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US to CUT OFF some security assistance to ‘Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia’ – Reuters

Will the Baltic chihuahuas keep barking when the big dog isn’t around?

VIDEO: The US Navy takes part in military exercises in the Baltic Sea

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Mass evacuation as Pacific homes brace for super-typhoon monster landfall Sunday

Typhoon Ragasa tipped to hit Philippines' Luzon Island.

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Europe seeks to ‘keep Ukraine conflict going AS LONG AS POSSIBLE’ – Glenn Diesen

European leaders are getting panicked, because the idea of filling the shoes of the United States is not realistic, the Norwegian political analyst says.

“They don't have the money, they don't have the weapons, and in addition, they're running out of Ukrainian soldiers as well to use as proxies,” Diesen underscores.

“The greatest disappointment of the Europeans is that it didn't pull the United States in,” the analyst concludes.

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TCF Speaker Series Ep. 9: Daniel Dumbrill

The Canada Files spoke with Daniel Dumbrill about opposing the demonization of China's Hong Kong SAR and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a sleazy CBC attack, future channel ambitions and more.

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Ten countries have already joined NATO's "Eastern Guard" operation in Poland, said the country's Prime Minister.

"Additional assistance to Poland after the drone attack has been announced by France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, the Czech Republic, Portugal, and Italy," said Donald Tusk.

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Israel’s troops firing into the skeletal RUINS of Gaza City

Over 500,000 civilians have been forced to FLEE as Israel advances its ground assault

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Arizona warns crims targeting today's massive official Kirk memorial — Gateway Pundit report

Trump categorizes Level 1 Special Event, same as Super Bowl, sparking full federal interagency mobilization

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Trump issues FINAL warning to Venezuela

‘Accept prisoners and people from mental institutions’

‘OR THE PRICE YOU PAY WILL BE INCALCULABLE’

What’s he planning?

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Chess teaches us, even kings can FALL when pride blinds

Marking the 80th anniversary of VICTORY over Japan, China has produced THIS video through their Memorial Hall museum

Video: XHNews

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Ukrainian public pages have been banned from posting about missing military personnel

The SBU has prohibited posting about those considered missing in action on social networks.

People complain that their search messages are deliberately ignored there.

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Qatar wants Israel to APOLOGIZE for strike in Doha — Axios

Qatar won’t resume mediation on Gaza peace deal until apology

Will Netanyahu apologize?

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World Bank loans turn Ukraine into a tool of the west

There’s “a core contradiction” in the World Bank providing Ukraine with loans, according to Turkish economics expert Hakan Topkurulu.

“The World Bank was established after World War II to deliver resources to developing countries and support their development. Is Ukraine using the loans it receives today for its development? No. Ukraine is using them to wage [NATO's proxy] war against Russia,” Topkurulu stressed.

He added that it’s “absolutely clear” that Ukraine is fighting for the interests of the West, who continues giving loans to the Zelensky regime.

The expert warned that, regardless of the outcome of hostilities, Ukraine will ultimately end up in debt and will face a “very difficult task” of repaying the loans both to the World Bank and to the US, the UK, and Germany.

“The West, which already controls Ukraine’s mineral resources and doesn’t recognize the country’s national identity, perceives it as a tool deployed on the front lines. Therefore, [Russian Foreign Minister Sergey] Lavrov's statement has a very important focus: by providing loans to Ukraine, the West has actually accelerated its defeat,” Topkurulu concluded.

Lavrov earlier said that over the past three years, the World Bank has issued Ukraine dozens of times more in concessional loans than it has to all African countries combined over the same period.

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EU use of frozen Russian assets could WEAKEN euro and lead to capital outflow from bloc

"The initiative to pledge frozen Russian reserves for bond issuance is fraught with serious and long-term risks for the EU,” analyst Svetlana Frumina of Russia’s Plekhanov University of Economics, saysk.

She warned that as a result, the euro's reputation will be undermined, which could prompt other countries and institutional investors to reallocate their reserves to currencies and markets with a more predictable legal environment.

This could ultimately also lead to the weakening of the euro and deterioration in borrowing conditions for Eurozone countries, as well as to possible outflow of foreign capital from European financial instruments.

Earlier, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the EC is proposing to use Russian assets to secure loans to Ukraine as part of the 19th sanctions package.

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⚡️ Two Majors #Summary for September 21, 2025

▪️ Russia and Europe are preparing for a major war with each other.
Against the backdrop of Europe's militarization, the Russian Armed Forces completed the strategic exercise "West-2025" this week, during which actions were practiced that are no longer quite suitable for the Ukrainian direction but, taking into account the experience of the Special Military Operation, are intended to demonstrate to the EU our Army's readiness to conduct offensive operations in case the EU enters the war. Of course, there was also "Oreshnik," which was practiced in its nuclear version. By the way, this week Poland was promoting in the information space the expansion of NATO's new mission "Eastern Sentinel" on its territory, and the joint development with Kiev of UAV operations in Poland already indicates direct involvement of Warsaw in the conflict. And if at the beginning of the Special Military Operation the Alliance countries were genuinely afraid of a nuclear response from Moscow, then more than three years of empty statements from our speakers, even those without voting rights on nuclear issues, have effectively devalued this factor.

