❗️ The European Commission has proposed allocating 500 million euros for two years to replenish stocks of weapons in EU countries depleted due to the provision of supplies to Ukraine.

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⚡️ Tory MP Tobias Ellwood stripped of whip for abstaining in confidence vote

❗️ Russia’s MoD latest statements on the Ukraine crisis:

▪️ The Russian Aerospace Forces have neutralized a temporary deployment point of the Right Sector militia using high-precision weapons, resulting in the elimination of up to 200 paramilitaries.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces have hit positions of the AFU’s 81st Airmobile Brigade in the DPR using high-precision weapons.

▪️ Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery have neutralized seven command posts, five ammunition depots, two fuel depots, as well as 197 areas of AFU manpower and military equipment concentration.

▪️ Russian air defense units have shot down a Ukrainian air force Mi-24 helicopter and four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles.

▪️ Some 257 Ukrainian airplanes and 143 helicopters, 1,568 unmanned aerial vehicles, 356 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,106 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 759 multiple launch rocket systems, 3,160 field artillery and mortars, as well as 4,392 special military vehicles have been destroyed during the operation.

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❗️ Tehran exchange has launched trading in rial/ruble, the head of the country's central bank announced on Tuesday.

📹 Msta-S Howitzers of the LPR People's Militia work on the positions of the Ukrainian military in the Soledar region in the DPR.

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⚡️ EU reportedly set to unfreeze some Russian bank funds for food, fertilizer trade

❗️ EU intends to facilitate food exports from Russian ports which had been suspended due to sanctions, reports suggest

♨️ The United Kingdom, as well as a large part of Western Europe, is enduring a historically sizzling heatwave. Large part of Britain is currently under red extreme heat warning, with the hellish temperatures posing threat even to the healthy people outside the usual risk groups.

▪️ The UK woke up to whopping 34C at 9 a.m. in London amid the blistering heatwave tormenting the country, with temperatures set to climb as high as 43C later in the day in the capital city and Cambridge.

▪️ The Met Office has already confirmed that the night was one of the hottest in the country's history.
According to the agency's most recent data, temperatures show no sign of cooling off, with London's Kew Gardens currently sweltering at 35.1 degrees Celsius. The lowest temperature of 34C has been registered in Northolt.

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🇺🇸🔎 The CIA's director has issued a warning after a racist symbol was found near a secret facility in Virginia, reports indicate.

The noose, which symbolizes hatred towards African-Americans in the US, was found near a small agency facility located in a building that houses businesses and other organizations.

After the incident, CIA Director William J. Burns issued a warning to the agency’s workforce, the New York Times reported citing people familiar with the matter.

💬 “[The] CIA has zero tolerance for actions or symbols of hatred and treats any such incidents with the utmost seriousness,” said Susan Miller, a spokeswoman for the agency. “Our values and our vital national security mission demand that we uphold nothing less than the highest standards of inclusiveness and safety.”

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⚡️ Russia ready to make every effort to get Ukrainian grain to world market - Kremlin

📹 First video clip from the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, which was shelled by Ukrainian troops the day before.

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⚡️ WATCH LIVE | Vladimir Putin arrives in Tehran for talks and summit with Iranian and Turkish presidents

🇹🇼 China is insisting that US cancel the visit of House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan anticipated in August, considering it an infringement on the one-China principle and warning Washington that it will be solely responsible for all ramifications, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Tuesday.

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📹 Two long-range Tu-160 aircraft have completed a flight over the Barents Sea.

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🛫 The United Kingdom will unveil a new next-generation supersonic fighter demonstrator aircraft within five years, the UK defense ministry said.

▪️ "A new flying demonstrator will be unveiled within the next five years as part of the UK’s major next generation fighter aircraft programme, the Future Combat Air System (FCAS)," the ministry said in a statement issued on Monday.

▪️ Development of the aircraft is being carried out at BAE Systems’ facility in the northern UK city of Preston, the statement said, adding that hundreds of other companies, including Rolls-Royce, Leonardo UK, and MBDA UK are supporting work on the new fighter and aim to hire an additional 1.300 employees by the end of 2023.

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⚡️ Sunak, Truss & Mordaunt advance to next stage of Tory leadership race as Badenoch knocked out

🇷🇺 Russian President Putin on meeting with his Iranian counterpart Raisi: Bilateral relations are developing at a good pace, trade is at a record high.

🇮🇷 Tehran hopes Putin's visit will become a turning point in bilateral relations - Iran President Raisi.