❗️ A Ukrainian drone dropped 2 explosive devices on an electric substation in the Kursk region, 5 settlements and a hospital were de-energized, the governor said

🇺🇸 Over 4,000 volunteers have meticulously transcribed more than 28,000 logbook images from the US Navy fleet stationed in Hawaii during World War II, resulting in the recovery of a valuable dataset comprising 630,000 records. This dataset is expected to shed light on the validity of unusually warm temperature recordings during the war and contribute to a better understanding of long-term meteorological changes.

The research aims to address the "World War II warm anomaly" (WW2WA), a phenomenon characterized by high temperatures believed to be influenced by wartime practices, such as sailors documenting weather data during the day to avoid enemy vessels. Such practices are thought to have introduced biases in temperature recordings. Many of these historical records were either destroyed during the war or classified for a period, making them largely inaccessible to science.

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Radical representatives of the Ukrainian diaspora in Italy often try to put pressure and even threaten those heads of local structures who seek to develop cultural ties with Russia, Russian Ambassador to Rome Alexei Paramonov said in an interview with Sputnik.

According to Paramonov, all such cases are recorded by the Russian Embassy and the Italian side is informed about them. "However, until recently we have not seen any desire on the part of the Italian authorities, despite all assurances, to actually confront aggressive intentions," he pointed out.

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🇺🇸 The US House of Representatives has approved a bill to allocate $300m in military aid to Ukraine.

The allocations were previously included in the Pentagon's draft budget, but were removed to a separate document to simplify its adoption. The bill was supported by 311 congressmen and opposed by 117.

❗️ Russian air defense destroyed 11 Ukrainian UAVs overnight, including one over the territory of Kaluga region and 10 over Kursk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said

🇺🇸 Entrepreneur Elon Musk, while reporting from Texas’ border, said that immigration needs to be improved and the uncontrolled inflow of people should be disabled.

Musk visited Eagle Pass, a border crossing in Texas. Musk was accompanied by GOP Republican Tony Gonzales, who used the opportunity to explain details of their situation.

“We want to do both things: smooth out legal immigration and then stop the flow of people of such magnitude that is leading to a collapse of social services,” Musk told the audience during a livestream on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter.

Even the US' largest city, New York City, is “buckling under pressure” of the vast number of immigrants who have illegally crossed into the US from the US-Mexico border, he said.

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 Settlements in national currencies between Russia and India have grown five-fold in monetary terms in 2023 year-on-year, while the average transaction amount in the first half of the year has increased by 83%, deputy chairman of Sberbank's executive board Anatoly Popov said.

"Sberbank is the key bank partner for the corporate clients who are working in national currencies with India. This year the volumes of settlements with India have grown five times in monetary terms compared to the same period last year," Popov told reporters on the sidelines of the SberVED 2023: India conference.

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🇷🇺📹 Russian peacekeeping contingent's military personnel delivered 12 tons of humanitarian cargo to Stepanakert for the civilians of Nagorno-Karabakh

▪️ The humanitarian aid included food, medicine and basic necessities.

▪️ In addition, along the route of the humanitarian convoy, Russian peacekeepers provided assistance to civilians leaving the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh independently. Military personnel of the Russian peacekeeping contingent provided drinking water, bread and baby food to anyone in need.

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📌 House Republicans held the first public hearing of their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Thursday

Here are some key takeaways from Thursday's hearing:

▪️ GOP witnesses say there is still not enough evidence to impeach Biden;

▪️ GOP outlines questions they want answered;

▪️ Democrats attack investigation for a lack of evidence against the president;

▪️ The White House has denied any wrongdoing and dismissed the investigation as politically motivated.

President Biden has been accused by Republicans, who have a narrow control of the House, of profiting from his son Hunter Biden's overseas business ventures during his tenure as vice president from 2009 to 2017.

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🧐 House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer issued subpoenas for Hunter Biden and his brother James Biden seeking to obtain their personal and business records

According to copies of the subpoenas, the panel is giving Hunter and James Biden until October 12 to provide the requested documents or they may risk facing criminal contempt of Congress charges.

The Oversight Committee has disclosed since January that the Bidens and their associates established more than 20 shell companies, amassing more than $24 million from sources in China and other countries. The investigation also identified nine Biden family members linked to these business operations and affirmed the president interacted with the business affiliates on at least 24 occasions.

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🇷🇺🇦🇫 5th meeting of the Moscow Format on Afghanistan begins in the city of Kazan, Russia

The Moscow format was introduced in 2017 on the basis of the six-party mechanism for consultations between special representatives from Russia, Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, Iran and India.  

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🇷🇺 Russia's response is rooted in deterrence, not escalation, writes Vijainder K Thakur in his column for Sputnik India.

Instead of retaliation with indiscriminate missile strikes, Russia has focused on minimising Storm Shadow attacks through:

▪️ Improved the software of its Air Defense (AD) systems.

▪️ Deployment of Krasukha EW systems to thwart radar imaging of targets by US/NATO SAR equipped drones, aircraft and satellites.

▪️ The use of aerosol spray artillery shells to cloak potential targets from the optical seeker on Storm Shadow and analog missiles.

▪️ Mounting relentless counter air operations on Ukrainian air bases involved in missile attacks on Crimea.

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The Russian defense line turned out to be stronger than the West thought - Chief of the British General Staff

''Ukraine's counter-offensive is proceeding slowly because Russia's defensive lines turned out to be stronger than the West expected,'' Chief of the British General Staff Admiral Tony Radakin was quoted as saying by a British newspaper.

Radakin went on to say that Ukraine's operations are hampered by the lack of military training for the country's mobilized soldiers. Furthermore, he elaborated on the limited advancements due to the "wide variety" of military vehicles and equipment utilized by Ukrainian forces, which currently require the use of both Soviet-era and Western weaponry. He also suggested that the Kiev government may have launched its counteroffensive too late.

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📹 The Russian Army continues to destroy enemy armored vehicles and positions of the Ukrainian troops in the zone of the special military operation

Precise artillery and UAV strikes destroyed the AHS Krab self-propelled guns and enemy positions near the city of Seversk.

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