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⚡️⚡️ Putin: Collective West purposely destroying European security system, NATO moving East

⚡️ The West is trying to force independent states to obey their will, to live by someone else's rules in order to maintain dominance and parasitize, Putin says

⚡️ Putin said that Russia started a special operation in Ukraine in full compliance with the UN Charter

⚡️ US is trying to divert the attention of its citizens from acute problems, to shift the failures to Russia, China, who defend their point of view, Putin says

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu latest statement at Conference on International Security in Moscow:

▪️The global security system is radically changing, the unconditional dominance of US and its allies remains in the past;

▪️The security situation in Europe has become worse than at the height of the Cold war;

▪️A special military operation in Ukraine marked the end of the unipolar world

📹 A Ukrainian soldier who laid down his arms tells how Kiev doesn’t care about its servicemen

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⚡️ Speculation about Russia allegedly preparing to use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine is 'absolute lie', Shoigu says

⚡️ Finland's and Sweden's accession into NATO requires revision of Russia's defense strategy, Shoigu says

⚡️Iran proposes to secure guarantees for nuclear deal preservation in amendments to project to restore JCPOA, Russian envoy says

⚡️ Russia is fulfilling its obligations under new START treaty, Shoigu says

⚡️ Shoigu on AUKUS: As soon as Australia gets nuclear submarines, Pandora's box will be open and global nuclear arms race will resume

⚡️ Transfer of nuclear training practice from Europe within AUKUS framework will blow up Asia-Pacific region, perhaps this is goal of the US, Shoigu says

⚡️In Latin America, US tries to strengthen influence and get region's countries involved in confrontation with Russia and China, Shoigu says

⚡️ The West wants to return Africa to colonialism by imposing military pressure on sovereign countries and supporting separatism and terrorism, Shoigu says

😧 A Greek fighter intercepted a Lebanese civilian aircraft, after it failed to respond to Greek services on the ground. A distress signal, indicating that the plane had been hijacked or there was a bomb on board, was sent.

When the fighters came close to the Airbus, communication was established and the astonished pilot said that everything was fine.

It later transpired that, while the Greek air traffic controllers were trying to make contact with the plane, it was actually being flown by the son of the airline's owner

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📌 The latest updates on the Ukraine op from the Russian Defense Ministry:

▪️The Russian Air Force eliminated more than 20 nationalists and injured almost 30 near Andreyevka and Lozovoye, in the Kherson region;

▪️Russian forces found more than 50 French-made EMP F2 anti-tank mines near Artemovsk, DPR. Their use is a violation of the requirements of the Geneva Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Non-Violent Weapons;

▪️Russian air defenses destroyed two Ukrainian drones near Topolevka, LPR and Charyvnoye in the Kherson region;

▪️Russian aviation, missile troops and artillery hit seven control points of Ukrainian forces in 182 districts and destroyed an air defense detection radar station near Bashtanka, Nikolaev region during the day;

▪️Russian artillery destroyed two Ukrainian MLRS "Grad" platoons and eight artillery platoons over the past 24 hours

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⚡️ ⚡️A military warehouse near Dzhankoy settlement, Crimea was damaged as a result of sabotage, the Russian MoD says

😳 The drought in Europe has caused the so-called ‘Hunger Stones’ on the Elbe and the Rhine to surface. Some stones were created centuries ago to warn of a dangerous drop in river levels and poor harvests. One of “predicting stones” says "when you see me, weep”.

The last time they were seen was in 2016

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⚡️ US conducts tests of Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile to demonstrate readiness of nuclear forces, the Air Force Global Strike Command said

💬 New statements from former US President Donald Trump on the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago home:

▪Trump insists law enforcement has never previously broken into the home of a former president of the US before;

▪He pointed out that the US is in "a very dangerous position" and that there's "tremendous anger" in the country;

▪Trump promised to do "whatever I can to help the country" to bring "down the temperature" in the US;

▪Trump's representatives have reached out to the Justice Department to offer to help amid outrage over the FBI’s raid on his private residence

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