❗️Putin has visited the Crimean Bridge after its reconstruction, spoken with construction workers, and driven across the bridge in a car.

The bridge was damaged as a result of a terrorist attack organized by Ukrainian special services in early October.

How Many Nuclear Submarines Does the US Have?

After analyzing the sea-based nuclear arsenals of China and Russia, let's take a look at what the Pentagon can oppose them with.

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Child Labor: How US is Failing Its Most Vulnerable for the Sake of Profit

The Department of Labor (DOL) found 3,876 kids working in breach of labor rules in the US in fiscal year 2022. These include a shocking child labor case at the Packers Sanitation Services corporation, which was sued by the DOL last month, and a scandal involving three underage employees, between 12 and 15 years old, working for the SMART Alabama factory, a Hyundai subsidiary.

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‘We Haven’t Got This Figured Out Yet’, Pentagon Says of Ukraine Aid as US Runs Low on Arms to Send

Well over nine months into the Ukraine crisis, Washington still hasn’t “figured out” how to balance weapons deliveries to Kiev and the mounting problems in replacing the guns, bullets and bombs sent to the Eastern European country, the Pentagon’s top bean counter has indicated.

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⚡️ Ukraine launched drone attacks on Russian military airfields, UAVs brought down by air defenses - MoD

"On the morning of December 5, using Soviet-made jet-powered unmanned aerial vehicles, the Kiev regime attempted to attack the Dyagilevo and Engels military airfields in Ryazan and Saratov regions in an attempt to disable Russian long-range aircraft," Russia's Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

Washington and its allies have sent multiple parties of unmanned aerial vehicles to Kiev in recent months, ranging from reconnaissance drones to small weapons-carrying UAVs, as well as naval drones. Ukrainian forces have used these weapons in attacks against Russian troops, bases and civilian infrastructure.

Fault Lines discussed Australian PM Anthony Albanese's request for the US government to end its pursuit of Julian Assange with Misty Winston, a political activist, organizer and co-host of both the Facts On The Ground podcast and #FreeAssange vigils.

💬 "That is just monumentally insane to me that that is something that has been allowed to continue for this long and that there hasn't been a huge uproar from journalism, like we say with The New York Times and Der Spiegel, and all those people. Why hasn't that happened years ago? Why didn't it happen immediately following his arrest or whatever? All of media, every single outlet on planet Earth should be screaming about this from the top of their lungs. This is the future of press freedom, period. This hinges on this case - if Julian Assange is allowed to be extradited and prosecuted in the United States of America for the crime of doing journalism that opens a door and that destroys press freedom forever. And I do not think that we come back from that. We cannot afford to lose this one."

Listen to more of Winston’s analysis on our podcast: Australia Wants US to Stop Pursuing Assange; Congress Averts Rail Crisis

⚡️ Only Russia able to ensure physical, nuclear security of Zaporozhye NPP, Foreign Ministry says

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Mystery of History: What Happened to the ‘Lost Patrol’ in the Bermuda Triangle 77 Years Ago?

Flight 19 was the designation of a group of five General Motors TBM Avenger torpedo bombers that disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle on December 5, 1945. Sputnik takes a deep dive into the circumstances of their disappearance.

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‼️US stock indices closed at a considerable loss on Monday, as investors struggle to make sense of contradictory market trends in the face of increasing fears a recession is on the horizon.

At closing bell on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen by 482.78 points, a 1.40% decline to end at 33,947.10. The S&P 500 fell by 72.86 points, a 1.79% decline to finish at 3,998.84. The Nasdaq Composite declined by 1.93%, falling 221.56 points to close at 11,239.94.

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📹 “The shelling is constant – it’s impossible to get used to it”: Yaroslav grew up in the DPR, joined the military right after school and has been serving for over two years

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“Three days later I woke up in the entrance of the block with severe frostbite”: A resident of Mariupol lost her whole family and was seriously injured in Ukrainian shelling

📹 A native of Kharkov describes what sort of misinformation the Ukrainian regime is spreading about life in Russia

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Why G7 Price Capping Won't Harm Russia, But Will Accelerate Inflation & Recession in the West

💬 "The Western price cap on Russian oil exports is neither viable nor enforceable," Dr. Mamdouh G. Salameh, an international oil economist and global energy expert, told Sputnik. "Therefore, it is doomed to fail miserably. Russia, the global oil market and OPEC+ will reject it."

Possible supply disruptions from OPEC producers or OPEC+'s decision to slash their collective output could exacerbate the uncertainty engulfing the world's energy markets. OPEC+ members are interested in $100 or higher for Brent crude: with the exception of Russia, they need the increase in oil costs to balance their budgets, according to Salameh. He forecast that the cartel will assess the market reaction to the price cap and then take action.

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‼️Explosions heard in Nikopol & Dnepropetrovsk region - media

From 'Banana Wars' to Steel Tariffs, Trade Spats That Have Marred US-EU Trade

Washington’s new legislation, the $430 billion Inflation Reduction Act, signed recently by President Joe Biden, has set the EU and the US headed towards the brink of what has been dubbed a major transatlantic trade dispute.

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📹 The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage showing Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile system in action

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