📹 Combat work of Russia's Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems in the zone of the special military op

The Tor is a Russian surface-to-air missile system designed to detect and destroy aircraft, helicopters, drones, and cruise missiles. It is also capable of intercepting ballistic missiles in their terminal phase.

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The Pentagon's efforts to assist Ukraine will not be affected by a potential US government shut down, Defense Department (DoD) spokesperson Chris Sherwood said in a statement to Sputnik

Congress must pass some form of government funding, such as a temporary funding measure, standard appropriations bills, a series of minibuses or an omnibus, before the end of the month to avoid a shutdown.

Biden is requesting from Congress approval for an additional $24 billion to support Ukraine in fiscal year 2024, but several US Republican lawmakers are hesitant to support it. Additional funding for Ukraine is not guaranteed to be included in a short-term spending bill if lawmakers fail to reach a deal on a full spending bill.

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Drone hunters

📹 Osa SAM teams cover Russian troops from the air in the special military operation

One of the main tasks of the anti-aircraft gunners is to counter enemy drones.

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📹 Mortars of the Russian Airborne Forces launched an attack on the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region

UAV operators identified a target - a concentration of enemy infantry. The coordinates of the enemy fortification were promptly transmitted to the mortar crew for striking. In a few minutes, the enemy personnel were annihilated (0:21) by the fire from a 120-mm mortar.

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🥴 How Zelensky's visit to the US went wrong:

▪️The trip did not go well on the first day when, before Zelensky arrived, a leading American newspaper published an investigation proving Ukraine's guilt in the attack on civilians in Konstantinovka.

▪️The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, said he would not support the $24 billion in aid to Kiev requested by the White House. Instead, Ukraine received military aid packages totalling $325 million, more than 70 times less.

▪️Zelensky was denied the opportunity to address Congress because of the 'busy schedule of lawmakers'.

▪️Leading American media are sceptical about the results of the trip, noting that the Ukrainian president has not only become less convincing, but is already being ridiculed.

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🇵🇱 Poland bears the 'heaviest burden' of aid to Ukraine, equivalent to 3% of the country’s GDP, Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said.

Many Poles were surprised by Zelensky’s accusations against Warsaw of a lack of solidarity on the grain issue, he noted.

Having proven its role as a reliable and trustworthy rescuer, Poland must protect its own home, Rau said.

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More than 84 thousand Ukrainian military personnel have been trained in the use of Western weapons and combat tactics, an American media reported with reference to US Department of Defense spokesman Martin O'Donnell.

Hundreds of servicemen are being trained in Europe under the guidance of the American military, the publication said. A group of pilots and technical specialists from the Ukrainian Armed Forces will soon begin training on F-16 fighters at a US base.

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🇮🇷 Iran displayed the Paveh cruise missile for the first time at the parade, it has a range of 1,650 km

The Fattah hypersonic ballistic missile was also shown to the public. According to Tehran, it is "virtually invulnerable" to air defenses.

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📸 1… 2… 3… Cheese!

Kim Jong Un poses for a souvenir photo with members of the delegation that accompanied him on his visit to Russia

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❗️ Latest statements by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

▪️Kiev and Warsaw have certain frictions, Russia predicts that they will increase, as will tensions with other EU countries;

▪️Russia, Belarus working on joint security concept.

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🧐 What are they up to?

🤖 A cortege of Yandex delivery robots was spotted in Moscow, moving in a disciplined manner in an unknown direction

Video from social networks

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💬 They forget that our countries have been invaded several times by the same people who are now talking about combating invasions

📹🇨🇴 Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, Colombian President Gustavo Petro questioned the difference in treatment between the wars in Ukraine and Palestine

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❗️ A Ukrainian missile hit the Black Sea Fleet's headquarters in Sevastopol, information about the victims is being clarified, the governor said

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❗️The governor of Sevastopol reports that another Ukrainian attack is possible and urges residents not to travel to the city centre or leave buildings

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❗️ A missile warning signal sounds in Sevastopol, Sputnik correspondent reports

Heavy smoke is seen in the city centre.

⚡ The governor of Sevastopol reported a Ukrainian missile attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet and warned of a possible new attack

▪️"A fragment fell near the Lunacharsky Theater. If you find such elements, we ask you not to approach and call 112. All emergency services are at the scene. Information about the victims is being clarified," the governor said.

▪️Air defense systems are reported to be in operation on the peninsula. Residents of Sevastopol, in particular, reported seeing explosions in the sky and smoke.

▪️In addition, the movement of cars on the Crimean bridge was temporarily suspended.

▪️Earlier, the press service of the Russian MoD reported that at about 10:30 air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian guided missile and two aircraft-type UAVs off the west coast of Crimea. Two drones were also shot down on the night of September 22.

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⚡ The governor announced that the missile and aviation threat in Sevastopol was over, but he still insisted people avoid traveling to the city center

🇸🇾🇨🇳 The second day of Syrian President Assad's visit to China

Today, Assad met with Xi Jinping and the two leaders announced the establishment of a China-Syria strategic partnership.

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⚡ Cruise missiles were shot down over the territory of Crimea, Crimean head Sergey Aksenov said

⚡ The civilian infrastructure around the Fleet HQ in Sevastopol was not damaged, and no one on the street was injured during the strike, the governor said

He noted that the work to extinguish the fire at the headquarters was still ongoing, and that the emergency services were monitoring the situation.

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🤦 During her speech in Hiroshima, Ursula von der Leyen appeared to be mistaken about the country that used nuclear weapons in Japan

She made vague remarks about Russia's alleged threat to "use nuclear weapons again", when in fact Russia has never done so.

Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, took to social media to respond to Ursula von der Leyen's claims about Moscow's alleged plans to use nuclear weapons. In her response, Zakharova called Ursula von der Leyen's lies 'despicable and dangerous'.

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