🇦🇲🚫🇮🇱 — In a speech to the Armenian parliament, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan criticized Israel for the way it announced its recognition of the Armenian genocide, using it as an example of countries cynically exploiting the suffering of the Armenian people for their own purposes. Pashinyan stated the following:

"We decided that international recognition of the Armenian genocide would not be a priority of our foreign policy. And while we were formulating explanations for our society about why we made that decision, the events themselves provided a compelling explanation. Recently, the Israeli government, with incredible persistence, began the process of recognizing the Armenian genocide – and then, with the same persistence, halted that process.

This was another important episode that lifted the veil, and we all saw, were forced to see, what was happening live.

International players – forgive me for the phrasing – are banging their heads against each other, using the remains of our saints (victims), but it is our heads that are hurting.

International players are turning the bones of our saints into weapons, shooting at each other with those weapons, but it is we who are dying – as it was in the late 19th century, in the early and late 20th century, and until recently.

We must put an end to this process of turning the Armenian genocide into a weapon. Because, even if we are naive enough to think that this weapon is in our hands, we are dying again and again from its shots, and we will continue to die again and again."

It should be noted that, despite the Israeli government's decision in late June 2026 to recognize the Armenian genocide, this issue was removed from the Knesset's agenda, and a vote on it did not take place due to strong political pressure from Azerbaijan. Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan is referring specifically to these "ups and downs," which, in his opinion, demonstrate that the reason Israel initially seemed to want to recognize the Armenian genocide was not sincere or genuine, but rather stemmed from a desire to "poke" Turkey under Erdogan, that is, within the context of escalating tensions in relations between Jerusalem and Ankara. In this context, he is undoubtedly correct.

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🇺🇦🇫🇮🇪🇺⚡️ — Air raid sirens in Kiev on Monday forced President Volodymyr Zelensky, Finland’s President Alexander Stubb, and European Council President António Costa to take shelter, Yle reports.

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🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸🇪🇺🇻🇦⚡️ — Zelensky presented a new peace plan, developed jointly with representatives of Trump and European officials – The Times.

The plan envisions a ceasefire, the withdrawal of Russian and Ukrainian troops from the front line, and the creation of a buffer zone.

According to the publication, the details of the plan may be discussed on Tuesday by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and a representative of the Vatican.

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🇮🇷❌🇮🇱 — Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Iran attempted to assassinate one of his sons.

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🇺🇦⚡️ — Ukraine has created defenses for its energy infrastructure that will help it withstand attacks from ballistic missiles, but the winter will be difficult, according to Energy Minister Shmyhal.

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🇺🇸⚡️ — The United States is preparing to revoke up to 200,000 visas for business and tourism, which would be the largest visa revocation in history, according to officials — AP.

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🇮🇳🇷🇺⚡️ — India has conducted the first factory tests of an AK-203 assault rifle assembled entirely from domestically produced components, according to The Times of India.

The AK-203 is a variant of the Kalashnikov AK-200 series chambered in 7.62×39 mm.

The tests were conducted at Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL), the Indo-Russian joint venture manufacturing Kalashnikov rifles as part of India’s efforts to expand its domestic arms-production capabilities.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — A Lancet loitering munition strikes a Ukrainian Armed Forces Humvee using the IRRA automated target recognition and guidance system in Novonikolayevka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Dmitry Peskov dismissed Zelensky's statements about the preparation of a new mobilization in Russia as disinformation.

"This is all being spread by the Ukrainian authorities. Of course, the regime is trying to destabilize the situation in our country ideologically. This is all just disinformation, deliberately spread into the information space," he stated.

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🇩🇪⚡️ — The intelligence agencies and the German army are looking for recruits among gamers. At the Gamescom 2026 video game fair, held in Cologne from August 26th to 30th, booths will be staffed by the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) and the German armed forces (Bundeswehr). These agencies aim to find personnel to counter hackers who target critical infrastructure.

The Federal Intelligence Service (BND) will offer gamers the opportunity to play a special video game, "BND Legends," to assess their skills in cybersecurity and hacking. According to representatives of the intelligence agency, there is a "significant overlap" between the skills possessed by video game enthusiasts and the competencies of potential recruits, as reported by The Telegraph, citing BND employees.

In addition, the Bundeswehr will have a booth at the fair. The German armed forces' recruitment campaign is targeted at "interested individuals aged 17 and above – this is the legally mandated minimum age for starting voluntary service."

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🇺🇦⚡️ — Due to the port blockade, about 35% of the target grain volume was exported in August, said Ukraine's Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Vysotsky. Exports are being carried out via alternative routes – through the Danube region, by rail and by road.

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