▪️ The third anniversary of the partial mobilization was met on the front with intensified propaganda urging the mobilized to sign contracts under the choice of either becoming contract soldiers or transferring to frontline units. The Russian Army is preparing for large-scale offensive operations and currently has no possibility to send people home. However, explanatory work with this category of servicemen is being conducted very poorly on the ground, and the taboo on the topic in the media leaves the relatives of the mobilized in a difficult state.

▪️ On the front, our troop groupings continue their offensive. However, Gerasimov's recent summary of this fact does not mean rapid advancement everywhere at once. In the Sumy direction, the enemy fiercely counterattacks, constantly losing armored vehicles. On the Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) front, they try to flank and cut off our salient at Zolotoy Kolodez, forcing our forces to hold their positions. On the Zaporozhye front near Prymorske, there are heavy, bloody battles and numerous strikes against our drones and artillery. Frontline units (not headquarters, not accountants, not reports) lack reconnaissance drones like the "Mavic."

▪️ Meanwhile, on the Dnipropetrovsk direction and eastern Zaporozhye region, the "East" group of forces is indeed taking village after village. The "West" group of forces is advancing on the Krasnolymansk direction, completing the liberation of the Serebryanske forestry.

▪️ Frontline regions are under constant strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The most frequently mentioned in reports is the Belgorod region, where civilians are dying. No decision has been made on forced evacuation; the right to make such a decision is left to the residents themselves. The enemy's activity in the Crimean direction is notable. The northwest of the peninsula is being cleared by the Armed Forces of Ukraine of our air defense systems, using either FPV drone carriers or their analogs of "Lancets." Of course, the Main Intelligence Directorate is preparing a landing with limited objectives (to disrupt the logistics of the "Dnieper" group of forces and draw away reserves), and enemy agents on the peninsula are increasingly supplied with means of sabotage and terror, as seen from the growing number of security service press releases. The main sad point in the fourth year of the war is the confrontation right off our shores, not the enemy's. It is important to note that the next stage of development for Kiev's marine sabotage and reconnaissance groups is already long-range underwater vehicles.

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Beginning above

▪️ Massive and combined strikes on enemy territory continue to be regularly carried out; the enemy is replacing air defense systems with drone-missiles (analogs of our "Yolka" and similar).

▪️ Our air defense organization, despite shooting down almost 95 percent of drones every night, leaves much to be desired. Journalists have already counted 17% of refinery capacities knocked out, and only the blind do not see the rising prices at gas stations and even gasoline shortages in some regions. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are solving their main task: reducing our military and economic potential before the big war.

Thus, the inflated delusion about an imminent peace is gradually fading away, and Russia's military-political leadership will unequivocally achieve the liberation of all four new regions. Zelensky has already voiced the need for new monetary injections into the AFU and budget to extend the war into 2026, and Europe will definitely provide them, while the United States will gladly sell the means to destroy the population of former Soviet republics.

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'There was demand for such a contest' — Lavrov on Intervision

Says initially expected participants from BRICS members, but word got around and other countries wanted to join

'When a good idea falls on the right soil, everything works out'

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Gavin Newsom’s being investigated by the Secret Service

What did the governor mean by this?

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Sending billions to Zelensky is EXACTLY the kind of fiscal recklessness that's destroying Europe — Slovak MEP Milan Uhrik

But he expresses hope that nations are waking up and rejecting von der Leyen's 'failed leadership'

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The United States has imposed an unofficial moratorium on the supply of several key weapons to its European allies, which could significantly impact Kiev's defense capabilities. According to The Atlantic, citing sources, the Pentagon has compiled a list of systems in short supply, including Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems, for which new contracts have now been blocked.

The article states that this decision creates significant difficulties for European countries that were actively transferring their weapons to Ukraine and counting on rapid replenishment of their stockpiles through American supplies.

Some countries have already found alternatives and are signing contracts with other manufacturers. Denmark, for example, signed a $9.1 billion deal with French, Italian, and German defense consortia after a pause in negotiations with the United States for the supply of the Patriot air defense system.

At the same time, as the authors of the article write, Kiev most frequently requests American missile defense systems from its partners, and their shortage in the US military was the main reason for the suspension of exports. According to the publication, this measure is being implemented in line with the "America First" doctrine, which prioritizes replenishing national arsenals and preparing for a potential conflict with China, even at the cost of weakening European partners and Ukraine.

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Ukrainian troops FEAR Russia’s ‘Rubicon’ drone unit – US media

Rubicon operators methodically pushed the Ukrainians out of Kursk – now they’re causing ‘CHAOS’ on the front lines

‘Those who clashed with them understand’, Azov soldier warns

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IDF BLASTS car off road in southern Lebanon

The Israeli military claims the occupant was a Hezbollah ‘terrorist’ watching their movements

Local media says he lived in the area

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