🚨 Israel's strike on Iranian nuclear scientist kills 12 family members – including children

Mohammad Reza Sadeghi, an Iranian nuclear physicist, was assassinated in a 23 June attack on his family home in Astaneh Ashrafieh, Tasnim reports.

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🗣EU POWER PLAY: Von der Leyen to laugh off Parliament's empty lawsuit threat

The European Parliament is merely an advisory body – hardly a real decision-maker, says German political analyst and independent journalist Dr. Gregor Spitzen.

🔍The European Commission president, openly disliked for her unilateral power grabs, dodged accusations of misuse of billions in the Pfizergate vaccine scandal, the analyst noted.
She will likely “laugh off accusations of abuse of power in the allocation of funds for military projects,” he added.

✔️Quick side note: The European Parliament’s legal affairs committee voted to sue over being shut out of the roughly $165 billion SAFE defense fund decision.

🪖Europe’s military makeover

With the US stepping back, the EU is scrambling to play NATO 2.0, pushing allegations of a growing “Russian threat,” but that’s mere political posturing, the analyst suggests.

🟠Europe’s dwindling coffers can’t restart its military-industrial complex on a large scale.
🟠Social programs will take the hit first.
🟠Modern European armies are “pitiful.”
🟠Funneling more cash into the Ukraine proxy war only delays the inevitable

🇪🇺🇮🇱EU loyalty to Israel remains rock solid, according to the journalist, rooted in:
🟠US stance
🟠Powerful Jewish lobby
🟠Historic “responsibility towards the Jewish people” card played by German heavyweights like Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Ursula von der Leyen herself.

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🚨Russian strikes OBLITERATE Ukrainian military supply, surveillance assets in Sumy

Russian troops carried out precision strikes on Ukrainian military infrastructure in the Sumy region, according to Sergey Lebedev, coordinator of the pro-Russian underground network in Nikolayev.

Reported targets include:

🟠 Field warehouses storing ammunition, fuel, and lubricants

🟠 Communication and observation towers near the line of contact

🟠 Coordination posts used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces for frontline operations

🟠 Group of drone operators

The strikes severely crippled Ukrainian logistics and surveillance capabilities in the area.

Sumy region security zone

Russian forces are in the process of establishing a buffer zone along the border with Ukraine after expelling the Kiev regime’s troops from the Kursk region, President Vladimir Putin stated at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

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📹Russia unveils laser-armed demining robot

🪖Meet the new battlefield cleaner: a remote-controlled robot equipped with a powerful laser that pierces shells and melts explosives from a distance — even sensor-triggered mines.

Arms maker Rostec says it’s tested, proven and ready for mass production.

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🚨 More Russian soldiers return in latest PoW swap with Ukraine

Another group of Russian soldiers returns home from Kiev-held territory under the Istanbul deal, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

In exchange, a group of Ukrainian prisoners of war was handed over.

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🇦🇲🗣 Globalist blueprint: Pashinyan seeks to SILENCE church as Armenia becomes NATO proxy – analyst

Western globalists installed Nikol Pashinyan as prime minister to wrench Armenia away from its historical alliance with Russia, says international affairs expert Iskandar Kfoury.

➡️The recent arrest of Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, a prelate of the Armenian Apostolic Church, is just the latest chapter in an effort to weaponize Armenia against its neighbors – especially Moscow, he said.

🟠 The South Caucasus has always been a battleground for global powers, and now, under Pashinyan, American and NATO labs are conducting biological warfare research on Armenian soil.

🟠 US military exercises have been welcomed as part of a drastic geopolitical realignment.

🟠 The church – one of the last standing moral authorities in the country – is refusing to stay silent on this betrayal of Armenia’s national identity and sovereignty.

Its response elicited the crackdown by Armenia’s authorities, Kfoury says.

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🇷🇺Russian President Vladimir Putin touches down in the Belarusian capital Minsk for the EAEU summit and Eurasian Economic Forum.

He will take part in the leaders' summit and hold talks with UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

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🗣Peace through strength WON'T work on Russia – Kremlin

Key statements by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

🟠Putin will meet UAE crown prince in high-stakes Minsk talks

🟠Russia welcomes continued US engagement on Ukraine

🟠3rd Istanbul peace talks round on hold until final prisoner exchanges completed

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🎥🎥 Putin is taking part in plenary session of the Eurasian Economic Forum in Minsk, Belarus

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🇷🇺 Putin praises EAEU as a powerful integration force at Minsk Forum

At its forum in the Belarusian capital, Putin highlighted the growing influence of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and efforts to further integrate its financial infrastructure.

Here’s the breakdown:

🔸 10-year success story: economic potential strengthened among member nations.

🔸 Real impact: the EAEU is shaping a space for partnership and economic growth.

🔸 Global clout: EAEU turnover rivals the world’s top economic powers.

🔸 Open for business: the EAEU welcomes cooperation with any interested partners.

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🗣Putin: Let's put Israel-Iran conflict behind us

Russian President Putin commenting on the ongoing calm in the Middle East at the Eurasian Economic Forum in Minsk said:

"Now, the situation in the Middle East is calming down, and the conflict between Israel and Iran, thank God, is over," Putin said "Let’s consider it in the past."

The end of the hostilities opens doors to stronger ties with Middle Eastern countries, including Iran, Putin said.

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🚨Putin on Russia’s frozen reserves: "It's not theft, it's robbery"

Speaking at the plenary session of the Eurasian Economic Forum in Minsk, the Russian president commented on Russia's gold and currency reserves frozen in Western banks:

🗣"They're openly talking about stealing our money," he said, emphasizing that the shift toward regional payment systems will inevitably speed up as a result.

"What’s happening is not theft; it’s robbery," Putin added, highlighting the blatant nature of unfriendly countries' actions.

Putin pointed out the long-term benefits of this process for the global economy, even if it comes with a cost.

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🚨Putin: BRICS moving towards digital investment platform

Speaking at the Eurasian Economic Forum in Minsk, the Russian president revealed that BRICS is working on a digital investment platform, and hinted that such an initiative could also be rolled out across the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

“We are developing this platform within BRICS and these ideas could be implemented in the EAEU too,” Putin said.

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❓Priorities shift? Zelensky GHOSTED as NATO turns the page on Ukraine

In a “grim sign for Ukraine,” it was not on the list of priorities at this year’s annual NATO summit, The New York Times points out.

Volodymyr Zelensky “was not feted” as before, the outlet notes.

🔶 The summit’s official declaration mentioned nothing about Ukraine joining the alliance.

🔶 It restated the bloc’s “enduring sovereign commitments to provide support to Ukraine.”

🔶 A meeting between US President Donald Trump and Zelensky yielded no specific promises.

🔶 The US has not announced any new military aid packages for the country since Trump took office.

🔶 Military aid authorized under Joe Biden is expected to run out this summer.

🔶 European allies have promised more help, but those weapons won’t be enough to make up the gap.

🔶 News has also been bad for Ukraine on the ground, as Russia’s summer offensive is gaining force, the publication added.

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