Germany will send 45 anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine by the end of the year, said German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock

The minister also stated that it is important for the EU to continue to support the Kiev regime and military assistance to it will be increased by €3.5 billion.

Earlier, it was reported that the Leopard tanks, which Berlin was going to transfer to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, were planned to be scrapped.

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📹 A tactical flight exercise of fighter aircraft is being held over the Baltic

The crews of the Baltic Fleet Su-27s fired their weapons at cruise missiles and mock enemy aircraft.

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US security services are trying to recruit Russian diplomats working in Russia's Permanent Mission to the UN

"The updated information presented by us indicates that the US keeps purposefully applying an entire range of measures and restrictions to our Permanent Mission and its employees aimed at reducing the effectiveness of our interaction with the UN, but moreover, at the provision of psychological pressure on Russian diplomats," Deputy Permanent Representative Maria Zabolotskaya said.

“How else to explain more and more intrusive recruiting approaches by local security services who approach employees on the street and at the airport,” she said.

Zabolotskaya said contextual advertising is used in social networks, search engines and at video hosting sites, for example YouTube, to demonstrate calls to cooperate with the FBI.

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📹 Russian Pacific Fleet's marine corps crush Ukrainian convoy of foreign military vehicles

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Russian FM Sergey Lavrov: The Russian-Chinese trade and economic cooperation continues to expand

Russia-China trade grew by 29.3 percent to a record $190.271 billion in 2022, according to China's customs authorities, .

"The trade and economic interaction of Russia and China keeps expanding despite attempts by certain states to interfere with this," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a video message at the opening of the conference "Russia and China: Cooperation in the New Era" in Beijing, which has been held annually since 2015.

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Sweden has adopted a new humanitarian aid package for Ukraine worth $35.5 million

"The government is allocating a new package of humanitarian and recovery aid for Ukraine. The package worth 380 million Swedish kronor [$35.5 million] aims to meet the most urgent needs and highlights the important role of civil society organizations," the government said in a statement.

Earlier, Bulgaria had also adopted a new military aid package for Ukraine.

The European countries continue to expand support for Ukraine despite warnings from the Russian side that it only exacerbates the conflict.

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🇧🇾 Belarusian President Lukashenko said that he has given orders to bring the army to full combat readiness against the backdrop of the events in Russia

🌍 BRICS praised as 'champion' of Global South

🗣 The group, comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa is 'definitely championing the interests of the global south and ensuring a more inclusive, multilateral environment for every country of the world system," said South African Department of International Relations and Co-operation (Dirco)’s Ben Joubert.

According to Joubert, South Africa is going to use its position as this year's BRICS chair to champion global reforms

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The case of the armed mutiny was dismissed on June 27, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) says

Alexander Lukashenko: "If Russia collapses, we will remain under the rubble, we will all die"

The UN recorded a significant increase in violations of the law by Ukrainian security forces, according to a report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

▪️ The document noted that dozens of detainees were tortured in hidden Ukrainian detention centers.

▪️ It is also said that there have been cases in Ukraine when civilians involved in humanitarian assistance in Russian-controlled territory were imprisoned.

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Ukraine is considering several provocation scenarios at the Zaporozhye NPP

"The Zelensky regime is hatching several scenarios regarding the nuclear plant against the backdrop of the failure of the counteroffensive. This could be a missile attack, a terrorist attack, or an attempt to seize it by forcing Dnepr [River]," Vladimir Rogov, a senior official of the Zaporozhye regional administration, said, adding that Zelensky and Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov were behind the preparation of a possible provocation.

Rogov stated that Kiev was also planning to use media as part of its provocation to accuse Moscow, among other things, of mining the ZNPP — a claim that has already been refuted by the IAEA mission present at the plant.

The Russian official warned that the possible provocation could be carried out before the NATO summit in Vilnius, scheduled for July 11-12.

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📹 Snipers cover Russian troops in the zone of the special military op

Russian marksmen provide cover for special forces groups which have been ordered to capture Ukrainian strongholds. In pairs, snipers covertly infiltrate the mission area and overwhelm enemy firing positions and machine-gun crews.

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⚡Putin tells military they actually prevented civil war

❗️ The main statements of Vladimir Putin in an address to military:

▪️ Real defenders in difficult times stood in the way of unrest, the result of which would be chaos;

▪️ You actually stopped the civil war, acted clearly and harmoniously;

▪️ Your determination and courage, as well as the consolidation of society, played a decisive role in the suppression of the munity;

▪️ We did not have to remove combat units from our special op zone during the attempted mutiny;

▪️ The people and the army were not with the mutineers;

▪️ Putin thanked the entire personnel of the armed forces, law enforcement agencies and special services for their courage, valor and loyalty to the people of Russia.

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Russian National Guard head Viktor Zolotov did not rule out that Western intelligence services worked in Wagner’s aborted mutiny - the rebellion was inspired by the West and overlapped with Prigozhin's ambitions

We knew that we would win, the rebels would not have taken Moscow, Viktor Zolotov added.

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