📹 Russia’s Federal Security Service has thwarted a terrorist attack plot targeting an energy facility and a military registration and enlistment office on Sakhalin Island, in Russia’s Far East

Footage showing the arrest of the Ukrainian perpetrator was released by the federal agency.

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📹 Footage revealing "Rapira" anti-tank guns’ firepower in action in the special military operation zone

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NATO is bound to reaffirm its anti-Russia policy at the upcoming Vilnius summit, Russia's top diplomat says

At the summit in Madrid last year, NATO leaders adopted the 2022 Strategic Concept where Russia is declared "the most significant and direct threat" to security of the alliance and to peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area.

The NATO summit will be held from July 11-12 in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.

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📹 More than 340 patients were in Makeevka Hospital No. 2 at the time of yesterday's shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces

No one was seriously injured, and patients are being transferred to other medical facilities.

Last night, the Ukrainian Army attacked residential areas and the hospital complex in the city of Makeevka in the DPR.

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⚡️ Kremlin on situation around Zaporozhye NPP: Threat of diversions by Kiev is great, consequences can be catastrophic

Kiev already demonstrated it has no limits when it blew up Kakhovka HPP, Kremlin spokesman Peskov said.

The OceanGate submersible, Titan, which sank in the Atlantic, was seriously damaged after being struck by lightning in 2018

The video about it was removed from Youtube, Insider reports.

During the June 18 dive, the Titan disappeared from contact about 90 minutes into its two-hour descent to the Titanic wreck. After four days of searching, wreckage from the Titan was discovered not far from the Titanic, and it was determined that the submersible had imploded due to the intense water pressure, instantly killing all five passengers on board.

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📹 Ka-52 reconnaissance and attack helicopter located movement of Ukrainian hardware and destroyed enemy vehicles with a guided anti-tank missile

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⚡️The IAEA did not reveal any signs of mining at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant during the latest inspections, its head Rafael Grossi said

The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries engineering giant may oversee the development and design of next-generation nuclear power plants

The initiative will help accelerate the development of high-safety NPPs and contribute to the goal of ensuring stable electricity supplies and decarbonizing the energy sector.

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Military instructors from the Netherlands have already trained more than 1,200 Ukrainian servicemen as part of the Interflex program, the country’s top military officials said

It’s another confirmation of the direct involvement of the US and NATO in the conflict in Ukraine.

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

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces repelled two attacks near Krasny Liman. Ukrainian losses amounted to more than 90 servicemen;

▪️ Russian troops in the DPR defeated the command post of the 115th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;

▪️ The Russian Army repelled five attacks in the south of the DPR;

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces inflicted a defeat on three accumulations of manpower near Artemovsk;

▪️ Under Krasny Liman, the activities of two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were suppressed;

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces repelled nine attacks in the DPR. During the fighting, Ukrainian losses amounted to 290 people;

▪️ The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost over 300 military personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles and Krab self-propelled guns in a day in the south of the DPR;

▪️ Russian troops destroyed up to 60 Ukrainian soldiers and three US-made M777 artillery systems in the Kherson region;

▪️ Russian air defense intercepted six HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and six drones.

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Turkiye is committed to extending the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which expires in less than two weeks, Turkish FM says

Russia, Ukraine, Turkiye and the United Nations reached an agreement on July 22 to unblock grain and fertilizer exports in the Black Sea amid the military operation launched by Moscow in Ukraine in 2022.

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🥴 "America was never great!"

Members of the Revolutionary Communist Party interrupted the July 4 Celebration of Freedom event in Philadelphia, where both the governor and mayor spoke, by burning an American flag.

The protesters set fire to and tore up the American flag shouting: "America has nothing to celebrate. We demand a different way to live, we demand a different system."

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❗️ Series of explosions hit Berdyansk, Russia's Zaporozhye region as Ukraine army attempts another offensive attack: city authorities

🇺🇸 Federal Judge Terry A. Doughty issued an injunction in response to lawsuits by Missouri and Louisiana attorneys general alleging that tech companies were pressured by the White House to suppress free speech during the COVID pandemic. Social media platforms increased content moderation, censoring data deemed "false or misleading" and criticism of government anti-COVID measures.

According to one US media outlet familiar with the text of the injunction, Doughty argued that the US government "seems to have assumed a role similar to an Orwellian ‘Ministry of Truth’ during the pandemic.

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Russia’s oil production cuts have been verified by seven independent sources, Saudi energy minister said

The reduction of oil exports by Russia by 500,000 barrels per day was not imposed on it, it was voluntary, the minister said, adding that Russia's compliance will be verified monthly.

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