⚡️🇺🇸 US Secretary of Defense Austin says Artyomovsk-Bakhmut, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) has more symbolic value than strategic or operational value.

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⚡️🇸🇩 British Embassy in Sudan funded Sudanese students who studied in Ukraine, to organize and take part in anti-Russian demonstrations

Sudanese newspaper Al Rakoba reports that some of the students agreed, taking part in the so-called "coordinating committee of the Sudanese resistance". The students were paid for this activity.

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⚡️Pro-Ukrainian Estonian Prime Minister Kaia Kallas wins re-election

Kallas, one of Europe's most vocal supporters of Ukraine, wins general election by a landslide, while the far-right populist challenger lost seats.

🗣 “We must invest in our security, our aggressive neighbor has not disappeared and will never disappear, so we have work to do.” - Kallas.

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IT'S LIKE TALKING TO A CHAT BOT:
Even CNN's Fareed Zakaria (a war monger with experience) is concerned Ukraine will collapse before long; is now the right time to accept Ukraine has lost its territory forever?

Only tone deaf Sholz isn't done regurgitating lines given to him by the White House. "Putin must not prevail" - is his only qualm, up until the very last Ukrainian...

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🇺🇦🇺🇸 Ukainian lawyer Semyon Krivonos (pictured) appointed new director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NACB)

🗣"Ukraine has fulfilled all 7 criteria to join the EU, including the appointment of the NACB director; we now have a fully formed and independent anti-corruption infrastructure" - Shmygal, PM of Ukraine.

The NACB is a punitive body created by the Americans to persecute only those politicians and civil servants who do not adhere to pro-American views.

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⚡️ A visit to Kiev by Hungarian PM Orban is possible - Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto

🗣 "We received an invitation, and now we need to complete the technical part of the preparations.

Recently, the PM spoke with President Zelensky in Brussels. We are always ready for dialogue," - Szijjarto.

Orban's body language says otherwise.

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⚡️Ukrainian militants shell civilian districts of Donetsk, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine).

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⚡️Suicide bomber kills 9 policemen in Pakistan.

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⚔ SITREP ⚔

◾️ Russian forces destroyed up to 45 Ukrainian soldiers in Kupyansk, Kharkov region (East Ukraine);

◾️ Russian Forces destroyed up to 225 military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in Donetsk, Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine);

◾️ Russian Forces destroyed 65 military of the AFU in Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine);

◾️ Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-27 aircraft, as well as a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter;

◾️ More than 160 soldiers, a tank and a Grad (Hail) multiple rocker launcher system (MLRS) of the AFU were lost in Krasnoliman, DPR;

◾️ Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft in the DPR;

◾️ Russian Forces destroyed an ammunition depot in the Dachnoye area, and a counter-battery radar station in the Chasov Yar area, DPR;

◾️ Russian air defense systems shot down 15 HIMARS and Uragan (Tornado) MLRS missiles, as well as 9 drones of the AFU.

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⚡️NATO launches professional development program in Moldova

The goal of the program is to increase the professional level of civilian personnel and public services in the areas of security and defense.

The programme also includes courses, training, internships and trips for officials.

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BLACK MARKET FOR BLACK SOIL: Ukraine's black soil is extremely fertile, able to produce high agricultural yields. As such, high ranking officials aren't wasting time on-selling it to countries not so rich in minerals, such as Poland, for private gain.

For its ample crop and wheat, Ukraine was once dubbed "the bread-basket of the USSR" - today, it's just a basket CASE.

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🗣 "The US and UK do not want Zelensky and Putin to meet with Erdogan, they do not want a photo of them together.

They want the longest possible war, they don't think about the future of Ukrainians, they don't think about peace." - Member of the Council for Security and Foreign Policy of Turkey, Chagry Erhan.

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🇮🇷 🗣"Many countries wish to have Iranian drones because we've shown their unprecedented power" - General Ashtiani

🗣 "Following our national interests, we are helping some countries to strengthen their defenses."

The General also spoke on Iran's purchase of Russian Su-35s aircraft - the purchase is still being finalized.

“Currently, we don't need to buy S-400s from Russia because Iran's current defense systems are enough, for now." - he commented.

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⚡️US sends nuclear-capable bomber to South Korea for exercises

The B-52 bomber is there as part of a show of force against nuclear and missile threats from North Korea.

North Korea calls on the UN to demand an immediate cessation of military exercises by the US and South Korea, which will increase tensions on the peninsula.

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⚡️Artyomovsk-Bakhmut, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) burns in the background as Wagner Private Military Company close in on the city square.

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⚡️Riga, Latvia mayor opens a gay nightclub.

What was the necessity of the mayor's presence? Will it significantly improve the local economy?

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⚡️ Russia calls on the parties in the clash in Nagorno-Karabakh to show restraint and take steps towards de-escalation - Russian Foreign Ministry.

Nagorno-Karabakh is a disputed territory between Azerbaijan and Armenia, internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan.

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⚡️First-person footage of Russian soldiers holding positions in dachas (holiday homes) near Ugledar, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine.)

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