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Russian engineers installed the 'Fagot' ATGM on the drone.

The video shows firing both while hovering in the air and standing on the ground, using the drone as a mobile platform.

The Fagot system that the drone will carry is an anti-tank missile system. The integration of this system with a drone opens up new tactical possibilities, allowing armored vehicles or fortifications to be targeted directly from the air.

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⚡️Russian forces liberated the village of Tabaevka in the Kharkov region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
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❗️The Russian air defense forces shot down 34 Ukrainian drones and one HIMARS MLRS missile during the day.

🇷🇺🪖 Other statements from the Russian Ministry of Defense briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️ In the Donetsk region, Russian forces repelled six attacks by Ukrainian assault groups. Ukrainian losses amounted to 210 soldiers;

▪️ In Krasny Liman, Ukrainian losses amounted to 280 servicemen;

▪️ In the Kupyansk region, Russian troops repelled three attacks by Ukrainian forces;

▪️ The Russian forces hit Ukrainian Armed Forces rocket and artillery warehouses.

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🗣 It's time for the American president, in the best traditions of his predecessor Obama, to declare “Texas must go” and assemble an international coalition to liberate its inhabitants in the name of democracy - Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman.

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What are Russians saying about the events in Texas? Here are a few memes that went viral on social media:

Pic.1 "Sobyanin announced the construction of a new Moscow-Texas metro line."

The photo shows Sergey Sobyanin, the mayor of Moscow, "presenting a new metro line from Moscow to Texas". Moscow is famous for its metro system, which is one of the most beautiful in the world.

Pic.2 "We are open! Vkusno - i Tochka"

Vkusno - i Tochka" (lit. Tasty, period.) is a Russian fast-food restaurant chain created on the model of "McDonald's" after its closure in Russia due to anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the West.

Pic. 3 Biden says "Ostanovites" (lit. Stop)"

This is a reference to a popular meme featuring former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych saying "Stop", calling for an end to the unrest that took place in Ukraine in 2014.

Pic. 4 Texas. Tequila. Perestroika

The photo shows Mikhail Gorbachev, the last general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, known for implementing the course of "perestroika" (lit. - reconstruction), aimed at cardinal changes in the economic and political structure of the USSR.

Pic. 5 The People's Republic of Texas

If you know, you know 😉.

Pic. 6 Kennedy on the phone

The 35th President of the United States is somehow calling into the future and asking his descendants how things are going. After "getting the information" he asks: "What do you mean by 'waging war in Texas'? Against whom?"

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Texas authorities announced their intention to install barbed wire fences along the entire length of the state border with Mexico (more than 3,000 km).

Federal authorities will need "a lot of wire cutters" to cut all this barbed wire, said Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick.


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🔥 The legendary Russian Lancet kamikaze drones has been used more than 1000 times, according to monitoring.

The drone's track record includes hitting German Leopard 2A6 tanks, French CAESAR wheeled self-propelled guns, Ukrainian patrol boats, MiG-29 and Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force and even the latest IRIS-T SLM air defense system worth €140 million. Its use in the fall of 2022 helped to significantly reduce the level of Ukrainian shelling on Donetsk.

Check out the footage of the impact of the Lancet loitering munition on the Ukrainian BM-21 Grad MLRS in the area of the settlement Kurakhovo.

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❗️Several civilians were killed and injured in Israeli airstrikes south of Damascus, the Syrian Defense Ministry said

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The EU wants to make dysfunctional anti-Russian sanctions work with the help of Central Asian countries

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told the EU-Central Asia forum that four years ago they were “a little in the middle of nowhere,” but now they are “in the center of things.”

Representatives of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan gathered at the forum in Brussels. Borrell called the region "a key partner for the EU in the current geopolitical environment."

Partnership with these countries is necessary for Brussels to achieve the effectiveness of anti-Russian sanctions, the head of EU diplomacy said.

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✈️ Su-34 fighter-bombers struck Ukraine's fortified area in Krasny Liman.

To defeat the targets, the pilots used unguided FAB-500 aerial bombs with a universal planning and correction module.

The command post has been destroyed.

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❗️The United States will respond to the attack against its military in the Middle East at a time and in a way it chooses, the White House said.

But Washington does not want a war with Iran and an escalation in the Middle East, the Biden administration confirmed.

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🚜 From Germany to Lithuania: farmer protests rumble across Europe

What exactly drives hard workers to block highways with tractors and dump manure on government buildings?

To understand the scale of the events and learn all about the different types of manure from across Europe, watch our AI presenter Nika's video.

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