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

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces have repelled five attacks by enemy assault groups in the DPR. The enemy's losses include more than 255 Ukrainian servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.

▪️ The Russian Army has repelled three Ukrainian attacks in the Zaporozhye region. The enemy losses include up to 35 enemy servicemen, one tank, six infantry fighting vehicles, including three US-made Bradley armored fighting vehicle and three further vehicles.

▪️ Enemy losses in the LPR include up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored fighting vehicles, three pick-up trucks, and one D-30 howitzer.

▪️ Near Kupyansk the enemy losses comprise approximately 25 Ukrainian servicemen, three motor vehicles, two US-made M777 artillery systems, French-made TRF1 and D-20 howitzers, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one Turkish-made T-122 Sakarya MLRS combat vehicle.

▪️ In the Kherson direction, the enemy losses include up to 80 Ukrainian servicemen and five motor vehicles.

▪️ In the course of counter-battery warfare, one US-made M777 artillery system has been hit, as well as Msta-B and D-30 howitzers.

▪️ Russia’s air defense facilities have intercepted four HIMARS and Uragan projectiles.

▪️ 467 airplanes, 248 helicopters, 6,669 unmanned aerial vehicles, 437 air defense missile systems, 11,793 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,150 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,346 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 12,927 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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🇵🇱🇪🇺 Poland's prime minister said that he had sent an ultimatum to the European Commission on extending the ban on imports of Ukrainian grain

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📹 Senior Ukrainian Official Claims Indians and Chinese Have “Weak Intellectual Potential”

🗯 "What’s wrong with India, #China, and so forth. The problem is that they are not analysing the consequences of their steps, these countries have weak intellectual potential, unfortunately," said Ukrainian politician Mikhail Podolyak.

🇮🇳 This isn't the first time #Ukraine makes such offensive statements towards Indians. Previously, the Indian community was deeply insulted after Ukraine's Defense Ministry posted a controversial picture of Hindu Goddess Kali, which was widely deemed as outright blasphemy by many #Hindu devotees on Twitter.

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🇺🇸🇨🇳 US railway plan in Middle East will be another case of 'much said, little done': Chinese experts

As the US announced its Middle East railway plan during the Group of 20 (G20) Summit over the weekend in India, Chinese experts expressed doubts about its credibility and feasibility, saying that it is not the first time for Washington to make empty pledges to various countries and regions.

The experts noted that the true purpose of the Biden administration is trying to "isolate China" in the Middle East, a region where Chinese cooperation with the region has constantly gained momentum in recent years.

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⚡️US House Speaker McCarthy says directing committees to open formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden

He underlines that lawmakers gathered enough evidence that Biden lied to to Americans about not knowing about his family members' business.

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🗣️ On the rising Global South challenging the US hegemony:

“Any US proposal at this point that tries to curb the power of the Belt and Road Initiative and all of these other projects that China and its partners are doing is simply a fantasy. We've seen that with the expansion of BRICS, including the inclusion of Saudi Arabia, which historically has been such an important ally and strategic partner of the United States. The United States is failing to recognize that the world order is changing, that things are shifting to the east,” Chris Helali, political analyst, researcher and independent investigative journalist, told Sputnik.

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📹🇷🇺 Russian Airborne troops seize Ukrainian stronghold and capture enemy servicemen near Artemovsk

An Airborne Forces UAV team detected an UAF stronghold. Artillery worked on the coordinates given, after which "winged infantry" assault squads entered the battle.

The Ukrainian servicemen shot back for a long time, trying to hold off the onslaught of the airborne troops, but after the first grenade flew into their trench, they decided to surrender.

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🗣️ On the West’s view of Ukraine as an appetizer before a conflict with China:

“The West likes war, but only if it's winning. If it's not winning, it turns around and it becomes all of a sudden very, very reluctant to wage the war... They [the US] want to pull themselves out of the Ukraine tar baby and pivot to China. Remember, Ukraine and Russia, they were simply supposed to be the appetizer on the way to the main dish, which was really all about China. And then they realized that they were choking on the appetizer,” KJ Noh, journalist and political analyst, told Sputnik.

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💬"The Biden administration seems to be going through a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-type phase when it comes to the nature of the weapons that it's willing to provide to Ukraine" Scott Ritter, a military analyst and former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, commented on reports that Biden administration will send ATACMS missiles to Ukraine.

