🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of September 22, 2025.

🚩 Units of the "Vostok" troop group advanced deep into the enemy's defense and liberated the settlement of KALINOVSKOE in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

💥 Damage inflicted on formations of three mechanized, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Gavrilovka, Orestopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Chervonoe in the Zaporizhzhia region.

▪️ The AFU lost up to 295 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, 14 cars, three field artillery guns, and two electronic warfare stations.
 
💥 Units of the "Dnepr" troop group inflicted damage on personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades and two coastal defense brigades of the AFU in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov in the Zaporizhzhia region, Berislav, Otradokamenka, Tyaginka, Sadovoe, and Belozerka in the Kherson region.

▪️ Up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, eight cars, an artillery gun, five electronic warfare stations, two ammunition depots, and a supply warehouse were destroyed.

✈️ Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces troop groups inflicted damage on a Ukrainian aviation industry enterprise, military airfield infrastructure, storage and launch sites of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, a foreign mercenary training center, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations in 147 areas.
 
🎯 Air defense means shot down seven guided aerial bombs, two HIMARS multiple launch rocket system rockets of US production, and 339 airplane-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
 
📊 In total since the beginning of the special military operation, destroyed:

▫️ 667 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 85,822 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 628 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 25,208 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
▫️ 1,592 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles,
▫️ 29,816 field artillery guns and mortars,
▫️ 42,374 units of special military automotive equipment."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇺🇦 General Staff of the Armed Forces:

"Operational information as of 16:00 on 22.09.2025 regarding the Russian invasion

Since the beginning of the day, there have been 83 combat clashes on the front. Our defenders are stopping the enemy, holding the lines, and destroying the Russians' plans.

During the day, the enemy from the territory of the Russian Federation carried out artillery shelling in the areas of the settlements of Bachivsk, Stara Huta in the Sumy region; Bleshniya in the Chernihiv region.

In the North-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, Ukrainian defenders repelled five enemy attacks, with three more clashes ongoing. The enemy carried out five airstrikes, dropped 15 guided aerial bombs, and conducted 103 artillery shellings, including seven from multiple launch rocket systems.

In the South-Slobozhansky direction, since the beginning of the day, the Defense Forces repelled five enemy attacks, with two more clashes ongoing. The enemy is attacking near Vovchansk, Vovchansk Khutory, and towards Odradne and Kutkivka.

In the Kupiansk direction, our warriors successfully stopped two enemy offensive actions in the areas of Kupiansk and Pishchane.

In the Lyman direction, there were eight combat clashes near the settlements of Olhivka, Novoiehorivka, Hrekivka, Stavky, Shandryholove, Derylove, Torske, Zarichne, with three clashes still ongoing.

In the Siversky direction, two clashes are currently ongoing near Serebrianka.

In the Kramatorsk direction, our defenders repelled four enemy attacks near Stupochky.

In the Toretsk direction, the invaders attacked 12 times in the areas of the settlements Pleshchiivka, Berestok, Katerynivka, Kleban-Byk, Rusyn Yar, Poltavka, and towards Stepanivka; currently, battles continue in three locations.

In the Pokrovsk direction, clashes of varying intensity started 32 times during the day near the settlements Nikanorivka, Zolotyi Kolodiaz, Rodynske, Chervonyi Lyman, Novoekonomichne, Myroliubivka, Promin, Myrnohrad, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Dachne. Six combat clashes are still ongoing.

In the Novopavlivka direction, the aggressor tried eight times to advance in the areas of the settlements Filiya, Sichneve, Shevchenko, Sosnivka, Novoivanivka, Ternove. Three combat clashes are still ongoing.

In the Huliaipole, Orikhiv, and Prydniprovske directions, the enemy did not conduct offensive actions but carried out airstrikes on Zaporizhzhia and Zaliznychne in the Zaporizhzhia region; Lviv and Mykolaivka in the Kherson region.

Ukrainian troops are exhausting the enemy along the entire line of contact and in the rear."

