⚡️ Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russian troops have taken part in drills to deliver a massive nuclear strike in response to an enemy nuclear strike

❗️The Kremlin said that President Vladimir Putin led a training session of land, sea and air strategic deterrence forces which included the deployment of ballistic and cruise missiles.

The Yars intercontinental ballistic missile and the Sineva ballistic missile were launched. Tu-95MS long-range aircraft fired air-launched cruise missiles as part of the training.

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⚡️Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine has become an instrument of US foreign policy and has practically lost its sovereignty.

Launch of the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile during a drill of the Russian strategic forces

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Russia's Tu-95MS missile carrier during a drill of strategic forces

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Launch of a Sineva ballistic missile from a submarine in the Barents Sea during a training session of Russia's strategic forces

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❗️Vladimir Putin's statements at a meeting with heads of security agencies and special services of CIS countries:

▪️Ukraine has been turned into a testing ground for biological experiments, and now they are being pumped with weapons.

▪️The potential for conflict in the world and the area around Ukraine remains very high. The world is becoming multipolar, but some participants are trying to maintain hegemony by all means necessary.

▪️On the Nord Stream sabotage: the pan-European energy network is being destroyed.

▪️The spread of foreign mercenaries with combat experience in the region poses a threat to CIS countries.

▪️On the spread of weapons from the Ukrainian black market: there is still the risk of MANPADS and high-precision weapons falling into the hands of terrorists.

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❗️Air raid alerts declared in almost all regions of Ukraine - local media

🇮🇷 An Iranian man nicknamed the “dirtiest man in the world” has died at the age of 94, Iranian state media reports.

Amou Haji was famous for not having taken a shower in decades. The reason for this was his fear of “getting sick.” However, for the first time in years, local villagers took him to a bathroom to wash up, local media reported. Shortly after, the old man passed away.

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❗️NATO urges Russia to extend grain deal, Jens Stoltenberg says.

Previously, the Russian Defense Ministry said the extension of the export of grain directly depends on the full implementation of the previously reached agreements on the matter.

On July 22, Russia, Ukraine, and Turkey signed a UN-brokered initiative to provide a humanitarian maritime corridor for ships with food and fertilizer exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said that most of the ships carrying Ukrainian grain have not made it to the world's poorest countries, but wound up in Europe. Moscow has also maintained that the part of the deal concerning Russian food products was not working.

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The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video of the launch of a Sineva ballistic missile from a submarine in the Barents Sea during a training session of Russia's strategic forces.

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The Russian Defense Ministry has released another video of the launch of a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile.

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⚡️Air raid alert issued in all regions of Ukraine.

⚡️ Gunmen open fire at worshippers in Iran’s Shiraz, killing 13, wounding 10; two gunmen detained – state media

📹 People are rallying in Vienna to demand the preservation of Austrian neutrality and peace with Russia, a Sputnik correspondent reports.

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⚡️At least 15 dead, 40 injured following an attack at the Shah Cheragh Shrine in Shiraz, state media reports

⚡️ Ukraine has made a dummy Iskander missile in order to fill it with radioactive material, shoot it down over the Chernobyl NPP zone, and blame it on Russia, a source familiar with the situation says.

Earlier, Russia expressed fears that Kiev may detonate a radiation-spewing "dirty bomb" and blame Moscow for using a tactical nuclear weapon against its forces.

Russia’s nuclear doctrine forbids the use of nuclear weapons of any kind unless the country is attacked using weapons of mass destruction, or faces a conventional attack so severe it threatens the country’s existence. But that fact is unlikely to stop the West from blaming Russia in the event of a false-flag dirty bomb attack, Moscow fears.