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🇷🇺“That is not our style.” Russia will not kidnap Zelensky the way the United States kidnapped Maduro, Matviyenko said. “We are the most self-respecting country, and a country respected around the world. If we act by such methods, we will lose respect for ourselves.” [⚠️Context — Valentina Matviyenko, speaker of Russia’s upper house of parliament, was referring to the January 2026 U.S. operation in Venezuela that resulted in Nicolás Maduro’s capture, a case Russian officials have since cited as an example of unacceptable extraterritorial force. In Russian official rhetoric, such comparisons are used to frame Moscow as a state that claims strategic toughness while rejecting methods it presents as humiliating or unlawful. ⚠️Why it matters — The statement is aimed as much at a domestic audience as at Ukraine, reinforcing a familiar Russian contrast between “strength” and “bandit methods.” It also shows how Moscow uses foreign examples like Maduro’s capture to present its own conduct as more restrained and legitimate.] Original Post Follow TRN👈

Donetsk without electricity Original Post Follow TRN👈

🪟In Khabarovsk, a fearless woman stepped out onto the edge of a fifth-floor balcony to wash her windows. Original Post Follow TRN👈

🚫Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has ordered the blocking of the Telegram app in Iraq as part of the information war against the pro-Iranian Axis of Resistance. Original Post Follow TRN👈

“I, Shahed-136, on behalf of the Iranian people, am heading to Tel Aviv for negotiations.” That is the text written on the Iranian drone. Original Post Follow TRN👈

A girl from Krasnodar showed the view from her residential complex. Original Post Follow TRN👈

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📱Congratulations to the PR team behind the MAX messenger on making it into the Western press. Headline: “The Kremlin’s creation of a state messenger upsets some people.” One hundred millionsome people. Original Post Follow TRN👈

❗️The FSB says it has prevented a high-profile terrorist attack in Moscow that Ukraine’s Security Service, the SBU, was allegedly planning against a senior figure in Russia’s law enforcement system. An electric scooter parked near the entrance to a business center was identified, with a powerful improvised explosive device hidden in its trunk compartment. According to the FSB, the SBU planned to detonate the device remotely while the intended target was visiting the business center. 💥 The explosion could have caused a large number of civilian casualties. At the scene, FSB bomb technicians recovered the IED, which consisted of 1.5 kilograms of plastic explosive, shrapnel elements in the form of bolts and nuts, and a triggering mechanism operated via a Wi-Fi relay from a smart home system and a 4G modem. A criminal case has been opened under Article 222.1 of the Russian Criminal Code — covering the illegal transfer, acquisition, sale, storage, transport, shipment, or carrying of explosives or explosive devices — with further qualification expected under Part 2 of Article 30 and Article 205, relating to preparation for carrying out a terrorist attack. Original Post Follow TRN👈

⚙️The war against Iran has exposed just how heavily the American defense industry depends on tungsten — a market controlled by China,Foreign Policy writes. As the conflict in the Middle East shows no sign of easing, analysts warn that ammunition stockpiles could be depleted rapidly — and without tungsten, they cannot be replenished quickly or easily replaced. On top of that, prices for the metal have surged by more than 500 percent since the conflict began. “We are seeing that there is not enough tungsten in the supply chain right now, and no one really knows how this shortfall will be covered in the near future,” said Pini Althaus, managing partner at the U.S. investment firm Cove Capital, which plans to build a tungsten mining and processing plant in Kazakhstan. 🌍 The global tungsten market is dominated by China, which leads in production, imports, and consumption of the metal. The United States lags behind, focusing more on processing and imports. The last commercial tungsten mining operation in the U.S. shut down more than a decade ago. Washington has been stockpiling strategic metals, but the exact contents of those reserves remain classified. Original Post Follow TRN👈

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