⚡ Strains of the avian influenza virus that could overcome the interspecies barrier, including the H5N8 strain, with a lethality of up to 40%, were collected in Ukraine, and the Pentagon was the customer, Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, a Russian senior military official, said.

▪️ Taking into account this fact, the growing incidence of avian influenza in Russia and European countries causes concern, Kirillov noted.

▪️ According to him, since the beginning of the year, 32 outbreaks of bird flu have been recorded in Russia, and a quarantine has been introduced in Moscow since May 17, Kirillov recalled.

▪️ The damage to agriculture from this disease over three years has exceeded 10 billion rubles; 10 million birds have been killed, senior military official said.

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😳 The door of a South Korean Asiana Airlines plane flew open just before landing at Daegu Airport

▪️ There were 194 people on board. The airport authorities said that no one fell out of the plane and that there were no injuries.

▪️ Police have arrested a 30-year-old man who is suspected of being involved in breaking the door.

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⚡ The FSB prevented a terrorist attack in Gelendzhik - a Russian citizen who supports Ukrainian neo-Nazism and was planning an explosion at a law enforcement facility was detained

▪️ A ready-made explosive device was found on the man, and a case was opened on preparations for a terrorist attack, the security service said.

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Russia's new generation Kondor-FKA-M radar satellites will be capable of taking images of the Earth's surface at a resolution of up to half a meter (1.6 feet) in detailed imagery

"The main and most interesting modernization is the change of radar geometry to an oblique-cutting option and the replacement of the horn radiator with an irradiator with an active antenna-feeder array," Alexei Rabochiy, the chief designer at the NPO Mashinostroyenia space and rocket company, said.

"Among other things, it fundamentally changed the main characteristics of the radar survey, and the angles of electronic scanning along two planes increased, which makes it possible to achieve up to 0.5-meter resolution in detailed surveying."

He added that the space platform's disposable power and radar energy characteristics would also be increased on the new generation spacecraft, which should significantly improve the characteristics of the received radar images.

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🇫🇷 Paris police fired tear gas to disperse climate protesters trying to block an annual general meeting of French oil giant TotalEnergies

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❗️ American diplomats have been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, where they were issued protests about statements by Biden's National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, who approved of Kiev's strikes on Russian territory.

Washington's assurances that the United States does not encourage such attacks on Russia are hypocritical and deceitful, the Foreign Ministry said.

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📹 In an exclusive interview with Sputnik, MMA fighter Jeff Monson speaks out on the approach of Washington to manipulating public opinion that eventually led to blocking of free press in the US, including Sputnik

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🇨🇳🇷🇺 Chinese Special Representative for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui has arrived at the Russian Foreign Ministry, where he will hold talks on the Ukrainian settlement

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Neuralink has received the approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to conduct its first human trials

Neuralink, the brain-machine interface company founded by Elon Musk, is aiming to develop high-bandwidth interfaces that can be implanted into the human brain, allowing for bidirectional communication between the mind and external devices.

The FDA's approval of Neuralink's human trials signifies a significant vote of confidence in the company's innovative technology and its potential to revolutionize the lives of individuals with neurological conditions and disabilities.

While the road to this milestone has been filled with challenges and rigorous testing, Neuralink has demonstrated promising results in preclinical studies, which have paved the way for advancing to human trials.

Neuralink's ambitious goal is to create a seamless connection between human brains and computers, enabling individuals to communicate and interact with machines in unprecedented ways.

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

▪️ Over the past day, Russian air defense systems intercepted a Grom-2 missile, ten HIMARS shells, and two Storm Shadow cruise missiles;

▪️ Russian air defense systems shot down 20 Ukrainian drones over the past day;

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces destroyed an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the DPR;

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces launched a group strike with air-based precision weapons, hitting the ammunition storage sites of the Ukrainian troops;

▪️ The Russian army eliminated up to 190 Ukrainian soldiers in the DPR over the course of a day;

▪️ Russian troops destroyed the Ukrainian ST-68UM radar for detecting and tracking low-altitude targets in the Nikolaev region;

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces eliminated over 120 military units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a day in the south of the DPR and in the Zaporozhye region;

▪️ Russian troops eliminated more than 60 Ukrainian soldiers near Krasny Liman in a day;

▪️ Russian troops eliminated up to 30 Ukrainian soldiers in the Kherson region in a day.

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📹 The 9th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps has published footage showing the destruction of Ukrainian troops using kamikaze drones

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