❗️Key statements by Russian FM Sergey Lavrov in an interview with Sputnik, Komsomolskaya Pravda and Govorit Moskva:

Russian FM on the West

▪️Escalation of the topic of Russia's defeat reflects the agony and hysteria of the West

▪️In addition to the fear of losing hegemony, the West makes it clear that the United States is in charge and "everyone has fallen" under the United States

▪️The West is working aggressively in Moldova, turning President Sandu into a person who drags Moldova into NATO

▪️The West is carelessly increasing sanctions without thinking about the results

Sergey Lavrov on Ukraine:

▪️Russia always prefers negotiations to fights

▪️Russia will no longer halt hostilities if negotiations on Ukraine begin

▪️Zelensky's "peace formula" must be put aside and it is necessary to start discussing the foundations of a settlement on which Russia is ready to negotiate

▪️Russia is fully convinced of the need to continue a special military operation in Ukraine today

Russian FM on NATO:

▪️Russia will not allow NATO's borders to be drawn closer to Russia at the expense of Ukraine

Sergey Lavrov on Iran-Israel conflict:

▪️Iran does not have nuclear weapons, this is confirmed by the International Atomic Energy Agency

Lavrov on Russia-Armenia relations:

▪️Russia considers Armenia an ally state

▪️Armenia is the main beneficiary of the Eurasian Economic Union

▪️Lavrov calls United States, European Union actions to separate Armenia from Russia arrogant and shameless

▪️The EU and the US started interfering in the trilateral peace agreements between Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan as soon as they were reached

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"Those who don't want to talk to Lavrov will talk to Shoigu"

At the end of the interview, Sergey Lavrov was asked what his opinion was about the catchphrase, and his answer was that the slogan was already on T-shirts.

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The People's Assembly of Gagauzia appealed to the Moldovan Parliament with a request to restore the language of interethnic communications to Russian.

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❗️The United States cannot support a major Israeli military operation in Rafah, it will have terrible consequences for the population, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

A day earlier, the United States and Israel held consultations on Rafah. Previously, it was reported that the White House had allegedly approved the operation if Israel refused to attack Iran.

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'Contrary to UN Charter's letter & spirit': why US said 'no' to Palestinian statehood

Washington’s refusal to recognize a Palestinian state is not surprising given the warm relations between America and Israel, Professor Alfred de Zayas, former UN independent expert on international order and author of 10 books, including "The Human Rights Industry" and "Building a Just World Order," told Sputnik.

“After the US administration made the unwise decision to form an alliance with Israel, this effectively meant subordinating American interests to those of the Jewish state," the expert said.

Thus, it was predictable that situations would arise in which the US "would be bound to support geopolitically unwise policies, abuse the veto power in the [UN] Security Council, and act contrary to the letter and spirit of the UN Charter," Zayas said.

"Saying a good word about the right of Palestinians to have their own state, the idea of seeing the Palestinians as human beings ennoscriptd to the same human rights as we claim for ourselves, is rejected by the [US] mainstream media," the professor added.

The US on Thursday vetoed Palestine's bid for full membership in the United Nations during a Security Council vote, a move Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denounced as "unfair, immoral and unjustified."

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An unknown man threatening to blow himself up has locked himself in a building opposite the Iranian consulate in Paris, the area is cordoned off by police, according to Radio Europe 1.

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History will remember the actions of the United States against Palestine's accession to the United Nations, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a briefing.

"Palestine already applied in 2011 [to join the UN], then the UN Security Council suspended the decision due to the opposition of the United States. Now, 13 years later, again because of the US veto, the Palestinian application to join the organization has been rejected, the dream of the Palestinian people, which has existed for decades, has been ruthlessly destroyed. History and the peoples of the world will remember these actions of the United States against all odds," Lin Jian said.

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❗️In the Donetsk area, the Russian Army repelled seven attacks by Ukrainian troops during the week. Ukrainian losses amounted to 3,550 troops.

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

▪️ In the Kupyansk region, Russian forces repelled 11 attacks by Ukrainian troops

▪️ In the Avdeyevka area, the Russian Armed Forces repelled 53 attacks of Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian losses amounted to 2,170 soldiers

▪️ The Russian forces destroyed three Ukrainian MiG-29 fighters and four An-26 military transport planes at their home airfield.

▪️ Russian forces destroyed two air target guidance radars and four S-300 air defense systems, a German-made "iris-t" air defense system.

▪️ Russia's aviation and air defense shot down ten ATACMS, six Storm Shadow, two HARM, 2 Dot-y missiles, 78 Himars, Vampire and Hurricane missiles and 1278 drones.

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Police have detained a man who locked himself in the Iranian consulate in Paris with an explosive device, according to French media.

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📹🔥 A "Gvozdika" self-propelled gun crew destroyed a camouflaged Ukrainian stronghold in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Scouts revealed the enemy's camouflaged positions with the help of drones. The gunners, having received the coordinates of the firing points, immediately opened fire on them.

The exact defeat of the target was confirmed by objective control footage from the drone.

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