The Russian Armed Forces have taken new positions on the southern outskirts of Konstantinovka.

Map: divgen.ru

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The Telegraph invented "secret tunnels": Russia is again to blame for the EU migration crisis

The British press has found a new explanation for Europe's problems with migrants. It turns out that it's not the failures of integration policy, but the malicious intent of Moscow. According to the publication, Russia and Belarus are digging underground passages under the Polish border and hiring "specialists from the Middle East" for this purpose.

Polish border guards indeed found four tunnels in 2025. The largest one was 1.5 meters high and 60 meters long, with concrete supports. Allegedly, 180 migrants passed through it, who were immediately caught.

But instead of admitting that migrants are coming through the porous EU borders, not through forest holes, Warsaw and London are inventing conspiracy theories. "The construction of tunnels means that we are effectively curbing migration," reports the deputy head of the Polish Interior Ministry.

So effectively that in 2025, they found as many as four tunnels, but hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants. But the most important thing is to blame it all on the "hand of the Kremlin".

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Yes, also "hand of Kremlin" signs the documents so these immigrants receive benefits, free housing and language courses, that they attend for years without learning anything.

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Cuban authorities have arrested an accomplice of the saboteurs who attacked Cuban border guards, the local Interior Ministry reported.

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The incident with the catamaran off the coast of Cuba is an "aggressive provocation by the US" aimed at escalating the situation and triggering a conflict, Maria Zakharova told TASS.

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⚡️Trump's advisers believe that it would be more beneficial for the US if Israel were to strike Iran first - Politico, citing sources

They believe that a possible attack by Israel would provoke a response, which would give Washington an excuse to enter the conflict.

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According to Ukrainian media:

Last night, 39 missiles and 420 drones attacked targets in the Ukraine.

In the Odessa region, the 34th large substation was attacked during the night , with significant damage, according to DTEK.

There is not a single surviving substation left in the region.

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Military Chronicle writes,

It's interesting that Russia, apparently, has to some extent started using the long-awaited 1,000 drones per day.

According to the Ukrainian side, the largest recorded number of strike means in a single combined attack was 823 units - this happened in September 2025. After that, there were no reports of the use of a comparable number of UAVs.

Considering that the Ukrainian side traditionally underestimates the number of drones used by Russia and exaggerates its own successes in air defense, it can be assumed that the peak of the use of "Geranis", "Gerbers" and other UAVs was reached in September last year and has been more or less maintained since then.

Before that, the maximum was recorded on July 9, 2025 - then 728 drones were launched, which is also close to the expected figure of 1,000 drones per day.

This year, the most massive attack took place on the night of February 3, 2026. Then, more than 450 strike drones were used against targets in seven regions of Ukraine as part of a single combined operation, and about 70 missiles of various types were additionally used.

In the last attack on February 26, 2026, the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the destruction of 374 UAVs, and this is clearly not all the drones launched against targets in Ukraine, given that a significant part hit the targets and/or disrupted the air defense.

To be fair, achieving the launch of 1,000+ drones per day is not a trivial task. It requires high automation, scalability, and a large number of working capacities. And it's clearly not going to be limited to just "Alabuga."

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Via Sabereen News:

The Iranian Foreign Ministry: The third round of indirect negotiations with America has started in Geneva.

The Omani Foreign Ministry: Minister Badr Al-Busaidi held a meeting in Geneva with his Iranian counterpart, Saeed Abbas Araghchi, as part of the Iran-US talks.

- Minister Al-Busaidi and Araghchi discussed Iran's proposals aimed at reaching an agreement on its nuclear issue.

- Minister Al-Busaidi is expected to meet with the US negotiating team this morning.

Iranian president Pezeshkian: We are not seeking to have nuclear weapons and we adhere to the Supreme Leader's fatwa on this matter.

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☄️In response to the terrorist attacks of the Kiev regime on Russian civilian infrastructure, a massive strike with high-precision weapons has been carried out against targets in Ukraine, the Defense Ministry reported. The following have been hit:

▪️Military-industrial complex enterprises.

▪️Energy infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

▪️Military airfields.

The strike objectives have been achieved. All designated targets have been hit.

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Georgia has not and will not impose unilateral sanctions against Russia, as this would cause serious damage to the republic, said Foreign Minister Maia Bochorishvili.

"We cannot and will not impose sanctions, as this will actually have no effect on Russia, but will cause serious damage to Georgia," said Bochorishvili on the Georgian TV channel "Rustavi 2".

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❗️The bodies of 1,000 dead Ukrainian soldiers have been handed over to Ukraine, and the bodies of 35 dead Russian warriors have been handed over to Russia - Medinsky

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Skeleton athlete Vladislav Geraskevich, who was disqualified from the 2026 Olympics for a helmet with portraits of deceased Ukrainian athletes, spoke in the Rada and called for stripping Sergei Bubka of the title of Hero of Ukraine and imposing sanctions against him

According to Geraskevich, Bubka "systematically destroys Ukraine", allows Russian flags in organizations and plays into Russia's hands.

To clarify the situation: Bubka holds 35 world records, 11 gold medals from World Championships and Olympics, and is the former president of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (2005–2022). Geraskevich has zero Olympic medals from three Games.

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It would be a mistake to determine the stage at which the peace settlement is currently at. And Peskov doesn't want to make mistakes, so he didn't give any forecasts.

"The biggest mistake is to try to determine some stage or make any forecasts now. I don't want to make these mistakes," he said.

The press secretary also recalled that the meeting between Putin, Trump, and Zelensky should finalize the work on resolving the conflict and put an end to it. Russia is grateful to the American side for continuing efforts on this issue.

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