🗣 The criminal actions of the Kiev regime will not go unanswered, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, commenting on today's drone attacks on Russian territory

Moscow does not intend to ignore the role of Western intelligence agencies in these crimes, she said, stressing that the West is passing intelligence information to neo-Nazis to help build drone routes.

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The MiG-29 fighter jet has taken off to escort the Poseidon patrol aircraft of the Norwegian Air Force over the Barents Sea - the Russian MoD

No violations of the state border were allowed, the MoD added.

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The Russian MoD’s latest statements on the Ukrainian crisis:

▪️The Russian Armed Forces carried out offensive actions in the assigned areas of responsibility and improved the tactical situation near Kupyansk. With the support of aviation, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrowers, four attacks by enemy assault groups were repelled. The enemy's losses during the day amounted to up to 170 troops, one tank, five armored fighting vehicles, three pick-up trucks, one US-made M777 artillery system, as well as one D-20 howitzer.

▪️Four Ukrainian attacks were repelled by competent actions of the Russian units, air strikes, and artillery fire during the day in the Zaporozhye region. Up to 80 Ukrainian soldiers, four motor vehicles, Polish-made Krab and German-made Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery systems, one D-30 gun, three US-made M119 howitzer, and one US-made AN/TPQ-48 counter-battery radiation station have been neutralized.

▪️The Russian Army repelled three Ukrainian attacks in the DPR. The enemy suffered losses of up to 180 troops, three armored fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one Gvozdika and one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, and D-30 and D-20 howitzers in this direction over the past 24 hours.

▪️The enemy suffered losses of up to 60 troops, two armored fighting vehicles, two pick-up trucks, and one D-30 howitzer during the day near Krasny Liman.

▪️Russia’s aviation and artillery inflicted damage on clusters of Ukrainian manpower and hardware in South Donetsk The enemy's losses amounted to up to 145 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, one tank, as well as one American-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system during the day.

▪️Up to 20 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, and one Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer were destroyed by enemy fire in Kherson region.

▪️Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery engaged Ukrainian manpower and hardware in 143 areas during the day. One P-18 radar for detecting and tracking air targets was neutralized near Zaporozhye.

▪️Russian air defenses intercepted one HIMARS MLRS projectile during the day.

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🗣️ On the role of the New Development Bank:

“The role of the NDB [New Development Bank] from now on is going to be absolutely essential, especially in terms of financing projects for, let's say, the prospective new African members. And also in terms of Iran, for instance, and even extrapolating projects, for instance, in Syria that the NDB could finance through Iran. So the possibilities are endless,“ Pepe Escobar, a geopolitical analyst and writer, told Sputnik.

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🚀 Russian space agency Roscosmos congratulates their Indian colleagues on a successful Moon landing, says mission’s research important for humanity

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💶 Foreigners will be able to withdraw dividends within the limits of amounts invested in production and technology in Russia from April 1, 2023, the Russian Finance Ministry has announced

As such, the current restrictions on the withdrawal of dividends have been softened, the ministry noted.

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⚡️ BRICS agreed on the issue of expansion, adopting a document that sets out its principles, the head of the Foreign Ministry of South Africa said

❗️ US State Dept approves $500 million sale of F-16 infrared search and track systems and related equipment to Taiwan's de facto embassy in the US, according to the Pentagon

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🗣 “We have agreed on the matter of expansion. We have a document that we have adopted that sets out the guidelines and principles, processes for considering countries that wish to become members of the BRICS,” Pandor said on Ubuntu Radio, a station run by South Africa’s foreign ministry.

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📹 Footage showing a Ukrainian-operated German-delivered Marder 1A3 IFV falling into a trench.

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