🇷🇺💥 RUSSIA'S CENTRE-2026: Massive Military Drills Showcase Multipolar Power

Drones pour fire. Rockets strike. Robots join the assault. And 55 nations are watching.

Russian President Putin observed the final stage of the Centre-2026 strategic command post exercise at the Chebarkul training ground in the Chelyabinsk Region – alongside the CSTO's Interaction-2026 drills.

🪖 47,000+ troops across 11 training areas and the Caspian Sea

🤖 700+ pieces of hardware, 600+ drones, 60+ robotic systems

#Russia 🇷🇺 #Centre2026 #CSTO #Military #BRICS

🇰🇵🚀 NORTH KOREA FIRES BALLISTIC MISSILE INTO SEA OF JAPAN

Pyongyang has launched an unidentified projectile – later confirmed by Japan's Self‑Defense Forces as a ballistic missile.

🇰🇷 South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff reported the launch into the Sea of Japan.

🇯🇵 Japan's Self‑Defense Forces confirmed it was a ballistic missile.

📅 The launch comes amid heightened regional tensions and ongoing US‑South Korea military exercises.

🧠 North Korea has repeatedly tested missiles in recent months, expanding its military capabilities.

#NorthKorea 🇰🇵 #BallisticMissile #Japan 🇯🇵 #SouthKorea 🇰🇷 #BRICS #GlobalSouth #Geopolitics

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🇰🇷🚨 SOUTH KOREA ACCUSES UKRAINE OF TRYING TO SPARK WAR ON KOREAN PENINSULA

Seoul has summoned Ukraine's ambassador and threatened consequences after Kiev allegedly broke a confidentiality agreement – and then tried to shift the blame.

🇺🇦 Zelensky publicly announced that Ukraine had transferred two North Korean prisoners to South Korea – a move Seoul says was supposed to remain secret.

🇰🇷 South Korean President Lee Jae-myung: "Ukraine initially requested secrecy, then disclosed the transfer unilaterally and made me look like a liar by denying the agreement."

⚠️ The accusation: Lee accused Kiev of "attempting to provoke a war on the Korean Peninsula" – and threatened additional measures if no apology is issued.

#SouthKorea 🇰🇷 #Ukraine 🇺🇦 #Zelensky #BRICS #GlobalSouth #Diplomacy #EmpireInDecline #Geopolitics

🇮🇱⚠️ NETANYAHU BLAMES "ISLAMIST RADICAL" PILOT IN FLYDUBAI INCIDENT – Threatens "Very Heavy Price"

Israel is investigating who was behind the alleged attempt to crash a Flydubai plane – and Netanyahu is already promising retaliation.

🗣️ "Yaniv and his heroic companions prevented a disaster on the scale of 9/11."

🧠 "The attacker underwent Islamist radicalization. He intended to crash the plane with all its passengers on board."

⚠️ "We are now investigating whether he was sent, and whoever sent him will pay a very heavy price."

#Israel 🇮🇱 #Flydubai #UAE 🇦🇪 #BRICS #GlobalSouth #EvidenceFirst #NoToEscalation #Geopolitics

🇷🇺🌊 KREMLIN: RUSSIA OPEN TO BLACK SEA SECURITY DIALOGUE – But No Concrete Talks Yet

Dmitry Peskov has confirmed Moscow's readiness to discuss Black Sea security with all countries – while making clear that no bilateral negotiations are currently underway.

🗣️ "We are open to dialogue with all countries but are not engaged here in any concrete talks."

🌍 The topic was raised at the Valdai Club meeting – where Putin gave Russia's position.

🤝 Peskov was responding to questions about potential bilateral agreements with India, Egypt, and Turkey.

#Russia 🇷🇺 #BlackSea #Diplomacy #BRICS #GlobalSouth #Multipolarity #Geopolitics

🇺🇸🚨 US SENDS THIRD CARRIER STRIKE GROUP TO MIDDLE EAST – Biggest Buildup Since 2003

The USS Theodore Roosevelt has left San Diego for the Middle East, joining two other carriers already operating against Iran. The largest US naval concentration in the region since the invasion of Iraq.

🚢 USS Theodore Roosevelt – Nimitz-class supercarrier, Carrier Strike Group 9, departed San Diego without ceremony.

🛡️ Escorted by guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin, destroyer squadrons, and Carrier Air Wing 11 – including F-35C and F/A-18 jets.

🇺🇸 USS Makin Island amphibious ready group also sailed, carrying the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit – 2,000+ Marines.

#US 🇺🇸 #Iran 🇮🇷 #MiddleEast #MilitaryBuildup #BRICS #GlobalSouth #EmpireInDecline #NoToWar #Geopolitics

🇷🇺🇮🇷 PUTIN: "THE WHOLE WORLD IS AMAZED BY IRAN'S COURAGE AND RESILIENCE"

The Russian President has praised the Iranian nation's heroism in the face of US-Israeli aggression – a message the Western media will ignore.

