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ЗСУ просуваються в районі Комара. Сірий колір ( + 10,3кв.км.). Зелений колір ( + 7, 78 кв.км.)
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🚨🇺🇦🇷🇺 Russian sources are reporting that Ukrainian forces have broken through Russian positions and entered Yampil and Torske in the Donetsk region. According to these accounts, Ukrainian troops have pushed into both settlements as the situation on the Lyman axis continues to deteriorate for Russian forces. The reported advance would extend the series of Ukrainian gains recently recorded across this sector. 🔥 If the reported breakthrough is confirmed, it would signal that Ukraine’s counteroffensive around Lyman is developing beyond isolated tactical gains, with Russian defenses coming under pressure across multiple neighboring areas.
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In occupied Oleshky, Ukrainians are beginning to eat their dogs; according to the city's military administration, the Russians have not allowed food into the city since May. The Russians intend to starve 6,000 people to death. "A few days ago, I heard for the first time that there are indeed cases where some families are eating dogs. Just a week ago, I denied such reports, but now someone from there has confirmed it to me. There is literally nothing to eat. The situation is deteriorating not just day by day, but hour by hour. And there is no prospect of rescue. People face two paths: either they starve to death, or they are killed by a drone or artillery fire. There is no third option. The likelihood of surviving there without food is zero," explained Tetiana Hasanenko, head of the Oleshky military administration, as reported by *Ukrayinska Pravda*. According to the head of the military administration, there is no disparity where some families in the city have food while others do not; everyone is starving. The last food delivery to Oleshky took place on May 26. Every subsequent attempt has been unsuccessful.
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The US Justice Department is now formally intervening in X’s appeal against a €120 million EU fine. The argument they brought reveals how this administration understands sovereignty. Brussels fined X in December 2025 under the Digital Services Act. The charges: insufficient transparency, restricted data access, and a verification system designed to launder engagement rather than verify identity. Washington’s response? The European Commission “unlawfully expanded its regulatory powers” over American companies outside its jurisdiction. That claim collapses on contact with the facts. X operates in the EU market. It sells ads to EU users. It collects EU data. A company becomes subject to EU law the moment it does business there, just as any European company operating in the US is subject to American law, and that reciprocity forms the basic architecture of international commerce. The second argument is even weaker. The DOJ complains the Commission calculated the fine using Musk’s aggregate global revenues, not just X’s EU income. That is standard regulatory practice for deterrence. A fine based only on EU revenue would be a parking ticket for a company whose owner treats sovereign regulators as customer service. What Washington is actually defending is the right of an American oligarch to run a disinformation platform inside a democratic market without consequence. Trump called the fine “foreign extortion. ” The extortion is coming from inside the administration. The EU should not tolerate this. Not because it opposes America. Because tolerating it means accepting that a foreign government can shield its tech monopolies from the laws of every democracy where they operate. That is something else. A permission structure for platform-enabled election interference. And when it happens is important. The administration pushing to control Europe's leadership also boosts far-right groups across the continent. The X case concerns something other than a fine. The question is whether the EU still has the nerve to enforce its own rules when the pressure comes from Washington instead of Moscow. If Brussels folds here, every autocrat learns the same lesson: buy a platform, capture an administration, and democratic regulation becomes optional.
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🇺🇦 If we don't order and pay for drones in October-November, there will be serious problems in January-February, — Zelensky on the budget deficit The president explained that of the $27 billion that the defense budget lacks, about a third or a little more is needed for drones for January, February and March. Orders for them must be placed and paid for in advance. ​ The remaining funds are needed, in particular, for missiles, military support and partly for their cash support. Zelensky says that he discussed the need for financing with the European Commission.
