📹 Joe Biden trips up the stairs on Air Force One — AGAIN

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📹 The FSB has prevented the attempted murder of Konstantin Malofeev, founder of Russian media group Tsargrad

▪️ According to security service, the attackers were going to blow up his car.

▪️ Malofeev calls himself a friend of political philosopher Alexander Dugin (his daughter Daria Dugina was blown up in her car by Ukrainian security services, according to the FSB).

▪️ Malofeev commented on the attempt to assassinate him, saying that he wants to assure everybody that neither today nor tomorrow, nothing - neither threats nor terrorist attacks - will affect his ardent and sincere patriotic position

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Western countries are unlikely to facilitate exports of Russian grain under the so-called Black Sea grain deal, Cagri Erhan, a member of the Turkish Presidential Security and Foreign Policy Committee, told Sputnik.

▪️ Earlier in the day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the West of "shamelessly burying" the grain deal, saying that the exports of Russian agricultural products around the world is being blatantly hindered. The Russian Mission to the United Nations previously stated the country's fertilizers have not been shipped and cannot enter places like Syria even in the form of humanitarian aid.

🗣 "Americans and their Western allies will continue to make it difficult for Russia for any kind of revenue gaining, including the grain deal. However in final analysis this is a humanitarian thing. So the United Nations must do their best to prevent the grain deal from any kind of sanctions. It is not similar to any other thing like oil exporting or weapon exporting. It is something human life is depending on," Erhan said.

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🇬🇪 Brawl erupts in Georgia’s parliament over foreign agents bill

The draft legislation seeks to create a nationwide register of organizations and mass media receiving funding from other states.

Some in the opposition believe that this law distances the country from joining the EU.

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Seoul to Compensate Victims of Forced Labor Under Japan's Colonial Rule

Japan's colonial rule over Korea from 1910-1945 and the forced labor of Koreans at Japanese companies have contributed to the strained relations between Tokyo and Seoul. The issue of reparations remains unresolved and continues to impact their bilateral relations.

"Today, the South Korean government announced its position on the issue of workers from the Korean Peninsula. The Japanese government appreciates the measures announced by South Korea as a way to improve Japanese-South Korean relations that have been in a very difficult situation following the 2018 ruling," Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told journalists.

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🇪🇺 EU plans to involve third states in joint munition purchases for Ukraine, media reports

The European Union intends to expand its military assistance to Ukraine by involving non-EU nations in the joint procurement of weapons and ammunition.

To increase the production of ammunition for Ukraine, the EU is going to invite "like-minded" third-party countries to join the initiative.

The measures are expected to be announced by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell at the upcoming informal meeting of EU defense ministers in Stockholm scheduled to take place from Tuesday to Wednesday.

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Russia's Novatek Ready to Buy Shell's Share in Sakhalin-2

Russian energy company Novatek has informed Moscow about its readiness to purchase UK energy company Shell's 27.5% share in the joint oil and gas project Sakhalin-2 as long as Shell refuses to remain in the project and values its shares at $1.6 billion.

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❗️ President Putin had a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi, Kremlin says

▪️ Putin spoke on the phone with the President of Iran. During the conversation, progress in pursuing bilateral relations was given a positive assessment by the two leaders.

📹 Russian 152mm Giatsint-S self-propelled gun crews in combat action as part of the special military operation (video by Russia's MoD)

Personnel apply roving gun tactics: within one minute, they fire 5 or 6 shots, and change their positions.

Fire adjustment is performed by reconnaissance groups with unmanned aerial vehicles.

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Turkiye Has Many Allies in NATO, Not Reliant Only on US, Ankara Says

"There are hundreds of issues which are taken by NATO bureaucracy and agencies. So, the US is not Turkiye's only ally in NATO. We have many ongoing and functioning mechanisms within NATO with other members and other allies," Cagri Erhan, a Foreign Policies Council said. The official noted that US activities in Syria are a clear example of this kind of non-friendly actions against Turkiye. And its backing of Greece in the Aegean Sea and eastern Mediterranean is also creating some concerns in Ankara.

