🇷🇺🇺🇸 Take command of your democracy: Tara Reade, an ex-assistant to Joe Biden, sends a message to Americans who “feel unsafe” in their own country

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🇷🇺🇺🇸 My heart goes out to Russian soldiers: Tara Reade says "many Americans" do not support the aggression of Western hegemony

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Russian Interior Ministry puts another 3 Ukrainian military commanders on wanted list

The Russian Interior Ministry has put Ukrainian First Deputy Chief of the General Staff Ihor Kolesnyk and two other generals of the Ukrainian armed forces on wanted list, according to the ministry’s database.

"Grounds for search: wanted on criminal charges," the profiles of the Ukrainian commanders said.

On Tuesday, the Russian Interior Ministry put US Senator Lindsey Graham on the wanted list on criminal charges in connection with the remarks he made during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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❗️Latest statements by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

▪️The situation in the Russian regions that border Ukraine is “quite alarming,” work to improve the effectiveness of the air defense will continue;

▪️The Kremlin has taken note of the West not condemning the drone attack by Ukraine targeting civilian facilities in Moscow and the Moscow region;

▪️There is no discussion about declaring martial law in Russia after the recent drone attack on Moscow;

▪️Russia supports the Serbs in the situation in Kosovo and believes that all legitimate rights and interests of the Kosovo Serbs must be respected and ensured;

▪️Diplomatic dialogue between Serbia and Russia is constant;

▪️Putin and Erdogan have during phone talks confirmed their intention to hold a meeting in the foreseeable future.

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🎮🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin reveals whether he is a gaming connoisseur in a conversation with developers at an exhibition

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov later commented that he has never seen the Russian president playing computer games.

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

▪️ Russian forces destroyed last warship of Ukrainian navy in Odessa port on May 29;

▪️ The fiercest battles are being fought in the area of the DPR’s Avdeevka settlement;

▪️ Near Kupyansk, the activities of three Ukrainian army sabotage and recon groups were quashed;

▪️ Russian troops destroyed more than 50 soldiers and а self-propelled gun Gvozdika belonging to the Ukrainian military near Krasny Liman in a 24-hour period;

▪️ Russian forces destroyed ammunition depots of the Ukrainian military’s 60th mechanized brigade in the Kharkov Region;

▪️ Russian forces drove out the Ukrainian army from their positions in and around the Krasnogorovka and Yasinovataya settlements in the DPR;

▪️ The Russian army wiped out as many as 185 Ukrainian militants in the DPR’s south and in the Zaporozhye Region;

▪️ Russian forces eliminated the ammunition depots of the Ukrainian military’s 65th mechanized brigade in the Zaporozhye Region;

▪️ Russian troops obliterated a depot of rocket and artillery weapons of the Ukrainian military’s 110th mechanized brigade in the DPR;

▪️ Russian forces destroyed the command and observation post of the Ukrainian army’s Skala assault battalion;

▪️ The Ukrainian military in the DPR suffered losses of over 200 servicemen;

▪️ Russian forces hammered the command post of the Ukrainian military’s 33rd mechanized brigade in the Zaporozhye Region;

▪️ Russia’s air defense took out 12 HIMARS projectiles, a Storm Shadow missile and 11 UAVs in 24 hours;

▪️ Russian forces eliminated as many as 30 military personnel of the Kiev regime and two Ukrainian armored vehicles towards Kherson.

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Minsk believes deploying Russian tactical nuclear arms to cool down war-like rhetoric

Minsk expects that agreements with Russia on the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in the republic will cool down the war-like rhetoric of neighboring Western countries and Ukraine and will not allow a more global military confrontation, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said on Wednesday.

"I have recently signed with my Russian counterpart a regulation on the procedure for keeping nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus. This is an effective measure that should cool the aggressive character and war-like rhetoric that comes from our neighbors and prevent it from escalating into some kind of global, large-scale war," Khrenin said in his address to the parliament.

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❗️ The United States does not encourage Ukraine to attack Russia and does not want to see the military conflict escalate, White House Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said on Wednesday, following the recent drone attacks on Moscow.

"We do not want to encourage attacks inside Russia because we do not want to see the war escalate," Kirby said.

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🇮🇷 Iran’s domestically-produced Simorgh transport plane successfully completes maiden flight

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📹 Russian tankmen of 1st Slavyansk Brigade in combat action

While advancing in the direction of Avdeevka, the crew hit the positions of Ukrainian militants using a trophy T-64BV tank.

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🇺🇸 US could go with smaller defense budget if it abandons failed hegemony policy

Former US Army HQ Staff Officer David T. Pyne suggests that a peaceful foreign policy accommodating potential adversaries would be the best approach for the US. He argues that Washington should prioritize national security within a tighter budget, focusing on strategic and nuclear defense rather than offensive conventional power projection abroad. Pyne also suggests a mutual security agreement with Russia, including withdrawing troops from Eastern Europe, to restore a non-interventionist foreign policy.

Pyne dismisses concerns about US defense spending in relation to the debt ceiling deal. He disagrees with tying spending to the Ukraine conflict, stating that it is not in the US' national security interest to provide aid for a Ukrainian victory against Russia. According to Pyne, cutting off US aid to Ukraine would prompt a ceasefire, and he highlights Russia's willingness to negotiate a mutually favorable security agreement with the US.

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West must provide Ukraine with tangible, credible security guarantees - Macron

The western countries should provide Ukraine with "tangible and reliable" security guarantees, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday.

"We are massively arming Ukraine, but we do not include it in any strategic dialogue. We must provide Ukraine with tangible and reliable security guarantees," Macron said at a session of the Globsec 2023 Bratislava Forum.

Earlier, the French Foreign Ministry said that France was ready to conclude agreements with Ukraine on providing it with security guarantees together with NATO partners. Paris will continue discussions together with its partners on the best form of support for Ukraine in all sectors of the economy in the long term, the ministry added.

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🇪🇷 🇷🇺 There is "historical obligation" to create just world order and Russia "will play its part in this mission of all mankind," Eritrean President Afwerki says

Afwerki emphasized that nations across the globe should advocate for the allocation of the necessary resources for the transition to a new, civilized international order based on mutual respect, cooperation, and prosperity.

🗣 "I am convinced that the Russian Federation will play its part in this mission of all mankind on the path to solidarity and cooperation among free peoples," Afwerki said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

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🗣️”Certainly, Australia is a US vassal. It has not had an independent sovereign foreign policy since they overthrew Gough Whitlam in 1974 and more recently when they put Julia Gillard in and kicked out Kevin Rudd. And so clearly they are being vassalized to the max”: KJ Noh, writer, teacher, and activist, on Australian dependence on the US

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Beijing reveals whose ‘provocative actions’ led Chinese jet to buzz US spy plane

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning has accused the United States of escalating tensions in the South China Sea through its "provocative and dangerous" military reconnaissance activities. Mao stated that the frequent surveillance missions conducted by US ships and planes seriously harm China's sovereignty and security. She emphasized that China will take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty and security.

Mao's remarks came after a recent incident where a Chinese J-15 jet intercepted and flew alongside a US Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea. The Chinese jet allegedly created wake turbulence, forcing the US aircraft to fly through it. The comments highlight the ongoing tensions between the two countries in the disputed region.

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📹 Russian snipers in combat operations in Maryinka, DPR, one of the main hotspots of the Russia-Ukraine conflict

How do you avoid falling easy prey to the enemy when you’re a sniper?

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