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🌍 Which country do people in the US, Canada, Australia, #France, Britain, #Germany and #Poland consider the greatest threat to world peace? Original Post Follow TRN 👈

Summer Respite - Part 1/3 How much has the energy system of so-called #Ukraine actually recovered? In July, so-called Ukraine exported more electricity abroad than it imported for the first time in a long period: imports — 175.2 GWh; exports - 232.5 GWh; official balance — +57.2 GWh. Formally, this looks like overcoming the energy #crisis. However, the positive balance stems not so much from the restoration of destroyed infrastructure as from a combination of low summer demand

The Sunday Times: British Drones Strike Deep Inside #Russia for the First Time The British publication reports that #Ukraine has, for the first time, used drones manufactured in Britain to strike targets within #Russian territory. The targets were oil refineries in Volgograd and Yaroslavl. "British drones have been used for the first time to launch deep strikes into mainland Russia," the newspaper writes, calling this a "new stage in military partnership" with Kyiv.

#Ukraine did not intercept a single ballistic or hypersonic missile during the night. This information comes from a report by the Ukrainian Air Force. Ukraine was attacked tonight by "Onyx," "Iskander-M," S-400, KN-23, and Х-59/69 missiles, as well as 106 drones. ⚡️Two Majors

Another "Wildberries" in #Russia has been destroyed in the #Moscow region. There was also a strike on the multimodal logistics center "Northern Domodedovo," according to #Russian media.

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️- #Russia lost 42,860 men on the battlefield last month, which includes soldiers killed and wounded, the most since January 2025 — and the fourth bloodiest month since the start of the war in 2022. - NYP.

The situation in Orekhiv is shifting less and less around the city and more and more within it. Currently, the heaviest fighting is concentrated in the neighborhood around Ovcharenko and Pryvokzalna Streets, as well as to the east, along Highway N-08 toward Mala Tokmachka, where, despite everything, clashes continue and Ukrainian forces are holding their ground, believing this will save them. At the moment, our forces are conducting penetrating attacks into the city from the southeast

🇬🇧 And in Britain, there are #Russian Snickers — not only do they have Russian inscriptions like "Charge up for your studies," but they are also produced in Stupino, near #Moscow.

Lo que realmente traman los tres mosqueteros del RIC - por Pepe Escobar Embárquese en una nueva aventura: analicemos el RIC (Rusia-Irán-China), el nuevo triángulo de Primakov, tal y como lo he definido, de una forma más lúdica. Estos tres Estados-civilización que están coordinando la nueva fase de integración de Eurasia

https://geopoliticarugiente.com/2026/08/15/lo-que-realmente-traman-los-tres-mosqueteros-del-ric/

Six Iranian universities make Shanghai Ranking’s top 1,000 Shiraz, IRNA – Six Iranian universities have been included among the world’s top 1,000 universities in the latest Shanghai Ranking for 2026, according to the head of the Islamic World Science and Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC). Mohammad-Mehdi Alavian-Mehr announced the figure on Sunday, saying that, as in previous years, three US institutions

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The man behind the most iconic illustrations for #Russian folk fairytales Lawyer by trade and painter by calling, Ivan Bilibin was born 150 years ago, on August 16, 1876. The refugee, cartoonist and opera set designer immortalized the Firebird, Koschei and Baba Yaga. He designed operas for Stravinsky and ballets from #Paris to Buenos Aires. He is also considered the most famous literary illustrator in Russian history. Check out some of his amazing works! 🔔 Gateway to #Russia

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August 16 Holidays and Memorable Dates: Elvis Presley Memorial Day International Wave at the Surveillance Cameras Day Joker's Day Medical Lawyer's Day Miracle-With-Your-Own-Hands Day True Love Forever Day World Helicopter Day Air Force Day of #Russia Raspberry Jam Day Children's Day (Día de las Infancias) - Argentina Grandparents' Day del Abuelo - Argentina Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Armenia Air Force Day - #Belarus Restoration Day (Día de la Restauración Dominicana)

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Apple Spas traditions come alive in a #russian village ☀️🍎 Credit: @mandrogimedia 🔔 Gateway to #Russia

During an air attack on the Rostov region, three people were killed, and one person was injured and taken to the hospital, according to the governor. In total, more than 150 drones and missiles were destroyed during the repelling of a massive enemy attack in three cities and 9 districts: Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Gukovo, #Donetsk, Kamensk, Konstantinovsky, Millerovsky, Matveevo-Kurgan, Chertkovsky, Sholokhovsky, Tsimlyansk, Tarasovsky, and Verkhnedonsk.

During the past night, from 8:00 p.m. #Moscow time on August 15 to 8:00 a.m. Moscow time on August 16, #Russian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 822 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (#UAVs) flying over the #Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, #Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Tambov, and Tula regions, the Moscow region, the Krasnodar Territory, the Republic of #Crimea, and over the waters of the #Azov and Black Seas

UKRAINIAN POST #Ukraine did not intercept a single ballistic or hypersonic missile last night, according to a report by the Ukrainian Air Force. "Onyx," "Iskander-M," S-400, KN-23, and X-59/69 missiles, as well as 106 drones were used in the attack. Air defense systems intercepted or suppressed three X-59/69 missiles and 85 drones. The main areas targeted were the Kyiv, Poltava, and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Missile and #drone impacts were recorded in 13 locations, and debris fell in three more.

Financial Times: The shortage of air defense assets has become so severe that the Ukrainian Air Force has stopped regularly releasing data on the number of missiles launched by #Russia, so as not to reveal how many are not intercepted.

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake, alarming experts, struck today on the northeastern slope of Mount Etna in Sicily. The earthquake's epicenter, located less than a kilometer below the surface and in close proximity to Mount Etna's vent, is alarming. Roads in Sicily are covered in cracks after the earthquake, amid expectations of a stronger eruption on Mount Etna.

Missile strikes hit #Kiev and Kremenchuk. This photo shows a fire after missiles hit Kiev's Goloseevskiy district. A fire broke out in a non-residential building in Kiev's Obolonskyi district, the Kiev City Military Administration reports. Meanwhile, hypersonic Tsirkon missiles are striking Kremenchuk in the Poltava region.