🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"⚡️ Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of February 4, 2025)

▫️ Units of the Center group of forces continued active offensive actions. They defeated the manpower and equipment of five mechanized, motorized infantry, and ranger brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, a national guard brigade, and the Lyut assault brigade of the Ukrainian National Police in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoarmeysk, Udachnoye, Sergeyevka, Dzerzhinsk, Druzhba, Novoalexandrovka, Baranovka, Lysovka, Kotlino, Uspenovka, Andreyevka, and Yasenovoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 510 servicemen, a tank, two armored combat vehicles, including a US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, and ten pickup trucks. Eight artillery pieces were destroyed, including a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery unit.

▫️ Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated formations of a tank , two mechanized brigades of the AFU and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Bogatyr, Razliv, Burlatskoye, Razdolnoye and Novopol of the DPR.

The AFU lost over 140 servicemen, a tank, six combat armored vehicles, two cars and seven field artillery guns. An ammunition depot was destroyed.

▫️ Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of a mechanized brigade and two coastal defense brigades of the AFU in the areas of the settlements of Nesteryanka, Novodanilovka, Kamenskoye and Stepovoye in the Zaporizhia region.

The enemy lost up to 30 servicemen, three vehicles and two electronic warfare stations.

▫️ Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted damage on the infrastructure of military airfields, production workshops, storage sites and preparation sites for the launch of unmanned aerial vehicles, ammunition depots and fuel and lubricants of the AFU, as well as concentrations of enemy manpower and equipment in 149 areas.

▫️ Air defense systems within 24 hours shot down: long-range guided missile "Neptune", US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and 68 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

▫️ Since the beginning of the special military operation, a total of 653 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 42,406 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 21,023 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,513 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles, 21,222 field artillery pieces and mortars, and 31,186 special military vehicles have been destroyed."

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🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"⚡️ Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of repelling the attempted invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the territory of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region (as of February 4, 2025)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to defeat the formations of the AFU in the Kursk region.

▫️ During offensive operations, units of the North group of forces inflicted defeat on formations of a heavy mechanized, four mechanized, three airborne assault brigades, a marine brigade and two territorial defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Bogdanovka, Viktorovka, Goncharovka, Guevo, Dar'ino, Zazulevka, Zaoleshenka, Kazachya Loknya, Kositsa, Kubatkin, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Maryevka, Makhnovka, Melovoy, Mirny, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Pogrebki, Pravda, Sverdlikovo, Staraya Sorochina, Sudzha, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye and Yuzhny. Three enemy counterattacks were repelled.

▫️ Strikes by operational-tactical, army aviation and artillery fire hit enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Basovka, Belovody, Vodolaghi, Zhuravka, Ivolzhanskoye, Miropolye and Obody in the Sumy region.

▫️ Over the past 24 hours, the AFU lost up to 345 servicemen, two tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored personnel carrier, 27 armored combat vehicles, a Tunguska anti-aircraft gun and missile defense system, 24 vehicles, four field artillery guns and two mortars were destroyed.

▫️ In total, during the fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost up to 57,330 servicemen, 331 tanks, 244 infantry fighting vehicles, 192 armored personnel carriers, 1,708 armored combat vehicles, 1,798 cars, 406 artillery pieces, 45 launchers of multiple launch rocket systems, including 13 HIMARS and six MLRS made in the USA, 17 launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems, eight transport and loading vehicles, 106 electronic warfare stations, 15 counter-battery radars, five air defense radars, 33 units of engineering and other equipment, including 14 engineering obstacle clearing vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing unit, as well as nine armored repair and recovery vehicles and a command and staff vehicle.

The operation to destroy the AFU formations continues."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇺🇦 General Staff of the Armed Forces:

"Operational information as of 16:00 04.02.2025 regarding the Russian invasion

The situation at the front remains difficult. The enemy, despite the significant losses inflicted on him by our defenders, continues to attempt to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian troops.

In total, 54 combat clashes have occurred since the beginning of the day.

Today, the areas of the settlements of Velyka Pysarivka, Dmytrivka in Sumy region and Mykhalchyna Sloboda in Chernihiv region were affected by enemy artillery fire from Russian territory.

