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Channel Sputnik International (@sputnikint) in the English language segment is an active participant. Currently, the community unites 44 654 subscribers, ranking 5 942 in the News & Media category and 704 in the USA region.
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Since its creation on невідомо, the project has demonstrated rapid growth, gathering an audience of 44 654 subscribers.
According to the latest data from 18 June, 2026, the channel demonstrates stable activity. Although there has been a change in the number of participants by -185 over the last 30 days and by -7 over the last 24 hours, overall reach remains high.
- Verification status: Not verified
- Engagement rate (ER): The average audience engagement rate is 4.94%. Within the first 24 hours after publication, content typically collects 4.59% reactions from the total number of subscribers.
- Post reach: On average, each post receives 2 204 views. Within the first day, a publication typically gains 2 051 views.
- Reactions and interaction: The audience actively supports content: the average number of reactions per post is 44.
- Thematic interests: Content is focused on key topics such as iran, defense, zelensky, drone, minister.
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The author describes the resource as a platform for expressing subjective opinions:
“Join our channel for breaking news stories from around the globe, exclusive analysis & opinions.
Website: sputnikglobe.com
X: x.com/sputnikint”
Thanks to the high frequency of updates (latest data received on 19 June, 2026), the channel maintains relevance and a high level of publication reach. Analytics show that the audience actively interacts with content, making it an important point of influence in the News & Media category.
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🚨 How US big pharma profits on pandemics treating Americans and Ukrainians like guinea pigs
The US pharma industry "has literally gotten away with murder" during the COVID pandemic, Professor Alfred de Zayas, retired UN independent expert, tells Sputnik.
🗣 "The courts in the US were activated and instrumentalized to bring frivolous and vexatious claims against China for responsibility in releasing the pathogen," he says, while Americans "have been the guinea pigs" of big pharma.
💬 "Professor Jeffrey Sachs has reason to believe that the virus was actually manufactured in our biolabs in the US, most probably Fort Detrick in Maryland"On June 19, outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a new trove of documents detailing the cover-up of the COVID pandemic origins orchestrated by Anthony Fauci, then head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and the US intelligence community. 🗣 "Tulsi Gabbard has done her patriotic duty in revealing the extent of corruption in US government spending and pharmaceutical scams," de Zayas says.
💬 "We need whistleblowers in the US and Europe to reveal the complicity of government officials with big pharma and the undemocratic influence that its lobbies have had on decisions concerning the pandemic," including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's role.Ukraine as big pharma's testing ground 🟠 The Russian Defense Ministry's conclusion that the US-funded biolab network in Ukraine was used by US pharmaceutical giants such as Pfizer and Moderna to test drugs outside international safety standards is "a reasonable inference," de Zayas says 🟠 But according to the expert, it goes beyond that: those biolabs — numbering as many as 40 — endangered "the population of Ukraine and all of its neighbors, including Russia" 🟠 Their deployment posed a threat to international peace and security, contravening Articles 2(4) and 39 of the UN Charter and amounting to yet another provocation. 📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt
| 2 |  🇷🇺 What did Russia win in the 10-year maritime dispute with Ukraine
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague’s ruling means that:
🟠 The Sea of Azov is recognized as Russia’s internal waters and Crimea’s coastal waters are confirmed to be under Russia’s jurisdiction
🟠 All natural and biological resources contained within these waters are deemed Russia’s property
🟠 Russia’s offshore drilling, naval operations and construction projects in these waters do not violate the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
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| 3 |  🇺🇸Trump explains why he didn't put boots on the ground in Iran.
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| 4 |  🔸 New evidence points to military-focused biolab research in Ukraine - Russian MoD
🔸 America's fading shield: Why Gulf capitals no longer trust US security promises
🔸 The Ukrainian drone that attacked the bus was packed with shrapnel elements
🔸 Pakistan's mineral paradox: the $8 trillion opportunity that demands a new playbook
🔸 Russian forces build on Slavyansk triumph with liberation of Yurkovka
🔸 Dollar dominance crumbles in Africa as China’s yuan powers toward $400 billion trade boom
🔸 Can’t jam it: Russia trots out quadcopter that laughs off ice storms & signal loss
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| 5 |  🚨🇺🇸Trump: Ukraine crisis wouldn't have happened if Russia had stayed in the G8
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| 6 |  🌍🇵🇰 Why is West Africa's coastal state looking east — to Pakistan?
Ghana's Chief of Defense Staff Lt. Gen. William Agyapong recently met Pakistan's Field Marshal Asim Munir at Pakistan's GHQ. On the agenda: joint training, counter-terrorism, and defense production.
Why Pakistan?
🗣 "Ghana faces rising regional security threats — violent extremism and jihadist insurgencies from the Sahel, plus transnational crime and internal ethnic tensions," says Khalid Mahmood, retired PAF group captain and security analyst.