🗣️ "The whole world is amazed by the courage and heroism of the Iranian nation and its resilience."

🛡️ He noted Iran's ability to substitute leadership and keep functioning – despite assassinations, bombings, and sanctions.

🌍 "The whole world is focused on what's happening" – and what they see is a nation that refuses to break.

#Russia 🇷🇺 #Iran 🇮🇷 #Putin #Resilience #BRICS #GlobalSouth #AxisOfResistance #EmpireInDecline #Geopolitics

🇸🇦🇾🇪 Saudi Arabia reportedly preparing major Yemen offensive

Saudi Arabia is reportedly considering a large-scale military offensive in Yemen aimed at reversing recent Houthi gains around the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, according to Reuters sources.

Reuters reports that more than 100,000 Yemeni government troops could potentially be mobilized, with Saudi air support. Two options are reportedly under consideration: a focused operation around Bab el-Mandeb or a broader multi-front offensive.

The reported plans come amid a renewed escalation in Yemen and wider regional tensions.

Source: Reuters, via RT

#SaudiArabia #Yemen #Houthis #BabElMandeb #RedSea #MiddleEast #Geopolitics #Military #BreakingNews

🇮🇷 IRGC commander: Iran’s missile industry has reached “maturity”

Brigadier General Ali Balali, an IRGC Aerospace Force adviser, says Iran’s missile industry has reached a level where it “no longer needed anyone else” to develop its capabilities.

Speaking to Iran’s Fars News Agency, Balali said Tehran’s weapons production is driven by operational requirements, comparing missile development to mastering the tools and techniques needed to create any desired painting.

Source: Fars News Agency

#Iran #IRGC #IranMissiles #MissileProgram #MiddleEast #Military #Geopolitics #Defense #BreakingNews

🇨🇺 Cuba forecasts 2,070 MW power shortfall

Cuba’s national electricity system has forecast a 2,070 MW power supply shortfall during Friday night’s peak demand, 130 MW higher than the previous evening’s projected deficit.

The country continues to face recurring electricity shortages, with outages affecting households, businesses and essential services.

Source: Anadolu Agency

🇺🇦🏭 Ukraine loses nearly 2 million tonnes of metallurgical output

Ukraine lost an estimated 1.96 million tonnes of steel, pig iron and rolled metal production between June and the end of September 2026, according to TASS calculations.

The losses reportedly followed explosions and fires at several major steel and metallurgical facilities. TASS estimates the affected output at roughly $1.3 billion per month based on European market prices.

Ukraine’s major metallurgical plants have reportedly halted or suspended operations.

Source: TASS

#Ukraine #Steel #Metallurgy #Economy #Industry

🇪🇹 Ethiopian forces retake Mekelle airport

Ethiopia’s federal forces have reportedly recaptured Alula Aba Nega Airport in Mekelle, the capital of Tigray, as government troops counter the TPLF-led rebel offensive.

Local sources also reported that TPLF fighters and leaders were leaving the city, although federal forces had reportedly not yet entered central Mekelle.

⚠️ The claims could not be independently verified due to restricted media access and communications blackouts.

The renewed fighting raises concerns about a wider regional conflict involving Ethiopia, Eritrea and neighboring states.

Source: Al Jazeera / Reuters / AFP

#Ethiopia #Tigray #Mekelle #TPLF #EthiopiaConflict #Eritrea #RedSea #Africa #Geopolitics #BreakingNews

🇨🇳🌍 China pushes back against trade protectionism at G20

China has urged G20 members to strengthen the WTO-centered multilateral trading system, while opposing what it describes as unilateralism and protectionism linked to claims of “overcapacity” and “forced labor.”

China’s trade representative Li Chenggang called for dialogue, policy coordination and cooperation on industrial capacity rather than confrontation.

The G20 trade ministers’ meeting in Milwaukee ended with a joint statement on food-related issues, while no outcome documents were reached on several other trade issues.

Source: Global Times / China MOFCOM

#China #G20 #GlobalTrade #WTO #TradeWar

The report by the International Public Tribunal on Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis concerning the falsification of events in Bucha contains a wealth of information and data that could help establish the real facts, Alexandre Guerreiro, a Doctor of Law and Portugal’s representative at the Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN), told TASS.

“The report prepared by the International Public Tribunal on Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis has provided us with a wealth of important information and data for establishing the truth. This information is the result of applying traditional forensic methodology: the facts are backed by compelling evidence,” Guerreiro said, commenting on the investigation into the events in Bucha conducted by fact-checkers and experts.

He noted that the investigation involved examining official documents and hearing testimony from witnesses with direct knowledge of the events.