⚡️Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his French counterpart discussed security at Zaporozhye NPP

❗️LPR Civic Chamber believes that the answer to the referendum request will be received soon.

The referendum on the entry of the LPR into Russia is a "matter of more than one day", it is too early to talk about the date, head of the LPR Civic Chamber added.

⚡️Russian Foreign Ministry summons Canadian ambassador, issues demarche to her

📹WATCH: The Civic Chamber of the LPR calls for an immediate referendum on the recognition of the Lugansk People's Republic as a part of the Russian Federation

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❗️Chinese naval forces, which are currently the largest in the world, are capable of fully blockading Taiwan, a US navy commander has said.

❗️Queen Elizabeth II's coffin lowered into Royal Vault at Windsor Castle

⚡️Citizens of the Kherson region wish to hold a referendum to enter the Russian Federation as soon as possible, deputy head of the Kherson administration told Sputnik

⚡️⚡️DPR Civic Chamber urges for immediate referendum to become part of Russia

❗️US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called it "vital" to keep the grocery deal.

“We have been fighting for this for a long eight years”

📹WATCH: The Head of the DPR Civic Chamber Alexander Kofman calls on the Head of the DPR Denis Pushylin to make a “historical decision” on the immediate holding of a referendum to become part of Russia.

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The head of the DPR Denis Pushylin discussed the necessity of joint actions in further events with the head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik after receiving the appeal for referendum from the Civic Chamber, offering the LPR head to give instructions to security forces for joint examination of security matters.

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⚡️Magnitude 6.8 earthquake shakes the center-west of Mexico, Servicio Sismológico Nacional reports

More Walter Smolarek statements on the US strategy in Ukraine:

💬“$60 billion was allocated to this effort. And there'll be more where that comes from if the $60 billion runs out. It's such an outrage, both in the sense of like peace and stability of the world.... Oh, can we really afford this? No-one ever asked that question when it comes to the proxy conflict in Ukraine, especially not now that they are seeing results on the battlefield”.

🎧Listen to more of Walter’s analytics in our podcast “Democrats face electoral disaster without significant change of course”

✈️ Boom's supersonic jet is facing a lack of interest from engine suppliers

After Boom signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce for supersonic jet engines back in 2020, the latter announced last week that it had left the project. Now, other major jet engine manufacturers including Pratt & Whitney, GE Aviation, Honeywell and Safran Aircraft Engines said that they're not currently interested in supersonic aircraft.

Boom said that the project is still on track, though, and that it will soon announce an engine partner. The company has 20 airplanes on order from American Airlines and 15 from United. It plans to build a factory in California and start flying passengers by 2029.

Boom has said it would offset its carbon output through the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), but the International Civil Aviation Organization recently bashed supersonic travel, noting in a report it would use 7-9 times more fuel per passenger, per kilometer, than subsonic jets.

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