🇷🇺🤝🇨🇳 Putin sets record paying his LONGEST visit to China

🔹 4 full days — from August 31 to September 3, Putin will spend this time in China.

🔹 19 visits — Putin has already traveled to China this many times.

🔹 47 days — in total, the Russian president has spent this long in the country.

🔹 9 visits — Xi Jinping has made this many trips to Russia, with his longest stay lasting 4 days.

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🚨📹 WATCH FULL STATEMENT OF THE CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF ON RUSSIA’S SUCCESSES ON THE BATTLEFIELD

🔶 How much territory and how many settlements have been taken under control

🔶 Steps taken to establish a buffer zone

🔶 The latest updates on the advance of Russian battlegroups

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SCO Summit in Tianjin: Power shifts East

🤝 China’s Tianjin will host the biggest SCO summit yet:

🟠 20+ heads of state

🟠 Leaders of 10 international organizations

🟠 Countries representing half the world’s population and a quarter of global GDP

Putin in China

The Russian President’s visit will last from August 31 to September 3 and will include:

🟠 Participation in the SCO summit

🟠 Attendance at WWII commemoration events in Beijing

🟠 Bilateral meetings with China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, and Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Economy & tech cooperation

🔸 Rostec has announced its readiness to supply China with PD-14, PD-8, and next-generation PD-35 aircraft engines — a move that could support Beijing’s C919 passenger jet program, which faces hurdles after Washington restricted access to US technologies.

🔸 The Modi–Putin meeting at the SCO is also expected to address Russian oil purchases and US tariffs.

🔸 Whether through economic cooperation, energy deals, or industrial projects, the SCO summit is emerging as a key venue in the global shift of power eastward.

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🚨 🗣Houthis announce death of their Prime Minister

👉 The Yemeni Ansar Allah movement confirmed that Prime Minister Ahmed Ghalib al-Rahwi was killed on Thursday, along with several ministers, in Israeli airstrikes on Yemen.

📄 Arab media reported that the Israeli Air Force carried out 10 strikes on multiple targets in the capital Sanaa and other locations, aiming to hit leaders of the group.

✅ The statement said Mahdi al-Mashat, head of Ansar Allah’s Supreme Political Council, has appointed Mohammed Muftah as acting prime minister.

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🔥🇷🇺 Russian naval drones send STRONG message to Ukraine and NATO

Russia used unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to destroy the Ukrainian surveillance ship Simferopol in the Danube delta.

Why were USVs chosen for the task, rather than missiles?

🔹 Russia demonstrated its ability to destroy enemy ships in coastal zones protected by air and ground defense systems, military expert and historian of air defense forces Yuriy Knutov tells Sputnik.

🔹 The Simferopol was a former fishing trawler that Ukraine converted into a reconnaissance vessel. Ukraine assumed that by keeping the ship in the estuary, Russian intelligence would not find her.

🔹 The USVs had to pass through a mined area, but the boats have a shallow draught so the mines did not affect them, Knutov says. The boats succeeded in moving unnoticed.

🔹 Knutov views the attack as Russia's "readiness to use unmanned boats against other ships that will deliver weapons and military equipment to the port of Odessa"

🔹 The attack sends a strong message to Ukraine and its NATO backers: Russia is operating at a level that is on par with or surpassing the military capabilities of the US and the UK

🔹 The destruction of the Simferopol could give additional leverage in Russia-Ukraine negotiations — "because we now possess capabilities that allow us to remotely and effectively neutralize enemy naval vessels," carrying military cargo from NATO states

New USVs show Russian defense sector is adapting fast

🔹 Russia already had unmanned boats a year ago, but it was necessary to test them in real combat conditions

🔹 The first combat use of the USVs occurred almost one month after Russia's July Storm exercises, in which their deployment was demonstrated publicly

🔹 The Russian Ministry of Defense released footage showing 'the Baltic Fleet forces destroying a mock enemy ship through the combined use of unmanned maritime systems' as an unnamed naval drone hit a large sea target with a spectacular explosion

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russia and China forge a beacon of STRENGTH for the Global Majority

💬 Russia and China can definitely serve as an example for cooperation within BRICS+ nations, Ashraf Patel, a research associate with the South African Institute for Global Dialogue, tells Sputnik.

💬 "The relationship between both Russia and China is very strong," Patel says. "These relations have been rooted in the World War II era, in the fight against fascism and the victory, and they have continued in the current era."

How is it evolving?

🟠 Russia and China collaborate bilaterally as well as via international platforms like BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organization
🟠 Russia is a leading exporter of oil and gas to China, and the countries collaborate in technology sharing, infrastructure, agriculture, security and innovations
🟠 Since 2021, trade turnover between Russia and China has increased by around $100 billion, Russian President Vladimir Putin says. In 2024, trade between China and Russia reached a new record of $245 billion.
🟠 The dollar and the euro now make up only a negligible share of trade payments between Russia and China

👉 Russia and China set a great precedent in the eyes of developing countries of the G77 group.

