let's translate from official language into understandable language, everything is not so scary if there is an instruction. russia and ukraine have exchanged prisoners, the ministry of defense reports. 115 russian servicemen captured in the kursk region have returned to their homeland. 115 soldiers of the armed forces of ukraine have been transferred. the exchange took place with the mediation of the united arab emirates. currently, all russian servicemen are in the republic of belarus, where they are receiving the necessary psychological and medical assistance, and are also given the opportunity to contact their relatives. all the released servicemen will be delivered to the russian federation for treatment and rehabilitation in medical institutions of the russian ministry of defense. russian air defense shot down a drone over the course of the region

, the defense ministry reported, and local authorities said that four ukrainian missiles were shot down. earlier , a k-52 helicopter struck enemy positions in the border area. stanislav bernwald is monitoring the situation in the kursk region. last night, the russian aerospace forces struck the sumy region. the strike was carried out with a high-explosive aerial bomb on a cluster of ukrainian militants who were going to go to the kursk region. this information is from sources. we are waiting now. and confirmation from the ministry of defense, our aviation and artillery are working on the appropriate reserves , they are not allowed to rotate, as the guys from the front say, but in fact the enemy's morale is already quite weak, and you can feel their exhaustion, all because they just can't establish a normal rotation, our guys are not allowing this to happen, so they are now acting in a different paradigm, they are not they are trying to break through in large groups, they are divided. into small

sabotage and reconnaissance groups and they are trying to break through deep into the territory of the kursk region, it is not working, the guys are also fighting off these attacks. if we talk about heavy fighting now taking place in the area of ​​the settlement of russkaya konopelka, spalnaya, krupets, kamyshnaya , nichayev, malaya loknya, olgovka, the armed forces of ukraine are also trying to pull up reserves there. last night , a missile threat was declared several times, ukrainian terrorists tried to fire missiles at the kursk region. but our people continue to leave the air defense from the border areas, it is becoming more and more difficult every day, well, ukrainian militants have declared a real hunt for the civilian population, it is extremely beneficial for them to have the civilian population directly in the combat zones, this is essentially a shield, the ukrainians are using such a shield. they closed in many cities, in

mariupol, in artemovsk, so they do not want to let them out, and there is no talk of any green corridors either, although they said there is a green corridor in the sudzhansky district, sudzhi, nothing like that, and the people who manage to escape, many with injuries, they are given comprehensive assistance, from the same village here, a man was driving by here, he took us, well, here on the march.

where should we turn to kursk, we have side ones, such explosions, i did not understand what happened, as if a pile of dirt, who was rolling the car, ukrainian militants are creating ambushes for the civilian population, here they are hiding on trained roads, shooting at a car, whoever is needed, they are transported to federal centers in moscow, and for this, air ambulances are working, and in carriages resuscitation, delivers... to the capital's clinics, currently 22 patients with varying degrees of severity are being treated, mainly minor trauma , burns, shrapnel wounds, field wounds, the patients' condition is satisfactory, all patients are provided with everything they need, they are provided with medical psychological assistance, ukrainian, and so, the client of the information agency vladimir putin met with the leadership of the joint group. group

of troops, the kremlin press service reports. vladimir putin also received reports the general staff leadership on countering the enemy forces that have invaded the kursk region and measures to destroy them, and also with reference to the kremlin. putin heard reports from the commanders of the troop groups on the operational situation in the kursk direction via telephone. constant information on this topic is being updated, and the president also heard reports on the current results of the special military operation at a meeting with the leadership of the joint troop group. we will return to this topic again, for now we will continue the release. troops of the groups east, center west improved the tactical position, and the units of the southern group took up more advantageous positions. this is reported by the ministry of defense. the enemy's losses are estimated at hundreds of people and dozens of units of equipment, in addition, more than a hundred air and artillery strikes were carried out on enemy positions

in different directions. well, we just received footage of how in one of the command posts. defense vladimir putin held a meeting with the leadership of the joint group of troops. the president received reports chief of the general staff of the russian armed forces valery gerasimov, chief of the main operational directorate of the general staff sergei rutskov. they told the head of state about the counteraction against the enemy forces that invaded the territory of the kurdish region and the measures taken to destroy them, as well as the current results of the special military operation. vladimir putin heard reports from the commanders of the troop groups via telephone. about the operational situation in the areas entrusted to them. the president of ukraine signed a law on the de facto ban of the canonical uoc. the document will come into force in 30 days. according to the law, the ukrainian orthodox church must completely sever all ties with the moscow patriarchate. it is given 9

