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

▪️ The Russian Navy launched a long-range group maritime high-precision strike at a Armed Forces of Ukraine depot loaded with foreign-made aircraft ammunition tonight. The goal of the strike has been achieved. The facility has been eliminated.

▪️ Up to 160 Ukrainian troops, two armored fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, two U.S.-made M777 howitzers, one AS-90 Brave Heart self-propelled artillery howitzer, one U.K.-made FH-70 howitzer, as well as two D-30 howitzers have been neutralized in the Zaporozhye region.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces repelled two attacks by Ukrainian assault groups in Donetsk People's Republic. Over 185 Ukrainian troops, three armored fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery howitzer, as well as one Grad MLRS combat vehicle have been neutralized.

▪️ Up to 30 Ukrainian troops, two armored fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and one D-20 howitzer were destroyed near Kupyansk.

▪️ Up to 60 Ukrainian troops, two armored fighting vehicles, two pick-up trucks, one Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, and one D-30 howitzer have been eliminated near Krasny Liman.

▪️ Up to 35 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made M109 Paladin artillery howitzer, and two D-30 howitzers have been eliminated in the Kherson region.

▪️ Russian air defense forces have intercepted three JDAM guided bombs, as well as one HIMARS MLRS projectile during the day.

▪️ Some 466 airplanes and 247 helicopters, 6,179 unmanned aerial vehicles, 433 air defense missile systems, 11,538 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,146 combat vehicles equipped with MRLS, 6,095 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 12,480 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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🇨🇳🇸🇬 China and Singapore will hold a joint military exercise from late August to mid-September to boost military cooperation

During the exercise, sniper fire as well as melee combat techniques, jumping from helicopters, hostage rescue operations will be practiced, according to the Chinese Defense Ministry.

The drills are designed to strengthen practical cooperation between the armies of China and Singapore and increase the level of real combat training of the troops, the ministry added.

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Fire support: Russia’s paratroopers in action

📹 Ussuriysk-based paratroopers equipped with small hand-held anti-personnel flamethrowers delivered precise strikes on Armed Forces of Ukraine troops and hardware attempting to hide in the woods and in a abandoned private house.

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Western instructors admit they have difficulties in training Ukrainian commanders who have already received basic training in Soviet times, a British news agency reported, citing Western military officers

One of the German instructors told the newspaper he had friction sometimes with senior Ukrainian commanders, who have received training in the Soviet Union and therefore "think they know better."

Western instructors also say the age and abilities of the Ukrainian military arriving for training vary dramatically. One of the Ukrainians who was sent to Germany was 71 years old, the report said.

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💬 "Translators are the number one problem"

German, Dutch and Danish officers gathered in Germany to train Ukrainian military personnel "did not expect that the lack of competent translators would become the main problem," an English newspaper reported

Language problems have apparently hampered the training of Ukrainian soldiers.

Western media pointed out that the language problem is encountered not only in training conducted in Germany, but also in Denmark, where about eight Ukrainian pilots and dozens of support staff are being prepared to operate F-16 fighters.

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📞 Summary of Putin-Modi phone call on Monday:

▫️Putin and Modi exchange views over upcoming #G20 summit in New Delhi;

▫️Putin and Modi note importance of #BRICS agreements, including BRICS enlargement;

▫️Putin and Modi intend to implement large-scale energy projects, expand logistics infrastructure;

▫️Putin and Modi confirm intention to develop space 🚀cooperation.

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💬 "The prospects for the resumption of the grain deal directly depend on the substantive fulfillment … of those promises and those obligations that were made towards the Russian side"

The passage of the second ship along the ‘grain corridor’ is unrelated to talks with Russia on the resumption of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said 

Ukrainian media has reported that the second ship which was docked in Odessa since February 2022 left Ukraine and is on the way to Bulgaria.

In July 2022, Russia, Ukraine, Turkiye, and the United Nations reached an agreement that established a humanitarian corridor for vessels to export food and fertilizers. However, while Moscow has been performing its part of the deal, obligations to lift sanctions on Russian ships engaged in grain and fertilizer exports were not fulfilled.

