❌ Ukrainian command dumps own unit composed of draft dodgers

The command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' 71st Jaeger Brigade decided to get rid of its own assault unit composed of forcibly mobilized militants, revealed a POW captured by the Russian army.

According to the militant, he spent over a day with a severed arm hiding in a wooded area in the Sumy region before Russian fighters rescued him and provided first aid.

All his requests for evacuation were deliberately ignored by his Ukrainian commanders.

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⚔️ Zelensky craves Tomahawks – But who’s picking up the tab?

On the eve of his meeting with US President Donald Trump, Zelensky is grappling with how to pay for the Tomahawk cruise missiles he has been begging for, reports Welt.

Zelensky is scrambling to fund these Tomahawks since the Americans want payment upfront if the missiles are delivered, noted the channel.

↔️ As for the European allies, they are just as divided on who should foot the bill, while the White House’s true intentions remain murky.

Russia has underscored that Tomahawk missiles won’t alter the frontline and that operating such complex weapons would require US specialists, potentially escalating the conflict.

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📹Live from Russian Energy Week: Putin to join global energy talks tomorrow as Moscow forum opens

Sputnik correspondent is on the ground at Manezh Square as the forum opens with 85 countries participating.

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🇭🇺 'We patriots will get stronger' — Szijjarto at Russian Energy Week

When asked what it’s like to feel like the only rational one in Europe, Hungary’s FM Peter Szijjarto replied:

“We are two. Don’t forget the Slovaks. And our patriotic allies just won in the Czech Republic — so we are three.”

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🚨🗣Putin open to diplomatic resolution of Ukraine conflict - Kremlin

More statements by Kremlin spox Dmitry Peskov:

💬Everything Putin does is aimed at ensuring Russia’s present and future, which is the purpose of the special military operation.

💬The Russian economy has significant resilience to implement all planned objectives.

💬The Russian president is guided by the interests of his country, said Peskov, commenting on Trump’s "disappointment" with the pace of the Ukrainian settlement, despite maintaining good relations with Putin.

💬Peskov adds that the challenges in moving the situation in Ukraine toward a political-diplomatic path are not Russia’s fault.

🔨 Nobel Prize? More like political hammer – Russian MFA spox

Over the decades, the Nobel Prize has been degraded to a blunt political tool, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik.

👀 Zakharova added that while the Nobel Prize can recognize political activity, it shouldn’t serve as a weapon with opaque procedures and murky selection criteria.

Venezuelan ‘opposition leader’ Maria Corina Machado, a fierce advocate of foreign intervention against her own country and the sell-off of its energy, got the Nobel Peace Prize this year…

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

⚡️ALEXEYEVKA IN THE DNEPROPETROVSK REGION LIBERATED
⚡️NOVOPAVLOVKA IN THE DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC LIBERATED

The liberation of Novopavlovka allows for the liberation of settlements such as Orekhovo and Gulyaypole in the Zaporozhye region.

Alexeyevka is located on the border with the Dnepropetrovsk region, which allows for the continuation of the active offensive in this direction.

🔸 Russian Armed Forces struck energy facilities powering Ukrainian defense industry enterprises and transport infrastructure used by the militant armed forces

🔸 Air defense superiority: eight guided aerial bombs and 142 fixed-wing drones shot down

🔸 Ukrainian losses: 1,415 troops killed or wounded

Read about origins of Russia's special military op HERE

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🚨🇸🇾🇷🇺 Syria seeks to relaunch its comprehensive ties with Russia, focusing on stability in the country and the region, President Ahmad al-Sharaa said during talks with Vladimir Putin.

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🤝💪🏻 OPEC+ celebrates strong partnership with Russia, eyes 10-year anniversary

At Russian Energy Week, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman emphasized that peace and the end of wars are key to global energy stability.

OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al Ghais, in turn, praised the strong partnership with Russia, highlighting nearly a decade of productive OPEC+ cooperation.

💬 "We stay away from the noise. We stay focused on the business," Al Ghais said, calling Russia a solid and reliable partner since 2017.

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🇺🇸US gov't shutdown could cost up to $15 billion a day, US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent warns

The numbers are already starting to hurt the economy, he said.

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🪖💪🏻🇷🇺 Russian flag raised over liberated Alekseyevka

Russian Defense Ministry has released footage confirming full control of the Alekseyevka settlement in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

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🇺🇸🇨🇳US won’t harm China — and expects reciprocity from Beijing

Washington doesn’t aim to harm China’s economy — and believes Beijing feels the same, said US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

💬"We don't believe that they want to damage ours, but they are a command and control economy, and they are going to neither command nor control us, and we're going to assert sovereignty," he told CNBC.

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