lugansk under fire from ukrainian militants. the strikes were carried out using cluster munitions, as reported by the head of the lpr, leonid pasichnik. a huge fire started at the arrival site. according to eyewitnesses, the flames were visible from different parts of the city.

firefighters, police officers and paramedics are on the scene. a little later, information came about another strike by the ukrainian armed forces. explosions occurred in the eastern part of the city. information about the destruction of the victims is being clarified. an example of perseverance and unbending will, loyalty to duty, defense of national interests of the country. russian border guards are celebrating their professional holiday today. this date dates back to 1918, the year of the establishment of the border guard of the rsfsr. vladimir putin congratulated the personnel and veterans of the fsb border service. the president noted the display of heroism and courage of service personnel, including during the special military operation. largely thanks to the determination of the border guards, repeated attempts to break into russian territory by bands of mercenaries, traitors and enemy sabotage groups were thwarted. those who planned these terrorist raids on our soil, they miscalculated.

work with other units of the fsb, with units of the army and that from now on you will act just as boldly and firmly in solving the problems of a special military operation, effectively coordinating yours ; you have met with tough and severe rebuff, i am sure, from the fleet, with law enforcement agencies, with the heads of regions and municipalities, of course , rely on the support of people who see you as their reliable protector. new agreement for 20 billion dollars, a new direction for joint work of intelligence services and a mechanism for cooperation in the field of labor migration, as well as strengthening business and economic ties between dozens of regions. these are not all the results of vladimir putin’s visit to uzbekistan. the main events of the main day of the trip were, of course, negotiations with shavkat mirziyoyev, and participation in the first meeting of the council of regions of the two countries. about why the pace of development of russia's economic relations...

is on the left, but in the geographical dimension, in other words, those on whose effective work the overall success largely depends, to quote the president, our noble cause. the regions really play a key role in simplifying the relations of comprehensive strategic partnership and alliance between russia and uzbekistan and make a significant contribution to the development of the entire complex of our relations. representatives from various regions gathered at the council meeting in tashkent. 22 russian governors and 14

uzbek mayors. the agenda of the council of regions is very extensive; it includes current topics such as deepening industrial cooperation, cooperation in the field of agriculture, the introduction of innovation and digital technologies. i would like to note that a total of 78 out of 89 constituent entities of the russian federation have mutually beneficial partnerships with the uzbek regions. one of the directions. cooperation, which shavkat mirziyoyev drew attention to - an increase in tourist flow. the number of russians coming to uzbekistan has increased fivefold over the past year, and at the same time, the interest of residents of the republic in visiting russia is growing, and we are talking not only about its capital, but about the regions. over the past few years, the number of russian tourists to uzbekistan has increased fivefold, including samarkand, bukhara and kheva; routes to kakand and firgana are in demand. namangan, korshi and many other

cities of uzbekistan. at the same time , interest in tourist trips to large historical cities and regional centers of russia is growing from outside. in this regard, citizens of uzbekistan need new joint programs and tourism products; there is very great potential here, especially since all our major cities are connected by regular flights. important a prerequisite for the development of tourism, by the way, is the absence of translation difficulties. anyone who has been to uzbekistan knows that russian is actively used as a language of interethnic communication. on the street, from a television screen, in a store, a clinic or at school, in russian

, that without the support of the very top, without the support of the president, this situation would have been impossible. in this regard, i would like to note a successfully implemented joint initiative, a class, aimed at improving the quality of teaching the russian language in uzbekistan. as part of this project, covering 85 schools, more than 26 thousand students study in the republic, and more than 100 russian teachers work in the republic. it is also underway. uzbekistan, he believes that this is not enough, puts before us the question of increasing the number of teachers, we will strive for this. these negotiations, first in a narrow format, then in an expanded format, lasted

more than 3 hours. quoting the head of uzbekistan with a pencil in his hands, the leaders went through each item on the agenda. and in a joint statement they noted the closeness or high consonance of the position on... shanghai cooperation organization in the modern world, in the current unpredictable conditions, thinking about our national interests, we must first of all actively cooperate with those partners who respect us, share our goals, and most importantly are ready for active, joint

practical steps. the council of regions is, of course, an important part of vladimir putin’s state visit to uzbekistan, where today, in addition to the busy negotiation agenda, the russian president laid. to the hodostoychivo memorial in victory park and toured the museum glory, it was opened on the initiative of shavkat mirziyoyev on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the great victory. the head of the russian state left an entry in the book of honored guests: the common past of the two peoples, the common present and the common future, the foundation of which, thanks to active joint work, is only becoming stronger. russian artillerymen today inflicted fire damage on personnel and equipment.