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Republican Congress leader Kevin McCarthy has condemned the "culture of corruption" shot through President Joe Biden's family

In a TV news interview on Sunday, the House of Representatives speaker laid into the Democrat chief over the long list of revelations about how his son Hunter's foreign business dealings — including alleged influence-peddling — linked back to the former senator and vice-president.

The Republican pointed out that Biden's repeated claim that he had no involvement or even knowledge of his son's business dealings was now exposed as a lie.

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🇨🇳🇺🇸 US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo embarked on a trip to Beijing on Sunday to stress the importance of Sino-American economic ties in the aftermath of new curbs against the People's Republic introduced by President Joe Biden earlier this month.

"We share $700bn dollars of trade and I concur with you that it is profoundly important that we have a stable economic relationship," the US commerce secretary asserted to her Chinese counterparts. "It’s a challenging relationship, we will of course disagree on certain issues, but I believe we can make progress if we are direct, open and practical."

Why US Commerce Secretary's visit to China unlikely to break ice?

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❗️Court in Washington has scheduled the beginning of Trump's trial in the case of the storming of the Capitol on March 4, 2024

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The West wanted to create a “second Ukraine” out of Belarus

“Western countries, even before the special military operation, increased military, political and economic pressure on Minsk, openly sponsored Belarusian ‘zmagars’ [supporters of opposition], trained militants. In fact, they wanted to create a second Ukraine out of the country, another ‘anti-Russia,” Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Alexey Shevtsov told a Russian newspaper in an interview.

The official added that the Western sanctions had a “reverse impact” and strengthened ties between Moscow and Minsk even more.

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📹 The crews of the Ka-52 of the Russian Aerospace Forces attacked strongholds and armored vehicles of Ukrainian forces.

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Head of the Republika Srpska within Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik invited Bosnia and Herzegovina to apply for BRICS membership due to delays in joining the EU

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❗️ Russia has raised two fighters to prevent a possible violation of its border over the Black Sea by a US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper and RQ-4 Global Hawk drones. Moscow said on Monday that the UAVs were leading aerial reconnaissance in the area of the Crimean Peninsula.

After the Russian jets were raised, the US Air Force devices changed their flight direction and left the reconnaissance areas.

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📹 All quiet near the French embassy in Niger after the ultimatum on ambassador leaving the country expired, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the site.

Cars have not yet left the diplomatic mission in the morning, and there are no law enforcement officers in sight nearby.

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A trannoscript of the dialogue between Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron about Vladimir Putin appeared on the web.

According to the trannoscript given to the German tabloid Bild, Scholz was depressed that Putin did not complain at all about the sanctions during the conversation and did not mention them at all.

According to Scholz, Putin is ready to hold a new meeting, but only in a trilateral format (without Zelensky). The Russian leader addressed about the demilitarization and de-Nazification of Ukraine, and also outlined Russian fundamental approach towards Ukraine in the special military operation.

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🗣️ On the BRICS expansion as a result of the US debacle in Ukraine:

“This is all the result of Biden and his escalation against Russia. He went to countries like Brazil and India and Saudi Arabia and basically demanded that they immediately boycott Russia. And their response was 'We'll get back to you on that. We'll think about it. Thanks.'.. Biden miscalculated because if the BRICS goes, if they have a currency that will lead to the devaluation of the US dollar, transactions that are now done in US dollars will be done in the BRICS currency,” Caleb Maupin, a journalist and political analyst, told Sputnik.

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🇺🇸 Republican Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswami's Pledges on Russia 🇷🇺

Indian-American Presidential candidate in the Republican Party Vivek Ramaswami vows to acknowledge Russia's authority over new territories if he secures the election.

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🇺🇸 The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill was placed on lockdown Monday after police received reports of an armed and potentially dangerous individual on campus.

Local media reported that a suspect has been taken into custody; however, lockdown procedures remain in effect. Citing first responders, the university's newspaper reported at least one individual sustained an injury on campus shortly after news of the shooting broke.

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🇺🇸 An all-clear alert has been issued at the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, with officials expected to hold a news conference on the incident in the coming hours