The Speaker of Russia's State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin on the possibility of Kiev using a “dirty bomb”:

▪️The threat of a terrorist attack in the US and Europe with the use of such a bomb existed until 2011, when Osama bin Laden was destroyed

▪️Osama bin Laden and Zelensky have the same methods of conducting nuclear terror

▪️The Kiev regime has instructed atomic scientists to create a “dirty bomb”

▪️Kiev continues to shell the critical infrastructure of nuclear power plants (in Zaporozhye and Kursk), causing a humanitarian catastrophe

▪️The US President and the heads of European states, became sponsors and accomplices of nuclear terrorism as soon as they provided financial and military assistance to the Zelensky regime

Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu expressed concerns about possible provocations by Ukraine with the use of a "dirty bomb" when talking to colleagues from France, the UK, the US and Turkey.

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🇬🇧Rishi Sunak looks set to become Britain's first PM of Indian origin

Former UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has withdrawn from the leadership challenge, according to British media. Johnson took himself out of the race to become the Conservative Party's next leader, despite claiming to have the necessary support. Consequently Rishi Sunak is the frontrunner to become Britain’s first PM of Indian origin.

Johnson defended his decision to withdraw by saying that running as a candidate “would simply not be the right thing to do” as he couldn't “govern effectively unless [he had] a united party in Parliament”.

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly supports Rishi Sunak to become the country's prime minister

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Russia's Foreign Intelligence Chief Sergei Naryshkin said: The world should not allow Kiev to have nuclear weapons; Russia is very worried by the rhetoric of the West about the possibility of using nuclear weapons, this is unacceptable

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“We got used to living like this”: Women from Donetsk react to the introduction of martial law in their region

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🇬🇧British bookmakers say that there is a 95 percent probability that the UK's former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, will become the country’s new PM, Sky News has reported.

The campaign aimed at returning Boris Johnson to the post by persuading Sunak and leader of the House, Penny Mordaunt to quit the race (the so-called trading day) has failed, according to the Financial Times. Furthermore Johnson only managed to secure few more than 50 votes from the Conservative Party.

More than half of Conservative MPs are now supporting Rishi Sunak in the leadership race - Sky News

Some 178 Tory MPs are supporting Sunak - more than half of the party's 355 tally

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⚡️ Ukrainian 'dirty bomb' threat is real, up to West whether they want to believe it or not, Kremlin says

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov's latest statements:

▪️Many Russian assets, including gold and foreign exchange reserves, have been illegally stolen by the West.

▪️Macron and Scholz show no desire to listen to Russia. Erdogan has taken a different approach.

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⚡️Air raid alert issued in all regions of Ukraine.

❗️Russian MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️Russian troops repelled all enemy attacks in the Kupyansk direction, destroying more than 25 Ukrainian soldiers, one tank, five armored personnel carriers, and four pickup trucks.

▪️The Russian Army stopped the advance of Ukrainian forces with air strikes, artillery fire, and defending units, eliminating more than 20 Ukrainian servicemen and two infantry fighting vehicles in the Krasny Liman direction.

▪️Russian forces repelled an enemy attack with the use of artillery fire, eliminating 25 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, three infantry fighting vehicles, and two vehicles in the Southern Donetsk direction.

▪️Russian artillery strikes eliminated more than 80 Ukrainian servicemen, 11 armored combat vehicles, and 15 vehicles in the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction.

▪️The Russian Army destroyed four Ukrainian command posts, 72 artillery units, as well as Ukrainian manpower and military equipment using operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces, and artillery in 174 districts.

▪️Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian ammunition depot near the village of Dvurechnaya in the Kharkov region.

▪️Russian air defense systems shot down three UAVs, and 21 HIMARS and Olkha rocket system shells.

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❗️Russia welcomes the transformation of Africa into one of the centers of a multipolar world, says Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

💭The head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that Rafael Grossi - the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency - has decided to send experts to Ukraine because of Russia's statement that Kiev is working on a "dirty bomb"

Earlier, Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that he was worried about possible provocations by Ukraine with the use of a "dirty bomb" when talking to colleagues from France, the UK, the US and Turkey.

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❗️The idea of giving confiscated Russian assets to Ukraine is a violation of all norms, we will fight such plans, says Kremlin spokesman Peskov

🎂 Just Stop Oil can now be seen at London's Madame Tussauds waxworks museum: the activists threw a chocolate cake at a wax statue of King Charles III. Has the oil already stopped?

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⚡️ Russian MoD has info on contacts between Ukraine, UK on nuke tech

Russia's MoD: Work on the creation of Ukraine's "dirty bomb" is in its final stages. Information has emerged about contacts Zelensky's office has with representatives of the UK on the issue of obtaining technology to create nuclear weapons

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The Russian Ministry of Defense on the possible consequences of a provocation by Kiev with the detonation of a "dirty bomb" or a low-yield nuclear weapon:

▪️Detonation of a radiological explosive device will result in an area of up to several thousand square meters being radioactively contaminated

▪️As a result of a provocation with the use of a "dirty bomb", Ukraine expects to intimidate the local population, increase the flow of refugees across Europe and expose Russia as a nuclear terrorist

▪️The Ministry of Defense has made arrangements to counter possible provocations from Ukraine: forces and means are ready to perform tasks in the event of radioactive contamination

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❗️Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's latest statements:

▪️Russia will raise the issue of Ukraine making a “dirty bomb” at the UN;

▪️Russia has double-checked the information on Kiev’s plans to make a “dirty bomb,” it’s not an unfounded accusation;

▪️Russia has no information about the IAEA sending experts to Ukraine.

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🇬🇧 Convicted sex offenders & pedophiles are working for the UK police force, data released under a Freedom of Information request shows.

104 police officers and staff received a criminal conviction while serving in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) from January 1, 2019 until July 31, 2022.

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