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❗️Russian troops hit a Ukrainian explosives factory in the last 24 hours, according to Ministry of Defense. 📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
❗️Russia's Sever Battlegroup inflicted losses on the personnel of five brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Territorial Defense, and National Guard in the Kharkov region.
🇷🇺🪖 More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry’s daily briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:
▪️The Zapad Battlegroup improved its position on the front line, with enemy losses amounting to 590 militants;
▪️Ukrainian losses amounted to 205 in the zone of the Sever Battlegroup;
▪️Units of the Tsentr Battlegroup improved their position. Ukrainian losses amounted to 335 militants in its area of responsibility;
▪️The Vostok Battlegroup occupied more advantageous positions and repelled two Ukrainian counterattacks, with Kiev losing over 140 militants;
▪️The Yug Battlegroup occupied more advantageous positions. Ukrainian losses amounted to 680 militants in its area of responsibility;
▪️The Dnepr Battlegroup inflicted losses on five Ukrainian brigades. Ukrainian losses amounted to 105 militants.
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🇷🇺🪖 More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry’s daily briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:
▪️The Zapad Battlegroup improved its position on the front line, with enemy losses amounting to 590 militants;
▪️Ukrainian losses amounted to 205 in the zone of the Sever Battlegroup;
▪️Units of the Tsentr Battlegroup improved their position. Ukrainian losses amounted to 335 militants in its area of responsibility;
▪️The Vostok Battlegroup occupied more advantageous positions and repelled two Ukrainian counterattacks, with Kiev losing over 140 militants;
▪️The Yug Battlegroup occupied more advantageous positions. Ukrainian losses amounted to 680 militants in its area of responsibility;
▪️The Dnepr Battlegroup inflicted losses on five Ukrainian brigades. Ukrainian losses amounted to 105 militants.
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🇮🇷🚢 Russia is ready to invest in the port of Amir Abad in northern Iran
A group of Russian businessmen visited the port in the east of Iran's Mazandaran province to explore opportunities for investing in the production of petroleum products.
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A group of Russian businessmen visited the port in the east of Iran's Mazandaran province to explore opportunities for investing in the production of petroleum products.
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'Coordinated rebellion': Why did Joe Biden suddenly fall from Dems & media grace?
The tone of the US press, donors and fellow politicians has drastically changed after Joe Biden's botched debate with his presidential rival Donald Trump on June 27.
Biden's most recent hour-long news conference on the final day of the NATO summit in Washington, DC, has failed to calm Democratic fears, according to CNN.
🔹 "We are not going to win in November with this president," Hollywood celebrity George Clooney wrote for the New York Times on July 10. Less than a month ago the actor urged Americans to cast their votes for Biden in mass mailing: "We need as many people as possible to chip in to… make sure President Biden… get four more years in the White House."
🔹 "[Biden] couldn’t fact-check anything Donald Trump said. He missed one layup after another after another," MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said in the wake of the debate. In March, the host claimed: "You look at Joe Biden, he exercises every day. You look how fit and trim he is."
🔹 "Why was it a surprise? Biden’s debate problems leave some wondering if the press missed the story," the Associated Press wrote on July 3, pinning the blame on Biden's aides who hid the truth and lack of Biden's public visibility. On June 21, the AP ridiculed those questioning Biden's mental capacity and denounced video clips showing the president's decline as "misleading", "out-of-context" and "trimmed."
🔹 The New York Times' Thomas L. Friedman, Biden's biographer Evan Osnos, CNN commentator Van Jones, and MSNBC's anchor Rachel Maddow, all long known as ardent supporters of Biden, have said he has "diminished" and must drop out in what Fox News called a "coordinated" media "rebellion."
🔹 Top Democrats had conspired with the liberal media to hide the truth about Biden's health, "while allowing secret unnamed staffers to run the country," Trump adviser Stephen Miller stated on July 8. Politico, in its usual fashion, was quick to brush this off as the latest Republican "conspiracy theory."
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The tone of the US press, donors and fellow politicians has drastically changed after Joe Biden's botched debate with his presidential rival Donald Trump on June 27.
Biden's most recent hour-long news conference on the final day of the NATO summit in Washington, DC, has failed to calm Democratic fears, according to CNN.
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❗️The Israeli Air Force carried out a strike on the place where the head of Hamas' military wing was located, an army spokesman told Sputnik. He claimed the strike was based on verified intelligence.
At the same time, Hamas said that Israeli claims about a strike against the leaders of the movement in Khan Younis are false.
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At the same time, Hamas said that Israeli claims about a strike against the leaders of the movement in Khan Younis are false.
