❗️Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 113 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

During the night, Ukrainian drones were destroyed over 4 Russian regions: 73 drones were intercepted over the Belgorod region and 25 over Voronezh, 14 drones were destroyed over Kursk and one over the Bryansk region, the Russian Defense Ministry added.

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'Biden administration has consistently enabled Israel's aggressions and criminality' - journalist

The US government quietly backed Israel’s military attack on Lebanon, The New Republic wrote, with US officials telling Israel that the US would support their decision to bomb Hezbollah targets, even with US President Joe Biden urging a ceasefire in the region as soon as Monday.

"[The US] justified what Israel did, the killing of Nasrallah, even though it obliterated hundreds of innocent Lebanese civilians - and laid waste to multiple apartment blocks,” said Dimitri Lascaris, a lawyer and journalist based in Montreal, Canada and Kalamata, Greece, on Sputnik’s The Critical Hour program.

The report names presidential adviser Amos Hochstein and White House coordinator for the Middle East Brett McGurk, who told Israeli officials that the US supported their strategy to launch military attacks on Lebanon. At the same time some officials in the State Department and the Department of Defense cautioned that backing Israel could pull the US further into war in the region.

“We should first of all acknowledge that this is retaliatory,” the analyst added. “What Iran did was the result of an accumulation of aggressions, including the destruction of its consulate in Damascus months ago, the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran when he was there for the inauguration of the new president, the killing of Iranian military officers and a lower-level military personnel in Syria again and again and again.”

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The IDF reported the first casualties of the ground operation in Lebanon among the Israeli military – eight soldiers were killed in the south of the country, the Times of Israel writes.

Earlier, Israeli army said it had launched “limited, localized and targeted raids against Hezbollah” in the South Lebanon border area.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳Russia and China are intensively developing military and military-technical cooperation - Russian FM

"The high level of mutual trust makes it possible to intensively develop military and military-technical cooperation, conduct joint military exercises, organize air and sea patrols, and carry out friendly cooperation in the area of the common border," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov wrote in his article for the Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper, dedicated to the 75th anniversary since establishment of Russia-China diplomatic relations.

Lavrov also noted that despite various restrictive measures imposed by the United States and its satellites, the economies of Russia and China have continued to develop dynamically.

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Russia and China will constantly strengthen and improve cooperation mechanisms at all levels and in all areas, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi wrote in an article for Renmin Ribao.

"Both sides will fully implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of states and firmly support each other on issues affecting each other's sovereignty, security and development, as well as other core interests," Wang Yi said.

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Israel discusses with US possibility of strike against IRGC in Syria or Yemen — report

Israel, as a response to rocket fire from Iran, may strike at the forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria or Yemen, media reported, citing sources in the US administration.

Earlier, US President Joe Biden said that he did not support Israel's strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, and also voiced the position of the G7 countries, which claimed Israel has the right to respond to a strike from Iran, but that this response must be proportionate. According to the report, this shows the limited capabilities of the United States in preventing "extreme steps" on the part of the Israeli leadership, and a "full-scale war" in the Middle East.

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Yemeni Houthis said they attacked an "important target" in the Israeli Tel Aviv area with drones. The operation was "successful.”

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Beirut hit by new strikes, IDF confirms first casualties: the latest on Israel-Lebanon escalation

🔸Six killed, seven injured in Israel’s overnight strike on Lebanon’s Beirut

🔸Check out footage of the aftermath of IDF’s strike on Beirut’s suburbs

🔸IDF reports first casualties in its ground operations in Lebanon 

🔸Houthis say they successfully launched a drone attack in Tel Aviv’s suburb

🔸Israel may strike at the forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria or Yemen – report

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📹Russian forces destroyed the Ukrainian ammunition depot in the Donetsk region, using the universal planning and correction module of the FAB-3000 high-explosive aerial bomb.

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◾️Beirut hit by new strikes, IDF confirms first casualties: the latest on Israel-Lebanon escalation

◾️‘New day’ for world as myth of Israeli invincibility shattered – analyst

◾️After Tuesday’s attack, has Iran eclipsed Israel’s deterrence capacity?

◾️Iran-Israel escalation: is a regional conflict in the Middle East imminent?

◾️Mali’s probe into Ukraine’s ties to terrorists should not take long – FM tells Sputnik

◾️Hollywood’s subservience to deep state revealed as Netflix celebrates Azov* fighter

*Azov Battalion is a terrorist organization banned in Russia

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⚡️The Russian Federal Security Service reported on the detention of Ukrainian military intelligence officers who tried to enter Russia from the territory of Lithuania.

At first, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry tasked its employees with collecting information about the security of the border for dropping agents and committing crimes in Russia.

Having collected the necessary data, the Ukrainian spies tried to cross the border but were caught.

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Georgian parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili said that he had signed the bill on family values that bans LGBT* propaganda.

"According to the constitution of Georgia, I am signing the bill 'On the Protection of Family Values ​​and Minors,' which Salome Zurabishvili refused to sign," Papuashvili wrote on social media.

Earlier, the Parliament of Georgia has adopted a bill on the prohibition of LGBT propaganda.

*the LGBT movement is banned in Russia as extremist

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