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Updated: 2026-08-24
There is a high threat of a large-scale Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv from August 25 onwards. There will probably be no attack tonight.
Just to be clear, David D is a dementia-ridden boomer who only knows how to repeat the same lines over and over again, while peddling the same lies about me. I have never raised mo…
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Drone figures for the last 12 hours (24/8/2026): The Ukrainian Air Force claims that Russia launched 143 Geran-2/3/4/5 and Gerbera drones, while the Russian Ministry of Defence cla…
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NASA FIRMS data indicates that a large fire broke out at Dzhankoi Airbase in Crimea as a result of overnight Ukrainian mid-range drone strikes.
Smoke is seen rising over the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Oblast, following multiple Russian KAB glide-bomb strikes a few minutes ago. Strong explosions were reported, and more KABs…
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A head-to-head of how Backpack and Phantom advertise on Telegram — the Solana-rooted exchange-and-wallet versus the leading self-custody wallet, their creative and targeting differences, and what the Telegram Ads Spy archive reveals.
How advertisers reach Belgian audiences on Telegram — one of Europe's toughest gambling and ad-restriction regimes pushing operators offshore, a Dutch/French/German language split, and EU-regulated crypto and trading.
How advertisers reach Irish audiences on Telegram — an English-speaking EU member inside the UK-Ireland creative pool, a fintech and tech-HQ hub, EU-regulated crypto and forex, and offshore gambling under a tightening licensing regime.
How advertisers reach Korean audiences on Telegram — the real-name banking regime that pushes activity offshore, one of the world's most intense retail-crypto cultures, gaming and esports adjacency, and won-denominated payment friction.
Flags — the regions we asked our observer pool for while recording this ad in this channel. That is a label on our request, not a confirmed place of viewing: when no account is available in the requested country the pool silently substitutes another and does not say so. It is not the advertiser's targeting country either. We stopped requesting the region on {date}, so newer creatives carry no flags at all. The channel's main country (by its language) is highlighted in blue; regions under 5% are collapsed into +N.