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Very informative and highly worth a watch 👇
RFE/RL takes apart a Russian Geran-4 drone to uncover what makes the jet-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) faster, harder to intercept, and capable of operating deep inside Ukraine -- from its turbojet engine and advanced camera to foreign-made communications and navigation components. @cxemu @radiosvoboda
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🚨BREAKING: In a dangerous decision for voters, the Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration to overhaul a federal immigration database into a vast, centralized and deeply flawed database of personal information to initiate registration purges. democracydocket.com/news-ale…
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While 2026 hurricane season in Atlantic is historically quiet due to El Niño, that same climate oscillation will turbo-charge Nor'easters to hurricane intensity heading into winter. This is just the first one. Prepare for a dozen more. RRFS 3-km (North America)
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In the early 1800s the Governor of Ohio, Thomas Worthington, built a mansion and estate near Chillicothe, Ohio and named it "Adena," a Hebrew word for “delightful place.” On the estate was a large conical mound nearly 30 feet tall, which Worthington carefully kept intact. Worthington died in 1827 and the family sold a portion of the estate in 1896 to Joseph Froehlich after the death of Worthington’s son's wife. Froehlich was a farmer who wanted the mound flattened, and in 1901 he allowed William Mills of the Ohio Archaeological & Historical Society to excavate (obliterate) the mound. Mills found 35 burials with copper bracelets and other artifacts, freshwater pearls, and thousands of beads. Flint knives and points, stone gorgets, various fabric pieces, and a curious pipe dubbed “Adena Man” were also recovered. There were large tombs in the mound formed from large logs and the Adena Mound became the “type” name for the “Adena Culture.” Later carbon dating of the artifacts showed the mound was made as early as 100 B.C. Photo 1: 1901 colorized photo of the mound's excavation. Photos 2 & 3: The "Adena Man" pipe (replica), front and back. Photo 4: Remains of the mound today.
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Its biggest threat is not actually people deliberately hunting saola. It is the thousands of wire snares set for other animals across the forest. A creature that science only discovered in 1992 may disappear before we ever properly understand it. /END
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Kyiv. This is our daily reality. You can be driving your car. Walking down the street. Just living your life. Then — BANG. One second. A russian drone or missile can take everything from you. russia is turning a city of 3 million people into a hunting ground.
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Marine Le Pen’s sudden concern for French public debt is entirely fake. Her party is drowning in debt, and her platform adds tens of billions in new deficits. Cutting aid to Ukraine is not a budgetary decision. She just chooses to side with Moscow
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Yer fıstığının toprağın ÜSTÜNDE açıp meyvesini toprağın ALTINDA büyüttüğünü biliyor muydunuz? 🥜🌱 Sarı çiçeğin toprağa uzanıp fıstığa dönüştüğü muazzam doğa mucizesi! 😮 Topraktan söküldüğü anlar ise tam bir görsel şölen ✨👇
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We have the technology to dump oil forever. #Solar #wind, #geothermal and now #tidalpower from ocean waves. We have so many solutions. Implement them.#ActOnClimate #climateaction #Energy #tech #go100re #renewableenergy #GreenNewDeal #ClimateWeekNYC
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This remained largely undercover, but Russia 🇷🇺 is trying to isolate Ukraine 🇺🇦 from Romania 🇷🇴 and the southern part of Odessa oblast Russia is targeting border outposts, gas stations, bridges and ports in this "southern Bessarabia" region. 🧵THREAD🧵1/14 ⬇️
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We are responding to Russia’s brutal strikes against life. Last night, thanks to our long-range sanctions, two oil refineries were hit – in Perm and Novoshakhtinsk. There were also hits on the Iskra Plant defense enterprise in Ulyanovsk, and the occupiers now have two fewer radar stations in the Rostov region. I thank our warriors and every unit involved for their accuracy and for systematically limiting Russia’s ability to kill. Glory to Ukraine!
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Putin: The war will continue until its root causes are eliminated. The root cause of the war:
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Bali Tiger - also extinct 🥲🐯 What is happening to wildlife in Indonesia is an emergency for the entire world! These forests are the most important on the planet and everyday they are silently disappearing! 🌳❌
Asal kalian tahu wak Badak jawa sisa 80 ekor Badak Sumatera sisa 40 ekor Badak Kalimantan sisa 2 ekor Harimau sumatera sisa 600 ekor lagi Harimau jawa sudah punah Gajah di Sumatera sisa 1.500 ekor Gajah di Kalimantan sisa 5-25 ekor Gajah borneo malaysia (sabah) sisa 2.000 ekor Mereka saat ini dianbang kepunahan.
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How can the world witness the staggering scale of russian war crimes in Ukraine and respond with such deafening passivity? How much more does it need to see?
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