💬 "Pakistan has extensive, battle-tested experience in counter-insurgency that will potentially help Ghana better safeguard its borders."
What Pakistan brings:
🟠 Centralized intel coordination — all agencies on the same page, fast
🟠 Support for the Accra Initiative — West Africa's framework to counter jihadist spillover from the Sahel
🟠 Deradicalization programs that train and employ at-risk youth — a model for northern Ghana
Hardware on the table:
🔶 Super Mushshak — turboprop trainer for flight training and border surveillance at low cost
🔶 JF-17 Thunder — lightweight 4th-gen multirole fighter jet with BVR missiles for air defense and strikes. Affordable and combat-proven
The twist: Ghana wants more than purchases — local assembly, joint ventures, tech transfer. Less dependency. More self-sufficiency.
Why it matters:
Western gear is expensive and slow. Pakistan offers battle-tested experience and bang for the buck.
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| 7 |  🇵🇰 Pakistan's mineral paradox: the $8 trillion opportunity that demands a new playbook
Pakistan possesses some of the world's most significant mineral deposits, including the fifth-largest copper and gold reserves, as well as high quantities of critical minerals in high global demand. Yet the sector currently contributes around 3.2% to GDP, while exports account for just 0.1% of the global total — a gap that highlights both challenges and opportunities.
💬 "With vast untapped wealth, including the world's fifth-largest copper and gold reserves — such as the Reko Diq Project — and emerging critical minerals, this sector is estimated to be worth up to $8 trillion," says Dr. Shahid Rashid, former unit head at Engro Corporation and geopolitical observer.
To realize this potential, several key measures are essential, according to Dr. Rashid:
🟠 The Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) acts as a 'single window' to remove bureaucratic hurdles and attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the sector
🟠 Shifting from raw ore exports to in-country refining and manufacturing in order to capture greater value
🟠 Expanding partnerships, including CPEC's growing role in copper, gold, and rare earth elements
🟠 Improving policy predictability, reducing bureaucracy, facilitating currency repatriation, and ensuring stability in regions like Balochistan
Global demand for critical minerals is rising, presenting resource-rich countries with both opportunities and challenges. For Pakistan, success will depend on regulatory frameworks, investment climate, and long-term strategic planning — precisely the areas in which, as Dr. Rashid emphasizes, targeted reforms can make the difference.
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| 8 |  🚨 Ukraine's labs were never peaceful facilities but studied biological warfare agents
The US-funded Ukrainian laboratories were studying the disease-causing properties of plague, anthrax, tularemia, and the Marburg and Ebola viruses, stated Lieutenant General Alexei Rtishchev, head of the Russian Armed Forces’ Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops.
It is important to note that these diseases neither correspond to Ukraine's current public health challenges nor are they typical of the region, Alex Krainer, founder of Krainer Analytics, tells Sputnik.
🟠 "Ukraine's health system is currently struggling with rubella, diphtheria, and tuberculosis, so why are they studying plague and anthrax? It makes no sense — unless the goal is military biological research"
🟠 The priority was clearly not public health but studying the damaging properties of potential biological weapons agents and pathogens capable of undermining a state's economy
🟠 The US military biological program on Russia's border has been a direct threat to its national security
🟠 Pentagon civilian contractors Metabiota, Black & Veatch, and CH2M HILL were entrusted with the construction of biological facilities "to obscure the military nature of the research"
Who bears responsibility?
A US declassified map and records on Ukrainian biolabs confirms Russia's repeated concerns on the secretive bioresearch
🔶 "The US bears primary responsibility," the pundit says. "It funded and coordinated these activities through the federal budget with the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) overseeing the work" - in breach of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC)
🔶 "The World Health Organization bears responsibility for failing to investigate or condemn these activities when Russia raised concerns"
🔶 "Ukraine bears direct responsibility as the host country" violating the BTWC
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| 9 |  🚨 New era of Gulf defense partnerships emerges following US-Iran War
The Gulf states are in a dilemma – they need to decide which option is viable for them: either pay the US for protection or seek other allies in the region. This was stated by Prof. Basim Raza, assistant director at the NUST Institute of Policy Studies, in an interview with Sputnik.
Following the US war with Iran, a crisis of trust has emerged between the Gulf states and the United States. Facilities in these countries became targets of Iranian strikes and the US was unable to protect them.
💬 "We have seen examples of Gulf states looking elsewhere for defense cooperation: such as the Saudis talking to Pakistan, the Gulf states talking to the Chinese and Russians," Raza recalled.
