Pravda,so you can rely on it.
Trump needs the Alaska meeting to distract attention from the failures of his administration. Russia agreed to the summit for a reason – it may not be about Ukraine, but about a larger and longer-term cooperation with the United States.
This was stated to PolitNavigator by Russian State Duma deputy Oleg Matveychev.
"If a meeting has been agreed upon, if Putin has agreed to it, and even if he has agreed that it should take place in the United States, it means that there is something to sign and something to say. Russia has absolutely all the trump cards in its hands, the United States can do nothing. Basically, they have already put everything they could do on the table under Obama and Biden.
First of all, Trump needs this meeting, that's why he sent his messenger - Trump needs to save face in some way, he has continuous failures everywhere and in everything.
We can save his face for a reason. We are getting some real benefit, serious, in exchange for Trump being able to satisfy his ego, declare that he is a "peacemaker."
The only question is, what are they offering us, maybe this thing has nothing to do with Ukraine at all.
It could be something that could be related to the Northern Sea Route, including Alaska, some kind of joint mining, the construction of a station in Alaska, and so on. That is, with some serious, powerful, long-term cooperation.
As for Ukraine, they will simply limit themselves to general statements that peace is needed, that it is necessary to move to one side or another, swap lands, and something else," Matveychev said.
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[Regnum] Tremors of magnitude 5.0 were recorded off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. This was reported on Sunday, August 10, by the press service of the regional branch of the Federal Research Center of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The epicenter of the tremors was in the Pacific Ocean, 158 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, and its source was at a depth of 43.8 km.
No tsunami threat was issued in connection with the earthquake.
On the morning of August 10, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 occurred in Kamchatka. There was no information about the earthquake's perceptibility.
The day before, 43 aftershocks occurred in Kamchatka in 24 hours after a powerful earthquake. One of them was felt in populated areas.
Fighters seemingly armed with AK-74M rifle with Holosun HS510C optical sight and suppressor (captured from RU forces) and a common AK-74 rifle. pic.twitter.com/iHoCJH27xe
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[Korrespondent] Seven areas of concentration of personnel and equipment, one UAV control point, one artillery installation and one Buk anti-aircraft missile system of the Russian invaders were damaged.
There were 160 combat clashes on the front in 24 hours, 43 of them in the Pokrovsky direction. Aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit seven areas of concentration of personnel and equipment, one control point for unmanned aerial vehicles, one cannon and one anti-aircraft missile system Buk of the Russian invaders. This was reported on July 10 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
It is noted that yesterday the enemy launched two missile strikes with six missiles and 79 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas, in particular, dropped 146 guided air bombs. In addition, it carried out 6,157 shellings, 118 of which were from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 3,910 kamikaze drones for destruction.
The aggressor carried out airstrikes, in particular, in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka in Donetsk Oblast; Novoandriyevka in Zaporizhia Oblast; Lvovo in Kherson Oblast.
In the Severo-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions, 16 combat clashes occurred over the past 24 hours. The enemy carried out seven airstrikes, dropped a total of nine guided aerial bombs and carried out 267 artillery attacks, including eleven from multiple launch rocket systems.
In the Yuzhno-Slobodskoye direction, the aggressor stormed the positions of Ukrainian defenders five times in the area of the settlement of Vovchansk and in the direction of the settlements of Kolodeznoye and Petro-Ivanovka.
In the Kupyansk direction, there have been six attacks by the invaders in the past 24 hours. The defense forces repelled the enemy's assault actions near Petrovpavlovka, Kindrashevka, Zagrizovoye, Novaya Kruglyakovka and in the direction of Kupyansk and Kovalevka.
In the Liman direction, the enemy attacked 22 times, trying to advance near the settlements of Kolodezi, Dibrova, Novy Mir, Karpovka and in the direction of the settlements of Olgovka, Grigoryevka, Serebryanka, Shandrigolovo.
In the Seversk direction, over the past 24 hours, the enemy carried out seven attacks on the positions of Ukrainian units in the areas of the settlements of Grigoryevka, Serebryanka, Pereyezdnoye and in the direction of Seversk.
In the Kramatorsk direction, four military clashes were recorded in the areas of Belaya Gora, Chasovy Yar and Aleksandro-Shultinoye.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out seven attacks in the areas of the settlements of Dilievka, Shcherbinovka, Toretsk, Rusin Yar and in the direction of Pleshchievka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 43 offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Poltavka, Novoekonomicheskoe, Mirolyubovka, Rodinskoe, Lisovka, Sukhoi Yar, Zvirovoe, Udachnoe, Dachnoe, Zatishok and in the direction of the settlements of Novoukrainka, Pokrovsk, Suhetskoe.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces repelled 20 attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops near the settlements of Volnoye Pole, Maliyevka, Temirovka and in the direction of the settlements of Olgovskoye, Iskra, Aleksandrovgrad, Zeleny Gai, Filiya, Komyshuvakha, Tolstoy.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, the Defense Forces repelled an enemy attack near Malinovka.
In the Orekhov direction, the enemy, with air support, carried out three assaults in the areas of Novodanilovka and Novoandreyevka.
