⚡️ French attempt to distort talks about Zaporozhye NPP smack of western tradition, Moscow says

⚡️ Hungary not planning to introduce Visa restrictions for Russians

📌Russia's MoD has issued its latest statement about the Ukraine crisis:

▪️Russian forces eliminated more than 80 Ukrainian nationalists in the Kherson region;

▪️Russian air defenses destroyed seven Ukrainian drones over the past 24 hours;

▪️Russian aviation destroyed five ammo depots belonging to the Ukrainian military, as well as a joint logistics center;

▪️Russian aviation hit seven control points, manpower and military equipment of Ukrainian troops in 212 districts during the day;

▪️Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed about 80 Ukrainian nationalists with a precision strike at the 72nd Brigade's deployment point in the DPR

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🇻🇦Pope Francis referred to the death of Russian journalist Daria Dugina as an example of "the madness of war" and the "innocents" who pay its price.

💬 "I think of the violence, of so many innocents who pay the price of this madness: the madness of all sides, because war is madness... I think of the poor girl who was blown up by a bomb under her car seat in Moscow," the pontiff said during the weekly general audience in the Vatican.

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⚡⚡Biden announces $2.98 billion in new military aid for Kiev to mark nation's independence day

⚡️ Ukrainian forces shell Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant, local authorities say

📹 “We can’t take it anymore”: A woman from the DPR tells of the devastating effects of Ukrainian shelling performed by the “crazy clowns”

📊 Because of Ukraine, the UN is reducing humanitarian programs around the world, according to official UN data.

🔄 In 2022, a significant part of the funds raised by the UN for humanitarian assistance to 42 countries in need will be redistributed to Ukraine.

Because of this, the UN predicts a shortage of food, water, medicines, electricity in countries in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.

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❗Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, was not against resigning at the very beginning of Russia’s special military operation, according to The Washington Post.

“I’m not trying to hold on to power,” Zelensky allegedly told Western officials. “If the question is that I leave, and that will stop the bloodshed, then I am all for it. I will go right now. I didn’t get into politics for that — and I will go whenever you say, if it will stop the war.”

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"I've only just buried my son and now I've also lost my home": A woman from the DPR describes how Ukrainian shelling has taken everything from her, cursing the Ukrainian president for her irreplaceable losses.

🇬🇧Boris Johnson arrives in Kiev, announces new $63.7 mln aid package for Ukraine

▪The United Kingdom's new package of military aid to Ukraine worth 54 million pounds ($63 million) will include 200 drones and munitions, the Downing Street said on Wednesday;

▪UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Ukraine on Wednesday as the country marks its independence day;

▪"Visit comes as the Prime Minister announces another major package of support, including unmanned surveillance and missile systems for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The £54 million package of 200 state-of-the-art drones and loitering munitions will enable Ukraine to better track and target invading Russian forces," Johnson’s office said in a statement;

▪The package also includes "850 hand launched Black Hornet micro-drones"

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❗US prepared to strike Iran-backed militias in Syria again – State Dept.

⚡New $2.98bln US military aid package for Ukraine includes 6 more Raytheon NASAMS, VAMPIRE counter-unmanned aerial systems - Bloomberg reporter

❗In Moldova, the Eternal Flame was extinguished at a memorial where battles for the liberation of Kishinev took place, the head of the Russian Pobeda (Victory) committee said

Ukrainian attack from HIMARS MLRS on Kakhovka HPP repelled, more than 10 missiles were fired in total - region's authorities

⚠WARNING: Some viewers may find this video disturbing

A man was caught on camera pulling a shark out of the sea onto a Florida beach and stabbing it in the head, prompting a storm of outrage among netizens who lamented the apparent cruelty against the animal.

“The worst of humanity on full display folks. I feel I just witnessed someone killing an amazing creature for absolutely no reason,” one person said, commenting on the video.

But how do officials feel about the case? According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, it is “common practice for anglers to euthanize sharks after landing for ethical and safety concerns.”

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🚀Human slip-ups, technical errors: Top five failed funny rocket launches in recent history

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🇮🇷⚡ Iran receives US response on draft deal to restore JCPOA - Foreign Ministry

⚡Gas futures in Europe rallying 10% to above $3,000 per thousand cubic meters

📹 The moment the ‘Motherland’ monument to Soviet soldiers in Riga was destroyed has been captured on video. The move is unacceptable for a civilized country and leads to a further degradation of relations between Moscow and Riga, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said

⚡️ US confirms responding to EU on Iran nuclear agreement proposal - State Dept.