🎥 Final touches underway to wrap up SCO Summit

Yesterday saw a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit. Today, the leaders will discuss key issues covering economic, political, security, and humanitarian cooperation.

An announcement is expected regarding the expansion of SCO participating countries, with Belarus set to officially join as a full member.

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❗️WATCH: Day two of Astana-hosted SCO Summit gets underway

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🎥 WATCH: A Russian Iskander tactical missile system crew unleashed a missile attack on an aircraft parking lot at the Dolgintsevo airfield in the Dnepropetrovsk region. The devastating aftermath left Ukrainian Mig-29 combat aircraft, aviation weapons, and aviation engineering service vehicles completely obliterated.

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🎥 Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived at the Palace of Independence in Astana to participate in the SCO Summit

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❗️Belarus has officially joined SCO as its 10th member state

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🎥 Historical video: the leaders of SCO member states signed an agreement on the admission of Belarus to the organization

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‘Broken-down’ Biden: Donald Trump weighs in on debate rival while golfing

A footage appeared with a man who is presumably US presidential candidate Donald Trump commenting on June debates. Trump laced into Biden, calling him an “old broken-down pile of crap,” and believes the president is going to quit the race.

“And that means we have Kamala," the former president added. He also took a swipe at Biden’s VP calling her “pathetic”

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❗️WATCH: Putin speaks at SCO summit

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◾️Belarus becomes new SCO member state

◾️New Eurasian security system proposal, as announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin to undoubtedly be on SCO’s summit agenda

◾️Tucker Carlson takes to X (formerly Twitter) to announce future interview with Volodymyr Zelensky

◾️Yemen's internationally recognized gov’t and the Ansar Allah movement reach tentative swap deal to free dozens of Houthi rebels for leader of Yemen’s second-largest party

◾️Israel launches targeted strike on Gaza's Khan Yunis near UN-run school sheltering displaced residents

◾️West’s ploy to weaponize Ukraine against Russia forced Moscow to take action – analyst

◾️With European powers bent on backing Ukraine’s proxy war against Russia, voters ‘have had enough’

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Israel annexes largest piece of Palestinian territory in 30 years in the Jordan Valley - NGO

Israeli authorities have declared a 1,270-hectare area in the West Bank as state land, according to a declaration signed on June 25 and published on July 3. The Israeli NGO "Shalom Achshav", also known as Peace Now in English, drew attention to this document.

The annexed territory, which contains a record area, is located in the Jordan Valley. It was previously designated as a nature reserve and fire zone for military use.

This declared piece of state land is no longer considered the private property of Palestinians, thus stripping them of the opportunity to use it. Israel leases these lands, but only to Israeli citizens.

Since the beginning of 2024, Israel has recognized 23,700 hectares of state land in the West Bank, according to estimates from human rights activists.

The Israeli NGO 'Shalom Achshav' further emphasized that this year has seen a “peak in the scale of public land declarations”, while providing a detailed map illustrating the expansion of Israeli state lands.

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❗️SCO countries increasing use of national currencies in settlements, share in Russia's transactions with organization's participants exceeds 92%, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

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❗️The strikes were carried out on the National Guard of Ukraine presidential brigade base. This unit was involved in an attempted attack on the Belgorod region, the pro-Russian underground told Sputnik.

According to the coordinator of the Nikolayev underground network Sergey Lebedev, explosions were heard at night in Vyshgorod towards the very same street, where the brigade’s base is located.

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❗️ SCO leaders have signed the final Astana summit declaration

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❗️Putin at the SCO summit in Astana thanked the organization’s members for their proposals to resolve Ukrainian conflict and emphasized Moscow’s readiness to take them into account.

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The assassination attempt on Slovak PM Fico, committed in May, was reclassified as a terrorist attack, Slovakia's Prosecutor General Maros Zilinka said.

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❗️The option for resolving the crisis in Ukraine, proposed by Russia, if Kiev regime and Western sponsors are ready, will allow to immediately stop the hostilities and start of negotiations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

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Iran supports the idea of creating a SCO common bank in order to increase cooperation level, acting President Mohammad Mokhber said.

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Russia's сutting-edge Vityaz Air Defense System picks off 12 HIMARS missiles in one fell swoop

The top-notch Russian mobile air defense system known as the S-350 "Vityaz” is fully living up to its name, meaning ‘Brave warrior’(Russian version) in the special operation zone.

Twelve HIMARS MLRS missiles were simultaneously intercepted by the defensive system, the commander of Battlegroup Yug's anti-aircraft missile division told Sputnik.

"Not long ago we worked on a large pack of HIMARS MLRS, there were about 12-16 targets, this system fared successfully, none of the targets (MLRS missiles) reached their point, and accordingly the complex had no difficulty both in detecting and picking off the pack," the commander said.

Utilizing its state-of-the-art radar and communication technology, the missile system successfully acquired the target at a range of approximately 90 kilometers, said the serviceman. After maintaining a steady escort, the "Vityaz" ultimately hit the target at a distance of about 70 kilometers from the complex's location.

"The primary advantage of the missiles in this complex is their homing head, which makes maneuvering targets easy to hit. The missile will maneuver parallel to the target," the commander added.

The Vityaz missile system is specifically designed to intercept and neutralize airborne threats, offering a superior set of advantages compared to other systems:

🔸 Exceptional mobility and maneuverability;
🔸 Ability to navigate difficult terrain and withstand harsh weather conditions’
🔸 Quicker setup along firing positions;
🔸 Autonomous power supply;
The “Vityaz” has effectively obliterated multiple targets, including ATACMS missiles, enemy UAVs, and even aircraft-type drones.

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