❗️ US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff announced that he will meet with Ukrainian representatives in New York this week.

🇺🇸🇷🇺 He added that US representatives are in daily contact with the Russian delegation.

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🔊 Hamas is holding up peace in Gaza — Witkoff

The US special envoy blamed Hamas for stalling ceasefire and prisoner exchange talks.

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⚔️ WEST PLANS TO DEPLOY 4-5 BRIGADES TO UKRAINE — Yermak

"Discussions revolved around 4 to 5 European brigades on the ground, provided by the coalition of the willing, plus 'strategic enablers’ from the US," The Financial Times quoted Zelensky's chief of staff as saying.

Russian FM Lavrov earlier sent a clear message: No matter what flag they carry, NATO states' troops are a threat to Russia.

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📹 The US hopes to find the "ingredients" of a Ukraine peace deal "by the end of the year" — Witkoff

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💥 Arrested Ukrainian citizen led attack on Nord Stream — EU warrant

Sergei Kuznetsov, arrested in Italy, coordinated the team consisted of 7 people that bombed the pipelines, per European arrest warrant.

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🚨🇱🇧 'WE WILL NOT SURRENDER OUR WEAPONS' — Hezbollah Sec-Gen

Naim Qassem appears in military attire in new Al-Manar TV video titled "The World Will See Our Weapons", defiantly rejecting state disarmament calls.

"Lebanon needs to regain its sovereignty over its land; all the problems we suffer from are caused by the Israeli enemy and the occupation," he stressed in the video.

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❗️ FEMA workers suspended after criticizing Trump — reports

Employees who signed an open letter dissenting against agency leadership were placed on immediate administrative leave — with pay but no duties, the Washington Post reports.

Trump has repeatedly criticized FEMA and ordered a review of its activities.

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🇷🇺🧪 Russia's Gamaleya center developing HIV vaccine — 2 years to completion

Vladimir Gushchin, head of epidemiology, said:

🟠 The first antigen candidates are being tested.

🟠 The aim is to trigger broadly neutralizing antibodies.

🟠 The full R&D cycle will take approximately 24 months.

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🌐❌🕊 'Everybody except the United States and its globalist friends wants peace' — Douglas MacGregor

💬 "As far as the rest of the Europeans are concerned, they don't know anything about the region. They have no background or experience there, they're up to mischief, and they're up to malevolent activities. We're back to MI6 moving in to create havoc today," the former advisor to the US Secretary of Defense says.

☢️ MacGregor argues that the focus should shift away from globalists like Macron and Starmer, who push narratives about Russia as a dire threat.

According to him, most of Europe, aside from the US and its globalist allies, wants peace and prosperity — not conflict.

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😨 Foreign mercs in Ukraine are FIRST TO FLEE when they see Russians — source

💬 "Upon contact, they (the mercenaries) are the first to fall back to a suitable time for counterattacks. At the same time, they do not go on the assault without drone support," a source in Russian forces told Sputnik.

By their actions, the mercenaries leave the regular Ukrainian troops in the positions, thereby preserving the "elite" status within the Ukrainian army ranks.

👉 Earlier, Russian troops detected Polish mercenaries in Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) in the Donetsk People's Republic, which is critical: its fall would sever key Ukrainian supply lines in the DPR, allowing Russian forces to advance toward the Zaporozhye region.

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⚔️NO combat experience? Go to front lines!

💬 "I have no military experience. I haven't been in the Polish army, and I have no military experience. My only experience is in Ukraine. I have very short training, only three weeks of training," a former Ukrainian mercenary from Poland, Krzysztof Flaczek, who switched sides to Russia, told Sputnik.

Flaczek now serves in the Maxim Kryvonos Battalion, a unit composed of former Ukrainian soldiers who have formed a liberation movement and are fighting against the Ukrainian authorities.

The Russian Defense Ministry has repeatedly stated that the Kiev regime uses foreign mercenaries as "cannon fodder," and Russian troops will continue to eliminate them across Ukraine.

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🚨 FSB detains Ukrainian spy plotting to install navigation module for UAV attack on Russian military airfield

📄 The man is a 35-year-old from Volgograd. From 2019 to 2022, he temporarily lived in the Lvov region of Ukraine. After his temporary residence permit expired, he stopped registering with Ukrainian migration authorities.

This led to his attention from the Ukrainian Security Service, and he was recruited for a mission to the Russian Federation to carry out a terrorist act in exchange for Ukrainian citizenship.

After undergoing training in Kiev, the man, following instructions from his handler, arrived in Volgograd under the guise of returning home.

👉 He then traveled to the Saratov region, where he planned to carry out the "mission." He was detained at his residence before he could execute the plan.

