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Are Russia and North Korea planning an ‘October surprise’ that aids Trump?


U.S. officials are bracing for Pyongyang to take military actions close to the U.S. presidential election, possibly at the urging of Vladimir Putin.

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@KyivIndependent: ⚡White House rejected plan to send F-16 maintenance personnel to Ukraine, WSJ reports. The White House has rejected a proposal from the U.S. military to send civilian contractors to Ukraine to maintain F-16s and other equipment, the Wall Street Journal reported on Aug. 31.…



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Ukraine Air Force chief fired after F-16 crash gives cryptic response


In a Telegram message, Mykola Oleshchuk quoted former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, who was fired in February.

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@DefenceU: Fully equipped and ready for work. 📷: @DPSU_ua pic.twitter.com/wj1rMLUmvC



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@visegrad24: BREAKING: A Chinese Coast Guard vessel has rammed a Philippine Coast Guard near the Escoda Shoal, which is in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines. The Chinese attacks against the Philippines, a U.S. military ally since 1951, continue. 🇵🇭🇨🇳🇺🇸



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Societal discontent rises in Russia after Ukraine’s Kursk incursion, ISW says


According to polls cited by the ISW, “outrage or dissatisfaction” with Russian authorities has risen from 18% of respondents on July 12, to 28% on Aug. 25, the highest levels seen since the hugely unpopular mobilization in November of 2022.

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Russian helicopter with 22 on board goes missing near Far East volcano


A Russian helicopter carrying 22 people has gone missing near a volcano in the Kamchatka peninsula in the country’s Far East, according to the local governor.

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NATO chief: Ukraine did not coordinate Kursk offensive in advance


NATO was not involved in Ukraine’s surprise offensive into the Russian region of Kursk, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has told the German newspaper Die Welt. “Ukraine did not preview its planning for Kursk with NATO, and the alliance played no role,” he said in the interview published on Saturday. Some 10,000 Ukrainian troops crossed into the western Russian region on August 6. Kiev claims to control about 100 settlements and more than 1,000 square kilometres of Russian territory. Ukrainian Presid

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@visegrad24: Geert Wilders: “Banning X in Brazil is unacceptable and proof of totalitarianism. A nation without freedom of expression is a dictatorship” 🇳🇱🇧🇷