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Russia has no plans to use tactical nuclear or chemical weapons in Ukraine, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Since June of this year, Denis Manturov has been combining the positions of head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and Deputy Prime Minister - curator of the civil and defense industries. In his first interview in the new status, he told Interfax in which directions Russia will develop technological sovereignty, whether there is a threat of dependence on China, what is happening with investment activity in industries, as well as the prospects for arms exports to Turkey and Iran, the timing of the development of Checkmate, PAK DA and new attack drones.

Nebenzia warned of a possible "monstrous provocation" by Kiev in the event of the withdrawal of the Russian military from the NPP

Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzia called Ukraine's accusations against Russia in the shelling of the Zaporozhye NPP "absurd." If the Russian military abandons the power plant, Ukraine can arrange a "monstrous provocation" there and cause a nuclear catastrophe, the diplomat believes.

The authorities of the Zaporozhye region allowed the conservation of the NPP due to the constant shelling of the APU

Residents of a part of the Zaporozhye region controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not want to fight on the side of Kiev, the pro-Russian administration of the region said. According to Vladimir Rogov, there have already been cases of clashes between detachments and fighters of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are shelling the Zaporozhye NPP, using guided Western shells. This may lead to the conservation of the station - in order to avoid a catastrophe. For more information about the situation around the NPP, see the material "Gazeta.Ru».

Why has Turkey not joined Western sanctions and will it help Russia circumvent them

Why has Ankara not joined the Western sanctions regime against Russia? The author of "European Truth" names a number of reasons. Many in Turkey are convinced that the blame for the conflict in Ukraine is not Russia, but the United States and NATO.

The head of the strategic command of the US Armed Forces, Charles Richard, noted that such a development threatens "serious consequences", but did not specify how Washington would act in such a situation

The United States considers the use of nuclear weapons in the conflict in Ukraine unacceptable, the head of the Strategic Command said on Thursday at a symposium on space and missile defense in Huntsville (Alabama). U.S. Armed Forces Admiral Charles Richard. The event was broadcast on the conference website.

As stated by the head of the CAA of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky, the radiation background after the impact remains normal

At least three shell hits were recorded in the area of the storage of radioactive isotopes of the Zaporozhye NPP, the head of the military-civil administration (CAA) of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky said in his Telegram channel on Thursday.

Foreign Ministers of the G7 countries called on Russia to give the Zaporozhye NPP to Ukraine

The head of the Ukrainian Energoatom warned Rosatom that if the company wants to connect the Zaporozhye NPP to the Russian power grids, the APU will strike at the power transmission lines of the station.

Russia has temporarily frozen the mechanism by which the Americans carried out inspections on its strategic facilities. Such inspections are implied by the START Treaty, the provisions of which Joe Biden recently proposed to preserve and transfer to the new one. Does this mean that Moscow has rejected Biden, and that there will be no new Strategic Arms Treaty?

The immediate reason that prompted the Russian side to temporarily withdraw Russian facilities from inspection activities under the DSNV was the notification of the United States of its intention to conduct an inspection on the territory of Russia in the coming days, said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.

The representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zakharova: Kiev takes the whole of Europe hostage, shooting at the Zaporozhye NPP

Ukraine is taking the whole of Europe hostage by shelling the Zaporozhye NPP, the Russian Foreign Ministry says. The ministry claims that the situation is getting worse every day - the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is firing at the operating reactors and the storage of spent nuclear fuel.

Russian Foreign Ministry: Moscow temporarily withdraws its facilities from inspections under the DSNV-3 due to US actions

Russia has decided to temporarily withdraw its nuclear facilities from US inspections as part of the treaty on further mutual reduction of the arsenals of deployed strategic nuclear weapons. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, this measure was resorted to forcibly because of Washington's plans to restart inspection activities on "inadequate" conditions. US sanctions de facto deprive Russia of the right to conduct inspections of military nuclear facilities in the States, diplomats say.

As a result of another attack, the Kakhovskaya high-voltage line was damaged

Armed formations of Ukraine again fired at the Zaporozhye NPP, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on August 8. As a result, the high-voltage line was damaged, there was a voltage surge that caused smoke on the switchgear of the station.

The composite wing, which was nicknamed the "black wing" because of the color of carbon fiber, is considered one of the main features of the MS-21. Today it is mass-produced from domestic materials at the Aerocomposite enterprise of the United Aircraft Corporation. This was made possible thanks to the successful replacement program of foreign composites, the supply of which was suspended due to sanctions.

Exactly 14 years ago, the Georgian military opened fire on Russian peacekeepers and the civilian population of South Ossetia. After that, Russia resolved the long-standing national conflict with one blow, and in its favor. Over the past time, Georgia has managed to prove that it has learned a bitter lesson. Another bitter lesson had to be learned by Russia itself – a lesson from the European Union.

What could push the West and Russia to a nuclear war?

The only reason why the United States has not yet decided to supply Kiev with heavier weapons is the fear of escalation, writes The Economist. The authors of the article note that it is the risk of a direct clash between Russia and NATO — which will entail an exchange of nuclear strikes — that makes Washington cautious with military support for Ukraine.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the provocation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine took place against the background of a conference on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons

Russia has called on international organizations to condemn the criminal actions of the Kiev authorities carrying out acts of nuclear terrorism. This was reported to journalists on Friday by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, commenting on the provocation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) to fire at the facilities of the Zaporozhye NPP and Energodar.

The source clarified that the cruiser's departure from the White Sea Naval Base took place on August 1

The heavy nuclear-powered strategic missile cruiser "Dmitry Donskoy" of project 941 (code "Shark"), contrary to some media reports about its withdrawal from the Russian Navy, is currently solving problems during the sea. This was reported to TASS by the head of the All-Russian Fleet Support Movement (DPF) Vladimir Maltsev.

The United States is concerned about the topic of China's military buildup, and most of all America is afraid of the increase in China's nuclear potential. As US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kohl said at a briefing on Friday, Beijing allegedly intends to increase the number of nuclear warheads at times.

According to Igor Vishnevetsky, Deputy Director of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Ukrainian side has recently begun to engage in dangerous provocations.