❗️Explosion at plant in Sergiyev Posad occurred in warehouse with pyrotechnic products, preliminary information from Moscow Region prosecutor’s office says

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❗️25 people injured, two hospitalized after explosion at plant in Sergiyev Posad near Moscow, EMERCOM says

Moscow region governor Vorobyov said 31 people injured in the explosion, three with serious injuries, a total of 19 people have been taken to hospital.

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In this fresh episode of our New Rules podcast, we are joined by Alexander Mercouris, writer & international affairs analyst, and host of The Duran on YouTube.

🗣️ He covers the political implications of the Ukrainian counteroffensive and what the price of its potential failure is, along with what NATO countries are going to do if the counteroffensive continues to peter out and more...

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❗️Poland plans to create a joint Polish-Ukrainian formation ostensibly to ensure the security of Western Ukraine, but in fact it is for the subsequent occupation of this territory, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said

❗️Latest statements by Russian Defense Minister Shoigu at the Collegium of the Ministry of Defense:

◾️The willingness of the West to invest a significant part of available resources in Ukraine to turn the tide on the battlefield creates serious risks of conflict escalation

◾️About 360,000 troops, 8,000 armored vehicles, and 650 planes and helicopters have been deployed by the West near the borders of the Union State

◾️Poland has announced its intention to build most powerful army on the continent, and has begun large-scale arms purchases

◾️Russia will strengthen the groups of troops of the armed forces on its western borders

◾️The total aid from NATO, the EU and their partners to Ukraine has exceeded $160 billion

◾️NATO countries are actively working on transferring F-16 fighters to Ukraine

◾️The West, being ready to reverse the situation on the battlefield in its favor, creates serious risks of further escalation of the conflict

◾️Threats to Russia's military security in the western and northwestern strategic directions have significantly increased

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🔜 The New Rules show is coming out very soon!

We’ll be talking to Alexander Mercouris from The Duran about:

✔️ The Ukrainian counteroffensive
✔️ What options Zelensky has left to turn things around
✔️ Whether NATO countries will double their aid to Ukraine

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🇵🇰 Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan Seeks Transfer from Cell in Attock Jail

🗯 "Take me out of here; I don't want to remain in jail," Imran Khan said to his legal team.

He also expressed displeasure and concern about the presence of flies during the day and insects at night.

🏏 Imran Khan, a cricketer-turned-politician, was sentenced to three years in connection with the Toshakhana case.

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📹 Russian D-30 howitzer destroys Ukrainian camouflaged stronghold

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❗️Ukrainian militants make attempt to attack spent nuclear fuel storage facility at Zaporozhye NPP with drone, Russian security forces told Sputnik

Earlier, a Ukrainian strike drone of moving in the direction of the ZNPP was intercepted in Energodar, the Russian security agencies said.

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

◾️In the Donetsk region, the Russian Army repelled five attacks by Ukrainian forces near Minkovka, Krasnoye, Avdeyevka, and Kleshcheyevka. Ukrainian losses amounted to 370 soldiers;

◾️In the Zaporozhye region, Russian forces repelled three attacks by Ukrainian troops in the area of Rabotino and Uspenovka;

◾️In the Krasny Liman direction, Russian troops destroyed up to 80 Ukrainian soldiers;

◾️In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian losses amounted to 75 troops;

◾️In South Donetsk, Ukrainian losses amounted to 180 soldiers. The Russian Army destroyed an Akatsiya howitzer and a Krab self-propelled gun;

◾️ Russian troops repelled two attacks by Ukrainian forces in the DPR;

◾️The Russian Army has destroyed 5,600 Ukrainian drones since the beginning of the special military operation.

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“The Ukrainians will do everything they can to disrupt negotiations. They will try to goad the Russians into extreme reactions, which they can then capitalize on to build-up opposition to Russia in the West. And of course, they will pull every lever that they can in the United States and Europe with people who are sympathetic to themselves. They will do everything they can to disrupt the peace process,” Alexander Mercouris, geopolitical analyst and cohost of The Duran, told the New Rules podcast, commenting on how Zelensky ‘blackmails’ the United States

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❗️ Niger military say French military attacked national guard and entered country’s airspace, order to increase threat level

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What is known about explosion at plant in Sergiyev Posad near Moscow

▪️The explosion occurred at a warehouse for pyrotechnic products at the plant;

▪️Rescue teams equipped with dogs are working at the site of the explosion, the rubble is being cleared;

▪️23 ambulance crews and a helicopter are working at the site, the regional Health Ministry said;

▪️After the explosion in Sergiyev Posad, 56 people sought medical help, six of whom were placed in intensive care, local authorities said;

▪️Restoration of the windows of neighboring houses damaged by the blast has already begun;

▪️The version of a drone attack on the plant in Sergiyev Posad has not been confirmed, the Moscow region branch of the Investigative Committee told Sputnik;

▪️The plant produces pyrotechnics, and a criminal case under the article on violation of industrial safety requirements has been initiated, the Russian Investigative Committee told Sputnik.

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NATO is a relic and should have been abolished after German reunification, independent candidate for the US Senate from New York Diane Sare told Sputnik

"I think NATO should be dissolved. I think it should have been dissolved when Germany was reunified," Sare said. "I think frankly, it's dead already. I mean, you know, there's so much dissent within NATO already as it is. It is a dinosaur of an institution. So I don't think it's really going to be around that much longer."

The future of the alliance depends on how long some of its members in Europe "who are bearing the brunt of the insanity of the current American and British leadership want to stick around and play that game having their economies destroyed," she said.

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Humbled Western officials admit Ukraine’s counteroffensive ‘extremely unlikely’ to succeed

Ukraine kicked off a massive summer counteroffensive along a 1,000 km frontline with Russia in the Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye in early June, confident that its troops’ NATO training, arms and intelligence support would ensure victory. Two months on, more and more Western officials have privately conceded that the counteroffensive has failed.

Ukrainian success in ongoing counteroffensive operations is becoming less and less likely to imagine as Kiev’s Western patrons receive “sobering” assessments on the situation at the front, US and Western officials with access to up-to-date intelligence briefings have told US media.

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Su-57 edges out F-35 to emerge sentinel of skies

🇷🇺 Russia's cutting-edge Su-57 fighter has taken the lead in aerospace technology, and is set for accelerated deployment. This sets the stage for a clash of titans, pitting the Su-57's unparalleled agility against the F-35's capabilities, and highlights the Russian aircraft’s combat prowess during its deployment in the current Ukraine conflict.

Why is Russia’s Su-57 superior to the US’ F-35? Sputnik explains

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🇹🇷 Turkish intelligence agencies conducted an operation, during which they gained access to a secret database of the Daesh* terrorist organization with the names of almost 10,000 so-called lone wolf terrorists, Turkish newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing security sources.

The dossier contained biographies of the repentant members of the terrorist organization, details about their special training, organizational skills and weapons used, as well as their nationality, family members, addresses and contacts, the report said.

*Daesh (also known as ISIS/ISIL/IS) is a terrorist group banned in Russia

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🗣️ On Ukraine blackmailing the US:

“So, the very fact that Ukraine is so dependent on the United States gives Ukraine leverage over the United States, because the one thing the United States will not want in Ukraine is an uncontrolled collapse in Ukraine. So, the Ukrainians can play on that. They can say ‘If you cut us off and we fail, then it's you who is to blame and no one else,” Alexander Mercouris, Writer & International Affairs Analyst, host of The Duran on Youtube, told Sputnik.

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