Russian Technology Could Replace German at Hungary's Paks-2 NPP, Szijjarto Says

Russian technologies could replace German ones at Hungary's Paks-2 Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) if the German government keeps blocking Siemens' participation in the construction project, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.

Szijjarto earlier said German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Economy Minister Robert Habeck from the Green Party, who do not issue permit to supply a process control system to Siemens, involved in the construction of new units, hinder the construction of the Paks-2 NPP.

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📌 LIVE UPDATES: Czech Republic Reportedly Provides Weapons Worth $455Mln to Ukraine

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East Palestine Spox Blasts Biden: He ‘Feels Safer in a War Zone in Ukraine’ Than Ohio

A spokesman for the people of East Palestine spoke with Sputnik News about the “disappointment” surrounding Joe Biden’s decision to travel to Ukraine instead of East Palestine, criticized the authorities’ response to the crisis, and said Ohio communities have had to step up and come together to solve their problems on their own.

“I was out of town on business and my buddy texted me and he says, basically, ‘Hey, there's a train derailment in Palestine.’ But about 15 minutes later, I'm getting probably 10, 15, 20, 30 texts a minute. And it's: ‘your town's on fire.’”

East Palestine, Ohio, has seen derailments before – but none like this.

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❗️ Military aircraft crashes in Russia's Belgorod region, investigators working on spot - authorities

⚡️ Pilot of military plane that crashed in Russia's Belgorod region ejected, he is alive as per preliminary data - emergency services

👏 Former Donald Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn has expressed admiration for the values supported and promoted by Russian President Vladimir Putin in opposition to the ideology of the West.

Retired Lt. General Michael Flynn went on Twitter to underscore that it was “fascinating” to hear the Russian leader discuss "the strong values the West is destroying”.

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⚡️ Russia’s MoD has reported that after completing a combat mission, an Su-25 of the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed while returning to its base in the Belgorod Region.

▪️ The pilot died, the plane crashed in a deserted area and there was no destruction on the ground.

▪️ According to preliminary data, the disaster was caused by a technical malfunction, the department said.

❗️ Key statements made by the Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Vassily Nebenzia at the special session of the General Assembly of the World Organization for Ukraine:

▪️ The West will have to answer for blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines;

▪️ The draft Western resolution in the UN General Assembly on Ukraine remains anti-Russian and harmful. Russia urges that the UN resolution on Ukraine be defeated if amendments are rejected;

▪️ "Peace plans" of Western countries and Ukraine fundamentally involve the surrender of Russia;

▪️ Russia views the situation around Ukraine as a war with the collective West for survival;

▪️ Western countries have been deliberately preparing Ukraine for a war against Russia for many years;

▪️ Negotiations on the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis should no longer be conducted with Kiev, but with Washington. Moscow is ready to examine a diplomatic solution;

▪️ Ukrainians entering Western countries actually become "powerless laborers" and are exploited.

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❗️The Crimean Bridge is now fully open to traffic on all lanes, Russian Deputy PM Marat Khusnullin said.

On October 8, the landmark Crimean Bridge connecting the peninsula with Russia's mainland was damaged as a result of a terrorist attack that Moscow believes was carried out by the Ukrainian special services.

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🇬🇷 Athens will not supply S-300 air defense missile systems to Ukraine, despite the United States' relevant requests, as this would weaken Greece's defense, the country's Defense Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos told media.

▪️ When asked if US State Secretary Antony Blinken had requested the sending of military equipment, including S-300 systems, to Ukraine during his recent trip to Greece earlier this week, Panagiotopoulos said that Washington had long asked Athens to supply S-300 systems to Ukraine.

💬 "But we said that we could not grant this request because we could in no way provide any assistance by weakening our defenses. S-300s are where they are. They were bought and arrived in Greece for certain reasons, and as long as these reasons exist, we are not going to agree to any weakening of our defense system," Panagiotopoulos said.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin pays tribute to fallen soldiers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin Wall on Defender of the Fatherland Day

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🇫🇮🇸🇪 Finnish Defense Minister Mikko Savola has authorized the procurement of NLAW anti-tank missile systems from Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab for 37 million euros ($39 million), the Finnish Defense Ministry said.

The ministry specified that the purchase will be financed from a "supplementary budget" that includes funding for procuring rapidly launched defense equipment. Finland will procure the missiles delivered by Saab jointly with Sweden and the United Kingdom under a framework agreement between the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration and Saab, the ministry added

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❗️Russia’s MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️Ukrainian losses in the Kupyansk direction amounted to 55 servicemen;

▪️ The Russian Army eliminated about 85 Ukrainian servicemen in the Krasny Liman direction;

▪️ Russian troops eliminated over 210 Ukrainian servicemen in the Donetsk direction;

▪️ Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian ammunition depot in the Avdeevka area of the DPR;

▪️ The Russian Army eliminated up to 105 servicemen in the South Donetsk direction;

▪️ Russian troops shot down nine Ukrainian UAVs and an Su-25;

▪️ Russian forces destroyed two Ukrainian Msta-B howitzers and a D-30 howitzer in the Kherson direction;

▪️ The Russian Army destroyed six Ukrainian ammunition warehouses in the DPR.

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❗️Helicopter with Iranian sport minister crashed in south of country, minister hospitalized, reports say

❗️Adviser of Iranian sports minister killed in helicopter crash in south of country, another 12 people injured, authorities say

Animals With Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' Found on Every Continent But Antarctica, Shocking Study Says

Traces of what are also referred to as "forever chemicals" were identified in the blood of animals after an in-depth study of more than 100 recent peer-reviewed studies of PFAS contamination by the Environmental Working Group.

The group found that the median amount of the chemicals in freshwater fish was 280 times greater than the forever chemicals detected in some commercially caught and sold fish, adding in its news release that such high levels of the compounds "may be harmful."

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The US intelligence information about alleged supplies of Chinese weapons to Russia is nothing but slander, Washington had better share true data on the explosions at the Nord Stream gas pipelines, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said.

From the very beginning of the Ukrainian conflict, Beijing sought peace and advocated negotiations, played a constructive role in mitigating the situation and resolving the crisis, the diplomat added.

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Pentagon Confirms Authenticity of U-2 Pilot’s ‘Spy Balloon’ Selfie

The image, originally posted to a U-2-related blog by journalist Chris Pocock along with an article playing up the spy plane’s versatility against surveillance balloons, spread like wildfire online after being cleaned up and de-grained.

“I saw the report. I can confirm the photo’s authenticity,” Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh told reporters. The spokesperson added that at this time, “the majority of the balloon, including the payload, was recovered” during search operations off the coast of South Carolina, where the balloon was shot down on February 4.

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⚡️ Putin signs law on limiting discount on Russian Urals oil in relation to Brent to calculate oil taxes