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Russia & the Warfront
>>> Putin demanded Ukraine grant official status to the Russian language and provide security guarantees for Russian Orthodox churches as conditions for peace.
>>> Russia launched 85 Shahed drones, decoys, and an Iskander-M missile at Sumy, Donetsk, Chernihiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions overnight. Ukrainian defenses downed 61 drones, but strikes damaged infrastructure in 12 areas.
>>> Fires broke out at warehouses near Shcherbinka railway station in the Moscow region, halting rail traffic according to witnesses.
>>> Russian state TV broadcast melodramatic portrayals of the Trump-Putin relationship, framing it as a friendship to promote Kremlin propaganda.
>>> Putin boasted that Alaska talks brought him closer to his strategic goals, presenting the summit as a personal victory.
>>> Military analysts warned Russia has amassed nearly 100,000 troops on the Donetsk axis, posing a severe threat to Ukraine’s defense.