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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 7:49pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡The UK will provide an additional 750,000 pounds (around $933,000) of funding to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to support its missions in 🇺🇦 Ukraine, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said in a statement Wednesday.

That brings 🇬🇧 UK's total support to nuclear safety in Ukraine since the start of the war to 5 million pounds (more than $6.2 million), according to FCDO.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 7:48pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the current situation in Kherson region following the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse with 🇫🇷 French President Emmanuel Macron.

In a tweet, Zelensky said they spoke via phone Wednesday about “the environmental and humanitarian consequences of the 🇷🇺 Russian act of terrorism, and outlined the urgent needs of Ukraine to eliminate the disaster.“

“We discussed the possibility of using international mechanisms to investigate its causes,” Zelensky said.

“We agreed to continue defense cooperation, in particular to protect our skies. We look forward to the earliest possible start of training for 🇺🇦 Ukrainian pilots,” he added.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 7:47pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡🇺🇦 Ukrainian prime minister appeals to UN and Red Cross to evacuate residents from 🇷🇺 Russian-occupied flood areas.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 7:46pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡🇺🇸 Biden will host NATO's secretary general at the White House Monday.

President Joe Biden will welcome NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to the White House next Monday “to discuss the upcoming NATO summit,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Wednesday, confirming a statement from NATO earlier today.

Biden and Stoltenberg “will review preparations for the summit, including the work to further strengthen allied deterrence and defense, build on the 2014 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales Summit Defense Investment Pledge, and deepen NATO's partnership,” she said. They will also discuss support for Ukraine "in the face of 🇷🇺 Russia's brutal war of aggression."

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 7:43pm On Jun 07, 2023

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 7:38pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡More than 55 million people across the Northeast, Midwest and mid-Atlantic in the 🇺🇸 US are under air quality alerts as wildfire smoke originating from 🍁 Canada shrouds major US cities.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 7:36pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡Is it Doomsday? Video of wildfires smoke from the 🇺🇸 George Washington Bridge, the bridge connecting New Jersey and New York City.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 7:24pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡The 🇺🇸 FAA has taken steps to manage the flow of traffic into the New York City area due to reduced visibility from wildfire smoke. Flights bound for LaGuardia International Airport have been paused. Flights to Newark Liberty International Airport have been slowed.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 7:20pm On Jun 07, 2023

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 6:43pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡🇺🇸 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday with the aim to repair and stabilize the strained relationship between Washington and Riyadh.

Over the years, disagreements on various issues, including 🇮🇷 Iran, regional security, and oil prices, have deepened the divide between the two nations.

During his visit, Blinken met with 🇸🇦 Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MbS, and the discussions primarily focused on enhancing economic cooperation, particularly in clean energy and technology sectors, according to a statement from the State Department.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 6:33pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡Any actions that pose a threat to our contingent in Transnistria will be considered an attack on Russia - Maria Zakharova

"The presence of our peacekeepers is directly related to the prospects for a political settlement of the Transnistrian problem, in which Russia participates as an adversary and guarantor. The 🇷🇺 Russian armed forces will adequately respond to any provocations against our military in Transnistria," said the director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 6:28pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡The Minister of Defense of 🇷🇺 Russia, Sergei Shoigu, checked the fulfillment of the state order in one of the companies "Almaz-Anteya" and inspected the plant for the production of rockets for air defense systems, the military department announced.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 6:14pm On Jun 07, 2023

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 6:12pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡🇽🇰 Kosovo must grant Serb-majority municipalities greater autonomy, the US envoy to the Western Balkans said on Wednesday.

🇺🇸 US envoy Gabriel Escobar urged Kosovo authorities to withdraw police and mayors from Serb-majority areas and hold fresh municipal elections.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 6:09pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡🇩🇪 Germany is set to host NATO's largest air force deployment over Europe in the alliance's history, officials said on Wednesday.

The Air Defender 23 exercise is scheduled to start on Monday. It will involve 10,000 participants and 250 aircraft from 25 countries.

The drills are designed to simulate a response to an attack on a NATO member country.

The 🇺🇸 US will send 100 aircraft and 2,000 personnel to take part in the exercise.

"We are showing that NATO territory is our red line, that we are prepared to defend every centimeter of this territory," German Air Force Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz said.

But the senior German commander insisted that the exercise was designed to show a "defensive" posture toward Russia.

"But we won't, for example, conduct any flights toward 🇷🇺 Kaliningrad. So this is intended to be defensive," he said.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 5:42pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡"We need to isolate Crimea from Russia," said Kurt Volker, former 🇺🇸 US State Department Special Representative for Ukraine.

"This can be done by interrupting ground logistics, for example, by hitting the 🇷🇺 Crimean bridge again. It is possible to disable the military base in Sevastopol. Ukraine can do it now. And work on the complete liberation of Crimea will take place some time later. The Crimean peninsula is very important for the future security of 🇺🇦 Ukraine in the Black Sea and the operation of Ukrainian ports. It is difficult to ensure it without control over Crimea," Volker said.

