❗️ The Russian MoD’s latest statements on the Ukraine crisis:

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces have struck Artsiz airfield in Odessa region using an Oniks high-precision missile. The attack has resulted in the destruction of a control station for Bayraktar-TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and two such UAVs on the ground.

▪️ Operational-tactical and army aviation has neutralized 47 areas where manpower and equipment were concentrated.

▪️ Missile troops and artillery have neutralized 148 areas where AFU manpower and equipment were concentrated, 25 command posts, as well as 59 artillery units at their firing positions.

▪️ Russian air defense systems have shot down a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 in Dnepropetrovsk region.

▪️ Some 208 airplanes and 132 helicopters, 1,260 unmanned aerial vehicles, 345 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,696 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 576 combat vehicles equipped with multiple rocket-launching systems, 2,055 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 3,731 special military equipment units have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation.

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⚡️ Kremlin says Lithuania's decision on blockade of Russia’s Kaliningrad region unprecedented, calls it ‘violation of everything’

😱 Johnny Depp whipped fans into a frenzy on Sunday as he took to the stage with Jeff Beck at the Helsinki Blues Festival in Finland.

▪️ The typically bearded actor, who recently won his defamation case against Amber Heard, was clean-shaven during his first public appearance since his ex-wife admitted she can't afford the $8.3 million in damages awarded to him during a Dateline interview last week.

▪️ Hollywood star Johnny wore a white shirt with his sleeves rolled up to show his tattoos as he sung.

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❗Israel creating 'Middle East air defence alliance' under US leadership, defence minister says

😳 Jeffrey Epstein's convicted accomplice was on an IRA hit-list as a child — so her lawyers have claimed in a plea for leniency ahead of her sentencing.

▪️ In court submissions Ghislaine Maxwell's legal team told New York Judge Alison Nathan that she was targeted by the Irish republican terrorist group when her father, media tycoon Robert Maxwell, was the British Labour Party MP for Buckingham from 1964 to 1970.

💬 “Decades earlier, when Ms Maxwell was just a child and her father was a Member of Parliament, UK authorities found a hit list of potential targets in a safehouse used by the Irish Republican Army,” the lawyers said. “Ms Maxwell’s name was first on the list.”

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🤨Some men even took part in the protest to show solidarity

😏📞Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus have released a new video in which they phoned British author JK Rowling, who wrote the Harry Potter saga.

Just as in a previous prank when they talked to George W Bush (after this trick was published on YouTube, their channel was blocked), the duo spoke on behalf of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

🥑Avocado Kedavra!

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1️⃣In the first part of the prank played on JK Rowling, the Russian comedy duo Vovan and Lexus - pretending to be speaking on behalf of Volodymyr Zelensky - discuss Ukraine's role in Europe and "Russia's cancel culture".

🗣Rowling also says that Russians "didn't understand" her books and the country should come under increased cultural and economic pressure, in pursuit of which the writer supports "much stronger sanctions against Russia".

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2️⃣In the second part of the Vovan and Lexus prank call, the conversation about cancel culture continues: "Volodymyr Zelensky" asks JK Rowling to slap sanctions against 29-year-old Russian actor Aleksandr Kuznetsov, who played the part of Helmut in 'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore' movie. In response, Rowling promises to "talk to people".

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⚡Warsaw has no information on number of Polish mercenaries in Ukraine

3️⃣🔱The pranksters, speaking on behalf of Volodymyr Zelensky, tell JK Rowling that Harry Potter's famous scar on his forehead looks very like the Russian "Z" military symbol and ask her to change it to the Ukrainian trident.

💇🏻‍♂️The hero's hairstyle could also be changed to an old cossack-style forelock (also known as Khokhol or chub), "Volodymyr Zelensky" says.

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4️⃣“Volodymyr Zelensky” asked JK Rowing for a role in the new Harry Potter movie 😬

Also, the conversation with the writer turned to the UK PM Boris Johnson whom Rowling does not believe to be "Churchillian".

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🎥A mother of several children from Kherson spoke about the difficulties her family had faced under the Ukrainian government. According to her, she was persecuted for being Russian.

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📹The exercise of Russia's Baltic Fleet: the crew of the Soobrazitelny corvette has launched a missile attack on a sea target imitating a warship of an enemy (Russian MoD video)

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5️⃣JK Rowling has spoken out a lot about sex and gender issues in recent years and has been criticized for her position.

😏Speaking on behalf of Volodymyr Zelensky, the pranksters asked her: what is Boris Johnson’s gender?

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⚡Draft of US House defense bill includes $450 million for 'Ukraine security assistance'

6️⃣“They love German literature”: It turns out that the Azov battalion has their own book club! At least that's what the Russian pranksters’ version of “Volodymyr Zelensky” told JK Rowling.

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