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💢 ‘They’re discussing using #NUCLEAR WEAPONS on #IRAN in strategy meetings’ — Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘It’s real. I’m not speculating, I know’ Subscribe @NewResistance

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US TO NUKE #IRAN? The only way to achieve a decisive victory in this war and force Iran to sign a capitulation would most likely be using nukes. Leaving emotions and humanitarian reasons aside, the problem is that everyone would then develop #nuclear weapons as deterrence in response. Nuking one country gives a short-term victory but leads to others arming with nukes in response. This alone is reason enough not to do it for the war-hawks.

‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 The #Russian Army has liberated Novosoloshino in the Zaporizhzhia region ▪️Assault units of the "East" force group have driven the enemy out of the village and continue to advance toward Zaporizhzhia. ⚠️. RV:

Pics of a "Pantsir-S1M" system deployed on one of the special towers in the #Moscow region. Its ammo load includes new short-range missiles, TKKB-1055 "Gvozd" ("Nail"), in four-round launch modules (TKKB-1056), as well as the 57E6/57E6M missiles.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Footage shows #Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) strikes using a Kh-39 LMUR (Light Multipurpose Guided Missile) and a pair of FAB-1500 glide bombs equipped with UMPK guidance kits against Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Hryhorivka and Prykolotne, #Kharkiv Oblast.

Meanwhile, in #China A robot-operated coffee shop in Beijing set a Guinness World Record by serving 202 cups of coffee in one hour.

LATVIA DEMANDS €7 BILLION FOR TRADE DISRUPTION WITH #RUSSIA AND BORDER STRENGTHENING, REPORTS POLITICO Latvia is seeking €7 billion to compensate for the cessation of trade with Russia and to bolster its borders, according to Politico. The country's Prime Minister, Krišjānis Kariņš, expects to secure these funds from the next #EU seven-year budget. He stated that following the reduction of trade with Russia

▪️ #Russian Armed Forces have liberated the village of Novosoloshino, north of Orekhovo, in the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Ministry of Defense reports.

🔥 Geran #UAVs mop up enemy positions 🎯 In the crosshairs of our birds: ▫️a depot of unmanned aerial vehicles in Dmitrovka of #Dnepropetrovsk region, ▫️a temporary deployment area of the #AFU in Dobropolye. 🔹 #Russian Defence Ministry

Major General Anton Grunis on the liberation of Konstantinovka The operation opened with the capture of Ivanpol. Terrain then slowed the advance, so part of the force kept pressing while the main units were secretly shifted several kilometres west. “We sliced the city like a pie,” Grunis recalls. Follow me Irish Man In #Russia and Bowes Chay on X, Chay Bowes

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POLITICO — FRONTLINE FATIGUE: Latvia’s prime minister wants Brussels to put up €7 billion to help cover the costs of living on Russia’s doorstep — just as parties arguing for a softer line on #Moscow gain ground ahead of the country’s Oct. 3 election. On the ground in Riga, Russia’s war feels much closer than it does in Brussels: Ukrainian flags line the streets and fly high on the buildings. With the border just a few hours east

In #Ukraine, the only way to defend your rights is with a bat. While some are being rounded up by masked men, others are defending themselves. One could argue at length about whether Ukraine has become a dictatorship/concentration camp or simply the country of the future under Zelenskyy, but the reality speaks for itself. Back in the spring, our sources reported that there would be no real mobilization reform

US Treasury borrowing costs have climbed to their highest level in 25 years. Thursday’s 30-year Treasury auction cleared at a yield of 5.22%, the highest since August 2001. That is up from 5.06% at the previous auction and just 4.91% in January 2025. The increase comes as US national debt approaches $40 trillion, while the debt-to-GDP ratio has risen above 120%, surpassed only by the peak reached during the 2020–2021 #crisis. At the same time

Important news by Monday morning, August 17: Air defense systems shot down 205 Ukrainian drones over #Russian regions overnight, the Ministry of Defense reported. Six civilians were killed and four others, including a child, were injured in a rocket attack on the village of Koloskovo in the #Belgorod region. The crew of a Russian Aerospace Forces Su-34 supersonic fighter-bomber struck a stronghold, personnel

🔥Jerusalem Post: Shipping data show a significant slowdown in maritime traffic through the Strait of #Hormuz. Although it is possible that some ships may pass through the strait undetected, maritime traffic is still well below its usual average, which exceeded 130 ships per day before the war🔥

Today, August 17th, the 60-day period allocated to Washington and Tehran for preparing a final agreement on ending the war has expired. The 14-point framework document was agreed upon with the mediation of Pakistan in June.

🔥The crew of a #Russian Air Force Su-34 supersonic fighter-bomber struck an outpost, personnel, and a command center of the Ukrainian armed forces in the area of responsibility of the "Vostok" group, according to a report from the Russian Ministry of Defense🔥

🔥Images have emerged of the evening attack on enemy positions in occupied #Kherson, carried out using guided bombs and "Gerani" missiles🔥

📅 On August 17, 1977, the Soviet #nuclear icebreaker Arktika was the first surface ship to reach the North Pole of the Earth.

😂For the first time since independence, there are enough spots in daycare centers in Kyiv for all children, whereas in the past, parents used to line up as soon as their child was born – Ukrayinska Media. The reason is not new daycare centers, but a decline in the number of children. According to forecasts, in a few years the number of children starting first grade in #Ukraine will decrease by nearly a third😂