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🇺🇸📹 WATCH warmonger-in-chief Sullivan making excuses why Ukrainian counteroffensive is failing

Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, Joe Biden's pick for national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, admitted that the Ukrainian "counteroffensive" is "well underway," even though a number of high ranking Ukrainian officials previously claimed that Kiev troops were merely probing the Russian defenses and the real assault was yet to come.

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🇨🇳🇺🇸 Japan doesn't want to fight for Taiwan and neither do other US allies

The Australian government has recently signaled that it gave no promises to Washington about military participation in a potential conflict, Western media and think tanks say. The Philippines does not want to get dragged into the conflict, either. When it comes to South Korea, it also lacks any enthusiasm of joining the US in a combat operation in the Taiwan Strait.

Still, there is yet another US regional treaty ally, Thailand. However, according to the DC-based think tank, it's completely impossible to force Bangkok to fight against China for the sake of Taiwan.

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Sputnik correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev died in the line of duty as a journalist

He was an honest, brave and kind soul.

Rest in peace, Rostislav.

1989 – 2023

🇺🇳 UN offers condolences over death of Sputnik war correspondent caused by Ukrainian shelling with cluster munition

💬 "We deplore the death of yet another journalist in this war. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues," UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told Sputnik.

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'Global Order Shift': BRICS Seen as Partner Who Can Take Global South Forward – Bloc's Youth Leader

The grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, known as BRICS, continues to evolve and solidify its position as a prominent player in contemporary politics and the global economy, Raymond Matlala, chairman of the South African BRICS Youth Association (SABYA), told Sputnik Africa in an exclusive interview.

"There is a shift in the geopolitics in terms of the global order. And people see BRICS as a partner that can take them forward, especially in the Global South, right, in comparison to the current global order where the more global North, the West, has absolute power in the global economy, in the UN Security Council, the WTO, the World Bank," Matlala noted

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🇷🇺🇺🇸 Russian Embassy in US comments on death of Sputnik war correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev:

▪️The embassy expresses its deep condolences to the family and loved ones of Rostislav Zhuravlev, hailing his as a true hero of our time;

▪️Rostislav fearlessly covered crimes of the Kiev Nazis and did a lot to let the world know the truth about the incredible evil that Russia is fighting during the special military operation;

▪️Rostislav died as a result of a Ukrainian armed forces strike with cluster munitions, which are being used by Ukrainian radicals to hit cities and villages of our country, destroying homes of civilians;

▪️American officials assured the world community that the Ukrainians would use these munitions "selectively and carefully," but the nullity of these words is evident to everyone;

▪️The use of cluster-type weapons by the Kiev regime against the civilian population confirms that Washington is losing control over its puppets;

▪️The prolongation of the conflict and new casualties among civilians are on the conscience of the US.

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🇭🇺 Viktor Orban slams EU for conducting “LGBTQ offensive” and vows to protect Hungary’s Christian heritage

In his speech in Romania, Orban hopes the next year’s European parliament elections will strengthen countries who reject the “federalism” represented by Germany and France.

💬 "The EU rejects Christian heritage, carries out a replacement of its population via migration ... and conducts an LGBTQ offensive," the Hungarian president said.

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🇷🇺 🌍 Russian tourists continue to conquer Sahara despite heatwave in North Africa

In 40°C weather Russian tourists are spending their vacations in Tunisia, reports a Sputnik correspondent.

According to Evguenia Repnina, a guide who has lived in Tunisia for 15 years, she can't remember a heatwave of this magnitude either.

Nevertheless, the Russians don't mind the weather, and aren't giving up on trips to the ruins of ancient Carthage, or even tours of the Sahara, which is scorching hot as ever.

🗣"There was a young couple who told me: 'we know it's very hot in the Sahara, but we want to go there on purpose in July to feel it all. What's the point of going to the Sahara at another time if it's not hot,'" said Repnina

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🇹🇷🇪🇺 Turkiye plans to tighten citizenship application process on path to EU

The country plans to change its migration policy, making it more difficult to obtain Turkish citizenship for refugees, especially Syrian, as diplomatic sources name asylum seekers as one of the most important aspects of the visa problem, a Turkish newspaper reported.