He believes that the likelihood of Russia using nuclear weapons is "extremely low" because "it will lead to an answer."

In turn, former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul said that 🇷🇺 "Russian imperialism must be defeated in Ukraine."

"There will be no peace and security in Europe until Putin finally loses in Ukraine," he said.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 5:15pm On Jun 07, 2023

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 4:50pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡A 🇺🇦 Ukrainian MiG-29 multirole fighter was shot down by the crew of the 🇷🇺 Russian 67th air defense brigade of the 58th army. The plane crashed near Kamyshevakhi.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 4:47pm On Jun 07, 2023*

⚡Food inflation in "prosperous" Europe and the US.

G7 countries:

🇬🇧United Kingdom: 19%
🇮🇹 Italy: 11.9%
🇩🇪Germany: 16.8%
🇫🇷France: 14.9%
🇯🇵Japan: 8.4%
🇨🇦Canada: 8.3%
🇺🇸USA: 7.7%

And for comparison in the BRICS countries:

🇧🇷Brazil: 5.8%
🇬🇧Russia: -0.01%
🇮🇳India: 3.8%
🇨🇳China: 0.4%
🇿🇦South Africa: 13.9%

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 4:46pm On Jun 07, 2023*

⚡Three soldiers of the Armed Forces of 🇺🇦 Ukraine surrendered themselves to the Armed Forces of the 🇷🇺 Russian Federation in the Kherson region.

They had three AK-74 assault rifles and 360 rounds of ammunition with them, and they are currently being interrogated.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 4:39pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡🇩🇪 Baerbock reproached Latin American countries for not being interested in events in Ukraine.

Many countries are not interested in the situation in 🇺🇦 Ukraine and do not even know where it is, stated German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, speaking in 🇧🇷 Sao Paulo, Brazil.

She shamed the locals for being more interested in grocery prices in supermarkets.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 4:34pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡The first 🇨🇳 Chinese military vehicle in Russian service.

Ramzan Kadyrov showed footage of "new vehicles purchased for 🇷🇺 Chechen units participating in the SMO" at his palace - featuring 8+ brand new Shaanxi Baoji Special Vehicles Manufacturing Co. "Tiger" armored personnel carriers.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 4:31pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡A day after the presentation of the 🇮🇷 Iranian Fattah hypersonic missile, a billboard was erected in the heart of Tehran with the inscription: "400 seconds to 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv"

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 4:29pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡Undermining of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric dam was carried out by Ukraine – Secretary of the Security Council of the 🇷🇺 Russian Federation Patrushev

According to him, 🇺🇦 Kiev first made a large-scale discharge of water to the DneproGES, and then struck at the Kakhovskaya HPP.

Other statements by Patrushev:

Coordinating Kiev's activities, the 🇺🇸 United States, Great Britain and their NATO partners should be responsible for the situation with the Kakhovskaya HPP.

The UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine showed that Europe supports the crimes of Ukrainian nationalists acting on Washington's instructions.

The United States is waging an undeclared war against 🇷🇺 Russia and 🇧🇾 Belarus, Western politicians are openly talking about it.

The Kiev Nazi regime, created by the United States and 🇬🇧 Britain, needs to be replaced. Ukraine should become a neutral state.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 4:26pm On Jun 07, 2023

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 4:23pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡More footage of the destruction of enemy tanks by attack helicopters of the VKS on the front between the 🇷🇺 DPR and Zaporozhye

The crew of the helicopter, having detected the advancement of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the Vremevsky ledge, used high-precision guided missiles.

As a result of the strike, two armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of 🇺🇦 Ukraine with crews were destroyed.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 4:21pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡There are reports a sizeable 🇺🇦 Ukrainian attack on the 🇷🇺 Zaporozhye front.

The exact scale of the attack is not yet clear.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 4:11pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡A reporter asks 🇺🇸 John Kirby:

“Does it seem plausible to you that the Russian Federation destroyed the dam, flooding places where 🇷🇺 Russians live and also cutting off the water supply to Crimea? ….It seems about as logical as blowing up one’s own pipeline, doesn’t it?”

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 4:09pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡Reznikov said that 🇨🇳 China must prove that it has influence on Russia and convince it to withdraw troops from Ukraine

The 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Defense Minister has set a condition for Beijing to mediate in negotiations with Moscow.

"Let them (the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) show us a gesture of goodwill and withdraw their troops from Ukrainian territories. After that, we will believe the negotiators that they have influence on 🇷🇺 Russia. If they don't have any impact, then why are we going to sit and waste our time?" he said.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 4:08pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡Kīlauea volcano on island of 🇺🇸 Hawaii is erupting — USGS

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNig: 4:07pm On Jun 07, 2023

⚡️In the Orekhov area, these minutes the 🇺🇦 AFU with up to 20,000 personnel, about 100 tanks, 180 light armor vehicles, and a large number of MLRS and artillery is starting a counter-offensive.

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