❗️Key points of Russian MoD briefing on progress of special military op in Ukraine

▪️At night, Russian troops struck points of temporary deployment of foreign mercenaries and training of sabotage groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF). The targets were hit.

▪️Russian Air Defense intercepted seven HIMARS MLRS missiles.

▪️Russian air defenses destroyed 33 Ukrainian UAVs.

▪️Russian troops destroyed up to 100 Ukrainian servicemen and one UAF tank in the Zaporozhye direction.

▪️ The Russian Army struck command and observation posts of two enemy brigades in the DPR and Kherson.

▪️The UAF lost up to 125 servicemen in the South Donetsk direction.

▪️The Russian Armed Forces repelled two attacks by UAF assault groups in the Krasny Liman direction and struck the Azov brigade (recognized as a terrorist organization, banned in the Russian Federation), eliminating up to 55 servicemen.

▪️The Russian Armed Forces repelled seven UAF attacks in the DPR. The enemy lost up to 445 servicemen.

▪️The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter on an airfield in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

▪️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 25 UAF servicemen in the Kupyansk direction.

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🇺🇸💰🇵🇱The US will provide a $2 billion loan to Poland to support its ongoing defense modernization, the US State Department has announced, adding that "the loan proceeds will further advance Poland’s military modernization effort across a wide range of capabilities, substantially contributing to strengthening the defense and deterrence of NATO’s Eastern Flank."

The Biden administration is providing up to $60 million in Foreign Military Financing to cover the cost of the loan to accelerate Poland’s urgent military procurements of defense articles and services from the United States, the release said.

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#SputnikInfographic 🇷🇺Russian T-90M tanks can now meet Western countries' main battle tanks on the battlefield. But are Western armored vehicles really capable of handling it?

📊Take a look at a visual comparison of the Russian T-90M and its western competitors in Sputnik's infographic.

🇭🇺 Hungary will not support Ukraine's position at any international forum until Kiev returns the laws that ensure the rights of the Transcarpathian Hungarians, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated on Monday.

💬"Ukraine has been oppressing Hungarian schools for several years; they [Ukrainians] want to convert them into Ukrainian schools or, if that does not work out, close them. The Hungarian government fights at every international forum for the rights of Transcarpathian Hungarians, especially children," Orban told Hungarian lawmakers.

The prime minister added that the new Ukrainian leadership of the school in the city of Mukachevo banned singing the Hungarian anthem and wearing clothes in the Hungarian national colors in the educational institution.

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🗣️ On the frosty reception Ukrainian President Zelensky received during his stop in Washington:

“Well, it reflects the fact that the Biden administration has got to attempt to conceal from the population of the United States what's really happening, which is the economic situation in the United States is bad… US real wages fell for three years in a row, and under conditions in which the economic situation in the US is bad for the population, he's given tens of billions of dollars to Ukraine, to which the reaction of the population will be 'Well, why the hell doesn't he spend these tens of billions of dollars on us?'… So what all the frostiness is about is that he's got to attempt to conceal what's going on, because he's very worried, because the economic situation is so bad, he's not going to be reelected,” John Ross, author and economist, told Sputnik.

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🇨🇦 Untold story of how Canada became a safe haven for Ukrainian WWII-era Nazis

Before World War II, Ukrainian Canadians were among the most tightly knit, pro-labor, pro-Moscow, and anti-fascist migrant communities living in the True North Strong and Free. That began to change after the war and the arrival of thousands of Ukrainian Nazi collaborators wanted for war crimes across Eastern Europe.

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🇷🇺Russia's UAVs are ‘tested to ensure efficiency’ during winter's ice and low temperatures

Russia's unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), like all military equipment, are tested before being brought into service. It is during testing that a device’s characteristics are “tweaked” and certain corrections made to ensure they can work properly in the winter months, Edward Bagdasarian, a UAV specialist and head of the Aerocon business, as well as an expert on the Aeronet working group, told Sputnik.

Low temperatures and becoming covered in ice are the two main difficulties encountered by those operating UAVs in winter, Artem Blinov, a UAV expert, told Sputnik. Accordingly, any drone that runs on batteries has its operating time significantly reduced, said the expert.

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🇩🇪 German Foreign Minister Baerbock admitted that Berlin sent the Kiev regime "old-fashioned" equipment or supplied almost non-functional military aid

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🗣️ On how President Zelensky has become the dictator of Ukraine:

“Today, Ukraine is going begging for money for weapons, anything it can get its hands on to fight, continue fighting and destroying Ukrainians and killing Ukrainians and Russians. So this is the situation. And the political situation is that there's a lot of Ukrainians who are afraid to speak out. Around 30-40%, I can tell you, that's for sure. But they're afraid to speak out, they're against the war. They want peace. They want to get back to their lives. And I think if they will speak up, 20% others will join who are in the middle that do want to also get back their lives,” Andrii Telizhenko, former Ukrainian diplomat and whistleblower, told Sputnik.

