranding:

๐Ÿ”ธ Arctic Ocean โ†’ Russian Polar Ocean

๐Ÿ”ธ Bering Strait โ†’ Russian Pacific Passage

๐Ÿ”ธ Gulf of Finland โ†’ Gulf of Russia

๐Ÿ”ธ Baltic Sea โ†’ Russian Northern Sea

๐Ÿ”ธ Sea of Japan โ†’ Russian Eastern Sea

Your ideas? Drop them below! โœ๏ธ

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๐Ÿ“น Vladimir Putin is taking part in commemorative events in Saint Petersburg on the 81st anniversary of Leningrad's complete liberation from the Nazi blockade.

Following tradition, the President laid flowers at the Rubezhny Kamy monument at the Nevsky Pyatachok military-historical complex.

The site, a three-kilometer stretch south of Leningrad, was where Red Army soldiers held off enemy forces from the start of the blockade, preventing the Nazis and their allies from advancing on the city.

Leningrad endured the nearly 900-day siege from September 8, 1941, to January 27, 1944.

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UK Navy mistook a whale breaking wind for Russian spy drone targeting nuclear subs

Suspicious โ€˜pingingโ€™ sounds picked up by UK naval sensors between the Isle of Raasay and Applecross in North West Scotland were initially identified as man-made, The Sun reported.

Spooked by the sounds, flustered British naval officials feared that Russian deep sea spy drones were targeting UK nuclear subs.

Further analysis revealed that the fuss was over farting marine mammals, specifically - whales.

The bizarre incident came amid boosted NATO patrols in the Baltic Sea after a string of incidents involving the severing of underwater cables were initially blamed on Russia only to be refuted as groundless.

The West apparently sees 'Russia's hand' in everything that spooks them
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๐Ÿ“น Vladimir Putin is taking part in commemorative events in Saint Petersburg on the 81st anniversary of Leningrad's complete liberation from the Nazi blockade. Following tradition, the President laid flowers at the Rubezhny Kamy monument at the Nevsky Pyatachokโ€ฆ
๐Ÿ—ฃ Siege of Leningrad comparable to Holocaust, lifting of siege most important milestone in fight against Nazism, Putin said

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