❗️Russia’s MoD briefing;

▪️Russian forces hit the headquarters of the 5th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine and positions of the nationalist group "Kraken" in the areas of Balakleya and Chuguev using high-precision weapons. They equally hit the command post of the Ukrainian 54th Mechanized Brigade in the DPR, eliminating up to 300 Ukrainian troops and up to 15 Ukrainian units of military equipment;

▪️Russian forces hit seven Ukrainian command posts in the DPR and in the Nikolayev region, as well as 48 Ukrainian artillery units and 178 areas where Ukrainian troops and military equipment were concentrated;

▪️Russian forces destroyed six Ukraine missiles, artillery armament and munitions depots in the DPR and in the Zaporozhye region;

▪️Russian forces destroyed one Ukrainian radar for detecting and tracking air targets in the Nikolayev region;

▪️Within the counter-battery warfare, Russian forces suppressed two Ukrainian platoons of rocket artillery and five Ukrainian platoons of cannon artillery in the DPR;

▪️Russian forces destroyed one US-manufactured 155-mm M-777 howitzer in the DPR;

▪️Russian air defense destroyed 13 Ukrainian UAVs in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions and in the DPR, as well as intercepted five projectiles launched by HIMARS MRLS in the Kherson region.

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📹🎡Watch how thousands of Moscow residents wait for the opening of the largest Ferris wheel in Europe - “The Sun of Moscow” - on the day of the 875th anniversary of Russia’s capital.

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❗️An update from Russia’s MoD on the current military situation in Ukraine:

▪️Russian forces powerfully hit the Ukrainian Army with the use of aviation, rocket troops and artillery;

▪️Russian forces eliminated more than 2,000 Ukrainian and foreign mercenaries, as well as destroyed more than 100 Ukrainian armored vehicles and artillery units;

▪️Russian forces held a number of distracting and demonstration events with the designation of the actual actions of the troops;

▪️Russian forces carried out a three-day operation to curtail and transfer the Izyum-Balakley group of troops to DPR territory;

▪️Russian troops regrouped in the areas of Balakleya and Izyum to increase efforts in the Donetsk direction in order to achieve the goals of the special military operation.

❗️🇬🇧The state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II will take place on Monday Sept. 19 at Westminster Abbey in London, Buckingham Palace announced.

Queen Elizabeth II will lie in state for four days at the Houses of Parliament in London.

📹Footage showing combat by the Russian 2S-19 Msta-S self-propelled artillery system crew from Izyum-Balakleya. A group of troops was distinguished for its courage and heroism while destroying Ukrainian armored equipment and artillery as part of the special military operation. The video is courtesy of Russia’s MoD

The artillery battery of Msta-S 152-mm self-propelled howitzers had recently destroyed six Ukrainian armored vehicles, one mortar crew and one infantry section with BMP-1 personnel carrier, the Russian Ministry of Defense reports.

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📹Footage showing combat by the Russian Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower crews from Izyum-Balakleya. A group of troops was distinguished for its courage and heroism while conducting intense fights against Ukraine’s Army units. The video is courtesy of Russia’s MoD.

Servicemen of the group have succeded in detecting Ukrainian units’ positions and launching an attack by the heavy flamethrower system, the Russian Ministry of Defense reports

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📹🇬🇧Watch how Prince William and his wife reunited with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to pay tributes to the Queen.

"The Prince of Wales invited the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to join him and the Princess of Wales earlier." a palace spokesperson said.

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⚡️Iran: Europe's 'unconstructive' statement on JCPOA talks may undermine nuclear deal revival

❗️Venice Film Festival 2022 first award winners:

Colin Farrell wins the award for best actor with his performance in “The Banshees Of Inisherin”.
Cate Blanchett wins the award for best actress with her performance in "Tár."

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Venice's Golden Lion goes to the movie "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" directed by Laura Poitras

📹🎡Finally, a first look at the largest Ferris wheel in Europe – “The Sun of Moscow”

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📈 President Joe Biden speaks after groundbreaking for Intel’s $20 billion semiconductor plant

Intel’s groundbreaking ceremony kicked off construction of what the company has called the “largest silicon manufacturing location on the planet.” It’s part of Intel’s plans to invest $100 billion in Ohio over the next 10 years.

The company has said that the project could take more than 7,000 workers to build the facility that is expected to house two separate factories and, once finished, employ 3,000 workers.

Earlier this month, Micron said that it would invest $15 billion to build a new plant in Idaho. On Friday, Wolfspeed announced a $5 billion investment to build a new semiconductor facility in North Carolina.

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🚛 Rivian and Mercedes are teaming up to build electric vans more quickly

The companies are teaming up with the aim of building large electric vans more quickly, the goal is to produce two vans on common assembly lines. 

Both companies have already been working on electric vans, with Rivian having an agreement to build 100,000 of them for Amazon.  The company is setting up a second EV factory in Georgia, but production won't start there until 2024.

From Mercedes' perspective, this is part of a broader strategy to accelerate the transition to electric vans, by the middle of this decade, all of its new vans will be entirely electric. 

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‼️Ukraine shells Kakhovka hydropower plant ➡️ LIVE UPDATES

Ukrainian troops fired a barrage of missiles at the Russia-held southern city of Novaya Kakhovka in Kherson region on Saturday, targeting a key hydropower plant, the district administration said.

"No visible hits by Ukrainian missiles were reported in the city. The Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant was one of the usual targets," the administration said on social media.

The power plant supplies the district with electricity and provides for the irrigation of large swathes of southern Ukraine and northern Crimea. District authorities said air defense fired 14 missiles at aerial targets.

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💰 US authorities recover $30 million of hacked crypto funds

US authorities, with help from blockchain analyst Chainalysis, have recovered $30 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen from Axie Infinity in March. It's but a fraction of the $625 million the play-to-earn game lost to the North Korean-linked hacking unit known as the Lazarus Group, but it's a significant achievement for law enforcement and the crypto community.

Apparently, most of the funds stolen from Axie Infinity remain in the blockchain, showing that the bad actors are having a tough time moving stolen assets around and converting them into fiat currency. 

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