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Russian MoD briefing:

▪High-precision missiles have struck a base with so-called Foreign Legion units near Kostantinovka, DPR;

▪An artillery battalion of the 59th motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has lost 70 percent of its personnel as a result of strikes with high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces near Nikolaev;

▪The 72nd mechanized brigade battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Zaytsevo, DPR, has lost more than 70 neo-Nazis and an ammunition depot as a result of the strike of operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces;

▪During the past day, Russian air defense systems shot down two Ukrainian UAVs near the settlements of Dmitrovka, Kharkov region and Vavilovo, Nikolaev region

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More information from the Russian MoD briefing

Over the past day, operational-tactical and army aviation missile forces and artillery have hit:

▪Eight command posts;

▪An OSA-AKM anti-aircraft missile system in the Nikolaev region, a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar, eight depots of rocket and artillery weapons;

▪Four artillery platoons of D-20 howitzers, seven platoons of Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, and nine platoons of D-30 guns;

▪A battery of Uragan multiple launch rocket systems, an artillery battery of Gyatsint-B howitzers, six platoons of Grad multiple launch rocket systems have been suppressed

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📹Russian MoD: Over 40 foreign mercenaries (mostly from Poland) have been eliminated as a result of a strike on a base with so-called Foreign Legion units

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⚡Russia would enhance presence in Africa regardless of West's actions, Lavrov tells Sputnik

❗️Western countries apparently forbade Kiev to negotiate with Russia on the basis of the agreements reached in Istanbul in March - Lavrov

⚡️ The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation has fined Google 2 billion rubles due to YouTube’s 'abuse of power' in blocking accounts

❗️Russia is ready to sell oil to any interested country, Lavrov says

🇨🇳⚡️Chinese Ministry of Defense: Our army will not sit idly by in the event of a visit by US House Speaker Pelosi to Taiwan, we will take decisive measures to prevent external interference

❗The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is fully prepared to meet the fuel needs of European countries, but remains closed for political reasons - Lavrov

📹"Some things I managed to save, others - they stole from me": Severodonetsk resident on how he was robbed by Ukraine's "real Banderites"

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🇷🇺🇺🇬Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov tells Sputnik special correspondent Denis Bolotsky about the role of African nations in the new edition of Russia's foreign policy guidelines during the joint press conference with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni

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❗️🎥 A teacher from Mariupol reveals how Ukrainian schoolchildren and students were taught that "Russians are aggressive monsters”.

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❗️Putin will hold talks with Erdogan in Sochi on August 5 - Kremlin

🇹🇳 Over 90% of voters voted for the new constitution of Tunisia, which significantly expands the president's power: the country will no longer be a presidential-parliamentary republic, and the head of state gets the authority to appoint the government and judges.

Demonstrations were held in the streets of the capital in support of President Kais Saied.

🗣 The president appeared in front of a jubilant crowd and said that "Tunisia has entered a new phase." Without naming them, the president promised “all those who have committed crimes against the country will be held accountable for their actions.”

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🇹🇳 “A dark day for democracy” - western news agencies on the referendum in Tunisia.

Several news agencies, including the Washington Post, link the voting results with a purported failure of democracy in the region, fearing that "Tunisia could send an ominous signal to the rest of the Middle East and North Africa. At stake is nothing less than the fate of the Arab world’s most promising experiment in democratic governance.”

Commenting on the event, the Guardian said: “Many view Saied’s moves as a nail in the coffin of the Arab Spring. Tunisians are expected to approve giving the president unfettered powers, ending the country’s stumbles towards democratic rule and capping the turbulent decade across the region known as the Arab Spring."

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⚡️⚡️ Hungary dismisses 'unenforceable' EU gas cutback plan

❗️ US has 'very narrow path' to avoid recession: International Monetary Fund

❗️ Russian Defense Ministry says foreign media spreads fake news about alleged mobilization in Russia.