As a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region, 24 civilians were injured, including 6 children, the assistant to the head of the Ministry of Health said.
According to him, 11 people received outpatient medical care, 13 people (including three children) were hospitalized.

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An air raid alert has been declared in Kyiv

Ukrainian TG channels warn about the threat of ballistics.

This night, the Russian Armed Forces struck the Ukrainian Armed Forces base in the Kyiv region, where more than 1,000 Ukrainian militants could be trained, reported in the pro-Russian underground.

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A Ukrainian drone damaged the facade of a residential high-rise building on Berezovaya Roshcha Street in Voronezh - Governor Gusev

The wreckage of another UAV fell on Leninsky Prospekt. The glass of several apartment windows was broken, and cars were damaged. According to preliminary data, there are no victims.

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❗️Niger is immediately severing diplomatic relations with Ukraine due to its alleged aggression against Mali, a representative of the military transitional government said.

He also noted that Niamey would appeal to the UN Security Council about the aggression against Mali by Ukraine and its sponsors.

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⚔️ How strong is the Axis of Resistance?

“Iran, and all members of the "Axis of Resistance", will support the Lebanese Shia movement, Hezbollah, in the event of a conflict with Israel.”

This assertion was made by Kamal Kharrazi, Adviser to the Supreme Leader of Iran, to Financial Times on July 2.

So, what’s behind the group’s military strength? 

Lebanon: Hezbollah 

▪️ 100,000-strong military force, according to its leadership. 
▪️ 150,000-200,000 projectiles, including ballistic, anti-air, anti-tank, and anti-ship missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicles. Among them, 40,000 short-range missiles, 80,000 medium-range missiles, and 30,000 long-range missiles, according to estimates.
▪️ Tanks, armored personnel carriers (APC), and infantry fighting vehicles (IFV). 

Yemen: Ansar Allah, or Houthis 

▪️ Recruited over 200,000 fighters since the beginning of the Gaza war, per its spokesperson in Feb.
▪️ Surface-to-surface cruise and ballistic missiles, artillery rockets, and UAVs. 
▪️ Claims of domestically developed "Hatem-2" hypersonic missiles. 

Gaza Strip: Hamas and Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) 

▪️ Prior to the Gaza war, Hamas had an estimated 40,000-strong force. 
▪️ PIJ reportedly has 1,000  members. 
▪️ 30,000-50,000 missiles, mortar shells, and UAVs at the beginning of conflict with Israel. 

Iraq: Kataib Hezbollah, the Badr Organisation, Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq 

▪️ Core of Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) or Al-Hashd al-Shaabi, an Iraqi paramilitary network comprising 230,000 fighters.  
▪️ Iraqi Shia militias reportedly armed with artillery, unguided rockets, light and heavy mortars, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, Iranian-made Zelzal (150-250 km), Fateh-110 (200-300 km), and Zolfaghar (700 km) missiles. 
▪️ Mastery of drone warfare during war against ISIS*.

*ISIS (also known as ISIS/IL/ISIS-K/Islamic State) is a terrorist group banned in Russia and many other countries

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Made in US: Take a look at Israel's Air Force plane ‘inventory’

Attending a meeting at the Israeli Air Force Command Center, Defense Minister Yoav Galant said the Jewish state’s military aviation must be ready to go on the offensive at any moment.

When it comes to the Israeli Air Force (IAF), it remains part of the Israel Defense Forces and currently consists of 272 fighter jets, 128 helicopters, 14 transport planes, 153 trainers, 14 aerial tankers and 25 special-mission aircraft, excluding bombers, according to this year’s World Directory of Modern Military Aircraft survey.

All the IAF jet fighters were made in the US, including:

▪️25 F-15I multirole jets, as well as 17 F-15C and 16 F-15A Eagle fighters (50 more such aircraft are slated to be delivered to Israel in the years to come).

▪️102 F-16I and 73 F-16C Fighting Falcon multirole fighters.

▪️39 fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II strike aircraft, touted in US and Israeli press as “the backbone” of the IAF.

