A Chinese Coast Guard ship tried to ram a Philippine vesselβonly to slam into a PLA Navy ship instead. Now thatβs what you call instant karma.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1954801835862262175.html
#Ukraine #Russia #China #philippines
Czech director Robin #Kvapil made the documentary The Great Patriotic Trip to show compatriots swayed by Russian propaganda the brutal reality of Russiaβs war in Ukraine, aiming to challenge pro-Putin views with uncensored facts.
https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/prykhylnyky-putina-viyna-ukrajina-film/33497193.html
#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Czech
From 24.02.2022 to 11.08.2025 (Day 1265), estimated losses #Russia suffered in #Ukraine.
Milestones: 58,000 Other Vehicles
Highlights:
+1000 Personnel
+37 Artillery
+2 MLRS
+191 UAVs
+131 Other Vehicles
Statistics: https://redd.it/1mn2vcm
#RussianLosses
U.S. Vice President JD Vance said a negotiated settlement between Russia and Ukraine was unlikely to satisfy either side, and that any peace deal will likely leave both Moscow and Kyiv "unhappy."
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/vance-says-ukraine-peace-deal-unlikely-satisfy-either-side-2025-08-10/
#Ukraine #Russia #US #Vance
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico claimed that Kyiv would "have to pay dearly" due to what he blamed was the West's failure to weaken Russia by using Ukraine, ahead of the scheduled Putin-Trump meeting on Aug. 15.
https://kyivindependent.com/slovakias-fico-claims-ukraine-will-have-to-pay-dearly-ahead-of-putin-trump-meeting/
#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Slovakia #Fico
Mortgage inaccessibility has cut demand for mass housing in Moscow, dropping its July sales share to a record-low 32%. Business-class now makes up half of new builds, with premium at 14% and high-budget at 4%, while prices rise due to costlier housing demand.
https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/08/10/dolya-massovogo-zhilya-v-prodazhe-novostroek-v-moskve-opustilas-do-istoricheskogo-minimuma-a171231
#Ukraine #Russia #Moscow
Russian telecom operators #MTS, #Megafon, #Beeline and #T2 have asked the government to block voice calls in foreign messengers, including WhatsApp and Telegram.
https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/08/10/rossiiskie-operatori-svyazi-poprosili-zablokirovat-zvonki-vzarubezhnih-messendzherah-a171229
#Ukraine #Russia #Whatsapp #Telegram
Azerbaijan may lift its arms embargo on Ukraine if Russia keeps striking SOCAR, the state oil company, sites. After Aug. 10 talks, #Aliyev and #Zelensky condemned the attacks and vowed energy cooperation will continue despite Moscowβs actions.
https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/08/10/azerbaidzhan-prigrozil-nachat-postavki-oruzhiya-ukraine-iz-za-rossiiskih-udarov-poobektam-socar-vodesskoi-oblasti-a171236
#Ukraine #Russia #Azerbaijan
#Nvidia and #AMD are expected to pay the United States 15 percent of the money they take in from selling artificial intelligence chips to China, as part of a highly unusual financial agreement with the Trump administration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/technology/us-government-nvidia-amd-chips-china.html
#Ukraine #Russia #US #Trump #China
European leaders are pressing Washington to ratchet up sanctions pressure on Moscow as they race to shape the outcome of a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin that could determine the fate of Ukraine and long-term security of the continent.
https://www.ft.com/content/dd1f5a7a-2089-4038-ad00-11e6a64e6331
#Ukraine #Russia #EU #UK #US #Trump #Putin