❗️Russia’s MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️Russian Air Forces performed an attack which eliminated up to 100 Ukrainian combatants from the 9th Special Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard, which goes by the name ‘Gepard’. In addition, 50 foreign mercenaries have been eliminated in the Zaporozhye region;

▪️Russian forces performed a high-precision attack, hitting a Ukrainian provisional base in the Nikolayev region. As a result, up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen and 5 units of military equipment have been eliminated;

▪️Russian Forces launched massive attack at a Ukrainian provisional base in the DPR, eliminating more than 150 Ukrainian troops;

▪️Russian Forces have hit 6 Ukrainian command posts in the DPR and in the Kherson region. In addition, 62 Ukrainian artillery units and 184 areas where Ukrainian manpower and military equipment are concentrated have also been hit by the Russian Forces;

▪️Russian Forces destroyed three missile, artillery armament and munitions weapons in the DPR, as well as one Ukrainian control station for Bayraktar UAVs in the Dnepropetrovsk region;

▪️Russian Forces destroyed two Ukrainian MIG-29 airplanes in the Kherson region;

▪️Russian Air defense means have shot down 7 Ukrainian UAVs in the DPR, Kharkov and Kherson regions;

▪️In addition, one Ukrainian Tochka-U tactical missile, as well as 17 projectiles launched by HIMARS multiple rocket-launching systems have been intercepted by the Russian Forces.

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📹 Residents of liberated territories express their hopes and expectations in the light of ongoing referendums which have entered their final day.

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👉 The Russian president said that sanctions against Russia had been worsening the global food situation.

According to Putin, the entire responsibility for the problem lies with the collective West and is not connected with Russia's special operation in Ukraine.

"I repeat, the West is provoking a global food crisis," the Russian leader added.

☑️ Russia remains ready to negotiate with Ukraine, at the same time the situation and conditions are changing, but the goals of the special military operation remain the same, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

🗯 "President [of Russia Vladimir Putin] said that Russia, of course, retains its willingness to negotiate. But as the situation changes, so do the conditions, and we have repeatedly spoken about this. But in general, the principle remains the same: all the goals of the special military operation [remain the same]," Peskov told reporters.

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👏 📹 Russia's MoD has revealed footage dedicated to the work of Russian aviation during the special military operation.

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🤔 Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov addressed the recent Nord Stream pipeline crisis, noting that the probe is ongoing and no cause can be discarded - including possible sabotage.

🗯 "It is obvious that there is some kind of destruction of the pipeline, and what caused it? Before the results of the probe are in, we cannot rule out any option," he said when asked if sabotage may be behind the incident.

▪️ On Monday, the pipeline's operator Nord Stream AG reported a rapid gas pressure drop within the system. Later, the company informed that the destruction is "unprecedented", adding that it is unclear how much time the repair works will take.

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📹 The head of the CEC of the DPR tells Sputnik about the security situation during the referendum.

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❗️The German government does not rule out that the reason for the pressure drop in the Nord Stream -2 gas pipeline and on both lines of the Nord Stream pipeline could be deliberate sabotage, the purpose of which was to create uncertainty in the European gas markets, Spiegel newspaper reported, citing its own source.

According to the newspaper’s source, the German government is worried that it could be a deliberate attack at the European gas infrastructure and markets

In addition, Berlingske newspaper, citing the Danish Energy Authority, reported that leaks from the Nord Stream gas pipelines may be the result of deliberate activity, adding that there is "not a small crack, but a really big hole"

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📹 🐈 A resident of Lugansk has come to a polling station to take part in the referendum on joining Russia with her cat.

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❗️❗️ EXCLUSIVE | Experts smash western politicians' and media claims that India should "gird its loins" as Russia's defense industry is allegedly facing issues due to the spec op in Ukraine and western sanctions.

📹 Have a look at how the referendum on joining Russia is being held in Melitopol.

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‼️ The electoral commissions of the liberated territories have announced the first results of voting on joining Russia:

▪️ 96.97% of voters in the Kherson region voted in favor of joining Russia, according to the results of 14% of the ballots cast so far.

▪️ 98,19% of voters polled in the Zaporozhye region voted in favor of joining Russia, the processing of 18% of the ballots revealed.

▪️ 97,91% of voters in the DPR voted in favor of joining Russia, according to the results of the processing of 14% of the votes.

▪️ 97,82% of voters in the LPR voted in favor of joining Russia, according to the results of processing 13% of the protocols.

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⚡️ The total turnout in the LPR is 92.6%, according to the CEC of the republic