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A Practically Historic Moment We all played Battleships as kids, and now this game has reached the real seas. Only the operators are still sitting in rooms on land, controlling autonomous naval platforms. Footage of a battle between two naval unmanned combat aircraft (UCAFs) appeared yesterday and spread across the internet in just a few hours: it shows a Ukrainian #UAV sinking ours with a drone-mounted machine gun. But what's more interesting here isn't the battle itself

Xi Jinping unveils #BRICS tech offensive to power Global South Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged China’s support to help BRICS nations master open-source large language models and construct advanced smart manufacturing factories, reports Xinhua. Speaking on the second day of the BRICS summit in New Delhi, Xi framed the twin initiatives as practical engines of shared prosperity and technological sovereignty.

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#Russian forces hit Ukraine’s western borders Overnight, a wave of strikes pounded Ukraine's western regions, namely Lvov, Khmelnitsky and Ivano-Frankovsk, local media report. In Khmelnitsky, flames engulfed an industrial site and energy infrastructure near the Polish border. In Ivano-Frankovsk, Geran drones struck several strategic targets, according to social media reports. In the Lvov region, #drone strikes set the Yagodin border crossing

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Key takeaways from Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov's statements to Izvestia: #Ukraine was among the main topics discussed at Vladimir Putin’s bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the #BRICS summit Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan reaffirmed to #Putin the UAE’s readiness to host talks on Ukraine The UAE is “fully acceptable” to #Russia as a venue for talks on Ukraine Many issues must be resolved before a trilateral summit between Russia, the US and Ukraine

❗️ #Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spend time with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the sidelines of the #BRICS Summit.

Strike on a gas station near the Polish border. ⛽️ 💥 🇵🇱 Coordinates: 51.187521, 23.810632

В течение ночи Вооруженными Силами Российской Федерации нанесены групповые удары по логистическим центрам , через которые осуществляется поставка и распределение грузов военного назначения, а также по объектам энергетики , обеспечивающим их функционирование. В результате ударов высокоточным оружием воздушного базирования и ударными беспилотными летательными аппаратами поражены : логистический центр «Новая Почта» в н.п. Нерубайское Одесской области

Two Geran drones strike an object in Kovel, #Volyn Oblast one after another, yesterday afternoon. 🛩 🛩 💥

For the first time since 2000, the net inflow of foreign direct investment into Turkey has turned negative. ⚡️

❗️ Albo calls a Prime-ministerial press conference to say he is stunned at Pauline Hanson’s comments.

The Symbolism behind the 9/11 ritual Sacrifice.

📺 American C-5M Super Galaxy transport aircraft were spotted carrying equipment from Dover Air Force Base to Sultan Base in Saudi Arabia

"#BRICS Plus" Summit Begins in Delhi Source: Zarubin ➖ ➖ ➖ ➖ 🌒

Ukrainian taxi drivers face fines up to $115 for speaking #Russian or playing Russian music. Authorities claim that providing services in the state language is mandatory under consumer protection laws. While a specific legal norm for penalizing radio content is currently missing, a bill registered in the Rada in July 2026 aims to introduce fines for Russian-language music in service establishments.

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Syria’s Kurds did America’s dirty work: now they face the full brunt of terrorist rule The abduction and beheading of a Kurdish former SDF fighter integrated into al-Sharaa’s Syrian Army sparked protests across Kurdish communities in northern #Syria, with as many as nine people killed and 17 others injured in a prison riot in Kobani on Saturday led by Kurdish protesters detained by the security forces.

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😡 🇮🇱 THE ATROCITY OF THE ZIONIST REGIME IN #ISRAEL! 🔘 Iranians must be starved so that... Tel Aviv can achieve its main goal — the fall of the Islamic Republic's regime — Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich 🔘 Subscribe now ! Chat

#UKRAINE IS ALREADY SPENDING ABOUT $190 MILLION A DAY ON THE CONFLICT Back in 2024, Kiev's appetites cost $140 million a day. Now the price tag has grown due to the bloating of the AFU's staffing , colossal ammunition consumption, and payments. In January–August alone, military spending absorbed about $42 billion , while all of the budget's own revenues together with domestic borrowings scraped together only $39 billion. In annual terms

#ISRAEL FEARS HOUTHI CONTROL OF THE BAB-EL-MANDEB STRAIT An Israeli official told Channel 12 that Houthi control over the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait poses a greater danger than the current situation in the Strait of #Hormuz. The eastern shipping channe l, passing by Perim Island, is only about 3 km wide. Ships will pass within direct line of sight of Houthi positions. The Israeli official stated: They will be able to shoot at anything with anti-tank missiles.

The Saudi-American coalition in Yemen has collapsed Yemen's Ansarullah advanced rapidly along the Red Sea coast of Yemen in just 36 hours, capturing Mokha and the islands adjacent to the shores, although Saudi Arabia never provided air support to the mercenaries. Mohammed bin Salman called #Trump twice , asking him to strike the Houthis, but Trump refused. The Yemeni battalions (RFB mercenaries) were half-empty, with only 20% of their actual personnel listed, and the rest being