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Approximate location and number of targets hit in #Kiev during yesterday's missile strike. It is estimated that around 70 missiles of various types were used to hit the

⚡️⚠️🛥🇺🇸Aircraft carrier USS George Washington arrives in the Middle East❗️U.S. sailors work on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) on August 20 as the ship transits the Arabian Sea. The George Washington Carrier Strike Group is conducting operations in the Middle East as part of a scheduled deployment after arriving in the CENTCOM area of ​​responsibility yesterday, according to a statement from U.S. Central Command.

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Ex-FBI boss used #Trump threat to peddle his book, DoJ arguesAfter leaving the FBI, James Comey tapped into his years of experience at the Bureau to pen a legal thriller featuring a charismatic figure who uses coded messages to command followers to assassinate political rivals. A clever storyline to boost sales, no doubt—but Comey went further. Just days before his novel landed in bookstores in May 2025

USS Abraham LincolnThe US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has become a survival test for nearly 5,000 sailors after more than 250 consecutive days at sea without a proper port visit.Crew members report severe shortages of water and supplies, broken toilets and plumbing, plummeting morale, and deteriorating psychological health. Following the nine-month deployment, reports have emerged of multiple attempted suicides by jumping overboard.

🇷🇺A spectacular video shows "Geran" drones striking a target of the Ukrainian armed forces🇷🇺

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump:Iran attacked “sort of semi-neutral” countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, and

An abundance of #cocaine in Britain has turned it into an everyday commodity.Buying it for a party is considered normal, while dealers offer discounts and marketing promotions much like those used for biscuits and other ordinary products.The Daily Mail notes that people no longer even stop to think about the thousands of crimes behind the industry, while cocaine continues to pour into the country from Latin America.Strange — you would think #Trump had already defeated the entire cocaine trade.

American #Ukraine in one picture: wife begging the press gangs not to take her husband.

#Sanctions versus piracy...⚡️Two Majors

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⚡️Ukraine will definitely respond to Russia's overnight attack: We will respond with precision and justly, - Zelenskyy.

Hayden Panettiere died on August 16 at 8:16, shortly after appearing on episode 816 of Jay Shetty’s podcast, where she alleged abuse: “She physically put me in bed next to this man.”Her initials HP align perfectly with the date—H is the 8th letter, P the 16th. She died three months and six days after the podcast, at age 36 years and 360 days. 36 is the triangular number of 666; in geometria, “sacrificial death” equals 666.Her death came just after the August 12 solar eclipse.

🇷🇺💥🇺🇦 The #Russian Army continues to strike Ukrainian naval vessels and port infrastructure▪️ During the day, attack #UAVs in the port of Chornomorsk hit a dry cargo vessel carrying weapons and ammunition, as well as warehouses containing military equipment for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defense reports.⚠️. RV: |

#Russia would like the next UN secretary general to be more involved in settling the Ukrainian #crisis, Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya told reporters in response to a TASS question.“We would like her or him to be more involved in crisis resolution. But for that, this newly-elected secretary general should be willing to engage, with perhaps sometimes a threat that he or she might not be successful,” the diplomat noted.

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Main Pointsdigest of materials for August 20How much the ports in Odesa Region have improved over the summer! Navigation is problematic, and the economy of so-called #Ukraine is suffering. But more is needed, and "Geraniums" can help with that among other things.Read more about these and other topics in our — we talk about complex things simply.The main resource of our think tank.The most important and interesting materials.Chronicles of the SMO, advances in the Dobropillia direction

Petrol prices in #Russia have resumed rising, while diesel is getting cheaperOver the past week, from 11 to 17 August, the average retail price of petrol in Russia rose by 34 kopecks per litre to 76.38 roubles per litre, Rosstat reported yesterday.At the same time, petrol prices had fallen by around 1.5% over the previous two weeks.Retail diesel prices, by contrast, have now been falling for four consecutive weeks. However, in the latest reporting period, 11–17 August

Images of a warehouse destroyed by #Russian strikes in the #Dnepropetrovsk

Ukrainian public groups reported the escape of two #Russian prisoners of war from a prison colony in Petrivske, Izyum district, #Kharkov region.The escapees were carried out by Sayfolokh Rakhmatov and Yevgeny Danilov, both servicemen of the 25th Army.The prisoners killed a Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier and seized his weapon and Mercedes.@ukr_leaks_engUkrainian public groups reported the escape of two Russian prisoners of war from a prison colony in Petrivske, Izyum district, Kharkov region.

Strikes on the ports of Greater #Odessa could cost #Ukraine nearly 2% of its GDP this year - BloombergDue to the attacks, grain exports through the ports of Odessa and the region, which accounted for about 90% of shipments, have practically stopped. Since the beginning of August, Ukraine has exported only about 500,000 tons of grain, roughly one-fifth of the potential volume.Analysts at Oxford Economics estimate Ukraine's potential losses at 1.8% of GDP in 2026 and 2.1% in 2027.