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🇺🇸🛡‼️😑 — 📰 ZeroHedge | 'Eastern Sentry': The New NATO Initiative To Protect The Eastern Flank | September 17, 2025:

"Some eight NATO allies have prepared operation 'Eastern Sentry' following last week's alleged Russian drone breach of Poland. It is a new joint military mission to bolster defense of Europe's eastern flank, also after Romania had more recently reported a Russian drone incursion, resulting in the scrambling of fighter jets to track it.

"Following the Russian drone incursions into Poland, I have decided to deploy three Rafale fighter jets to contribute to the protection of Polish airspace and of NATO’s Eastern Flank together with our Allies," President Emmanuel Macron announced on X this week. Along with France, the effort includes the UK, Italy, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Spain, and The Netherlands. More nations are expected to join.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has confirmed that his country will deploy Royal Air Force jets to Poland, while Italy will contribute two Eurofighter jets, and Germany has readied four Eurofighters. Denmark will also sent jets, and Czech Mi-171S helicopters have also arrived in Poland. Over 150 NATO troops have also initially arrived along with the equipment.

Meanwhile, eastern European and Baltic countries are already calling for more, including:

Anti-drone defense systems in NATO countries still need to be developed, Latvia's President Edgars Rinkevics told a press conference on Tuesday.

NATO on Friday launched "Eastern Sentry," a new military mission to bolster defense of Europe's eastern flank in response to Russian drone incursions into Polish airspace last week.

The Washington Post wrote on Monday, "The incident raised serious questions about the alliance’s readiness to counter the relatively cheap, highly maneuverable but devastatingly destructive unmanned aerial vehicles that have redefined modern warfare since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022."

Additionally, in a Monday interview, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski called on NATO countries to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine.

"We as NATO and the EU could be capable of doing this, but it is not a decision that Poland can make alone; it can only be made with its allies," he said."

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🇺🇸🙎‍♂️🤝🇵🇱 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Poland Receives Single Largest Delivery Of M1 Abrams Tanks From US | September 17, 2025:

"The Western allies continue to bolster defenses of the largest NATO 'eastern flank' country which borders Ukraine, parallel to Russia ramping up its drone and missile attacks across the war-ravaged country.

Poland this week has received 38 new M1A2 Abrams tanks from the United States, marking the largest single delivery so far under a defense agreement signed in 2022. It was the third delivery under the contract.

The delivery brings the total number of American-made tanks delivered to Poland to 85, with more expected through 2026, based on the contract.

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American military magazine Stripes previously wrote:

For the Polish army, the Abrams tank serves as the centerpiece of a modernization effort that has picked up momentum in the aftermath of Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Patriot missiles, Apache attack helicopters, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and F-35 fighter jets are other major weapons systems that Warsaw has been busy adding to its arsenal.

Patriot missiles, Apache attack helicopters, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and F-35 fighter jets are other major weapons systems that Warsaw has been busy adding to its arsenal.

In the wake of last week's Russian drone incursions into Polish airspace, Warsaw officials have only grown more hawkish in wanting to 'stand up' to Russia."

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🇺🇸🗯🇸🇰🇭🇺🤝🇷🇺🛢 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Graham Threatens 'Consequences' On Hungary & Slovakia Over Russian Energy Purchases | September 17, 2025:

"United States Senator Lindsey Graham has blasted Hungary and Slovakia over their ongoing purchases of Russian energy, warning they'll face "consequences" if they don't end their reliance.

The anti-Russia hawk from South Carolina said on social media that President Trump was "right to demand that Europe stop buying Russian oil." He admitted that while most of Europe has done so, it is "now virtually down to Hungary and Slovakia."

"I hope and expect them to step up to the plate soon to help us end this bloodbath," he said. "If not, consequences should and will follow."

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🇷🇺⚙️🌍‼️📡 — 📰 Reuters | Russia Developing Starlink Rival at 'Rapid Pace,' Space Chief Says | September 17, 2025:

"MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will soon have a rival to Elon Musk's satellite internet service Starlink, as it tries to shift away from outdated thinking that has allowed SpaceX to win the crown of satellite dominance, Russia's space chief said on Wednesday.

