⚡️ Ukraine received American Zuni aircraft missiles to be installed on Su-25 attack jets.

💸According to Ukrainian media, In early January 2023, US announced transfer 4,000 Zuni unguided air-to-ground missiles to Kiev as part of new military aid package.

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✝ Pope Francis leads peacekeeping mission to resolve Ukrainian conflict, meeting with Head of Russia's Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill remains on the agenda.

🗣I think that peace is achieved through the opening of channels... The path of peace is of interest to everyone. I'm ready to do whatever it takes. The mission is underway. So far, it is not public, I will tell you when it becomes public - Pope Francis.

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🇬🇧 UK hands over £700 million ($876.84 million) aid package to Ukraine.

It will include 450km Storm Shadow cruise missiles...but still no F-16s. 😭

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🎩 CAN'T BE TRUSS-TED: Huge bills for expensive items rack up at the UK House - and we're not talking (this time, at least) about military equipment - ex-PM of UK Truss racked up whopping bills of £12,000 ($15,000) for slippers, bathrobes, food and drinks for luxurious summer parties, with many fancy bathroom items ✨magically✨disappearing from the Chevening House estate (pictured) she had courtesy access to as Foreign Minister.

The ex-PM is responsible for footing the bill for the stolen items but something tells us not to Truss that she will.

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🇬🇪 Georgia not granted status of candidate for EU membership due to fact it refused to join the sanctions against Russia - Georgian Capital, Tbilisi, Mayor Kaladze.

🗣The refusal to grant candidate status was a political decision, and the society understood very well why this happened. The government of Georgia is a problem for them, because it does not join the sanctions, does not start a war, does not open a “second front” in the country - Kaladze.

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🇺🇸🇵🇭 US calls on China to stop "harassing" Philippine ships in the South China Sea after Philippine authorities accuse Chinese Coast Guard of "aggressive behavior" towards Philippine Coast Guard ships.

🗣'We call on Beijing to stop provocative and unsafe behavior,' US State Department says in statement in yet another instance of how-dare-you-put your-country-so-close-to-our-military-bases.

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🇮🇱🇪🇺 Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen goes on an official visit to Brussels to meet EU's Chief Gardener Borrell.

Head of Israeli Foreign Ministry will likely request EU Top Diplomat to list Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.

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🌪 CLOUDY SKIES and strong roars of wind pierced by tornadoes are forecast for Kiev as Russian-operated "Tornado-G" multiple-launch rocket systems follow through with thunderous SALVO (00:06) (00:16), hitting gathering of Ukrainian troops.

⛈It's raining on Zelensky's parade...somebody give him an umbrella!

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🇺🇦🇮🇱 Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Brodsky advises Ukraine to rely on its diaspora in different countries and not rely on allies.

🗣Ukraine, like Israel, has large influential diasporas in different countries...diasporas, especially at a critical moment, help Israel a lot - this is a very important resource. This is something that Ukraine could also develop - Brodsky.

😂In other words, Zelensky, piss off and stop begging.

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🇫🇷 🇷🇺 French demonstrators blow back at police crackdown with Molotov cocktails.

Explosive sounds are followed by bursts of fire directed at French police as they charge at demonstrations.

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