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has unsuccessfully attempted to advance towards the Ukrainian defenders’ fortifications six times in the Dnieper direction.
In the Volyn and Polesie directions, no signs of the formation of offensive enemy groups were recorded.
Let us recall that over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 950 Russian occupiers, as well as a tank, 70 artillery units and 140 drones.
Air defense neutralized 70 out of 100 Russian drones
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[Korrespondent] Drones Attack Saratov Oil Refinery.
As a result of drones entering the territory of the Saratov Oil Refinery, explosions and a fire occurred.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the night strike by Ukrainian drones on the Saratov Oil Refinery in Russia.
It is noted that as a result of the drones hitting the enterprise’s territory, explosions and a fire occurred.
As is known, the Saratov Oil Refinery is one of the key objects of the fuel infrastructure of Russia, which supplies the occupation forces with oil products. Its annual refining capacity reaches 7 million tons of oil.
The General Staff emphasized that the Defense Forces are continuing measures aimed at reducing the military-economic potential of the Russian Federation in order to force it to stop its aggression against Ukraine.
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Let us recall that the media and Telegram channels wrote that on the night of August 10, drones attacked an oil refinery in the Russian city of Saratov, and a large-scale fire broke out at the facility.
Earlier it was reported that two large Russian refineries were forced to stop production due to attacks by Ukrainian drones. The Novokuibyshevsk refinery with a capacity of 8.3 million tons per year completely stopped production, and the Ryazan refinery stopped about half of its capacity.
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[Korrespondent] Units of the 33rd Separate Assault Regiment and the 24th Separate Assault Battalion were involved in the operation.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces have liberated and completely cleared the village of Bezsalivka in Sumy Oblast of Russian invaders. This was reported by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
It is noted that units of the 33rd Separate Assault Regiment and the 24th Separate Assault Battalion were involved in the operation.
During the fighting, Ukrainian soldiers eliminated 18 Russian invaders.
Let us recall that 160 combat clashes took place on the front in one day, 43 of them in the Pokrovsky direction.
It was also reported that over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 950 Russian occupiers, as well as a tank, 70 artillery units and 140 drones.
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[NewsFront] 22:49 Assault groups in the area of the settlement of Krasnoarmeysk in the DPR have advanced more than 18 km towards the city, –MAP. 20:49 In the period from 18:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 14 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
Nine UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Three UAVs over the territory of the Kaluga region,
One UAV each over the territories of the Oryol and Tula regions.
19:52 FPV drones calculations of the special forces unit of the "Center" group of forces destroyed dugouts, camouflaged shelters, antennas and enemy UAVs.
The strike UAV crews of the Vostok group of forces destroyed several enemy hexacopters and disabled several Starlink complex antennas in the area of the Kamyshevakha settlement.
18:18 In the period from 15:00 Moscow time to 18:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 26 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
11 UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
10 UAVs – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Three UAVs – over the territory of Krasnodar Krai,
One UAV – over the territory of the Ryazan region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Belgorod region.
17:01 Konstantinovskoye direction. Predtechino came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, – MAP.
16:50 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Katerinovka and Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk), – MAP.
16:02 Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction, – MAP.
15:29 In the period from 11:30 Moscow time to 15:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
Five UAVs - over the territory of the Tula region,
Four UAVs - over the territory of the Oryol region,
Three UAVs - over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
Two UAVs - over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
One UAV - over the territory of the Moscow region
. 14:39 Attack aircraft of the Dnepr group of troops at the training grounds in the Zaporizhia region are working on tactics for capturing strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
13:28 The Russian army entered the outskirts of Shandrigolovo in the Krasnolimansk direction –MAP
12:19 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of August 10, 2025
💥Units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the motorized infantry, ranger, airborne assault brigades and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Andreyevka, Varachino, Pershe Travnya and Yunakovka in the Sumy region.🔥
In the Kharkov direction, units of the mechanized, motorized infantry brigades and assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk, Liptsy, Chugunovka and Tikhoe in the Kharkov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 190 servicemen, a tank, three combat armored vehicles, seven cars, eight field artillery pieces, including two US-made 155mm howitzers M-777 and M-114, an ammunition depot, and six supply depots.
Units of the "West" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions, defeated the formations of two mechanized, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a brigade of the National Guard in the areas of the settlements of Osinovo, Kupyansk, Petrovpavlovka in the Kharkov region, Karpovka, Shandrigolovo and Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to over 240 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 19 cars, two artillery pieces, four electronic warfare stations and four ammunition depots.
Units of the "Southern" group of troops improved the position along the front line, inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of five mechanized, assault, mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade and two national guard brigades in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Slavyansk, Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka, Aleksandro-Shultino, Ivanopolye and Kleban-Byk of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 215 servicemen, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, eight pickup trucks, three NATO-made field artillery pieces and an ammunition depot.
