❗️ The IAEA Director General said that he had held talks with the head of Rosatom in Istanbul on the creation of a protective zone around the Zaporozhye NPP
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Catch our Fault Lines show where we provide updates on all the most vital stories! Here's our line-up for Wednesday:
🔺 First, we discuss tensions in Kosovo
🔺 Next, we touch upon the latest economic data
🔺 And, our Sputnik host Garland Nixon is BANNED on Twitter!
All of these and more if you tune in to Radio Sputnik at 7am EST|4am PST|1pm CET via the website or app!
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🔺 First, we discuss tensions in Kosovo
🔺 Next, we touch upon the latest economic data
🔺 And, our Sputnik host Garland Nixon is BANNED on Twitter!
All of these and more if you tune in to Radio Sputnik at 7am EST|4am PST|1pm CET via the website or app!
📻 Also in the United States at 105.5FM, 104.7FM, 102.9FM, 13.90AM
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❗️ UK Supreme Court rules Scotland cannot hold second independence referendum
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🇪🇺 Brussels plans to soften the conditions of a price cap on Russian oil, US media reported, citing an internal EU document.
▪️ The EU proposed the introduction of a 45-days transition period before a price cap on Russian oil comes into full force. This “grace period” will be applied to oil loaded before December 5, which is the day the bloc is expected to ban Russian crude imports, and unloaded before January 19. The bloc also suggested a 90-day transition in the event of any potential changes to the level of the price cap.
▪️ The cap would also ban companies from providing shipping and other services like insurance, brokering, and the financial assistance necessary to transport Russian oil anywhere, unless it is sold below the agreed-upon threshold.
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▪️ The EU proposed the introduction of a 45-days transition period before a price cap on Russian oil comes into full force. This “grace period” will be applied to oil loaded before December 5, which is the day the bloc is expected to ban Russian crude imports, and unloaded before January 19. The bloc also suggested a 90-day transition in the event of any potential changes to the level of the price cap.
▪️ The cap would also ban companies from providing shipping and other services like insurance, brokering, and the financial assistance necessary to transport Russian oil anywhere, unless it is sold below the agreed-upon threshold.
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📹WATCH: Russian rocket artillery batteries training on Belarusian polygons (video courtesy of Russia's MoD)
Grad multiple launch rocket systems used in the special operation can shoot 40 rockets within 20 seconds - enough to destroy the entire enemy subdivision.
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Grad multiple launch rocket systems used in the special operation can shoot 40 rockets within 20 seconds - enough to destroy the entire enemy subdivision.
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❗️ Russia’s MoD has denied media reports about the alleged conversation between Gerasimov and the chairman of the NATO military committee, Bauer, on the movement of ships in the Black Sea
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📹 A resident of Mariupol is glad that her daughter can now study at school in Russian
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❗️ Some regions of Moldova, together with Kishinev, were left without electricity - Deputy Prime Minister
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❗️The Russian MoD’s briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:
▪️In the DPR, Russian troops continue their offensive: More than 60 Ukrainian sоldiers and five armored fighting vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in a day;
▪️A Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group was destroyed in the area of Novodarovka, Zaporozhye region. More than 40 Ukrainian troops were killed and wounded, three armored vehicles, MT-LB and four pickup trucks were destroyed;
▪️Russian troops repelled a Ukrainian attack in the direction of Pavlovka in the DPR. As a result of a pre-emptive fire raid, the enemy reserves moving out of the settlement of Ugledar were defeated;
▪️As a result of Russian artillery fire in this direction, more than 30 Ukrainian troops, two cars and one mortar were destroyed;
▪️Near Krasny Liman, up to 20 Ukrainian troops, three mortar crews and two cars were destroyed;
▪️Russian forces hit the command post of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Volnyansk, Zaporozhye region;
▪️In the area of Nikolaevka in the DPR, an AN / TPQ-37 counter-battery radar was destroyed;
▪️Two depots of missile and artillery weapons and ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the LPR and Zaporozhye region;
▪️Russian air defense systems shot down five UAVs
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▪️In the DPR, Russian troops continue their offensive: More than 60 Ukrainian sоldiers and five armored fighting vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in a day;
▪️A Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group was destroyed in the area of Novodarovka, Zaporozhye region. More than 40 Ukrainian troops were killed and wounded, three armored vehicles, MT-LB and four pickup trucks were destroyed;
▪️Russian troops repelled a Ukrainian attack in the direction of Pavlovka in the DPR. As a result of a pre-emptive fire raid, the enemy reserves moving out of the settlement of Ugledar were defeated;
▪️As a result of Russian artillery fire in this direction, more than 30 Ukrainian troops, two cars and one mortar were destroyed;
▪️Near Krasny Liman, up to 20 Ukrainian troops, three mortar crews and two cars were destroyed;
▪️Russian forces hit the command post of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Volnyansk, Zaporozhye region;
▪️In the area of Nikolaevka in the DPR, an AN / TPQ-37 counter-battery radar was destroyed;
▪️Two depots of missile and artillery weapons and ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the LPR and Zaporozhye region;
▪️Russian air defense systems shot down five UAVs
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😄 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the resolution of the European Parliament on recognizing Russia as a "sponsor of terrorism": I propose to recognize the European parliament as a sponsor of idiocy.