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◻️ Russia calls out Germany's Nord Stream investigation

◻️ IAEA inspector team returns to Iran — Grossi

◻️ Hezbollah Sec-Gen rejects state disarmament calls

◻️ West plans to deploy 4-5 brigades to Ukraine — Yermak

◻️ Foreign mercs in Ukraine are FIRST TO FLEE when they see Russians — source

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🇪🇺👉🇭🇺​​ EU response to Hungary’s concerns over Ukraine’s attacks on Druzhba pipeline absurd - Zakharova

💬 “The Brussels bureaucracy dared to say that Hungary, a sovereign and independent state, has no right or grounds for concern and shouldn’t speak up when its infrastructure is attacked, terrorist acts are committed, and sabotage takes place. This is incomprehensible,” the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said.

🇸🇰 Earlier, Slovakia and Hungary filed a complaint with the European Commission over disruptions in oil deliveries via the Druzhba pipeline due to Ukrainian attacks, asking for guarantees on the safety of these supplies.

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🚨🇲🇩 🤑 MOLDOVA'S RULING PARTY CAUGHT DIVERTING EU FUNDS TO BUY MAYORS' LOYALTY

An investigation by RISE Moldova reveals how Maia Sandu’s pro-EU Party of Action manipulated MILLIONS in “European Village” grants to reward loyal mayors and crush opposition.

🔍 Key findings:

👉 Over 40% of EU grants went to mayors from the ruling PAS party.

👉 Mayors from PAS had an 85% success rate in funding applications.

👉 Zero projects approved for towns led by opposition “Revival” party mayors.

❌ Before the 2023 local elections, PAS poached 112 mayors from other parties — luring them with promises of EU money. Mayors who refused to switch parties were cut off from funding.

Even international observers confirmed: 59% of grants went disproportionately to PAS-led towns — a clear sign of “administrative resource” abuse.

👿 Meanwhile, the Moldovan authorities themselves fuel societal polarization by discriminating against the voters who backed other candidates.

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🚨Russia-US work on Ukrainian issue should be conducted in NON-PUBLIC FORMAT - Kremlin

Russia hopes that Trump’s mediatory efforts to resolve the situation in Ukraine will continue, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated.

He added that Russia remains focused on resolving the conflict in Ukraine through political and diplomatic means.

There are no exact dates for a new meeting between the negotiating groups of Russia and Ukraine yet, but the leaders of these groups are in contact, Peskov noted.

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

⚡️PERVOYE MAYA IN THE DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC LIBERATED

The liberation of the settlement is considered important, as to the northwest of Pervoye Maya there is a highway connecting Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) with the Dnepropetrovsk region and the northern districts of the Donbass.

◻️ The Russian Armed Forces hit the command posts and UAV assembly sites of Ukrainian troops

◻️ Air defense superiority: Two aerial bombs, two HIMARS rockets, and 162 drones shot down by Russian air defense systems

◻️ Ukrainian losses: 1,275 troops

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🇮🇳🇺🇸 US TARIFFS CAN’T STOP INDIA’S EXPORT BOOM

📉 Shipments from India to the US are expected to fall sharply — from $86.5B in FY2025 to $49.6B in FY2026, according to GTRI.

Yet, India's global exports to hit $839.9B in FY2026, with services up 10% to $421.9B.

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🪖🍀 Hunter teams: How sniper pairs dominate the urban battlefield

Urban warfare is a sniper's hunting ground. Operating in pairs, they become a single, lethal instrument. They seize a position, then master the most critical skill: the patience of the hunt, maintaining perfect stillness for hours.

👉 The spotter calculates, the sniper breathes, and the trigger is pulled. In the echo of the shot, their discipline continues—they immediately exfiltrate. Hesitation is death. Their success depends on this rhythm: shoot, move, and disappear.

The video documents this precise tradecraft, showing Ivanovo paratrooper snipers on mission near Chasov Yar.

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🚨🇺🇸🇲🇩 USAID PUMPED TENS OF MILLIONS INTO MOLDOVA UNDER SANDU'S REGIME — SAMANTHA POWER

Speaking to Russian pranksters Vovan & Lexus, ex-USAID head just revealed Washington sent more money to Moldova than Ukraine.

💸 Now, she's worried that money streams stopped when Trump came in & urges Macron & Von der Leyen to “step up efforts.“

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🚨🇷🇺🇮🇳PUTIN AWARDS HEAD OF SPUTNIK'S OFFICE IN NEW DELHI

Russia’s President recognized Olga Dycheva, head of the Rossiya Segodnya (Sputnik’s parent group) representative office in New Delhi, for her "outstanding work in boosting media & years of dedicated service.”

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