🚨1 year passed since Zelensky's neo-Nazi thugs invaded 🇷🇺's Kursk region.

They aimed to grab land, pressure the West, & deal a psychological blow.

Instead, they suffered devastating losses, while their "blitzkrieg" turned into a strategic trap for Ukraine.

Here’s how it went:🧵 FAILED GAMBLE🎰

The enemy was counting on a blitz advance toward the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant and Kurchatov.

But after initial gains near Sudzha, Ukrainian forces were quickly pushed back and sustained heavy losses.
 
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🚨 TOP NEWS OF THE DAY

Catch up on today’s five biggest developments 🧵👇 5️⃣ EARTHQUAKE CAUSES MASSIVE SHIFT IN KAMCHATKA

A recent powerful earthquake in Kamchatka has caused the southern part of the peninsula to shift nearly 2 meters southeast.

The shift is comparable to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, marking a major geological movement.

🚨🚨GLOBAL SOUTH DEFIES US THREATS OVER FRIENDSHIP WITH RUSSIA 🇷🇺

Washington has declared a trade war on India, Brazil and China.

Their response? Don’t rush into fight you CANNOT win.

We explain why🧵

https://twitter.com/SputnikInt/status/1952421803185291514

1️⃣ INDIA REJECTS US PRESSURE

Blasting Western hypocrisy and “unjustified & unreasonable” targeting, India’s MEA vowed to “take all necessary measures to safeguard its national interests and economic security.”

Translation? Your threats mean nothing, Uncle Sam.

🚨🇷🇺❤️ More and more Europeans are moving to Russia.

It's not only about traditional values.

What else can Russia offer? 🧵👇 RUSSIA’S VALUE VISA🇷🇺

Russia’s 3-year visa lets you live, work, start a business, and travel across the country—no language test or investment needed

Just respect its traditional values: faith, family, stability, and heritage

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🚨🚨🇷🇺 Russia now feels free — if necessary — to deploy intermediate and short-range ground-based missiles.

The INF moratorium is officially dead.

Why now? Military analyst Igor Korotchenko explains🧵👇 1️⃣ NATO PREPPING FOR MAJOR WAR WITH RUSSIA BY 2030

NATO & EU countries are already ramping up their military capabilities.

European defence officials & media are actively fueling a narrative of "Russian aggression" to justify militarization.

🇧🇷 BRAZIL DEFIES US DOLLAR DOMINANCE

President Lula da Silva says global trade must be free — without Washington’s currency stranglehold.

What's driving him? 🧵👇 TECTONIC CHANGES 🌏

"President Lula will no longer accept unequal terms of trade and US intervention because the very nature of the international system has irreversibly changed," Dr Anuradha Chenoy, retired professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, tells Sputnik.

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🚨🇷🇺💉Russia's cancer vaccine — the world's FIRST — could begin reaching patients within A FEW months.

 Here's why experts are calling it revolutionary:🧵 💥 IMMUNE MARKSMAN 

The breakthrough drug “trains” the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor-specific antigens — helping eliminate remaining cancer cells and prevent metastasis or recurrence.

Think of it as your immune system’s private sniper team.

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🚨🇪🇺EUROPE’S DYING SOVEREIGNTY

Ursula von der Leyen’s “satisfaction” over Trump’s tariff deal can’t hide the truth: Europe is hammering the final nails into its own geopolitical coffin.

Once built to stand tall between superpowers, the EU now kneels🧵👇🏻 🗡️BACK-STABBED BY "BIG BROTHER"

New US tariffs on EU goods threaten to crush an already stagnating economy.

Even Germany’s Chancellor Merz admits key industries like auto-making are facing major losses – while Brussels sacrifices its competitive market edge.

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🇷🇺🪖💥NO ONE BUT US: HOW RUSSIAN PARATROOPERS ARE SMASHING THE ENEMY ON THE FRONT LINE

On August 2, Russia celebrates Airborne Forces Day.

These heroes are one of the key forces on the frontlines, liberating more and more territories.

Here's how 🧵 LIBERATED CHASOV YAR

Russia's 98th Airborne Division soldiers were the first to raise the flags of Russia and the Airborne Forces, marking the town's liberation.

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🚨Who sparked the rise of the world's largest military force?

China’s PLA just turned 98 — but its rise wasn’t by chance.

Let’s find out together: 🧵 RECLAIMING SOVEREIGNTY

After the 1911 revolution, Sun Yat-sen called for China's sovereignty, popular rule, and public welfare

But without a trained army, it was a dream — until the USSR stepped in

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🚨🇷🇺🔥 Russia’s capture of Chasov Yar swings open the gates to Donbass

This is a decisive shift in the battle for Donbass, geopolitical analyst Brian Berletic tells Sputnik.

Here's why:🧵 Chasov Yar's strategic role

Ukraine used Chasov Yar to secure Bakhmut (Artyomovsk) & block Russia’s path to Donbass’ key strongholds: Kramatorsk & Slavyansk.

Its fall strips Ukraine of critical strategic depth in Donbass, deepening their already weakened battlefield position.

