💥Blown to smithereens: Russian UAVs spotted the enemy in a wooded area and helped direct artillery fire. As a result of the precise strikes, a stronghold was destroyed and Ukrainian servicemen were eliminated.

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⚡️ Identities of all 10 people onboard jet carrying Prigozhin, including PMC Wagner boss, confirmed

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⚡️ Identities of all ten people onboard the jet which crashed in Russia’s Tver region on Wednesday, including Yevgeny Prigozhin, have been established based on expert examinations, and match the flight manifest, the Investigative Committee of Russia said.

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💣 Game of hide and seek with death: Russian UAVs spot and eliminate Ukrainian servicemen hiding in dense bushes

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🪖 Not a proxy war? Zelensky aide confirms 'secret' meetings with NATO brass

💬 "There are a lot of meetings like that," presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak said in an interview with Ukrainian television. "Actually, Zaluzhnyi actively communicates with representatives of the ministries of defense and general staffs of our partners almost every day."

The Zelensky aide also revealed that the NATO defense officials Zaluzhnyi most often communicates with are the Americans and the British, since "they know and understand better than others what is happening at the front."

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

▪️Russian forces struck a Ukrainian airfield near Pinchukov in the Kiev region at night

▪️Russian Air Force shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 chopper in the Zaporozhye region

▪️Russian air defenses shot down two Ukrainian Su-25s, intercepted nine HIMARS rockets, and brought down 30 UAVs

▪️Five Ukrainian attacks in the Zaporozhye region were repelled, with up to 200 Ukrainian servicemen eliminated

▪️The Russian Army repelled 11 Ukrainian attacks in the Kupyansk direction, eliminating up to 120 servicemen

▪️Two Ukrainian attacks in the Donetsk direction were repelled, with up to 240 Ukrainian servicemen eliminated

▪️Russian troops eliminated up to 130 servicemen in the South Donetsk direction

▪️Russian forces eliminated 15 Ukrainian servicemen in the Kherson direction

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🇷🇺🐻 Russian daredevil from Khabarovsk feeds hungry bear on highway

Warning: Please do not attempt to make physical contact with wild beasts like this, as the bear miraculously survived the encounter.

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🇪🇹 Ethiopia's membership in BRICS to expand its economic growth, increase influence, PM advisor says

Along with the reinforcement of the economic cooperation, Ethiopia’s membership to BRICS will enhance the country’s influence on the multilateral fora, National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister, Redwan Hussain said

Redwan also noted that the strengthening of BRICS would allow the global market to have an alternative to the US dollar.

🗣 "This is an important role in improving the benefits of developing countries, including Ethiopia, by expanding development financing options," he was quoted by the local media as saying

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❓What to know about the new BRICS members

In a world shaped by geopolitical tensions and alliances, an abiding seismic shift is taking the form of national interest and the East-West divide. The BRICS bloc is emerging to take center stage; with the intriguing addition of six new member nations, the bloc is poised to redefine global dynamics.

👉Sputnik examines the newly invited BRICS members' fundamental economic data, opportunities they present, and their potential mutual benefits.

❗️Tucker Carlson wants to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin, Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya media group and RT broadcaster, stated, adding that “it would be great” if the president were informed about it.

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🇮🇷⚛️ Iran takes a giant step toward nuclear self-sufficiency with homegrown cesium-137

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) reported a major domestic breakthrough in the country’s nuclear energy program on Sunday, unveiling Cesium-137, a radionuclide used in a variety of medical and industrial applications, produced by Iranian nuclear scientists for the first time ever.

AEOI chief Mohammad Eslami stressed that the breakthrough was a sign of the progress made by Iran’s nuclear industry, notwithstanding Western pressure.

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🪖🇪🇺 The EU will launch a civil-military mission in West Africa in the fall, Western media report

The area of operation will reportedly span Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Cote d'Ivoire. The governments of Benin and Ghana have already sent formal invitations. Senior EU diplomats who are familiar with the planning told the Western media that the mission stems from "concerns of the EU that jihadist groups could extend their activities in Western Africa from the Sahel region to the southern coastal countries off the Gulf of Guinea."

