Sputnik International
39.2K subscribers
47.3K photos
28.3K videos
5 files
17.7K links
Join our channel for breaking news stories from around the globe, exclusive analysis & opinions.

Website: sputnikglobe.com
X: x.com/sputnikint
Download Telegram
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿช–RUSSIA'S LATEST WEAPONS THAT PUT WORLD ON EDGE

Russiaโ€™s nuclear triad has been reinforced with new weapon systems in response to the abundance of geopolitical challenges.

Here are key details:

Burevestnik

๐ŸŸ  Intercontinental-range, nuclear-powered cruise missile, designed to penetrate air and missile defense systems and deliver a nuclear warhead across vast distances

๐ŸŸ  Its extended airborne or loitering time and the ability for โ€œlong patrollingโ€ enable the missile to enter the enemyโ€™s zone of action from unexpected directions

๐ŸŸ  Successful test of this "unlimited-range" missile was conducted on October 26, 2025 (per General Staff Valery Gerasimov)

๐ŸŸ  Putin publicly announced the program in his 2018 address to the Federal Assembly, calling it โ€œinvulnerable to both existing and prospective missile defense and air defense systemsโ€

Poseidon

๐ŸŸ  Unmanned underwater vehicle equipped with a nuclear-powered reactor and a nuclear warhead on board

๐ŸŸ  Designed to destroy ports and naval bases, both through its direct destructive capacity and via the tsunami triggered by its explosion

๐ŸŸ  In July 2018, the Defense Ministry unveiled the Poseidon vehicle and stated that it is invulnerable to the enemy's countermeasures

๐ŸŸ  Burevestnik and Poseidon systems use exclusively Russian-made materials, some of which have potential use in civilian sectors, particularly in the Arctic and for space exploration

Sarmat

๐ŸŸ  Russian 5th-generation silo-based strategic missile system equipped with a heavy liquid-fueled orbital intercontinental ballistic missile

๐ŸŸ  Called "the largest combat missile in human history"

๐ŸŸ  Putin first announced the Sarmat's development progress in 2018

๐ŸŸ  Putin emphasized that such systems are designed to โ€œensure strategic deterrenceโ€ globally. He noted that the Sarmat could โ€œguarantee the penetration of any missile defense system, both present and futureโ€

Oreshnik

๐ŸŸ  Russiaโ€™s newest missile system equipped with a medium-range ballistic missile and hypersonic warheads

๐ŸŸ  Can only be intercepted during its initial flight phase. Once its warheads approach the target, they are traveling at maximum speed, making interception at the final stage impossible

๐ŸŸ  Has the following estimated strike times:

โšซ๏ธ Redzikowo US Missile Defense Base (Poland): 11 minutes
โšซ๏ธ Ramstein Air Base, Germany (USAF Europe HQ): 15 minutes
โšซ๏ธ NATO HQ, Brussels: 17 minutes

๐ŸŸ  Putin revealed the weapon on November 21, 2024, when reporting the strike conducted by the Oreshnik

๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
๐Ÿ‘42โค30๐Ÿ”ฅ9๐Ÿค”1
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Lavrov holds phone call with Iranian counterpart

The two ministers have exchanged views on the most pressing geopolitical questions, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Lavrov and Araghchi have also called on Afghanistan and Pakistan to continue their dialogue to settle their differences through diplomacy.

๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
โค42๐Ÿ‘10๐Ÿค”1
Sputnik International
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Death toll rises following Pakistani car bomb blast At least 12 people were killed and 27 injured in a suicide bomb attack outside the Judicial Complex in Islamabad, Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi confirmed. ๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œThe suicide bomber targeted aโ€ฆ
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Russian Foreign Ministry expresses condolences to families of those killed in Islamabad car blast

๐Ÿ’ฌ "We consistently advocate an uncompromising fight against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations," spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.


๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
๐Ÿ‘39โค6๐Ÿ˜1๐Ÿคฌ1
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ’ฅ RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES

๐ŸŸ  The Russian Armed Forces have finished clearing the settlement of Sukhoy Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic from Ukrainian militants

๐ŸŸ  Russian forces repelled nine counterattacks intended to break the encirclement north and north-west of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk)

๐ŸŸ  Russian air and missile forces struck energy and transport infrastructure used to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces

๐ŸŸ  Air defense superiority: 133 UAVs were shot down by Russian air defence systems over the past 24 hours

๐ŸŸ  Ukrainian losses: around 1,150 troops killed or wounded

Read about origins of Russia's special military op HERE

๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
๐Ÿ‘22โค8๐Ÿ‘Œ3
๐Ÿ›‘๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Europe openly preparing for war with Russia โ€“ Vucic

๐Ÿ”Š โ€œThe war between Europe and Russia is more and more certain, it is not an empty story, everyone [in the EU] is preparing for it,โ€ Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told Pink TV.


He voiced concern over EU members rapidly rearming themselves, singling out Germanyโ€™s push to pump a whopping $436 billion into equipping its military, which Vucic said amounts to four yearsโ€™ worth of Serbian GDP.

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œRomania, Poland, and Finland are doing the same,โ€ which could โ€œonly lead to war,โ€ the Serbian president warned.

Putin previously said that Russia is keeping a watchful eye on the growing militarization of Europe, which he added is intimidating itself with far-fetched threats allegedly emanating from Russia.

He recalled that anti-Russian provocations have in the past ultimately ended unfavorably for those who initiated them.

๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
๐Ÿฅด29โค11๐Ÿ‘7๐Ÿ”ฅ5๐Ÿ‘Ž4๐ŸŒš2๐Ÿ‘Œ1
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Putin: The goal isnโ€™t import substitution โ€” but the creation of our own technological platforms

The Russian president made this statement during a joint press conference with Kazakh President Tokayev after their negotiations in Moscow.

๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
โค42๐Ÿ‘14๐Ÿค”4๐Ÿ‘Ž1
Media is too big
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Putin and Tokayev sign Declaration to elevate Russiaโ€“Kazakhstan relations to the level of a comprehensive strategic partnership

Kazakhstan now joins the group of nations maintaining strategic partnerships with Russia โ€” including:

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต North Korea
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Vietnam
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus (in the military sphere)

๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
โค61๐Ÿ‘23๐Ÿ‘Ž1
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Indian Spear Corps troops conduct large-scale drills

The Indian Army held high-tech exercises in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh

It tested operational readiness in unforeseen situationsโ€”including night operations and rapid-response drills

๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
โค23๐Ÿ”ฅ9๐Ÿ‘4๐Ÿ˜2๐Ÿซก2
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ New clashes on Cambodia-Thailand border: what we know

๐ŸŸ  A Cambodian villager was reported killed in a shooting incident along the border on November 12, with both sides accusing each other of opening fire

๐ŸŸ  Reports also mentioned five Cambodians injured by gunfire

๐ŸŸ  Earlier this week, Thailand announced that it was suspending a peace agreement (Joint Declaration) signed in Kuala Lumpur in late October

๐ŸŸ  Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul cited a landmine explosion on November 10 that injured two Thai soldiers as the reason for the suspension

๐ŸŸ  Thailand is demanding an apology from Cambodia, accusing them of laying new landmines in violation of the truce and calling for a thorough investigation

๐ŸŸ  Cambodia's defense ministry has denied laying new landmines, stating that many existing mines are remnants from decades of civil war and that they remain committed to the peace accord

๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
๐Ÿค”27๐Ÿ˜ข9๐ŸŒš4โค1
๐Ÿ›ข Energy watchdog sees no cause for slowdown in oil & gas demand over next quarter century

The International Energy Agency, the Paris-based intergovernmental organization which previously expected a 2020s peak in hydrocarbon consumption, has revised its estimates, saying demand will likely continue to grow, and that no meaningful drop in CO2 emissions will be achieved.

๐Ÿ‘‰ The watchdog expects oil demand to rise from 100M barrels per day (bpd) to 113M bpd by 2050, and EVs as a share of new vehicles to plateau at ~40% by 2035.

If previously agreed climate policies were realized, oil demand would peak at 102M bpd in 2030, and a full 50% of vehicles would be EVs by 2035.

