📹 The Kiev regime shelled a residential district in Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson region, setting one house on fire, a Sputnik correspondent has reported.

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🇳🇪 ‘Banana republic like Kiev’ hard to find: Russia’s MFA spokeswoman skewers Nuland’s Niger trip

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Ukraine 'can't win' - they're 'a junior high team playing a college team,' US Senator says

According to Sen. Tommy Tuberville, what Washington is doing is “trying to get everybody’s eye off the real problem,” which is “the Biden administration and the Democrats. They’re a total disaster.”

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

◾️Russian troops successfully repelled three attacks by Ukrainian Forces in the LPR and DPR;

◾️In the Kherson direction, Russian forces destroyed up to 50 Ukrainian soldiers and three D-20 howitzers;

◾️In the Donetsk region, the Russian Army repelled 18 attacks by Ukrainian assault groups;

◾️In the Krasny Liman, Ukrainian losses amounted to 80 soldiers and a Grad MLRS combat vehicle;

◾️In the Kupyansk, the Russian Army destroyed up to 110 Ukrainian soldiers;

◾️In the Zaporozhye area, Ukrainian losses amounted to 110 soldiers. Russian forces destroyed a tank, an M777 artillery system, a FH-70 howitzer and a Krab self-propelled gun;

◾️In South Donetsk, Ukrainian losses amounted to 125 soldiers. Russian troops destroyed eight armored combat vehicles and two D-30 howitzers;

◾️Russian forces repelled three attacks by Ukrainian troops near Nikolskiy and Urozhayniy in the DPR;

◾️Russian air defense systems intercepted five HIMARS MLRS rockets and destroyed Ukrainian 17 drones.

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📹 Today marks the 15th anniversary of the start of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict

Watch what happened during those five fateful days in August 2008 in a Sputnik video recap

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🇵🇱 Do Poles want their historical territories in Ukraine back? This man says they do

A video has gone viral on the Internet in which a man, who introduces himself as a Polish mercenary, says he is fighting to get back territories in Ukraine that historically belonged to Poland

The man says Warsaw’s real plan for Ukraine is to collapse their economy and then “take” them without a fight.

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Almost 80% of Nigerians support military takeover leaders, poll says

A survey conducted by the Premise Data polling firm showed that 78% of respondents support the actions of military takeover leaders and 73% think that military takeover leaders should stay in power "for an extended period" or "until new elections are held."

Also, 54% said they did not support interventions by regional or international organizations. Of those who do support a foreign intervention, 50% would like it to be by Russia.

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Niger crisis sparks fears in France

Niger was rocked by a military takeover last month, with the new authorities freezing uranium and precious metals exports. France, which depends on the African nation for nearly a fifth of the uranium powering its nuclear power plants, has expressed its support for a possible military intervention by a regional political bloc known as the ECOWAS.

A group of French lawmakers has sent an open letter to President Emmanuel Macron demanding a review of France’s Africa policy and warning that the Niger crisis shows that Paris is being squeezed out of Africa by other world powers including Russia, China and the United States.

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Hi, friends! A fresh New Rules episode is on its way.

We’ll cover the political implications of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, whether NATO countries will double their aid for Ukraine or come to the negotiating table, and even more…

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💥 Judge Andrew Napolitano “Can Trump Strike Ukraine Peace Deal?”
💥 Brian Berletic “NATO Headed for Defeat in Ukraine and Asia”
💥 Larry Johnson “Will Biden Start WW3 Over Ukraine?”

"France wants to retain control of Niger": CIA veteran Larry Johnson, who previously worked in Africa, gave an interview to Sputnik on the situation in Niger and the purpose of Victoria Nuland's visit to the country

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Is this all about uranium? CIA veteran Larry Johnson, who previously worked in Africa, uncovers the role of ECOWAS in the situation in Niger in an interview with Sputnik.

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