Western geopolitical engineers prefer to ignore the Nazi essence of the Zelensky regime, Sergey Lavrov said

▪️ He drew attention to the fact that neither in the West nor in the UN secretariat, no one remembers the repeated shelling of the Kakhovka HPP by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

▪️ In addition, the UN secretariat and the IAEA do not respond to regular notes about the shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant by Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Minister stressed.

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📹 Footage showing the destruction of the command post of the unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the crew of a Ka-52 helicopter

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📹 Russia’s anti-aircraft units destroy air targets in Zaporozhye region

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🗣 "I don't think that bureaucrats from Brussels should decide from their lukewarm offices whether Georgia should escalate or not," Georgian Parliament Speaker Papuashvili responded to the words of the EU representative about the resumption of air communication between Georgia and Russia.

▪️ Earlier, MEP Devigne said that the resumption of flights is not a unilateral decision, because it requires the consent of the country in which the plane will land, and also demanded that Georgia impose sanctions against Russia.

💬 “These people have superficial information and thinking with some banal argument. When the discussion in the European Parliament goes to such a childish level, it already shows what we are dealing with,” Papuashvili said.

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Poland may have been used as operating base for Nord Stream sabotage, report says

Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office is investigating evidence that suggests Poland was used as an operating base to organize blasts at the Nord Stream gas pipelines, according to The WSJ.

Investigators are trying to figure out why the yacht that was used to blow up gas pipelines entered Polish waters, the report said. The investigation also showed that Poland could be the center of logistics and financing of the sabotage attack

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Ukraine strikes flood refugees in Kherson Region, killing one

Ukrainian forces bombarded the settlement of Zhelezny Port in Kherson region, killing at least one woman, the head of the region Vladimir Saldo said, noting that Storm Shadow missiles were allegedly used in the strike.

The shelling targeted a hotel hosting refugees who had been displaced by the recent flooding caused by the Kakhovka dam attack.

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Single gas market of Eurasian Economic Union likely to be created by 2025

"There are issues that should be resolved between our countries, we are currently in this process, there is an active phase of negotiations. There are several issues on which we cannot reach a common understanding, but I hope and believe that, by 2025, we should achieve a common energy market," Energy Minister of the Eurasian Economic Commission Arzybek Kozhoshev said on the sidelines of the Eurasian Forum in Sochi.

Kozhoshev also noted that EEU’s members may start paying for gas in rubles in the future.

"We have not yet achieved that all five countries have switched to the ruble, but today this process is underway, and in the future, I think we will come to this," the official said.

In October, Kozhoshev told Sputnik that all members of the Eurasian Economic Union, except for Kazakhstan, had agreed to switch to gas payments in rubles, adding that Astana may also start trading in national currencies.

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Italian special forces prevent 'pirates' from hijacking Turkish cargo ship

A seven-hour military operation that was conducted by Italian special forces to tackle suspected hijackers on board a cargo ship sailing from Turkiye to France is over, Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto stated on Saturday.

The Galata Seaways vessel sailing under a Turkish flag "has now been recaptured and the entire 22-man crew of the Turkish ship is safe," the ministry said, amid reports that some hijackers had been detained, while others "barricaded themselves in the depths of the hold" of the 200-meter-­long ship.

This came after an Italian news agency reported that once onboard, the stowaways were discovered by the crew using security cameras and that they then tried to take some of the sailors hostage inside the bridge using knives. The captain of the bulker managed to send an urgent request to Ankara, which in turn reported the incident to Rome as the ship was navigating off the Italian coast.

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🎥 The result of the destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' equipment in the Zaporozhye direction (video courtesy of Russian MoD)

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🇳🇱 Huge fire engulfs Dutch industrial park

Several buildings have gone up in flames in the Netherlands' western city of Ter Aar.

Some reports suggest the blaze was caused by a solar panel installation, others say forklift gas cylinders exploded.

It's thought the fire could take hours to put out, with no injuries reported so far.

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🎥 Russian forces destroyed the enemy in the special military operation: "Our cause is just. The enemy shall be defeated. Victory shall be ours." (с)

Video courtesy of Russian MoD

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Scientists create 'new tool' to detect AI-based chatbot writing

First study author Heather Desaire, a professor at the University of Kansas, said in a media release that she and her colleagues “tried hard to create an accessible method so that with little guidance, even high school students could build an AI detector for different types of writing.”

