🗣 First, the bloodshed in Gaza must end as soon as possible, and then direct negotiations between Israel and Palestine must begin immediately, exclusively on the international legal basis of the United Nations. A Palestinian state is an integral part of the solution, Russian FM Lavrov said

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❗️ More statements made by Russian FM Lavrov at press conference with Kuwaiti counterpart:

▪️Russia will support an Arab solution to the Palestinian-Israeli issue;

▪️Russia is wary of plans to resettle Gaza residents in other countries;

▪️Israeli plans to resettle Palestinians published in the media can only sow grapes of anger that will complicate the situation in the region;

▪️Any idea to relocate Palestinians is aimed at burying the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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📹 Israel carried out a powerful airstrike on a residential area in the Al-Maghazi camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip

There are reports of deaths and injuries

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🇵🇱 Poland will create a new mechanized division in the south of the country

As of now, the Polish army has four fully formed divisions. Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said that the country's authorities aim to increase the number of soldiers to 300,000.

"We need a new division. Those who say that 300,000 soldiers is an impossible number do not understand that increasing the army requires a lot of work and it can be done," he stated.

Błaszczak specified that the new mechanized division will also be armed with Borsuk infantry fighting vehicles, Krab self-propelled tracked howitzers and rocket artillery.

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❗️ LIVE NOW: Vladimir Putin meets with members of Russia's Civic Chamber

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❗️ Vladimir Putin's key statements at the meeting with members of the Civic Chamber of Russia:

▪️At all turning points in Russia, the unity of the people was a key factor.

▪️Western conquerors, unlike the horde, claimed to conquer language and culture, which destroys nations.

▪️Russia still protects its moral values, culture and language and helps the residents of Novorossiya to do the same.

▪️Enemy sees what you do for Russia, Vladimir Putin said commenting on western sanctions against members of Civic Chamber.

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A real artillery showndown

📹 Russian artillerymen destroy enemy positions in the zone of the special military op

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✈️ 'We fly along your borders, but you're the threat'

"It is this mentality that says, again, it's the unipolar mindset in a multipolar world. It's saying on Russia in China's borders: "We control that. That's our sphere of influence. And if you say "Hey, what are you doing threatening me on my borders?" That's a threat." Those are not your borders!"

Garland Nixon, host of our podcast The Critical Hour, on the neocons’ unipolar mentality that is no longer working in a multipolar world

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🗣 Corruption in Ukraine is practically legalized, and the West will not be able to fight it, Vladimir Putin asserted.

▪️The United States is planning a reshuffle of elites in Ukraine due to problems with corruption, Putin stressed.

▪️There is no corruption like Ukrainian corruption in the world, everything has a price, even a vote in the Supreme and Constitutional Courts, the president concluded.

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🗣 Only Palestinians made decision on Al Aqsa flood operation, no one else participated - Hezbollah leader

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🇮🇹 Italian prime minister says her diplomatic adviser resigned after her conversation with Russian pranksters

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🗣️ US complicit in Israel’s attacks on civilians in Gaza

"Now we say we're trying to restrain Israel. Well, of course, with those images coming out of there, we have to sort of play a little bit nice with our public because, you know, 'We told them, we told them, please, please don't do the worst.' But in the second breath, we will say, that is our prominent spokespeople will say, 'Well, you know, we can't tell Israel what to do. Israel's got the threat there,'" Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and activist, told Sputnik.

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🎧 Listen to more of McGovern’s analysis in our podcast New Rules

❗️ US preventing ceasefire in Gaza - Hezbollah Secretary General

Hezbollah leader says US directly responsible for deaths of civilians in Gaza Strip

⚡️ Blinken says there cannot and must not be a return to the pre-October 7 status quo

🇨🇳🇪🇺 China and Europe must be committed to resolving conflicts, as well as reducing tensions and promoting regional peace and development, Chinese President Xi Jinping stated on Friday, commenting on the events in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip

Supporting one side in a conflict and ignoring the demands of the other one will lead to the escalation of the situation, the president added.

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❗️Key points to the briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Army strategically secured more advantageous lines and positions, while also warding off 24 enemy counterattacks. The enemy suffered heavy losses, with more than 755 servicemen, seven tanks, eight armored fighting vehicles, 17 motor vehicles, 16 field artillery guns, and two MLRS vehicles ending up destroyed;

▪️Near Krasny Liman, the Russian military successfully repelled 20 attacks launched by Ukrainian assault groups. Enemy losses during this period amounted to over 920 servicemen, three tanks, 14 armored fighting vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, and five guns;
In the DPR the Russian Armed Forces repelled six attacks. The enemy losses totaled more than 1,340 servicemen, seven tanks, 22 armored fighting vehicles, 22 motor vehicles, 19 field artillery guns, and four MLRS vehicles;
In the South Donetsk direction, Russian units effectively repelled four enemy attacks. During this period, enemy losses amounted to more than 1,110 servicemen, seven tanks, 11 armored fighting vehicles, 28 motor vehicles, nine field artillery guns, and one MLRS combat vehicle;

▪️Russian troops in the Zaporozhye region conducted an active defense and successfully repelled eight attacks. The enemy suffered significant losses, with more than 760 troops, four tanks, 26 armored fighting vehicles, 27 motor vehicles, 14 field artillery guns, and one MLRS combat vehicle getting destroyed;

▪️The Russian Aerospace Forces and air defense systems destroyed 10 Ukrainian Air Force aircraft and one helicopter. This includes five MiG-29s, three Su-27s, one Su-25 ground-attack aircraft, one L-39 combat training aircraft, and one Mi-8 helicopter;

▪️Russian forces intercepted four ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, three JDAM guided aerial bombs, three HARM anti-radiation missiles, 51 HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 274 unmanned aerial vehicles.

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