so as not to drive, for example, through the fields, and even if you cross some points in the fields on it faster than by car or in the urals, everything else, yeah, on it it’s safer to choose targets, roughly speaking, he slipped through a forest plantation, jumped out to a certain place and took pictures, the crew will not fire from one place twice in a row,

at first all the parameters are calculated by the officer literally from the wheels, when everything is ready, a combat vehicle flies into the firing position, then yes, we work from we are not tied to the area, well, we work from... we will absolutely work at any point, we leave. the house on the right bank, in which militants of the kiev regime took refuge, collapses after being hit by a 122-mm shell. calculation works howitzers d-30 group. dnieper, directly under our fire pressure there are ops, channels, that is, boats, respectively, some kind of drg units, reconnaissance units, well, observation posts, firing, mortar positions, that is, well, we cover the entire spectrum. the militants are constantly trying to cross to the left bank of the dnieper, more often at night, in small groups on rubber boats. they are trying. nothing works out for them, they keep fighting and fighting, and suffer a lot of losses, i had

a case when we took a man into the penis, he was in an inadequate state, in a narcotic high, he says only one thing, he was caught on the street, imprisoned, in short, and the people were sent here, russian artillery, deployed along the dnieper, controls the right bank of the occupied armed forces of ukraine for many kilometers, the command of the troops of the kiev regime cannot talk about this i don’t know and still continues to send. awareness of reality: the ministry of foreign affairs and the ministry of news propose to exclude the afghan taliban movement from the list of organizations banned in russia. its representatives were even invited to st. petersburg economic forum. emil mirsaev will tell you why now and what are the prospects. it's time to wake up to reality. with these words , foreign minister sergei lavrov commented on the initiative to journalists. his department, as well as the ministry of justice, to remove the status of a terrorist organization from the taliban, which is still banned in russia.

the foreign minister's comment came in uzbekistan, a country that shares a border with afghanistan. they are the real power, afghanistan is not indifferent to us, and it is not indifferent to our allies, especially in central asia. the proposal has already been sent to the kremlin, said zamir kabulov, director of the second department of asia at mitt russia. lawyers say the final decision is in favor. supreme court, and diplomats explain that such a measure is necessary for recognition of the afghan authorities at the official level. the process of normalization of bilateral economic relations begins, and this status prevents , first of all, russian economic operators from establishing normal cooperation with representatives of russian legislation. claims. specific projects, representatives of the two countries will discuss

in june on the sidelines of the st. petersburg economic forum, where the taliban authorities have already been officially invited. the delegation confirmed its participation. the ministers of labor, the taliban government and the leaders will take part in the pesobur economic forum, and i hope that they... and the afghan businessmen accompanying them will be able to agree with russian and other foreign partners to establish cooperation. it can be described as multilateral and actively developing. trade turnover between russia and afghanistan has recently increased fivefold and reached a billion dollars. but just 2 years ago it was only 170 million. the main items of bilateral trade are gas. oil, wheat flour, as well as dairy products, the list is gradually expanding. experts attribute

this dynamic primarily to washington’s withdrawal from the region. the positive dynamics of bilateral trade occurred due to the flight of us and nato forces, which in every possible way prevented the active development of political and economic relations between russia and afghanistan. russia's interests in the region are very specific and, unlike the west, moscow is not going to value them.

terrorist, this follows from the resolutions of the world organization, which are binding. moscow reacted positively , saying that such a step would gradually take afghanistan out of the world. isolation, so the removal of the taliban's banned status is an important turn in the trajectory of bilateral cooperation, which is being built before our eyes. experts are confident that an inclusive foreign policy will help smooth bring the country out of a protracted crisis. the chinese foreign ministry accused the united states of violating its promise not to maintain official contacts with taiwan. today a delegation

of american congressmen arrived on the island, which caused a categorical protest from official beijing. the prc stated. that washington is giving the separatists the wrong signal, and china reserves the right to take measures to protect its sovereignty. meanwhile, visitors from the united states are luring taiwan with promises of supplies of the latest weapons. our correspondent with details in china, alexander baletsky. for the sake of such a meeting in the palace of the taiwanese leader, even the orchids were painted in the colors of the flags, but taipei began to smell more and more fried, as soon as the maneuvers of the chinese army ended, showing that encircling taiwan would be within ... the reckoning, when the delegation of the american congress promised the strange authorities more more weapons and the most modern ones. taiwan, unlike ukraine, will receive new weapons systems, and not old, especially not old russian weapons, this will be a new stock that will be supplied to taiwan, this is between the other will be our latest technologies. the head

of the congressional committee on foreign affairs about ukraine more than once recalled today that they are fighting on land there, but taiwan will fight. sea ​​and that, just like for kiev, the americans will push for supplies of type weapons from europe, that before american modern weapons worth 4 billion dollars, the bill still needs to be pushed through congress, but here now it’s just a souvenir from texas. in it , light became even more like the cowboy from the joke who shot himself in the leg, he continued to do this from the podium. i hope with your support.

