📹 Aviation of Russia’s Northern Fleet continues to carry out combat duty tasks on the Arctic islands

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🌱 Poor Countries Main Victims of Western-Induced Grain Price Crisis, Expert Says

🗣 "The poor countries are the main victims of the crisis. Those countries are not interested in the Grain Initiative, as they got less than 3% of the Ukrainian grain that came out. But they remain the most in need of Russian grain, and the most painful of the high prices of grain and fertilizer," Nourhan ElSheikh, an expert of the Valdai Discussion Club, professor of political science at Cairo University, and a member of the Egyptian Council for International Affairs, told Sputnik Africa

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A Russian and an American military expert told Sputnik that if Russia decides to use cluster munitions in response to the US arming Ukraine with the same weapons, it will most likely be careful and calculated, since unlike with American military interventions, the Russians have to live with their neighbors afterward.

🗣 "The consequences of the use of such weapons for the civilian population are known. Before, American representatives have repeatedly stated that the use of cluster munitions is a war crime," Shoigu said. "Today, Washington and its accomplices are committing this crime in Ukraine. There is no condemnation from humanitarian organizations, as expected.”

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🇰🇵 North Korean Defense Minister on nuclear war: question is who will start It

🗣 "Nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula is no longer a question of whether it will be, but a question of who will start it and when. The nuclear war mania by the United States and their puppets in the Republic of Korea [South Korea] is turning the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia into a new hotbed of nuclear war," North Korean Defense Minister Kang Sun Nam said during the 11th Moscow Conference on International Security.

The current political and military situation demonstrates that solving the issue on the Korean peninsula via a dialogue "is an empty phrase" due to actions of the US, Hyon added.

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🇳🇬 🇷🇺 Army 2023: Nigerian Expert Sees Potential for Enhanced Military-Technical Cooperation with Russia

🗣 "And so Nigeria holds Russia in very high regards, and I would expect that this will stimulate or create an avenue to further corporate ties and relationships Nigeria has with Russia," Chiakor Alfred Orkuma, head of strategic innovation at the Ashcroft Centre for Social Science Research in Abuja, Nigeria, told Sputnik Africa on the sidelines of the 9th International Military and Technical Forum (Army-2023) in Moscow region.

He explained that the former Soviet Union (USSR) always intervened positively in the national affairs of the West African country

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Global AI investment could soar to $158 bln by 2025, a report says

Goldman Sachs economists claimed that most of private financial injections across the world would be pumped into the generative artificial intelligence, a type of AI that can be used to create new text, images, video, and audio.

Global private investment in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies could near $158 billion by 2025, a new Goldman Sachs report has revealed.

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🇷🇸 All Europe will soon see fallout from Ukrainian events, Serbian Health Minister says

Events in Ukraine will have an impact on the health of people across Europe, Serbian Health Minister and specialist neurosurgeon Danica Grujicic said in an interview with Sputnik.

The fact that Ukraine agreed to receive depleted uranium ammunition from Western countries given the experience of the former Yugoslavia in 1999 is unfathomable, according to Danica Grujicic, Serbian health minister and specialist neurosurgeon. The minister recalled the "chemical and nuclear war" waged against Serbia and Montenegro in an interview with Sputnik.

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NATO has admitted that Ukraine could become a member of the alliance if it agrees to cede territories that it refuses to recognize as part of Russia, Stian Jensen, the chief of staff of the secretary general of the organization, said

“I'm not saying it has to be. But it could be a possible solution."

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The air defense systems of Russia shot down three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the Kaluga region early on Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said

Last week, air defense forces shot down two drones in the Kaluga region and near the Central Ring Road that were heading toward Moscow. In all cases, there were no casualties or damage.

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🇷🇸 Ukraine should not allow the use of depleted uranium shells on their soil as these could have long-term consequences for the health of future generations, Serbian Health Minister Danica Grujicic said in an interview with Sputnik

The minister added that "it is scary to use such weapons in terms of health." She said that cancer in patients in Serbia after the 1999 NATO bombing became less predictable and more likely to be fatal.

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📹 Russia's assault units hone skills on capturing mock enemy strongholds in the special military op zone

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📹 A Russian Lancet strike in the Zaporozhye Region obliterated (0:07) an American-made Paladin self-propelled artillery mount belonging to Ukrainian militants, Russia’s MoD reports

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MI6 has put together a sabotage unit of 100 Ukrainian fighters to be sent to Africa to counter Russia-Africa cooperation, a military-diplomatic source has revealed

One of the main tasks of the unit in Africa will be to "sabotage infrastructure in African countries, and to eliminate African leaders oriented towards cooperation with Russia," the source added.

The unit will be led by Vitaly Praschuk (in the picture), skilled in "successful liquidations" and who participated in MI6 operations in Zimbabwe.

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🌔 Just one more stride away from the moon #Chandrayaan3

🇮🇳 #ISRO has disclosed that a brief firing maneuver was necessary for Chandrayaan 3, which has been successfully executed, positioning Chandrayaan-3 in an orbit of 153 km x 163 km. The lunar mission rehearsal has also reached completion.

💭 Now it's time to make preparations as the propulsion module and the lander module are undergoing preparations for their separate journeys. The intended separation of the lander from the propulsion module has been scheduled for August 17, 2023, according to ISRO.

🚀 The mission was launched on July 14 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, employing the GSLV Mark-3 (LVM3) heavy-lift launch vehicle. It is slated to make contact with the lunar surface on August 23.

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🤯 Russophobia becoming psychosis: Georgian audience spew hate over Russian drummer

The Killers concert in Batumi, Georgia was canceled after the audience booed frontman Brandon Flowers for inviting a Russian drummer on stage.

Flowers tried to convey to the public that all people are brothers, but he was booed and bombarded with foul language, with some of the audience walking out in protest.

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The Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg is planning to hold a 10-day or a two-week tour in China in 2024 and launch a co-production with Chinese theater institutions

The theater's chief said that the Alexandrinsky Theatre and the China National Centre for the Performing Arts were discussing a joint production based on the Russian classic, adding that the Alexandrinka also plans to hold several performances in Shanghai.

From July 25-30, the ballet company of Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Theatre performed on the stage of the opera hall of the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing as part of its six-day China tour.

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