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

▪️The Russian Army eliminated up to 45 Ukrainian soldiers, two armored combat vehicles and three pickups close to Kupyansk;

▪️ Russian troops destroyed up to 160 Ukrainian soldiers, one tank, three infantry fighting vehicles, five armored fighting vehicles, three other vehicles and a Grad multiple rocket launcher system close to Krasny Liman;

▪️ In Donetsk region, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 225 Ukrainian troops, five infantry fighting vehicles, nine armored fighting vehicles, five pickups, four other vehicles, a Uragan MLRS rocket and a D-30 howitzer. In addition, an ordnance depot and US-manufactured AN/TPQ-37 counterbattery warfare radar was destroyed;

▪️ Russian artillery neutralized up to 65 Ukrainian personnel, two armored fighting vehicles, two pickups, as well as the fighting vehicles equipped with Uragan and Grad MLRS in South Donetsk and Zaporozhye direction;

▪️ In Kherson direction, Russian troops destroyed three armored fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, and an Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer;

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▪️ A self-propelled launching ramp of Ukrainian Buk-M1 air defense missile system was destroyed in the Donetsk People's Republic. In addition, a guidance radar of the Ukrainian S-300 air defense missile system was destroyed near Andreyevka in DPR;

▪️ A US-manufactured AN/TPQ-37 counterbattery warfare radar was destroyed in Zaporozhye direction;

▪️ Russian Aerospace Forces has shot down a Su-27 airplane of Ukrainian Air Force in Zaporozhye region. In addition, one Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter has been shot down in the DPR;

▪️ Russian air defense facilities shot down a MiG-29 airplane of the Ukrainian Air Force in the DPR;

▪️ Russian troops destroyed 15 rocket-propelled projectiles, launched by HIMARS and Uragan MLRS, as well as nine unmanned aerial vehicles in Kharkov region in the LPR, in DPR, Zaporozhye and Sumy regions.

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Russia’s Kalashnikov Plans to Roll Out Advanced Fire Control System for Small Arms

The Kalashnikov Concern is developing a sophisticated fire control system for small arms, the company’s spokesman Sergey Urzhumtsev told Russian media

“The idea of creating such a system looks attractive because it is capable of integrating all tasks a sniper needs to implement when on a mission. In particular, he needs to understand the distance to the target, select the desired aiming angles, as well as allow for wind and precipitation. At present, all this is conducted by the sniper himself, along with a fire controller,” the experts said.

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Finland Seeks to Reduce Economic Dependency on China

Half of the cell phones used in Finland come from China, as do about two-thirds of all laptops and numerous other key goods, which puts a question mark over the sustainability of the Finnish economy.

Finland is heavily reliant on China, and it is high time to tackle the situation and take a closer look at this dependency, Nina Vaskunlahti the Finnish Foreign Ministry has stated.

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Riga court keeps Sputnik Lithuania editor Kasem in prison for another 2 months

A Latvian court upheld its previous decision on Monday to leave Sputnik Lithuania editor Marat Kasem in prison for another two months, denying the appeal to change the measure. Kasem will have to stay in Riga Central Prison for another 60 days, after which he will be allowed to appeal again.

Kasem is a citizen of Latvia and has been living and working in Moscow for several years in the Rossiya Segodnya media group, which also includes Sputnik Lithuania. On December 30, the journalist arrived in Latvia for family reasons. He was detained, and on January 5, the Riga court took him into custody.

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🇺🇸🇹🇷🇸🇾 US Ambassador to Ankara Jeff Flake has been asked for clarification in connection with the visit of US Chief of Staff Mark Milli to northeast Syria on March 4, sources in the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.

Officially, Damascus also criticized the visit, calling it a blatant violation of sovereignty.

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Charlie Bronson Hopeful for Parole After Nearly 50 Years in Jail

Charles Bronson, who is now 70 years old, has been incarcerated for almost his entire adult life due to a series of violent crimes committed against fellow prisoners, staff, and visitors. Initially sentenced to seven years in 1974, his term has been repeatedly extended.

As his next parole hearing approaches, Bronson has expressed optimism about the possibility of being granted parole after almost five decades behind bars.

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📹 Combat use of new-generation precision-guided munitions (video by Russia's MoD)

The ammunition was fired at a hangar established by intelligence, in which the Ukrainian military hid armored vehicles while they carried out maintenance and repair.

💥 The high-precision munition broke through the ceiling and exploded inside the hangar. As a result, the armored vehicles and vehicles of the Ukrainian army located there were destroyed.

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🇮🇳India intends to purchase jetpacks to patrol its borders from the air.

A week ago, a special jetpack demonstration took place at the Indian Army Airborne School (AATS) in Agra.

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📹 The Russian duo of Vovan and Lexus are famous for having pranked via phone a number of high-profile politicians, such as Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, UK Defence Minister Ben Wallace, US special envoy Nikki Haley, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, among others.

📍 Sometimes they speak on behalf of their previous "victims": for example, last year, they talked to George Bush, J.K. Rowling and Ian McKellen using the personality of the president of Ukraine. Often during the pranks, it is possible to learn funny or shocking things from unsuspecting "victims" that are usually not talked about publicly: Sputnik presents a selection of five funny pranks from the duet.

By the way, do you know what does “anglichanka gadit” from the conversation with Priti Patel mean? 😉

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❗️ The United States did not issue visas to Russian diplomats who were going to take part in a UN event in New York, a representative of the Russian delegation said.