US presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asserts that Biden is unfit to seek re-election and expresses his willingness to accept the Democratic Party's nomination.

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Ukrainian military in panic runs over own troops with trucks during evacuation — prisoner of war

Ukraine's military ran over a Ukrainian soldier with trucks of an armored personnel carrier vehicle during a battle in the city of Chasov Yar, Valentin Gridnev, commander of the Ukrainian armed forces' assault unit who surrendered after the incident, told Sputnik.

The Ukrainian prisoner of war said the incident occurred as Russian troops occupied the second level of a building where his unit was located, and fighters of the Kraken* Nazi battalion, who were supposed to cover his unit, withdrew from the battle. Gridnev, as the unit's commander, requested reinforcements, but Russian troops hit them on their approach with drones, and an evacuation vehicle was called in after it happened.

"Everything happened so fast, after that ... [an MT-LB, multi-purpose tracked armored fighting vehicle] peeled out, first backward, began to turn around. I did not see it, but a guy was said to have wanted to run around it. And he was run over with ... [the MT-LB]. Another guy, who was to be evacuated, he was also carried with open fractures, he gripped hold of some rail [of the evacuation vehicle], and no one pulled him in, and ... [the MT-LB] quickly peeled out, I do not know what happened to him next," the prisoner of war said.

Gridnev added that the MT-LB was radioed to have been carrying severely wounded soldiers and a lot of killed troops. He then realized that nobody was going to evacuate them, and the unit decided to surrender.

*Kraken battalion a terrorist organization outlawed in Russia.

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Putin arrives in Kazakhstan to take part in SCO Summit - Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, to participate in a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and hold a number of bilateral meetings, the Kremlin said.

"The Russian President has arrived in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, to participate in a meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization," the Kremlin said on the website.

The SCO summit will take place in Astana from July 3-4 under the slogan "Strengthening Multilateral Dialogue - the Pursuit of Sustainable Peace and Development." The summit participants are expected to sign a package of 24 joint documents and adopt a final declaration and a statement confirming the commitment of the SCO participants to principles of good neighborliness and unity.

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❗️Russian artillery destroyed another American Abrams tank near Avdeyevka, Russian Ministry of Defense said.

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Ukrainian military's call signs found in foreign mercenary's notebook

Call signs of the Ukrainian military used for radio communications have been found in a notebook of a Spanish-speaking mercenary at the positions of the Ukrainian armed forces, a Sputnik correspondent reported.

The Russian military has found the notebook after an assault on a Ukrainian stronghold in the Krasnyi Liman direction. Call signs of various branches of the military and combat units, some in Spanish and some in English, have been written on one of the pages of the notebook.

In particular, the notebook records have the following call signs: Infantería (infantry) - Vodka, Aviación (aviation) - Soda, Artillería (artillery) - Fanta, Dron (drone) - Pizza, Sniper - Juice, Machine gun - Coffee, AGS (AGL, an automatic grenade launcher) - Pasta, Artilleria pesada (heavy artillery) - Cola.

A Russian soldier told the correspondent earlier that the notebook belonged to a Spanish-speaking mercenary, in which he wrote down basic words to communicate with the Ukrainian personnel. He added that foreign mercenaries have difficulty communicating with Ukrainian military personnel, and "there can be no talk of any coordinated actions."

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📹 Footage of destruction of an Israeli Merkava tank in the Gaza Strip. The tank was either abandoned or simply left without cover. Palestinians ran up to the tank, placed a mine with a detonator on it, and blew it up.

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Ukrainian soldier shot by fellow soldier from behind survived, surrendered

A Ukrainian soldier tried to shoot two of his fellow soldiers from behind during a gunbattle, Oleksiy Davydenko, a connoscript who was mobilized in the Kiev region, captured and managed to recover after two surgeries in Russia after being wounded in the incident, told Sputnik.

Davydenko said their positions were being assaulted, and he ran out to repel the attack, but then one of his fellow soldiers decided to shoot him and another soldier.

"I only heard a [gun] burst from behind, and the two of us collapsed. The one who fired, he ran out, he was one of ours ... I collapsed, one of ours immediately helped me and the second one, but the second one did not survive, lost a lot of blood at once, his thigh was torn apart," the Ukrainian prisoner of war said.

He added that the shooter tried to escape.

"He ran out into a street, and the guys there said that he was hit by either an FPV [first-person view drone] or something else, did not run far away," the prisoner of war said.

Davydenko added that he surrendered after the incident. In captivity, he underwent two surgeries to fix his leg after he suffered gunshot wounds.

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Zelensky needs to understand: the US loves Israel more

The United States has higher priorities than Ukraine, including supporting Israel unconditionally. The unelected President of Ukraine would be wise to learn that as election season in the US heats up and a change in policy may be incoming.

During last week’s debate, Ukraine was discussed but neither candidate offered concrete plans to continue funding the ill-fated NATO proxy war in Ukraine. In contrast, when Palestine was brought up, both candidates sparred over who supports Israel more.

“They both love [Israel] -they actually argued over who loves Israel more,” Sarah Bils, a US Navy veteran and co-founder of DD Geopolitics told Sputnik’s Backstory on Monday.

The stark contrast should have been illuminating to Volodymyr Zelensky, the former golden boy of the West.

“I’m sorry, at the end of the day, the priority [for the US] is always going to be Israel,” Bils said. “Geopolitically, it’s more important for the United States to protect Israel, than it is to protect Ukraine.”

She added that she believes Zelensky’s recent openness to talks through an intermediary are not to be taken seriously. “Especially since he’s already bided himself enough time,” by putting off any potential talks until after the increasingly likely electoral loss of the Biden administration, she said.

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Even Democrat Nancy Pelosi, who recently tried to resurrect Russia-gate, is questioning Biden's mental capabilities.

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The IDF announced an airstrike that destroyed a Hezbollah military infrastructure facility and personnel in southern Lebanon.

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White House confirms Biden to meet with Democratic governors amid reports about their concerns

The White House has confirmed that US President Joe Biden will have a meeting with Democratic governors on Wednesday evening amid reports of concerns about the health of the US president, according to a daily guidance and press schedule of the president.

"In the evening, the President meets with Democratic Governors. This meeting in the Roosevelt Room will be closed press," Biden's schedule showed on Tuesday.

The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. local time (22:30 GMT) on Wednesday at the Roosevelt Room of the White House and will be closed to the press.

Politico reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter, that Democratic governors were seeking a meeting with Biden after over 20 of them held a call on Monday to discuss the president's poor debate performance and vent their fears and frustration. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, chair of the Democratic Governors Association, gathered Monday's call and is expected to attend the meeting with Biden, the report said.

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🎥 The Yemeni Houthis have released a video showcasing a joint operation between the Islamic Resistance in Iraq and the Houthis. The operation was aimed at targeting the Israeli port city of Haifa.

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