Fighting broke out on the border between Afghanistan and Iran. Taliban troops are moving towards Iranian territory. There are already dead soldiers.
A conflict erupted over water rights on the Afghan border. The Helmand River flows from the Afghan mountains to the Iranian province of Sistan, where it flows into a lake that dries up regularly.
Sistan province is now facing a drought and Iran is accusing the Taliban of building new dams on the river and diverting water.
The Taliban promise to capture Tehran, the capital of Iran, in a few days if they do not stop their provocations.
The Taliban reportedly took over Iranian posts on the border. Let's clarify that the Taliban has significant military resources, the United States left a bunch of equipment and weapons in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of troops.
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Today, our country went through one of the largest Russian attacks by "Shahed" - 54 drones at the same time. Almost all of them are shot down. Unfortunately, there are hits in Zhytomyr Oblast.
But still, most of the destruction was averted, most of the lives that could have been taken by these "Shahed" were saved.
I thank each and everyone who made it happen! Anti-aircraft missile troops and aviation of the Air Force, air defense of the Ground Forces and our mobile fire groups... Thank you, soldiers!
"Today is another sanction day. There are sanctions against legal entities and individuals – most of them Russian – who work for terror."
A total of 220 companies and 51 individuals. These are military industrial complex enterprises and related Russian companies. Enterprises serving the war. And the persons through whom these companies are managed.
Not all of them operate on the territory of the terrorist state, some - in other countries. But everyone will get global pressure. Step by step, we collect complete data on everyone who works for aggression - directly or indirectly.
"Today, our exchange team has yet another positive result. Another 106 of our soldiers were returned from Russian captivity - they fought in the Bakhmut direction."
"It is very important that many of these 106 people had no information at all - they were considered missing. But we found them. And they returned home. 8 officers and 98 soldiers and sergeants..."
Thanks to everyone who gave this result. Yermak, Budanov, Usov, Lubinets, Malyuk, Klymenko - all who prepared this exchange - well done!
"Significantly fewer people died in Afghanistan than we have now in Bakhmut" - Prigozhin
In total, PMC Wagner, according to Prigozhin, lost 20 thousand killed: 10 thousand prisoners and 10 thousand regular mercenaries.
TG: "Быть Или"
20,000 dead is exactly the figure that Pentagon Speaker Kirby called in May. And if the ratio of dead to wounded in the Russian army is 1 to 5 (leaked Pentagon documents), then we get exactly those 100,000 sanitary losses that both Kirby and Biden spoke about the day before.
But the most interesting thing is that Girkin does not believe this, and through his calculations, he comes to the conclusion that Wagner suffered - at the very minimum - 40 thousand people of irretrievable losses from Popasna to Bakhmut.
"Today I was in Donetsk region, at our advanced positions - in the area of Vuhledar and Maryinka. I had the honor to congratulate our marines on their professional holiday - Marine Corps Day."
It was right on the front line to announce the creation of the Marine Corps in Ukraine. New brigades of marines will be added to our existing units - and we will provide them with modern weapons and equipment.
Actually, this trip to the front line was the final component after many meetings and negotiations with partners that took place these days and in the previous weeks.