❗️The Russian MoD’s latest statements on the Ukraine crisis:

▫️As a result of a strike on the positions of the Kraken regiment and mercenaries in Kharkov region, more than a hundred militants were killed, including up to 20 mercenaries from the United States.

▫️Strikes on the Nikolayev and Dnepropetrovsk regions have resulted in more than 200 deaths for the Ukrainian military.

▫️Up to 130 militants and eight special military vehicles were destroyed north of the city of Kharkov.

▫️A Ukrainian battalion was almost completely destroyed by the Russian Aerospace Forces strikes in the Dnepropetrovsk region, where at least 200 paramilitaries were killed and more than 150 wounded.

📌 In total, 267 Ukrainian airplanes and 148 helicopters, 1,776 unmanned aerial vehicles, 367 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,354 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 809 multiple launch rocket systems, 3,320 field artillery and mortars, as well as 4,969 special military vehicles have been destroyed during the Russian military operation in Ukraine.

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⚡️The idea to ban Russians from entering the EU is a manifestation of Nazi policy — Russian Defense Minister Shoigu

❗️An air strike on a detention center in the DPR's Yelenovka is an attempt by Kiev to conceal its crimes, Shoigu says

The fight against any manifestation of Nazi policy has to be uncompromising and comprehensive, the defense minister added.

"Attempts to rehabilitate and spread Nazism, to glorify Nazi criminals and their accomplices are illegitimate and immoral in nature. They are blasphemous in relation to the memory of those who freed the world from this obvious and legally established evil," he says.

📣🌈 The UK's NHS is being criticized for pouring money into "woke" staff events that celebrated “equality, diversity and inclusion."

Taxpayer money was used in order to pay for events that were dedicated to transgender issues, sexuality and racism — often during workdays.

🍰 All of it was sprinkled with “tea and rainbow cake” picnics, special sessions about pronouns and a Filipino martial arts performance.

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👮‍♂️ On Friday, Swedish police arrested a 15-year-old boy for shooting two people, a man and a woman in the Emporia shopping center in Malmo, according to the Expressen.

▪️ According to witness statements from inside the shopping center, the shooter opened fire on the people there, hitting a man and a woman.

▪️ The woman is said to be seriously injured. The man, according to reports, has died. He was 31-years-old and had connections to the criminal Satudarah motorcycle gang, according to Expressen.

▪️ The case is now being investigated as a murder.

▪️ According to police, this year, 44 people have been murdered with a firearm in Sweden, almost all of them in connection with suspected gang crime.

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⚡️ Fifteen killed, 22 injured in road accident in Turkey's Gaziantep - authorities

📹 Units of the Russian Airborne Troops continue to participate in the special military operation in Ukraine.

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🤔 London mayor Sadiq Khan said on Twitter that Britain is facing hard times in the upcoming winter.

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⚡️ Moscow will adequately respond to the expulsion of an employee of the Russian embassy from Romania - Russia's MFA

😁 An exhibition called “Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500-1800” taking place at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) may surprise its visitors.

😬 On a sculpture noscriptd “Virgin of Mercy, or ‘Pilgrim of Quito’ some people have spotted Mark Zuckerberg’s face instead of baby Jesus.

❓ And what about you? Do we all see baby Mark Zuckerberg as Jesus in this 18th century sculpture?

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Is rave over?

😟 Nightlife in Britain, which tried to survive when COVID kept people at home, is facing an uphill battle again as the cost-of-living crisis squeezes promoters and punters alike.

▪️ Nightclubs are being hit by rocketing energy bills, something that could call into question their existence.

▪️ The situation is threatening to close more of the establishments, which have helped make the UK a destination for tourists and which contributed $55.4 billion per year to the economy before the pandemic, according to the Night Time Industries Association.

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👍 The Polish leader today openly defended Finland's party-loving Prime Minister, emphasizing that he was 'very happy' to see her enjoying a night out.

🗯 "The prime minister has a reason to be happy because Finland joined NATO," Mateusz Morawiecki commented on the videos featuring the Finnish PM at a news conference

▪️ Sanna Marin has hit headlines across the globe after she was captured on video having a raucous evening on the town with friends.

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⚡️ Russian Defense Ministry: Proof of Ukraine's 'chemical terrorism' to be sent to OPCW soon

😵‍💫 American singer R. Kelly is accused of molesting his goddaughter and several other girls.

▪️ The author of the hit I Believe I Can Fly has already been sentenced to 30 years in prison for organizing human trafficking for sexual exploitation, including that of minors. Now the punishment could get tougher.

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▪️ On July 31, Russian military personnel performing tasks in the Vasilyevka area were taken to the hospital with signs of severe poisoning.

▪️ During examination, the poisonous substance botulinum toxin type "B" was found in the body of Russian servicemen.

▪️ Russia is preparing documents with the results of the analyses carried out.

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😯 Ski resorts in Switzerland may have to turn off lifts to save energy.

▪️ They will be forced to do so if the country's authorities order a 20% reduction in the country's electricity consumption, writes Radio Télévision Suisse. It is noted that the shutdown may also affect snow removal equipment.

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📹 🔥 At a sports festival in Moscow's Gorky Park, rescuers played football in gas masks!

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🇺🇸 🇺🇦 The United States is set to supply Ukraine with Excalibur precision-guided artillery munitions in a new military aid package, including five new types of hardware that have not yet been delivered to Kiev, Politico reported, citing sources.

▪️ On Friday, the White House said that US President Joe Biden signed a memorandum authorizing a drawdown of $775 million worth of military assistance to Ukraine.

▪️ The Excalibur weapons were not included in this round, and the exact delivery date is still being under discussion, the report said.

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😳 OMG!

👮 📹 Oklahoma authorities have published wild footage showing a handcuffed woman retrieving a police rifle and firing it out of the back of a patrol car – injuring a civilian and a deputy.

▪️ Both victims were hospitalized with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, according to authorities.

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🇬🇧 Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) tried to artificially raise its diversity numbers in order to achieve hiring targets for female and ethnic minority recruits, Sky News has cited three unnamed defense sources as saying.

▪️ The sources claimed that recruitment officers were ordered to prioritize placing women and ethnic minority candidates in training courses by March 31, 2021.

▪️ One of the insiders asserted that the goal was to “artificially inflate the numbers" for that recruiting year, adding, “this was clearly positive discrimination.”

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