▪️Earlier this year, Israel signed a deal with the US for the delivery of 25 more F-35s.

IAF helicopters include:

▪️26 US-made AH-64A and 22AH-64D Apache attack copters.

▪️50 US-made UH-60A/L medium-lift and 22 US-made CH-53 heavy-lift copters (18 more CH-53s are due to be delivered to Israel in the future).

▪️4 French-made AS565 multirole and 4 US-made Bell 206 light utility copter.

▪️The US plans to deliver 8 US-made SH-60F medium-lift helicopters to Israel.

All the IAF transport aircraft are also made in America, such as 7 C-130Js, 4 B200s and 3 C-130E/Hs. Among IAFD aerial tankers are 7 US-made Boeing 707 and KC-130H planes.

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❗️Russian battlegroup Tsentr liberated the settlement of Timofeyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry announced

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18 people were killed, and more than 150 were hospitalized, as a result of the arson of a hotel in the city of Jessore by rioters in Bangladesh, local media reported.

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❗️Listen to the British PM Starmer. He literally wants to arrest you for having anti-government thoughts and posting memes.

⚠️Starmer also wants to extradite people in other countries such as Australia to face trial in the UK for criticising the British Government online.

🤬You can make this shit up.

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❗️The British Government blames Russia and social media influencers abroad for the UK uprising.

Jacob Davey, Director of Policy and Research at the Institute of Strategic Dialogue (ISD), said the flood of online disinformation and the role of social media firms themselves had been key.

"I don't think we can underestimate how central the spread of this information is to the horrific events of the weekend," he told Reuters.

In response, the government, which has for years accused countries such as Russia of seeking to sow discord, has said it was looking to see how much impact foreign states had had in promoting the false messages.

Elon Musk, the owner of X, has also weighed in. Responding to a post on X that blamed mass migration and open borders for the disorder in Britain, he wrote: "Civil war is inevitable."

Disinformation was also pushed by high profile anti-immigrant activists. Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known by the pseudonym Tommy Robinson and previously the leader of the defunct anti-Islam English Defence League, has been blamed by media for spreading misinformation on X.

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Israel will not cope with attacks from Iran and Hezbollah on its own – The Wall Street Journal

According to the publication, the Iron Dome is capable of repelling Hamas attacks, but Iran has missiles and drones, against which the famous defense system is powerless, and Hezbollah has tens of thousands of shells - they can overload Israeli air defense.

🇺🇸 In this regard, Washington has created a larger system that involves Israel's neighbors. Its work is coordinated by the US Central Command.

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The Pentagon is ready to deploy new forces in the Middle East to respond to threats to the security of the United States and partners - Secretary of Defense Austin

According to him, Washington is increasing its presence in the region by transferring missile cruisers and destroyers.

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🇺🇸🇮🇱 The United States will continue to protect Israel from attacks by terrorist groups and their sponsors - Blinken

According to the US Secretary of State, further attacks in the Middle East increase the risk of dangerous consequences “which no one can predict or control”.

Blinken assured that Washington has been in constant contact with partners in the region and beyond in recent days to prevent escalation.

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Reuters: Putin asked Iran's leader Khamenei to react with restraint to the assassination of the Hamas leader and refrain from attacks on Israel.
According to the newspaper, the corresponding message was conveyed to Khamenei by the secretary of the Russian Security Council, Sergei Shoigu.

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📹 More than a hundred homeless people camped in the Place de la Bastille in Paris to protest against unfair treatment of the homeless during the Olympic Games.

The migrants set up tents next to about 50 tents set up since early June by people waiting for social housing.

The banners read: "Right to housing", "France is the champion of bad housing", "No to evictions".

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❗️"In Germany, doctors are being ordered NOT to treat patients who disagree with the government's policies."

Wait. What? This is insane!

🎙Full story: https://fondfbr.ru/en/articles/political-persecution-us-europe-russofobia-en/

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🇺🇦 Ukraine is disappearing before our eyes due to the demographic crisis – Polish portal Interia

According to him, in the first six months of 2024, for every newborn Ukrainian there are three deaths. These statistics are worse than those recorded at the peak of the pandemic.