Starlink says it operates the world’s largest satellite constellation with more than 8,000 satellites, and Musk is credited by Russian officials with revolutionising the launch of space vehicles - to Russia's cost.

Dmitry Bakanov, the new 39-year-old head of Russia's Roscosmos space agency, admitted in an interview with Russian TV host Vladimir Solovyov that the space agency had to move away from "inertia" and attract more young talent."

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🇺🇸🇨🇦⚡️🚢 — 📰 Bloomberg | Nations Aiming for Arctic Power Can’t Get Enough of These Ships | The US and Canada want more icebreakers to counter Russia and China in the Arctic, as the polar region — and competition for it — heats up | September 16, 2025:

"At a shipyard in Finland last month, workers cut the first steel for a new icebreaker ship. Over the next three years, about 10,000 tons of the metal will go into the hull before the vessel is carried across the ocean to Quebec for completion.

The CCGS Arpatuuq, expected to launch in 2030, will be the first heavy icebreaker built — at least partly — in Canada in more than half a century. The C$3.3 billion ($2.4 billion) ship will be 139 meters (about 450 feet) long, with a helipad, hangar and room for 100 crew members. “Moon pools” located at midship will provide direct access to the Arctic Ocean for polar research and, potentially, military surveillance.

A second heavy icebreaker, the CCGS Imnaryuaq (both are named for Inuit locations) is already under construction at Vancouver’s Seaspan Shipyards. Canada has only a single heavy icebreaker in service at the moment, and it’s in bad shape. In all, the government has funded two dozen new icebreakers to more than double the current fleet."

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🇵🇱😈🇺🇸❌🇷🇺 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Did The Polish Deep State Try To Manipulate The President Into War With Russia? | Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack | September 19, 2025:

"Leading Polish outlet Rzeczpospolita reported on Tuesday that investigators determined that the munition which damaged a home last week during Russia’s drone incursion into Poland actually came from an unexploded missile launched by an F-16 that was trying to down the incoming projectiles.

The National Security Bureau claimed that neither it nor President Karol Nawrocki were hitherto informed of these findings by Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government, which Nawrocki then confirmed.

He represents the conservative-nationalist opposition and pledged ahead of the second round in spring not to approve the dispatch of Polish troops to Ukraine while Tusk represents the ruling liberal-globalist government whose Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski just called for a no-fly zone there. Some therefore speculate that members of the Polish permanent military, intelligence, and diplomatic bureaucracies, or “deep state”, kept Nawrocki out of the loop in order to manipulate him into escalating against Russia."

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🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 — 🇷🇺 SouthFront | Military Situation In Gaza Strip on September 22, 2025 (Map Update)

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🪖‼️🇾🇪 — 📰 Newsmax | Hamas Official Targeted by Israel Appears in 1st Interview Following Qatar Strike | September 18, 2025:

"Senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad, who was one of the targets of the assassination attempt last week in Doha, Qatar, was interviewed by Al Jazeera on Wednesday evening.

Hamad is the second Hamas official to be interviewed since the strike, following a similar interview earlier this week with Taher al-Nunu, who was not among the targets.

Hamad described the situation in the meeting that Israel struck, recounting, "We were sitting to discuss the American proposal to end the war. Less than an hour later, we heard explosions and immediately realized it was an assassination attempt. As residents of Gaza, we recognize these sounds. We tried to flee the area as quickly as possible – and we succeeded."

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🇮🇱👃❌⚠️ — 📰 ZeroHedge | Watch: Israel's Game-Changing 'Iron Beam' Intercept System Declared Operational | September 19, 2025:

"The past nearly two years of war in Gaza, and accompanying conflicts from Lebanon to Iran to Yemen - has seen Israel's air defenses work harder than ever. Recent ballistic missile and drone attacks out of Yemen have meanwhile resulted in at least some missiles getting through, even hitting Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport. Replenishments of Israel's sophisticated anti-air defense layers are extremely expensive as well, which is why starting over a decade ago Tel Aviv began actively developing other means of aerial defense.

