NEW – Putin meets Iran’s president Raisi on the sidelines of SCO summit in Uzbekistan.

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Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that if the United states decides to supply Kyiv with longer-range missiles for U.S.-made HIMARS systems in use by Ukraine it would cross a "red line" and become "a party to the conflict".

ℹ Russia has set repeated "red lines", and done exactly nothing when NATO has run over them, because it is not capable of doing anything.

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The US wants to put pressure on Turkish banks that have connected to the Russian payment system MIR - Financial Times

The United States is ready to impose sanctions for supporting the use of the Russian payment system "MIR" outside the Russian Federation - document of the US Department of Treasury

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At home, Putin frames the war in Ukraine as a triumph of tradition. Abroad, some far-right Westerners applaud him as a defender of Western Christian civilization under attack from an unchecked mob of so-called woke liberals.

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🇩🇪⚡ Ex-BILD boss Julian Reichelt: blackout horror – police are preparing for looting due to the gas crisis, caused by Russia.

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China unveils supersonic missile-torpedo anti-ship weapon

China is developing an anti-ship missile that turns into a torpedo during its terminal phase, combining flight & underwater capabilities in one weapon to increase the chance of a successful strike.

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Over the past few weeks, MIT Turkish intelligence chief Hakan Fidan has held numerous meetings with his Syrian counterpart, Ali Mamluk, in Damascus, according to Reuters.

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Six countries not invited for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral; Russia, Belarus, Myanmar, Venezuela, Syria and Afghanistan not invited considering the current political climate and the relationship that UK shares with these nations.

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Germany is taking control of Russian oil major Rosneft’s German unit as Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government reacts to the unprecedented energy crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine.

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❌ 'Russia says longer-range U.S. missiles for Kyiv would cross "red line"'

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Two Typhoon jets from RAF Akrotiri escorted an American B-52 bomber on its transit through the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Russian forces have hidden land mines across Ukraine, keeping refugees from returning home and endangering farmers planting their crops.

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The German government is close to finalizing a swap with Greece that would see Athens send 40 of its Soviet-made BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine and in return get 40 Marder IFVs from former Bundeswehr stocks now kept by industry.

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the alliance's stocks of weapons and other military equipment are being depleted by supplies to Ukraine.

According to Stoltenberg, NATO needs to increase production in these areas to replenish stocks.

Thus, Germany has already stated that it has reached the limit of its ability to supply Kyiv with weapons from its presence, and the United States is actively entering into contracts with arms manufacturers to replenish its own warehouses.

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