❗️Rishi Sunak announces he will stand to be the next prime minister

▪️Rishi Sunak has confirmed that he will be standing to be the leader of the Conservative Party and the next prime minister.

▪️In a statement, the former chancellor said he wanted to help "steer the economy through the toughest times" and "unite" the Tory party.

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❗️Ukrainian troops struck a hotel in Energodar where Rosenergoatom employees live; at the time of the strike they were not in the building, local authorities report.

According to the adviser to the CEO of Rosenergoatom, Ukrainian troops deliberately struck at the hotel where he was supposed to stay with his team.

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❗️ Russia's Shoigu held telephone conversation with France's defense minister: MoD

❗️Russia's Defense Minister and his French counterpart discussed the situation in Ukraine, which has demonstrated a steady tendency towards further, uncontrolled escalation, Russia’s MoD reported.

▪️In addition, Shoigu conveyed his concerns about possible provocations by Ukraine with the use of a "dirty bomb".

❗️According to preliminary data, a military plane fell on a two-story house in Russia's Irkutsk, the governor said

📹 Footage depicting the exact moment the plane crashed in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, Russia

❗️ What is known so far about the military plane crash in Irkutsk, Russia:

▪️ The Su-30 aircraft crashed in Irkutsk, a city in Siberia near Lake Baikal, during a test flight, Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) reports.

▪️ The plane crashed within the city of Irkutsk, and fire and rescue units are working on the spot, according to information provided by EMERCOM.

▪️ The area affected by the warplane's impact measured 200 square meters, and included a private two-story residential building, according to EMERCOM.

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📹 More footage from the scene of the military plane crash in Russia's Irkutksk

⚡️Two pilots died in plane crash in Irkutsk, no victims among the population, fire on the ground localized - Ministry of Emergency Situations

❗️Russia Investigative Committee’s latest statements on the military plane crash in Irkutsk:

▪️ A case has been opened to determine whether there was a violation of safety rules in the operation of air transport in response to the Su-30 crash in Irkutsk.

▪️ The crashed Su-30 belonged to the airline and was performing a test without ammunition.

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More footage of the military plane crash in Irkutsk emerged on the web.

📹Footage shows the plane went into a tailspin, after which it fell at high speed and exploded.

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❗️ Russia's Defense Minister Shoigu held telephone conversation with Turkey's Defense Minister: MoD

Shoigu conveyed to his counterpart concerns about possible provocations by Ukraine with the use of a "dirty bomb".

❗️The fire caused by the military plane crash in Irkutsk has been extinguished, Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations reports

❗️About 150 houses in the residential district of Irkutsk where the plane crashed are without electricity, Irkutsk region's government press service has said.

😨 The Kiev regime is preparing a provocation related to the detonation of the so-called "dirty bomb" in Ukraine, unnamed credible sources in various countries, including Ukraine, have said.

📌 A "dirty bomb", also known as a "radiological dispersal device," or RDD, combines a conventional explosive with radioactive material. Such a bomb typically uses dynamite or other explosives to scatter radioactive dust or smoke so as to cause radioactive contamination.

▪️ The sources argued that the purpose of the provocation is to accuse Moscow of using weapons of mass destruction amid the ongoing Russian special military operation in Ukraine and launch a global anti-Russian campaign aimed at undermining confidence in Moscow.

▪️ Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly warned that there can be no winner in a nuclear war, and that it should never be unleashed.

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❗️An improvised explosive device has exploded in Kherson, killing one person, regional authorities told Sputnik.

⚡️ The Russian MoD’s latest statements on the Ukraine conflict:

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces have continued launching attacks using high-precision long-range air-based armament at the military control and energy systems of Ukraine over the past 24 hours. All the assigned targets have been neutralized.

▪️ All the enemy attacks have been repelled near Kupyansk, in south Donetsk and along the Nykolayev–Krivoy Rog axis.

▪️ Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery continue to strike Ukraine’s military facilities.

▪️ Kiev continues its provocations at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, possibly aimed at creating a technological disaster.

▪️ Some 325 airplanes and 162 helicopters, 2,323 unmanned aerial vehicles, 383 anti-aircraft missile systems, 5,997 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 874 combat vehicles equipped with multiple rocket-launching systems, 3,517 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 6,720 units of special military hardware have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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⚡️Three people have been injured and one has died as a result of the terrorist attack in Kherson, the Kherson Region’s Ministry of Health says.

👊A protest action against the authorities' policy and the rise in prices is taking place in Kishinev, Moldova.

🚨Police have blocked off several streets.

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