🇬🇧 ✊ The United Kingdom lost the largest number of working days in 2022 since 1989, as workers hit the streets demanding higher wages, media reported Tuesday.

▪️ The number of working days lost to labor disputes in December amounted to 843,000, bringing the total number of strike days from June to December 2022 to 2,471,000, marking the highest number since 1989, UK broadcaster Sky News reported, citing data from the country's Office for National Statistics.

😠 The UK has seen a series of strikes by civil servants over the past months as people express their dissatisfaction with the worsening economic situation caused by rising energy prices and soaring inflation in the country. Employees of railroad companies, post offices, airports, and lawyers, among others, are taking part in the strikes.

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

▪️The Russian Army eliminated up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen in the Kupyansk direction;

▪️Russian troops eliminated up to 100 Ukrainian servicemen and destroyed a Grad MLRS in the Krasny Liman direction;

▪️Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian hangar with military equipment in the Avdeevka area in the DPR;

▪️The Russian Army eliminated over 60 Ukrainian servicemen during an offensive in the Donetsk direction;

▪️The losses of Ukrainian troops in the South Donetsk direction amounted to 40 servicemen;

▪️The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft and an Mi-8 helicopter in the DPR;

▪️Russian troops destroyed a Ukrainian command post for an electronic warfare unit in the Kharkov region;

▪️Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian Msta-B howitzer in the Kherson direction.

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❗️Nikki Haley, who served as U.N. ambassador and governor of South Carolina, announces 2024 run for president

Imran Khan Says Gen. Bajwa Demanded He Condemn Russia Over Special Op in Ukraine

🇷🇺🇵🇰Khan, who was ousted from power through a no-confidence vote in April 2022, said that he had successfully negotiated a deal with President Vladimir Putin during his state visit to Moscow, who agreed to sell fuel and wheat to Pakistan at similar rates Russian had agreed with the Indian government. However, when he returned to Pakistan, instead of lauding him, Gen. Bajwa demanded Khan come out against Russia.

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Why Does US Have Bases in Syria and How Big a Threat Do They Pose to the Region

Did you know that a US base is openly training "former" jihadists in Syria for terrorist operations against European countries? How are they able to get away with it?

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⚡️ Kiev preparing fake evidence of alleged theft of radioactive materials by Russian military from Chernobyl NPP, Russian Defense Ministry says.

Norwegian specialists along with the special services of Ukraine fabricated protocols on radioactive contamination in the Kiev region, Russia's Joint Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian Response said on Tuesday.

"Currently, Norwegian experts have conducted a 'survey' of the terrain in the areas adjacent to the Kiev-Pripyat highway, as well as in the settlements of Bucha, Gostomel and Irpin, where fabricated protocols were drawn up together with representatives of the Ukrainian special services on the alleged presence of 'radioactive contamination' of these territories," the statement said.

✈️ Two Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers conduct scheduled flight over neutral waters of Bering Sea (video courtesy of Russian MoD)

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🎈Since the beginning of February, there have been more and more reports about UFOs appearing all over the world. Joe Biden has even ordered the US Intelligence Community to form a team to study unidentified aerial objects that may pose a threat to the US and has begun holding daily intelligence briefings on the issue.

Take look at Sputnik’s infographic to see which countries have encountered UFOs in recent time

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📹 Modernized BRM-1K combat and reconnaissance vehicles join the Russian Army

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📹 US media has published footage showing a missile strike that allegedly killed American mercenary Pete Reed

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How does Russia's BTR-82A stack up against the M1126 Stryker armored personnel carriers NATO plans to send Ukraine?

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⚡️ With the death toll at standing at 35,418, the February 6 earthquakes have become Turkiye's most lethal natural disaster, surpassing the 1939 earthquake, Erdogan said.

He added that the weather conditions are hindering rescue efforts and recovery of infrastructure after the earthquakes, also noting that there are also problems with water supply.

How West is Politicizing Provision of Aid to Syria, Trying to Capitalize on Disaster

"Syria needs all kinds of help," Samiha Shalati, Syrian political and social activist, told Sputnik. "Syria needs help, especially in the field of oil and energy. We need oil for our driving, for our vehicles. We need oil for our electricity to work. We don't have electricity. We are freezing. We are freezing even inside our houses. We need urgent medical supplies, urgent food supplies, everything in Syria, everyone - all of us - need help. So I think it will be a very good idea for the international community to work together and not to politicize humanitarian issues like what's happening in the US."

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Japan's Hypersonic Weapons Won't Make Asia-Pacific More Secure, But the Contrary, Expert Warns

In the aftermath of the Second World War, Tokyo adhered to a largely pacifist security policy. However, over the last decade, Japan has been gradually revising its defense strategy. Last year, the nation unveiled a bold new military plan that envisages considerably stepping up its defense expenditures within the next five years. The new funding, amounting to roughly $320 billion, marks the country's largest military build-up since the Second World War.

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Scott Ritter on Hersh Nord Stream Bombshell: US Sabotaged Russia-Ukraine Peace Deal to Stop Pipeline

The timeline of the Biden administration’s preparations to attack the Nord Stream pipeline outlined by Sy Hersh in his bombshell Substack article offers clues to understanding why former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson flew to Kiev on NATO’s behalf in the spring of 2022 to sabotage a peace agreement which had apparently been reached by Russian and Ukrainian negotiators, former UN weapons inspector and retired Marine major Scott Ritter says.

💬 “If we had accepted peace in April, then Nord Stream would have still existed. In fact, it would have thrived because there would have been peace. No more reason to shut it down. We had to terminate the peace effort while we put the pieces in place to shut down Nord Stream 2, which was the objective,” Ritter said.

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