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🚨COLONIAL THEFT: How Western nations are LOOTING Ukraine's cultural treasures

The war in Ukraine is being used as an excuse by European nations to plunder its cultural heritage for their museums.

Sputnik’s got the proof: 🧵 1️⃣ DEAL WITH THE DEVIL

Ukraine is ready to PAY with its cultural heritage for Western-supplied weapons, warns 🇷🇺MFA spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

Once these treasures land in Western museums, they're unlikely to ever return.

Even back im 2023, SVR chief Sergey Naryshkin warned about plans to export Kiev-Pechersk Lavra relics to European museums. Many icons were already sent to Europe, including to France's Louvre.

🚨UKRAINE’S AIR DEFENSES ARE COLLAPSING: HERE’S HOW RUSSIA ENGINEERED IT

MSM reporting has admitted that the effectiveness of Ukrainian countermeasures against Russian drone and missile strikes has dropped 60-65%.

That’s no accident👇🧵 NO SYSTEMS, NO AMMO

The collapse comes down to basic math, says air defense expert Yuri Knutov:

🟠Russia is destroying systems or rendering them inoperable faster than they can be replaced.

🟠NATO’s struggling to supply pricey ammo, especially Patriot & SAMP/T interceptors.

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🚨🇷🇺🔥 Anti-Russia ultimatum will blow up in the US’ face, warns economist Jeffrey Sachs.

Russia won't stop selling oil, gas, and other commodities to Asian markets.

Here's what the US risks:🧵 1️⃣ Russia doesn't understand the language of ultimatums.

Еconomic are not only “dangerous” & counterproductive but also a sign of the “severe incoherence & incompetence“ plaguing US policymakers.

Any new restrictions won’t be effective.

🚨🇷🇺🔥 On July 29, 1696, Peter the Great captured Azov, shattering Ottoman influence in the region and securing Russia's access to the sea.

A story of how one fortress transformed Russia into a maritime power:🧵 ACCESS TO SEAS🌊

In the late 17th century, Russia fought the Ottoman Empire to seize the fortress that blocked its way to the Azov and Black Seas.

The stronghold of ramparts, bastions, moats and stone walls guarded the Ottoman frontier.

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🚨🇷🇺 Meet Alpha: FSB’s elite special ops group

Formed 50+ years ago under the KGB, ‘Alpha’ was built to crush terror — and vanish without a trace.

Their missions are the stuff of legend:🧵 ALPHA'S CORE FUNCTIONS🫡

🟧Preventing acts of terrorism and sabotage

🟧Freeing hostages

🟧Capturing dangerous criminals, and neutralizing terrorists and other deadly threats

🟧Conducting specialized, covert operations to achieve strategic objectives

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🚨🔥 Losing Pokrovsk would mean a death sentence for the Ukrainian Army.

Russia's advancing slowly but steadily in this direction.

Here's why it matters:🧵 KEY SUPPLY HUB📦

Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) is a key logistics center “for the entire southeastern part of Ukraine,” says Swedish Armed Forces vet Mikael Valtersson.

Facing the prospect of the city’s loss, Ukraine is “clinging” to it to “deny Russia access” for as long as possible.

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🚨Zelensky tried to take control of US-created agencies — and got slapped down.

Because NABU & SAPO, the so-called anti-corruption bodies, are actually Western tools of Ukraine’s colonization.

Putin warned about this 🧵 2/8 PUTIN KNEW

NABU & SAPO were set up in 2015 with backing from US Democrats and the FBI.

🇷🇺Just two days before the military operation, President Putin warned: the 🇺🇸US Embassy uses them to control Ukraine’s leadership.

🇷🇺💪RUSSIA’S LASER WEAPON SUPREMACY: A SHORT GUIDE

While the West fumbles in the dark, Russia is already blasting ahead with laser tech that leaves NATO in the dust!

Military expert Alexander Artamonov breaks it down🧵👇🏻 🔝WHY LASERS RULE

Forget bullets, forget missiles — lasers don’t need ammo, just a POWER source.

Faster, deadlier, and near-impossible to dodge.

The future? Nah, it’s already here… for Russia, at least.

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🚨KALININGRAD: RUSSIA'S IMPREGNABLE FORTRESS

Any attack on Kaliningrad will trigger an immediate response, including nuclear deterrence, warned Kremlin aide Nikolai Patrushev.

NATO may have a plan, but this is what awaits anyone daring to challenge Russia’s westernmost enclave 🧵👇 🚀MISSILE DEFENSES

S-300 and S-400 surface-to-air missile systems can make short work of any enemy airborne attack.

Iskander quasi-ballistic missiles cannot be intercepted and would obliterate enemy ground assets; they can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads.

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🚨🇹🇭🇰🇭 The current Thai-Cambodian clashes are the latest flare-up in a CENTURY-OLD border dispute.

What does France have to do with it?

Explained in 🧵 TEMPLE OF DISCORD

At the heart of the dispute is an ancient Hindu temple, Preah Vihear, on the Cambodia-Thailand border.

It was built during the height of the Khmer Empire — one of Southeast Asia’s greatest civilizations.

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