๐Ÿ“ˆ Electricity demand is expected to rise by ~40-50% by 2035, accounted for by electrical appliance penetration in developing markets, manufacturing and data center demand.

The IEAโ€™s revised modeling follows criticism from US energy secretary Chris Wright in the summer calling IEAโ€™s past estimates โ€œtotal nonsense,โ€ and US threats to withdraw from the agency unless it reforms. The US contributes an estimated 14% of IEAโ€™s budget.

๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
๐Ÿค”15โค4๐Ÿ˜1
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
๐Ÿ’ฅ 'No more dudes in dresses' - Hegseth doubles down on new standards for army service in US

๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
๐Ÿ‘22๐Ÿค”7๐Ÿฅด5๐Ÿ‘Œ4๐ŸŒš1
๐Ÿ’ธ Google drops $6b cloud bomb on Germany

Google will inject a whopping $6.4 billion into Germanyโ€™s internet โ€˜cloudโ€™ infrastructure.

Whatโ€™s it all about?

๐ŸŸ  The investment covers the 2026-2029 period

๐ŸŸ  New data center in the city of Dietzenbach, near Frankfurt, and expansion of the site in Hanau in Hessen state are planned

๐ŸŸ  About 100 employees will work at each site, with a potential 9,000 indirect jobs created across the region

๐ŸŸ  No state subsidies are involved โ€” the German government stresses that it is a private sector venture

๐ŸŸ  The plan driven by strategy, not incentivesโ€”giving Google full control over where and how it builds

Why it matters

๐ŸŸ  For Google it means boosting its cloud infrastructure and data center footprint in a key market

๐ŸŸ  Owning data infrastructure inside the European Union helps Google stay compliant while keeping performance high for regional clients

๐ŸŸ  The largest economy in Europe, Germany is desperately trying to woo investors and boost its struggling economy now facing high costs thanks to sanctions on Russia

๐ŸŸ  Whether Googleโ€™s $6.4-billion investment will help is a big question

The image is AI-generated

๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
๐Ÿค”22๐Ÿ˜6โค3๐Ÿฅด3๐ŸŒš1
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Russia hopes Trump still willing to contribute to political settlement of the Ukrainian problem - Kremlin spox Peskov to CNN

๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
๐Ÿ‘Œ27๐Ÿ‘8โค6๐Ÿค”6๐Ÿ”ฅ2
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Ukraine has made clear that itโ€™s not interested in a peace deal - Russian MFA

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œThe position on the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine voiced by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergiy Kislitsa confirms that the Ukrainian side is not interested in a peaceful settlement,โ€ Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, commenting on Kislitsaโ€™s interview with The Times.


๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œThis is an admission that the Zelensky regime has no intention of demonstrating any sincere desire for peace,โ€ Zakharova said.


Commenting on Kislitsaโ€™s complaint that Ukraine was unable to have โ€œcreative discussionsโ€ with the Russian leadership, Zakharova said she could โ€œconfirmโ€ that โ€œno one intended to engage in โ€˜creative discussionsโ€™ with them,โ€ and that instead, โ€œspecific proposals were made, particularly regarding prisoner exchanges,โ€ which โ€œthe Kiev regimeโ€ broke, with โ€œless than 30% of the 1,200 agreed on exchanged.โ€

In the interview, Kislitsa reiterated claims blaming Russia for the lull in negotiations, accused Trump's Ukraine negotiator Steve Witkoff of โ€œreally buying at face value what the Russians were telling him,โ€ and said he wasnโ€™t surprised that talks have stalled.

๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
๐Ÿ‘30โค3๐ŸŒš2๐Ÿ‘Œ1๐Ÿฅด1
Media is too big
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russiaโ€™s Armed Forces now have a dedicated Unmanned Systems branchโ€”air, ground, sea

Unified command, Rubicon-trained operators, mass-produced UAV beasts.

๐Ÿ“น See the full structure & arsenal in action.

๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
โค33๐Ÿ‘Œ12๐Ÿ‘8๐Ÿ”ฅ6
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Trump hopes to sign bill tonight to end government shutdown - White House

๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
๐Ÿ˜28๐Ÿ‘6๐ŸŒš4๐Ÿค”3๐Ÿ˜ข1