months to do so. let me remind you that the law was previously approved in the verkhovna rada, and was supported by the overwhelming majority. only the opposition platform for life faction and several deputies from the presidential servant of the people party spoke out against it, but this did not affect the outcome in any way, and as the moscow patriarchate previously stated, the law adopted in ukraine, will lead to acts of mass violence against millions of believers. andrzej duda arrived in ukraine on an unannounced visit. the polish president's office released a video of him exiting a train in kiev, where he was met by ukrainian officials. duda is expected to take part in events dedicated to ukraine's independence day. the us department of defense has released details of a new $125 million aid package for kiev. the ssu will receive haimers mlrs missiles, 155mm shells, and jevilin anti-tank systems. in addition, washington will transfer equipment and ammunition to ukraine to combat

drones and ambulances with increased mobility. let me remind you that earlier in the department of kiev, joe biden announced a new tranche. the day before, he had a telephone conversation with zelensky. american independent candidate robert kennedy jr. announced his support for donald trump and noted that he was suspending his presidential campaign. he said this in arizona, where he joined the republican's rally. the independent candidate will ask to remove his name from the ballots in ten key states where the main fight between the former head of the white house and kamala harris will unfold. the politician explained the decision by hypocrisy on the part of the democrats, as well as the desire of the republican candidate to finish.

thanked the politician for his help, the former president's headquarters said that after the independent candidate's decision, they expect speculation from harris's supporters, and although according to polls, kennedy jr. is supported by no more than 5% of americans, these votes, according to analysts, could play a decisive role in swing states, where republicans and democrats are neck and neck. an unknown person set fire to cars in front of a synagogue in the south of france, and the doors of the house of worship were also engulfed in flames. according to the media, one of the... contained a gas cylinder, which caused an explosion. a policeman was injured. the suspect was caught on surveillance cameras. they are currently searching for him, and the prime minister and the interior minister will soon be heading to the scene. chinese president xiding ping will attend the brics summit in

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the operation to destroy the formations of the ukrainian armed forces continues, and also from the ministry of defense about the destroyed militants over the past day , losses. the ukrainian armed forces in the kursk region amounted to more than 360 military personnel and 29 armored vehicles. not only the ministry of defense reports on what is currently happening in the kursk region. the ministry of emergency situations also reports important information about how the humanitarian mission is going, how people are being helped. affected residents in the border areas in kursk more than 200 million rubles have already been paid to the region. this

is a link to the deputy director of the information policy department of the russian emergencies ministry, artem sharov. and also delivered to the kursk region. more than 3,000 tons of humanitarian aid, we will return to this topic, we continue our release: the area covered by the fire near the dombay resort has grown to 263 hectares, now about 15 hectares are burning, a k-32 helicopter was involved in extinguishing the emergency, it arrived at the scene of the emergency the day before, however, the use of aviation was not possible due to the deteriorating weather, now 101 are involved in extinguishing people and... units of equipment in the epicenter of the fire was the teberda national park. meanwhile, tourist routes were closed, more than 200 people were evacuated, including 43 children. well, now to international topics, you could say so: president batswana was speechless for a while after he was shown the second largest diamond ever found. taking

the mineral in her hands, the size of a fist, or even two fists, the head of state gasped, and then... history day after day, it is dedicated to the conclusion soviet troops from afghanistan. from may 15 to august 15, 1988, more than 50

thousand soviet soldiers officers with... united states afghanistan became the largest and first successful covert operation of the cia. live soviet power in the third world countries. today it is obvious that this operation became one of the steps towards the collapse of the soviet union, and did not bring peace and tranquility to the afghan land. in the seventy-ninth year, the soviet

union introduces troops into afghanistan, and the country. at that time was on the verge of political collapse, and firstly, these are inter-factional contradictions, the struggle for power, and the opposition was actively supported by the united states of america, and what was the goal of the soviet union? first of all, to support a friendly regime, to prevent destabilization, and not to allow state collapse and civil war in the country, that is, the goals in this case were defensive. and not offensive in nature, of course, afghanistan, it has always been a stumbling block for the interests of the great powers, earlier it was the british, then the americans sought to gain control over this territory, in order to, on the one hand , occupy a strategically important foothold in this