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🇮🇱 Thousands of protesters against judicial reform march toward Jerusalem

Protest organizers estimate that about 20,000 people are taking part in the march heading toward the parliament building (Knesset), where one of the most controversial bills of the judicial reform may be finally adopted next week.

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🇺🇸 Plenty of former, active criminals serve among Kiev's mercenary gangs, security analyst says

A US Army veteran Craig Lang, who is wanted for double homicide in Florida and who now fights side by side with Ukrainian neo-Nazis, is but one of a large number of shady types who flocked to Kiev’s banners for money, thrills and a chance to murder people with impunity.

The regime in Kiev has also enlisted the services of many domestic criminals, having “opened up their own prisons right in the very beginning of the conflict,” international relations and security analyst Mark Sleboda told Sputnik.

According to him, the likes of Lang, who has been fighting in Donbass as part of Ukrainian neo-Nazi units since 2015, essentially highlight the nature of the Kiev regime.

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🇩🇪 German Eurosceptic conservative party Alternative for Germany (AfD) has recorded record high support rate this week at 22%, a poll conducted by the Institute for New Social Answers showed.

This puts the party in the second place after the opposition bloc, consisting of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria parties, which gained 26%, the survey has found.

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🇧🇼📹 Hundreds hold anti-LGBTQ protest in Botswana

A proposed bill, which aims to legalize same-sex relationships, has been the subject of protests by citizens in Botswana's capital, Gaborone.

Pastor Pulafela Mabiletswane Siele of the Evangelical Fellowships of Botswana, a Christian group, delivering a petition to the parliament, said "We urge our parliament to opt for a referendum regarding this matter."

Receiving the petition on behalf of parliament, opposition lawmaker Wynter Mmolotsi said that MPs would take into consideration the views of the church

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📹 Joe Biden should be ‘dead and gone’ by now, according to Senator Biden

In 1991, the Delaware senator didn't know he would one day be a president facing questions about his physical and mental fitness for the highest office in the land.

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🇮🇱 You're making my heart flutter: Israeli PM Netanyahu reportedly in good health after pacemaker surgery

Earlier this month, Netanyahu was hospitalized at the Sheba Medical Center in the city of Ramat Gan east of Tel Aviv, where he underwent a series of comprehensive medical tests, including a heart examination.

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🇺🇸 Washington becoming weary of Zelensky’s never-ending demands for aid

Joe Biden reportedly "lashed out" at Zelensky in June 2022, yelling that the Ukrainian leader "should be showing more gratitude for the billions in aid he was getting from the US via the American people."

"Zelensky is acting like a spoiled, petulant child who gets everything he wants and it’s still not enough. Many in the U.S. government and many of our citizens are growing tired of his act. I can assure you he is burning bridges in Europe as well. There is only so much money and good will to go around," Douglas MacKinnon, a former special assistant for policy and communications at the Pentagon, said.

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🥴 Xitposting: Musk to kill Twitter bird in favor of new X logo

The X is intended “to embody the imperfections in us all that make us unique,” the "Chief Twit" said.

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🇬🇷 30,000 evacuated from Greece’s Rhodes as wildfires continue to ravage island

Forest fires are continuing to wreak havoc on the Greek island for the fifth day. At first they were limited to the inland mountainous areas, but then shifted towards the coast.

Many visitors of evacuated hotels had to leave without even taking their belongings, and some tourists left the danger zone in their swimsuits.

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🇩🇪 German opposition sounds alarm as army’s security check backlog hits 70k troops

“It's a scandal! The security of the country is being dealt with sloppily here, apparently because MAD’s [Germany’s Military Counterintelligence Service] workload is too big,” Ingo Gadechens, a former career soldier and budget committee intelligence subcommittee member, said.

“I expect [Defense Minister Boris] Pistorius to explain to parliament immediately after the summer break how he intends to close these security gaps as quickly as possible.”

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❗️Russia unleashes strikes against Ukrainian facilities in Odessa used for plotting terror attacks, MoD says

All targets were destroyed, the ministry said, adding that the facilities hosted foreign mercenaries.

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