Russia Battles Floods as Dam collapsed amid heavy rainfall in Russia | Emergency Evacuation Underway
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Russia Battles Floods as Dam collapsed amid heavy rainfall in Russia | Emergency Evacuation Underway
Flood waters were rising in two cities in Russia's Ural mountains on Sunday after Europe's third-longest river burst through a dam, flooding at least 10,000 homes and forcing thousands of people to flee with just their pets and a few belongings.Some of the worst floods in decades have hit a string of Russian regions in the Ural Mountains and Siberia, alongside parts of neighbouring Kazakhstan in recent days.
Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, engaged in a series of bilateral meetings during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kazakhstan. He met with Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China, emphasising strong ties. Putin also discussed trade and cooperation in energy and agriculture with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Additionally, he held talks with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, highlighting economic collaboration. Putin concluded by meeting with Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev ahead of the SCO Heads of State Council meeting in Astana on July 4th.
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In a stark assessment delivered at the Collective Security Treaty Organization's defense ministers’ meeting in Kazakhstan, Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov revealed that Ukraine has lost over 35,000 troops and thousands of pieces of weaponry in May alone. Belousov emphasized that the Russian military is systematically reducing Ukraine’s combat potential, crippling their ability to resist effectively. Faced with significant battlefield losses, Kiev has resorted to intensified attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure in an attempt to demonstrate strength to its Western supporters.
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"Russia as a whole is open to the negotiation process, but first we need to understand how ready Ukraine is," Dmitry Peskov, press secretary for Russian President Vladimir Putin, said.
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