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⚡️ BREAKING: A Russian colonel died after his car exploded in Saint Petersburg. Authorities stated that forensic experts and investigators are examining the scene to establish all circumstances of the incident.

A Ukrainian volunteer narrowly survived a Russian attack drone slamming into his van.

💥 A Ukrainian helicopter gunner blasts a Russian strike drone out of midair.

American historian Sarah C. M. Paine warns Vladimir Putin will not stop and will escalate Russia's war. "He's just going to escalate and keep going forward," Paine stated.

⚡ Street interviews in Russia reveal deep skepticism over Abu Dhabi peace talks, with citizens viewing diplomatic efforts as mere PR.

⚡ Russia killed over 50 aid recipients in a double-tap bunker-buster strike on a southern Ukrainian shelter. CNN confirmed the second bomb hit as victims sheltered underground from an initial attack.

⚡ A CNN analysis revealed Russia used a massive bunker-busting bomb in a double-tap strike on an underground shelter in southern Ukraine, killing over 50 aid recipients in 2026's deadliest attack.

⚡ Ukrainian forces completed a first-of-its-kind mission, air-dropping a ground kamikaze drone onto the occupied left bank of Kherson to destroy a Russian drone operator position. The heavy-lift aerial drone deployed the ground robot behind enemy lines before it detonated on target.

Russia is expanding a multimillion-dollar push into longevity research, including studies involving thousands of primates, gene therapy, organ cultivation, and a biobank containing blood samples from long-lived monkeys.

⚡ "They think that to stop this war, we have to give up our territory. It's impossible to talk this way with us." Volodymyr Zelenskyy on US proposals regarding Donbas, rejecting pressure to yield land and noting negotiators are now searching for alternative options.

⚡ "Why do we need to continue this terrible life in prison for these people? I cannot understand." Volodymyr Zelenskyy on prisoner exchanges, calling for an all-for-all swap and questioning delays while thousands remain in captivity.

⚡ Following the Abu Dhabi peace talks, the German government announced that prospects have opened for potential contact between Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Putin. united24media.com/world/german...

⚡ The Security Service of Ukraine struck the Russian missile carrier Naro-Fominsk in a nighttime operation targeting military and oil infrastructure. The pre-planned strike on the Baltic Fleet ship accompanied an attack on Ust-Luga port facilities in Russia's Leningrad region.

⚡ "It is one country that is being aggressive and has started a full-scale war, and there's one victim." Danish PM Mette Frederiksen stressed in Copenhagen alongside President Zelenskyy that ending the invasion is simple because it is an unprovoked invasion, not a mutual conflict.

⚡ "Ending this war without Europe's participation would be unfair and, frankly, impossible." Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Europe's role in peace negotiations.

Russia's Human Rights Ombudswoman Yana Lantratova claims Moscow isn't fighting Ukraine, but NATO. Yet Ukrainian civilians die daily under Russian strikes while Russian troops fall by the thousands for minimal gains. Still, Lantratova claims Russia will "prosper under divine protection."

⚡ Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Dublin for the European Political Community summit.  He will hold talks with around 20 leaders and meet US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

Russia may mobilize 300,000 more troops. Will it alter front-line dynamics, or trigger new political risks for Putin? Experts weigh in. 🧵 1/5 ⬇️

🔴 Alex Ovechkin argues Russian athletes 'just want to play.' For the more than 500 Ukrainian athletes and coaches killed in Russia's war, that chance is gone.

⚡ Three Russian attack helicopters crashed, with all crew lost while intercepting long-range Ukrainian drones over the Leningrad region.

⚡ hree Russian attack helicopters crashed with all crew lost while intercepting long-range Ukrainian drones over the Leningrad region. .

⚡ "What Russia wants out of these talks is the lifting of sanctions and the release of frozen assets. These are European decisions," stated EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas on peace negotiations. She warned Moscow is targeting Washington to bypass Brussels on both issues.

⚡ Relying on Chinese machinery, Russia's defense sector still runs on German and Japanese components, exposing key sanctions loopholes. united24media.com/investigatio...

❤️‍🩹 Kherson residents welcomed liberating Ukrainian soldiers with overwhelming emotion after months under brutal Russian occupation in 2022.

President Zelenskyy warned that negotiations cannot be reduced to territory when Russia's war has destroyed millions of lives.

⚡️ A massive fire erupted at Russia's largest oil refinery in Omsk following a drone attack lasting several hours.

👀 Ukrainian forces struck six Russian military facilities, including three drone control centers, a drone storage site, and two command posts, during coordinated attacks. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...

🚨 Three people were killed, and 11 were injured in a Russian strike on a market in central Chornomorsk, Odesa region. Russian forces attacked the market in the city center, an area typically crowded with people.

⚡️ "Every inch of Russian land will be returned to Russia one way or another," Chief Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky says immediately after the conclusion of peace talks.

Carving up sovereign nations to satisfy imperial ambition never buys peace. It guarantees the next bloodbath.