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❗EU to deliver 5.5 million potassium iodide pills to Ukraine to protect against potential radiation exposure, CNN says ▪The pills would be used in “limited scenarios to avoid that inhaled or swallowed radioactive iodine is absorbed by the thyroid,” the European…
❗Group of Ukrainian saboteurs who prepared terror attack at Zaporozhye NPP detained in Energodar, local authorities say
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MORE | Japanese PM Kishida praises Gorbachev's contribution to a world without nuclear weapons 🗣 "I would like to express my condolences over the death of former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev was the leader of the Soviet Union, he played an…
UPDATE | Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel paid tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev and said that he fundamentally changed her life.
🗣 "The images of his meeting with [West German] chancellor Helmut Kohl in the Caucasus in 1990 are unforgettable, and indicated that the reunification of Germany in peace and freedom had come within reach," said Merkel, who grew up in East Germany
🗣 "The images of his meeting with [West German] chancellor Helmut Kohl in the Caucasus in 1990 are unforgettable, and indicated that the reunification of Germany in peace and freedom had come within reach," said Merkel, who grew up in East Germany
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🌐 Vostok-2022 strategic command and staff exercises has begun in the Russian Far East
The drills will take place from September 1 to 7 under the command of Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the Russian General Staff. Over 50,000 soldiers and more than 5,000 weapons and pieces of military equipment, including 140 aircraft, 60 warships, boats, and support vessels, will be involved in the exercises
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The drills will take place from September 1 to 7 under the command of Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the Russian General Staff. Over 50,000 soldiers and more than 5,000 weapons and pieces of military equipment, including 140 aircraft, 60 warships, boats, and support vessels, will be involved in the exercises
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🌐 Vostok-2022 strategic command and staff exercises has begun in the Russian Far East The drills will take place from September 1 to 7 under the command of Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the Russian General Staff. Over 50,000 soldiers and more than 5,000…
Countries participating in the Vostok-2022 strategic command and staff exercises:
🇷🇺 Russia
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
🇩🇿 Algeria
🇦🇲 Armenia
🇧🇾 Belarus
🇮🇳 India
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
🇨🇳 China
🇱🇦 Laos
🇲🇳 Mongolia
🇳🇮 Nicaragua
🇸🇾 Syria
🇹🇯 Tajikistan
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🇷🇺 Russia
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
🇩🇿 Algeria
🇦🇲 Armenia
🇧🇾 Belarus
🇮🇳 India
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
🇨🇳 China
🇱🇦 Laos
🇲🇳 Mongolia
🇳🇮 Nicaragua
🇸🇾 Syria
🇹🇯 Tajikistan
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🇬🇧 "Mobility issues": Queen Elizabeth II will receive the new British prime minister at her Scottish Balmoral retreat instead of Buckingham Palace next Tuesday, the palace said.
Historical reference: this will be the first so-called "kissing of the hands" ceremony to take place away from central London since Winston Churchill met the queen at Heathrow Airport in 1952 after she ascended to the throne.
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Historical reference: this will be the first so-called "kissing of the hands" ceremony to take place away from central London since Winston Churchill met the queen at Heathrow Airport in 1952 after she ascended to the throne.
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❗Group of Ukrainian saboteurs who prepared terror attack at Zaporozhye NPP detained in Energodar, local authorities say
❗Ukrainian sabotage group was plotting attack at ZNPP during IAEA mission to show that Russia unable to provide security - regional authorities
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❗Ukrainian sabotage group was plotting attack at ZNPP during IAEA mission to show that Russia unable to provide security - regional authorities
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📹 Footage of the detention of Ukrainian saboteurs who were preparing a terrorist attack on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant has appeared online
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📹 Footage of the detention of Ukrainian saboteurs who were preparing a terrorist attack on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant has appeared online
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⚡️ Hungary, Gazprom sign deal to supply Budapest with additional 5.7 million cubic meters of gas daily via South Stream from September 1, Szijjarto says
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❗Russia's MoD released a statement on Ukraine's failed attempt to conduct an offensive operation in Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog and other areas:
▪During unsuccessful attacks on Arkhangelsk, Olgino and Ternovye Pody settlements, the enemy suffered significant losses and was driven back by Russian troops.
▪A battalion of the Ukrainian 57th brigade was defeated, and what remains of it is being destroyed.
▪A dozen Ukrainian tanks which came from Poland crossed the Ingulets River. Some of the tanks were destroyed by Russian troops, several were blown up by their own mines during a retreat, and only five were able to escape
▪During the two days of unsuccessful attacks, Ukrainian troops lost four combat aircraft (two Su-25, an Su-24 and a MiG-29) and three Mi-8 helicopters, 63 tanks, 59 infantry fighting vehicles, 48 other combat armored vehicles, 14 pickup trucks with heavy machine guns and more than 1,700 Ukrainian soldiers.
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▪During unsuccessful attacks on Arkhangelsk, Olgino and Ternovye Pody settlements, the enemy suffered significant losses and was driven back by Russian troops.
▪A battalion of the Ukrainian 57th brigade was defeated, and what remains of it is being destroyed.
▪A dozen Ukrainian tanks which came from Poland crossed the Ingulets River. Some of the tanks were destroyed by Russian troops, several were blown up by their own mines during a retreat, and only five were able to escape
▪During the two days of unsuccessful attacks, Ukrainian troops lost four combat aircraft (two Su-25, an Su-24 and a MiG-29) and three Mi-8 helicopters, 63 tanks, 59 infantry fighting vehicles, 48 other combat armored vehicles, 14 pickup trucks with heavy machine guns and more than 1,700 Ukrainian soldiers.
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⚡️⚡️ EU foreign ministers fail to agree on joint ban on visas for Russians as Hungary, among others, did not support it, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto says
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❗Ukrainian sabotage group was plotting attack at ZNPP during IAEA mission to show that Russia unable to provide security - regional authorities
❗IAEA mission reportedly arrives at Zaporozhye NPP
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⚡️ EU decides to terminate agreement with Russia on simplified visa regime, Hungarian foreign minister says
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🔺Check out Sputnik's infographic to learn just how many billions of dollars have been wasted by the West on military assistance for Ukraine Subscribe to @SputnikInt
🔺 The economies in the West are going through a really parlous time, but this hasn't stopped western countries from shelling out $40Bln of military assistance to Ukraine. We look at how that vast sum might have been better spent
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