A meeting between 🇷🇺 Russian delegation and the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) has been held on the sidelines of the UN Security Council in New York. "[We are] making progress in strengthening the United Nations, I hope, and strengthening our partnership between Russia and GCC" - said 🇷🇺Russian FM Sergey Lavrov, when addressing his counterparts from 🇧🇭Bahrain, 🇶🇦Qatar, 🇰🇼Kuwait, the 🇦🇪UAE, 🇴🇲Oman and 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia - all members of the Council, adding: "We discussed our cooperation [with the Council] in June in Riyadh, it was a very important meeting, and we are now following up on main agreements regarding promoting our cooperation in various fields."

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⚡️Hungary regards preventing direct conflict between Russia and NATO as the “most important duty,” Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told Sputnik

🗣"Well, when you ask me what’s the most important duty now, [it’s] exactly this: to avoid any kind of direct conflict between NATO and Russia because this would lead to somewhere neither of us wanna go," Szijjarto said

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📉 Americans have lost an average of $4,200 in annual income since President Joe Biden took office, the Heritage Foundation revealed.
As consumer prices soared 12.7% since January 2021, outpacing wages, the average American has lost about $3,000 in annual purchasing power, the think tank stated.

Interest rates hikes by the US Federal Reserve together with growing borrowing costs have slashed purchasing power by another $1,200, according to the report. All this has wiped out the $4,000 increase in yearly earnings achieved under the Donald Trump administration

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😳 “She was 12, I was 30” - President Biden raised eyebrows when he recognized an audience member during his speech to teachers at the National Education Association headquarters in Washington, DC.

🗣“You gotta say hi to me,” Biden said “We go back a long way. She was 12, I was 30. But anyway, this woman helped me get an awful lot done.”

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📹 The director of a sports school in the LPR shows the aftermath of Ukrainian shelling

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📹 Russia's Defense Ministry has published footage showing Russian aviation carrying out missile strikes on Ukrainian military facilities and equipment

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The Philippines is negotiating with Russia on the purchase of Russian fuel and a number of other goods in accordance with its national interests, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said in an interview with Bloomberg.

🗣 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. noted that amid the anti-Russian sanctions, “the political side of it has been a little tricky, but nonetheless, the national interest comes first.” He added that the country is "close" to concluding agreements with Russia and other countries

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📌Latest updates on the Ukraine op from the Russian Defense Ministry:

▪️ Russian forces destroyed more than 200 Ukrainian nationalists and 19 pieces of military equipment using high-precision weapons in the Nikolaev region;

▪️ Russian forces eliminated up to 300 militants in a missile strike on a temporary deployment point of foreign mercenaries in the Nikolaev region;

▪️ Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 that had been converted to use US HARM anti-radar missiles;

▪️ The Russian Air Force destroyed three Ukrainian ammo depots and rocket and artillery systems, as well as a radar station for a Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system in the DPR;

▪️ Russian air defenses shot down seven Ukrainian drones over the past 24 hours; 42 HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and Ol'ha projectiles were destroyed in the Kherson region

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📌Russian MoD’s latest statements on the situation at the Zaporozhye NPP:

▪️Russian air defenses shot down a Ukrainian Bayraktar TB-2 over the Kakhovsky reservoir that was on its way from Nikopol towards the Zaporozhye NPP;

▪️Ukrainian artillery fired 10 shells at the settlement of Volna, which is located near the Zaporozhye NPP; Ukrainian forces were neutralized in a Russian artillery counterattack

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📹 An observer from Germany has greatly applauded how the referendum in Melitopol is being run, placing special emphasis on its transparency.

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🇰🇷 🇰🇵 South Korea believes that North Korea's activities in the eastern coastal city of Sinpo may indicate that Pyongyang is preparing to fire a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), Yonhap news agency reported on Saturday, citing military sources.

▪️ Sources told Yonhap that the South Korean military recently detected possible signs of preparations for the SLBM launch in the North Korean city of Sinpo.

🗯 "We are closely monitoring North Korea's SLBM-related facilities and activities, and maintaining a thorough readiness posture," an unnamed military official was quoted as saying by the news agency.

▪️ These alleged preparations may come as a response to the arrival of the nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier for military drills scheduled for late September, the news agency noted.

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⚠️WARNING: The following footage may be disturbing

📹 The Fort Lupton Police Department has published footage showing a train crash that severely injured a 20-year-old woman last week.

▪️ According to authorities, a Platteville police officer pulled over Maria Rios-Gonzalez in Weld County, near Highway 85 and County Road 38, after an alleged road rage incident involving a gun.

▪️ Two Fort Lupton cops later arrived at the scene and placed the woman in the back of the Platteville officer’s car, which was illegally parked on railroad tracks.

▪️ While the three officers were searching Rios-Gonzalez’s vehicle, a train blowing its horn hit the patrol car she was inside. CBI said Rios-Gonzalez suffered “serious bodily injuries,” including multiple broken ribs and a fractured sternum.

▪️ The incident has sparked a protest on social media, with outrage and indignation over the perceived lack of competence of the police officers.

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📹 An observer from Italy, the head of the Italian edition Russia News, shared his impressions of voting in the DPR with Sputnik. According to him, the process is going smoothly and without violations.

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Russian FM Sergey Lavrov held talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra.

📹 Dr George Szamuely, a senior research fellow at the Global Policy Institute, speaks about the attitude of western leaders regarding the referendums taking place in the liberated territories.

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"I will be speaking [at the UN GA] this afteenoon", - said India's top diplomat Subrahmanyam Jaishankar during his meeting with Russian FM Lavrov. "Same as me" - Lavrov replied.

📹 🇵🇱 'Stop Ukrainization of Poland' demonstration takes place in Warsaw.

▪️ Protestors came out with posters reading “Ukrainians are only a tool in the hands of politicians”, “We remember Volyn; we will not give up the truth”, and “Stop stealing under the guise of helping Ukraine”.

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📹 🇷🇺 WATCH footage of Sevastopol citizens enthusing about the referendums in the LPR and DPR, as well as in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.

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