❗️Russian MoD briefing:

▪️Russian forces performed a high-precision sea, air and ground-based weapons strike at military reserves in Kiev and Chernigov regions on 28 July, with the result that the 30th Ukrainian mechanized brigade fully lost its combat potential and the 57th motorized brigade was critically damaged;

▪️Russian forces struck one Tochka-U missile launcher, a warehouse of rocket and artillery weapons and the ammunition depot of the 81st air-mobile brigade of the Ukraine army in the DPR;

▪️Russian aviation destroyed a Tor-M1 anti-aircraft missile system in the Kharkov region and a self-propelled anti-aircraft rocket launcher Buk-M1 in the DPR;

▪️Russian anti-aircraft means destroyed 6 UAVs in the Kharkov region and in the territory of the DPR;

▪️12 Ukrainian multiple rocket launcher projectiles were intercepted in the territory of the LPR and one Tochka-U ballistic missile was intercepted in the Kharkov region by Russian anti-aircraft forces

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⚡️ Bank freezes personal account of Russia’s Envoy to UN Geneva Office, Permanent mission says

📹 Is the US economy now in a recession after two consecutive quarters of falling GDP?

Bill Clinton answers the question

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⚡️An explosion reportedly rocks the Kabul International Cricket Stadium.

⚡️ US Fed's preferred inflation gauge up for the first time in three months, rising 6.8 percent in the year to June

📹 The aftermath of a Ukrainian nighttime strike on a pre-trial detention center near Elenovka in Donbass, where Ukrainian prisoners were kept

A Sputnik correspondent shows pieces of HIMARS missiles found near the pre-trial detention center for Ukrainian prisoners in Elenovka

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😎Good News Friday: Reviewing the positive news of the past week

▪️Care about your health? Eating a raw banana a day can reduce the chance of getting cancer by 60%

▪️How about a new type of water production? Chinese scientists have developed an inexpensive high-tech sponge capable of absorbing drinking water from the air

▪️Could the Loch Ness monster really exist? Here’s what scientists have discovered

▪️Check out how people patiently wait for a tiger to cross a Maharashtra road

▪️In over a decade, the Perseverance rover will deliver samples from Mars that may shed light on some of the many secrets kept by the red planet

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A teenager attacked a police officer after the cop and his female colleague tried to arrest the boy in the Manhattan subway. He was released the next day

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⚡️Bosphorus closed to traffic in both directions due to ship breakdown - reports

⚡️ White House says 'safe to assume' US will soon announce more military aid to Ukraine

The White House will soon complete construction of additional sections of former President Donald Trump's border wall, and the Department of Homeland Security is filling gaps in the barrier near Yuma, Arizona.

In case you forgot: President Joe Biden ordered a stop to construction of Trump's “racist” and “xenophobic” border wall shortly after taking office in January 2021

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⚡️ US Secretary of State Blinken: I had an open and candid chat with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov

Blinken claims he "pressed" Russia to accept proposal for release of detained Americans Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner

⚡️ Lavrov and Blinken discussed Ukraine

Months after slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars for a joke about his wife, Jada, Will Smith shared a YouTube video in which he apologized to everyone he may have hurt with this "unacceptable behavior" and responded to the most frequently asked questions about the incident

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⚡️ 'No speculations or fake news': speaking with Blinken, Lavrov suggested returning to "quiet diplomacy" when it comes to prisoner exchange, the Russia foreign ministry says

Chinese social media has exploded after the People's Liberation Army shared a post reading “Preparing for war!” that garnered over 300,000 likes within 12 hours on Friday. It was published ahead of the 95th anniversary of the PLA's founding and amid escalating tensions with the US over Taiwan.

Many users supported the PLA, with veterans even saying they would always be ready to return to the army if and when the country needs them

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