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Updated: 2026-07-31
⚡️ Khartiia brigade commander Obolienskyi targeted in assassination attempt, Zelensky says.” We will definitely respond to this attempted strike against Ukraine and the Ukrainian c…
⚡️ 'Nature of the threats has changed' — Kyiv removes protective structures from city monuments. "After more than four years of war, the nature of the threats has changed, and so h…
⚡️ Ukraine's assault regiments ordered to halt recruitment amid allegations of misconduct, media reports. One source said their regiment was currently unable to recruit personnel f…
How Ukrainian farmers grow watermelons near the front line Just 50 kilometers from Russian positions, two brothers risk everything to farm Ukraine’s iconic Kherson watermelons. As …
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.
⚡️ Poland confirms Russian Kh-101 missile fell in Lublin region during mass attack on Ukraine. "It was a provocation, an intention, an alliance test. In this case, the next weeks w…
⚡️Ukrainian forces strike oil refinery in Russia's Volgograd Oblast, aircraft factory in occupied Crimea, military confirms. In the city of Volgograd, the Lukoil-Volgogradneftepere…
⚡️Russian attacks kill 9, injure 48 across Ukraine over past day as country reels from deadly mass strike. Russian forces launched another large-scale aerial attack on Ukraine, dep…
⚡️Wildberries facilities, oil refineries reportedly struck in Russia. Multiple Wildberries facilities and oil refineries were reportedly hit in Russia's Volgograd, Tatarstan, and K…

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