❗️The Kiev neo-Nazi regime is trying to carry out a number of armed actions against the elections in Russia, Putin said at a meeting with members of the Russian Security Council.

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❗️Turnout in the Russian presidential elections exceeded 25%.

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❗️Key points from Vladimir Putin's speech at the Russian Security Council:

▪️The enemy had no success in any direction and fled with heavy losses;

▪️The enemy is trying to distract attention from the real state of affairs on the contact line by committing provocations;

▪️Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory do not and will not remain unpunished;

▪️All victims of enemy actions will be provided with assistance and support;

▪️The people of Russia will respond with even greater unity when faced with attempts at provocation, I am sure of this.

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❗️More statements by Vladimir Putin at the Russian Security Council:

▪️The Russian president announced four attempts at sabotage attacks in the Belgorod region and one in Kursk that looked to gain a foothold in Russian territory;

▪️Putin called Kiev’s attempts to attack regions of the Russian Federation senseless from a military point of view and criminal from a humanitarian point of view;

▪️About 95% of Ukrainian missiles and shells were destroyed by Russian air defenses;

▪️The forces and means used by the enemy amounted to over 2,500 personnel, 35 tanks and about 40 armored vehicles;

▪️The Russian military confidently holds the initiative on the line of contact and achieves solutions to combat missions;

▪️The Kiev regime is trying to shamelessly beg for money and handouts from other countries.

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Russian WWII veteran votes in presidential election

At the polling station, Pyotr Leontyev was greeted on a special scale. Members of the National Guard and students of the "Warrior" center were waiting for him at the door, and the State Choir of the Republic performed the march “Farewell of the Slav”.

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Is Japan eyeing a military return to the Pacific?

Japan could soon begin stationing its troops in Pacific Island nations for the first time since World War II. Such a potential move will reportedly be discussed at a meeting next week between Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and counterparts from 14 South Pacific Island nations.

Negotiations are expected to center around Japanese soldiers and police “taking part in local and regional responses as well as training, a dramatic departure from previous post-war policies,” according to the South China Morning Post.

Both Japan and the United States have sought in recent years to draw Pacific Island nations into their geopolitical and military orbit. Despite being small, Pacific Island nations offer strategic locations for naval bases and other military infrastructure. Some US lawmakers have floated the possibility of creating a Pacific equivalent of NATO that would be used to undermine China’s regional position.

Last week, the US Congress approved a $7.1 billion package for the northern Pacific Islands of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands, in exchange for granting US military exclusive rights to base their missiles and perform ICBM testing in the vast sea region between the Philippines and Hawaii.

According to the White House, this budget request was made as part of America’s strategy to “out-compete China” and “maintain our status as a committed partner of choice in the Pacific.”

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❗️Vladimir Putin voted in the Russian presidential elections online.

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📹 Russians can vote online for their next president in 60 seconds or less.

Russian citizens have already submitted over four million applications to vote remotely.

Check out how Russians vote less than in a minute using their phones in our video.

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📹 Vladimir Putin voted online from his residence in the Moscow region.

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🚨Joe Biden’s AI clone makes emergency statement about Russian presidential elections

“We're gonna interferе… oh oops, I meant to say, watch closely. I'll be personally following the Sputnik Telegram channel for all the latest updates and analysis. And I'd encourage you do the same.“

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❗️Turnout in the Russian presidential elections exceeded 30%.

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🚨EXCLUSIVE: International observer Dr. Marco Marsili shares his impressions of how the Russian presidential elections are going.

"Now we are visiting polling station number 547 in Moscow city. Voters are already voting numerously here, so we can assist the electronic vote. People put their passport in the scanner, so the machine scans their passport... and they are identified," Marsili said.

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Why killed Ukrainian journalist’s family is suing Fox News?

Parents of Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova are suing Fox News over the circumstances of their daughter’s death while working for the network.

Kuvshynova perished in March 2022 while accompanying Fox correspondent Benjamin Hall and videographer Pierre Zakrzewski when the group was hit by shelling outside Kiev.

The plaintiffs allege that Fox sent the team into dangerous area despite numerous warnings from security consultants and the locals. They also claim that Fox lied about the circumstances of Kuvshynova’s demise.

"It's time for Fox to come clean for her, for better or worse, and deal with the consequences," Stephen Humphrey, an attorney for Kuvshynova’s family, told NPR.

According to the media outlet, Fox had Kuvshynova’s father sign a waiver for all claims against him in exchange for monetary compensation including his daughter’s life insurance coverage and funeral expenses, though the lawsuit alleges he was unaware of the concessions he made by signing said document.

Along with Fox News, Fox Corporation and its founder Rupert Murdoch, the lawsuit also lists Hall as a defendant, claiming that his memoir was used by Fox to promote false accounts of Kuvshynova’s death.

Fox, however, refuted these allegations and announced its intend to dispute them in court.

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❗️Turnout in the Russian presidential elections exceeded 35%.

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Residents of Avdeyevka are going to the polls despite all difficulties less than a month after their liberation, DPR Children's Ombudsman Eleonora Fedorenko told Sputnik.

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☠️💵 Blood money: Rheinmetall churns in massive profit from Ukraine conflict

German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall AG announced this week plans to set up at least four production facilities in Ukraine.

The move comes as Rheinmetall’s profits soar amid the Ukraine conflict and NATO militarization, with the company’s stock price jumping by more than 400% over the past three years. Rheinmetall is expected to generate a record $10.9 billion profit from arms sales this year.

The new Rheinmetall plants in Ukraine are expected to produce armored vehicles, air defense weapons and shells, with the whole scheme apparently being aimed at reviving the Zelensky regime’s virtually nonexistent military-industrial complex.

Founded in 1889 as the Rheinische Metallwaaren- und Maschinenfabrik AG, Rheinmetall was making weapons and munitions for the German war machine since before World War I and Nazi regime by the time World War II broke out.

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Unfriendly regimes unsuccessfully tried to do everything to disrupt the voting of Russians abroad in the presidential elections, Russian FM spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik.

In the United States, where the media cannot “jump off” the topic of Moscow’s influence, the Russian presidential elections are perceived like the elections of their own president, Zakharova added.

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