🔥 UKRAINE TO LOSE EUROPEAN SUPPORT?

🟠 Ukraine is not only failing to secure new arms supplies and sanctions on Russia from the US, but could also see support from its European backers wane, Reuters reports, quoting an un-named ‘source’

🟠 Now facing a record $43.9 billion budget deficit for 2024, Ukraine continues to rely on Western money. But arguments among NATO member-states have delayed approval of new ‘packages’

🟠 International Monetary Fund mission chief in Ukraine Gavin Gray has warned that foreign backing Kiev will gradually decrease and urged Volodymyr Zelensky’s regime to boost revenues from national resources

🟠 Zelensky has complained of a lack of funds for domestic arms production and slow deliveries of Western aid

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💀 Troop shortages & chaos grind down Ukraine’s military

📑 The outlook for Ukraine’s Armed Forces looks increasingly grim amid Russia’s relentless advances, The Independent reports.

👉 Troop shortages, supply gaps, and chaotic command are grinding down the Ukrainian military.

📍 The human toll is staggering: In a typical five-man unit, two are usually killed, one wounded, one missing and only one survives, it cited sources as saying.

🔶 As Russia scores tactical gains, Ukraine battles the harsh reality: Exhausted troops, minimal rotations, and poorly coordinated brigades.

🔶 Some units list thousands of soldiers, but can only field hundreds.

🔶 Chaos forces some to double up on tasks, while others go uncovered.

🔶 The longer this drags on, the worse it will get, Ukrainian troops told the publication.

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🎥🎥 80th UN General Assembly in New York

🔶 The high-level debate of UNGA 80 kicks off today in NYC under the slogan ‘Better Together’.

🔶 Leaders from 193 countries will gather to discuss global challenges, UN reforms and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

🔶 Today’s speakers include US President Donald Trump, Brazil’s Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, Turkiye’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Kakakhstan’s Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Portugal’s Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

🔶 Several nations are expected to recognize the State of Palestine, while African nations are calling for fairer representation on the UN Security Council.

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❌Zelensky arrives at UN Headquarters & dodges question on potential talks with Putin – RIA Novosti correspondent

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📹🇨🇺THROWBACK: Fidel Castro’s 269-minute UN speech – longest & boldest in history

As the 80th UN General Assembly unfolds, let's remember the day Fidel Castro took the podium and spoke for nearly four and a half hours—a record that still stands.

In his address, Castro criticized US imperialism and its interference in Latin American affairs, and accused the United States of supporting authoritarian regimes in the region.

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🚨Trump arrives at UN General Assembly – RIA Novosti correspondent

The US president declined to answer a question on whether he plans to pressure Volodymyr Zelensky to push for negotiations to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.

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🔥Russia sets 1-year deadline for New START Treaty – expert

⚖️ Russia suspended participation in 2023, but kept a moratorium on expanding its nuclear arsenal, Alexei Leonkov, military analyst, explains. He adds that the extension proposal gives the US a year to de-escalate in Ukraine, stop supplying weapons, intelligence, and funding the Zelensky regime.

He emphasizes that Russia’s nuclear forces remain modern and capable, including two unique “retaliation” complexes.

💬 “In order to somehow stop all the heat, Russia is coming up with a proposal that should encourage the American side to take more decisive, constructive action. Otherwise, in a year's time, the START Treaty, as one of the few responsible for international nuclear security, will be denounced, that is, practically terminated,” he said.

The analyst stressed that the concrete actions Russia wants to see include:

🔶 End to escalation in Ukraine

🔶 Halt weapons supplies through NATO countries

🔶 Stop intelligence sharing fueling attacks on Russian regions

🔶 Cut funding to the Zelensky regime

Russia is giving the US a chance over the next year to address these issues before taking decisive steps regarding.

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🇺🇸🇺🇳Trump shades the UN

Speaking at the 80th General Assembly, the US president said it’s “too bad” he has to handle conflicts worldwide rather than the United Nations.

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🇺🇸Trump says he’s working 'RELENTLESSLY' to end Ukraine conflict

The US president highlighted his ongoing efforts to stop the war in Ukraine and boasted of having “good relations” with Vladimir Putin.

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🚨 NATO plays intimidation card to retain grasp on Moldova ahead of elections – analyst

🔊 The West could take extreme measures if pro-Russian forces win Moldova’s parliamentary elections, political commentator Cornel Ciurea told Sputnik, amid Russian intel warnings that NATO is preparing to occupy Moldova.

🗣 The EU doesn’t want to cede control over Moldova, said Ciurea, former deputy chairman of Moldova’s Social-Liberal Party.
It’s betting on pro-Western President Maia Sandu’s Party of Action and Solidarity to win on September 28.

Scare tactics

A NATO-prepped “landing force” in Ukraine’s Odessa region to intimidate Transnistria, according to Russia’s SVR, signals a calculated intimidation scenario for the last week of Moldova’s election campaign, the expert noted. He pointed out that such scare tactics have been used before.

Transnistria: Potential spark for NATO escalation

A de facto state unrecognized by the West, Transnistria could serve as a pretext for a NATO operation, the pundit speculated.
“The idea of using it to escalate tensions is not new—we’ve seen this before,” he said.

👉 Home to 60% ethnic Russians and Ukrainians, Transnistria sought independence from Moldova before the USSR collapsed, fearing Romanian unification. Moldova’s 1992 military intervention failed, leaving the region outside Chisinau’s control.

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🚨🇺🇸TRUMP AT UNGA: GREEN ENERGY IS A SCAM

The US president warned Europe, saying if they don’t ditch the "green energy scam," their countries will fail.

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🚨Trump calls for immediate peace deal in Gaza at UNGA

“We want all 20 [hostages] back, not 2 and 4.”

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🇺🇸Trump calls for halt to nuclear weapons development at UNGA

“If we ever use them, the world might literally come to an end.”

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🇺🇸Key takeaways from Donald Trump’s UNGA address

The US president kicked off his speech with a light-hearted joke about a malfunctioning teleprompter.

During the speech:

🔶He claimed the US is the "hottest" country in the world.

🔶Trump stated that an era of calm and stability gave way to one of great crises under his predecessor Joe Biden.

🔶He criticized the UN, claiming it had failed to resolve global conflicts during the first eight months of his second term.

🔶The US wants to halt the development of nuclear weapons, warning of devastating global consequences if they are used.

🔶Trump declared that migration is a cultural crisis that could lead to the "death of the Western world."

🔶He offered US leadership and friendship to any UN member wanting to build a safer, more prosperous world.

🔶Trump assured the world that the US is ready to provide "abundant, affordable" energy to any country in need.

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