🚢 According to Tanker Trackers, a non-Iranian VLCC supertanker successfully transited the straight with her AIS on.

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🇺🇸 The US launches 250.gov - the digital platform for America’s 250th anniversary.

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🇨🇳🇷🇺 Lavrov is meeting with Xi Jinping

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🇨🇳🇷🇺Vladimir Putin's visit to China will take place in the first half of 2026, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 No, the war is not over, just close to being over

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🐻 All the key news of the past 24 hours - just because we like you

➡️Russian Rostec has tested the technology of group use of strike drones.

➡️Slovenia’s new parliamentary speaker says he wants a referendum on leaving NATO.

➡️Indonesia has agreed on oil and gas supplies from Russia

➡️Zelensky promised to restore the operation of the "Druzhba" oil pipeline in two weeks

➡️Rubio held talks with representatives of Israel and Lebanon at the US State Department but the Lebanese Amal Movement has rejected any form of direct negotiation with Israel

➡️Italian PM slams Trump after attack on Pope Leo, and Trump responds

➡️FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, when asked if he's trying to chill criticism of the administration tells companies  to switch over to cable or streaming or YouTube if they don't like it

➡️Saudi FM Prince Faisal bin Farhan tries to push back on US pressure to pick sides

➡️Vladimir Putin will visit China soon

➡️Trump says the war with Iran is not over

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🇷🇺💬Russia can make up for the energy resource deficit of China and other interested countries, which arose against the backdrop of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Lavrov said during his visit to China.

Other statements by the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry:

➡️Putin's visit to China will take place in the first half of 2026.

➡️Lavrov reported that he discussed the aggravation of the situation in the world due to the actions of the West, the situation in the Middle East, the militarization of the EU, and the crisis in NATO.

➡️The US and Iran should promote realistic goals in the negotiations, and Russia and China are ready to promote any formats of their external support.

➡️Moscow will accept any decision by Iran on enriched uranium and is ready to play a role in resolving this issue.

➡️Relations between Russia and the US are not at a "freezing point", contacts are being conducted, but not all of them are being reported on.

➡️At the negotiations on Ukraine in Alaska, the discussion focused on recognizing the de jure realities on the ground, and Moscow remains committed to the agreements reached at the summit.

➡️US sanctions against Russia remain in place, as does the discrimination of Russian energy companies in the market.

➡️The West is plotting a new military bloc, in which Ukraine is a leading participant.

➡️Macron is reveling in the idea of creating "stabilization forces" in Ukraine.

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🇺🇸💬🇨🇳🇮🇷US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says China will be cut off from Iranian oil:

Those ships aren’t going to be allowed out anymore… they’re not going to be able to get their oil.

They can get oil. Not Iranian oil.

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🇷🇺💬🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷The US and Israel may use negotiations to prepare a ground operation in Iran, as the Pentagon continues to build up troop deployments in the region — Russian Security Council

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🇺🇸 In case you ever wonder what is Biden up to - he's being his usual self. For example, he was really excited to find a guy who looks like Obama

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🇺🇸💬🇺🇦JD Vance:

Stopping funding the Ukraine war is one of the things I’m proudest of we’ve done in this administration.

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🇺🇸💬JD Vance explains what Trump means when he says the Epstein thing is a hoax

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🇺🇸💬JD Vance on Epstein:

If you look at the emails, it’s obvious that Jeffrey Epstein hated Donald J. Trump.

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🇺🇸💬🇮🇷U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent:

We are partnering with our Gulf allies. They are much more willing to share the bank accounts of members of the Iranian regime.

We are reaching out to banks, including Chinese banks.

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🇮🇱🇱🇧🇫🇷Israeli Ambassador to the US on Lebanon talks:

We certainly don’t want the French anywhere near these negotiations.

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📝Drones shoot down drones📝
how air defense is changing before our eyes

The "drone revolution" has turned air defense logic on its head. There are so many unmanned aircraft that conventional air defense systems simply lack enough ammunition to intercept them.

Meanwhile, air defense systems in the front-line zone increasingly become targets themselves — the growing range of FPV drones allows for targeted hunting of air defense systems, while reconnaissance UAVs freely retreat into the rear at altitudes of several kilometers.

The answer came in the form of interceptor drones — first used by the enemy, then adopted by Russian forces. They organically complement air defense, becoming a full-fledged component of layered air defense. Combined with electronic reconnaissance, compact radars, and electronic warfare systems, they close precisely the segment of threats that conventional air defense systems handle worst of all.

How interceptor drones operate and why they are changing the rules of the game — watch in our new video.

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🇺🇦 About 30,000 people are mobilized every month in Ukraine but less than a third of them actually reach the combat positions, according to an analyst of the "Come Back Alive" foundation Anton Muraveynik.

According to him, approximately 8-9 thousand people make it to the frontline, while the rest "become a burden for the Armed Forces".

He noted that a significant number of people who should not have been mobilized end up in training centers: some are eligible for deferment, others undergo treatment instead of training. However, they arrive in the brigades with the status of "fully fit".

As a result, 15-50% of such soldiers are later recognized as "limitedly fit". After that, they either continue treatment, or are sent to rear positions.

The number of people in combat positions decreases, while the number in rear units increases. According to his estimates, in a brigade of 2,500-3,000 people, there may be about 50 fighters directly on the frontline.

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🇷🇺💬As a result of enemy shelling, a number of energy facilities in the Zaporozhye region were damaged, which led to a complete power outage in the region, reported Governor Yevgeniy Balitsky:

All services are in a state of high alert, and energy workers are making every effort to restore electricity supply to the maximum number of subscribers.

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🇺🇦💥 A port was again targeted in the Odessa region

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