The IDF military has just rolled out its new high-powered laser defense system, known as the "Iron Beam". It has passed a final round of testing, announced the defense ministry on Wednesday, and could be ready for active deployment as soon as by close of 2025.

"In these landmark tests, Iron Beam 450 intercepted rockets, mortars, and UAVs with unmatched speed, precision, and near-zero cost per engagement — a breakthrough that sets a new global benchmark in air defense."

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🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 — ⭐️ Rybar MENA:

"Doubling the Mourning: situation in Lebanon from September 19–22, 2025

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are intensifying airstrikes on Lebanon, including areas hosting the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). As a result, several civilians have died alongside members of Hezbollah.

🔻More details on the regional situation:

▪️The Israeli aircraft and drones struck En-Nabatiyah, Shehabiya, Ansar, Harouf, Hiyam, Burdj Kalawiya, Al-Bustan, Tibnin, Meis al-Jabal, and Bint al-Jabal.

▪️During the IDF strikes on Burdj Kalawiya, UNIFIL peacekeepers stationed in nearby Deir Kifa were forced to take shelter in bomb shelters. Against this backdrop, the UN condemned the actions of the Israeli authorities, calling for their troops to withdraw from Lebanon.

▪️In several areas, the IDF launched illumination munitions; according to local channels, in the Yaroun area, Israelis deliberately fired an illumination round into the forest to set it on fire.

▪️In the coastal zone, the IDF sank a vessel by airstrike that allegedly belonged to Hezbollah and was used for reconnaissance of Israeli Navy operations.

▪️Following the attacks, the IDF announced the "elimination" of several high-ranking Hezbollah members; at least six civilians were also killed. Lebanese media reported that four of them held American citizenship, but the US representatives do not confirm this information.

🖍Arab media believe the intensification of IDF strikes is linked to Hezbollah's preparations for mourning ceremonies on the anniversary of the deaths of the group's former leader Hassan Nasrallah and senior movement member Hashim Safi al-Din.

📌It is possible that, against this backdrop, the Israelis may also take bolder steps against Hezbollah, including massive strikes on ceremony locations or targeted "eliminations" of the group's leadership, disregarding "collateral damage" among civilians.

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🇨🇳🚫🛍💸💻 — 📰 Financial Times | China bans tech companies from buying Nvidia’s AI chips | Beijing steps up efforts to boost semiconductor independence and compete with US | September 17, 2025:

"China’s internet regulator has banned the country’s biggest technology companies from buying Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chips, as Beijing steps up efforts to boost its domestic industry and compete with the US.

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) told companies, including ByteDance and Alibaba, this week to end their testing and orders of the RTX Pro 6000D, Nvidia’s tailor-made product for the country, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

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Several companies had indicated they would order tens of thousands of the RTX Pro 6000D, and had started testing and verification work with Nvidia’s server suppliers, the people said.

After receiving the CAC order, the companies told their suppliers to stop the work, the people added.

The ban goes beyond earlier guidance from regulators that focused on the H20, Nvidia’s other China-only chip widely used for AI. It comes after Chinese regulators concluded that domestic chips had attained performance comparable to those of Nvidia’s models used in China."

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🇺🇸😒⚡️🗾‼️🇨🇳 — 📰 ZeroHedge | US Army Places US Typhon Missiles In Japan For First Time, Enraging China | September 16, 2025:

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We previewed earlier that the Typhon, also dubbed 'Mid-Range Capability', is a land-based missile launcher that can fire nuclear-capable Tomahawk missiles, which have a range exceeding 1,000 miles, and SM-6 missiles, which can hit targets up to 290 miles away.

The missile system would have been banned under the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a treaty with Russia that the US withdrew from in 2019. This has naturally caused immense alarm in Beijing, as has Washington's deepening military relationship with Japan.

According to the latest from The Hill on the new military exercises:

More than 19,000 U.S. and Japanese service members are participating in the exercise by rehearsing crisis response and contingency operations, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. 

