The Russian armed forces destroy about 10,000 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles every month, or more than 300 drones per day

A new report, revealed by the UK's Royal United Services Institute (RASI), called electronic warfare a "critical component" of Russia's tactics, which the RASI said adds to “the staggering losses” of Ukrainian UAVs.

According to the survey, Russia maintains “a major electronic-warfare system roughly every 6 miles (9.6 km)” along the conflict's approximately 750 mile (1,207 km) front line.

“Sophisticated Russian systems such as the Shipovnik-Aero jamming station are hard to detect and can imitate other signals,” the RASI pointed out.

The station, the report added, also has an advanced array of effects for downing the Ukrainian drones, including interfering with their navigational systems.

The survey comes after a UK magazine quoted an unnamed Ukrainian defense industry source as saying that Russia “performs black magic” when it comes to its anti-drone defense systems.

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🧐 A short history lesson from Russian President Vladimir Putin and chairman of the Constitutional Court of Russia Valery Zorkin:

How and when was Ukraine formed?

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🇷🇺 Russia's S-350 Vityaz missile system has downed several Ukrainian warplanes and drones in the special operation zone in fully automatic mode, a well-informed source told Sputnik. The source added that "for the first time in the world, the Vityaz performed the automated detection, tracking and destruction of Ukrainian air targets in combat conditions."

What is the S-350 and does it get the better of the US-made Patriot air defense system in terms of performance characteristics?

⚡️ This morning, the Armed Forces of Ukraine unsuccessfully tried to attack the Ivan Khurs ship of the Black Sea Fleet with three unmanned boats, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

All enemy boats were destroyed by fire from the standard armament of a Russian ship 140 kilometers northeast of the Bosphorus.

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❗️ The Russian Defense Ministry released footage of the destruction of Ukrainian unmanned boats

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❗️ Putin's latest statements at the plenary session of the Eurasian Economic Forum in Moscow:

▪️ Fundamental changes are taking place on the global stage, more and more states are adhering to their own independent development;

▪️ All those who advocate unipolarity shoot themselves in the foot, are forced to obey the dictates;

▪️ Western opponents are trying to curtail the cooperation of other countries with Russia by persuasion, promises, blackmail;

▪️ The "collapse" scenario for the Russian economy will obviously not come true;

▪️ Moscow always conscientiously approaches interaction with other countries, strictly fulfills its obligations;

▪️ In the international arena, the majority agrees with Russia's approaches to building a fairer architecture of economic relations in the world;

▪️ Cardinal changes are taking place in the international financial sphere, Russia manages not only to adapt, but also to become a leader in this area;

▪️ The world economy will only benefit from the formation of a decentralized international financial system.

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

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 150 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR in a day;

▪️ The Russian Army destroyed in a day in the south of the DPR and in the Zaporozhye region up to 125 Ukrainian soldiers;

▪️ Russian troops destroyed more than 60 soldiers and self-propelled Gvozdika guns of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Krasny Liman in a day;

▪️ The ammunition depot of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the DPR;

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces hit the command and observation post of the unit of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdiivka area in the DPR;

▪️ Russian troops destroyed ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlements of Slavyansk and Grigorovka in the DPR;

▪️ Russian air defense shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft, as well as 20 drones, in a day.

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🗣️”What it is, it's an opportunity for a gathering of political and military forces to confront threats to US-dominated hegemony and to the US-dominated markets. Right. These are Western markets that are at stake here. So I really think that when we see what happened and when we see what has emerged from this G7, we see as a group of seven industrial powers hell-bent on an anti-China stance and on increasing the military response”: Political analyst, researcher and independent investigative journalist Chris Helali on the recent summit of the G7 powers and how it served to advance imperialist aggression against China and Russia

🎧Listen to more of Helali’s analysis in our podcast By Any Means Necessary

❗️ Vladimir Putin at the plenary session of the Eurasian Economic Forum: the "collapse" scenario for the Russian economy will obviously not come true

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❗️ Ukraine, despite calling Russia an aggressor, is cashing money from the transit of energy resources from Russia, Vladimir Putin said

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🇵🇱🇧🇾 Warsaw is preparing for an armed coup in Belarus and participation in its military support, said the former Deputy Minister of Defense of Poland Skshipchak.

According to him, Belarusians, who are now participating in hostilities in Ukraine, can take part in the "uprising".

"We need to be ready to support those troops who will conduct an operation against Lukashenko. We have reasons to help them, as we help Ukrainians," the general said.

🇷🇺 Poland is a hostile state, its leadership is now in tantrums of Russophobia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on the statement.

Russia has obligations to ensure the security of Belarus, "which we will do in the face of an obvious threat," he stressed.

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🌄 Fighters workout combat maneuvers among the gorgeous views of the Russian Arctic (video by Russia's MoD)

The pilots performed elements of combat maneuvering with a conditional delivery of a group attack on ground and sea targets.

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🗣️”Papua New Guinea is being pulled into the US military orbit. It's being weaponized. It's being militarized. It's going to become yet another vassal military base. And that is tragic”: Writer, teacher, and activist KJ Noh on the US trying to build its anti-China network in the Pacific, militarizing Papua New Guinea

🎧Listen to more of Noh’s analysis in our podcast The Critical Hour

🌍 South African Sherpa Reveals Why Global South is Knocking on BRICS' Door

The global system is now witnessing the rise of multipolarity as a result of the world's troublesome experience with bipolar and unipolar systems, which have proven to be ineffective as they exclude the majority of the global community, Ambassador Anil Sooklal, sherpa of South Africa in BRICS, told Sputnik Africa in an exclusive interview.

💬 "I think this is the increasing frustration that in this day and age, countries from the Global South continue to be marginalized, and I think the countries also don't want to be used as pawns and pressurized into supporting any one camp, and I think the days of the global hegemon is past us," Sooklal maintained.

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UK defense minister arrives in Kiev on unannounced visit

UK Defence Minister Ben Wallace came to Kiev on an unannounced visit to discuss military cooperation, including arms supplies, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on Wednesday.

He also said that the sides discussed Ukraine’s accession to NATO and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s peace formula. The Ukrainian minister also expressed gratitude to the British people for their support.

Besides, Wallace said that it was his pleasure to travel to Kiev and speak with Ukrainian military officers, according to a statement by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. Both ministers also met with soldiers who had received training in the UK and used Storm Shadow missiles in combat.

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🗣️”US hegemony is on the decline. I do believe that. But of course, anything in decline is always like a cornered animal going to lash out. And that's the real danger here, is that in these dying gasps as the Global South begins to create, which is, of course, the global majority, as they begin to create new forms of political institutions and economic structures and solidarity with one another, the global hegemon will try to do everything in its power to maintain its hegemony”: Political analyst, researcher and independent investigative journalist Chris Helali on the global shift taking place nowadays which exposes the decline of the US empire

🎧Listen to more of Helali’s analysis in our podcast By Any Means Necessary