"These weapons that are being provided are being provided to provide Ukraine with the potential of doing harm to Russia. The ATACMS missiles being provided, simply put, to strike the Crimea Bridge, to destroy that bridge, to enable Ukraine to strike targets deep in the Russian rear area - airfields, command posts, logistics. This is a dramatic escalation of the conflict," the analyst said.

He also opined that "Russia, a nation that has a history of absorbing 27 million dead in the cause of defeating fascism, defeating Nazism, isn't going to yield to any threats being made by the United States."

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 US to free five Iranians and release $6bn frozen funds in prisoner swap deal

US President Joe Biden's Democrat administration will issue a waiver to sanctions on Iran to allow foreign banks in Germany, Ireland, Qatar, South Korea, and Switzerland to transfer the Iranian money without repercussions.

💬 “To facilitate their release, the United States has committed to release five Iranian nationals currently held in the United States and to permit the transfer of approximately $6 billion in restricted Iranian funds held in [South Korea] to restricted accounts in Qatar, where the funds will be available only for humanitarian trade,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote.

In return for the repatriation of its citizens from US custody, Iran will release four dual US-Iranian national men including businessmen Siamak Namazi and Emad Shargi, along with Morad Tahbaz, an environmentalist who holds Iranian and British citizenship.

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❗️An Su-24 aircraft crashed during a routine training flight in the Volgograd region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The flight was carried out without ammunition and the plane went down in a deserted area. Mi-8 helicopters of the search and rescue service have been sent to the site of the accident.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷US has ability to freeze newly unfrozen Iranian funds again if needed, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday.

💬"The money can only be used for humanitarian purposes, and we will remain vigilant in watching the spending of those funds and have the ability to freeze them again if we need to," Miller said during a press briefing.

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🇰🇵 Why does Kim Jong Un travel by train?

Kim Jong Un, the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is known for his distinctive approach to travel. Unlike many world leaders who rely on airplanes for international journeys, Kim Jong Un often opts for train travel.

In his train, the leader of the DPRK has a personal office, a conference room, two dining cars, and a carriage for staff. The train has bulletproof glass, and the walls and floor are protected by armor-plates, which is why the train cannot reach high speeds.

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🗣️ On the Global South rejecting the ‘Zelenskyization’ of the world:

“They wanted to have Ukraine dominate. And as I understand it, the word 'Russia' was not even included in the final statement. Certainly, ‘aggression’ wasn't in the final statement. There was no condemnation from the resolution... And so absolutely all of the talking points that Blinken and Jake Sullivan and all the rest of them were pushing were just simply not allowed. And I think you're right, we're seeing a continuation of this rejection of the 'Zelenskyization' of the world. And the Global South is just having none of it. The world has changed, and the US doesn't see it yet,” Daniel McAdams, executive director of the 'Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, told Sputnik.

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🇨🇳🇯🇵 A Chinese military delegation has postponed a planned visit to Japan this month amid political fallout from the Fukushima wastewater release, Japanese media reported on Tuesday.

The visit by members of the People's Liberation Army was initially scheduled for mid- to end September. They were to hold talks with Japanese Defense Ministry officials and visit military installations. A rescheduled trip is not expected until the end of the year, the sources reportedly stressed.

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🌍 Global South Should Enhance People, Culture Exchanges, Expert Says on South-South Cooperation Day

On September 12, the UN celebrates Day for South-South Cooperation, the holiday which dates back to 1978, and is particularly relevant today in light of the emerging multipolar world.

In honor of the event, Sputnik Africa sat down with Dr. Ronald Chipaike, Lecturer in International Relations at Bindura University of Science Education to discuss how the global South can strengthen the move towards multipolarity.

💬 "Global south countries need to intensify interactions through not only high level summits of heads of state but through people to people exchanges, cultural exchanges, engagement between civil society organizations of different countries of the south among other initiatives," the expert pointed out.

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🇷🇺⚔️ What does Putin mean by weapons based on 'new physical principles'?

💬"If one looks into the security sphere, weapons based on new physical principles will ensure the security of any country in the near historical perspective. We understand this very well and are working on it," Putin said in a wide-ranging speech at the Eastern Economic Forum on Tuesday.

The Russian Defense Ministry’s official online encyclopedia defines "weapons based on new physical principles" as "new types of arms whose destructive effect is based on processes and phenomena which have not previously been used for military purposes."

What are these weapons said to include? What types of weapons based on new physical principles are Russia working on?

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