⚡️Russian Security Council Deputy Chief Medvedev on Referenda: Welcome Home, to Russia

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said after referenda in Donbass, the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions that their results are obvious.

"The referenda are over. The results are clear. Welcome home, to Russia!" Medvedev wrote on Telegram.

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‼️US Statements on Admissibility of Strikes on DPR, LPR Approaching Dangerous Line - Antonov

The United States is approaching a dangerous brink when it says Western weapons could be used to make strikes on the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said in a statement.

When asked to comment on Secretary of State Antony Blinken's statement that the US does not object to Kiev using Western weapons to attack the DPR, LPR, the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, Antonov said: "The sponsors of neo-Nazi criminals are approaching the dangerous line that Russia has repeatedly and clearly warned about. The United States becomes a party to the Ukrainian conflict.

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Biden maintains US target for refugee admissions at 125,000

President Joe Biden on Tuesday kept the nation’s cap on refugee admissions at 125,000 for the 2023 budget year, despite pressure from advocates to raise it even higher to meet the need after falling far short of that target this year.

Refugee advocates have been pushing the Biden administration to do more to restore the US Refugee Admissions Program. The more than four-decade-old program suffered deep cuts under the Trump administration, which slashed admissions to a record low of 15,000.

After taking office, Biden quadrupled the number of refugee admissions permitted for the remaining months of the 2021 budget year. He then set the target at 125,000 for the 2022 budget year, which ends Sept. 30. But so far, fewer than 20,000 refugees have been admitted.

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⚡️Abkhazia Respects People's Will Expression at Referenda in DPR, LPR - Foreign Minister

Abkhazia pays attention to and respects the will of the residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), Zaporozhye and Kherson regions at referenda, Abkhazian Foreign Minister Inal Ardzinba said in an interview with Sputnik.

"On an instruction of the head of state, Aslan Georgiyevich Bzhaniya, we are closely monitoring the situation. We treat the position of people with attention and respect, this is their initiative, [the people] who live there, people who do not agree with the principles of policy-making in Ukraine, with in fact, clear and serious manifestations of neo-Nazi aspirations that are evident today in Ukraine. We consider this as people's disagreement with that policy," Ardzinba said.

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🧐 Next year, the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) will conduct a test of an airborne laser on an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship, Breaking Defense reported, citing spokeswoman Lt. Col. Becky Heyse.

▪️ Heyse reportedly told the outlet that a flying demonstration of Lockheed Martin's AHEL, integrated on a Ghostrider, will begin in summer 2023 and continue through the fall of that year.

🗣 "Results of the testing will determine future operational usage,” she added. “At this time there is no concept of operation/employment developed for the [high energy laser]."

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▪️ A group of conservative activists on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration to dispute its decision over canceling student loan debt.

💭 "Today, Pacific Legal Foundation filed suit against the US Department of Education to block its illegal move to cancel more than $500 billion in student loan debt," the group said in a statement.

▪️ The White House announced last month that student loan payments will resume next year and at least $10,000 of student loan debt will be canceled for each eligible borrower. An additional $10,000 of debt will be canceled for eligible borrowers who also received a federal Pell grant.

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📹 ”Everything will be fine”: residents of Melitopol who voted for joining Russia told why they made that choice.

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✍️ Abkhazia ready to sign agreement with Georgia on non-use of force at Geneva talks in early October, foreign minister tells Sputnik

📌 LIVE UPDATES: EU refuses to recognize referendums in Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions

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📹 Russia's MoD has revealed footage showing the Western Military District's Su-35S fighter crews in combat

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🇮🇳🇷🇺🇺🇸Notwithstanding the fact that the US is in deep talks with India concerning the reliance on Russian armament supplies, India is not going to break up with its long-term partner in armament shipments.

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📹 Russia's MoD has published footage showing how Airborne Troops UAV units detect AFU manpower and equipment obscured from view in the forest.

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📍 WATCH LIVE: International observers hold press conference following referendums on joining Russia

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⚡️ Russia ready to consider EU applications on joint probe into Nord Stream incident - diplomat

⚡️North Korea launched an "unidentified ballistic missile" toward the East Sea, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says.

The launch comes as US Vice President Kamala Harris is set to visit Seoul on Thursday.

❗️ Kremlin: Allegations that Moscow behind Nord Stream pipeline emergency absurd since Russia lost supply routes