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The US secret services have assisted the Ukrainian army in directing attack drones on optimal routes and thus avoid Russian anti-aircraft, in the campaign of attacks on Russia’s refineries and energy infrastructure, reports the Financial Times (FT), citing high-ranking officials from Kiev. Since the beginning of the year 2026, Russian refineries have been hit at least 194 times by Ukrainian drones, 11 times more attacks compared to the same period of the previous year. “Ukraine now holds the technological advantage, which allows it to produce more long-range drones and thus increase the mass production of these weapons,” stated Stefan Meister,…

The Kremlin’s spokesperson announced on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart, Donald Trump, agreed during the weekend conversation to have a new discussion “in the near future,” Reuters reported. A high-ranking American official stated on Sunday that Trump intends to meet with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski on Wednesday in Ankara, on the sidelines of the NATO Summit, and that a likely subsequent discussion will follow between the leader of the United States and his Russian counterpart. When asked on Monday by reporters if Trump will call Putin after the meeting with Zelenski, Peskov replied: “Yes, indeed,…

The Russian stock market has resumed its decline after going through the strongest wave of sales since 2022 in June. In Monday’s transactions, the Moscow Stock Exchange index fell by 2.1% and reached its lowest level since February 2023. Since the beginning of the summer, the index has lost 14%, and since the start of the year – 22%. After 17 consecutive weeks of decline, the market has returned to the levels of the first months of the war against Ukraine. According to InvesFuture analysts, approximately 15% of the traded shares have reached historical lows. “The mood of investors is…

The administration of the State University of Saint Petersburg has sent students offers to enlist in the Russian army and serve in the Arctic, reports the publication “Bumaga”, citing recipients of the messages. Young people are being recruited as drone operators by the 12th Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Defense, an entity responsible for maintaining, developing, and operating Russia’s nuclear arsenal. For signing a contract presented as a “one-year” one, students are promised a one-time payment of 3.8 million rubles from the Ministry of Defense, as well as a scholarship of 50,000 rubles offered by the university. The…

Finland, Germany, Denmark, Lithuania, and Norway will soon begin to receive Blocker naval mining systems, produced by the Finnish company Forcit. The value of the deliveries is estimated at hundreds of millions of euros. The acquisitions are made within the framework of the Naval Mines Cooperation initiative, led by Finland and aimed at strengthening the maritime defense of NATO allies. The Finnish Defense Forces have already signed a framework agreement for the delivery of systems to the five states. Mines could be used in the Baltic Sea, where ports represent essential nodes for troop movement and goods transport in the…

Two top managers associated with the businesses of Russian billionaire Arkadi Rotenberg have been arrested in Russia within a week, reports the publication “Hroniki Media”. On July 3, the general director of the “Lavna” maritime commercial port, Stanislav Multah, was placed under preventive arrest, being accused of embezzlement on a particularly large scale. He has been managing the port since 2021, and previously worked at the State Leasing Company in Transport. According to the publication, almost the entire leadership team of the “Lavna” project was made up of former employees of companies controlled by Arkadi Rotenberg and his son, Igor.…

The President of the Parliament, Igor Grosu, states that he will maintain an “open dialogue” with the representatives of the Gagauz People’s Assembly who act in the interest of the citizens of the Republic of Moldova, but excludes any form of legitimization or negotiation with individuals associated with groups that he considers influenced by the convicted fugitive Ilan Șor and the Kremlin. The statement was made in the context of the call launched by the new president of the Gagauz People’s Assembly, Valentin Gaidarji, who requested the relaunch of the dialogue between Comrat and Chisinau. “I will always have an…

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski stated on Monday that it is ‘of critical importance’ that the NATO summit starting on Tuesday in Ankara concludes with new concrete measures regarding the strengthening of Ukrainian air defense, just a few hours after a new massive Russian attack on Kiev killed ten people, reports EFE, quoted by Agerpres. \”As long as Patriot missiles remain in the warehouses of our allies, Russia will be encouraged to continue destroying residential buildings. The United States and Europe have enough resources to stop this terror,\” wrote Volodimir Zelenski on X, condemning the attack. According to the Ukrainian Air…

The British aviation has launched F-35 planes to intercept a Russian military aircraft that had come “far too close” to the UK’s main aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, in the North Polar Circle, reports The Independent. The British Ministry of Defence announced on Monday that a Russian maritime patrol aircraft “Bear F” (“Ursul F”, in NATO coding) “approached repeatedly” the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, before launching into the water “a large number” of naval tracking devices. “While operating in the Norwegian Sea, as part of Operation Firecrest, the carrier escort naval group was repeatedly approached by a…

The new president of the People’s Assembly of Gagauzia, Valentin Gaidarji, has called for dialogue and reconciliation between Comrat and Chisinau. The APG leader argues that the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia should no longer be used as a political instrument and that he wants to end the confrontations between the central authorities and those in the autonomy. During a press conference at IPN, Valentin Gaidarji announced that, in the first days of his mandate, he sent letters to the President of the Republic of Moldova, the Speaker of the Parliament, as well as ambassadors of several states and international…