📹 “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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An oil storage tank caught fire near the Kursk airport in central Russia as a result of a drone attack and the fire is now under control, the governor said. There are no casualties.

Yesterday Ukrainian forces attacked "Dyagilevo and Engels military airfields in the Ryazan and Saratov regions in an attempt to disable Russian long-range aviation," using Soviet jet drones, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Three military personnel were killed during the attack, and four were injured

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White House: 'Twitter Files' Release Showing How Hunter Biden Story Was Censored ‘Not Healthy’

White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said the revelations suggesting high-level collusion between Twitter officials and the Biden administration are "unhealthy".

🗣 “What is happening [on Twitter is] frankly… not healthy,” Jean-Pierre claimed. “It won’t do anything to help a single American improve their lives.”

Last week, leaked emails from Twitter employees revealed that the social media giant coordinated with US intelligence agencies to claim falsely that files extracted from Hunter Biden's laptop were the product of a Russian disinformation campaign

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⚡️Magnitude 6.2 earthquake shakes the coast of the Indonesian island of Java, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center said. There has been no information about any possible casualties and the threat of a tsunami was not announced.

Last month, an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck West Java, killing 331 people, injuring thousands and leaving tens of thousands homeless after buildings collapsed and landslides occurred

US Anti-China Chip Ban Worsens Shortages, Inflation in Bid for 'Sovereign Capability'

In October, the Biden administration tightened controls on semiconductor technology exports to China to limit Beijing's ability to produce certain high-performance microchips used for military purposes.

However, some American companies have already complained about the possible negative consequences of restrictions, such as higher costs and supply chain problems. US-based company KLA Corp, which supplies testing and measuring equipment to the semiconductor industry, forecasts losses of between $600Mln and $900Mln in 2023, given that China was its largest source of revenue

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Pyongyang Says Opened Artillery Fire in Response to South Korean Shelling at Contact Line

North Korea opened artillery fire in response to areas near the contact line being shelled by South Korea, the General Staff of the Korean People's Army reports.

"The General Staff of the Korean People's Army gave the alarm of combat readiness for emergency, and an urgent instruction to strengthen the watch of the enemy situation to units at all levels including the front artillery units of the People's Army. It also gave an order to the front artillery units to fire warning shots into the sea," the staff said in a statement, quoted by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

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‼️ At least 8 people were reportedly killed and 9 more injured in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan

According to local media reports, a bomb detonated inside a bus carrying Hairatan Oil company workers in Balkh province

⚡️Russian oil has been and will be in demand, logistics chains will change, but there is no tragedy in this, Russian Deputy PM Novak says

⚡️Russian Deputy PM Novak:

▪️The price ceiling on Russian oil will lead to an increase in world prices

▪️Russia, amid an uncertain situation, may reduce oil production