📹Footage of Smerch multiple-launch rocket systems attacking a Ukrainian logistics center with ammunition, military equipment and weapons during the special military operation (by Russian MoD)

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❗China-Russia cooperation is not directed against third parties, it won't be undermined by external forces - Chinese Foreign Ministry

⚡Beijing slams US for plan to impose sanctions over Russian oil supplies to China

Affair with Elon Musk is a lie?

📰On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal posted news that famous billionaire Elon Musk, 51, had slept with Sergey Brin's wife Nicole Shanahan, and was one of the reasons for Brin's divorce process.

▪Then, in order to disprove the newspaper's claim that the billionaire Tesla CEO and Sergey Brin were not on speaking terms because of Musk's apparent affair with Brin's wife, Elon tweeted a joint photo with Brin. What is more, Nicole Shanahan's lawyer also denied reports of his client’s affair with Elon Musk.

▪'Make no mistake, any suggestion that Nicole had an affair with Elon Musk is not only an outright lie but also defamatory,' attorney Bryan Freedman told the Daily Mail.

▪Brin and Shanahan are still in the process of finalizing their divorce.

How will the story end?

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Russia's top diplomat is meeting in Addis Ababa with Ethiopian FM and Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen. Russian delegation just arrived at the Foreign Ministry.

😉 Josep Borrell, head of EU diplomacy, scolded the Western media for repeating the words of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: “Lavrov goes to Africa to say that European sanctions are to blame for the problem, and the entire Western press repeats it.”

“I go to Africa to say the opposite, and no one picks up [this information in the media],” he stressed.

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📹WATCH LIVE | Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov holds joint presser with his Ethiopian counterpart in Addis Ababa

Russian words can be heard from locals all along Sergey Lavrov's African journey. The President of Uganda thanked the delegation for the visit in Russian yesterday, and now - a "spasibo" from Ethiopian MFA official at the news conference in Addis Ababa.

🇨🇳The Chinese Army may announce a no-fly zone to thwart Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the South China Morning Post reports, citing military experts

"Beijing has tremendous means to push Pelosi to give up her plan. In terms of military options, the PLA (Chinese People's Liberation Army) might announce a no-fly zone and restricted navigation zone for military exercises near the Taiwan Strait, forcing Pelosi's aircraft to make a detour if she insists on visiting Taiwan," Ni Lexiong, a professor at the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, said.

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🔁New York City asked the World Health Organization to rename the monkeypox virus... to avoid stigmatization

💬Monkeypox did not actually originate in primates, New York City public health commissioner Ashwin Vasan insisted in a letter to WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He recalled the negative effects of misinformation about the HIV epidemic, and the alleged racism faced by Asian communities when Donald Trump started calling COVID-19 the "Chinese virus".

"Continuing to use the term 'monkeypox' to describe the current outbreak may reignite these traumatic feelings of racism and stigma, particularly for Black people and other people of color, as well as members of the LGBTQIA+ communities, and it is possible that they may avoid engaging in vital health care services because of it," Vasan said.

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❗EU Court rejects RT France's appeal to overturn broadcaster's suspension

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov and his Ethiopian colleague planting trees at the Russian Embassy as a sign of friendship.

❗The Kremlin assesses the decision of the EU court to reject the claim of RT France as extremely negative, as it causes concern and regret - Kremlin spokesman Peskov

💬Russia will take similar measures of pressure on the Western media in the Russia; there will be no soft position, these media won't be allowed to work normally - Peskov

❗RT France appeals EU Court decision - statement

❗Despite growing fears its fight against inflation could push the US into a recession, the Federal Reserve is expected to announce another 0.75 percentage point interest rate hike, the Hill reports

📹A Sputnik correspondent's footage from the coordinating center for grain in Istanbul. Ukrainian and Russian delegations are sitting opposite each other

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Amid Western media claims that Russia and the Donbass republics are shelling civilian infrastructure, over and over again locals have unraveled these accusations: they cause them bewilderment and anger.

For example, a Severodonetsk resident spoke about another Ukraine’s military shelling: "How was it possible to shoot, as they said, from the other [Russian] side, when it got hit from this [Ukrainian] side?"

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⚡Coordination center for maritime grain exports from Ukraine officially launches in Turkey