A briefing from Russia's MoD:

▪High-precision strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces near the city of Nikolayev hit the deployment points of the Ukraine Armed Forces' 28th motorized infantry brigade;

▪In the Kharkov region, temporary deployment points of the Ukraine Armed Forces' 66th mechanized brigade were hit near the settlements of Dvurechnaya and Kupyansk, and in the city of Kharkov a temporary deployment point of neo-Nazi formation "Kraken" was hit;

▪Positions of the 80th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit by a precision strike near the settlement of Seversk in the DPR: more than 400 Ukrainian servicemen were killed and wounded, and more than 20 units of armored and motor vehicles and 3,000 rounds of ammunition for rocket and cannon artillery of various calibers were destroyed

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▪Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery hit nine command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR, Zaporozhye and Nikolayev regions

▪Eight depots of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition have been destroyed near the city of Nikolayev, in the Donetsk People's Republic and the Zaporozhye region

▪Air defense systems shot down five UAVs per day in the Donetsk People's Republic and the Kherson region

▪53 shells of the HIMARS and Olha multiple launch rocket systems were destroyed in the air in the Donetsk People's Republic, and the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions

▪An Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed near the city of Soledar

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🇮🇹 Footage has emerged online from the Italian region of Marche on the Adriatic coast, which has witnessed a downpour equivalent to a third of the area's average annual rainfall, causing the death of 11 people and the disappearance of four.

The streets turned into rivers of mud, and cars and trees got stuck. Tons of rubbish was washed out to sea

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📌 The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) leaders have outlined the major topics discussed at their summit in Samarkand:

▪️Unilateral restrictive measures, including where food is concerned, worsen the global crisis;

▪️SCO countries call for a transparent international energy market and a lowering of barriers;

▪️Unilateral economic measures against the SCO financial systems have a devastating impact on the multilateral trading system;

▪️SCO leaders called for the formation of a fair global energy management system, assistance to countries in need;

▪️SCO leaders call for developing countries to be supported in trying to get access to capital, technology, capacity development and food security;

▪️SCO is ready to work with other countries to ensure food security at regional and global levels;

▪️SCO countries intend to expand cooperation in the development and implementation of Green technologies, and to establish a dialogue on carbon markets

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⚡India's Modi calls for finding solutions to issues with food & fuel security during talks with Putin

🇷🇺🇮🇳 Putin invites Modi to visit Russia during the bilateral talks

🇷🇺🇮🇳 Putin at a meeting with Modi:

▪Russia-India trade volume is increasing, fertilizer supplies have increased by more than 8 times

▪Russia is doing everything to end the Ukraine crisis as soon as possible, but Kiev refuses negotiations

▪Putin proposes to Modi to intensify process of visa-free travel between Russia and India

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Residents of Eastern Ukraine, who are connected with the Russians in one way or the other, could face the same fate as the people of Bucha, given the Kiev regime's new law forbidding Ukrainians to cooperate with Russians:

💬 “The best thing they can hope for from the new code is 15 years in prison for taking food from Russian humanitarian aid,” Mark Sleboda, international affairs and security analyst, says regarding the present situation in Ukraine.

🎧 Listen to more of Mark's prognosis in our podcast 'Political Misfits'

🇷🇺🇹🇷 Putin at a meeting with Erdogan:

▪️25% of Russian gas supplies to Turkey to be paid in rubles;

▪️Russia wishes that Akkuyu NPP’s first unit will be launched in 2023 as scheduled;

▪️Putin says Turkey became reliable route for Russian gas deliveries, Turkstream works well

▪️Putin on grain deal: Russian operators received signal that they can export products through Turkey

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⚡️Russia adds 41 Australians in its travel ban list - Foreign Ministry

🇱🇰Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's residents were seen waiting for their turn to participate in the walk-in job interview to the Qatar Airways on Friday. That seems to be one of the longest ever lines in the country's history!

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