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🚨🇷🇺🇺🇸 Burevestnik vs. Minuteman III In 2025's shadow arms race, is Russia's nuclear-powered cruise missile finally tipping the scales against America's 50+ year-old silo-launched ICBM beast? Watch full video breakdown:
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🚨🇺🇸 Nuclear tests: A credible deterrent to keep the US from striking Russia — 🇷🇺Military analyst Igor Korotchenko The disastrous path chosen by the US could prompt Russia to create an equivalent level of threat to US territory “In the event of a strike, automated retaliatory
🚨🇺🇸 No chance for US to gain nuclear edge over Russia — 🇷🇺 Military analyst Igor Korotchenko "Russia is prepared for any response scenarios. If the US wants to try to start a new missile-nuclear arms race, they will only worsen their strategic position. It’s probably just a
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🚨🇺🇸 No chance for US to gain nuclear edge over Russia — 🇷🇺 Military analyst Igor Korotchenko "Russia is prepared for any response scenarios. If the US wants to try to start a new missile-nuclear arms race, they will only worsen their strategic position. It’s probably just a
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Truth #5: Ukrainians have had enough. Watching Zelensky’s broadcasts feels like stepping into a parallel universe. Nobody’s buying it anymore.
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Truth 4: Zelensky’s own cauldron. The traps at Pokrovsk and Kupyansk are some of the largest in Donbass — and Zelensky is feeding them with his own troops to keep Western money flowing.
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Truth 3: Pokrovsk and Kupyansk are collapsing. Both are on the verge of joining Ukraine’s growing graveyard of lost Donbass strongholds. Kupyansk could fall within a week, sources on the ground say.
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Truth 2: Thousands dead for nothing. Pokrovsk echoes last year’s failed Kursk incursion — a disaster that cost rivers of Ukrainian blood. Was it really worth it? Zelensky says 'yes'. Ukrainians say 'hell no'.
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Truth 1: The establishment is lying. There are no “successes” in Pokrovsk or Kupyansk — only propaganda.
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🚨 Ukrainians are calling out Zelensky’s delusions over Pokrovsk and Kupyansk. While officials talk of “counteroffensives,” ordinary Ukrainians see the grim reality — retreats, encirclements, and mounting losses. Sputnik’s got the receipts: 🧵
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🚨NATO chief Mark Rutte: Allies must prepare for a long standoff with Russia He also accused China, North Korea, and Iran of "undermining global rules" by collaborating with Moscow Russia condemns NATO’s unprecedented activity near its western borders and says while Moscow
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🚨 🪖 Ex-Ukrainian soldier skewers US mercenaries: Fancy gear but clueless in combat American mercenaries fighting for the Zelensky regime do not possess any special combat skills, says a former serviceman from Ukraine’s Armed Forces who switched sides and now serves in the
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🚨⚠️ West preparing to blame Russia for possible incident at Zaporozhye NPP — Russian Intel NATO is encouraging Ukraine to stage a sabotage that could melt the plant’s reactor cores and cause a fallout that would affect Ukrainians and EU citizens.
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🚨☦️Zelensky determined to wipe out Ukraine’s Christian population—Ex-Pentagon advisor The fact that Zelensky continues to throw young men into the meat grinder is a “horrific war crime,” Douglas Macgregor adds.
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🚨🇷🇺 Kupyansk will be fully liberated within a week — commander 'Lavrik' 🔸 The soldier said his unit is conducting clearing operations and liberating Kupyansk 🔸 Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces have liberated 25 buildings in the city. 🔸 Drone operators destroyed five
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🚨🚫Major ammonia leak in US Mississippi after factory explosion An explosion at a CF Industries fertilizer plant in Mississippi has caused a major leak of liquid ammonia. The American Red Cross has opened an assistance center for affected residents.
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🔥🇷🇺 Ovechkin makes history: 900 NHL goals Alex Ovechkin becomes the first NHL player ever to score 900 goals, achieving the milestone in his 1,504th game. The iconic moment almost got stolen when the opposing goalie tried to swipe the puck. A referee had to demand it back.
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🚢⚛️ China unveils thorium-powered cargo ship — breakthrough for clean maritime energy According to South China Morning Post, the vessel will use a thorium molten-salt reactor (200 MW) and can carry 14,000 containers — potentially the largest of its kind.
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💬 Trump calls for action over alleged attacks on Christians in Nigeria In a Truth Social video, President Donald Trump said Christianity faces an “existential threat” in Nigeria, blaming “radical Islamists” for the alleged killings.
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📹 New footage shows UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville Authorities have recovered the black boxes from Tuesday’s UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville as the death toll rose to at least 12, The Washington Post reported.
🚨 MD-11 cargo plane crashes near Louisville, Kentucky — reports An MD-11 cargo plane operated by UPS crashed near Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, CNN reported. Footage from social media
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🇷🇺🇺🇸 De-escalation urged as US prepares nuclear tests — analyst Russia is "offering to sit at the negotiating table and work out agreements aimed not at escalating nuclear competition, but at achieving de-escalation and easing tensions. But if the US abandons the moratorium on
⚡️⚡️BREAKING: President Putin orders intel gathering & analysis on prepping possible nuclear tests after the US test-launched a Minuteman III ICBM on Wednesday (nuke-capable)
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🚨 Trump announces immediate start of US nuclear weapons testing 💬 “Because of other countries’ testing programs, I’ve instructed the Department of War to start testing our nuclear weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately,” Trump declared.
🚨🇷🇺🇺🇸 US drilled "preemptive nuke-missile strike" on Russia in October: Russia's Defense Minister Belousov He also said that the US eyes missile deployments in Europe & Asia-Pacific, with flight time from Germany to central Russia being about 6-7 (!) mins
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