⚡️Residents of Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions do not want to return to their former lives, they have made a conscious and free choice in favor of Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry says

“This is a national victory for all of us”

📹Watch how DPR head Denis Pushilin congratulates the Repuplic’s residents for having accomplished the referendum on joining Russia.

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❗️European Commission proposes new sanctions against Russia. They include:

▪️To introduce restrictions on Russia's oil prices;

▪️To ban EU citizens from holding senior positions in Russian state-owned companies;

▪️To impose sanctions against representatives of the Russian Defense Ministry, the DPR, the LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions;

▪️To impose sanctions against individuals who helped circumvent European restrictions against Russia.

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❗️The Investigation of gas leaks from the Nord Stream pipelines has been transferred to the Security Service in Sweden, the involvement of "Foreign States" is not excluded.

❗️The US will impose sanctions on participating countries that do not comply with Russian oil price cap, Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes says

“We have been fighting for eight years for our dream to return to our native home”

📹Watch how LPR head Leonid Pasechnik addresses Russian President Vladimir Putin to consider the issue of accession of the Russian Federation.

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⚡️Ukrainian troops launch missile attack on Polytechnic University in the center of Kherson, there are casualties; the building is destroyed, local Emergency Services report

📹Footage showing how the students of Melitopol State University have installed a “time capsule” containing wishes for a peaceful future.

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⚡️Russian Prosecutor General's Office launches case on act of international terrorism after alleged sabotage at Nord Stream pipelines

❗️The Kherson region is an independent state after the referendum, the chairman of the regional government has stated.

❗️The US announced a new package of arms and supplies for Ukraine worth $1.1 billion, AFP has reported, citing the Pentagon's official statement.

⚡️Russia warns the US, the UK against rash steps that could bring situation around Ukraine closer to a dangerous line, the head of Russian delegation in Vienna says

"Where is Jackie?"

US President Joe Biden has claimed to have “lost” former US Representative Jackie Walorski who died in a car accident on August 2022.

The Finnish minister of the interior lost consciousness during the emergency government briefing on the Nord Stream pipelines.

"I didn't ask for that, I didn't want to live under that in Syria, but that is what the West was pushing for us in Syria." Maram Susli, freelance journalist and contributor to AI-Mayadeeb, explained western interference

💬"The irony is, the same NGOs are supporting women's rights supposedly in Iran, they're the ones that supported terrorists taking over Syria and forcing headscarves on women in the areas that they control. Now, I didn't ask for that, I didn't want to live under that in Syria, but that is what the West was pushing for us in Syria… Why are these outside forces pushing one side or the other?"

🎧Listen to more of Susli’s analysis in our podcast: What Happened to the Mysterious "China Coup"?

❗️US Forces shoot down Iranian drone headed in direction of Iraq's Erbil, CENTCOM (US Central Command) reports

❗️ US State Department on whether it would object to Ukraine using weapons to attack Crimea: We don't select targets for Ukraine

📹Watch how members of the CEC approved the results of the DPR referendum on joining Russia.

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US President Joe Biden did not promise to destroy Nord Stream - he promised to "not allow" it to work, the White House has attempted to clarify.

🗯"The president said that [Nord Stream 2] wouldn’t become operational and we would work with Germany on that," White House Press Secretary Jean-Pierre said when asked about Biden’s previous statements on ending Nord Stream 2 and speculation about US sabotage, which she denied.

In February, the US president said that “there will be no longer a Nord Stream 2…We (the US) will bring an end to it” at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Seems that he was “misunderstood”.

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🔺No problem, bro: Former Polish Defence Minister thanks USA for blowing up Nord Stream pipeline
🔺 Who's gonna tell them? Seems like Europe is the real enemy of the United States
🔺14th anniversary of AFRICOM marks the rise of terrorist violence on the continent - how come?


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Pope Francis criticized “simplistic” thinking about the conflict in Ukraine during a meeting with 19 Jesuit priests in Kazakhstan, arguing that it is not “a cowboy film where there are good guys and bad guys”.

The Pope’s statement was quoted in the current edition of Jesuit magazine La Civiltà Cattolica, which is due to be published Thursday and has already been obtained by several media outlets.

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