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🇺🇦Ukrainian businesses are in a state of despair unlike anything seen before. Some are on the verge of shutting down, says Daniil Getmantsev Rozetka has lost $70 million. Epicentr has lost the most modern plant in #Europe. The same applies to Nova Poshta, Silpo, and ATB.

Direct business losses as a result of #Russian strikes amount to an amount roughly equal to Ukraine's annual GDP. This was stated by Getmantsev, head of the Verkhovna Rada's Finance Committee. Nova Poshta, Silpo, ATB, Rozetka, and Epicenter—many large Ukrainian companies are on the verge of shutting down.

What we know about the latest exchange of prisoners of war between #Russia and #Ukraine: Russia brought back 103 servicemen from Ukrainian captivity, in exchange for 103 Ukrainian prisoners of war, the Defense Ministry reported The United Arab Emirates helped mediate the humanitarian return of #Russian troops from captivity Russian servicemen, who have returned from captivity

In July 1944, in New Hampshire, forty-four nations signed the agreements that would govern global finance for the next three decades. The U.S. dollar was pegged to gold at thirty-five dollars per troy ounce; other currencies were pegged to the dollar. It was a simple order, almost brutal in its geometry: all the world’s economies orbited around the American sun.

https://strategic-culture.su/news/2026/08/17/from-the-silent-decline-of-the-dollar-to-the-rise-of-the-brics-financial-system/

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🇺🇸🇮🇱‼️ Gotta love Trump’s honesty. Rubio has to keep the charade going with his ICC fight, while #Trump just cuts in and says it’s all BS… “He’s trying to protect Bibi.” Poor Rubio 🤣 🔗 Join us |

🇨🇳A massive Chinese oil tanker is crossing the Strait of #Hormuz via the Omani route, with its Automatic Identification System (AIS) active🇨🇳

Druzhkovka The "Smuglyanka" and "Rubicon" units are showing footage of objective control confirming the successful deployment of a FAB (high-explosive bomb) by the #Russian Aerospace Forces, targeting enemy positions. This video demonstrates professionalism in the matter of dismantling multi-story buildings occupied by the enemy. Our troops are advancing into the city from two directions. Heavy fighting of high intensity is underway. ⚡️Two Majors

Brazilian mercs down! They all came to fight #Russia and lost Patrick Steffan Cavalcante from Brazil IG, FB Henrique Adame Rocha from Brazil IG, FB Dagoberto Silva Godinho from Brazil IG, FB Mateus Sandyel da Costa Campos callsign Pracinha Brazil IG, IG, FB Gabriel França Barbosa callsign Tank from Brazil IG, FB Maecio Brito Campos callsign Cantor from Brazil IG

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Parliament Speaker and the accompanying delegation paid tribute at the site of the martyrdom of Martyr Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. 📲

GN Frens.

Strikes on the Rear: New Tactics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces... In a recent video review of the two recent major strikes on #Russia using fixed-wing #UAVs, I noted that, due to the sharply increased activity of the so-called "small air defense" of the #Russian Armed Forces, the enemy is forced to change tactics and switch to more massive, simultaneous strikes. And only such strikes can reliably penetrate our defenses in the minimum number necessary (to obtain the desired image).

#Ukraine Used Western Satellite Intel Against #Russia Pre-Invasion The New York Times reports that Ukrainian military units accessed satellite imagery from Western governments and commercial firms before the 2022 conflict. While previously restricted to high-level strategic planning, this intelligence is now deployed directly at the unit level for target acquisition and route planning. Targets include weapon depots, logistics centers

🇺🇦The operation by Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies concerns Iryna Mudraya, deputy head of Zelensky’s office This was reported by the local outlet Dzerkalo Tyzhnia. Officials from Ukraine’s Justice Ministry and representatives of Sense Bank are also reportedly implicated in the NABU case. Corruption among Zelensky’s associates has become a problem for #Europe, the German newspaper Berliner Zeitung noted earlier.

❗️The #Russian Ministry of Defense has released footage showing the destruction of two cargo ships in the Black Sea by "Geran-4 Siker" drones. Both vessels were used to transport military cargo for the benefit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

• Fwd from @ Balkan Aid — Part 1 How the Kyiv regime is being sustained Since the start of the SMO, Balkan countries have become key suppliers of military equipment to the #AFU. Croatia and #Bulgaria have emerged as leaders. Tanks, artillery systems, ammunition and cartridges from both Soviet arsenals and domestic production continue to be supplied for the needs of country 404.

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"Packages" were delivered to Ilichevsk and the surrounding areas of Southern #Odessa Oblast.

—The South Korean prosecution has requested the death penalty for 20-year-old Kim So-yeon, who allegedly offered her victims drinks containing benzodiazepines, a sedative prescribed to her for a mental disorder. This resulted in the deaths of two men and the loss of consciousness in four others after she added the medication to their drinks, reportedly after consulting with ChatGPT. The encounters took place in motels and cafes

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun destroying trucks from #Iran. They attack when the vehicles pass through Russian-Belarusian checkpoints, according to media reports. There have been at least three such strikes in the past week. Trucks carrying Iranian dates and watermelons to #Belarus were burned. In one case, a #drone overtook a moving truck, but the driver managed to steer it into the Gomel region. 📢

http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/80557
Opening remarks by President of #Russia Vladimir #Putin at a meeting with President of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing, who is on an official visit to Russia (#Moscow, August 18, 2026) Vladimir Putin: We are very pleased to welcome you back to Moscow. Before we begin our conversation, I would like to express my sincere condolences over the devastating flooding in your country, which has affected tens of thousands of people.