Italian State-Backed TV Channel Interviews Ukrainian Officer Wearing Nazi Symbol Cap
Eagle-eyed people online (and those requiring strong lenses too) noticed another whoopsie moment for the MSM reporting on Ukraine's Armed Forces.

The insignia is reported to be that of a "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" division.

Two other Italian journalists were also recalled to Italy after the Russian Security Services accused them of illegally crossing the border and filming inside Russian territory.

Going well then.

*❓ Question from “RIA Novosti” news agency: August 12, 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. What role do they play in the modern world, especially considering the attempts to politicize these international treaties by the "collective West"?*

*? Answer from the Russian Permanent Mission in Geneva: 75 years ago, following the outcomes of the Second World War, a universal set of measures was established to protect civilians and prisoners of war during armed conflicts. During the War, the peoples of the Soviet Union were subjected to horrific and unparalleled crimes* committed by the Nazis and their accomplices. The Geneva Conventions, adopted in 1949, were developed in part based on this tragic experience.

⛑ Today, the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are a key source of international humanitarian law. Ensuring the strict compliance with these international treaties is a common task for the international community.

❗️ Currently, we observe violations of international humanitarian law, as well as attempts by certain countries to use the Geneva Conventions for their political gains. However, this does not reflect a failure of these international legal standards. It rather stems from the inability or unwillingness of certain parties to implement them faithfully in practice.

?? It is important to emphasize that Russia is firmly committed to its obligations under international humanitarian law.

⚡️ Comment by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ latest terrorist attacks on Russian regions

? The Kiev regime continues to carry out its terrorist attacks with the single goal to terrorise the Russian civilians. While being perfectly aware that these barbarous attacks are devoid of any military purpose, it continues to work off the loans provided by its masters.

On the night of August 11, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a massive strike on Kursk, with tactical Tochka-U missiles fired at the city. Most of them were destroyed by air defence systems. However, one of them hit a residential multi-story building, resulting in 13 civilians injured, including two that are now in serious condition.

Over the last 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have also carried out a massive attack on several Russian regions using UAVs, including the Belgorod and Voronezh regions. Once again, Shebekino in the Belgorod Region came under attack that left five people injured. Last night, a civilian was killed and 16 others injured during Ukraine’s attacks on the DPR. It was reported that a total of 21 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed by air defence systems over four regions of Russia.

☝️ It is apparent that Ukraine’s missile and UAV attacks on Russian regions are clearly of terrorist nature.

❗️ We strongly condemn these barbaric terrorist acts aimed at destroying civilian infrastructure, and killing and intimidating civilians.
We have no doubt that those who organised and perpetrated these crimes, including their foreign sponsors, will be held to account. A tough response from the Russian Armed Forces will not take long in coming.

Once again, we call on international organisations to condemn the terrorist attacks by Ukrainian militants, although we are sure that relevant structures’ shameful silence will come in response.

❗️NAFO Australia eagerly reposted a fake photo hyping the Kiev regime's incursion into the Kursk Region of Russia. The featured road sign is located on the Ukrainian side of the border (the inscription is in Ukrainian) and reads 108 km, with the "8" removed by Photoshop.

☝️What they neglected to blur, though, is the proudly displayed emblem of the Ukrainian Nightingale Battalion that fought under Hitler Germany's command in WWII.

? No Nazis in Ukraine?

?? The Russian Federation completed its Presidency in the United Nations Security Council on July 31. Its packed agenda revolved around three central events, with the first two of them attended by FM Sergey Lavrov.

On July 16, we held a high-level open debate titled “Multilateral cooperation in the interest of a more just, democratic and sustainable world order,” which reaffirmed the need to hold detailed discussions dealing with the underpinnings of the emerging multipolar world order, the objective to reinforce a UN-centred system of international relations, as well as the need to carry out a comprehensive review of the root causes of present-day conflicts and to consolidate our efforts in order to overcome them. The fact that the Global Majority tends to distrust the infamous Western concept of a rules-based world order was also mentioned during the debate.

On July 17, the Security Council held a quarterly ministerial-level debate on the agenda item titled “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.” During this meeting, participants discussed the situation in the region with all its tension, while placing a special emphasis on the escalating violence in the Arab-Israeli conflict zone for finding ways out of this unprecedented crisis. In addition to this, the UNSC held separatemeetings on July 26 and 31 on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and the assassination of the Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

On July 19, the UNSC held a debate titled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (#CSTO), the Commonwealth of Independent States (#CIS), and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (#SCO).” In his remarks, Deputy FM Sergey Vershinin stressed the importance for the UN to work closer with constructive regional organisations. <...>

In addition to this, Russia’s UNSC Presidency included all the events as part of the mandate-reporting cycle.

? The Middle East bloc included meetings on Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.
? TheAfrican agenda covered discussions of the situation in West Africa, the Sahara and Sahel region, and the DR Congo.
? The council also touched upon peacebuilding efforts in Columbia and the start of deploying the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti.
? We exchanged views on the activities of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia and the Cyprus settlement.

❗️The Ukraine crisis remained high on the agenda. On July 9, Western countries convened a Security Council meeting in connection with the tragic incident involving a children’s hospital in Kiev. During the debate, the Russian delegation refuted accusations by its opponents and shared evidence demonstrating that the Ukrainian air defence systems were to blame for the incident. On July 25, Russia initiated a UNSC meeting to discuss the unrelenting flow of Western weapons into Ukraine, which delays a settlement in this conflict and leads to more victims.

The Security Council adopted four resolutions in July:

✅ on focusing the CAR arms embargo on illegal armed groups;
✅ extending the mandates for the UN Mission to support the Hodeidah Agreement and the UN Integrated Office in Haiti;
✅ regarding the UN Focal Point on delisting-related matters and re-establishing the Informal Working Group of the Security Council on General UNSC Sanctions Issues.

?? Russia went to great lengths to enable the Security Council to be effective and responsive in its work. We encouraged our colleagues within the Council to come up with collective responses when dealing with challenges to peace and security, while seeking guidance from a holistic view of the purposes and principles set forth in the UN Charter and their inter-connected nature. The central events on the agenda of the Russian Presidency attracted a lot of attention within the international community, reaffirming our country’s high authority and the respect it commands as a UN founding member and permanent member of the Security Council.

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?❗️11 августа с.г. С 9:00 до 19:00 в лобби отеля Nalagi Hotel (г.Нади, Республика Фиджи) будет осуществляться прием граждан по консульским вопросам.

? On May 20-21, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took part in the Foreign Ministers Council meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member-countries.

The participants focused on the organisation’s activities in the context of preparations for the meeting of the SCO Heads of State Council meeting in Astana on July 3-4. They also discussed draft documents to be presented for the leaders’ consideration.

The participants will reflect their coordinated approaches to the SCO’s further development and current global and regional issues in the Astana Declaration.

The admission of Belarus will be an important step towards strengthening the #SCO. The Ministers endorsed the relevant draft decisions of the Heads of State Council.

They also coordinated proposals of the SCO Foreign Ministers Council on comprehensive improvement of the organisation’s activities in the context of current geopolitical realities.

They adopted draft leadership statements and conceptual documents as a foundation for promoting cooperation in energy, transport, logistics and environmental protection.

During a detailed exchange of views on key regional and international issues, the Ministers discussed the situation in the Gaza Strip and the Middle East as a whole, and, in part, settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

They paid special attention to the SCO’s efforts to facilitate stabilization in Afghanistan, considering the importance of this factor for the security of the SCO space.

? FM Lavrov also had a number of bilateral meetings.