🗣 "G77 is very important," says Patel. "G77 is the poorer nations that are suffering because there is no World Trade Organization that is functioning. And we need BRICS nations to assist G77 nations in infrastructure, fair trade and climate finance."

🔊 Putin stressed in his interview with Chinese news agency Xinhua this week that Russia and China advocate for the reform of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

💬 "It is important to prevent the use of the financial sphere for neo-colonial purposes that contradict the fundamental interests of the Global Majority," Putin said.

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🚫 No US troops in Ukraine – Trump

💬 “We’re not going to have boots on the ground or anything else,” US President Donald Trump told the Daily Caller.

But he added that “without a security guarantee of some kind” the conflict cannot be resolved.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Putin’s interview sends global message — Palestinian expert

Palestinian political analyst Samir Al-Khatib, speaking from Nazareth to Sputnik, said President Putin’s interview with Chinese news agency Xinhua ahead of his visit to China carried both direct and indirect messages that “redefine the very meaning of global sovereignty.”

💬 “The Russian leader spoke about the ‘unprecedented’ nature of relations between Moscow and Beijing, the large volume of mutual trade, humanitarian exchange, and strategic partnership,” Al-Khatib said. “He also focused on key issues such as the formation of a multipolar world order, pointing to Russia’s resilience and the inability to isolate it.”

💬 “Putin’s words clearly confirm the significant growth of trade with China despite sanctions,” he continued. “This reflects the durability of economic and political ties between the two states. Moreover, their use of national currencies in settlements weakens the dominance of the dollar and the American influence tied to it.”

On history, the expert stressed that by recalling China’s fight against Japan during WWII, Putin reminded the world of the true story of victory over Nazism — “which became a nightmare for all mankind.” At the same time, Al-Khatib said it was natural that Putin also criticized Europe, which was once the incubator of that evil and now seeks to reproduce it by supporting the Kiev regime.

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📹 Irish take to the streets of Cork in support of Gaza

Participants raised Palestinian flags and recalled the city’s own history, noting that Cork was burned in 1920 during British occupation.

Footage from social media

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🚫 Poland expels 15 Ukrainian citizens for crimes and offenses

💬 “Fifteen Ukrainian citizens were forcibly brought to the border by border guards and handed over to the Ukrainian side,” said the Polish state border committee.

The grounds for expulsion were linked to Poland’s law “On Foreigners” — citing state defense, security, and public order. The expelled had repeatedly committed crimes including drug possession, theft, robbery, forgery, drunk driving, and organizing illegal border crossings.

All 15 were added to Poland’s list of undesirable persons and banned from re-entry for 5–10 years.

This comes shortly after Polish police detained another Ukrainian who threatened to set fires after the cancellation of social benefits for unemployed migrants. Deportation proceedings were launched against him as well.

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🌞 Strong magnetic storms expected September 2

The Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Russian Space Research Institute (IKI RAS) reported that geomagnetic storms, including those of the penultimate power level, are expected on Earth on September 2.

A more precise forecast of the geomagnetic impact and plasma arrival time after the solar ejection will be issued within 24 hours.

Scientists warn that “the main danger at present comes from repeated ejections,” which are highly likely given the Sun’s current high flare energy.

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🚨 President Putin arrives in China for four-day visit

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in China for a four-day visit, a Sputnik correspondent reported.

In Tianjin, he will join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, bringing together over 20 heads of state, leaders of 10 international organisations, and nations representing half the world’s population and a quarter of global GDP.

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🇧🇷 Brazil calls for extraordinary BRICS summit on multipolarity risks - reports

According to Valor Econômico, Brazil is pushing to convene an extraordinary BRICS summit to address the risks posed by the United States to the emerging multipolar order.

🔹 Celso Amorim, special advisor to the Brazilian president, is leading the negotiations for a meeting of the group’s heads of state.

🔹 Amorim is set to travel to China next week to take part in events marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, as well as to hold bilateral talks focused on multipolarity.

🔹 The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit is currently taking place in Tianjin, China, from August 31 to September 1, with Beijing to host a military parade on September 3 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of China’s victory over Japan and the end of World War II.

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🚛 26th aid convoy reaches Gaza — reports

Egypt’s Cairo News TV reported that the 26th humanitarian convoy to Gaza has begun entering the Strip.

🔸 The first batch included around 80 trucks, with more to follow throughout the afternoon.
🔸 The convoy is carrying essentials such as baby formula, flour, oil, sugar, and cheese.
🔸 Trucks are delivering canned food and legumes.

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🗣Scott Ritter: US & EU war hawks sacrificing Ukraine to block peace with Russia

Western warmongers are desperate to thwart Donald Trump’s efforts to improve ties with Russia, says ex-US Marine intelligence officer Scott Ritter.

As part of their political game, they are prepared to literally sacrifice Ukraine, wiping out its “genetic pool.” Soon, 18-year-old kids will be thrown to the front lines — and that could mean the end of Ukraine as a nation.

“Soon they'll be sending 18-year-olds to the front line. And when they do that, that's it. Ukraine's finished... because you'll have a bunch of women and you won't have any men left,” he says.

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