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🇷🇺🪖 Key points of Russian MoD briefing on progress of special military op in Ukraine:
▪️ Foreign-made air defense missile launchers were hit at an airfield in the Khmelnitsky region. Ukrainian aircraft were also hit at the Kanatovo and Dnepr Airfields;
▪️ Air defense systems shot down three Ukrainian Su-27s and one Su-24 in the Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions;
▪️ In the Kupyansk direction, four attacks by Ukrainian forces were repelled near Sinkovka. Kiev lost over 40 military personnel, and an ammunition depot of the 113th Territorial Defense Brigade near Liptsy was also hit;
▪️ In the Krasny Liman direction, two attacks by Ukrainian forces were repelled. Enemy losses amounted to up to 100 military personnel;
▪️ In the Donetsk direction, eight attacks by Ukrainian forces were repulsed, with Kiev’s losses amounting to up to 350 military killed and wounded. A US-made M777 artillery mount was also hit;
▪️ In the South Donetsk direction, a blow was struck against Ukrainian forces near Novomikhailovka. Kiev lost up to 110 military personnel, and as part of a counter-battery battle, M109 Paladin, Akatsiya, and Gvozdika self-propelled guns were hit;
▪️ In the Kherson direction, Ukrainian losses amounted to up to 80 military personnel, and US-made M109 Paladin self-propelled gun was also hit;
▪️ In the Zaporozhye direction, Kiev lost up to 70 military killed and wounded.
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🇺🇸 Teenagers are now facing charges after doing a ding-dong ditch prank with a twist. They showed up in masks, wearing tactical gear and a rifle, or what looks like a rifle.
Two #Delaware teenagers, aged 16 and 17, faced charges after knocking on doors in New Castle while wearing tactical-style vests and carrying what appeared to be a rifle, police said.
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