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At this point, Biden suspected that something had gone wrong.

Modi, Tokayev, Japarov, Xi, Mirziyoyev, Putin, Rahmon, Sharif: Official photographing ceremony of SCO summit participants

Russia’s Use of Iranian Kamikaze Drones Creates New Dangers for Ukrainian Troops

Russia has inflicted serious damage on Ukrainian forces with recently introduced Iranian drones, in its first wide-scale deployment of a foreign weapons system since the war began, Ukrainian commanders say.

Over the past week, Shahed-136 delta-wing drones, repainted in Russian colors and rebranded as Geranium 2, started appearing over Ukrainian armor and artillery positions in the northeastern Kharkiv region, said Col. Rodion Kulagin, commander of artillery of Ukraine’s 92nd Mechanized Brigade.

In his brigade’s operational area alone, the Iranian drones—which usually fly in pairs and then slam into their targets—have destroyed two 152-mm self-propelled howitzers, two 122-mm self-propelled howitzers, as well as two BTR armoured infantry vehicles, he said.

Before the current wide-scale use of the Shaheds, Russia carried out a test last month, striking a U.S.-supplied M777 155-mm towed howitzer with the drone, Col. Kulagin said. Another Iranian drone malfunctioned and was recovered, he said.

So far, the Iranian drones seem to have been mostly deployed in the Kharkiv region, where the 92nd Brigade and other Ukrainian forces carried out a major offensive this month, retaking some 8,500 sq. kilometers, or roughly 3,300 sq. miles, of land occupied by Russia and seizing or destroying hundreds of Russian tanks, artillery pieces and armored carriers.

“In other areas, the Russians have overwhelming artillery firepower, and they manage with that. Here, they no longer have that artillery advantage, and so they have started to resort to these drones,” Col. Kulagin said.

Independent experts who examined photographs of recent drone wreckage from the Kharkiv region say that it appears to be Shahed-136, the latest evolution of Tehran’s delta-wing design.

Scott Crino, founder and chief executive of Red Six Solutions LLC, a strategic consulting firm, said the Shahed-136 could provide Russia with a “potent counterweight” to the high-tech weapons systems, such as Himars missile launchers, that the U.S. has provided to Ukraine.

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In the centre of Kherson, a sabotage and reconnaissance group was liquidated

In the center of Kherson, a sabotage and reconnaissance group was liquidated, the situation in the city is completely controlled by the Russian military, RIA Novosti was told by a source in the emergency services of the region.

According to him, no one was injured during the counter-terrorist operation among the civilian population.
As clarified in the administration of the Kherson, during the liquidation of the armed group, neither Kherson nor its residents suffered significant material damage.
Earlier, a source in the operational services reported firing from automatic weapons in the city centre. Prior to that, five explosions thundered there, presumably, air defence worked.
As stated in the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Saturday made an unsuccessful attempt to attack in the Kherson region, as a result, more than 120 Ukrainian troops, seven tanks and 13 infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed.

Erdogan called Turkey's goal to become a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

ANKARA, September 17 - RIA Novosti. Turkey aims to become a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on the plane after returning from Samarkand.
"Of course, we are not a member of the Shanghai Five. We are here (in Samarkand. - Ed.) as a special guest at the invitation of the host country - Uzbekistan. <...> Now the next process is a step towards the most advanced stage of this work. This step may be on the agenda at a more advanced level at the talks in India," the head of state said.

In his opinion, to be a member or not to be are two different things, and Turkey's entry into the SCO will put its relations with the participating countries in a completely different position.
When asked if the Turkish leader has in mind the likelihood of becoming a member of the organization, Erdogan answered in the affirmative.
"Of course. That's the goal," he explained.
The SCO is an international organization founded in 2001. It involves Russia, India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan. Observer countries - Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia, partner countries - Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia, Nepal, Turkey and Sri Lanka.

This year the summit was held in Samarkand on 15 and 16 September. As a result, the leaders of the participating countries signed the Samarkand Declaration, which fixed positions on the most important regional and global issues.
In addition, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced the start of procedures for granting Belarus membership in the organization. Iran, in turn, has signed a memorandum of commitment to the SCO, paving the way for the country to join.

After waiting for membership in EU for decades, Erdogan has found new "friends". Will American masters allow him?
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Friendly soldier from Wagner group explains to captured Ukrainian servicemen that they were wrong...

🇮🇳Russia and India to start trade in rupees

A new payment mechanism has been given the green light to boost Indian exports

India will soon launch trade in rupees with Russia, the head of the Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO) said this week. This comes after the State Bank of India agreed to simplify a new payment mechanism.

“The State Bank of India has come forward for facilitating trade in rupees with Russia and some other banks have also shown interest,” A. Shaktivel told reporters, adding that India already has “a good rupee payment mechanism in Iran, so the same thing will happen [with Russia].”

In July, the Reserve Bank of India, the country’s central bank, issued a circular urging national lenders to introduce additional arrangements for import and export transactions in rupees. The move designed to reduce the rupees’ dependence on the dollar, is also seen as an incentive to boost trade with Moscow.

India’s exports to Russia slumped by about a third in April-July due to sweeping Western sanctions imposed on Moscow.