chinese affairs: stop supporting separatist pro- taiwan independence forces; stop actions that undermine sino-us relations. beijing has already included 12 american military-industrial companies and their leaders on the sanctions list, and this, as stated in the chinese media, is a response not only to the supply of weapons to taiwan, but also to ukraine, when, accusing beijing of collaborating with moscow, the united states cut off the oxygen supply to chinese business, about volume, that following the lead of the states is dangerous, the prime minister... today the state council of the people's republic of china warned south korea and japan at a trilateral meeting in siul at this level, the last time it was held before the pandemic, the main economy of east asia agreed to work more closely. we need honest dialogue to better build trust and resolve doubts. we must maintain the spirit of strategic autonomy and maintain our

relationships. this meeting was more about the economy, so xi sent the prime minister in his place, but everything was on the political plane equals. excluding china and beijing reminded about the danger of protectionism, they talked about the dprk. pkin is preparing to launch a new reconnaissance satellite. however, beijing is much more concerned about the participation of its eastern neighbors in the taiwan issue, and the fact that it is to them that the united states is transferring new equipment. the head of the pentagon and the defense minister are expected to meet in singapore this week. this will be their first personal contact, the conversation will obviously turn to the recent maneuvers in the taiwan strait, although after them, it seems that china no longer needs to explain anything to anyone. alexander baalsky samsonov, nikolai petrov, news, beijing bureau. nato is increasing the degree of escalation and flirting with military rhetoric, although it is already essentially in a state of direct

confrontation with russia. this opinion was expressed in an interview with the news by presidential press secretary dmitry peskov, commenting on the statement. the latter, in particular, called for the ukrainian armed forces to give permission to strike with weapons of the north atlantic alliance on russian territory, and peskov, in turn , emphasized that our armed forces will in any case continue to carry out their tasks special operations and are ready to stop all threats. the abolition of restrictions for kiev to use nato weapons on the territory of our country was discussed by the eu foreign ministers in brussels, and the split that this issue caused in the ranks of the european union. germany, macron demonstrated a good ability to quickly switch from ship to ball, even more so. it’s impressive that this is the first state visit of a french president to germany in almost a quarter of a century, so berlin and paris are accustomed to solving problems in a working manner. however, the format of the state visit

by default does not imply a strong emphasis on the conflict agenda. the table football match between macron and federal president steinmeier ended with a score of 1:1. as expected, friendship won. we walked around the fan zone set up right next to the brandenburg gate.

questions from the allies, so far italy has reacted most harshly, deputy prime minister salvini invited the nato secretary general to apologize and resign, prime minister miloni demonstrates complete bewilderment. i don't know

why stoltenberg says this, we have to be very careful. i remember macron's remarks and advise that we all act more carefully. it is possible that mr. stoltenberg is trying to add another item to the agenda of the upcoming nato summit in july. he has been seeing himself for a long time.

it is also called insurance against trump, which, it seems to some, could completely cut off kiev’s funding. the political publication writes that the initiative, at a minimum, requires clarification. even some behind the scenes. of ukraine's closest eastern european allies have recently become more reserved approach this plan, wondering where and how such a huge amount of money can be obtained, with only a few weeks left before the nato leaders meet in washington in july. there is no great desire to dump into another fund among key nato allies. germany, for example, announced long ago that it intends to continue to remain within the framework of bilateral agreements on money. 7 billion were allocated to kiev at the beginning of the year, now there are... almost four additional ones. against this background, another aid package from spain, a little more than 1 billion euros, looks modest.

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and karis is going to bring russia to its knees. we will do everything we can to bring russia and putin to their knees. then serious discussions about ending the war in ukraine can begin. everything is clear with estonian bravado; no comments are needed. something else is interesting here. even the most ardent russophobes admit that the swiss conference, which the west supposedly started to discuss kiev’s peace plan, is not a serious discussion from the start. all this

imitation of window dressing. in this regard, today's meeting of eu foreign ministers in brussels faces an even more important task than drawing up a rough outline of the fourteenth package of anti-russian sanctions. they need to figure out how to get out of this whole situation from the swiss conference, what can be presented to the public as some kind of sane result? they will try, but it seems that this problem has no solution. mikhail antonov, anastasia barkovskaya, andrey putra, berlin germany.

this is the basis of any national statehood. it is important that everyone involved in inhumane treatment of people is identified, even if these criminals are already dead. our task was to take the stone. in the morning we

were attacked, well, i open my eyes, well, i’m alive, i look, blood is spattering from my leg, nothing happened, she says, it’s just mom... she’ll be very worried, i say, now, she’s in the morning...