🇧🇾 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

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🗣 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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🥴 Former Secretary of State John Kerry recently admitted on French television that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was based on a lie, but refused to admit it was a war of aggression

▪️ Appearing on French TV channel LCI, Kerry insisted the US invasion of Iraq was completely different from the conflict in Ukraine. The French journalist noted the invasion of Iraq was a war of aggression based on lies that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and links to al-Qaeda*.

* Al-Qaeda is a terrorist organization banned in Russia and other countries

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The Ukrainian military lost over 400 soldiers in Krasny Liman and Donetsk direction during offensive attempts over the past day

According to the Russian MoD, Ukrainian forces continued to make attempts to attack in Donetsk, South Donetsk and Krasny Liman directions. The ministry added that it repelled two attacks in the Krasny Liman direction and seven attacks in the Donetsk direction.

"More than 100 Ukrainian servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, D-20 and D-30 howitzers, as well as two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts were destroyed in a day [in the Krasny Liman direction]," the ministry said.

The ministry added that Ukraine lost "up to 325 soldiers, one tank, three infantry fighting vehicles," in the Donetsk direction.

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📹🇫🇷 France has tested the V-MAX hypersonic warhead prototype for the first time

▪️ Footage appeared online allegedly showing the moment of its launch.

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🇷🇺 Key statements by Russian President Putin during a meeting with military personnel:

▪️ The enemy tried to make use of the recent crisis, and they would do it if mutiny not suppressed;

▪️ There is no telling what would have become of the country if the mutiny had succeeded, but all the gains of the fighting would have been lost, military did not allow that to happen;

▪️ Everything will be done to support the families of the military killed in the armed munity;

▪️ Wagner's fighters were respected in the country and showed heroism and sacrifice;

▪️ Wagner group was fully funded by state;

▪️ Russia paid over 86 billion rubles (over $1 billion) to PMC Wagner from May 2022 to May 2023;

▪️ Those involved in the special military operation should form the backbone of the Defense Ministry's leadership;

▪️ Putin instructed the Defense Minister to ensure that the services of servicemen are recognized with state awards;

▪️ Kiev lost 259 tanks, 780 armored vehicles since start of counteroffensive.

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