Russia offers trade partners to join its SWIFT alternative. But according to A. Shaktivel, “The trade in rupees could boost Indian exports to Russia to about $5 billion in the current financial year,” he said.

To avoid Western sanctions Indian companies are already switching to Asian currencies in transactions with Russia.

Moscow is expected to name the bank for mutual settlements in rupees within two weeks. Meanwhile, the Moscow stock exchange is working on a plan to launch trade in the Indian currency in an effort to move away from the US dollar and euro.

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❗Donetsk residents were asked whether it is necessary to strike at decision-making centers in Ukraine in response to shelling of DPR cities

The center of Donetsk is under shelling. AGAIN.

Zaporozhye NPP reconnected to Ukrainian power grid - IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)
As reported by Ukrainian agency UNIAN.
Sad news for all Russian patriots. Good news for Ukraine and EU, as Zelensky planned to supply Ukrainian electric energy from the largest in Europe NPP to EU, to soften the energy crisis.

However, if you read more than the header, you will find out that all six ZNPP (Zaporojie Nuclear Power Plant) reactors are still in cold shutdown, but they need power to provide basic safety functions.

The Zaporozhye NPP was again connected to the Ukrainian power grid, thanks to which it began to receive electricity from Ukraine.

This happened after engineers repaired one of the four main external power lines, according to the IAEA.

The refurbished 750 kilovolt line now provides Europe's largest nuclear power plant, whose last operating reactor was shut down on September 11, with the electricity needed for reactor cooling and other critical safety functions.

It is noted that three other main external power lines, which were damaged earlier as a result of hostilities, remain faulty.

The agency added that all six ZNPP reactors are still in a cold shutdown, but they need power to provide basic safety functions.

"Reliable off-grid power supply and back-up power systems are essential to ensure nuclear safety and prevent a nuclear accident, even when the reactors are no longer operating," the IAEA stressed.

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Nearly 90 Percent of the World Isn't Following Us (read - them) on Ukraine | Opinion

Our familiar system of global political and economic alliances is shifting, and nothing has made this change clearer than the varied reactions to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While the United States and its closest allies in Europe and Asia have imposed tough economic sanctions on Moscow, 87 percent of the world's population has declined to follow us (read - them). Economic sanctions have united our adversaries in shared resistance. Less predictably, the outbreak of Cold War II, has also led countries that were once partners or non-aligned to become increasingly multi-aligned.

Nowhere is the shift more apparent than in energy markets where, unlike with currencies, governments cannot simply print what they need. Here the web of sanctions becomes a sieve.

Saudi Arabia, long a committed American partner, has established a close alliance with Russia in the OPEC Plus cartel. The Saudis have very publicly declined the request of an American president to increase oil production. Instead, they imported Russian oil for domestic use to export more of their own production. Last week they even reduced production and made clear they may do so again.

China is selling Europe liquid natural gas (LNG) that originated in Siberia while importing Russian oil at the same time. It then refines and exports the oil.

Meanwhile, kept solvent by Chinese oil purchases, Iran has become the largest customer for Russian wheat.

India's petroleum minister has stated publicly that his government has no conflict with Moscow and a "moral duty" to keep down energy prices at home by buying Russian oil.

Alliances that were created in part to counter Western economic and political influence are expanding. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey have announced their interest in joining the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). The Shanghai Cooperative Organization currently links China, Russia, India, and Pakistan, among others. Iran plans to join this month while Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar are likely to become "dialogue partners," or candidate members.

Additionally, China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative is tying many African nations to Beijing with cords of trade and debt. Russia is also reaching out in the form of Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who recently addressed his 22 Arab League counterparts in Cairo before touring a number of African countries.

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Watch "NATO Military Committee Conference 2022: Press conference" on YouTube

At time mark 4:26 was given a statement that there was not only a plan but some preparations already for several years were carried out to strengthen and expand NATO. That is what Putin has been talking about in Munich and after.
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⚡️THE ART OF BEGGING: HOW KIEV IS MAKING "BUCHA 2.0" TO GET MORE WEAPONS FROM THE WEST⚡️

Zelensky found himself in a situation where the West's interest in Ukraine is falling with every day of the impending winter. The pumping of Ukraine with weapons and loans can no longer occur without a serious reason. Having given more than 4 thousand lives of its military near Kharkov, Kiev is now deciding on another information provocation.

"Bucha 2.0" is what is happening now in Izyum, where people with shovels surrounded by foreign media are trying to find at least one civilian "strangled or bound by Russian soldiers" from dead bodies in military uniform.

In my article I have analyzed the situation and will tell you about the following:

- how the official Kiev does not hide the goal of getting weapons from the West, arranging a new "Bucha".
- where is the connection between the strikes of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the infrastructure facilities of Ukraine and the provocations of Kiev.
- why the Ukrainian side deliberately did not take the bodies of its military from near Kharkov.
- how Ukraine is trying to prove the reality of its performance through the media and social networks, and why the West is already shouting "I don't believe it!"

I will continue to keep an eye on yet another completely inhuman, wild provocation of Kiev and I am sure I will find many more interesting things!