In the Kharkiv direction today, the Russian occupiers tried to storm the defensive lines of the Ukrainian army in the Vovchansk area, our defenders repelled the Russian attack. In addition, the enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Udy and Saltyne.

In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy actively attacked the positions of our units five times in the areas of the settlements of Zagryzove, Petropavlivka, and Lozova; currently, two clashes are ongoing.

Today, in the Lyman direction, the invading army launched two attacks on Ukrainian positions near Yampolivka and Dibrova. A battle is currently underway.

In the Kramatorsk direction, our defenders repelled two enemy attacks in the areas of Chasovy Yar and Stupochy, and one clash is still ongoing.

In the Toretsk direction, the Russians tried to displace our units from the positions they occupied in the Toretsk and Shcherbinivka areas, where the Defense Forces repelled six assaults by Russian units, and one clash is currently ongoing.

Since the beginning of the day, the enemy has already made 22 attempts to push our defenders from their occupied positions in the areas of Myrolyubivka, Promyen, Kotlyny, Udachny, Uspenivka, Andriivka, and Dachny in the Pokrovsky direction. The defense forces are holding back the onslaught and have so far repelled 17 enemy attacks. The enemy's losses are being clarified.

In the Novopavlivka direction, Ukrainian soldiers have repelled two attacks by the occupation army in the Rozlyv and Zelenivka areas today.

In the Hulyaipol direction, two attacks by the invaders were repelled by Ukrainian defenders near Novosilka. The enemy also launched air strikes on Hulyaipol, dropping six guided bombs.

In the Orikhiv direction, our defenders successfully repelled one enemy attempt to advance towards the settlement of Novodanylivka.

In Kursk, Ukrainian defenders repelled nine attacks by the invaders, one battle is ongoing. In addition, the enemy carried out 34 air strikes, dropping 52 guided bombs, used unguided missiles, and carried out 225 artillery attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements.

The enemy did not conduct active operations in the Siversky and Prydniprovsky directions."

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🇺🇦❌🇷🇺🚫🇰🇵🔫 — 🇩🇪 BILD:

"North Korean troops have been withdrawn from the Kursk region, South Korean intelligence confirms

The DPRK troops have ceased to be noticed on the front line . The Ukrainian army reported this on January 31. Now the South Korean intelligence agency NIS has told the AFP agency:

"Since mid-January, North Korean troops stationed in the Kursk region have no longer been involved in combat operations."

The high casualties among North Koreans may be the reason for this, the NIS report said."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Seversky direction: mistakes and failed attacks on Verkhnekamensk
situation as of 19:00 4 February 2025

Evidence of attacks by Russian troops has appeared again from the Seversky direction , but now to the northeast of Verkhnekamensk (this time from the enemy). Based on the published footage, a new attack attempt was made from the direction of the Sharshovoy Forest.

🔻At the time the footage was taken, the forest was under the control of Russian troops.

▪️Before this, the Sharshova forest had changed hands several times, so it is premature to talk about confident control.

▪️Another group of Russian infantry tried to move south of the pond and forest belt, but did not reach the outskirts of the settlement, coming under attack from mortars and UAVs.
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📌 There is a systemic problem in the Seversky direction, which, although they tried to solve after the public outcry associated with false reports, they were unable to eradicate.
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▪️After last year's scandal, the commander of the troop group, the commander and chief of staff of the 3rd Army, and the brigade commanders of the 7th, 123rd and 85th separate motorized rifle brigades were replaced.

▪️But the command of the 6th separate motorized rifle brigade has not been changed: units of the unfortunate brigade continue to pound Verkhnekamensk in suicidal assaults.

🔻Here are some facts about the “miracles” happening in the 6th separate motorized rifle brigade:

▪️Assault groups are made up of military personnel of completely different specialties who are not trained and equipped properly;

▪️at different periods of time, AGS and ATGM crews, artillerymen and mortarmen, collected from the forest by pine trees from the entire brigade, were used as attack aircraft;

▪️often the restoration of sanitary losses is done “for show”, and the untreated soldiers go on the assault again.
📍Yes, there are individual problems on any section of the front. Somewhere there is a shortage of electronic warfare equipment, somewhere; transport or ammunition, and in some places the shortage of personnel affects, causing problems with vacations.