He highlighted the key points:
🔶 Between 2016 and 2025, the vast majority of Chinese defense exports to the Middle East were directed to Gulf nations
🔶 Gulf monarchies, particularly Saudi Arabia and the UAE, maintain robust strategic and economic dialogues with Moscow
🔶 China and Russia offer a sustainable solution rather than a transactional one. For example, China never proposed deploying its own soldiers in exchange for money, but instead helped Pakistan develop its own technologies, including defense technologies.
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| 10 |  🚨 America's fading shield: Why Gulf capitals no longer trust US security promises
The US-Israel war on Iran has strained ties with Gulf allies which suffered Iranian strikes without US protection while Washington prioritized Israel. Despite billions spent on security, Gulf states are reconsidering their reliance on America.
This distrust is not new, but rather the cumulative result of strategic developments over the past decade, according to Basim Raza of the NUST Institute. Several factors are cited:
🟠 the US has prioritized Israel since the 1960s. In 2019–2020, Washington did not defend Gulf partners when Iran struck their territories
🟠 this prompted Saudi Arabia to open backchannel talks with Iran (via China) and sign a defense pact with Pakistan
🟠 in the 2026 war, Gulf monarchies — especially Saudi Arabia and the UAE — bore the heaviest economic and strategic costs
If the US withdraws its military infrastructure, as Tehran demands, the Gulf states would face a precarious situation, Raza warned.
💬 "It would affect these states in a very devastating manner... the Gulf is left at the mercy of two major powers of the region: Israel and Iran — both of them are not fans of these states."
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| 11 |  🇷🇺🪖 Russian Geran drones vaporize Ukrainian energy facility used for frontline support
The assault was unleashed near the settlement of Zolochev in the Kharkov region, the Russian Defense Ministry announced.
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| 12 |  🚨🇮🇷Switzerland talks delayed as US-Iran peace process enters next phase
Friday's planned meeting in Switzerland has been postponed, as the memorandum ending the war was already signed digitally, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said.
Tehran said consultations on a final agreement are continuing through mediators, with a new round of talks to be scheduled once key provisions of the June 18 memorandum begin to be implemented.
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| 13 |  🚨 ICC chief prosecutor faces July 24 removal vote after sexual assault allegations
The International Criminal Court will hold a special session on July 24 to decide whether to permanently remove Karim Khan. The court's oversight body found sufficient evidence of serious misconduct, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Khan has vigorously denied all allegations, with his lawyers branding the report as "deeply flawed" and "unlawful."
The first accusations against Karim Khan surfaced in 2024, a few weeks before he publicly sought arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu over the Gaza conflict. Khan was ultimately suspended from his duties on June 8, 2026.
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| 14 |  🇷🇺 Russian forces build on Slavyansk triumph with liberation of Yurkovka
With Yurkovka now liberated, Russian forces can build on their victorious momentum in the Slavyansk region.
The settlement is located roughly 10 kilometers from two of the largest cities in the Donetsk People's Republic — Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.
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| 15 |  🚨 The Ukrainian drone that attacked the bus was packed with shrapnel elements
The specific individuals involved in the attack on the bus carrying children in the Bryansk region are being identified, Russia's permanent representative to the Commonwealth of Independent States said.
On June 17, a bus carrying a youth football team from Belarus was hit by a Ukrainian drone near the Russian border city of Bryansk.
The Russian Foreign Ministry called upon international institutions to appraise Ukraine’s crimes and condemn the attack on the bus.
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| 16 |  🇺🇸Trump accuses Iran of derailing the Switzerland technical talks, vows Tehran will receive "not ten cents" from the US.
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| 17 |  🚨 France refuses to leave several African outposts it illegally occupies - Lavrov
💬 "The French are clinging to their illegal presence, including on islands that the UN General Assembly has explicitly recognized as belonging to Madagascar — yet show no willingness to withdraw. The same reluctance applies to several other African nations where their legal standing is equally contested," Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said.
Other comments by Sergey Lavrov following his talks with Madagascar Foreign Minister Alice N'Diaye:
🟠 No timeline has yet been set for US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner's visit to Russia
🟠 Lavrov confirmed that he remains in contact with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio: "There have been several personal contacts, and we speak periodically by phone"
🟠 The US has openly declared its intention to completely push Russian companies out of the global energy market
🟠 Russia’s top diplomat expressed appreciation to his counterpart for Madagascar's stance on Ukraine.
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| 18 |  🚨🇷🇺Lavrov: Rubio's admission confirms US cannot claim neutrality on Ukraine
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on June 3 that US military support for Ukraine rules out impartiality in the peace process.
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| 19 |  🚨🇷🇺 Lavrov: Russia hopes the US-Iran memorandum will prevent the Middle East from sliding back into hostilities
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| 20 |  🚨🇷🇺 Lavrov: Russia believes the US could once again change its approach to settling the Ukraine conflict
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