The mission will comprise police and military personnel whose number is still to be determined. Other goals include anti-terrorist operational preparedness training, technical assistance and confidence-building in the local security sectors.

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🇩🇪📉Unsatisfactory: The German economy remains dire as Scholz shuns calls for more borrowing

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has rebuffed appeals for increased government spending supported by borrowing to stimulate an economic upturn and asserted that Germany is in a favorable position despite its current underperformance. The Social Democrats chief emphasized that Germany shouldn't be portrayed negatively as a business hub; instead, it holds promising economic prospects.

Scholz told a German media outlet that his country’s economic clout in the European Union possesses "the best pre-requisites to ensure we'll still be playing in the top league technologically in 10, 20 and in 30 years’ time."

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🇺🇸✈️ Hundreds of US airline pilots are suspected of being unfit to fly, according to reports

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been looking into 4,800 former military veterans turned airline and commercial pilots who might have submitted "incorrect or false information" as part of their medical applications, FAA spokesman Matthew Lehner admitted in a comment to the daily.

The pilots were red-flagged after investigators at the Department of Veterans Affairs cross-checked federal databases to discover aviators who were receiving veteran benefits for mental health disorders and other serious conditions, while hiding their true medical history from the FAA in order to continue flying.

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🇷🇺 🖼 Russian Master'peace': Artworks Saved from Ukraine's Missile Strikes

Following the devastating missile strike by Kiev’s regime on Taganrog Art Museum, 22 priceless works of art are finding their way to the sanctuary in St. Petersburg for a meticulous restoration.

🗯 "We made this decision not to restore locally, but to bring all the paintings to the Russian Museum [in St. Petersburg] which has been done today in order to carry out a truly scientific, artistic, full-fledged restoration," says Olga Babina, Deputy Director of the Museum.

🎨 This journey promises to enrich our restorers' expertise, ensuring no piece of art is lost. In just four months, these treasured pieces will return to their rightful home.

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🌍💻 'Everything is Up for Grabs': Fintech CEO on African Digitalization Opportunities

The BRICS International Innovation Forum program is being held on August 27-29 in Moscow, gathering over 300 representatives of the diplomatic corps, authorities, federal ministries and agencies from 30 countries and more than 1,000 startup founders to debate ways of digitalization

Sputnik Africa sat down with one of the forum's speakers, Patrick Conteh, CEO of Africa Fintech Network, who is also serving as economic advisor to the Liberian Ministry of Finance, to spotlight the process of digitalization in Africa.

💬 "The physical boundaries are going down because of technology. So there is a need for collaboration and for integration both at the continental level and across the countries, Conteh remarked

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🇺🇸 How US military failed in Africa

The latest study by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, noscriptd "Less is More: A New Strategy for US Security Assistance to Africa" and released earlier this week, arrived at the uncomfortable conclusion that US military assistance in Africa "does not work."

The report was released in the wake of the military takeover in Niger, which has received around $500 million in US security aid since 2016. To add to the embarrassment, the takeover was conducted by at least five former US military trainees. Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland's trip to Niger earlier this month proved futile. On Friday, Niger's military leaders reportedly gave the French, German, Nigerian, and US ambassadors 48 hours to leave the country.

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🇺🇸 Do the Clintons seek to steal thunder from Team Biden and cash in on Ukraine?

The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) gathering scheduled for September is expected to bring together corporate leaders, Hollywood stars, and other celebrities with the aim to "address climate change, health care issues, gender-based violence, the war in Ukraine and a host of other issues."

The timing of the Clintons' September gathering hints at two probabilities: first, they are showcasing their talents just as Democrats need to find viable candidates to replace Biden; second, they may be salivating over a potentially mammoth rebuilding package in Ukraine, as Wall Street analyst Charles Ortel told Sputnik.

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