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French sports minister plunged into filthy waters ahead of Olympics
French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera took a swim in Paris' Seine River two weeks before the Olympic Games, in a desperate bid to prove the river's sanitary readiness. Local authorities and the media have repeatedly been alerted to the Seine's "dangerously high levels of sewage, wastewater, and even fecal matter." The 2023 World Triathlon Olympic Games Test Event canceled its swimming segment in the Seine due to appalling water quality.
A cruise featuring Olympic delegations was reportedly canceled this month, after new water analyses by Paris City Hall confirmed "dangerous concentrations of fecal bacteria."
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French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera took a swim in Paris' Seine River two weeks before the Olympic Games, in a desperate bid to prove the river's sanitary readiness. Local authorities and the media have repeatedly been alerted to the Seine's "dangerously high levels of sewage, wastewater, and even fecal matter." The 2023 World Triathlon Olympic Games Test Event canceled its swimming segment in the Seine due to appalling water quality.
A cruise featuring Olympic delegations was reportedly canceled this month, after new water analyses by Paris City Hall confirmed "dangerous concentrations of fecal bacteria."
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Ammo vending machines to be installed in Alabama, Texas, and Oklahoma grocery stores, according to CNN
Ammunition firm American Rounds is installing vending machines in grocery shops across Alabama, Texas, and Oklahoma, sparking mixed reactions from officials. The machines use AI and facial recognition to verify customer identity and age compliance.
Each machine dispenses various calibers of ammunition for rifles, shotguns, and pistols. CEO Grant Magers said local stores approached him in spring 2023 to use this technology, with the first dispenser launched in Alabama in November last year. He compared this venture to opening any other business.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has approved these machines, stating no federal license is required but sales must comply with state and federal laws. Oklahoma’s attorney general confirmed the legality of these machines under state laws. However, American Rounds relocated an ammo dispenser in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, due to low sales.
In Alabama, Tuscaloosa City Councilor Kip Tyner has raised concerns about the potential misuse of easily accessible ammunition. Despite the controversy, American Rounds plans to expand to more states, with upcoming installations in California, Florida, Hawaii, Texas, and Colorado.
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Ammunition firm American Rounds is installing vending machines in grocery shops across Alabama, Texas, and Oklahoma, sparking mixed reactions from officials. The machines use AI and facial recognition to verify customer identity and age compliance.
Each machine dispenses various calibers of ammunition for rifles, shotguns, and pistols. CEO Grant Magers said local stores approached him in spring 2023 to use this technology, with the first dispenser launched in Alabama in November last year. He compared this venture to opening any other business.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has approved these machines, stating no federal license is required but sales must comply with state and federal laws. Oklahoma’s attorney general confirmed the legality of these machines under state laws. However, American Rounds relocated an ammo dispenser in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, due to low sales.
In Alabama, Tuscaloosa City Councilor Kip Tyner has raised concerns about the potential misuse of easily accessible ammunition. Despite the controversy, American Rounds plans to expand to more states, with upcoming installations in California, Florida, Hawaii, Texas, and Colorado.
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❗️Russian troops have hoisted the Russian flag over the administration building in the village of Urozhaynoye in the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the commission of the Russian Public Chamber, told Sputnik.
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"Our troops have hoisted the tricolor over the administration building in Urozhaynoye and are now advancing in the northern part of the village, where the main fighting is taking place," Rogov said.
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❗️Russian troops have hoisted the Russian flag over the administration building in the village of Urozhaynoye in the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the commission of the Russian Public Chamber, told Sputnik. "Our troops have hoisted the tricolor…
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📹 A Russian Marine flag was hung on the northern outskirts of Urozhaynoye village, Zaporozhye region, that was abandoned by the remnants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
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❗️The United States has always deployed missiles aimed at the Russian Federation, Russia has enough potential to deter American missiles deployed in Europe, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
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Is Project 2025 Biden's new bugaboo to divert attention from his campaign's failure?
Joe Biden lashed out at the 2025 Presidential Transition Project (Project 2025), run by US conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, during his campaign event in the battleground state of Michigan on July 12.
The project's 900-page policy book calls upon Americans to counter the push of the "radical Left" and seeks to:
▪️ recruit conservative Americans to fill federal government jobs;
▪️ overhaul the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), currently used by liberal Democrats against their "political enemies", per the project's authors;
▪️ eliminate the US Department of Education and the US Department of Commerce; reorganize immigration services;
▪️ halt diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives within the Department of Defense, among other measures.
Vice President Kamala Harris called the project's agenda a blueprint for Trump's second term - in case he wins. Biden warned in a social media video on July 10 that "Project 2025 will destroy America."
Donald Trump stated he has nothing to do with the conservative initiative, while CNN claims it found that at least 140 people who worked in the previous administration are associated with Project 2025. The Trump campaign rejected the claims and fired back at Team Biden calling the unfolding "coordinated attack" a "distraction" in the aftermath of Joe's botched debate.
