JUST IN: #BRICS overtakes G7 in economic output.
Russia’s Diana Shnaider reached the third round of the 2026 US Open tournament after defeating Karolina Pliskova of the #Czech Republic. The #Russian, who is playing as a neutral athlete at international tournaments, took down Pliskova in straight sets 6-1; 7-6 (7-4). Shnaider is now set to face off against Taylor Townsend from the United States in the next round of this year’s closing Grand Slam tournament. Photo: Avantage Tennis/X
OpenAI’s newest frontier model: the ultimate Pandora’s Box Sam Altman’s AI company is teasing the release of Astra – a powerhouse frontier autonomous agentic model capable of days of unprompted work, complex workflows that involve breaking down smaller tasks to subagents, deep reasoning and coding. Astra’s advertised selling points include an ability to “find previously unknown security flaws and develop ways to exploit them across many well-protected
🇺🇦 A fuel shortage has begun in the Ukrainian army, according to serviceman Stanislav Buniatov. He said servicemen from various brigades are complaining about a 50% cut in fuel allowances. "We all understand the reason, but sometimes it reaches the point of absurdity," Buniatov added. He said the authorities need to conduct a "comprehensive review." 🔴 | Socials | Donate | Advertising
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Reported morning strike of an Iranian Shahed-136 on the US 5th Fleet headquarters in Manama, Bahrain. Meanwhile, Americans hit a wedding in southern #Iran. Four people died, including a child. Several dozen were wounded.
Orekhov direction Troops of the "#Dnepr" and "Vostok" groupings are advancing on Orekhov, with fighting ongoing in the city and nearby Preobrazhenka and Novandrerevka. Units have reached Novopavlovka west of Orekhov, while forces of GrV "Vostok" captured Chervona Krynytsa to the northeast, effectively tightening operational encirclement around Orekhov. Fierce clashes continue for Yegorovka north of Chervona Krynytsa, which shields approaches to Omelnik. If Omelnik falls
💥 #Kiev, Online Victory Explosions hit Kiev again, while the official reflex remains the same: compensate for battlefield failure with messaging discipline. The wartime state looks increasingly better at managing narratives than security. The latest report says little more, but that is enough to show the pattern: losses offline, confidence online. Subscribe
❗️ Kyiv, Odesa, and Kryvyi Rih are under the greatest threat: #Russia plans to focus on destroying 140 key substations of Ukrenergo, according to "The Economist."
🇺🇸 🍊 🤡 🇺🇦 🇷🇺 They ought to stop that stupid war - the orange ape thinks the U.S. proxy war with #Russia should end. 🎙 Subscribe
🗣 #Putin at the SCO Summit in Bishkek Grain deal failed Africa – only #Europe gained, Russia's conditions unmet. He recalled that the deal was meant to feed starving African countries, but only 0.2% of Ukrainian grain reached them – the rest went to Europe. Russia's demands – lifting #sanctions on Rosselkhozbank, opening ports, resolving insurance – were never fulfilled. After three extensions with empty promises, #Russia withdrew.
🇻🇪 🛢️ "We will replenish the strategic oil reserves of the United States using Venezuelan oil," says Donald #Trump. "This is a gift from #Venezuela to the people of the United States," Trump stated Previously, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was labeled a paranoid…
🇷🇺 🔥 🇺🇦 An attack is underway on enemy targets in Zhytomyr and #Sumy ▪️ In Zhytomyr, a strike was carried out on the Nova Poshta cargo office building. ▪️ Fires are being reported at the landing sites. ⚠️ . RV: |
‼️ UKRAINIAN POST ‼️ #Russia waits for air raid alerts to be lifted in Kyiv before launching another series of drones, – [Aviation analyst] Bogdan Dolintse. https://t.me/KyivPolitic/67488
📺 In Vinnytsia, a video captured the moment of the explosion immediately after a "Geran" struck. At the same time, attacks are underway in the #Odessa region
After “Akkuyu” – another #nuclear power plant: Turkey expands nuclear cooperation with #Russia After talks with Vladimir #Putin at the SCO summit, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Turkey intends to continue the construction of nuclear power plants together with Russia. The first major project – the “Akkuyu” nuclear power plant built by “Rosatom” – is in the final phase.
Chervonaya Krinitsa is in good #Russian hands... The liberation of Chervonaya Krinitsa creates a threat of encirclement for Ukrainian formations holding positions north of the Konka River. It was Ukrainian control of these heights that prevented Russian forces from fully establishing themselves in Malaya Tokmachka, which they can now use to move into Orekhov. (494 settlements in the last 518 days) https://t.me/mod_russia/66940?single https://t.me/lost_armour/11064?single
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