🚨🇷🇺✈️ The Russian delegation is en route to Istanbul for talks, a source told Sputnik.

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🇺🇸🥴 Boo hoo! US merc upset that Ukraine doesn’t care about its goons-for-hire

Foreign mercenaries fighting for Volodymyr Zelensky and his cronies in Ukraine have “less legal standing in most areas” than a foreigner staying in the country on a student visa or with a residency, one of these mercs whined on social media.

The existing “patchwork of laws, statutes, and guidances” has “removed the meritocracy of the military for foreigners as well and has effectively created a caste system in both civilian and military life for those serving in the military,” the cry-baby mercenary complained in the social media post.

Wait till he learns how Ukrainian soldiers are being treated by their own government and superiors!

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📹🇩🇪 'NOT MY CHANCELLOR:' Protest car trolling Berlin's streets

This brilliantly savage "Merz-mobile" – styled like a police cruiser but covered in anti-government slogans – is giving Germany's leadership a rolling humiliation tour.

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📍 Russia-Ukraine talks set for Monday in Istanbul’s Ciragan Palace at 10:00 GMT, a source in the Turkish Foreign Ministry told Sputnik

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🚪 Another one walks out on Zelensky?

Ukraine’s Ground Forces commander, General Mykhailo Drapaty, has resigned after 12 troops were killed in a strike on the 239th training range.

Appointed just last November — gone already.

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📹 WORLD'S ON RUSSIA'S SIDE, except Trump doesn’t get it — ex-Trump Pentagon advisor 

"Outside of Western Europe and a few Eastern European states, the world is on Russia’s side," Douglas Macgregor said.

He criticized Donald Trump’s understanding of the global response to the Ukraine conflict, saying that everybody understands Ukraine was turned into a "Trojan horse of destruction for use against Russia."

He added that the US is now “irrelevant to the outcome in Eastern Europe” and warned that unless NATO is prepared to mobilize millions for a war with Russia, “we should shut up — it’s not going to happen.”

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🚨Ukraine launches FPV drone terror attacks on airfields in five regions - Russian MOD

Today, the Kiev regime launched a coordinated terror attack using FPV drones against military airfields in:

📍 Murmansk
📍 Irkutsk
📍 Ivanovo
📍 Ryazan
📍 Amur regions

🔶 In Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur, all drones were intercepted, no damage reported.

🔶 In Murmansk and Irkutsk, drones launched from nearby areas caused fires damaging several aircraft.

▪️All fires were extinguished swiftly.
▪️No casualties among personnel.
▪️Some of the attackers have been detained.

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🇯🇵 Invasion that never happened: Why US nuked Japan instead

In May 1945, the US chose a path that would reshape history: instead of launching a ground invasion of Japan, it dropped atomic bombs. Here's the context behind that decision👇

🔸The US had prepared Operation Downfall — a two-phase invasion to force Japan’s surrender. But military planners expected extreme resistance and staggering casualties on both sides.

🔻Phase 1, Operation Olympic, was set for Nov 1, 1945: nearly one million US troops would storm southern Kyushu. Waiting for them? 500,000 defenders, most of Japan’s ammo stockpile, and thousands of kamikaze pilots.

🔻Phase 2, Operation Coronet, was scheduled for March 1946 aimed at seizing Tokyo — involving 1.2 million troops in what would’ve been the largest amphibious assault in history.

🔸Japan’s Ketsugo Plan mobilized civilians — women, elderly, even children — armed with bamboo spears and Molotov cocktails, ready to die defending the homeland.

🔸Kamikaze pilots, suicide divers, manned torpedoes, and explosive boats were all part of Japan’s defense. Even a 10% hit rate could wipe out a quarter of the US landing force.

🔸US intelligence feared a drawn-out slaughter. Casualty projections ranged from hundreds of thousands of Americans to tens of millions of Japanese.

🔸With no clear end in sight, Washington turned to atomic weapons. On Aug 6 and 9, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed.

Japan surrendered days later.

The invasion never happened — but at the cost of two cities annihilated and over 200,000 civilians dead.

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🎂⚓️ Happy 292nd Birthday to Russia’s Northern Fleet! 🇷🇺❄️

From nuclear subs to hypersonic missiles, it’s more than just ships — it’s a full-spectrum strike force.

🔶 40+ subs & 40+ warships patrol Russia’s northern frontiers.

🔶 The flagship Peter the Great — nuclear-powered & cruise missile–armed — leads the surface fleet.

🔶 Arkhangelsk and sister subs carry Kalibr missiles (600 km range).

🔶 Admiral Golovko frigate is armed with Zircon hypersonics (Mach 9).

🔶 The Afanasy Ivannikov minesweeper uses sonar & drones to clear sea lanes.

🔶 Coastal troops, Bastion systems with Oniks missiles, and naval aviation round out the force.

💥 Arctic shield. Global reach. Nuclear teeth.

Russia’s sea fortress isn’t going anywhere.

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📹 Drone attack truck driver detained in Russia's Irkutsk region

The driver of the truck used in the drone attack in Russia's Irkutsk region is alive and undergoing investigative procedures, law enforcement tells Sputnik.

Emergency services have been deployed and a heightened readiness regime is in place.

Footage of the truck was sourced from social media.

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🇸🇰 Slovakia clashes with EU over Russian energy ban

PM Robert Fico is doubling down on defending Slovakia’s energy security, rejecting EU plans to cut off Russian oil, gas, and nuclear fuel by 2027.

“We consider this idea harmful, ideological, and damaging to EU competitiveness,” Fico said, vowing to fight for exemptions through legal and diplomatic channels.

Slovakia’s refineries are built for Russian oil, and its nuclear plants depend on Russian fuel — cutting supplies could paralyze key sectors.

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🇺🇸💼 TARIFFS ARE HERE TO STAY

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick made it clear: even if one authority is stripped, they’ll “just bring on another or another or another.”

Congress handed the president the tools — and he will use them.

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🚨 US House identifies four staffers who used autopen for Biden's signature

Rep. James Comer says four White House employees used an autopen to sign documents on behalf of former President Joe Biden — including pardons and executive orders.

Congress now seeks to uncover who authorized this and how the process worked.

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