❗️Latest statements by Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu on Ukrainian counteroffense:

▪️ Since the beginning of the counteroffensive, Ukraine's losses have amounted to more than 26,000 soldiers and 3,000 pieces of various weapons;

▪️ In the last two days alone, three Leopard tanks and six Bradley infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed in one of the directions;

▪️ Russia destroyed 43 M777 howitzers, 46 self-propelled guns from Poland, the US, and France since June 4;

▪️ Russian air defense shot down 176 HIMARS shells, 27 Storm Shadow missiles and 483 drones since June 4;

▪️ Since June 4, the Russian Army has destroyed 914 units of special vehicles, two air defense systems, 25 rocket launchers, 403 artillery pieces and mortars;

▪️ The intelligence agencies of the United States and other NATO countries carefully monitor and analyze the results of the combat work of the Russian troops;

▪️ In general, the Ukrainian military has failed to reach its goals in all direction.

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❗️ Statements by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on the supply of cluster munitions to Ukraine:

▪️ If the US supplies cluster munitions to Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces will be forced to use similar means against the Ukrainian Army as a response;

▪️ The transfer of US cluster munitions to Kiev will affect the prolongation of the conflict;

▪️ Russia, realizing the threat that cluster munitions pose to the civilian population, has refrained and is refraining from using them;

▪️ Russian cluster munitions are much more effective than American ones, their range is wider and more diverse.

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⚡️ All NATO allies agree that it is impossible to accept Ukraine into the alliance before the end of hostilities - Jens Stoltenberg

"I think all allies agree that when a war is going on that's not the time for making Ukraine the full member of the alliance," he said.

🇷🇺 🌍 Looking Back at the First Russia-Africa Summit Highlights

Aimed at creating a fundamentally new, mutually beneficial partnership to meet the challenges of the 21st century, the summit was the largest and most unprecedented event in Russian-African relations.

As Russia and African countries prepare to review the progress and achievements of the First Russia-Africa Summit at the Second Summit, to be held in St. Petersburg this month, Sputnik Africa presents the most interesting facts about the Sochi gathering.

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📹 The mistake of an inexperienced driver of a Ukrainian armored vehicle cost the life of an armored group of Ukrainian servicemen

Due to an oversight by a Ukrainian driver, a Western-made armored vehicle got stuck while trying to attack Russian positions (0:18). The Ukrainian armored group advanced to the evacuation, however, due to panic and inconsistency in actions, they could not get to the stuck car in time (0:46). The artillerymen took advantage of this situation (1:21).

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The Ukrainian leadership knew that the country would not receive a specific invitation to NATO on Tuesday, Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to the head of Volodymyr Zelensky's office, said

NATO is already participating in a confrontation with Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, NATO said in its Vilnius summit communique that the alliance does not seek confrontation with Russia but cannot consider Moscow to be its partner.

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🇷🇺 The Russian armed forces will receive two new and two upgraded Tu-160 strategic missile carriers in 2023, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

The Tu-160 is a Russian heavy supersonic nuclear-capable strategic bomber and missile carrier created by Tupolev Design Bureau. It is one the largest and heaviest combat aircraft and fastest bomber in use.

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Ukraine will not be admitted into NATO now so as not to drag the United States into a conflict with Russia, said State Department spokesman Matthew Miller

"It would not be appropriate to admit Ukraine at this time to NATO while it's in a war, that would then mean the United States would be in a war with Russia, something President Biden has made clear from the outset, would not happen under his leadership," Miller said during a press briefing.

Today marks 80 years since one of the most tragic days of the Volyn Massacre arranged by Ukrainian nationalists

Sputnik has prepared a video about those terrible events

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The city of Tokmak, Zaporozhye region, was shelled by cluster munitions, local emergency services reported

🇩🇪 Germany is currently not ready to give a positive decision on the supply of long-range missiles to Ukraine, as France and Great Britain did earlier, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius on Tuesday.

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BAE Systems, the British arms and aerospace multinational, has signed an agreement with the UK government to the tune of 280 million pounds ($360 million) to boost the production of 155mm artillery shells in order to reduce the global shortage of ammunition and help Ukraine, a UK newspaper reported on Tuesday.

The deal, which could increase in value to over 400 million pounds, will allow the UK-based company to increase its production capacity by eight times, the report added.

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📹 The crew of a Ka-52 reconnaissance and attack helicopter destroyed an Ukrainian armoured fighting vehicle with a guided missile in the zone of the special military operation

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🇨🇦🇺🇸 The decision to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions is related to NATO’s lack of industrial defense capacity and the alliance's focus should be on expanding it, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly said on Tuesday.

“Of course, we do not agree with the American position [on cluster munitions deliveries to Ukraine], and we've mentioned it to the American officials. Meanwhile, what I think the alliance needs to be focusing on is really expanding the defense industrial capacity, because we're in this position right now because of the issue of lack of defense, industrial capacity. So that's something that we need to be working on in Canada but also within the alliance," Joly said during a press conference from Vilnius.

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🇷🇺🇦🇪 The Russian Export Center (REC) supported exporters to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for almost $1 billion in 2022, REC Vice President Roman Genkel said at the roundtable "UAE: Opportunities for Business and Investment" at the Innoprom event.

The REC vice president has emphasized that this contribution of the development institute has fueled the phenomenal growth of trade between Russia and the UAE, which has reached almost 70%.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 The Russian Export Center (REC) and the Jinzhou Port Co. Ltd., a China-based company principally engaged in port cargo loading and unloading material warehousing and related logistics operations, have reached an agreement to cooperate to increase trade between Russia and China.

The memorandum was signed on the sidelines of the 3rd Forum of Interregional Cooperation between Russia and China within the framework of "Innoprom".

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📹 Russian paratroopers foil another attempted offensive by the AFU

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NATO allies have pledged more financial and military support to Ukraine at the Vilnius summit but seem divided over Washington's provision of deadly cluster munitions to Kiev.

Why Team Biden is shrugging off moral concerns and NATO divisions over cluster bombs?

🇺🇸 Former US President Donald Trump's legal team asked the court to delay his trial over alleged mishandling of classified documents until after the 2024 presidential election.

“Proceeding to trial during the pendency of a Presidential election cycle wherein opposing candidates are effectively (if not literally) directly adverse to one another in this action will create extraordinary challenges in the jury selection process and limit the Defendants’ ability to secure a fair and impartial adjudication,” Trump’s legal team said in a court filing dated Monday and obtained by US media.

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