🇷🇺 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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🇷🇺 Striking civilian structures has become an ordinary thing for the Kiev regime as it is unable to achieve any success in its offensive, Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has said.

"The Banderites [...] are choosing civilian targets for their treacherous attacks increasingly often. Everyone must be prepared for this," he added.

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🇷🇺 This Russian missile is sending chills up the Ukrainian army’s spine!

🚀 Let us introduce you to the P-800 Onyx, which has become a prototype for India’s famous Brahmos rocket and has been causing quite a stir on the battlefield.

This “menace” of a missile has been giving Ukrainian naval assets, coastal defenses, and even ground forces hell.

💨 With its ability to reach supersonic speed and fly at extremely low altitudes, it is an intimidating force that’s able to cut through Ukraine’s defense systems.

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🗣️ On Ukraine’s turn from peace to war:

“And bear in mind that Zelensky ran for president in 2019 on a pro-peace platform and calling for better relations between Ukrainian and Russian speakers, and calling for accommodations, reasonable linguistic accommodations for the Russian-speaking minority, but I should probably say majority. And he was forced to backtrack because he was met by an intransigent right wing in Ukraine itself and also by the US, which was intent on a showdown with Russia,” Dan Lazare, author and journalist, told Sputnik.

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Putin has signed a law banning gender changes in Russia, now it will only be possible based on medical considerations.

In the event of a gender change by a spouse, the marriage will be annulled, and individuals who have changed their gender are also prohibited from adopting children.

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"By 2031, we must and want to invest well over 20 billion euros in ammunition," German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told a German magazine in an interview. He added that without ammunition, even the most modern weapons systems are of no use, "even if they are standing in our backyard ready to deploy."

His remarks came as Western countries are facing the issue of a munitions deficit after massive shipments to Ukraine, where they are spent quickly due to the high intensity of the military action.

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🗣"Then they brought in journalists, who filmed - shattered glass all round and allege that "Russia was destroying museums"

Residents of Mariupol told Sputnik about how Ukrainian Azov militants opened fire on the center of the city before the arrival of Russian troops, and then brought foreign journalists to the locations of the destruction in order to blame the Russian forces.

*Azov Battalion is a terrorist organization banned in Russia.

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Medvedev has commented on the change of Twitter's logo, exclaiming, "Wonderful! Where there's an X, there's a V and Z."

These letters are frequently used as symbols in the special military operation, and Russian soldiers often put them on tanks.

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🗣 On how ‘far’ Bidenomics has gone:

“Biden brags about the fact that 'Look, we're spending all this money.' He's implementing austerity, cutting social programs, and three acts, three bills, three acts $1.65 trillion in subsidies to corporations... They're all big slush funds for corporations to invest. Well, he's financing that through austerity and social programs. Well, that doesn't look like such a great deal to me,” Dr. Jack Rasmus, professor of Economics and Politics at St. Mary's College in California, told Sputnik.

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UN condemns all attacks on the press, including the recent attack that resulted in the death of the Sputnik military correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev.

"We are opposed to any attacks on the press, wherever they may be, and certainly as Stephane [Dujarric] said last week, we opposed the attack in which the Russian correspondent was killed," UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said at a press briefing on Monday.

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