region, on the other hand, have the opportunity to demonstrate to the authorities in... it was done in advance, because our state has always been very friendly towards the country, and the afghan people remembered and knew about this, so there were periods when they had... famine began and we, soviet people, living nearby in the military garrison, gave them bread, we gave them flour, and shared with everyone, you understand, we gave them everything, what the people needed, and so

also provided medical assistance, free of charge, simply yes, always supported the anti-government... the soviet union , on the contrary, sought to create a more stable regime, understanding, by the way, the specifics of the domestic political system, the role of clans, regions in the political regime of afghanistan. soviet forces not only ensured stability, but also built roads, infrastructure, schools, hospitals, sought to spread education in the country according to soviet standards, educated people, and thus tried to lay the foundations for future prosperity of this state.

however , washington did not need a prosperous, economically developed afghanistan, because it would mean that the ussr had a reliable ally, safe borders, a positive image of influence in the region. that is why washington actively opposed the soviet. that the soviet union at the official level repeatedly stated that we are ready to withdraw troops and stop the operation if in turn the united states of america stops

supporting the opposition with weapons and stops supporting them through pakistan with the help of financing, so it should be said here that the soviet operation in afghanistan was rather defensive in nature. and was aimed at stabilizing the region in the context of external intervention aimed at undermining the political regime in afghanistan. in 1979, another crisis of political cooperation broke out. unbridled, forced intervention in the affairs of afghanistan, attempts to influence the reforms being carried out to establish the soviet system, led to a revolution and those political problems that forced the soviet union to introduce troops into afghanistan. the war, the curtailment of military and political cooperation, the halt of cultural exchanges and cross-border cooperation, the rise of the taliban movement

, and the american invasion have wiped out the successes of the fifties and sixties. it is also interesting that in 1986 , the americans supplied militants in afghanistan with stingers, which of course caused sharp discontent on the part of the soviet union, in general, and... provoked increased tension between the united states and the soviet union , and in turn, it reached its highest level, this. let's recall such an interesting chain of events. somehow, completely unexpectedly, interesting events coincide. mikhail sergeyevich gorbachev declares a new political course in the international arena, declares a policy of new thinking. he declares that now the country will move along a democratic path, taking into account the interests of all. peoples who live on the territory of the soviet union, immediately carry out a whole series of tours around europe, against this background, when gorbachev declares

this position and begins very actively work with western countries, in parallel with negotiations on changing the political system in germany, we are beginning to prepare for the processes of destruction of this eastern bloc itself, we are beginning to... that the soviet union is finally withdrawing in march of 1989, we are withdrawing our troops from afghanistan,

there are practically no soviet troops left who can come to the rescue if something happens in uzbekistan. at that moment , tajikistan, the caucasus, transnistria and directly the events in fergana, all this flares up almost simultaneously with a small difference in time, it begins to flare up precisely according to three principles, this is religion, territory and directly the national question, it flares up seriously, it flares up precisely to demonstrate that , to confirm that... within the soviet union there are many contradictions that are unresolvable, we cannot say that in all these flaring situations the political leadership of the country of the soviet union at that time worked competently, because gorbachev's own statements, his political activity at that moment, well , raises many questions among historians, because his political view was primarily directed at

the foreign policy level. gorbachev's desire to get closer to the west, to become an equal partner and to live in a world of harmony, was skillfully fueled, therefore, the fact that it could be used by strong weak sides, especially weak sides, this pomp, ceremonial receptions and so on, which he had in the west, he did this lost a certain objectivity and rationalism in the implementation of russia's foreign policy, especially.

the united states left, left behind weapons, and of course, isis militants can use the weapons of the difficult political situation in the region. therefore , it must be said that the policy of the united states in the region, starting in 2001, when the first afghan campaign began under the pretext of fighting international terrorism, and then the rapid, unprepared... the withdrawal of troops shows interest only in its political influence, but in no way in the fate of ordinary people who live in afghanistan. the us military campaign in afghanistan became the longest war in american history. it lasted 13 years. as a result of crossfire, shelling, murders, bombings and night raids on homes, according to some sources.

the policy of the united states of america, it certainly brought instability, conflicts, uncertainty about the future and a huge number of refugees from the region for the population of this country demonstrates.