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❗️The strikes on Lebanon are a gross violation of international law, the Russian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik. 📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
❗️Hezbollah sources confirmed to Sputnik that the Israeli strike targeted Fuad Shukr, a senior military adviser to the Hezbollah secretary general who was in charge of the Shiite movement's missile weapons project, but they noted that the operation to kill him had failed.
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❗️Hezbollah sources confirmed to Sputnik that the Israeli strike targeted Fuad Shukr, a senior military adviser to the Hezbollah secretary general who was in charge of the Shiite movement's missile weapons project, but they noted that the operation to kill…
❗️Hezbollah's statement after assassination attempt on a senior military adviser of the movement:
"The one they were aiming at is alive. Wait for his revenge for the blood of those who died and were wounded."
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"The one they were aiming at is alive. Wait for his revenge for the blood of those who died and were wounded."
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Volunteer donations to the Ukrainian military drying up, exposing growing fatigue in the West
Donations solicited in Ukraine and abroad to the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been reduced to a critical minimum, according to the French newspaper Figaro. Westerners are cutting support as their respective governments are losing enthusiasm amid Ukraine's battlefield failures.
What are the signs of Ukraine fatigue in the West?
▪️Die Welt quoted NATO insiders anonymously lamenting the grim reality in Ukraine. Most Western diplomats and military personnel no longer count on breakthroughs by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, seeing negotiations and a ceasefire as the only way out of the situation.
▪️The New York Times bemoaned the fact that the Russian military are decisively punching through weakened lines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the zone of special military operation on July 28.
▪️Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has recently expressed hope Ukraine would hold elections again and decide on whether to hold a referendum on peace and giving up some of its territories amid the ongoing retreat, while speaking to ORF TV broadcaster earlier this week.
▪️Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who earlier went on "peace missions" to Russia and China, said that Ukraine is unlikely to become either a member of NATO or the EU at a meeting in Romania.
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Donations solicited in Ukraine and abroad to the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been reduced to a critical minimum, according to the French newspaper Figaro. Westerners are cutting support as their respective governments are losing enthusiasm amid Ukraine's battlefield failures.
What are the signs of Ukraine fatigue in the West?
▪️Die Welt quoted NATO insiders anonymously lamenting the grim reality in Ukraine. Most Western diplomats and military personnel no longer count on breakthroughs by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, seeing negotiations and a ceasefire as the only way out of the situation.
▪️The New York Times bemoaned the fact that the Russian military are decisively punching through weakened lines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the zone of special military operation on July 28.
▪️Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has recently expressed hope Ukraine would hold elections again and decide on whether to hold a referendum on peace and giving up some of its territories amid the ongoing retreat, while speaking to ORF TV broadcaster earlier this week.
German lawmaker Sahra Wagenknecht stated as quoted by Spiegel that "[t]he question of peace [in Ukraine] is very important. Many people are rightly concerned because the German Government is increasingly making our country a party to the war in Ukraine and has so far failed to make any efforts to find diplomatic solutions."
▪️Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who earlier went on "peace missions" to Russia and China, said that Ukraine is unlikely to become either a member of NATO or the EU at a meeting in Romania.
"We Europeans do not have the money for it. Ukraine will revert to the position of a buffer state," Orban said, forecasting that eventually international security guarantees "will be enshrined in an agreement between the US and Russia."
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Israel's attack on Beirut left one woman dead and 17 wounded, including six children, according to Lebanese media.
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Israel's attack on Beirut left one woman dead and 17 wounded, including six children, according to Lebanese media. 📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
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📹 Sputnik correspondent's footage from the site of the Israeli strike in Beirut. The building is cordoned off, rescue operations are underway to clear the rubble.
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▪️Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out a strike on Hezbollah site in Beirut
▪️Will Europe be eating meat made of 'cultivated duck cells'
▪️How much of crypto does US government have
▪️Western volunteers are tired of Ukraine, their donations drying up
▪️Russian Navy launches multi-fleet drill
▪️What military commands globally does Pentagon have?
