US commercial satellites took photos of Snake Island in the Black Sea a few days before the Ukrainian attempt to annex it, a correspondent for Sputnik has discovered. Worldview-3 filmed the island on 14 June, and Worldview-1 photographed it on 17 June
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❗️ The Washington Post reported that American Steven Zabelsky had died while participating in the fighting in Ukraine. According to the publication, "he became at least the second American citizen" to die in Ukraine. The first was Willie Joseph Kansel; his…
⚡⚡The State Department confirmed the death of US citizen Steven Zabelski in Ukraine, and urged Americans to refrain from traveling there
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Fourteen children and one teacher were killed in a shooting at a Texas elementary school Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott has detailed. The 18-year-old gunman has been pronounced dead. The Texas governor has indicated that the teenager opened fire at at Robb Elementary…
❗️Texas police commander says officers could have stopped the gunman in Uvalde school shooting within three minutes
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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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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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❗️ Three foreign mercenaries who fought for Ukraine condemned to death by DPR's Supreme Court
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‘Zelensky and Biden need to be driven into this pit. Let them sit’. This was the reaction of a family when they returned to the ruins of their home in an area near the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.
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❗Ukraine's entire oil refining industry out of operation - Yuriy Vitrenko, CEO of Ukraine's largest oil and gas company Naftogaz
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💭Russia's victory over Ukraine will spell the end of the US-led NATO alliance, says Scott Ritter, a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and a former UN weapons inspector.
NATO's decision to stake its credibility on backing Kiev in a proxy war against Moscow - in the wake of its "humiliation" in Afghanistan - would prove unwise and fateful, he added.
"NATO was struggling after that: 'who are we? what are we doing?'," he said. "And now they've stood up to Russia, to be brave against her, and they're going to lose against Russia without even fighting."
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NATO's decision to stake its credibility on backing Kiev in a proxy war against Moscow - in the wake of its "humiliation" in Afghanistan - would prove unwise and fateful, he added.
"NATO was struggling after that: 'who are we? what are we doing?'," he said. "And now they've stood up to Russia, to be brave against her, and they're going to lose against Russia without even fighting."
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❗Joe Biden is working with allies around the world to find overland routes of exporting grain from Ukraine - White House
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😳 Elon Musk's transgender daughter has filed a request to change her name in accordance with her new gender identity, and because "I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form." ▪️ The petition for both a name…
💭Elon Musk’s ex-wife says ‘very proud’ of trans daughter coming out
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⚡US in direct contact with Russian authorities about Americans detained in Ukraine - State Department
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🔥 Miscalculations, errors blamed for massive New Mexico blaze
US Forest Service employees made multiple miscalculations, used inaccurate models and underestimated how dry conditions were in the Southwest, causing a planned burn to reduce the threat of wildfires to explode into the largest blaze in New Mexico’s recorded history.
The agency quietly posted an 80-page review that details the planning missteps and the conditions on the ground as crews ignited the prescribed fire in early April. So far, 31,000 wildfires have burned more than 5,000 square miles (12,950 square kilometers) in the United States.
President Joe Biden recently flew over the fire and stopped briefly in New Mexico to assure residents the federal government would take responsibility for its role in causing the blaze.
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US Forest Service employees made multiple miscalculations, used inaccurate models and underestimated how dry conditions were in the Southwest, causing a planned burn to reduce the threat of wildfires to explode into the largest blaze in New Mexico’s recorded history.
The agency quietly posted an 80-page review that details the planning missteps and the conditions on the ground as crews ignited the prescribed fire in early April. So far, 31,000 wildfires have burned more than 5,000 square miles (12,950 square kilometers) in the United States.
President Joe Biden recently flew over the fire and stopped briefly in New Mexico to assure residents the federal government would take responsibility for its role in causing the blaze.
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🚀 NASA fuels moon rocket for 1st time in countdown rehearsal
NASA fueled its huge moon rocket for the first time Monday and went ahead with a critical countdown test despite a fuel line leak. This was NASA’s fourth crack at the all-important dress rehearsal, the last major milestone before the moon rocket’s long-awaited launch debut.
The testing delays have pushed the actual launch — with an empty Orion capsule flying around the moon and back. The second SLS flight, planned for 2024, would send a crew around the moon and back. The third mission — no earlier than 2025 — would have astronauts actually landing on the moon. Astronauts last walked on the moon in 1972 during NASA’s Apollo program.
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NASA fueled its huge moon rocket for the first time Monday and went ahead with a critical countdown test despite a fuel line leak. This was NASA’s fourth crack at the all-important dress rehearsal, the last major milestone before the moon rocket’s long-awaited launch debut.
The testing delays have pushed the actual launch — with an empty Orion capsule flying around the moon and back. The second SLS flight, planned for 2024, would send a crew around the moon and back. The third mission — no earlier than 2025 — would have astronauts actually landing on the moon. Astronauts last walked on the moon in 1972 during NASA’s Apollo program.
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💧 Yellowstone Park aims for quick reopening after floods
Most of Yellowstone National Park should reopen within the next two weeks — much faster than originally expected after record floods pounded the region last week and knocked out major roads, federal officials said.
Park officials said Sunday they’ll use $50 million in federal highway money to speed up road and bridge repairs. There’s still no timetable for repairs to routes between the park and areas of Montana where the recovery is expected to stretch for months.
The scope of the damage is still being tallied by Yellowstone officials, but based on other national park disasters, it could take years and carry a steep price tag to rebuild in an environmentally sensitive landscape, with a huge underground plumbing system.
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Most of Yellowstone National Park should reopen within the next two weeks — much faster than originally expected after record floods pounded the region last week and knocked out major roads, federal officials said.
Park officials said Sunday they’ll use $50 million in federal highway money to speed up road and bridge repairs. There’s still no timetable for repairs to routes between the park and areas of Montana where the recovery is expected to stretch for months.
The scope of the damage is still being tallied by Yellowstone officials, but based on other national park disasters, it could take years and carry a steep price tag to rebuild in an environmentally sensitive landscape, with a huge underground plumbing system.
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