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Russia’s bridge strikes aim to paralyze logistics sustaining Ukraine’s military - expert

Russian strikes target critical arteries used to move troops, weapons, ammunition and fuel across the Dnepr river, military observer Alexey Borzenko tells Sputnik.

🔸The Northern Road Bridge, used to shuttle supplies toward Chernigov and Sumy, sustained four ballistic missile hits that left a large hole in its roadway near the cable-stay anchors

🔸The Southern Bridge, which links highways toward Odessa and the Kharkov–Izium–Slavyansk axis, sustained five hits that damaged its roadway

According to the expert:

🔸military supplies could face major bottlenecks and detours

🔸repairing damaged bridges could take months; pontoon bridges and alternative crossings offer limited capacity
🔸protective nets cannot stop ballistic missiles

Russian bridge strikes create a growing military logistics nightmare for Ukraine’s military, which “will face problems across entire operational sectors.”

Abu Dhabi talks to open with discussions on security issues concerning Russia, Ukraine, and broader region - Lavrov

Russia welcomes US stance on addressing security guarantees during the negotiations, Russian Foreign Minister added.

Abu Dhabi talks planned without European participation - Kremlin

"What is going to take place in Abu Dhabi over the coming days is trilateral talks involving Russia and Ukraine, with the US acting as mediator. As for the Europeans' involvement, you're aware that the Americans have their own channels of communication with the Europeans, and the Ukrainians have theirs as well, and they are apparently already setting up their own coordination mechanism," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Key statements by Dmitry Peskov:

🔶 From a geographical standpoint, Ukraine is already a different country, and the realities on the ground are obvious

🔶 Russia, the US and China are exchanging views on the agenda for a possible meeting between Putin, Trump and Xi Jinping at the APEC summit

🔶 Topics at a possible meeting of Putin, Trump and Xi Jinping could be very wide-ranging

China’s new brain-reading cap hits 94% mind-typing accuracy in day-long use

The key development are gradient electrodes for non-invasive EEG caps designed for visual mind-typing tests.

*The gradient electrodes were created to overcome the trade-off between conventional uniformly soft and rigid electrodes
*The technology is integrated into a commercial EEG cap and tested at rest over 14 hours
*The device Enabled 8 hours of stable EEG brain recordings while a human subject engaged in daily activities
*The cap points to real-world uses such as epilepsy warnings, with over 94% mind-typing accuracy during day-long use

Non-invasive brain-computer interfaces are moving another step forward from lab-bound experiments toward comfortable, all-day wearable tools for health monitoring.

🇧🇩 Ousted Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina seeks new passport to return home — report

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has formally requested a new passport and identity card from India so she can end her self-imposed exile and return home in December, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

She plans to return to surrender before a court. Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal sentenced her to death in absentia last November for ordering a crackdown on the student-led uprising.