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A 🇺🇸 U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet fighter jet crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia on Wednesday ( August 20 ) during a routine training flight, CBS News reported.

The pilot of the fighter jet, from the 83rd Strike Fighter Squadron (3-VF) based at Oceana Air Force Base in Virginia Beach, ejected before the crash and was rescued from the water by Coast Guard search and rescue teams at approximately 11:21 a.m.

The wreckage of the fighter jet remains in the water, and an investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the crash.

This incident is the sixth loss of US Navy F-18 fighters in the past 10 months.

Earlier in October 2024, two pilots were killed in an EA-18G Growler fighter jet crash near Mount Rainier in Washington state.

Also in April and May 2025, two more F-18 fighters crashed in the Red Sea from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.

The production cost of each F-18 Super Hornet fighter jet is estimated at around $67 million.

Racoon:
Chai! Is this the emerging trend of the senseless wars? Demised humanity as the prize booty? God save us from becoming cannon folders.

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🇷🇺 Russia has returned the bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers, five of whom died while in Russian captivity, authorities in Kyiv said Tuesday.

Moscow had handed over the bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers and had received 19 bodies of its own fallen soldiers in return, the news agency said.

Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said the exchange was part of agreements reached during Russian-Ukrainian peace talks held in Istanbul earlier this summer.

The agency said the soldiers had died in southeastern Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as in southwestern Russia’s border region of Kursk, which Ukrainian forces briefly occupied following a surprise incursion last August.

Moscow has not yet commented on the exchange.

The state-run news agency TASS, citing an anonymous source, reported that Russia received 19 bodies of its soldiers on Tuesday.

A similar 1,000-for-19 exchange took place on July 17.

ruggedtimi:
lol!! Regret why Did you watch the video? Did you hear how European leaders were thanking Trump and calling him a great leader for trying to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine? You think Trump is just anybody’s mate in this world? Even Putin doesn’t measure up. Trump is one of the finest leaders out there a true talk and do President.

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🇺🇸 U.S. President Donald Trump has interrupted his talks in Washington with European leaders to call 🇷🇺 Russian President Vladimir Putin, an EU diplomat told Reuters on Monday.

The talks are due to resume after the call, which Trump had initially said would take place after he consulted with European leaders, added the diplomat. Germany's Bild newspaper first reported the call.

The leaders of Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Finland and the European Union are accompanying Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky on his Washington trip, as well as the secretary-general of NATO.

The negotiations in the Oval Office resumed shortly after the reported phone call, according to Zelensky's spokesperson Serhiy Nykyforov, cited by CNN.

US Chair of the Joint Chiefs General Dan Caine, and his staff, have been working on potential security guarantees for Ukraine according to a source familiar with the planning, cited by CNN.

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🇷🇺 🇺🇸 A lip reader has revealed what exactly Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump whispered to each other on the airport tarmac as they met for a high-stakes meeting about ending the war in Ukraine.

The two leaders shook hands for the first time in six years Friday in a charged moment at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska, before they climbed into the same motorcade to begin the historic talks.

In a moment watched around the world, Trump, 79, dutifully waited on the red carpet for his 72-year-old Russian counterpart to descend the stairs of his aircraft in the Last Frontier State.

The US leader seemed somewhat impatient, with a lip reader telling the Daily Mail the very first word of their encounter was Trump saying: 'Finally.'

As they shook hands, Trump said: 'You made it, fantastic to see you and appreciated.'

The lip reader told the Daily Mail that the two presidents both promised to 'help' each other during the cordial greeting.

'Thank you, and you. I am here to help you,' Putin replied.

Trump jovially responded: 'I’ll help you.'

Putin then reportedly told Trump he 'will bring it to a rest' if asked.

'All they need is to ask,' he said.

'I hope it does,' Trump replied, before turning towards their waiting vehicle and saying: 'Come on, let’s get straight into the vehicle. We need to move forward, both giving it attention. I know this is serious, it’s quite long. What a journey it is.'

Trump then asked the Russian leader if he wanted the 'scoop,' to which Putin replied: 'Give me the scoop.'

'It's cargo fuel,' he replied. It's unclear what exactly they were discussing.

After stepping up to the podium, Trump asks Putin to shake his hand because it 'gives a good impression'.

Putin nodded and stuck out his hand. 'Thank you,' he replied.

During the brief moment on the podium, the Russian leader ignored journalists' questions about Ukraine and the killing of civilians.

The two leaders got into a waiting vehicle together and were seen smiling inside as they drove to a separate building for the meeting.

Moments before Trump's plane touched down, the White House announced the planned one-on-one meeting between the world leaders was off the table.

Putin and Trump are instead holding talks with two of their top aides.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Ambassador Steve Witkoff are joining Trump during his formal discussions with Putin.

On his way to Anchorage, Trump told reporters his goal was to 'stop the killing,' but that he didn't know how long it would take to get a ceasefire deal over the line.

'I don't know if it's going to be today,' Trump admitted on Air Force One. 'But I'm not going to be happy if it's not today. Everyone said it can't be today - but I want the killing to stop.'

Tinubumustgo:
Mr Putin carries a different aura.

Every hype and attention is due to one and only Mr Putin.