📊 More than 70 percent of Americans surveyed approve of Kamala Harris as a replacement for President Joe Biden, according to the poll conducted by YouGov for The Economist magazine.

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❗️Russian forces have liberated the settlement of Voskhod in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated.

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❗️ The Russian Battlegroup Zapad took more advantageous positions, with the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) losing up to 460 militants and an electronic warfare station.

🇷🇺🪖 More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry’s daily briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

◻️ The Russian Battlegroup Sever struck the manpower of five UAF brigades, Territorial Defense, and National Guard in the Sumskaya and Kharkovskaya oblasts.

◻️ The UAF in the area of responsibility of the Russian Battlegroup Sever lost up to 355 militants.

◻️ Units of the Russian Battlegroup Vostok took more advantageous positions and inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two UAF brigades.

◻️ The UAF lost up to 155 militants in the area of responsibility of the Russian Battlegroup Vostok.

◻️ Russian air defense forces shot down 24 UAVs and 5 HIMARS MLRS projectiles.

◻️ The UAF losses in the area of the Russian Battlegroup Tsentr in the DPR included up to 335 militants, two IFVs, including one Bradley.

◻️ The UAF lost up to 700 militants, a tank, and a Grad MLRS as a result of actions by the Russian Battlegroup Yug in the DPR.

◻️ Russian forces struck UAF manpower and equipment in 127 areas.

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🎥 An unexploded rocket from US HIMARS multiple rocket launcher fell on the grounds of a hospital in Donetsk.

“It just fell like that, flat. But if it had stuck, it could have exploded,” a hospital employee told Sputnik.

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🎥🎥 Putin Speaks at 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum in St. Petersburg

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❗️Taking into account each other's interests and relying on democracy are the principles of interaction among BRICS countries, said Putin at the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum in St. Petersburg.

Putin also expressed confidence that BRICS parliamentarians will make a significant contribution to the development of the member countries and will do everything to reduce global tensions.

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The efforts of BRICS countries and other organizations face resistance from the "Golden Billion" states, said Putin.

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❗️Russia sees attempts to limit direct contacts between legislators, which contradicts the right of every state to defend its interests, said Putin.

The West resorts to force and blackmail to maintain its dominant position in the world, he stated.

The West writes rules for every situation to benefit those who consider themselves exceptional, in the best traditions of colonialism, said Putin.

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Other Putin's statements during his speech at the BRICS parliament forum:

◻️ Putin mentioned the possibility of creating a BRICS parliament in the future.

◻️ Putin at the BRICS Parliamentary Summit: We pay great attention to the share of national currencies in settlements.

◻️ Russia is making every effort to ensure that new BRICS members effectively integrate into the mechanisms of unification, stated Putin.

◻️ BRICS reflects the interests of states from the Global South and the Global East, and the number of supporters of the union is constantly growing, said Putin.

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Putin condemned the imposition of unilateral decisions and pressures reminiscent of colonialism, advocating for each country's right to defend its national interests.

"This is an attempt to dismiss international law, to replace it with a new monopoly on decision making. And this is a destructive monopoly," he said

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