📹 Russian Su-25 crews attacked military targets and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

As a result of the combat operations, camouflaged fortified field positions and armored equipment of the enemy were destroyed.

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🗣 “This guys gets up and ‘Where am I?’”

😄 Donald Trump made fun of Joe Biden, apparently mocking his forgetfulness

The public seemed to agree with Trump and appreciate the joke.

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Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested extending US government funding without aid to Kiev

💬 “I think if we had a clean one without Ukraine on it we could probably be able to move that through,” McCarthy stated after a GOP conference meeting when asked about a clean continuing resolution. “I think if the Senate puts Ukraine on there and focuses [on] Ukraine over America, I think that could cause real problems.”

The Senate is considering a separate, bipartisan continuing resolution that would fund the government through Nov. 17 and includes $5.99 billion for disaster relief and $6.15 billion for the Kiev regime - a figure that has sparked criticism from Republicans in both chambers.

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Ukrainian Nazi veteran Yaroslav Hunka and his family are in hiding amid a scandal in the Canadian parliament, US TV channel reported, citing a family friend

On September 22, Hunka, a 98-year-old former volunteer with the 14th Waffen SS Grenadier Division, a Nazi military unit declared a criminal organization during the Nuremberg trials in 1946, was invited to the Canadian parliament by Speaker Anthony Rota and lauded as a "hero" who fought against the Russians in World War Two.

Rota resigned over the backlash that followed the exposure of Hunka's role in the notorious SS.

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📹 Combat work of crews of self-propelled artillery systems "Msta-S", "Giatsint-S" and "Akatsiya"

Self-propelled artillery crews use high-explosive, high-explosive fragmentation and precision-guided ammunition to inflict maximum damage on various fortifications, armored vehicles and enemy personnel.

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⚡ On September 30, at about 3:45 a.m. Moscow time (0:45 GMT), the Kiev regime launched 9 Uragan MLRS projectiles at facilities on the territory of Russia.

Air defense systems destroyed all 9 projectiles in the air over the Belgorod region of Russia.

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💬 'And in some respects, the US is behind what Russia and China have achieved just in hypersonics'

📹 The military's space program has become one of the fastest growing areas today, Michael Maloof, a former senior Pentagon security policy analyst, told Sputnik.

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🤐 Donald Trump will hold Silicon Valley tech giants accountable for alleged censorship, according to his words

Accusations of inconsistent content moderation and censorship were directed at X (previously Twitter), Meta*, and Google in 2022. These allegations ignited substantial concerns regarding free speech and its influence on public conversations.

Trump was famously banned from social media sites for his comments during the 2021 Capitol riots.

In response, Trump launched Truth Social, a social media platform committed to free speech without censorship based on political ideology.

*Meta is banned in Russia as an extremist organization.

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💥 Russian artillery in action

📹 The artillery of the Russian Armed Forces effectively destroys the enemy positions in the zone of the special military operation.

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🤭 Supporting Ukraine in its conflict with Russia is tough and painful, UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said

The UK's government position concerning the matter is resolute, he said, adding that fatigue from the conflict exists and that it is a "big thing."

When Russia launched its special military operation to protect the people of Donbass from Ukrainian aggression, the UK and other Western nations increased their arms supplies to the Kiev regime.

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💬 People made this conscious, long-awaited, long-suffering and truly popular decision together in referendums in full accordance with international laws, showing courage and unyielding character

📹 Vladimir Putin congratulates the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions on their reunification with Russia

A year ago, on this day, Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of the DPR, the LPR, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions signed ascension treaties to join Russia.

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🏳️ A growing number of Ukrainian soldiers are choosing to surrender by raising a white flag

▪️ Recently, there has been a significant increase in the number of Ukrainian troops who use a dedicated radio frequency to communicate their willingness to disarm. The frequency was set up by Russian forces in mid-summer.

▪️ The process of Ukrainians laying down their arms has accelerated recently, as Ukrainian troops have started surrendering in groups rather than individually, especially around the village of Rabotino, one of the main flashpoints of the Ukraine conflict.

▪️ On the Zaporozhye frontline, Ukrainian soldiers are being encouraged to surrender with the help of leaflets in the form of hryvnias, which are being dropped on their positions.

▪️ The leaflets contain information on how Ukrainian troops can contact the Russian military to discuss the time and place of surrender.

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The latest statements of the Russian Defense Ministry on the Ukraine crisis:

▪️ The Russian Army successfully repulsed seven attacks by enemy units in the DPR. Enemy losses amounted to up to 430 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, four armored combat vehicles and two motor vehicles. During the counter-battery fire, one US M777 artillery system, one Polish Krab self-propelled artillery system and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system were used.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy in the Zaporozhye region. The enemy suffered more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and three motor vehicles.

▪️ In the direction of Kupyansk the Russian Armed Forces inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy. The enemy suffered up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen and two motor vehicles. In addition, a US M777 artillery system, an Msta-B gun and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system were destroyed.

▪️ Two enemy attacks were repulsed in the direction of Krasny Liman. The enemy suffered losses of up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three motor vehicles and one D-30 howitzer.

▪️ The Russian Army inflicted a fire defeat on Ukrainian assault units in the south of Donetsk and repulsed two enemy attacks. Enemy losses included over 120 Ukrainian servicemen, two pickup trucks, one US M777 artillery system and one Polish Krab self-propelled artillery system.

▪️ In the direction of Kherson, the enemy suffered up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen and three motor vehicles.

▪️ Russian air defense systems intercepted nine Uragan MLRS projectiles and one US HIMARS MLRS projectile.

▪️ Some 482 aircraft, 250 helicopters, 7,277 unmanned aerial vehicles, 438 air defense missile systems, 12,218 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,157 MLRS-equipped combat vehicles, 6,598 field artillery guns and mortars, and 13,605 special military vehicles were destroyed during the special military operation.

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🗣️ India Cannot Afford to Trust the US

“India is a problem for the US, but right now they need India against China. So they have a kind of a balancing strategy. On the one hand, they will support India when it comes to their interests against China, but they will also oppose India in a variety of ways. They will create problems for India… They want to keep India destabilized and off-balance so that India doesn't rise too much and India doesn't really achieve its full potential,” Abhijit Chavda, Indian geopolitical analyst, told Sputnik.

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🗣 They told us nothing, they sat around drinking vodka for a few days, and then turned around, packed their things and went AWOL

📹 A Ukrainian soldier was captured in the Zaporozhye direction, he shared that were dozens of deserters in their Armed Forces.

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Scott Ritter: Abrams tanks will become ‘mobile steel coffins’ for Ukrainian crews

Around 500 Ukrainian soldiers have undergone an intensive ten-week course on the operation and maintenance of the M1A1 at the US Army’s Grafenwöhr training facility in West Germany. 

Nevertheless, the Ukrainian soldiers trained by the US Army will possess only the most basic skill levels associated with the M1A1 Abrams. They will lack any tactical or operational skill when it comes to the employment of the tank in combat. 

Read Scott Ritter's latest article to learn how Ukraine's unrealistic expectations of operating Abrams tanks will soon collide with harsh reality.

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