🇷🇺 Last night, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using 17 drones targeting areas on the Crimean peninsula was foiled, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Fourteen Ukrainian drones were suppressed by means of electronic warfare, 11 of them plunged into the Black Sea, and 3 more crashed on Crimean soil, while another 3 were taken out by Russia’s air defenses. Thus, there were no casualties from the quashed terror attempt, the ministry said.

A helicopter-type drone without an explosive device fell in the Zelenogradsky district of Moscow on the territory of the central cemetery, no one was injured, emergency services told Sputnik

🇷🇺 On July 22, traces of explosive materials such as dinitrotoluene and signs of tampering with the structural elements of the vessel were detected in the hold of a foreign cargo ship that was going from Turkiye to Rostov-on-Don, the FSB stated.

It was established that in May, the ship was in the Ukrainian port of Kiliya, in July the crew, consisting of 12 citizens of Ukraine, completely changed in the Turkish port of Tuzla.

These circumstances may indicate the possibility of using a foreign civilian ship to deliver explosives to Ukraine. A decision was made to ban the passage of the foreign vessel through the Kerch Strait, with its further departure outside the territorial sea of Russia.

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📹 Russian assualt units destroyed a Ukrainian military stronghold near Krasny Liman, according to info provided to Sputnik by the Russian Defense Ministry

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The Ukrainian troops have deployed foreign-made cluster bombs in a strike on Zolotarevka village near the Lugansk People's Republic, a source from the LPR's security forces told Sputnik on Sunday.

The source added that the debris showed the foreign origin of the cluster munitions supplied to Kiev.

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The Russian Investigative Committee said on Sunday that it had opened a criminal case on the shelling of the Zaporozhye region by the Ukrainian troops, which killed Sputnik war correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev and injured several other journalists.

The investigators will establish the incident's circumstances and those involved in the attack on the Russian mass media employees, the committee added.

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"If done right, X would become half of the global financial system": Elon Musk ambitious on rebranded Twitter

The billionaire has previously said he wants to turn Twitter (X) into the basis for a WeChat-style "all-in-one app" that combines messaging, payments, and commerce.

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🇯🇵 The Japanese government maintains its position on the need to expand the number of signatories to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in light of the Russian Defense Ministry's statement on the shelling of Russian journalists by Ukraine, Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihiko Isozaki said Monday.

"We are aware that on July 22, the Russian Defense Ministry issued a statement on the shelling that injured four Russian journalists, which was carried out by Ukraine with the use of cluster munitions," Isozaki told a briefing.

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🇹🇷 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will discuss the situation and possibilities of resuming the grain deal with his cabinet on Monday, a source in the Turkish leader's administration told Sputnik on Sunday.

"The agenda of Monday's Cabinet meeting includes the issue of the grain deal. What can be done now, the available options will be discussed, proposals on the possibility of resuming the Black Sea grain initiative will be presented," the source said.

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🇨🇳 NATO's eastward expansion into the Asia-Pacific region goes beyond the concept of collective self-defense enshrined in the UN Charter, the Chinese embassy in Japan said Monday.

According to the statement, NATO has recently continued to "interfere in the affairs of the Asia-Pacific region, provoking bloc confrontation."

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🇺🇸🇰🇷 The US Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered fast attack submarine USS Annapolis arrived in South Korea on Monday, docking at the naval base on Jeju Island, the South Korean (ROK) Navy has announced.

The submarine entered the port to replenish supplies during an operational deployment, with the port call coming against the backdrop of increased military coordination between the United States and South Korea, the ROK Navy said.

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