The G7 hopes that India will join the introduction of a ceiling on prices for Russian oil and petroleum products, Financial Times reports.

📹 Russia’s MoD has published footage showing the combat operation of Ka-52 helicopter crews during the special military operation.

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🇦🇴 While the West is eyeing Angola as a potential satellite, the Chinese have expanded their influence in the African country and received strong government support.

For its part, Russia has largely limited its cooperation with Angola to food and military technologyt However, in the past, the Soviet Union and Angola maintained comprehensive multi-level cooperation.

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⚡The Russian Federation provided the IAEA mission at the NPP with safety guarantees, Russian energy company Rosenergoatom says.

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🇷🇺 🇨🇳 Russian and Chinese warships, taking part in the Vostok-2022 strategic command and staff exercise, met in the Sea of Japan.

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📹 A resident of Donetsk, whose house was damaged by Ukrainian shelling, said that shrapnel killed his dog.

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🤔 What droughts around the world have revealed

☀️ Droughts are now being observed almost everywhere - in America, in Europe, and in China - and in many countries there have not been such droughts for many years.

Have a look at Statista research’s infographic to find out what the heat waves around the globe have revealed recently.

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⚡G20 energy ministers meeting ended without adoption of common document due to destructive, politicized proposals from west, Russian Energy Ministry reports.

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⚡G7 finance ministers agree on price cap for Russian oil, Sky News reports.

⚡G7 countries will ban insurance and financing for carriers of Russian oil prices exceeding established cap, UK Treasury says.

⚡Decision to impose price cap on Russian oil was made by G7 unanimously, Japanese finance minister says.

⚡G7 finance ministers call on all oil producing countries to increase output to tackle market volatility

📹 “It’s hard to talk”: an 82-year-old resident of the village of Stakhanovets speaks about life under Ukrainian occupation.

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⚡G7 price cap will help deliver blow for Russian finances, hinder ability to fight in Ukraine and hasten deterioration of Russian economy, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says.

⚡The US is just one step away from becoming a party to the Ukraine conflict, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. It repeatedly warned Washington against supplying long-range weaponry to Ukraine, describing it as a path to nowhere.

😮 📹 A Southwest Airlines pilot threatened to bring the plane back to the gate after finding out someone was AirDropping unsolicited nude photos to passengers onboard.

▪️ The incident, involving Apple's AirDrop file transfer service, involved a flight from Houston's William P. Hobby Airport to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

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❗Russia’s MoD briefing:

▪️Russian forces destroyed two Ukrainian Su-25 assault aircraft and a MiG-29 fighter in the Kherson region;

▪️Russian Air Forces hit a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian17th Tank Brigade and hangars with weapons and military equipment of the Ukrainian 46th Airmobile Brigade in the Nikolaev region. As a result, up to 40 Ukrainian neo-Nazis and ten units of military equipment were destroyed;

▪️The Ukrainian Army lost 13 tanks, 19 infantry fighting vehicles, 12 other armored vehicles, 11 pick-ups with large-caliber machine guns and over 330 service personnel. Two Ukrainian militants were taken prisoner as a result of Russian combat actions;

▪️Russian forces destroyed command equipment of the Ukrainian 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade in the DPR. A high-precision strike of the Russian Air Forces on the command post eliminated 18 Ukrainian service personnel, including 12 officers, and wounded 31 others;

▪️Ukrainian personnel of the 110th Mechanized Brigade occupying positions in the DPR refused to perform combat tasks and abandoned their positions due to heavy losses caused by Russian combat activities;

▪️Russian forces performed concentrated strikes on Ukrainian Army positions in the Kherson region, eliminating more than 30 Ukrainian neo-Nazis and wounding up to 15 Ukrainian neo-Nazis more;

▪️Russian forces hit a Ukrainian platoon in the Nikolaev region and eight Ukrainian command posts in the DPR. In addition, they hit 42 Ukrainian artillery units and 134 areas of Ukrainian manpower and military equipment;

▪️Russian forces destroyed six Ukrainian missile and artillery weapon depots in the Kharkov region, in the DPR and in the Nikolaev region;

▪️Russian forces destroyed one BUK-M1 surface-to-air missile launcher in the DPR;

▪️Russian air defense weaponry destroyed 12 Ukrainian UAVs in the Kharkov region, in the DPR, in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions;

▪️Russian forces destroyed a US-made HARM anti-radiation missile in the Kherson region as well as intercepting 14 HIMARS rockets in the DPR and in the Kherson region.


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‼️ The official G7 finance ministers´ statement on their united response to Russia:

▪️ The G7 countries remain steadfast in their support for and solidarity with Ukraine;

▪️ The G7 members continue to condemn aggression against Ukraine by Russia;

▪️ The cumulative impact of imposed sanctions on Russia will amplify over time and starkly deteriorate its economic potential;

▪️ The G7 countries confirm their joint political intention to implement a comprehensive prohibition of services which enable the maritime transportation of Russian-origin crude oil and petroleum products globally;

▪️ The G7 members invite all countries to provide input on the price cap´s design and to implement this important measure;

▪️ The initial price cap will be set at a level based on a range of technical inputs and will be decided by the full coalition in advance of implementation in each jurisdiction;

▪️ G7 members continue to encourage oil producing countries to increase their production to decrease volatility in energy markets.

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📹 WATCH: A US tourist was captured racially abusing an Indian man, calling him a "parasite" and accusing him of trying to "invade" Poland.

“Why are you in Poland? In America, there are too many of you guys (there). Do you think you can invade Poland? Why don’t you return to your own country?” the man was heard saying in the video.

The racist couldn't help continuing his angry tirade, demanding that the poor man answer his question: "Why are you a parasite and will commit genocide on the white race?”