❗️ 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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❗️ Serbian Defense Minister Milos Vucevic confirmed that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic had signed the order to increase combat readiness and added that the situation in Kosovo and Metohija was dramatic.

The Minister noted that the Serbian Armed Forces had begun their actions on the orders of President Vučcic.

“Someone must understand that what Albin Kurti is doing is leading us to red lines, leading to a complete collapse of the dialogue, leading to an escalation,” Vucevic said.

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Pepe Escobar: Eurasian center rises to challenge the West

Xi Jin Ping told Vladimir Putin in Moscow in March that we’re now facing “great changes not seen in a century”, but there are also some shifts that last happened as many as 2,000 years ago.

Read about the epic return of the Silk Road to the world map and how Moscow and Beijing are trying to protect and revive the geopolitical Heartland in different ways in the article by our columnist Pepe Escobar.

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🎙 In today’s episode of the #AfroVerdict podcast, brought to you by Sputnik Africa, our regular host Viktor Anokhin sits down with a biochemical researcher to talk about astaxanthin - the molecule responsible for the red colour in salmon and the health benefits it offers.