⚡️ A 5.5 magnitude earthquake registered in Indonesia, seismologists say

📹🚀 A Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Progress MS-22 cargo spacecraft, bound for the International Space Station (ISS), was launched from the Baikonur space center on Thursday, according to a broadcast by Russian state space corporation Roscosmos.

👌🏽 Thus, Russia set a national record of 100 consecutive successful launches of space launch vehicles in its modern history.

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🗣 Western countries do not provide necessary aid to the Syrian government, which is dealing with the fallout of the devastating earthquake, and only care about Turkiye or areas in Syria that are controlled by terrorist or opposition groups, the Syrian Presidency’s Special Advisor Bouthaina Shaaban said.

💬 "Unfortunately, the West only cares about areas where the terrorists are - where the White Helmets are - but they do not care about the areas in which most Syrian people live... Most of the money, all of the equipment has been dispatched to Turkiye from Europe and from the US. Nothing to Syria from Europe, at all," Shaaban told media.

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❗️ Hersh's report on Nord Stream explosions will entail consequences for US despite Washington's denials - Russian deputy foreign minister to Sputnik

▪️ Earlier, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh confirmed to Sputnik that he authored an investigative report saying that US Navy divers planted explosives to destroy the Nord Stream pipelines last year.

📹 Russia's MoD has revealed footage showing Tornado-S MLRS crews in combat at night as part of the special military operation

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❗️ Latest statements by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

▪️ The Nord Stream explosion should not be left without investigation, otherwise this may happen again. There are not many countries in the world that can commit such acts of sabotage. However, Russia is not allowed to investigate;

▪️ The line between indirect and direct involvement of Britain, France and Germany in the conflict in Ukraine is gradually disappearing;

▪️ Russia cannot accept the results of MH17 investigations, in which it was not involved.

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🗣 "This is dynamite. And I think this story has legs. And I think this story is going to cause a lot of problems for a lot of people going forward," Scott Ritter, a former UN weapons inspector & weapons of mass destruction whistleblower speaking on Seymour Hersh's revelation about US involvement in the Nord Stream bombings

💬 "Look, it's Seymour Hersh. The reputation speaks for itself. So when he writes it, it's well-sourced. This is an article that condemns the United States and condemns Norway, who is a coconspirator or a collaborator in this attack. And it condemns Germany for allowing itself to be attacked in this nature. And it absolves Russia," he added.

He also commented that the revelation will be silenced by western media: "I don't think you're going to see Seymour Hersh out there trying to pimp this thing. It's going to pimp itself. Of course, every journalist is going to be trying to talk to him. I believe every journalist is trying to talk to him. I just think he's at the point in his career where he doesn't need that, he doesn't need to get in the middle of the storm."

🎧 Listen to more of Scott’s analysis in our podcast The Critical Hour: Biden's State of the Union Address Failed to Reassure Skeptics and Address Americans' Pain Points

⚡️ Turkiye's earthquake death toll has risen to 14,014 with 63,794 injured, President Erdogan says

A Sputnik correspondent took drone footage of Elbistan city, Kahramanmarash province

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🛸☁️ Who is the king of the sky now? A crow was seen attacking a delivery drone that was on its way to get a sleepy customer his morning cup of coffee.

Little did it expect to encounter an unprovoked mid-air attack! However, the tired bird finally surrendered and the coffee-delivering drone completed its rounds.

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❗️ The Russian delegation in Africa feels that Western diplomats are harassing it with preventive visits aimed at damaging relations "with our African friends," Lavrov said

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❗️ The West, with such "stubbornness and insolence" demands from countries on different continents to condemn Russia, because it feels it is wrong, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a joint press conference with Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali al-Sadiq Ali.

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⚡️ Lavrov: the agreement on the creation of a material support center for the Russian Navy in Sudan is in the process of ratification

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Catch our Fault Lines show where we provide updates and analysis on all the most vital stories! Here's our line-up for Thursday:

🔺 To kick things off, we’ll be discussing the latest Seymour Hersh investigation claiming that the Nord Stream was blown up by the US Navy
🔺 We'll also discuss attempts to discredit Roger Waters who spoke in the UN yesterday at the invitation of the Russian delegation
🔺 And, we’ll update you on the current situation in earthquake-hit Syria and Turkey

Tune in to Radio Sputnik at 7am EST|4am PST|1pm CET via the website or watch on Odysee!

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A Sputnik correspondent has published footage showing the Turkish city of Diyarbakir, where a body of an earthquake victim was removed from under the ruins of an 11-story building.

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❗️The latest briefing from Russia's MoD on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️The strikes of Russian aviation and artillery inflicted a defeat on the troops and equipment of the units of the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade and the 14th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the LPR and the Kharkov region. Up to 30 Ukrainian soldiers, three pickup trucks, and one US-made M777 artillery system were destroyed.

▪️In the DPR and LPR, as a result of air strikes, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, units of the 116th Territorial Defense Brigade, the 92nd Mechanized, 81st Airmobile and 95th Air Assault Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated. Over 110 Ukrainian troops, three armored combat vehicles, a Grad MLRS installation, two D-20 howitzers, and an ammunition depot in the Kharkov region were destroyed.

▪️In the Donetsk People's Republic, during the offensive of Russian troops, air strikes and artillery fire, up to 90 Ukrainian soldiers, two armored combat vehicles, six vehicles, a US-made M109 Paladin artillery system, as well as a US-made counter-battery combat radar AN / TPQ-50 were destroyed. In addition, four warehouses of artillery ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

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