📹 T-72B3 tank crew in combat as part of the special military operation

The gunners and tank commanders uninterruptedly operate 125mm guns from sheltered positions, in cooperation with reconnaissance and unmanned aircraft units.

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📹 Secretary Of State Antony Blinken evades answering whether the Hunter Biden laptop is Russian disinformation

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📹 Footage showing the evacuation from Sudan, where fighting has been going on since April 15 between the Rapid Reaction Force under General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and the regular army

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📹 Teleprompter wins again!

During a speech, Joe Biden once again stumbled through his remarks, struggling to pronounce the name of a small business in Florida while reading from a teleprompter. The incident has once again raised concerns about the President’s cognitive abilities.

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May 2 marks the ninth anniversary of the 2014 Odessa Trade Unions House massacre

The victims were mostly the members of a Kulikovo Pole movement which was launched by those who didn't accept the ousting of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich in February 2014. The protesters set up a protest camp at Kulikovo Pole Square, a large garden square located in a historic center of the city. It became a symbol of resistance for all those dissatisfied with the US-backed coup d'etat in Ukraine.

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📹 Sturm-S ATGM crews undergo training within the special military operation

The exercises are taking place at a training range close to the line of contact.

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🥴 Joe Biden refers to the Quran as the "quorum" while celebrating Eid-al-Fitr*

* Eid al-Fitr is one of two major holidays celebrated by Muslims around the world. It can be translated as "the feast of fast-breaking" as it commemorates the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

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Mural and memorial plaque to Darya Dugina appear in Melitopol

▪️ Last year, Russian journalist Darya Dugina, daughter of political philosopher Alexander Dugin, was killed in a car bombing, which the Kremlin tied to Ukraine’s special services.

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Finland and the US are discussing a new defense cooperation agreement, which would allow Washington to use the territory of the Nordic country and its military bases

A round negotiations took place in Helsinki last week, Finnish media reported. According to Mikael Antella, deputy head of the political department of the Finnish Foreign Ministry, representatives of the two countries discussed the text of the agreement. Antella ventured that the document would allow Finland to strengthen its defense posture thanks to the possible deployment of US military equipment.

As per Antella, the agreement would give the US the green light to deploy its troops in Finland, as well as invest in infrastructure from funds allocated to the Department of Defense by the US Congress. So far, however, the deployment of nuclear weapons has not been discussed.

The Finnish media described the document as "in line with similar US agreements with other nations."

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📹 Russian troops destroyed a Ukrainian assault group

Ukrainian militants posted a video showing how they occupy the trenches. These trenches are the positions they left earlier. Some time after the "successful" occupation of these positions by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, they were destroyed by tank fire from closed positions.

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The US and Russia should seek ways to keep up their cooperation in space amid the heightened geopolitical tensions

"Despite our political differences, the fact that we have been working, exploring, learning, and living together in space, as we have for nearly a half century, has built relationships that transcend our politics," Space Foundation CEO Tom Zelibor told Sputnik.

"We need to find ways for those relationships to remain in place while building new ones for the next half-century," he added, underscoring that the 20-plus years of the International Space Station demonstrate the best path toward success in space exploration and development requires partnerships with other nations.

Russia and the US have continued to cooperate in space despite sanctions imposed on Moscow in light of the Ukraine conflict.

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❗️Latest statements by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

▪️Moscow is aware that Kiev is behind a number of strikes and terrorist attacks on the territory of Russia and intends to continue such actions;

▪️The special military operation is aimed at rooting out the threat to Russia;

▪️Commenting on the current relations between Moscow and Warsaw, Peskov said that nothing good awaits bilateral relations, Russophobia has gripped minds in Poland.

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🇷🇺🇨🇩 The "Immortal Regiment" march was held in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to commemorate the participants of the Great Patriotic War

Local musicians performed the popular Russian song "Katyusha".

The event, which involves people carrying portraits of their relatives, who fought for the Soviet Union in the WWII, gained popularity in the mid-10s. It usually takes place on the Victory Day (9 May) in Russia and other countries

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The US cannot know Russia's casualties in the special operation, they are pulling the figures out of a hat

Earlier in the day, several media outlets reported, citing US National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby, that Russia has allegedly more than 100,000 soldiers killed or seriously wounded during the course of the special military operation.

Washington does not have the opportunity to give any correct figures, they do not have such data, this is how it should be treated. It is necessary to focus only on those figures that are published in a timely manner by the Russian Defense Ministry," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

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