❗️Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discuss the situation in Ukraine, the need to ensure security of the Zaporozhye NPP and global food security during Tuesday phone call

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev lambasted Zelensky's project of Ukraine's "security guarantees," warning that its implementation may appear as a “prelude to World War Three”.

Medvedev mentioned that the presented plan equates to extending NATO’s military protection over Ukraine, warning the bloc’s members to stop pumping Kiev with weapons to prevent the conflict from escalating further, becoming less predictable and dragging more countries.

If this were to happen, "Then the [people in] western countries will not be able to sit in their clean houses and apartments, laughing at how they weaken Russia using proxies. Everything around them will go up in flames. Their citizens will get their fair share of woes. The earth will literally burn and the concrete will melt around them," Medvedev said.

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⚡️Azerbaijan's MoD reports 50 Killed in border clashes with Armenia

❗️Online CSTO summit on the Armenia-Azerbaijani border escalation has kicked off, Kremlin says.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking part in the emergency meeting via a video link.

The summit is being held behind closed doors.

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⚡️Putin tells Scholz about flagrant violations of international humanitarian law, incessant shelling of Donbass by Kiev

▪️The Russian president has also informed the German chancellor of the steps that Russia is taking in coordination with the IAEA in order to ensure security of the Zaporozhye NPP, the Kremlin says;

▪️The president has stressed that the Zaporozhye NPP comes under regular shelling from Ukraine, which threatens a major catastrophe;

▪️Putin has explained to Scholz that Russia has concerns over the "unbalanced" export of Ukrainian grain;

▪️The president has confirmed Russia's readiness to supply large amounts of grain and transfer fertilizers blocked in Europe to poor countries for free;

▪️The Russian leader has stressed that there is no progress when it comes to lifting restrictions on Russia's agricultural exports.

▪️Putin has emphasized that Russia remains a reliable energy supplier and respects contractual obligations as he pointed out that the Nord Stream issues were related to sanctions against Moscow.

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📹The UN needs at least $1 billion to avert famine in Somalia, which is facing a catastrophic humanitarian crisis amid unprecedented droughts.

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❗️US may begin refilling strategic petroleum reserve when crude prices fall below $80 a barrel, Bloomberg reports

❗️The IAEA has announced the restoration of the third backup power transmission line to the Zaporozhye NPP.

❗️Belta reports proposal was made at CSTO meeting to send the organization's Secretary General to Armenia-Azerbaijan border & create working group to analyze the situation

♻️Chairman of the Russian Ecological Society Rashid Ismailov told Sputnik that events such as EcwaExpo and WasteEcoExpo give impulse to the improvement of technology in the environmental sphere, adding that they present a platform where technological exchange and important agreements take place.

He also stressed the importance of the events for Russia at present time concerning the substitution of technology, equipment and materials of foreign production.

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⚡️Russia has outsized influence with both Armenia and Azerbaijan, US calls on Moscow to use that influence to help achieve peace - State Dept.

❗️The United States urges Russia to use its particular influence over Armenia and Azerbaijan to help broker peace after clashes between their border forces erupted once more last night, State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Tuesday.

▪️“Russia has outsized influence with both Azerbaijan and Armenia. We have called on Russia, and we do call on Russia, to use that influence and leverage in a way that helps to achieve a cessation of hostilities, and more broadly, a de-escalation of those tensions,” Price said during a press briefing.

▪️US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has also been personally engaged on the issue, speaking with both countries’ leaders and urging them toward a peaceful resolution of tensions. The US does not believe there to be a military solution to their territorial dispute, according to Price.

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