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▪️Will Europe be eating meat made of 'cultivated duck cells'
▪️How much of crypto does US government have
▪️Western volunteers are tired of Ukraine, their donations drying up
▪️Russian Navy launches multi-fleet drill
▪️What military commands globally does Pentagon have?
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❗️Lebanese PM Najib Mikati’s statement following Israeli strikes in Beirut:
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“We condemn the Israeli aggression against the southern suburbs of Beirut and consider it a link in a series of aggressive operations.
We put the Israeli aggression before the international community to bear responsibilitiy and oblige Israel to stop its aggression. We will reserve our full right to take all necessary measures that contribute to deterring Israeli aggression”.
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Fact that Ukraine is cooperating with Sahel terrorists is not surprising, says Russian Foreign Ministry
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the fact that Ukraine is cooperating with terrorists from the Sahel region is not surprising, and Russia actively draws the attention of the world community to such actions on the part of Ukraine.
She added that Ukraine regularly shells populated areas and civilian facilities, uses its population as a "human shield," and commits sabotage and political assassinations on Russian territory.
Mean while, the authorities of Mali and Mauritania are investigating the training of terrorists by Ukrainian instructors, the Senegalese edition of Senenews has reported.
It is noted that the Malian authorities immediately contacted their counterparts in Mauritania through diplomatic channels. Those, in turn, said that they are not involved in conflicts on the territory of Mali and do not support the alliance of rebel Tuareg Coordination of Movements of Azawad, the battles with which the Wagner Group had previously announced.
The Mauritanian authorities have also launched an investigation into the circumstances of the incident.
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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the fact that Ukraine is cooperating with terrorists from the Sahel region is not surprising, and Russia actively draws the attention of the world community to such actions on the part of Ukraine.
"The fact that the Kiev regime is cooperating with terrorists is not surprising, since it has more than once resorted and continues to resort to the use of terrorist methods ... Russia actively draws the attention of the international community to such frankly barbaric behavior on the part of Kiev and regularly raises this topic at multilateral platforms," Zakharova said in a statement on the ministry's website.
She added that Ukraine regularly shells populated areas and civilian facilities, uses its population as a "human shield," and commits sabotage and political assassinations on Russian territory.
"We are sure that the true terrorist nature of the Kiev regime will become more and more evident to the world community," she said.
Mean while, the authorities of Mali and Mauritania are investigating the training of terrorists by Ukrainian instructors, the Senegalese edition of Senenews has reported.
It is noted that the Malian authorities immediately contacted their counterparts in Mauritania through diplomatic channels. Those, in turn, said that they are not involved in conflicts on the territory of Mali and do not support the alliance of rebel Tuareg Coordination of Movements of Azawad, the battles with which the Wagner Group had previously announced.
The Mauritanian authorities have also launched an investigation into the circumstances of the incident.
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Local media reports two dead in an airstrike by unknown aircraft on Jurf al-Nasr, Babylon governorate in Iraq.
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Russia's Iskander-M spent ‘month of major success’ erasing Ukrainian troops, armor and foreign mercs
Millions of dollars’ worth of military hardware and dozens of Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries in Kiev’s employment met an inglorious end this month due to incessant and merciless strikes by Iskander-M, as Military Watch Magazine labeled July as a "month of major success" for the Russian missile system.
Here is a brief recount of some of the most serious blows dealt to Ukraine’s NATO-backed war machine by Iskander this month:
▪️Some 7 Su-27 supersonic fighter aircraft belonging to Ukraine’s air force were taken out at an airfield in Mirgorod on July 1.
▪️One HIMARS multiple rocket launcher, five BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers, five tanks and ten armored vehicles were obliterated during a strike against a Ukrainian depot in Kramatorsk on July 26.
▪️Two Patriot surface-to-air missile launchers and a Giraffe radar were wiped out in the Odessa region on July 7, altogether with nearly 60 foreign “helpers” of the Ukrainian military also not surviving the strike.
▪️Up to 240 Ukrainian soldiers and over 60 armored vehicles provided by NATO were eliminated when two troop trains belonging to Kiev’s 41st brigade were hit near the city of Barvenkovo in the Kharkov region, with the footage of the strike been released on July 21.
