Vladimir Putin outlined the priorities for foreign policy in his congratulatory message on Diplomatic Worker's Day:

▪️ In the face of Western attempts to isolate Russia and undermine its security, the Russian Foreign Ministry is responsible for several tasks;

▪️ Russian diplomacy is called upon to contribute to the consolidation of the global majority in order to build a just multipolar world order;

▪️ Priority is given to developing cooperation with the CIS, increasing integration within the EAEU, and strengthening ties within the CSTO and Union State;

▪️ The quality fulfillment of tasks and responsibilities related to Russia's chairmanship of the CIS and the expanded BRICS requires special attention;

▪️ Work is needed to unite the Russian world by supporting compatriots abroad and to counter attempts to falsify history.

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📹 Footage of precision strikes by Russian drones on enemy shelters in the Berestovoe area

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US Senator calls for peace deal with Russia after watching Tucker-Putin interview

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❗️ Ukrainian forces shelled the village of Ponury in the Belgorod region, three men were injured, they have shrapnel wounds, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said

"It's time to stop the meat grinder. Should have been done a year ago,": Elon Musk wrote on X after Carlson's interview with Putin.

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Biden's entourage tacitly admitted mistakes in the US administration's approach to the Gaza conflict, NYT reported.

At a private meeting, Jonathan Feiner, deputy national security advisor to the US president, spoke about "missteps in the course of responding to this crisis since Oct. 7." According to the official, he did not have "any confidence" that the Israeli government is ready to take "meaningful steps" towards the establishment of a Palestinian state.

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❗️ Last night, the Kiev regime tried to attack Russian civilian transport vessels in the southwestern region of the Black Sea using unmanned boats, the Russian Defense Ministry says. Russian Navy patrol ships and aircraft carrying out missions in the area were deployed to repel the attack. One unmanned boat was destroyed by artillery fire, while the others were suppressed by electronic warfare equipment.

Civilian transport vessels and Russian Navy ships were not damaged, the ministry added.

The Russian strike on the Ukrainian oil depot in Kharkov hit 11 pieces of equipment, including tanks, Nikolaev underground coordinator Sergey Lebedev told Sputnik.

In addition, according to Lebedev, in the east of the Kharkov region a blow was struck at the place where officers celebrated the appointment of Syrsky as commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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❗️ During the week, Russian forces shot down MiG-29 and Su-25 aircraft, 34 multiple rocket launcher projectiles, including HIMARS and Vampire missiles, as well as 488 drones.

🇷🇺🪖 More statements from the Russian MoD’s weekly briefing on the progress of the special military op in Ukraine:

▪️ Near Kupyansk, 36 attacks by Ukrainian forces were repelled, with enemy losses totaling over 725 military personnel

▪️ During the week, 31 combined strikes with high-precision weapons and UAVs were carried out against Ukrainian military facilities. The strikes hit production facilities of Ukrainian enterprises engaged in the production and repair of aircraft, UAVs, and unmanned boats.

▪️ Near Krasny Liman, Russian troops improved their position on the front line during the week, repelling 14 attacks by Ukrainian forces, with the enemy losing up to 1,500 military personnel killed and wounded.

▪️ During the week, strikes hit the locations of Ukrainian forces, nationalist formations, and foreign mercenaries. The objectives of the strikes were achieved.

▪️ In the southern DPR, Russian troops improved their positions on the front line during the week. Five Ukrainian attacks were repelled, and enemy losses totaled up to 1,160 military personnel

▪️ In the Zaporozhye region, the Kiev regime lost more than 210 servicemen and a Grad MLRS combat vehicle.

▪️ In the DPR, during the week, the Russian Army took more favorable positions and repelled 26 Ukrainian attacks, with the enemy's losses amounting to more than 2,190 soldiers.

▪️ In the Kherson region, Ukrainian losses totaled more than 245 servicemen, as well as a HIMARS MLRS combat vehicle.

▪️ Over the past week, two S-300 anti-aircraft missile system launchers and a radar were hit, as well as eight Ukrainian ammunition depots.

▪️ 36 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered during the week.

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Journalists, including cameraman Mohammed al-Hila, who works with Sputnik, have found themselves surrounded by the Israeli Army at the Nasser Hospital complex in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip; communication with the operator was lost on Saturday night, a Sputnik correspondent reports from Gaza

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🇳🇱 Dutch politician Eva Vlaardingerbroek contrasted Putin's historical account in an interview with Tucker Carlson about Russia and Ukraine with the lack of similar historical knowledge among Western leaders.

"Putin's 30 minute account of Russia's history was incredibly interesting, not just because of its current political relevance, but especially because it directly highlights the fact that not a single Western leader today could give such a detailed historical account of their own nation the way Putin did.

We in the West no longer have any idea who we are. We have no idea of our own history. Why would we? It's been actively suppressed and rejected. In fact, the only thing our current political ''leadership'' prides itself on, is the rejection of our ''backwards history''. When asked what The West is about, most people will repeat some type of cliché narrative that we've evolved past our nationalistic barbarism into enlightened ''liberal democratic societies''.

It's ironic because as the Putin interview confirmed once again on multiple accounts, ''liberal democracy'' in the West is an illusion. With the current President of the United States being undeniably senile, it couldn't possibly be more in our face. Our government leaders -let alone our parliamentary representatives - aren't actually the ones pulling the strings, but that obvious fact isn't causing the outrage you'd expect. Most people simply play along, even though they know the emperor has no clothes on. For some it might be because they don't know where to start or there's a level of cognitive dissonance and they aren't willing to face the truth, but there are many who are so brainwashed that they actually don't realize they're pawns in a globalist play," she said.

She also questioned the portrayal of Russia as an expansionist aggressor in light of geopolitical events such as the conflict in Ukraine and suggested that the interview could help de-escalate tensions.

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