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❗️ Two UAVs that attempted to attack fuel and energy facilities were neutralized on the territory of the Oryol region, Governor Andrei Klychkov said. Preliminarily, there were no damages or casualties.

❗️ The Russian Defense Ministry reported a mass terrorist attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Crimea, the Russian Armed Forces' air defense forces destroyed 19 drones over the peninsula.

Air defenses downed one drone each over Russia's Kursk, Belgorod and Oryol regions, the Ministry added.

🇷🇺 🪖 Intense Conflict Unfolds in Russia's Rabotino-Verbovoye section as Enemy Tries to Advance against Russia's DronesFighters say that the Ukrainian armed forces are practically not using armoured vehicles for attacks, but are trying to advance in groups on foot.

The Russian special forces "Osman" are actively using FPV drones here, and the main targets are lightly armoured vehicles.

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🇿🇲 🇷🇺 Zambia Seeks Russian Partners to Boost Auto Industry, Ambassador Says*🗣 "Now that we are phasing out carbon emission vehicles and EVs [electric vehicles] are coming on board, you may want to know that Zambia is endowed with minerals such as cobalt, manganese and lithium," Zambian Ambassador to Russia Shadreck Chingembu Luwita told Sputnik Africa on Thursday*.

He added that Zambia is looking for Russian partners so that they will be able to produce the accessories for the EV as bilateral contacts have intensified "quite high" in recent months.

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*❗️Russian MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:*▪️The Russian Armed Forces carried out six strikes on targets of Ukrainian radio-technical intelligence and the production of unmanned boats;

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) unsuccessfully threw assault detachments into battle 39 times the past week to break through Russian defenses in the Zaporozhye region;

▪️ Russian troops eliminated more than 845 Ukrainian servicemen and destroyed 27 tanks, including a Challenger 2, the past week in the Zaporozhye direction;

▪️Russian troops in the South Donetsk direction repelled four UAF attacks, enemy losses amounted to over 1,230 troops;

▪️Russian troops successfully repelled 12 UAF attacks in the Krasny Liman direction, the enemy's losses amounted to more than 450 servicemen;

▪️The Russian Armed Forces eliminated up to 355 UAF servicemen and destroyed a tank and 12 artillery guns in the Kherson direction

▪️Russian Black Sea Fleet ships destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned semi-submersible boats that tried to attack the Crimean Bridge;

▪️ Russian air defense and electronic warfare systems intercepted 49 HIMARS missiles, three JDAM guided bombs, and a HARM anti-radar missile; Air defenses and electronic warfare destroyed and suppressed 247 Ukrainian UAVs, including 23 in the western regions of Russia;

▪️Black Sea Fleet aircraft destroyed four UAF boats with 50 servicemen in the sea to the west of Crimea.

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