▪️Another 50 foreign mercenaries in Kiev’s employment were snuffed out on July 23 in the Kharkov region.
▪️A command post of the Ukrainian Army’ 63rd Brigade and over 300 Ukrainian drones were wiped out on July 24.
▪️Up to 120 Ukrainian troops were killed and 20 military hardware pieces were destroyed when a Ukrainian troop train was hit in the Kharkov region on July 13.
These results serve as testament to the immense destructive power of Iskander missiles, with Russian military analyst Viktor Litovkin noting that the warhead of an Iskander ballistic missile weighs nearly half a tonne (480kg).
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Millions of dollars’ worth of military hardware and dozens of Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries in Kiev’s employment met an inglorious end this month due to incessant and merciless strikes by Iskander-M, as Military Watch Magazine labeled July as a "month of major success" for the Russian missile system.
Here is a brief recount of some of the most serious blows dealt to Ukraine’s NATO-backed war machine by Iskander this month:
▪️Some 7 Su-27 supersonic fighter aircraft belonging to Ukraine’s air force were taken out at an airfield in Mirgorod on July 1.
▪️One HIMARS multiple rocket launcher, five BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers, five tanks and ten armored vehicles were obliterated during a strike against a Ukrainian depot in Kramatorsk on July 26.
▪️Two Patriot surface-to-air missile launchers and a Giraffe radar were wiped out in the Odessa region on July 7, altogether with nearly 60 foreign “helpers” of the Ukrainian military also not surviving the strike.
▪️Up to 240 Ukrainian soldiers and over 60 armored vehicles provided by NATO were eliminated when two troop trains belonging to Kiev’s 41st brigade were hit near the city of Barvenkovo in the Kharkov region, with the footage of the strike been released on July 21.
▪️Another 50 foreign mercenaries in Kiev’s employment were snuffed out on July 23 in the Kharkov region.
▪️A command post of the Ukrainian Army’ 63rd Brigade and over 300 Ukrainian drones were wiped out on July 24.
▪️Up to 120 Ukrainian troops were killed and 20 military hardware pieces were destroyed when a Ukrainian troop train was hit in the Kharkov region on July 13.
These results serve as testament to the immense destructive power of Iskander missiles, with Russian military analyst Viktor Litovkin noting that the warhead of an Iskander ballistic missile weighs nearly half a tonne (480kg).
The yield of a warhead carried by a cruise missile variant of Iskander is quite significant as well, with both types of Iskander missiles thus being a “serious weapon that no enemy would like,” Litovkin remarked.
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🪖 TOP Russian serial military products.
During a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, CEO of Rostec - the State Corporation for the Promotion of the Development, Manufacture, and Export of High Tech Products - Sergei Chemezov spoke about the key products that are most in demand in the air defense zone. Among them are both proven new equipment and deeply modernized models.
▪️152-mm self-propelled artillery system "Malva". The complex is mobile, can automatically fire all types of ammunition and operate in the "simultaneous fire raid" mode, when several fired ammunition reach the target at the same time.
▪️High-precision unmanned strike system KUB. The product is designed to destroy remote ground targets. The advantages of the complex: hidden launch, high firing accuracy, noiselessness and ease of use.
▪️Work continues on adapting aerial bombs to the planning and correction module. Such long-range weapons are in great demand. Today, the production of aviation bombs of all calibers and types of action for use with these modules is being increased.
▪️The Supercam drone in reconnaissance and kamikaze versions. In just 5 months, serial production of these drones has been launched. The drones are characterized by a high degree of protection against electronic warfare.
▪️BMP-3. Now it is serially equipped with a drone suppression system, anti-cumulative grids, armored screens and "Capes" - kits for reducing visibility in the thermal and radar spectrum.
▪️The Kinzhal air missile system. Its strike cannot be repelled. Existing air defense and missile defense systems, including the Patriot, cannot cope with this.
▪️TOS-1A Solntsepek demonstrates high efficiency in the combat zone. In one salvo, the weapon is capable of covering up to four square kilometers with fire. At the same time, it is practically impossible to hide from the destructive effect of thermobaric missiles in dugouts or buildings.