Delivered last month to the U.S. base in Iwakuni, the missile system is capable of firing the Standard Missile-6 and the Tomahawk cruise missiles. The missile showcase follows its deployment in the Philippines last year. Russia and China criticized the U.S., accusing the country of fueling an arms race."

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🇨🇳💸🏳️‍🌈❌🇺🇸 — 📰 ZeroHedge |FBI's 'Armed Queers' Probe Just The Start - Lawmakers Urge Treasury To Freeze China-Linked Billionaire's NGO Empire | September 17, 2025:

"Well, well, well. The Democratic Party's dark-money-funded NGO network - bankrolled by leftist billionaires and even possibly foreign adversaries - is coming under intense scrutiny after a leftist woke warrior assassinated Charlie Kirk one week ago. Assassination culture has been normalized by the Democratic Party, which spews hate and misinformation around the clock, labeling anyone they dislike as a "fascist" or "Nazi."

Scrutiny of dark-money funded NGO networks comes as Marxist revolutionaries from "Armed Queers Salt Lake City" popped onto the radar of federal agents while investigating the political assassination of Kirk. Now, the White House has declared war on radical leftist groups, lawmakers want answers, and an all-of-government approach will likely ramp up shortly to dismantle the revolutionary cells that want to collapse capitalism and the country.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a Florida Republican, offered much-needed insight into the Marxist revolution being fueled by radical leftist groups, highlighting what appear to be alarming connections with foreign adversaries such as China.

Luna wrote on X:

"Armed Queers SLC" is now under FBI investigation as an extended network related to Charlie's killer.

The founder of Armed Queers SLC is also an organizer for PSL [The People's Forum], which is funded by Neville Singham and the Chinese Communist Party.

Why did Armed Queers SLC delete their Instagram after Charlie was murdered?
Why is Neville Singham affiliated with radical extremist groups that may have ties to Charlie Kirk's assassin?

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🇨🇳🆗🌐&❌💻 — 📰 Financial Times | China drops Google antitrust probe during US trade talks | Beijing regulator’s investigation had centred Android operating system’s dominance | September 16, 2025:

"China is dropping an antitrust probe into Google, as Beijing and Washington step up negotiations over TikTok, Nvidia and trade at a time of heightened tensions between the superpowers.

The State Administration for Market Regulation has decided to terminate its competition investigation against Google, a status known as “zhongzhi” in Chinese, said two people briefed on the decision.

The Google investigation, which was formally opened in February, centred on the dominance of the US group’s Android operating system and its impact on Chinese phonemakers, such as Oppo and Xiaomi, that use the software.

The decision signals a tactical recalibration by Beijing, which is now concentrating its regulatory firepower on Nvidia, the world’s most valuable chipmaker, as a point of leverage in US-China trade talks, according to the two people.

At the same time, dropping the Google investigation sends a positive signal to Washington that Beijing can be flexible in the negotiations, said one of the people."

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🇦🇺🗣🇨🇳💥🚗 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Cyber Expert Warns China Could Remotely Detonate Aussie EVs In Hybrid Warfare Campaign | September 18, 2025:

"Earlier this week, at the Australian Financial Review Cyber Summit, cybersecurity expert Alastair MacGibbon highlighted an alarming national security risk posed by millions of China-manufactured connected devices operating across Australia. He warned that particularly internet-connected electric vehicles (EVs) represent new threat vectors for hybrid warfare operations, one in which he said these vehicles could be transformed into "ticking time bombs."

On Tuesday, MacGibbon, former cybersecurity adviser to Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and now chief strategy officer at CyberCX, warned, "Those cars that we talk about, whether they're electric or not, are listening devices, and they're surveillance devices in terms of cameras."

But worse, he cautioned, "Take off the safety features of household batteries so that they overcharge. Take off those same safety features for electric vehicles. Just turn them off from the manufacturer so that those vehicles explode. Degrade their ability to drive at peak hour in select cities."

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