🇰🇷 South Korea's defense minister doubts Ukraine's version of the 'Bucha massacre'

"As for Russia's 'Bucha massacre,' since it has not yet been conclusively established as a clear fact, it is obviously not my place to give assessments here," Lt. Gen. Shin Won-sik told a briefing with foreign media outlets when asked as someone in the military to comment on the possibility of leaving the bodies of civilians allegedly killed by soldiers during the organized withdrawal of military units.

Immediately after the start of Moscow's special military operation in February 2022, Russia took control over areas of the Kiev region, including Bucha, a small city located northeast of Kiev. Following the Russian military withdrawal from the region, Ukrainian authorities accused Russia of numerous killings of civilians in Bucha and surrounding areas.

Moscow has denied any role in the killings of civilians and insists that the footage of murdered locals that was distributed in the Western media is nothing more than a staged provocation on the part of Ukraine to put pressure on Western ruling circles in order to achieve their goals in the conflict with Russia.

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How Joe Biden and Justin Trudeau brought Haiti to the brink of civil war

Joe Biden and Justin Trudeau have in effect been running domestic politics in Haiti for the past few years. The result is chaos and cannibalism. Pretty soon a big portion of the Haitian population will be living in Florida. Haiti’s former prime minister explains in interview with Tucker Carlson.

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🇷🇺 Russian paratroopers destroyed a Ukrainian drone Baba Yaga near Artemovsk

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❗️ In Russia's Belgorod region, 16 civilians have been killed and 98 injured over the past week due to shelling by Ukrainian forces, the governor said

❗️ Alexander Moiseyev was introduced as the Acting Commander-in-Chief of the Navy at a ceremony in Kronstadt, a Sputnik correspondent reports.

Over many years of officer service, 61-year-old Admiral Alexander Moiseyev served on several nuclear submarines of the Russian Northern Fleet. By decree of the President of Russia on May 3, 2019, he was appointed commander of the Northern Fleet.

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Kremlin on Stoltenberg's Caucasus tour

NATO's attempts to expand its influence are unlikely to increase stability in the North Caucasus region, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, commenting on Stoltenberg's tour, which visited Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia.

"We are well aware of NATO's desire to consolidate its presence in the North Caucasus... There is also an understanding that NATO's attempts to expand its influence are unlikely to add stability to the North Caucasus and predictability of the situation,” Peskov told reporters. “These contacts are the sovereign right of the Caucasian states. We are closely monitoring and mainly intend to focus on our bilateral relations and the instruments of cooperation that our side has."

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🇮🇷🇷🇺 Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi congratulated Vladimir Putin on his re-election by phone. The leaders also discussed bilateral cooperation and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Kremlin said.

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🇷🇺 The Russian armed forces launched a preemptive strike against Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the forest in the border area with the Russian Belgorod region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"With a high-precision pre-emptive strike, the enemy manpower and equipment were destroyed in a timely manner," the statement said.

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❗️ The village of Orlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic of Russia has been liberated near Avdeyevka, the Russian Defense Ministry said

❗️All attempts of the Ukrainian sabotage groups to cross the Russian border have failed, Putin said at the FSB board

🇰🇵🚀North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watched artillery units in the western region practice firing several "new super-sized" rocket launchers, state media reported.

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❗️Putin called on the FSB not to forget about the traitors participating in the Ukrainian sabotage groups, to look for them by name and punish them without a statute of limitations

"Saboteurs planned a terrorist raid on the Russian border but suffered losses," Putin said.

"The owners are abandoning the traitors of Russia like meat; well, it serves them right," he added.

The neo-Nazi Ukrainian regime, with the support of the West, switched to terrorist methods, Putin stated.

❗️The FSB faces responsible tasks to protect the constitutional system; attempts to sow confusion must be strictly suppressed, Putin said.