At the same time, the lowest birth rate is observed in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, and the highest mortality rate is in the Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov regions.

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All emergency services in the Kursk region have been transferred to an enhanced operating mode - Acting Governor Smirnov

Due to the situation in border areas, medical institutions are replenishing their supply of donor blood.

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How Ukraine's support of terrorism in Mali alienated African nations

Ukraine has come under heavy criticism from Sahel and other Africa nations, including Senegal, over its support for Tuareg separatists, known as the Strategic Framework for the Defense of the People of Azawad (CSP-DPA), which prompted Mali to cut diplomatic relations with the Kiev regime.

The scandal erupted amid Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba's trip to Malawi, Zambia and Mauritius on August 4-8.

▪️Following a deadly ambush of Malian forces and Russian military instructors by Tuaregs on July 25, Andriy Yusov, Ukraine's military intelligence (GUR) spokesperson, bragged on July 29 the separatists were assisted by Ukraine to conduct the attack. Yusov added: "You will see more of this in the future."

▪️Yuriy Pyvovarov, Ukraine's ambassador to Senegal, posted a now-deleted video on the embassy's Facebook* account lauding the terror attack. The Kiev regime tried to distance itself from Yusov and Pyvovarov's claims.

▪️The Malian government stated on August 4 that it interprets the remarks by Ukrainian officials as formal support of terrorism in Africa and will alert regional and international bodies about that.

▪️CSP-DPA spokesman Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane told French media that the group has ties with the Ukrainians. As per the media, Ukrainians provide intelligence and train Tuaregs to operate drones loaded with explosives.

▪️Africans raised the alarm over Ukraine's interference in the continent's affairs. Senegalese authorities summoned Pyvovarov over support for the Tuareg attack. Burkina Faso condemned Ukraine's praise of the bloody ambush.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that Ukraine's support of terrorism in Africa stems from the Kiev regime's own terror record.

*banned in Russia for extremism

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❗️Ukraine's sabotage and reconnaissance group suffered a defeat and retreated to its territory after attempting to attack the Kursk region, Russian Defense Ministry reported.

They also added that the retreating group was blocked by Russian units.

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❗️Units of the Russian Tsentr Battlegroup hit formations of six Ukrainian brigades. Ukrainian losses amounted to 355 militants.

🇷🇺🪖 More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry’s weekly briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️Up to 105 militants and one tank were lost by the Ukrainian forces as a result of actions by the Russian Vostok Battlegroup;

▪️The Russian Dnepr Battlegroup destroyed two Ukrainian field ammunition depots;

▪️The Russian Yug Battlegroup improved its tactical position, with the Ukrainian forces losing up to 520 militants;

▪️Units of the Russian Zapad Battlegroup struck formations of six Ukrainian brigades. Ukrainian losses amounted up to 370 soldiers;

▪️The Russian Sever Battlegroup struck the Ukrainian troops in the Sumy and Kharkov regions. Ukrainian losses amounted up to 120 militants;

▪️Russian air defense shot down six HIMARS rockets and 51 Ukrainian drones.

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❗️In two months, the Russian troops liberated 420 square kilometers, and Ukraine lost over 115,000 servicemen, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergei Shoigu said.

This might not have happened if Kiev had met Vladimir Putin's initiatives halfway, he added.

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For the first time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces used ATACMS cluster missiles, which are capable of striking at a distance of up to 300 kilometers, to bombard the civilian infrastructure of Lugansk.

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🇱🇹 More than 60% of Lithuanians do not want to donate money to the army – LRT

Previously, the Republic’s Ministry of Defense announced the creation of a platform for voluntary collection of money for military needs, but the majority of the country’s population is not ready to donate their funds.

According to the survey, only 19% of respondents are ready to financially support the new initiative of the authorities.

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🇺🇸🇬🇧🇾🇪 US-UK aggression targets with two airstrikes the governerate of Ta’izz South of Yemen.

