📹 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation sent 10 criminal cases of crimes committed by the Ukrainian government to the DPR and LPR prosecutor's offices.

These include, in particular, the case against Vasily Shitri, a soldier of the 23rd separate motorized infantry battalion of the Ukrainian armed forces, who in April, while in the post office building in Mariupol, committed at least 20 targeted shots from an automatic rifle at civilian bystanders.

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👊 Former Vice President Mike Pence has pledged he will not allow Democrats to use events of 6 January “to distract attention from their failed agenda or to demean the intentions of 74 million Americans who rallied behind our cause.”

🗣 Pence, speaking in a taped interview for Fox News Digital on the sidelines of a speech on economic policy at the University Club in Chicago, touched upon the breach of the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. At the time crowds of protesters, including scores of Trump supporters, attempted to prevent lawmakers from certifying the 2020 election results, which Donald Trump claimed were rigged.

🗯 "January 6 was a tragic day, and I know we did our duty, but I will always be proud of our record," Pence told Fox News in a reference to his record with the 45th POTUS.

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📹 A Ukrainian soldier who voluntarily surrendered relays that the Ukrainian Armed Forces does not tolerate any criticism, as Ukrainian soldiers do not even know the names of their commanders.

According to the man, senior officers throw soldiers into the thick of the fire and threatened to shoot them in the back if they move too far away from their positions.

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❗️ The Russian army repelled a Ukrainian attack on Snake Island, Russia’s MoD reports.

▪️ The ministry noted that 13 Armed Forces of Ukraine UAVs have been shot down in the air.

▪️ In addition, according to the Russian MoD, a US Air Force strategic reconnaissance drone was spotted in the airspace near Snake Island.

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⚡⚡Putin: Russian military to receive first Sarmat ICBM in late 2022

❗Germany officially confirms plans to send Ukraine 30 Gepard anti-aircraft guns

How the Ukrainian army bombarded Donetsk’s School No. 2: sixteen people were inside the building at the time; two were killed

⚡US Attorney General making unannounced visit to Ukraine, reports say

❗️Twitter's board of directors has unanimously recommended to shareholders that they approve Elon Musk's $44 billion offer to buy the company

⚡EU countries reach full consensus on granting Ukraine candidate status, French diplomat says

⚡⚡The State Department confirmed the death of US citizen Steven Zabelski in Ukraine, and urged Americans to refrain from traveling there

❗️Texas police commander says officers could have stopped the gunman in Uvalde school shooting within three minutes

Locals of the village of Shchurovo, in the DPR welcome the Donbass liberators with joy after all the humiliation they suffered under the Ukrainian Armed Forces

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⚡📹How Russian reconnaissance and artillery work (Russian MoD video)

Artillery reconnaissance and UAVs have established the location of the 155mm M-777 howitzers, which were provided to Ukrainian neo-Nazis by the US and European countries. As a result of an accurate artillery hit, two howitzer platoons have been destroyed.

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❗London's appeal to Moscow on behalf of the UK citizens who have been sentenced to death in the DPR, was an "arrogant" note, according to Russia's Ambassador to London, Andrey Kelin. "I can say that there was an appeal from the Britons to us," Kelin said, adding: "They sent a note, but a note drawn up in exceptionally arrogant, instructive terms. It does not make us want to cooperate on these issues".

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