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🗣️ On the state of the US economy:

“In the first six months of this year, the US consumed more capital in depreciation than it created. I mean, it's an extraordinary paradox that the world's number one capitalist country, in net terms at the present time isn't creating any capital… The situation therefore, as a result of this is the economy is going to grow very slowly. It's a pseudo-discussion in the US at the present time. They say 'Oh, it'd be a great victory if we don't have a recession, etc.,' it really doesn't make a great deal of difference whether the economy is growing very slightly positive or very slightly negative. The US is heading into extremely slow growth, and maybe there'll be a recession,” John Ross, author and economist, told Sputnik.

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🇪🇺🇨🇳 EU flexes muscles on ‘fair trade’ with China

The European Union's principal trade negotiator conveyed a clear message, asserting the bloc's unwavering stance in upholding balanced competition and protecting its interests.

💬“The lack of reciprocity and level playing field from China, coupled with wider geopolitical shifts, has forced the EU to become more assertive,” said Valdis Dombrovskis, an executive vice-president at the European Commission, as stated in the noscripted remarks scheduled for delivery during a keynote address at Tsinghua University.

Dombrovskis stressed that competition stands as a cornerstone of the European Union's economic landscape, serving to invigorate and advance the prowess of our corporate entities.

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Rosatom to Deliver Fuel to Bangladesh's Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Soon

⚛️ 🇷🇺 Rosatom anticipates supplying fuel to the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh "in the upcoming weeks," Alexey Likhachev, the head of the company, announced during the IAEA general conference.

💬 "In the approaching weeks, we shall be delivering fuel to the Rooppur nuclear power plant site in Bangladesh," he revealed.

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☠️ West uses Ukraine as settling tank for outdated and dangerous equipment

Over 2,000 pieces of equipment, including Challenger 2 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and Bulldog personnel carriers, belonging to the British Armed Forces may have asbestos-containing materials (ACMs), according to the nation's Defense Ministry.

Asbestos is a group of naturally occurring fibrous silicate minerals that are resistant to fire and corrosion. It is also an excellent thermal and electrical insulator. However, when asbestos materials become damaged, tiny fibers could get stuck in the lungs, leading to asbestosis, a scarring of the lung tissue, and mesothelioma, a type of cancer.

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🇷🇺🇷🇸 A direct threat of ethnic cleansing of Serbs in Kosovo, which was practiced by Kosovo Albanian radicals in the past, can revive, Russian FM spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Monday.

Kosovar PM Albin Kurti said that on Sunday night, unidentified people opened fire on Kosovo police officers, killing one and wounding another. Later, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that several Serbs were killed and injured in the clashes with police in Kosovo and Metohija.

"There is no doubt that yesterday’s bloodshed is a direct and immediate consequence of the course taken by the so-called Prime Minister A. Kurti to incite the conflict and clear the territory of the region from the Serbs. His attempts to create additional Western pressure on the Serbian leadership by escalating the situation bring the entire Balkan region to a dangerous brink," Zakharova said.

The Kosovo police "have discredited themselves" due to systemic violence against local Serbs, Zakharova added.

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📹🇷🇺 Russian Osman special forces unit eliminates Ukrainian Kazak armored vehicle using FPV drone in Zaporozhye direction

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🇩🇪 Bundeswehr bungles billion euros on radios that can’t be installed in army vehicles

The digital radios, produced by German technology manufacturer Rohde & Schwarz, are supposed to replace the Bundeswehr’s older analogue sets. But the new equipment is reportedly proving difficult to mount on the military’s many different types of vehicles, and adjustments are necessary for the more than one hundred different vehicle types.

These issues have prompted the defense ministry, wary of voiding the manufacturer’s warranty by installing the equipment themselves, to wait for official support from the defense industry, thus leaving already delivered equipment on warehouse shelves. The radio procurement campaign is ultimately expected to cost Germany up to €5 billion.

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🇺🇸🇦🇲 USAID chief power visits Armenia, highlights Pashinyan's ticklish position

This visit marks a significant development, being the first time senior US officials have set foot in Armenia since the ceasefire agreement that ended the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

💬 "I’m here to reiterate the US’ strong support & partnership with Armenia and to speak directly with those impacted by the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh," said Power, expressing her purpose in Armenia.

The US Embassy in Armenia released a statement emphasizing their support for Armenia's independence, territorial integrity and democracy.

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🇨🇦 Russians did it™: Trudeau blames "Russian disinformation" for a Ukrainian Nazi veteran being honored in the Canadian parliament

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💰 The US has enough money for military supplies to Ukraine for a few more weeks; however, further aid could dwindle without a congressional decision, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby reportedly said.

Kirby urged lawmakers to approve another $24 billion package while conditions on the front remain favorable for a Ukrainian counteroffensive.

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