The timing of the Biden campaign's attack on Project 2025 raises questions, given that the Heritage Foundation's initiative was launched in 2022, and it has been up and running for almost two years. The sudden fuss over the conservative program comes amid the mounting pressure on Joe Biden to drop out from influential media pundits, Democrats, Hollywood celebrities and liberal donors.
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Joe Biden lashed out at the 2025 Presidential Transition Project (Project 2025), run by US conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, during his campaign event in the battleground state of Michigan on July 12.
"Do you think democracy is under siege based on Project 2025?" Biden said, linking his Republican contender Donald Trump to the project.
The project's 900-page policy book calls upon Americans to counter the push of the "radical Left" and seeks to:
Vice President Kamala Harris called the project's agenda a blueprint for Trump's second term - in case he wins. Biden warned in a social media video on July 10 that "Project 2025 will destroy America."
Donald Trump stated he has nothing to do with the conservative initiative, while CNN claims it found that at least 140 people who worked in the previous administration are associated with Project 2025. The Trump campaign rejected the claims and fired back at Team Biden calling the unfolding "coordinated attack" a "distraction" in the aftermath of Joe's botched debate.
The timing of the Biden campaign's attack on Project 2025 raises questions, given that the Heritage Foundation's initiative was launched in 2022, and it has been up and running for almost two years. The sudden fuss over the conservative program comes amid the mounting pressure on Joe Biden to drop out from influential media pundits, Democrats, Hollywood celebrities and liberal donors.
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❗️Russian troops have hoisted the Russian flag over the administration building in the village of Urozhaynoye in the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the commission of the Russian Public Chamber, told Sputnik. "Our troops have hoisted the tricolor…
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📹🇷🇺 A video of a Russian flag being hoisted over the administration building in the village of Urozhaynoye in the Zaporozhye region appeared online.
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Third time the charm? Germany draws up contingency plan for war
As NATO continues to stoke tensions in Europe by arming the Ukrainian conflict, Germany has drafted a plan for a possible war in the region.
Dubbed Operationsplan Deutschland (Operational Plan Germany) or OPLAN DEU for short, the plan deals with issues ranging from “homeland security and the protection of defense-critical infrastructure to deployment planning and national territorial defense,” German Brigadier General Thomas Hambach said as quoted by Abendzeitung Munchen.
The plan also addresses the possibility of rapid NATO troop movements through Germany.
OPLAN DEU is drafted by military and civilian experts, including people affiliated with federal ministries, local administrations and emergency services.
The exact contents of the plan are classified, though German media already surmised that the document outlines procedures to be enacted if Germany finds itself in a war.
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As NATO continues to stoke tensions in Europe by arming the Ukrainian conflict, Germany has drafted a plan for a possible war in the region.
Dubbed Operationsplan Deutschland (Operational Plan Germany) or OPLAN DEU for short, the plan deals with issues ranging from “homeland security and the protection of defense-critical infrastructure to deployment planning and national territorial defense,” German Brigadier General Thomas Hambach said as quoted by Abendzeitung Munchen.
The plan also addresses the possibility of rapid NATO troop movements through Germany.
"In the event of an acute threat on the alliance's eastern flank, German and allied forces would have to be moved throughout Germany, including Bavaria, within a very short time," Hambach said.
OPLAN DEU is drafted by military and civilian experts, including people affiliated with federal ministries, local administrations and emergency services.
The exact contents of the plan are classified, though German media already surmised that the document outlines procedures to be enacted if Germany finds itself in a war.
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❗️An ammunition warehouse, alongside Ukrainian officers and foreign mercenaries, has been destroyed in the Odessa suburb of Chabanka. Chabanka is a sector which houses Ukrainian military units and, potentially, British soldiers who were reloacted there to train Kiev's "saboteurs", according to the underground coordinator, Sergei Lebedev.
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“The Resistance has information that after several explosions in the southern port of Odessa, the British, who trained Ukrainian saboteurs, moved with all their equipment towards Chabanka,” Lebedev noted.
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Swedish investigators have not established who may be charged in connection with the explosions at the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines in September 2022 and have closed the case, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said.
Russia considers the explosions of the two pipelines an act of international terrorism. There are no official results of the investigation yet, but Pulitzer Prize-winning US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh published a report in February 2023 alleging that the explosions had been organized by the United States with the support of Norway. Washington has denied any involvement in the incident.
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"We carried out an official investigation because it did not happen in Sweden, but in its economic zone. It was carried out in a rather traditional way, and they (the investigators) concluded that they could not blame anyone. They did not have a case. So that it’s closed to us,” Kristersson told TIME magazine.
Russia considers the explosions of the two pipelines an act of international terrorism. There are no official results of the investigation yet, but Pulitzer Prize-winning US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh published a report in February 2023 alleging that the explosions had been organized by the United States with the support of Norway. Washington has denied any involvement in the incident.
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