🇸🇰 The ban on the import of Ukrainian grain to Slovakia will remain in effect until the end of the year, the Slovak government announced.

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🇱🇾 The first 50 specialists of Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) have arrived in Libya to conduct search and rescue operations, the ministry told Sputnik.

On Friday, the ministry said the third aircraft with an aeromobile hospital departed for Libya to help those affected by the devastating floods.

Torrential rains hit Libya on September 10, brought by Storm Daniel. They caused destructive flooding in the country's east, where the cities of Susah and Derna were declared natural disaster zones, and air and sea ports were temporarily shut down. Curfews were imposed in several flood-affected cities.

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Kim Jong Un attends the "Sleeping Beauty" ballet at the Primorsky stage of the Mariinsky Theater in Vladivostok.

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‘Krasukha’: Russia's new unrivalled electronic warfare system

The special military operation zone recently witnessed the power of the Krasukha-S4 self-propelled electronic warfare (EW) system, as showcased in footage released by the Russian MoD.

How does this system work and how effective is it?

Sputnik explains.

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

▪️From September 9 to 16, eleven group strikes were carried out with high-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons, as well as drones, against port infrastructure facilities, places of production and storage of unmanned boats of the Ukraine Armed Forces;

▪️In the Zaporozhye region, Russian forces repelled 18 attacks by Ukrainian troops in the area of Rabotino and Verbovoy in a week. Ukrainian losses amounted to 740 soldiers, 20 tanks and armored combat vehicles;

▪️In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Army repelled 34 attacks by Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian losses amounted to 1700 soldiers in a week;

▪️In the Kupyansk direction, Russian forces repelled five counterattacks by Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian losses amounted to 400 soldiers in a week;

▪️In the Kherson area, Ukrainian losses amounted to 360 soldiers in a week;

▪️In South Donetsk, the Russian Army repelled eight attacks by Ukrainian troops, Ukrainian losses amounted to 1,100 soldiers in a week;

▪️Near Krasny Liman, the Russian Army repelled 13 attacks by Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian losses amounted to 400 soldiers in a week;

▪️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed 12 unmanned boats in the Black Sea, as well as three high-speed boats with Ukrainian troops in a week;

▪️The Russian Armed Forces intercepted 19 HIMARS missiles and destroyed 270 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in a week.

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Jeffrey Sachs: US sanctions against Russia and China destined to fail

The US overestimated its capabilities when trying to undermine Russia and China's economies, the Columbia University economist told Sputnik's New Rules podcast.

Sanctions have failed to bring Russia to its knees, as the nation's economy has proved to be far more resilient than Western policymakers ever imagined.

Back in March-February 2022 they projected that a bunch of restrictions would be effectively a knockout punch against the Russian economy, that they would bring military production to a halt and that they could even potentially cause mass political unrest. None of that has materialized.

Why did Western analysts get Russia so wrong?

Check out Sputnik's article to find out

🇮🇹 Italy will take "extraordinary measures" to deal with an influx of migrants that has become unbearable for the country this year, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said.

🗣 "The Italian government intends to take immediate extraordinary measures to deal with the number of migrants landing on our coast," Meloni said in a video posted on X on Friday.

Among the measures to be adopted on Monday is an increase in the time migrants can be held in detention centers from 12 to 18 months, the maximum allowed under European law. Another step will be the strengthening of repatriation centers, which will be entrusted to the Italian Defense Ministry. Migrants will stay in these facilities for the entire duration of their refugee status processing before a decision is made.

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🗣️ On the global shift to multipolarity that leaves Europe behind:

“As Russia therefore turns to the broader BRICS world and the rest of the world, it's those countries that benefit from these linkages. And it's Europe that is absolutely left behind. One of those beneficiaries is China. Because China is a crowded, densely populated economy with natural resources, but on a per capita basis, relatively low. So it's very complementary with Russia. Add in the common shared high tech element, and that's an added benefit of this increasingly strong relationship between China and Russia on the economic side, because there is a lot of technology transfer that can go in both directions…That is of great strength,” Jeffrey Sachs, a Columbia University economist, told Sputnik.

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🇨🇳 China outpaces US in high tech, a report says

According to a report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), China leads in 19 out of 23 technology research areas thanks to government investment. It is also ahead of the US, Europe and Japan in research in areas such as the development of underwater drones and hypersonics.

In autonomous underwater vehicles, China accounts for 56.9% of important research. Second-ranked US accounts for just 9.5%. In high-impact research output for hypersonic detection, tracking and characterization, China accounts for 73.3%, far ahead of the US, UK and Germany.

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A Frecce Tricolore aerobatic plane has crashed near Turin, Italy, during a training flight before Sunday's air show, local media write.

During the fall, the plane hit a car with a family inside. A five-year-old girl died from burns, but the pilot himself managed to eject.

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😴 🇺🇸 If you believe your week has been challenging, rest assured that this week's number one failure award🏆 undoubtedly goes to President Joe Biden of America.

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Lavrov will take part in the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine, where it is expected that Zelensky may also participate. The upcoming meeting will end up to be another "show", with the Ukrainian president as leading actor, Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Vassily Nebenzia told Sputnik

There will be no outcome from the high-level meeting, the official added.

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🇬🇧 Man detained in London for trespassing at royal stables near Buckingham Palace

🗣 "At 01:25hrs on Saturday [00:25 GMT], 16 September, officers at Buckingham Palace responded to a person climbing the wall and entering the Royal Mews. Following a search, a 25-year-old man was detained by officers outside the stables in the Royal Mews. At no point did the man enter Buckingham Palace or the Palace Gardens," the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.

The man was detained under the UK's Serious Organised Crime and Police Act for trespassing on a protected site, the statement added.

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❗Ukrainian President's advisor insults India's analytical potential. Mykhailo Podolyak's offensive comments at the Editorial Board Summit criticized India's strategic assessment abilities.

💬 He later apologized for his remarks but previously referred to India's lunar mission as a lack of understanding the modern world.

🌐 Podolyak's words caused a strong reaction on the internet, especially from Indian users. One of them wrote "that's why we are on the Moon and they are in minefield."

👉 Read the full version of the article on the Sputnik India website