❗️Russian forces group destroy Ukrainian control point of foreign mercenaries with Starlink satellite communication system terminal in Nikolaevka, the MoD says

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❗️Another Ukrainian missile shot down over Kerch Strait, local authorities say

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

▪️ In the Krasny Liman area, the Russian Army repelled three attacks by Ukrainian forces in around Sergeyevka in the LPR and Serebryanskiy forestry, Ukrainian losses amounted to 90 soldiers;

▪️ In the Zaporozhye area, Russian forces repelled three attacks by Ukrainian troops, losses amounted to 40 soldiers;

▪️ In the Kupyansk area, Russian troops repelled eight attacks by Ukrainian forces. The Russian Army improved its position along the front line;

▪️ In South Donetsk, the Russian Army repelled two attacks by Ukrainian troops, Ukrainian losses amounted to 130 soldiers;

▪️ In the Donetsk region, Russian troops repelled seven attacks by Ukrainian forces;

▪️ Russian air defense systems destroyed 29 Ukrainian drones in the special operation zone, including over the Black Sea.

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🗣️ On the Prospects of the Ukrainian Counteroffensive:

“My own guess is that the Ukrainian offensive is going to sputter out fairly soon, some time over the next couple of weeks, in August or September, before the autumn rains come. And then we're going to have a pause. I think that there will not be much more military activity for a while, that will perhaps open some space for negotiations,” Alexander Mercouris, writer and international affairs analyst, host of The Duran on YouTube, told Sputnik.

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🇬🇧🫣 UK government concealed hacks of servers in 2021 due to 'embarrassment'

The hackers were able to look through emails, internal documents and other information related to day-to-day operations of the foreign ministry thanks to a virus "probably accidentally" downloaded by a civil servant, sources were quoted as saying in a report by British media.

"It was very embarrassing and caused great stir in government because they didn't know whether they should admit it or not," a source in the Government Communications Headquarters said.

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Gadfly 2.0: Russia launches production of Ovod kamikaze drone's new version

The radio-controlled Ovod drone is operated using First Person View in order for the device to be steered from a pilot's viewpoint.

"The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Ovod’s 2.0 version has been developed and put into small batch production. This device is equipped with a modified electronic filling and a new propeller, as well as an array of features that cannot be specified,” Andrey Ivanov, the head of the manufacturer's project group, told Sputnik.

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📹 Soldiers of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District carry out the evacuation of the Ukrainian bodies abandoned by the Kiev command in the village of Novoselovskoye

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