⚡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?”

❗Russia continues to fulfill all its obligations to international partners on food supplies, Russia's Ministry of Agriculture reports.

🇺🇸Reports of sexual assaults across the US military jumped by 13% last year, driven by significant increases in the Army and the Navy as bases began to move out of pandemic restrictions and public venues reopened, The Associated Press has learned.

▪️36,000 service members said in a confidential survey that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact — a dramatic increase over the roughly 20,000 who said that in a similar 2018 survey, US defense and military officials said.

▪️According to officials, the overall increase is largely fueled by a nearly 26% jump in reports involving Army soldiers. It’s the largest increase for that service since 2013, when such reports went up by 51%.

▪️Previously, Capitol Hill had been critical of the Pentagon’s efforts to get a handle on sexual crimes and misconduct.

🇺🇸US Secretary of State Blinken condemns assassination bid on Argentina VP, rejects "violence and hate"

❗European Commission to work with EU countries to impose price cap on Russian oil on EU level, EU commissioner says.

❗The US Navy confirmed a new "incident" in which Iran seized two US drones in the Red Sea, spokesman Tim Hawkins told Sputnik on Friday.

Earlier in the day, media reported that Iran's Navy briefly seized two US surface drones in the Red Sea, accusing them of jeopardizing maritime safety.

🗯️"We are aware of the claims. There was indeed an incident. We will look to provide additional information when we can," Hawkins said.

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🇺🇸🚨US officials raise alarms as a dozen of migrant children reported missing in Houston

Federal and local officials are trying to locate close to a dozen unaccompanied migrant children after Houston police raised concerns about a trend of migrant children going missing in the Texas city, according to US government officials and related emails reviewed by Reuters.

Earlier this summer, a Houston police detective alerted the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after discovering what looked like a pattern of migrant kids missing from the homes of their US sponsors, according to an HHS official who declined to be identified.

The cases underscore the challenges to US President Joe Biden's administration as it faces a record number of unaccompanied children arriving at the southwest border who it must safely and quickly release to sponsors in the United States.

❗Ukrainian army's General Staff admits that Ukrainian troops launched strikes in Energodar area, where the Zaporozhye NPP is located.

🇷🇺Russia launches the first ice-resistant platform "North Pole", a floating research center for year-round expeditions in the Arctic Ocean.

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