❗️Russian MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️The Russian Army destroyed up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen in the Kupyansk direction;

▪️Russian troops eliminated more than 100 Ukrainian servicemen in the Donetsk direction;

▪️Russian forces destroyed temporary deployment points for units of the 61st and 72nd Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Army in the DPR;

▪️The Russian Army eliminated a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group in the DPR;

▪️ Russian forces hit accumulations of Ukrainian manpower and military equipment in the Krasny Liman direction, eliminating up to 50 servicemen;

▪️The Russian Air Force shot down two Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft and a Mi-8 helicopter in the DPR;

▪️ Russian air defenses destroyed five Ukrainian UAVs;

▪️ Russian air defenses shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft near Ugledar in the DPR.

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Vatican Knew of Germany's Plans to Attack Soviet Union in 1941, Russian Intelligence Says

Pope Pius XII, head of the Catholic Church from 1939-1958, knew about an offensive being prepared by Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union and ordered that Jesuits in the western Soviet territories move closer to the border to be ready to flee, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said.

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🔬 A group of Russian scientists from Saint Petersburg has unveiled a new wireless charger – a truly revolutionary product that they believe may change our daily habits. This video shows the prototype in action (courtesy of Dmitry Grigoriev of ITMO University).

The charger itself is a box that distributes a magnetic field throughout its entire volume, which allows up to three devices placed inside to be charged. The revolutionary part, according to the science team, is that this particular design could potentially be used to create whole charging “rooms.”

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❗️Eccentric billionaire Elon Musk is searching for a new Twitter CEO, US media reported.

Earlier, Musk lost in his own Twitter poll on whether he should resign as the company's CEO, with 57.5% coming out in favor of him stepping down. In October, Musk mentioned that his position as CEO would be temporary.

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📹🇷🇺 Visitors at the Moscow Zoo have shared a funny video of a seal that was taken aback by their presence.

Maybe they interrupted its daily spa routine in the sun? 🤔

What Does Russia Want From Ukraine?

How has Russia's strategy toward and position on Ukraine hardened over the years since the crisis was sparked by US and EU meddling in the Eastern European country in 2013-2014?

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🇮🇷 A video has emerged of Joe Biden declaring the peaceful nuclear energy deal with Iran "dead" even as talks continue.

The US president made the comments to Iranian emigrés at a campaign rally with fellow Democrat congressman Mike Levin in Oceanside, California on November 4, at a time when violent protests were raging in Iran with support from Washington.

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🇺🇸 "The US citizen’s dream”: Stanford University labels "American" as "harmful" language

A language guide noscriptd the Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative (EHLI) aims to remove “harmful language” from Stanford’s online properties.

▪️Filed under the “imprecise language” section, “American” is now a no-go word, because it refers to "people from the United States only and thereby insinuates that the US is the most important country in the Americas." “User” is also looked down upon with scorn, because it can also refer to people who “suffer from substance abuse issues.”

▪️The “gender-based” section advises against using “guys,” as it “reinforces male-dominated language,” while “ladies” is not inclusive enough for “everyone.”

▪️The “institutionalized racism” section urges to avoid “grandfathered,” because it has its "roots in the ‘grandfather clause’ adopted by Southern states to deny voting rights to Blacks."

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‼️Putin: Kiev Deliberately Strikes Residential Areas of Donetsk, Targeting Civilians

Kiev conducts strikes against residential areas of Donetsk, targeting civilians, while no foreign media and human rights activists say anything about it, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.

"As for these attacks, I understand that the strikes of Ukraine military directly hit residential areas of Donetsk... These are civilians [that are targeted]... No foreign media, nor any human rights organizations is commenting on this," Putin said at a meeting with the acting head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin.

Pushilin, in turn, appealed to Putin with a request to strengthen the republic with modern air defense systems against the background of increased Ukrainian shelling.

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Why EU Carbon Border Tax Will Lead to Market Destabilization, Higher Prices & Inflation

The EU carbon tax schemes are clearly incompatible with any idea of free trade and the mindset that contrived them might originate in the West's unipolar moment, according to Alex Krainer, researcher, trader and hedge fund manager, founder of Krainer Analytics, and creator of I-System Trend Following.

💬 "Such schemes might only make sense to the extent that the whole world adopts and implements them," Krainer told Sputnik. "Otherwise, they would set carbon-heavy economies at an arbitrary disadvantage against carbon-light economies. Carbon-heavy economies - industrial nations like Russia, China, India, Pakistan, the global south, oil and gas and mining producers have little incentive to abide by such schemes."

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‼️US Capitol Police Reportedly Boosts Security Ahead of Potential Zelensky Visit on Wednesday

The Wednesday visit is expected to see Zelensky meet with congressional leaders and national security committee senior lawmakers from the Democratic and Republican parties.

The Biden administration has not yet officially confirmed the visit will actually take place.

💬 “There's been some grumbling not only in the UK but also in the US that we're spending so much money on Ukraine when there are issues at home. People are really struggling in the UK. Pensioners don't have enough money to heat their homes, to buy healthy food, to just live their daily lives with some dignity that they deserve,” says Christopher Helali, a political and foreign affairs analyst and independent journalist.

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US Defense Budget Promises No Funding for Notorious Azov Regiment: Now What?

Could a provision in a fresh $44.9 billion aid package to Ukraine really stop US taxpayer dollars from going to a notorious neo-Nazi militia? Probably not.

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⚡Zelensky Visit Meant to 'Shake Down' US Lawmakers to Include $45 Billion in New Aid - Source

"It appears to be an effort to shake down Congress for $45 billion in funds in the omnibus. Joint session on Wednesday," a congressional aide told Sputnik on Tuesday.

‼️ Peruvian Congress approves plan for early elections amid political crisis

💬 “I think that any idea that [EU is] going to go below that price cap is going to be suicide, economic suicide for the European Union. And that's why countries that rely on Russian oil - Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria, also, let's think of Hungary, which has an active and important pipeline. That's where it gets the majority of its oil. They won't agree to it because we don't really get, Russia hasn't necessarily turned off the taps entirely. But this could escalate an ongoing economic war and it could heightened tensions to new heights. I don't think that they're going to go for it,” says Christopher Helali, a political and foreign affairs analyst and independent journalist.

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👀 US House Ways and Means Committee Votes to Release Redacted Version of Trump Taxes

The House Ways and Means Committee approved a motion to release former President Donald Trump's tax records to the public.

The committee voted 24-16 Tuesday night in favor of releasing Trump's tax records.

Last month, the US Supreme Court rejected Trump's effort to block the US House Ways and Means Committee to obtain his tax records for the last six years.

🤨Twitter CEO Elon Musk has announced he will step down once he finds 'someone foolish enough to take the job'