Aftermath of Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk

Putin “didn't label the whole West as the enemy of Russia,” Nicolai Petro, professor of political science at the University of Rhode Island, says, referring to the Russian president's speech on partial mobilization in the country.

💬 “He said there are parts of the West that are seeking to divide, conquer and ultimately destroy Russia. And they have always been there. Only now they are acting openly to promote this agenda," Prof. Petro adds.

🎧 Listen to more of Prof. Nicolai Petro's analysis of President Putin's address to the nation in our podcast The Critical Hour

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Melania Trump has ripped into an ex-aide for having “spitefully edited” a secret recording of her made in 2018

According to the former First Lady, Stephanie Wolkoff – once her best friend – displayed “malicious intent” by releasing the audio later to “create the perception” that Christmas was not significant to the wife of the 45th POTUS.

💬 “Who gives a f**k about Christmas stuff and decoration, but I need to do it right?” FLOTUS was heard saying in the tape, run by CNN in October 2020.

After Melania Trump “set the record straight” with her statement on September 21, Wolkoff released a barrage of Tweets, lambasting what she claimed was “mean fiction.”

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Californians will be able to dispose of their loved ones from 2027 through compost burials or natural organic reduction (NOR), after state Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law allowing human composting.

NOR involves placing the body of the deceased in a 2.5-meter steel box surrounded by biodegradable materials such as wood shavings. The box is ventilated to allow germs and bacteria to do their work and the remains take between 30 and 60 days to decompose

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📹 United Airline's Boeing 777-200 aircraft on its way from Newark to Sao Paulo made an emergency landing moments after it took off.

The video that emerged online shows sparks and debris falling from the aircraft to the ground. Luckily, after dumping fuel, the aircraft made a safe emergency landing.

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"This man worked here, just like us": Residents of Donetsk talk about the casualties of Ukrainian shelling that killed 13 people.

Ralph Everard Gonsalves, the president of 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gave his view on the situation in 🇺🇦 Ukraine after his meeting with 🇷🇺 Russian FM Sergey Lavrov, saying that his country wants to see a peaceful settlement of the conflict.

📸 Find out which ships and vessels took part in Russia's naval drills in the Baltic Sea in our gallery

❗Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's statements at the UN Security Council:

▪Allied forces in Ukraine are confronted by the West’s war machine;

▪Ukraine has been in state of lawlessness since 2014;

▪The decision on holding referendums in Donbass and the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions is a response to Zelensky's call for Russians to leave the country;

▪Western countries are becoming a party to the conflict in Ukraine, those who pump weapons to Kiev are interested in continuing the conflict and weakening Russia;

▪In Ukraine, Russian books are being destroyed, they are acting like Fascist Germany;

▪Moscow will not allow Ukraine to be used by Western countries as a springboard for creating security threats to the Russian Federation;

▪In Ukraine, mobilization of Nazi battalions has been carried out for many years

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📹 Refugees from Donbass who are in temporary accommodation centers in Russia's Rostov region told Sputnik that they have always considered themselves Russian and that they will definitely take part in the referendum on joining Russia to confirm this

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