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Sep 7, 2022, 15 tweets

VIDEO: President Vladimir Putin attends large-scale military exercises involving China and several Russia-friendly countries.

The military drills, called Vostok-2022, started on September 1 and are due to take place until September 7 in Russia's Far East

Russia is buying shells and rockets from North Korea to replenish its stocks depleted by invading Ukraine, US says

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UN's atomic watchdog calls for a security zone to be set up around Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is occupied by Russia, as the area was hit by more shelling

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#BREAKING Moscow asks 'clarifications' from UN on Ukraine nuclear plant report: news agency

#BREAKING Putin says 'impossible' to isolate Russia

#BREAKING Sanctions against Russia 'threatening' whole world: Putin

#BREAKING Putin says Ukraine grain going to EU, not developing nations

#BREAKING Xi and Putin to meet in Uzbekistan next week: Russian agencies

#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin says it is impossible to isolate Russia, as the country faces unprecedented sanctions over its military operation in Ukraine.

"The sanctions fever in the West, its undisguised aggressive attempts to impose behaviour patterns on other countries"

#BREAKING Ukrainian nuclear operator backs UN peacekeepers in Zaporizhzhia

#UPDATE Ukrainian nuclear operator on Wednesday said they would support the deployment of UN peacekeepers in the Russian-occupied nuclear plant of Zaporizhzhia, a day after the UN atomic watchdog called for a security zone around the plant

VIDEO: The UN's atomic watchdog calls for a "a nuclear safety and security protection zone" to be set up around Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is occupied by Russia, as the area was hit by fresh shelling.

#BREAKING Putin says 'no military equipment' at Ukraine nuclear plant

#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that there was "no military equipment" at the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine, where repeated shelling has sparked fears of a nuclear incident

#UPDATE Ukraine's nuclear operator says it would support the deployment of UN peacekeepers at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia plant, a day after the UN atomic watchdog called for a security zone around the site
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