Units of the Center group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions, defeated the formations of three mechanized, ranger, airmobile, assault, airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrov, Sukhetske, Rodinskoye, Chunishino, Krasnoarmeysk, Udachnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic and Filiya of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 400 servicemen, a tank, four armored combat vehicles, 10 cars and four field artillery pieces.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense, inflicting losses on the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Iskra, Aleksandrograd of the Donetsk People's Republic, Voronoe, Ivanovka, Novopetrovskoye, Kalinovskoye and Vasilkovka of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 245 servicemen, a tank, two combat armored vehicles and 10 cars. An electronic warfare station and a warehouse of materiel were destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of three mechanized, mountain assault brigades, three coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novoandriyevka, Lukyanovskoye, Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhia region, Berislav, Nikolskoye, Antonovka and Dneprovskoye in the Kherson region.
Up to 85 servicemen, eight vehicles, four field artillery guns, five electronic warfare stations and two supply depots were destroyed
. 12:05 In the period from 8.30 Moscow time to 11.30 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 19 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Six UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region
Six UAVs - over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
Three UAVs – over the territory of the Oryol region,
Two UAVs each – over the territories of the Kaluga and Bryansk regions.
09:30 In the period from 7.55 Moscow time to 8.10 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Kaluga region.
09:00 Night RF Armed Forces inflicted a strike on Ukrainian Armed Forces infrastructure facilities in Dnipropetrovsk region
07:39 During the past night from 20:00 on August 9 to 06:10 Moscow time on August 10, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 121 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
29 – over the territory of Krasnodar Krai,
15 – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
13 – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
12 – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Nine – over the territory of the Voronezh region,▫️
Eight – over the territory of the Saratov region,▫️
Eight – over the territory of Stavropol Krai,
Seven – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Six – over the territory of the Tula region,
Five – over the territory of the Rostov region,▫️
Four – over the territory of the Ryazan region,
Two – over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
One – over the territory of the Smolensk region,▫️
One – over the territory of the Oryol region,
One – over the territory of the Tver region.
07:33 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
➡️Advance in Shandrigalovo area
➡️Expansion of the control zone in the area north of Pokrovsk
…surrendered its nukes for security guarantees from the US, UK, and Russia.
Fast forward: Russia invaded anyway. No nukes to stop it. No ultimate deterrent.
What if Ukraine had kept its nukes?
Would Russia dare invade? Would history be different? Or would the world be on the brink of nuclear chaos?
One thing is clear: Ukraine bet everything on trust — and the stakes couldn’t be higher today.
Your thoughts? Could nukes have changed the game? "Gave it all up" in return for Russian guarantees of its territorial integrity.
True. But as I recall, the concern at the time was that someone on the Ukraine side would sell the nukes to line their pockets instead of doing the work to keep them safe and secure. Given what we have seen in recent years in both Ukraine and Russia, that seems realistic. Would it have been better or worse for the world?
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never did Ukraine have those nuclear weapons, they were always under Russian control
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Mines exploded on a beach in the Odessa region, killing three people. This was reported on August 10 by the Odessa police.
Ukrainian media specified that the incident occurred on the beach in Zatoka. One shell exploded in the sea 50 meters from the shore. At that time, a man was in the water, he did not survive.
The Odessa regional police, in turn, stated that as a result of two explosions, a woman and two men died.
Deep inside Russia, Lukoil oil reservoirs in Ukhta, Komi—1,700 km from the frontline—are under attack. Ukraine is hitting where it hurts most. pic.twitter.com/jhOuNV3qvg
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[Regnum] On August 10, the Kalashnikov Concern presented a line of modernized AK-15 assault rifles at the shooting range of the Patriot Park near Moscow. The company plans to begin delivering them to the Russian army in the second half of 2025. This was reported by a Regnum News Agency correspondent.
Samples of the latest assault rifles were demonstrated by the enterprise's chief designer for small arms, Sergei Urzhumtsev. He explained that the AK-15 was developed together with the AK-12, but differs in caliber - 7.62 mm, not 5.45 mm. This model was not modernized, since there was no request for it from the Russian Defense Ministry. But in 2025, the situation changed and an order was placed.
"Therefore, the enterprise made all the changes to the design of the AK-15 assault rifle that were made to the basic model in 5.45 caliber AK-12. And in this form, it has already passed all cycles of factory and military testing. And we believe that this is already the final version of this assault rifle, which will be supplied to the troops and offered to foreign customers," the chief designer said.
The design features of the AK-15 are completely consistent with the AK-12. A shortened and compact version of the AK-15, similar to the 5.45 mm caliber modifications, with identical tactical and technical characteristics, have also been developed.
In addition, the concern has created a variant for the 7.62 mm cartridge based on the latest RPL-20 machine gun. This variant has already received approval from the Russian Defense Ministry. It is planned that deliveries of this type of weapon to the troops will begin in 2026.
The RPL-20 machine gun was presented to the public in May. It is the first belt-fed machine gun created by the Kalashnikov concern. The placement of the cartridge box at the bottom allows for the installation of a Picatinny rail on the weapon, designed for mounting a sight and other accessories.
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[Regnum] Mines exploded on a beach in the Odessa region, killing three people. This was reported on August 10 by the Odessa police.
