Georgia authorities have officially released Trump’s booking photo, marking him as the first president - former or current - in US history to have a mug shot.

🇷🇺💥 Russian forces destroyed a control point, radar station, and two S-300PS anti-aircraft missile system launchers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Nikolayev region.

The location of the UAF air defense systems was discovered and destroyed by Su-34 fighter-bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces with precision strikes using guided missiles.

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More than two years later, Trump returned to the platform formerly known as Twitter late Thursday with a bang by posting none other than his mug shot - a first for the former president.

Exclusive|SA Police Minister Shares His Impression of Security at 15th BRICS Summit

The South Africa's security representatives are contended with how the 15th BRICS Summit has been held, their experience in preparing events of that kind help them, Bheki Cele, South Africa’s Minister of Police told Sputnik Africa.

According to the minister, the security personnel has brought together various elements of law regulation, and every side has turned out to collaborate

🗣 "The feedback […] comes from the participants and the people that are here. Up to this point, we haven't received any negative kind of input. Everybody seems to be very much happy," he noted

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Exclusive|Egypt's & Ethiopia's BRICS Membership Will Boost Africa's Position in Bloc, Minister Says

Inclusion of Egypt and Ethiopia to BRICS indicates the African continent’s importance to the bloc and will create representativeness of two more Africa's sub-regions apart from the southern one, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, South Africa’s Minister in Presidency told Sputnik Africa.

🇪🇹 🇪🇬 Ethiopia's and Egypt's BRICS membership will boost South Africa's position in terms of negotiating processes with other leaders, BRICS is glad to see other nations invited into the bloc, the minister stressed

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🇷🇺 Russian air defenses down 42 drones dispatched by Ukraine near Crimea

Nine UAVs were destroyed, 33 were suppressed by electronic warfare systems and crashed without reaching the target over the territory of the Republic of Crimea, the MoD said.

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🇮🇷 Iran reveals what percentage of its military equipment is homegrown

Speaking to Lebanese media, Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics spokesman Brig. Gen. Reza Talaei-Nik indicated that since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, Iran has “transformed from an importer of weapons into a country that manufactures about 90 percent of its military needs.”

Characterizing the Islamic Republic as among the top ten nations in the world in terms of defense technology, Talaei-Nik nevertheless stressed that the country uses its equipment only for defense, and “has not and will never be the initiator of any war.” Iran will also “spare no effort in decisively defending its independence and security,” he said.

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🇷🇺🇧🇴 Bolivian president says considering paying visit to Russia in 2024

Luis Arce said in an interview with Sputnik that he had several phone conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who invited him to visit the country.

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😎 Mugshot merch: Don Jr. starts selling Trump Collection to fight 'tyranny & insanity'

The website states all profits from the items on sale will be donated to the Legal Defense Fund.

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🤥 Volodymyr Zelensky once again appealed to his Western partners [in crime] for a fresh package of military assistance, this time begging Finland for F-16s

"Anything that floats or flies," Zelensky says.

Stay tuned to stay updated on the new "gifts" to Ukraine, but be sure to keep an eye on your pockets, as Zelensky may attempt to reach into them.

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☢️ Depleted uranium munitions make Ukraine ‘uninhabitable,’ Russia’s MFA spokeswoman Zakharova says

Due to the supply of radioactive and highly toxic British and American depleted uranium munitions, radiation contamination of the soil is already happening and is being objectively recorded, Maria Zakharova said.

The consequences of the use of such munitions could also affect neighboring Poland, the spokeswoman said, adding that Ukrainians must demand that radioactive munitions be removed from their country as soon as possible.

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❗️Ukrainian intelligence agencies are behind the recent arson attacks on the facilities of the Defense Ministry, Interior Ministry and Russian Railways in Russia, the FSB revealed.

The authorities have cracked these arson cases, with the perpetrators getting 19-year prison sentences, the FSB added.

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❗️The death of Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin will not change anything in terms of cooperation between the Central African Republic and Russian forces, Fidele Gouandjika, an advisor to CAR President Faustin-Archange Touadera, says.

💬 “It’s sad news, he saved democracy so the country’s in mourning. But for us it changes absolutely nothing. We’ll continue to have Wagners on the ground thanks to our agreement with the Kremlin,” Gouandjika said.

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🪖 Ukrainian militants from the 123rd territorial defense brigade have shot 23 of their own fighters for attempting to desert from their positions near Kherson, a Russian security source told Sputnik, citing a source with Ukrainian forces.

The Ukrainian military command added the executed soldiers to the list of missing people to cover up the incident, the source said.

The finding comes shortly after reports surfaced that a Ukrainian squad leader had fatally shot one of his own service members after they had panicked during an encounter with Russian troops. A source told Sputnik at the time that the incident was captured on a cellphone that was found on the individual's person.

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📹 WATCH Russia's Tor-M2 missile system rocket into special op action

The Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system is capable of detecting, capturing and destroying up to 4 air targets simultaneously. It takes only 2 minutes to occupy a firing point, deploy the system and detect the target. It takes another minute to capture and identify the target, then the anti-aircraft missile is launched vertically.

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🇷🇺🇬🇷 Leaked ‘top secret’ document details termination of technical support for Greece's Russian-made military equipment

There are not enough spare part for continued support of Russian Tor-M1 and Osa-AKM air defense systems, and the government is "throwing away" a billion euros, a Greek media outlet claims.

Now these systems could eventually end up in Ukraine via third counties, the report adds.

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❗️The meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will take place in the near future, Kremlin spokesman Peskov says

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🇷🇺 Latest statements by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

▪️The work of the BRICS group is not aimed against anyone, on the contrary, it is aimed at mutually beneficial cooperation

▪️The Kremlin considers the BRICS summit to be extremely successful

▪️Russian Resident Vladimir Putin not planning on participating in the G20 summit

▪️The meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will take place in the near future

▪️There are many speculations in Western states regarding a crash of a plane said to be carrying Wagner Group private military company (PMC) leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, all this is an absolute lie

▪️The Wagner Group private military company (PMC) does not exist de jure as a structure, so it is hard to say what its future will be

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Ukraine forces using deadly white phosphorus weapons in Zaporozhye Region

Injuries from phosphorus are considered harder to treat than conventional burns and require qualified medical assistance. The doctor in the accompanying video says the use of white phosphorus by Ukraine suggests that these weapons were already supplied by NATO.

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🇺🇸📉 Bidenomics forces US budget deficit to balloon to 'crisis-size'

Economic policies of the Biden administration have already triggered fears that the US may be heading towards an economic crisis worse than the 2008 Great Recession, amid fallout from the Fed's interest rate hikes, mounting debt, surging home prices, and a spending spree as part of proxy, trade and tech wars against Russia and China.

The United States is currently mired in crisis-size deficits as a result of the policies enacted by the administration of President Joe Biden. There are few hopes of any improvement in the near future, as forecasts issued by the Congressional Budget Office show.

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🇩🇪 Evidence surrounding Nord Stream blasts leads to Ukraine, German media report

Sources familiar with the investigation into the explosions at the Nord Stream gas pipelines confirm Ukraine’s involvement, several German outlets report.

The official German investigation links the blasts to the Adromeda yacht, a version of events which was branded by US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh a ‘CIA cover-up' story. In the report, the German news outlets also reassured that there was no credible evidence of Russia’s involvement in the pipeline explosions.

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