One day of the conflict costs Ukraine at least $100 million, former Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov claimed

Kiev needs to supply coal to international markets for five months and 17 days in order to earn the sum necessary to finance just one day of the Ukraine conflict, calculations made by Sputnik have revealed.

Reznikov spoke amid Washington’s ongoing efforts to shore up Kiev as Russia continues its special military operation in Ukraine. Since the start of the operation, the Biden administration has directed more than $75 billion in assistance to Ukraine, which includes humanitarian, financial, and military support.

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Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy in helping orchestrate the breach of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021

A US broadcaster reported that the sentence is the longest handed down to date in connection with the January 6, 2021, Capitol unrest. Prosecutors sought a 33-year sentence, while the defense team asked for less than 15 years in prison, the report said.

Shortly before the sentence was handed down, 39-year-old Tarrio pleaded for leniency, calling the January 6 events a “national embarrassment,” and apologizing to the police officers who defended the Capitol and the lawmakers who fled the building at the time.

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🗣️ On who’s writing the lines for Zelensky:

“I've never believed Zelensky to be anything more than a very clever actor who's reciting lines that somebody else is writing for him. And I remain convinced of that today as I ever was, and the fact his chief of staff is a TV producer, movie producer only fortifies that belief in my mind. He's delivering lines. He's not making the decisions. The question is, who's writing the lines for him?” Nebojsa Malic, investigative journalist, blogger, and author, told Sputnik.

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🗣 "Blinken is a water carrier; he is the message bearer. He is not the driver of [Ukraine] policy.", Retired CIA intelligence officer Larry Johnson on Antony Blinken.

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📹 India's Preparations in Full Swing for 18th #G20 Summit in New Delhi

🇮🇳 🌐 The city's Pragati Maidan area is buzzing with preparations, especially for the newly-developed 'Bharat Mandapam International Exhibition-Convention Centre,' which is designed to host the Leaders' summit. The vibrant flags waving in the wind add to the enthusiasm and anticipation surrounding the event.

The summit will conclude the adoption of a G20 Leaders' Declaration, outlining the priorities and agreements reached during this gathering of global significance.

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🗣 "The Biden administration is under pressure domestically.", Retired CIA intelligence officer Larry Johnson on American's attitude to Ukraine policy due to domestic problems.

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⚡️ US allocates new $175 million military package for Ukraine, Pentagon says

❗️The United States transfers depleted uranium shells to Ukraine for Abrams tanks, Pentagon says

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that he drinks vitamins and therefore feels great and constantly smiles.

What vitamins do you think Kuleba takes? (wrong answers only)

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❗️The United Nations has been consistently concerned by the use of depleted uranium munitions anywhere in the world, spokesperson Farhan Haq told Sputnik after the United States approved sending the controversial rounds for tanks to Kiev.

"Our concerns about the use of depleted uranium anywhere in the world has been consistent and still stands," Haq said.

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🪖 #Ukraine's Use of Notorious 'Butterfly' Mines Poses Deadly Danger to Children

🗣 If a Lepestok (Butterfly) mine seriously can cripple an adult, then "nothing would be left" of a child once it comes into contact with it and explodes, Hero of Russia Rustam Saifullin told Sputnik on Wednesday.

🗯 "A mine is a type of munition that does not care who steps on it, be it militant or civilian... It's one thing when a man weighing 100 kg steps on [the mine]... tearing off his foot, but it's quite another thing when a five-year-old child comes and steps on it, you know? Nothing might be left of that child," the Hero of Russia said.

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❗️US allocates $1 billion in new aid to Ukraine, including $665 million for military purposes, Blinken said

🗣️ On BRICS surpassing the G7:

“The G7 is the old dominant group, the United States and its major allies. But there's now another player in the world called the BRICS. Last week, they added six more countries. So they are now 11 countries... But what's even more important economically is that today, in 2023, the total GDP, the total gross output of goods and services accounted for by the whole G7 group, the US and its allies is about 29% of total world output. If you turn to the BRICS, it's over 33%. In other words, this new arrival over the last few years is now a bigger, richer economic unit in the world than the United States,” Richard Wolff, professor of economics and host of "Democracy at Work" on YouTube, told Sputnik.

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❗️Providing depleted uranium (DU) shells for Ukraine is "a sign of desperation" amid the failed counteroffensive. Earl Rasmussen, a retired lieutenant colonel who has spent over 20 years in the US Army, explains how the DU shells would result in a long-lasting contamination of Ukrainian soil - but won't help the Ukrainian military.

What is Russia's dragon teeth defense?

The Russian defense has impeded Ukraine's advance along the front line, despite being earlier mocked by the Kiev regime and its Western patrons.

The botched nature of Ukraine's counteroffensive has largely been blamed on Moscow's elaborate network of fortifications erected last fall along the frontline to protect the territory which integrated into Russia following September referendums.

"Dragon teeth" barriers, "hedgehogs" and minefields are sending a clear signal to NATO and its Ukrainian proxies that Russia is here to stay and that the Kiev regime won't get an inch of Russia's soil.

Check out Sputnik's article to find out more about Russia's dragon teeth defense

🌍 What Benefits Has BRICS Brought to South Africa?

Along with strengthening economic ties, BRICS membership helps South Africa to develop in other areas such as investment, trade, tourism, capacity building, skills and technological capabilities, the head of state Cyril Ramaphosa said.

He also emphasized that reinforcement of economic and financial partnership between BRICS countries is "one of the key pillars of its cooperation."

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❗The US decision to dispatch depleted uranium shells not only poses a danger to Ukraine’s future but also marks an escalation far beyond “any justification” amid the conflict, retired US Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, who also previously served as an analyst for the US Department of Defense, told Sputnik