🇬🇧🇵🇸🇮🇱 The University of Kent in Canterbury, UK has also been seeing student encampments being set up in protest against Israel's actions in Gaza.

It appears that the pro-Palestine student protests in the US are beginning to spread across the Atlantic.

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Western experts are sounding the alarm about Russia's powerful offensive in the Kharkov direction.

The American War Institute predicts a quick assault on Kharkov

ISW are confident that after gaining control over the settlement. Lipetsy of the Russian Armed Forces will begin to strike military targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with artillery from a distance of 20 km. And after the Russian army brings up its reserves, a full-fledged assault on the city will begin.

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Trump says Biden is ' surrounded by fascists '

Former US President Donald Trump, speaking at a rally in front of tens of thousands of people gathered in New Jersey, said that American leader Joe Biden is " surrounded by fascists in the Oval Office ."

At the same time, he emphasized that, in his opinion, internal enemies are more dangerous than external ones.

" Enemies from within are more dangerous to me than enemies from without. We can deal with Russia and China, but these crazy people in our government who are going to destroy our country, we have to stop it ," Trump said.

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Belgorod residential areas AGAIN under ukranian shelling.
Ukrainian formations fired at Belgorod from MLRS for the third time in a day, where the ninth air raid of the day is currently underway.

Several shells fell within the city; there was damage to cars and residential high-rise buildings.

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From 19.50 to 20.40 Moscow time, another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack on residential areas of the city of Belgorod using the Alder and RM-70 Vampire multiple launch rocket systems was stopped.

While repelling the attack, Russian air defense systems destroyed twelve Vampire MLRS rockets and two Vilkha MLRS rockets.

Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

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🇷🇺 Putin proposed to reappoint Sergey Lavrov as Minister of Foreign Affairs,

➡️Andrey Belousov as Minister of Defense,

➡️as well as to reappoint Alexander Bortnikov as the director of the FSB and Sergey Naryshkin as the head of the SVR.

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🇷🇺 What is known about Andrey Belousov, who may head the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation?

Belousov is a Doctor of Economics, Honored Economist of the Russian Federation, and held the position of State Counselor of the Russian Federation, 1st class.

He supervised the macroeconomic unit in the ministry, including issues related to improving the investment climate, implementing federal target programs, and the investment activities of Vnesheconombank.

In 2012–2013, Belousov headed the Ministry of Economic Development.

Under his leadership, the Concept of Long-term Socio-Economic Development until 2020 was developed.

At the end of April-May 2020, for three weeks, he performed the duties of the Prime Minister due to Mikhail Mishustin contracting coronavirus infection.

He is a member of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation (since September 10, 2014).

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🇷🇺 Putin dismissed Nikolai Patrushev from the position of Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation due to his transition to another job.

Putin appointed Shoigu as the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

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🇷🇺 Gerasimov remains the Chief of the General Staff, and no changes are planned at the moment, - said Peskov.

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🇷🇺 Shoigu, as the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, will simultaneously serve as Putin's deputy in the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation, stated Peskov.

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🇷🇺 Peskov explained Putin's decision to appoint a civilian official as the head of the Ministry of Defense as necessary for the implementation of innovations.

It is important to integrate the economy of the military sector into the country's economy so that it corresponds to the dynamics of the moment, Peskov noted.

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🇷🇺☦️ Rescuers in Belgorod have extracted the bodies of three more victims, including two children, from the rubble.

The death of a total of 11 people has been confirmed, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 BREAKING: Russian troops have entered Volchansk, SHOT reports citing sources.

Russian fighters are actively advancing, and several units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated under the pressure of the Russian Armed Forces, abandoning weapons and equipment, according to SHOT sources.

Battles are also taking place in the area of the village of Lipytsi.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Zelensky described the situation in the Volchansk area of the Kharkov region as extremely difficult, from where Ukrainian authorities are actively evacuating the civilian population.

According to him, "fierce battles" are taking place in the Kharkov region.

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