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Russian air-defense systems have downed a Ukrainian Tochka-U tactical ballistic missile over the southwestern Belgorod Region, the Defense Ministry in Moscow reported on Tuesday. The attack took place at around 5am local time, the ministry said in a statement on Telegram.

Brussels talks about free speech but doesn’t uphold it, the chairman of Russia’s lower house of parliament has said Russia’s State Duma chairman has accused the EU of censoring alternative opinions and curtailing freedom of speech, with the goal of deceiving citizens.