⚡️ The US side will “shoulder the responsibility” and “pay the price” for undermining China’s sovereignty and interests, Chinese foreign ministry says

📹 Protesters take to streets of Taipei amid Pelosi's Taiwan visit

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⚡️ China isn't yet ready to take part in the discussion of the new START treaty, Chinese Foreign Ministry says

Former French soldier and writer Adrien Bocquet visited Ukraine and told Sputnik that he was shocked by the inhumane treatment of Russians, Jews and other minorities by the Ukrainian forces. He witnessed how Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Azov Battalion tortured and killed captured Russian officers. He had to conceal opinion and emotions so that Ukrainian forces couldn't observe his disagreement with their attitudes. He saw direct hatred towards the Russians, whom the Ukrainian military called "Russian dogs". It seemed as if the Ukrainian fighters’ main goal was to torture and kill 'Russian dogs' and not to fight for their country.

🗣 Adrien Bocquet even witnessed preparations for the provocation in Bucha, which allowed Kiev to accuse Russian forces of killing civilians en masse: "When we entered Bucha by car, I was in the passenger seat. And as we drove through the city, I saw bodies of people on the sides of the streets, and at the same time I saw people's bodies being taken out of trucks and laid out next to the bodies lying on the ground to give the effect of mass killings.”

He notes that Europe doesn't even understand how great the pressure on the population of Ukraine is from the Ukrainian forces, primarily from the Azov neo-Nazis, as they forbid local residents from even taking photos and videos, threatening them with ten years in prison

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⚡️ ️Beijing suspends food imports from Taiwan, report says

The product blacklist includes tea, dried fruits, honey, cocoa beans and vegetables as well as some seafoods, local media reported

⚡️ A US Air Force special jet took off from the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur and is heading south, Flightradar reports.

The service has stated that the passenger jet is a Boeing C-40C; these provide "safe, comfortable and reliable transportation" to US leaders", the US Air Force website states. There is no information available as to whether the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, is on board

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⚡️ Russian Foreign Ministry on Pelosi's possible visit to Taiwan: Washington brings destabilization to the world

⚡️ In July, the Russian Armed Forces shot down 34 aircraft, intercepted 39 Tochka-U missiles and 226 MLRS shells, Russian Defense Minister Shoigu says

Watch: footage of a gunfight between a DPR assault group and Ukrainian forces near Avdeevka

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⚡️ Moscow warns West must fulfil 2nd part of grain deal, otherwise dozens of tons of Russian grain won’t be delivered

⚡️ Moscow expects UN, ICRC not to ignore the invitation to analyze Elenovka strike

⚡️⚡️A Telegraph publication with Skibitsky's statement confirms that the United States is involved in hostilities in Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry says.

Earlier Vadym Skibitsky, a representative of Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense, said that Kiev's forces consult with the US before opening fire from the MLRS HIMARS

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⚡️⚡️ The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized the Azov Battalion as a terrorist organization.

⚡️ Russia may break diplomatic ties with US if designated as terrorism sponsor, Foreign Ministry says

⚡️ Some US politicians openly ‘playing with fire’ when it comes to Taiwan issue, Chinese Foreign Minister says

A video appeared on the Ostankino TV tower in Moscow (the tallest free-standing structure in Europe) — "China, Russia is with you!"

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⚡️ Washington looks to put additional pressure on Beijing: the Russian Foreign Ministry on Pelosi's alleged plans to visit Taiwan.