But in some areas, Russian troops sometimes advance so successfully that they directly ask bloggers and journalists to "slow down" publishing their successes. As a result, they report on the capture of populated areas weeks or even months later, when the next settlements have already been captured. However, specifically in this section of the front, for some reason, the main principle is "to quickly declare and repaint."

❗️In the Seversky direction there is some absolutely fantastic atmosphere of lies and deception, which even the change of command of the group for some reason could not influence."

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🇸🇻🤝🇺🇸 — URGENT: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says El Salvador’s president has offered to accept deportees from the U.S. of any nationality as well as violent American criminals now imprisoned in the United States

💬 President Nayib Bukele “has agreed to the most unprecedented, extraordinary, extraordinary migratory agreement anywhere in the world,” Rubio said.

“Mass migration is one of the great tragedies in the modern era,” Rubio said, speaking afterward in a nearby building. “It impacts countries throughout the world. We recognize that many of the people who seek mass migration are often victims and victimized along the way, and it’s not good for anyone.”

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🇸🇻🤝🇺🇸 — Nayib Bukele on 𝕏:

We have offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system.

We are willing to take in only convicted criminals (including convicted U.S. citizens) into our mega-prison (CECOT) in exchange for a fee.

The fee would be relatively low for the U.S. but significant for us, making our entire prison system sustainable.

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🇸🇻🤝🇺🇸 — 💥 The United States will support El Salvador in developing nuclear energy, confirmed President Nayib Bukele: "A new step toward energy independence."

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🇨🇦🇲🇽🤝🇺🇸 — 🇩🇪 BILD:

"Canada, Mexico Make Concessions, White House Postpones 25% Tariffs

After talks with President Claudia Sheinbaum, US President Donald Trump relented and postponed the tariffs – they will not be introduced in February. In return, Mexico pledged to send 10,000 troops to the US border to combat illegal migration and drug trafficking.

Tariffs against Canada are also being delayed for a month. In return, Canada has agreed to concessions on border security.

"Canada is implementing our $1.3 billion border plan, which will strengthen the border with new helicopters, technology and personnel, improve coordination with our American partners, and increase resources to combat the flow of fentanyl," said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Trump's decision to impose 10 percent tariffs on China remains in effect. Beijing has already taken retaliatory measures: an additional 15 percent tariff will be imposed on coal and liquefied gas from the United States, and 10 percent on oil and agricultural machinery. However, the Chinese authorities believe that there will be no winners in a "trade or tariff war."

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🇺🇸🗯🇺🇦🧪 — 🇬🇧 The Guardian | Volodymyr Zelenskyy open to supplying US with minerals in exchange for military aid | Germany’s Olaf Scholz calls US president’s plan ‘selfish’ but reports suggest idea may have come from Kyiv | February 4,2025

Ukraine is open to “investment” from allies as long as they help it fight Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says, after Donald Trump demanded Kyiv supply the US with rare earth resources – critical elements used in electronics – in exchange for military aid.

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Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Trump said he wanted “equalisation” from Ukraine for Washington’s “close to $300bn” in support. “We’re telling Ukraine they have very valuable rare earths,” Trump said. “We’re looking to do a deal with Ukraine where they’re going to secure what we’re giving them with their rare earths and other things.”

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The Kyiv Independent cited a source in Ukraine’s presidential office as saying that a deal over the country’s resources with allies was in fact first proposed in Zelenskyy’s “victory plan”, which includes a mix of economic and security incentives and demands of western allies."

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🏳🫳😀 — 🏴 ZeroHedge | USAID Absorbed Into State Department Under Rubio After DOGE Crusade | February 3, 2025:

"About one day after the US Agency for International Development's website went dark and its official X account disappeared, President Donald Trump addressed reporters Sunday night, declaring, "It's been run by a bunch of radical lunatics. And we're getting them out."

Update (1210ET):
"USAID will be merged into the State Department with cuts in the workforce, but it will remain a humanitarian aid entity, sources told @saraecook and me. Trump admin expected to announce the moves in coming days. Discussions of reductions in funding were still fluid today," CBS News senior White House reporter Jennifer Jacobs wrote on X."