According to the survey, the researchers trained the new program to identify key differences between 64 real studies published in the journal Science and 128 ChatGPT-generated counterfeits.

The scientists said that the program flagged the AI-written papers more than 99% of the time and could correctly tell the difference between human-created and chatbot-generated paragraphs 92% of the time.

The study revealed that ChatGPT-written papers differed from human text in at least four key aspects, including paragraph complexity, sentence-level diversity in length, punctuation marks and "popular words."

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First Japan-US-Philippines security meeting to take place in Tokyo on June 16

Japan will be represented by National Security Secretariat chief Takeo Akiba, the United States will be represented by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, and the Philippines will be represented by National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano, Japanese TV channel reported.

The initiative to create such a format for consultations between the three countries belongs to Japan. Its main goal is to gain the support of the Philippines, which has a territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea, which in turn will be a factor in deterring China.

Japan will also hold a bilateral security meeting with the United States to discuss, among other things, issues related to Japanese citizens forcibly detained in North Korea since 1970-1980.

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🎥 Footage of reconnaissance and attack Ka-52 helicopters destroying Western-made military vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye direction

Video courtesy of Russian MoD

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🇹🇷 Explosion occurs at missile factory in Ankara, five dead

The explosion rocked the missile and explosives factory in Ankara's Elmadag district, according to the report. A fire brigade and an ambulance were dispatched to the scene.

"An explosion occurred at the MKE missile factory in the Elmadag district of Ankara. The explosion killed five of our workers. A judicial and administrative investigation has been launched," the Turkish Defense Ministry said.

After receiving the information about the explosion, Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler canceled his tour to the southern province of Hatay on the border with Syria and is now on his way to Ankara, the local newspaper reported.

The factory hit by the explosion belongs to the Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE). The MKE is a state-owned company that manufactures weapons and equipment for the Turkish armed forces.

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🇷🇺 Dmitry Medvedev has asked for the precise location of a tank factory that a German company plans to build in Ukraine, as per his tweet.

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🎥 The Russian Ministry of Defense has published footage of destroyed armored vehicles of the Ukrainian armed forces, including German Leopard tanks and American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles

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❗️Russian MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

Ukrainian forces continued unsuccessful attempts to conduct offensive operations in South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, as well as close to Artyomovsk.

▪️In Zaporozhye direction, two attacks from the Ukrainian military with the strength of up to a battalion reinforced with tanks have been repelled. In addition, two columns of four armored vehicles have been hit.

▪️Close to Vremevskoi Vystup, the Ukrainian forces launched three unsuccessful attacks. Ukrainian losses amounted to more than 300 troops, nine tanks, including four Leopard tanks, 11 infantry fighting vehicles, including five US-manufactured Bradley vehicles, 14 armored fighting vehicles and one French-manufactured Cezar self-propelled artillery system;

▪️Close to Artyomovsk, five attacks have been successfully repelled. No incursion into Russian defenses has happened. Russian forces destroyed up to 230 Ukrainian soldiers, two armored fighting vehicles and two D-30 howitzers;

▪️In the Kupyansk direction, the actions of three Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were thwarted. Russian forces destroyed up to 65 Ukrainian troops, one armored personnel carrier, two pick-up trucks, and one US-manufactured M777 artillery system. The actions of four Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were thwarted;

▪️In the Krasny Liman direction, the actions of one Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group was thwarted. Russian forces neutralized up to 60 Ukrainian soldiers, one infantry fighting vehicle, two armored fighting vehicles, Krab, Gvozdika and Akatsiya self-propelled artillery systems, one D-20 howitzer, as well as one ammunition depot;

▪️In the Kherson direction, Russian troops neutralized up to 40 Ukrainian soldiers, one Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer as well as an ammunition depot;

▪️Russian air defenses shot down one Su-27 aircraft, a MIG-29 fighter, two Storm Shadow cruise missiles, ten HIMARS missiles, as well as eight unmanned aerial vehicles in the LPR, DPR, Kharkov, and Zaporozhye regions.

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🇵🇭🌋The authorities launched the evacuation of 2,400 families, or 10,000 people, living in the four-kilometer zone of "permanent danger" of the Mayon volcano, a local broadcaster reported, citing officials.

On Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the volcanic eruption threat to Level 3, the report noted, adding that in the case of Level 4, the provincial authorities will evacuate another 16,000 people from the 8-kilometer zone.

Mayon volcano last erupted in 2018.

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