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During a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, CEO of Rostec - the State Corporation for the Promotion of the Development, Manufacture, and Export of High Tech Products - Sergei Chemezov spoke about the key products that are most in demand in the air defense zone. Among them are both proven new equipment and deeply modernized models.
▪️152-mm self-propelled artillery system "Malva". The complex is mobile, can automatically fire all types of ammunition and operate in the "simultaneous fire raid" mode, when several fired ammunition reach the target at the same time.
▪️High-precision unmanned strike system KUB. The product is designed to destroy remote ground targets. The advantages of the complex: hidden launch, high firing accuracy, noiselessness and ease of use.
▪️Work continues on adapting aerial bombs to the planning and correction module. Such long-range weapons are in great demand. Today, the production of aviation bombs of all calibers and types of action for use with these modules is being increased.
▪️The Supercam drone in reconnaissance and kamikaze versions. In just 5 months, serial production of these drones has been launched. The drones are characterized by a high degree of protection against electronic warfare.
▪️BMP-3. Now it is serially equipped with a drone suppression system, anti-cumulative grids, armored screens and "Capes" - kits for reducing visibility in the thermal and radar spectrum.
▪️The Kinzhal air missile system. Its strike cannot be repelled. Existing air defense and missile defense systems, including the Patriot, cannot cope with this.
▪️TOS-1A Solntsepek demonstrates high efficiency in the combat zone. In one salvo, the weapon is capable of covering up to four square kilometers with fire. At the same time, it is practically impossible to hide from the destructive effect of thermobaric missiles in dugouts or buildings.
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What's known so far about the IDF strike on Lebanon?
Earlier today, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it carried out a strike on the Haret Hreik municipality in the Dahieh suburb south of Beirut, targeting a "commander responsible for the murder of the children in Majdal Shams and the killing of numerous additional Israeli civilians."
Here is the latest update:
◼️ Hezbollah sources said to Sputnik that the targeted Fuad Shukr survived. He is said to be the Hezbollah’ top brass military adviser, in charge of the movement's missile weapons project. At the same time, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari claims Fuad Shukr was killed as the result of the strike.
◼️ Lebanon's Health Ministry said the attack killed three and wounded 74 people, as the spontaneous rally in Beirut emerged with the participants shouting “Revenge against the Zionists!”
◼️ Eyewitnesses in Beirut told Sputnik that the strike hit the area near Bahman Hospital in the Haret Hreik municipality.
◼️ The cabinet of ministers of Lebanon will convene a meeting on Wednesday morning to discuss the Israeli strike, the office of Lebanese Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said.
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Earlier today, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it carried out a strike on the Haret Hreik municipality in the Dahieh suburb south of Beirut, targeting a "commander responsible for the murder of the children in Majdal Shams and the killing of numerous additional Israeli civilians."
Here is the latest update:
“We hope Hezbollah will respond in a way that prevents escalation. We will file a complaint with the UN due to the attack,” said Abdullah Bou Habib, Lebanese Foreign Minister, as quoted by Reuters.
The Hamas and Houthi movements, as well as the Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati already condemned the strike, while the Russian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik, that the strike is a gross violation of international law. UN Special Coordinator Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert is also "deeply concerned by tonight’s strike, claimed by Israel".
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📹 Heavy rains in the Indian state of Kerala have triggered landslides that have killed at least 50 people, according to Indian media.
The footage shows a rescue operation taking place.
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The footage shows a rescue operation taking place.
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🤔 Boxers Iman Khelif from Algeria and Lin Yuting from Taiwan have been allowed to participate in the women's competition at the Olympic Games in Paris.
According to the Guardian, they failed a gender test during the 2023 World Championships in New Delhi.
The head of the International Boxing Association, Umar Kremlev, reported at the time that some athletes at the world championship in India tried to pass themselves off as women, but genetic tests showed that they had XY chromosomes.
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According to the Guardian, they failed a gender test during the 2023 World Championships in New Delhi.
The head of the International Boxing Association, Umar Kremlev, reported at the time that some athletes at the world championship in India tried to pass themselves off as women, but genetic tests showed that they had XY chromosomes.
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