Russian Diplomat: US Complicit in Ukrainian HIMARS Attack on Donbass Hospital That Killed 14 People

The Ukrainian troops targeted a hospital in Novoaydar in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) using the US-made multiple rocket launcher system HIMARS, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. As a result, 14 people were killed and 24 others injured.

Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansky has blamed the United States for the Ukrainian attack on a hospital in the Donbass, saying that the use of the HIMARS rocket launchers was green-lit by Washington, which made the US "directly complicit."

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Russia Unwilling to Hold Talks With Tokyo on Fishing Near Kuril Islands

Moscow has informed Tokyo that, due to anti-Russian measures taken by the Japanese government, Russia cannot agree on the holding of intergovernmental consultations on marine fishing cooperation in the area of the southern Kuril Islands, the Russian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.

"In the context of the anti-Russian measures taken by the Japanese government, which obviously run counter to the spirit and letter of the 1998 agreement on strengthening and developing good neighborliness, the Russian side has informed Tokyo that it could not agree on holding intergovernmental consultations on the implementation of this agreement," the ministry said in a statement.

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❗️A bus plunged off a bridge and burst into flames, local media has reported.

"The dead bodies... are beyond recognition," Hamza Anjum, a senior official of Lasbela district in Pakistan’s Balochistan province said.

The bus was believed to have been carrying 48 passengers when it hit a pillar on the bridge and fell off.

Group of Pentagon Officials Secretly Lobbying Sending F-16 Jets to Ukraine, Reports Say

According to the newspaper, the campaign for F-16s to Ukraine is gathering momentum in the Pentagon while Kiev is bracing for a planned offensive this spring.

A senior Pentagon official told US media that he did not think the US Department of Defense was opposed to the idea, stressing that there was no final decision on the possible supplies yet. Meanwhile, Ukraine should clearly indicate that F-16 fighter jets are "its top priority," the source said.

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⚡️⚡️UK PM fires Conservative chairman after tax probe

Rishi Sunak let Nadhim Zahawi go over the "serious breach of the Ministerial Code" caused by Zahawi's tax-related hijinks.

Sunak ordered a probe into Zahawi this week after it was discovered that the Tory chairman had been hit with a massive fine for the late payment of millions of pounds in taxes on the transfer of polling and market research firm YouGov to an offshore trust in Gibraltar controlled by his parents.

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📹 Crews of Russian 120 mm mortars and 152 mm Giatsint towed cannons destroyed a group of Ukrainian servicemen in the Avdeyevka direction

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❗️The HIMARS rocket strike on a hospital by the Kiev regime is a war crime, and all those behind the attack will be punished, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The lack of reaction from the West to violations of humanitarian law by Kiev once again confirms its direct involvement in the conflict, the ministry added.

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🇿🇼 🇧🇾 Belarus President Lukashenko to visit Zimbabwe in first trip to Sub-Saharan Africa

Alexander Lukashenko will visit Zimbabwe from 30 January to 1 February 2023. the country's Foreign Affairs ministry spokesman Livit Mugejo announced.

🗣 “The State visit is meant to strengthen the existing excellent relations between Zimbabwe and the Republic of Belarus. The two countries have a history of strong cooperation in political, economic, mining, agriculture and disaster risk management,” Mugejo said.

He said that during the state visit, Lukashenko is scheduled to hold talks with his counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa, and that several deals between the two countries are set to be agreed

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🏆🎾 Novak Djokovic has claimed his 10th Australian Open championship and 22nd Grand Slam noscript overall by beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6:3, 7:6 (7:4), 7:6 (7:5)

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🇰🇵🇰🇷 A South Korean soldier mistakenly opened fire during a training along the border with North Korea, prompting Seoul to inform Pyongyang that the shooting was not intentional, media reported.

The soldier reportedly fired four live rounds from a machine gun during an army unit training session at one of the observation posts in the demilitarized zone in the province of Gangwon-do at 6:27 p.m. Saturday (9:27 GMT), during which no firing was envisioned, South Korean news agency reported Sunday, citing military sources.

All of the bullets landed on the South Korean side of the Military Demarcation Line, the report read.

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⚡️ Ukrainian troops launched a HIMARS rocket that hit a road bridge in Zaporozhye region; there are casualties, local authorities say

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

▪️Russian troops took up positions along advantageous lines and frontiers in the Donetsk direction, killing up to 90 Ukrainian soldiers;

▪️Russian forces continued their successful offensive in the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, defeating the enemy in the Zaporozhye region's areas of Ugledar, Prechistovka, Shevchenko and Dorozhnyanky;

▪️The total losses of the enemy per day in the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions amounted to 100 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded;

▪️The enemy's losses in Krasny Liman direction amounted to 110 military personnel; two US-made M777 artillery systems, and two US-made Paladin self-propelled artillery mounts

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Swedish Chief Negotiator Has No Idea When NATO Talks With Turkey Will Resume

Oscar Stenström once again confirmed that the Swedish-Turkish dialogue had been put on hold, after Ankara postponed the talks over a series of provocations in the Nordic country, including burning of the Quran near the Turkish Embassy.

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