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🇮🇱🤝🇺🇸 — 🇺🇸 The Epoch Times | Netanyahu to Discuss ‘Victory Over Hamas’ With Trump in US Trip | Netanyahu wants to discuss how the United States and Israel could ’strengthen security ... and achieve a remarkable era of peace through strength.’ | February 2, 2025:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Feb. 2 that he plans to discuss several topics with U.S. President Donald Trump this week, including “victory over Hamas,” expanding diplomatic relations with Arab countries, and countering Iran.

When Netanyahu visits Trump at the White House on Feb. 4, it will be the president’s first meeting with a foreign leader since assuming office for the second time. Meanwhile, U.S. and Arab mediators are working toward the next phase of a fragile cease-fire deal to end fighting in the Gaza Strip and return dozens of captive hostages.

Hamas has refused to release additional hostages in the deal’s second stage without an end to the war and Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza, where the Islamic terrorist group resumed control."

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🇦🇫🇸🇾❌☦️🪯🇸🇾 — ⭐️ Rybar:

🇸🇾🏴🖇️ Again about the genocide of religious minorities and who is responsible

Amid ongoing killings of Alawites and other religious minorities in coastal Syria, Saraya Ansar al-Sunna, another jihadist group, has emerged online claiming responsibility for the attacks.

▪️As follows from the statement (clearly made in Photoshop in a few minutes), they broke away from the terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), whose leadership (including Abu Muhammad al-Julani) is currently at the head of the country.

▪️They accused the new government of abandoning its original ideas of building an Islamic state and being too soft on the “Nusairi and Rafidite threat.” The radicals said they would finish what they started, and their media began publishing footage of dead “infidels.”

▪️The group has its own military structure: in different regions, "lone wolf squads" are formed; cells of five or 12 people. These groups operate autonomously, do not have a permanent deployment point/headquarters and do not know each other's identity and location.
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📌It would seem that there is nothing surprising in what happened: during the entire Syrian war, militants have assembled a whole “terrarium” of religious radicals and thugs, united by the idea of ​​exporting “jihad” and eliminating all those who are objectionable (Christians, Shiites, and so on).

It is only natural that after a series of statements by the self-proclaimed President of Syria Al-Julani about the need to guarantee the rights of Alawites, Shiites and Christians, many Islamists began to become disillusioned with their patrons and allies. They say they were deceived.

❗Even if we assume that this is not a virtual formation, allegedly created by propagandists of official Damascus with the aim of clearing the authorities’ reputation and diverting the attention of the international community, this does not change the situation in their favor much.

After all, in the footage that appears simultaneously with police raids against the "remnants of Assad's criminal regime", it is not unknown people who beat and kill detainees: these are the same security forces of the "General Security Service". The chevrons and uniforms still give away the guilty.

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🇸🇾🤝🇹🇷 — 🇹🇷 Anadolu Agency | Syrian President al-Sharaa's 'historic' visit marks start of ‘lasting friendship’: Turkish President Erdogan | Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledges support for Syria’s reconstruction, security, economic recovery | February 4, 2025:

"Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday described Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s visit to Ankara as a “historic” step toward the beginning of a period of “lasting friendship and cooperation” between the two countries.

Speaking at a joint press conference with al-Sharaa, Erdogan emphasized Türkiye’s commitment to Syria’s territorial integrity and unity.

He reiterated Türkiye’s unwavering support for Syria, saying: “We never abandoned our Syrian sisters and brothers in their hardest times, and we will continue to support them in this new period.”

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🇸🇾💥🔥 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"🇮🇱 🇸🇾🇹🇷🏴 The situation in Syria
events for february 4, 2025

In Syria, the situation is still far from stabilizing: in the province of Aleppo, there are battles between the Kurds and the SNA, and in the south, in El-Quneitra, the Israelis are in charge. And instead of fighting the IDF, the jihadists are attacking religious minorities.
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More details on the situation in Syria:

🔻 Syrian-Turkish border area:
In the north-east of Aleppo province, low-level clashes continue between militants of the "Syrian National Army" and the Arab-Kurdish "Syrian Democratic Forces". The main battles are for the Tishreen Dam and adjacent settlements.

