🇺🇸 Ukraine has lost $24 billion because the US has refused to include aid to Kiev in its short-term spending bill, an analysis of the country's budget data shows.

The country needs about 1.33 trillion hryvnia, (approximately $36 billion), to get it through 2023, which means that the US shortfall has left it out of pocket for two-thirds of the year, i.e. for eight months and three days.

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🇵🇱 Poland warns Ukraine failure to respect its interests to affect ‘every decision’

While the countries will continue to cooperate if their interests coincide, on controversial issues, Poland will “rigidly defend its interests,” presidential adviser Marcin Przydacz told local media.

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🇷🇺💥 Russian D-30 howitzer crews eliminate (0:29) Ukrainian forces in Krasny Liman direction

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🇩🇪🍻 Oktoberfest is coming to an end, but politically charged economic gloom remains

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🇭🇺🇪🇺 EU incites Ukrainian conflict and stigmatizes peace talks, Hungarian FM Szijjarto says

💬 "I can say that the world outside Europe is already really looking forward to the end of this war, because they do not understand many things. They do not understand, for example, how it can be that when a war is not in Europe, the European Union, looking down with fantastic moral superiority, calls on the parties to peace, advocates negotiations and an immediate end to violence. However, when there is a war in Europe, the European Union incites the conflict and supplies weapons, and anyone who talks about peace is immediately stigmatized," Peter Szijjarto said.

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❗️Russian troops have considerably weakened Ukrainian forces’ combat potential and inflicted serious damage, Sergey Shoigu says

Attempts by Ukrainian forces to break through Russian defenses in the Rabotino and Verbovoye areas have failed, and all attacks in the Soledar-Bakhmut direction have also been repelled, the minister added.

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❗️Armenian parliament ratifies Rome Statute, bringing country under jurisdiction of International Criminal Court

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☦️ Russian Orthodox Church supports all mediation efforts in Ukraine conflict, says archpriest

💬 “We treat initiatives coming from the Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem, the primate of the most ancient Church, which is the mother of all Christian Churches, with the greatest respect,” Archpriest Nikolai Balashov said in a statement.

The Moscow Patriarchate also supports the Jerusalem church's intention to arrange a church-focused discussion about "the problems of the global Orthodox family", the archpriest added.

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Story From Battlefield: Russian Commander Shares His Experience

🇷🇺 🎖 Russian commander, who experienced heart-wrenching loss of fellow comrade in battle, shares poignant episode from the battlefield.

💬 "For three relentless days and sleepless nights we had been repelling enemy attacks, successfully obliterating tanks and infantry groups," he shared.

◾According to him, Russia is all about bravery and patriotisms. Witnessing unimaginable atrocities committed by neo-Nazis, his resolve to protect and defend his homeland remains unshakeable.

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🪖 Russian National Guard and counterintelligence officers discover Azov* explosive device workshop in LPR

Russian authorities have found machines and tools meant to disguise ammunition as household items. Entrances to the workshop were mined, with National Guard sappers having to disarm several tripwires attached to grenades.

Officials also found more than half a ton of large-caliber ammunition, mines, grenade launcher rounds, fuses, as well as gunpowder and other explosives packed in plastic bottles. In addition, UAF and Ukrainian National Guard uniforms were found, including German-supplied tank overalls, as well as symbols of the Azov regiment*.

*recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia

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