❗️Putin stated that Ukrainian losses amount to 25-30% of the equipment that was supplied to them from abroad

❗️If shelling from Ukraine continues on Russian territory, Moscow will have to consider the creation of a "buffer zone" in Ukraine to prevent them from reaching Russian territory, Putin said.

📹 Crews manning Russia’s Msta-S self-propelled artillery guns wiped out a temporary deployment point and platoon stronghold of the Kiev regime’s army, eliminating as many as 20 Ukrainian servicemen in the direction of Zaporozhye in the process, military officials said.

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❗️ Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements on the course of the special military operation:

▪️Ukrainian military fails in all four directions of counteroffensive, suffers heavy casualties;

▪️Ukraine responsible for tragedy at Kakhovka HPP;

▪️Russia did not see large blasts at Kakhovka HPP, but Ukraine purposefully targeted it with HIMARS missiles, maybe something was planted there;

▪️Russia lost 54 tanks in Ukraine, some of them may be repaired;

▪️Ukraine's losses amount to 25-30% of equipment volume delivered to from abroad;

▪️Ukraine lost at least 160 tanks and 360 armored vehicles during counteroffensive;

▪️Defense industry of Ukraine will completely cease to exist soon, they import all weapons;

▪️Russia gradually engaged in demilitarization of Ukraine;

▪️Russia did not exert influence on Ukraine, tried to seek normal relations;

▪️Russia will never accept current situation in Ukraine, as Russia does not accept anything neo-Nazi.

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Russia states global leadership in swathe of industries, Deputy PM Manturov says

Russia has been keeping one step ahead of the liberal doses of sanctions slapped against it by the collective West, allowing it to stay positive on the eve of #SPIEF23, set for June 14-17.

💬 "The statistics for May are not out yet, but operational data by industry indicate that recovery growth continues in the manufacturing industries. As for the PMI (Purchasing Managers Index) it is higher than last month's 52.6 points, rising to 53.5 points for May. This suggests that the mood of industrial enterprises is quite buoyant," Denis Manturov said.

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‘Made in Russia’ producers debut at food & beverage West Africa

"On June 13, the national exposition ‘Made in Russia’ was held for the first time at the international exhibition ‘Food & Beverage West Africa’ in Lagos, Nigeria. Eleven Russian companies came to present their products at the event," the Russian Export Center statement said.

This is the first time that such a large number of Russian agricultural producers are being represented in Nigeria at the same time and in the same place.

The Russian exhibition, covering an area of over 380 square meters, occupies all of Pavilion No. 3 and is the largest national exhibition at the Food & Beverage West Africa trade show this year.

An intensive business program has been put together for the participants of the “Made in Russia” exposition, which will include over 100 B2B meetings with international business representatives.

The food show will be held June 13-15 at the Landmark Centre event venue in Lagos, Nigeria.

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❗️US unveils $325mln security aid package for Ukraine – Blinken

The United States is to send an additional package of security aid to Ukraine worth $325 million, including air defense systems, HIMARS ammunition, and armored vehicles following the beginning of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday.

“I am authorizing our 40th drawdown for Ukraine, which will provide $325 million worth of U.S. arms and equipment. This security assistance package includes critical air defense capabilities, additional munitions for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, artillery rounds, anti-tank weapons, armored vehicles, and other equipment essential to strengthening Ukraine’s forces on the battlefield,” Blinken said in a statement.

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🗣️”We've already lived through the first Cold War against the Soviet Union, which brought us to the brink of nuclear apocalypse during the Cuban Missile Crisis. And it could not be more clear that the US is doing the same thing to China and Russia. This is Cold War 2.0 and for Cuba, which has endured a cruel, illegal blockade for over six decades, the Cold War has never really ended”: Calla Walsh, co-chair of the National Network on Cuba, deliberates on whether China and Cuba pose any threat to the US

🎧Listen to more of Walsh’s analysis in our podcast Political Misfits

🇷🇺🌏 The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) will run from June 14 to 17, 2023.

▪️The main slogan of SPIEF 2023 will be "Sovereign Development" as a foundation for a just world.

▪️The program will incorporate over 150 sessions, master classes, and business meetings.

▪️Six bilateral business events are planned within the forum's framework, in the form of business dialogues with foreign partners from the Arab world, India, China, the Eurasian Economic Union, ASEAN, Latin America, and the United Arab Emirates.

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🗣️”Why are we talking about a fake Chinese spy base in Cuba instead of the illegal US occupation of Cuba's territory at Guantanamo Bay, which has gone on for 125 years? The idea that China and Cuba are targeting the US couldn't be further from the truth. The US is a country that's targeting others through sanctions, through military aggression, through covert destabilization programs”: Calla Walsh, co-chair of the National Network on Cuba, on the China-Cuba relations amid US aggression towards both countries

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🚁🇷🇺 Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter has been become a jack-of-all trades weapon, searching out, homing in on and targeting everything from armored vehicles and tanks to enemy strongholds, and serving as the backbone of Russian rotary frontline aviation.

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⚡ Trump Pleads Not Guilty to 37 Charges in Classified Docs Indictment

🔺Biden administration set to approve provision of depleted uranium tank shells to Ukraine
🔺Goodbye America, hello BRICS? Egypt planning to shift away from US dollar in trade with BRICS
🔺Big Reunion in Middle East: Saudi Arabia and Syria agree to resume economic cooperation

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💥 'Do Anything You Want in Your Uniqueness': How Africa's Albinism Activists Tackle Bias

Today the world observes International Albinism Awareness Day, a day to celebrate the human rights of persons with albinism and to combat the discrimination, stigma and violence they face

To mark this day, Sputnik Africa spoke with Sixmond Mdeka, a Tanzanian gospel reggae singer, preacher of the Word of God and social advocate on disability and albinism awareness

🗣"Accepting the situation of being different and loving myself has helped me a lot to deal with being different, I often tell myself every morning: 'Sixmond you are handsome and unique, and it is okay to be different'," he said

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