Meanwhile, a car bomb exploded in Menbij , killing dozens of civilians. Pro-Turkish media blamed the Kurds for the attack, hoping to disrupt their talks with the new government and win it over to their side in the conflict.

Damascus is in no hurry to use force, hoping to reach a peace agreement with the SDF on the transfer of the northeast of the country under the control of the authorities. This would help the militants avoid unnecessary casualties and increase their authority in the eyes of their supporters among Western countries.
🔻 Militant attacks:
Amid ongoing attacks by ultra-radical groups on members of religious minorities, a new Syrian faction, Saraya Ansar al-Sunna, has emerged, calling itself a breakaway from the terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham .

Extremists have claimed responsibility for recent killings of Alawites and Shiites, as well as former SAR servicemen who have undergone the “status settlement ” procedure with official Damascus. This, however, does not protect them from possible reprisals by militants.

However, even the emergence of the “Sunnah Brigades” does not in any way whitewash the Syrian government: the “security services” under its control also attack the civilian population under the pretext that there are supporters of the former ruling regime among them.
🔻 Activity of Israel and the USA:
In the south of the country, in the province of El-Quneitra, Israeli troops still maintain a presence, conducting search operations to eliminate weapons depots. Meanwhile, the so-called "Islamic Resistance Front in Syria" has not shown any activity in the past period.

Local Syrian media reports that the Israelis have partially withdrawn from several positions, including in the city of Quneitra and the Al-Mantarah Dam. Meanwhile, pro-government sources claim the opposite: the IDF is only strengthening its control over the occupied territory.

The same Syrian media write that Turkey and the US will soon reach an agreement on the withdrawal of American troops from the Euphrates region. However, the US controls the main oil and gas fields: it is premature to believe that the US will simply give them up.
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📌 At the moment, only part of the country is under the formal control of the now disbanded Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which heads the government: the other part is controlled by pro-Kurdish forces, which have their own institutions of power in the form of the so-called "Autonomous Administration".

The stabilization of the situation in the country also determines whether Damascus will be able to find a common language with the SDF. Both sides, although they have difficult to resolve contradictions, are in no hurry to stop negotiations and move on to an armed solution (which is what the Turks and their proxies from the SNA want).

❗Even if we manage to find a common language, there are plenty of problems in the country: the ongoing Israeli occupation, the economic crisis, and the reluctance of a whole bunch of groups of different orientations (from the SNA and the Druze to the ultra-radicals) to surrender their weapons and join the “new Syrian army.”

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🇨🇳🆗🗣👤🇺🇸 — 📰 The Wall Street Journal | Beijing Prepares Its Opening Bid to Talk Trade With Trump | As White House fires 10% tariff salvo, China sees room to negotiate | February 3, 2025:

"Beijing is readying an opening bid to try to head off greater tariff increases and technology restrictions from the Trump administration—a sign that China is eager to get trade talks going.

However, what it is prepared to offer, according to people in both capitals familiar with Beijing’s thinking—chiefly focused on going back to a previous trade deal that didn’t work out—is likely to intensify debates in Washington over how to negotiate with China.

Even though the White House hit China with 10% tariffs starting Tuesday for its failure to crack down on chemicals used to make fentanyl, neither side appears ready to launch a full-on trade war. China, in particular, is in weak economic shape, and Chinese leader Xi Jinping has signaled his interest in engaging in negotiations with President Trump, who has also suggested he is open to dialogue by deferring most of his promised tariffs on China.

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Having failed to deliver on its pledge under the deal to increase U.S. purchases, Beijing now is preparing to talk to the Trump administration about areas where China can buy more from the U.S., the people said.

Other parts of China’s plan, the people said, include an offer to make more investments in the U.S.—in sectors such as batteries for electric cars, a renewed pledge by Beijing not to devalue the yuan to gain competitive advantage, and a commitment to reduce exports of fentanyl precursors."

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🇺🇸❌🇵🇸🇮🇷 | US National Security Advisor Waltz:

“Hamas cannot be allowed to continue to exist and threaten another October 7s in the future.

Iran continues to be the head of the snake.”

🇺🇸📞🇵🇸❗️ | United States President Donald Trump:

Palestinians have no alternative but to leave Gaza

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