❗️Main points of statements by Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu in conference call with leadership of Russian Armed Forces:

▪️The Russian Armed Forces are continuing active operations in all directions, focusing on weakening the combat capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF);

▪️The UAF are throwing new forces to attack the positions of the Russian Armed Forces, and thanks to the professional actions of Russian troops, the enemy’s advance has not been successful;

▪️The heads of 108 military departments have been invited to the international Army-2023 military-technical forum;

▪️Russian military-technical developments that have been tested in real combat situations will be presented at the Army-2023 forum;

▪️The Russian Armed Forces in the Rabotino area on July 26 and 27 destroyed more than 400 UAF soldiers and 63 armored vehicles, including 31 tanks, of which three were Leopard tanks;

▪️UAF losses over the past month amounted to more than 20,800 troops;

▪️The UAF lost more than 2,200 weapons over the past month, including 10 Leopard tanks;

▪️The Russian Armed Forces liberated Kovalevka and Sergeevka in the Krasny Liman region from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the Molchanovka railway station in the Kupyansk region;

▪️Western weapons supplied to Kiev do not lead to success on the battlefield, but only prolong the military conflict;

▪️Kiev has focused on terrorist attacks on the civilian infrastructure of the Russian Federation against the backdrop of the unsuccessful UAF "counteroffensive";

▪️In connection with the terrorist attacks by Kiev on objects in the Russian Federation, additional measures have been taken to increase protection against attacks from air and sea;

▪️The Russian Armed Forces have increased the intensity of attacks on Ukrainian military facilities by multiple times, including on those supporting terrorist attacks on Russian territory;

▪️Three ships of the Karakurt-class are planned to be accepted into the Russian Navy by the end of the year;

▪️15,000 people are enrolled in Russian military universities, of which 1,500 are participants in the special operation.

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In its battle against terrorist groups, Burkina Faso can count on Russia’s range of weapons available for acquisition to beef up the Burkinabe armed forces, Transitional President Ibrahim Traore told Sputnik Africa.

Russia does not pose any restrictions on the sale of military equipment, unlike other countries. Moscow is even ready to offer certain weapons for free to beat terrorism in the Sahel, the Burkinabe leader emphasized.

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

▪️Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian workshop for the assembly of UAVs near the village of Veliky Burluk in the Kharkov region;

▪️The Russian Army successfully repelled a Ukrainian attack in the DPR;

▪️The Russian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction successfully repelled 11 Ukrainian attacks;

▪️Russian troops hit a Ukrainian headquarters and residence of the operational staff of the 35th Marine Brigade of in the Zaporozhye region;

▪️Russian air defense systems intercepted 12 HIMARS rockets and destroyed 23 Ukrainian drones;

▪️The Russian Armed Forces successfully repelled a Ukrainian attack in the Zaporozhye region, eliminating three Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups;

▪️Ukrainian losses amounted to more than 220 soldiers in the Donetsk direction;

▪️Ukrainian losses amounted to up to 275 servicemen, three tanks, as well as M109 Paladin, M777, and FH70 howitzers in the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;

▪️The Russian Armed Forces in the Krasny Liman direction repelled two Ukrainian attacks in the LPR, eliminating up to 140 Ukrainian servicemen.

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🗣️ On how much Congress spends on nukes:

“75 billion is going to be the new number average over the next ten years... Why are we spending this money? We have to 'keep up with the Russians,' so to speak. And now there are people in Congress and in the military saying, 'Well, we have to be able to take out all the Chinese targets as well as all the Russian targets.' So we have sort of perceived increased demand for nuclear weapons,” Greg Mello, nuclear weapons expert and Executive Director of the Los Alamos Study Group, told Sputnik.

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🗣️ On US war games against North Korea:

“The United States seems determined to escalate against North Korea… We saw Biden who met with the South Korean President Yoon, and made a number of provocative statements about destroying North Korea, etc. So, this is all the United States escalating the situation. And North Korea testing and firing missiles to show that it's capable of defending itself in such circumstances if necessary,” Caleb Maupin, journalist and political analyst, told Sputnik.

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🇺🇸 Trump has threefold advantage over DeSantis in Republican presidential race, according to a poll by an American newspaper and Siena College released on Monday.

54% percent of Republicans said they would vote for Trump, and 17% said they would back DeSantis. They are followed by former Vice President Mike Pence, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, and Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, each scoring 3% support.

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🇷🇺🚁 The crew of a Ka-52 reconnaissance and attack helicopter destroyed an armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a guided missile in the Zaporozhye direction

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🇺🇸☢️ The US advocates nuclear arms transparency abroad, but limits it at home as it keeps the size of the US nuclear arsenal secret, the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) said on Monday.

The Department of Defense and Department of Energy rejected two requests from the FAS to declassify the nuclear weapons stockpile and dismantlement numbers, the organization revealed.

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🇺🇸💰Ukraine has received a new grant from the United States worth $1.25 billion to reimburse state budget expenses, including wages for state employees and social benefits, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry said on Monday.

The grant was provided as part of the fifth additional financing under the World Bank's Public Expenditures for Administrative Capacity Endurance in Ukraine (PEACE in Ukraine) project, which seeks to partially cover state budget expenditures, including for social and humanitarian purposes.

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🇬🇧🌍 The United Kingdom must step up its cooperation with African countries, including in security, UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said on Monday, as Moscow wrapped up its country-to-continent summit, which was considered as a success both in Russia and Africa.

The minister stated that he would seriously consider any request from the region's leaders to "work on capacity building and training with the British armed forces." He added that the UK's military could "export" its professionalism and respect for international law to the continent.

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📊 A majority of likely voters in the United States believe US President Joe Biden engaged in an illegal coverup of his involvement in the business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll released Monday.

A majority of respondents, 60%, believe Biden was very or somewhat likely engaged in an illegal coverup and 34% of respondents said it is not very or not at all likely that Biden hid his involvement in his son’s business deals, the poll report said.

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Since February 2022, thousands of foreign mercenaries joined Ukrainian troops in the conflict. However, while the media has focused on US and NATO support, little attention has been given to foreign militants who die on the battlefield.

Around 20,000 foreign militants signed up, with over 3,000 being US citizens. The actual number of casualties among these militants is downplayed by Ukrainian and Western authorities.

So what are the real numbers?

Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis said on Monday that the unbalanced relations between the United States and China, complete with Beijing enjoying a preferential trade status, should end.

The Florida governor also noted that the United States has developed a dangerous dependence on Chinese supply chains.

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