▪️ Earlier, the European Parliament adopted a non-binding resolution recognizing Russia as a "state sponsor of terrorism".
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▪️ Earlier, the European Parliament adopted a non-binding resolution recognizing Russia as a "state sponsor of terrorism".
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🇳🇦 Namibia removes a statue of a German colonial-era officer, who was ‘wrongly’ regarded as the founder of Windhoek
📄 The statue of Curt von François, a German officer in the then-German colony of South West Africa, was removed from Namibia’s capital City of Windhoek on Wednesday as a result of a petition led by a Namibian activist.
🗣 Hildegard Titus, the author of the petition, said Von François had “wrongly been called the founder of Windhoek”, adding that the German officer was a symbol of “colonial oppression.”
Von François, who served as a senior officer in Namibia in the period from 1889 to 1894, was celebrated as the founder the African country’s capital city.
The officer is believed to be responsible for the 1893 Hoornkrans Massacre, which resulted in the death of at least 80 Nama people, most of whom were women and children as he was the commanding officer of the operation.
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📄 The statue of Curt von François, a German officer in the then-German colony of South West Africa, was removed from Namibia’s capital City of Windhoek on Wednesday as a result of a petition led by a Namibian activist.
🗣 Hildegard Titus, the author of the petition, said Von François had “wrongly been called the founder of Windhoek”, adding that the German officer was a symbol of “colonial oppression.”
Von François, who served as a senior officer in Namibia in the period from 1889 to 1894, was celebrated as the founder the African country’s capital city.
The officer is believed to be responsible for the 1893 Hoornkrans Massacre, which resulted in the death of at least 80 Nama people, most of whom were women and children as he was the commanding officer of the operation.
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⚡️Latest statements by Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO):
▪️Russia will contribute to the stabilization of the situation in Afghanistan. A current priority task is the formation of an inclusive government in the country;
▪️The use of CSTO forces in Kazakhstan has been analyzed - Russia supports the decision to equip CSTO forces with modern weapons;
▪️The situation in Afghanistan remains difficult, the threat of infiltration of militants into CSTO countries is still high;
▪️Hopefully decisions on border delimitation, humanitarian issues will allow Baku, Yerevan to reach a peace treaty.
▪️Russia will contribute to the stabilization of the situation in Afghanistan. A current priority task is the formation of an inclusive government in the country;
▪️The use of CSTO forces in Kazakhstan has been analyzed - Russia supports the decision to equip CSTO forces with modern weapons;
▪️The situation in Afghanistan remains difficult, the threat of infiltration of militants into CSTO countries is still high;
▪️Hopefully decisions on border delimitation, humanitarian issues will allow Baku, Yerevan to reach a peace treaty.
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⚡️An update from Russia's MoD:
▪️On Wednesday, as a result of the negotiations with Kiev, 35 Russian soldiers were released. They were in mortal danger in captivity;
▪️All released Russian troops are provided with the necessary medical and psychological assistance;
▪️Released Russian troops will be delivered to Moscow by military planes for treatment and rehabilitation.
▪️On Wednesday, as a result of the negotiations with Kiev, 35 Russian soldiers were released. They were in mortal danger in captivity;
▪️All released Russian troops are provided with the necessary medical and psychological assistance;
▪️Released Russian troops will be delivered to Moscow by military planes for treatment and rehabilitation.
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❗️US President Joe Biden has ordered that $400 million be allocated in military assistance to Ukraine - White House
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New Study Offers 'Big 180' on Ancient Egypt's Mummification
For a long time, it was believed that mummification was about preserving bodies with salt after death, but a new study has claimed that they did it using a special material - senetjer - which literally means 'to make divine', which is used in religious ceremonies. According to this new concept, removing the internal organs and placing bodies within sarcophaguses have a different meaning.
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For a long time, it was believed that mummification was about preserving bodies with salt after death, but a new study has claimed that they did it using a special material - senetjer - which literally means 'to make divine', which is used in religious ceremonies. According to this new concept, removing the internal organs and placing bodies within sarcophaguses have a different meaning.
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