🇯🇵 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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🇷🇺 Kiev’s drone attacks on Crimea and Moscow are the use of terrorist methods by the Ukrainian leadership and intimidation of the civilian population, as these attacks served no military purpose, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Russia reserves the right to take tough measures in response to the drone attack on Moscow, the ministry added.

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Monthly production of munitions by Russia's defense industry has exceeded production volumes for entire 2022, Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov said on Monday.

🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin has signed a law on the introduction of a digital ruble

The additional form of the Russian currency will be issued alongside the existing cash and non-cash rubles. The operator of the system through which the currency will function will be the Central Bank of Russia.

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

▪️In the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Army hit a command post of the 65th Mechanized Brigade and a fuel depot of Ukrainian forces;

▪️In the Krasny Liman direction, Russian forces repelled five attacks by Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian losses amounted to 195 servicemen;

▪️In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Army destroyed a French-made CAESAR self-propelled howitzer. Ukrainian losses amounted to 95 servicemen;

▪️In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops repelled six attacks by Ukrainian forces. Ukrainian losses amounted to 160 servicemen;

▪️In the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, Ukrainian losses amounted to 120 servicemen. The Russian Army destroyed a Ukrainian M777 artillery system;

▪️Russian Air defense intercepted a HIMARS rocket and destroyed 35 Ukrainian UAVs.

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❗️Key statements made by Russia’s Security Council on Ukrainian cyber-attacks:

▪️US directly oversees the work of the Ukrainian Center for Information-Psychological Operations;

▪️US intelligence agencies actively involve Ukrainian hackers in cyber-attacks on Russia;

▪️Cyber-attacks on Russia under the flag of Kiev are organized by the Pentagon, NSA, and NATO center in Tallinn;

▪️US corporations solely control the Internet for global domination;

▪️The US engages all possible resources to stimulate protest activity in what in their opinion are "non-democratic" countries around the world.

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