👏 📹 Russia's MoD has revealed footage dedicated to the work of Russian aviation during the special military operation.

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🤔 Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov addressed the recent Nord Stream pipeline crisis, noting that the probe is ongoing and no cause can be discarded - including possible sabotage.

🗯 "It is obvious that there is some kind of destruction of the pipeline, and what caused it? Before the results of the probe are in, we cannot rule out any option," he said when asked if sabotage may be behind the incident.

▪️ On Monday, the pipeline's operator Nord Stream AG reported a rapid gas pressure drop within the system. Later, the company informed that the destruction is "unprecedented", adding that it is unclear how much time the repair works will take.

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📹 The head of the CEC of the DPR tells Sputnik about the security situation during the referendum.

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❗️The German government does not rule out that the reason for the pressure drop in the Nord Stream -2 gas pipeline and on both lines of the Nord Stream pipeline could be deliberate sabotage, the purpose of which was to create uncertainty in the European gas markets, Spiegel newspaper reported, citing its own source.

According to the newspaper’s source, the German government is worried that it could be a deliberate attack at the European gas infrastructure and markets

In addition, Berlingske newspaper, citing the Danish Energy Authority, reported that leaks from the Nord Stream gas pipelines may be the result of deliberate activity, adding that there is "not a small crack, but a really big hole"

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📹 🐈 A resident of Lugansk has come to a polling station to take part in the referendum on joining Russia with her cat.

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❗️❗️ EXCLUSIVE | Experts smash western politicians' and media claims that India should "gird its loins" as Russia's defense industry is allegedly facing issues due to the spec op in Ukraine and western sanctions.

📹 Have a look at how the referendum on joining Russia is being held in Melitopol.

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‼️ The electoral commissions of the liberated territories have announced the first results of voting on joining Russia:

▪️ 96.97% of voters in the Kherson region voted in favor of joining Russia, according to the results of 14% of the ballots cast so far.

▪️ 98,19% of voters polled in the Zaporozhye region voted in favor of joining Russia, the processing of 18% of the ballots revealed.

▪️ 97,91% of voters in the DPR voted in favor of joining Russia, according to the results of the processing of 14% of the votes.

▪️ 97,82% of voters in the LPR voted in favor of joining Russia, according to the results of processing 13% of the protocols.

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⚡️ The total turnout in the LPR is 92.6%, according to the CEC of the republic

📹 The Danish military has published footage showing the leak near the double Nord Stream 1 pipeline.

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❗️Swedish Seismic Center says powerful underwater explosions registered in area of gas leaks on Nord Stream gas pipelines

“There was no violation of any rights….I have seen a fair process”

Watch: Tskani Shivity from the African National Congress Youth League describes how the referendum on joining Russia was held

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Russia’s EMERCOM (Ministry of Emergency Situations) has found and disabled more than 65,000 Ukrainian mines and explosive devices in Donbass since march.

Video is the courtesy of Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations

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❗️The Zaporozhye Election Committee gives figures after processing 3% of ballots: 92.04% in favor of joining Russia.

The Kherson Election Committee gives figures after processing 12% of ballots: 87.42% for joining Russia

❗️After counting 57% of votes at polling stations in Russia, 97.74% of Zaporozhye residents based in Russia voted for the entry of the region into Russia, according to the preliminary data.

After counting 53% of votes at polling stations in Russia, 96.30% of Kherson residents based in Russia voted for the entry of the region into Russia, according to the data.

⚡️🇹🇷In the province of Ardagan, Turkey, an earthquake of magnitude 5 has occurred, the Turkish Disaster Relief Service AFAD reports.

“My roots are in Russia, so I’m only for Russia”

📹Have a look at Sputnik’s footage showing how the LPR residents speak about the referendum on joining Russia

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“There are queues of people voting there, people are forming (queues) already not paying attention to the artillery bursts”

Watch: Alexandr Kots, special correspondent of the Komsomolskaya Pravda media group, tells Sputnik’s correspondent how LPR residents came to vote in the referendum not paying attention to Ukrainian shelling

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❗️Swedish police said that they have launched a preliminary investigation into possible sabotage related to the Nord Stream 1 gas leak in the Baltic Sea.

💬"We have compiled a report and classified the crime as gross sabotage," a national police spokesman said.

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❗️Gas prices in Europe accelerated 19% during trading on Tuesday and rose above $2,050 per 1,000 cubic meters. The uptick came amid Gazprom's statements about possible Russian sanctions against Ukrainian firm Naftogaz in the event of a continuation of the trial on the transit of Russian gas to Europe, according to data from the London ICE exchange.

Previously, Gazprom categorically rejected all of Naftogaz's demands on the proceedings regarding the transit of Russian gas to Europe. The Russian firm stated that it would not pay for transit services not provided by the Ukrainian company and warned it about possible sanctions if the trial continues.

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‼️Sputnik exclusive : Preliminary conclusions from international observers of the referendums of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions on becoming part of the Russian Federation:

▪️International observers registered a high level of activity of citizens, their interest in participating in the referendum, and full understanding of the significance of their choice and its consequences;

▪️Participation in the referendum and voting were based on the free expression of citizens' will, no acts of coercion, pressure or bribery were observed;

▪️Referendums were organized in accordance with generally accepted standards and were assessed by the observers as good;

▪️All conditions for the free expression of the will of the citizens were created in accordance with the international principles and standards - universal, equal, direct right to participate in the referendum, secret ballots, openness and publicity of referendum procedures.

▪️In some local districts during the referendum, actions by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to intimidate residents were recorded, depriving them of the opportunity to exercise their right.

▪️There were no acts of multiple voting, voting without an identity document and no cases of refusal to issue ballots or any other irregularities.

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