❗️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

Watch the livestream here or follow the link to the Sputnik's website

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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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🎥 Is America’s Boeing 737 cursed?

American Airlines flight 590 out of Tampa, Florida narrowly avoids disaster after multiple tires blow out during takeoff. As the plane was picking up speed and seconds away from liftoff, the tires blew out.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the take-off was aborted after the crew on the 737 "reported multiple blown tires."

Another Boeing 737...

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Violator-in-chief: How US systematically sullied INF Treaty before scrapping it

The US plans to deploy long-range ground-based missiles in Germany. The move comes five years after Washington’s unilateral decision to pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia.

The US announced scrapped the INF Treaty in 2019, claiming Russia’s 9M729 Novator missile had a range above 500 km. Russia rejected the charge, taking the unprecedented step of declassifying the Novator’s characteristics to try to save the INF, but to no avail.

While accusing Russia, the US never addressed suspicions of its own potential violations of the INF:

◾️ In 2016, the US deployed long-range fire components in Romania and Poland as part of the Aegis Ashore anti-ballistic missile shield. Moscow said they used the same MK-41 launchers, which could field and fire offensive, nuclear-tipped Tomahawk cruise missiles.

◾️ In 1990s-2010s the US developed Hera, ground-based ‘target missile’ using control and guidance systems from the Pershing II. This class of weapons was restricted by the INF due to the range of up to 1,200 km.

◾️ Other US long-range fires classified as ‘target missiles’ violating the INF’s terms include the Medium Range Target (MRT) and LRALT and E-LRALT missiles, which have a range between 1,000-2,500 km. The same goes for the ground-based version of the AGM-158 cruise missile, whose extended-range variant has a 1,000 km range.

◾️ Russia’s military has argued that America’s long-range drones, including the MQ-1 Predator and the MQ-9 Reaper, were also INF violators, given their range of over 1,200 km and ability to carry precision munitions, including small nuclear payloads.

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