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The rioters in the UK will be “dealt with” by the end of the week - Prime Minister Starmer

The politician said on Sky News that the government is doing everything possible to ensure the safety of the country's residents.

More than 400 people were detained at the demonstrations, according to the Crown Prosecution Service.

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Six children were injured during a massive attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Kursk region - Maria Lvova-Belova

According to the children's ombudsman, three of them are in the same family. Among the victims is a two-year-old boy, whose mother was killed by Ukrainian militants.

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Mexico invited Putin to the inauguration of the new president Claudia Sheinbaum on October 1, the embassy of the Latin American country told Izvestia

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Not only Fatah and Hamas: A guide to Palestinian political parties

Representatives of 14 Palestinian political groups and factions signed an agreement in Beijing to create an interim reconciliation government. Usually only Fatah and Hamas appear in media outlets as the main Palestinian parties, but in fact, there are many more. Here is a brief guide on Palestine's parties and movements:

🔸Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) is a coalition, which in fact rules the Palestinian administration on the West Bank. It consists of 10 groups:

◾️Fatah: social-democratic party established by Yasser Arafat in the late 1950s. Now it is led by Mahmoud Abbas and remains the largest and most dominant party in both the PLO and Palestinian administration;

◾️The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP): the second largest faction and the main opposition force to Fatah in the PLO. The party poses itself as revolutionary socialist group;

◾️Fatah – Democratic Reform Bloc: a democratic wing that split from Fatah in 2016;

◾️National Democratic Assembly: a democratic party established in 2021 by Yasser Arafat’s nephew, Nasser Kidwa. He wanted to take part in Palestinian legislative elections in 2020, which were later canceled;

◾️ Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP): Marxist-Leninist party formed as an offshoot of the PFLP. The DFLP has been responsible for attacks against Israeli targets (including civilians) in Israel and the occupied territories of West Bank;

◾️ Palestine Democratic Union (FIDA): was founded in 1990 as an offshoot of the DFLP, but with social democratic reformist ideology;

◾️ Palestinian People’s Party (PPP): a Palestinian communist movement. Members of the party have repeatedly served in Palestinian Authority governments. In 2021, it announced its withdrawal from the government of Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, where it held the labor ministry portfolio. But the threat was not implemented.

◾️The Palestine Liberation Front (PLF): the movement is close to the pan-Arab Baath socialist party, which, for example, is still the key political power in Syria but traditionally aligned itself closely with Fatah in Palestinian administration.

◾️The Palestine Popular Struggle Front (PPSF): a leftist party led by Ahmad Majdalani, ex-minister of social affairs, who is seen as a close ally of Abbas.

◾️The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC): left-wing national movement, whose leadership are mostly based in Lebanon and Syria, being supported among Palestinian refugees there.

Even though, the majority of these parties have lost their popular support base and contribute very little to politics, they are still part of the PLO and Palestinian political system in general.

🔸 The Committee of Popular Resistance group, also known as The Resistance or Islamic Resistance, is active in the Gaza Strip and includes Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Inspired by political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood* movement, these groups have controlled Gaza since 2007, isolating it from Palestinian Authority politics. In 2017, Hamas revised its political platform to distance itself from the Muslim Brotherhood*. Both Hamas and PIJ have their own military wings and jointly combat the Israeli army.

🔸Others. the Fatah-Hamas struggle in 2007 led not only to political distancing between the West Bank and Gaza Strip, but also to formation of several new secular parties. One of them is a liberal-democratic Third Way, which poses itself as an alternative to the two-party Hamas-Fatah leadership system. The second one is The Palestinian National Initiative (PNI), which presents itself as a democratic movement of non-violent resistance to Israeli occupation.

*Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organization outlawed in Russia.

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📹 More than a hundred homeless people camped in the Place de la Bastille in Paris to protest against unfair treatment of the homeless during the Olympic Games.

The migrants set up tents next to about 50 tents set up since early June by people waiting for social housing.

The banners read: "Right to housing", "France is the champion of bad housing", "No to evictions".

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