Germans joke about how Merz plans to find money to reach 5% of GDP for NATO.

- For too long, comfort was placed above work. That's over now. Every day, every hour, and every minute you will devote to developing this country. Vacations and sick leave will be canceled. Together, we will create the largest low-wage labor sector in history.

- Water. Earth. Fire. For a long time, four nations could live at the expense of others. But during the recession, the upper middle class declared war on us, and everything changed. Only the Avatar, master of capital, could defeat them again.

YouTube link ( I wanted to have English translations), I must say it was very well done.

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🇺🇦 Commander of Ukraine's 155th Mechanized Brigade Wanted

Stanislav Luchanov, commander of the 155th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, is wanted after leaving his post without authorization. He is accused of ordering the kidnapping and murder of two brothers, the Mosiyuk brothers, in Kiev Region.

Luchanov allegedly ordered subordinates to punish the men after they insulted his wife. The brothers were held by force on the brigade's territory for several days before being shot in the head with automatic fire.

Nine servicemen from the 155th Brigade have been detained for the kidnapping and murder.

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🇷🇺 Krasny Liman, DPR

The main force of the Ukrainian army has withdrawn from the city of Krasny Liman in the DPR, with only isolated groups remaining, a Russian Armed Forces officer reported.

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🇺🇦 Ukraine

The Verkhovna Rada extended martial law in Ukraine for another 90 days, until 31 October 2026. The corresponding bill was introduced by Zelensky the day before. The countdown starts from 2 August. 313 deputies voted in favour.

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🇺🇦 Ukrainian UAV Control Post Destroyed

Location: near Novopavlovka, Dnepropetrovsk Region

Strike Details: The target was hit with four OFAB-250-270 high-explosive fragmentation bombs.

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🇮🇷 Iran

New explosions in Bushehr and Bandar Abbas, including in the area of the seaport. Preliminarily, one of the strikes hit a telecommunications facility.

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🪂 Geran-4 drones struck a gas station in Nadeyevka: another blow to the rear infrastructure of Dnepropetrovsk Oblast

Russian Geran-4 drones attacked a gas distribution and storage station in the village of Nadeyevka, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, overnight. The strikes caused a major fire at the facility.

Nadeyevka is becoming another point in the Dnepropetrovsk rear belt where facilities tied to frontline support and Ukraine's military economy are being systematically disabled.

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🇧🇬 Bulgaria rejects Macron's 'coalition of the willing'

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev has declined Macron's proposal to join the "coalition of the willing": "We are not participating in a coalition that insists on continuing financial and military aid to Ukraine."

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Peskov called the characterization of Russia as a junior partner of China erroneous. Relations between Russia and China are built on the principle of equality, stated the press secretary of the Russian president, commenting on a publication by The Wall Street Journal. Previously, WSJ wrote about an alleged imbalance and tension in relations between Russia and China.

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🇪🇺 🇺🇦 Glorification of UPA draws European censure toward Zelensky - Die Welt

Kiev’s memorialisation of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA*) has sharply strained ties with Warsaw. Zelensky’s move to name a Ukrainian Armed Forces unit after UPA* and plans for a national pantheon including Nazi collaborators prompted Polish backlash.

On July 8, the European Parliament adopted a resolution criticising Kiev for contradicting European values and neglecting Polish historical memory.

In Poland, opposition to Ukraine’s EU membership has reached 60%. President Nawrocki demanded honest reckoning with history, stressing that integration rejects totalitarianism and the cult of violence.

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