On August 6, the Russian Foreign Ministry commented on the deployment of the Oreshnik (Hazel) medium-range hypersonic missile in Cuba, stating that the rumors about Russia deploying weapons in Cuba are the private opinions of experts.
The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that information about the possible deployment of Russian weapons in Cuba and Venezuela is based on individual assessments by experts. According to our understanding, this is a personal opinion expressed by individual experts, said Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, whose comments were published on the department's website.
Russian military journalist Dmitry Kulko reported that this morning, with the cooperation of the 137th Regiment of the 106th Airborne Division and the 20th Independent Reconnaissance Battalion, the Russian "Anvar" special forces used drones to attack Ukrainian military equipment and positions on the front line at the border of Kharkiv and Sumy regions, in support of ground forces' offensive in the area.
In the direction of Kupiansk: Russian forces advanced from two directions, controlling an area of 9.13 square kilometers, reaching the suburbs of the villages of Sheleynye and Shandrykhove.
In the southern Donbas direction, the TOS-1A heavy flamethrower system of the 35th Chemical Defense Regiment (35 гвардейского полка РХБЗ) under the "Vostok" group of troops (группировки войск "Восток") of the 35th Army (35 армии) conducted a covering strike on the Ukrainian positions in the Chervonoye area of Zaporozhie Oblast.
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