📹 Do you know who sacked Ashton-Cirillo from the Ukrainian military and why?

Well, "they" tell Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus that this had to be done for Ukraine "to get help" from the US.

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📹 "While I defend them in public, in private I know many of them have very far-right leanings, there’s some Nazi groups"

Ashton-Cirillo spills the beans to Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus problems with foreign mercenaries in Ukraine

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🇰🇵🇺🇸 North Korea expels US soldier after illegal border crossing

The DPRK has decided to expel US serviceman Travis King following an investigation into the circumstances of his illegal entry into its territory, North Korean state media reported.

King said he "felt disgusted by the inhumane bullying and racism in the US military," and because he had lost all “illusions about American society," the report said.

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🇨🇦 Canadian Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland, granddaughter of Nazi collaborator, gets visibly uncomfortable after taking a question about the possibility of reopening an investigation into Nazi war criminals living in Canada

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“On the one hand, the United States want to support India against China, but on the other hand, they want to keep India destabilized and off-balance so that India doesn't rise too much and achieve its full potential. That's why I believe the Americans are okay with certain kinds of [anti-India] terrorists being sheltered on the territory of their closest allies,” Indian geopolitical analyst Abhijit Chavda told the New Rules podcast, commenting on the US policy towards India.

👉 How Canada is providing safe haven to violent Khalistan separatists and Ukrainian Nazis, and why the US is spearheading a covert, hybrid war against India: You can find the full episode on Rumble

⚡️US soldier Travis King is in American custody after being expelled from North Korea, a senior administration official confirms.

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❗️Key points of Russian MoD briefing on progress of special military op in Ukraine

▪️Russian troops repelled 10 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) in the Donetsk direction; UAF losses amounted to 390 servicemen.

▪️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a UAF sabotage and reconnaissance group in the Kherson region.

▪️The UAF lost more than 150 servicemen and two armored vehicles in the South Donetsk direction.

▪️Aviation and artillery of Russia’s Battlegroup Zapad destroyed an M777 artillery system and two MSTA-B howitzers;

▪️The Russian Armed Forces intercepted eight HIMARS MLRS missiles and destroyed 19 Ukrainian drones.

▪️Russia’s Battlegroup Zapad struck manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the UAF in the Kupyansk direction.

▪️Russian troops repelled two attacks by the UAF in the Krasny Liman direction. Ukrainian losses amounted to up to 55 servicemen.

▪️Russian troops hit command and observation posts of the UAF in the DPR and Zaporozhye region.

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🌍 Africa is the "new frontier" in tourism, South African official says

As the world celebrates World Tourism Day, Sputnik Africa sits down with Barba Gaoganediwe, Head of Destination Marketing & Communications at the Gauteng Tourism Authority, to talk about the prospects for tourism in South Africa and what Africa in general has to offer in the sector.

🗣 "It's a continent pregnant with opportunities, endowed with natural resources, and some of the most breathtaking world heritage sites and experiences are found on the mother continent," Gaoganediwe says.

Despite having a "unique offering of global wildlife of good standard" and diversity, Africa is still facing the impact of new "geopolitical setups", "the continuing rise in oil prices", and the fact that people are "now forced to sit within their geographical boundaries, afraid to go out."

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🇨🇦❓Why are there so many Nazi war criminals in Canada?

💬"That defense, which we call the ‘superior orders defense’ – in other words, someone of a higher rank gave me an order and that's why I had to do it, has never ever been accepted in any court of law anywhere in the world, except in Canada. Now, once that verdict was approved by the Ontario Supreme Court, if I'm not mistaken, it became clear that Canada could not prosecute any Nazi war criminal, because every single Nazi war criminal would use the same defense," Dr Efraim Zuroff, chief Nazi-hunter of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the director of its Israel Office, answered, why is Canada so popular among the Nazi war criminals.

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💥How laser weapons work?

Laser weapon systems mark an ingenious shift in modern warfare, with continuous research and warfare prospects shaping their deployment. Integrating laser weapons poses challenges, from technical to strategic. Yet progress is evident, as armed forces worldwide are pursuing their development for military integration.

Sputnik explains the laser phenomenon, highlighting what it is made of, how it became weaponized, what makes it different from other weapon systems, and several other pertinent aspects.

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💬 "...Women, among them a student by a certain name, were smashing the heads of Jewish children either with boulders, big rocks, or taking babies and smashing their heads together. They didn't want to waste a bullet on the Jewish babies. I found someone with that name – she named the person who committed this horrendous crime, this disgusting murder. I found two people with that name, only the last name, who had emigrated to Canada. And this is one of the cases, for example, that never was prosecuted – although in this case itself, the problem was that she didn't identify the murderer by her full name, but she identified her by her family name," Dr Efraim Zuroff, chief Nazi-hunter of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the director of its Israel Office, comments on impunity for the Nazis in Canada.

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🇺🇸⚖️ Menendez and his wife have pleaded not guilty in a Manhattan court in a corruption case, Sputnik’s correspondent reports

Menendez was ordered to post bail of $100,000, and his wife $250,000. They have been subjected to travel restrictions. In particular, the senator is allowed to travel abroad only on official business.

The couple must surrender their personal passports. They are under supervision until trial. The next meeting is scheduled for October 2.

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BBC admits Ukrainian counteroffensive failed

Contrary to Western expectations, the much-touted counteroffensive attempt launched by the Kiev regime on June 4 has stalled without making a breakthrough, BBC reporter Mark Urban said, citing Ukrainian soldiers.

The TV channel's correspondent spoke to the servicemen of the 24th Mechanized Brigade and their families who have complained about preparing for "a long war with no end in sight."

The BBC correspondent notes that Russia surpasses Ukraine in the number of drones, which have been ravaging Ukrainian positions and armored vehicles. Thus, Kiev's troops are forced to hide as much as possible due to poor air defense and total dominance of Russia in the airspace.

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🇨🇦 Canadian PM Trudeau promised to apologize to Canadians and the world in the near future for inviting the Ukrainian SS man to the country's parliament.

Trudeau called the commemoration of a Nazi in the Canadian Parliament "a monstrous outrage against the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and others who suffered under Nazism."

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🇨🇦 Trudeau says he extends apologies on behalf of Canada's House over the commemoration of the Nazis, adding that Canada will continue supporting Ukraine amid the scandal.

At the same time, Trudeau did not admit his responsibility for the presence of the SS veteran at a meeting of the Canadian Parliament, saying that the fault lies with the resigned speaker

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What are Kalibr and Kh-101 cruise missiles, and what's made them effective in Ukraine?

NATO countries continue to climb up the escalation ladder with Russia, suppling Kiev with ever deadlier and more advanced weapons. Kiev reportedly now wants Western analogues of Russia’s best cruise missiles, the Kalibr and Kh-101. What are the missiles’ characteristics? Why does Ukraine’s military want them?

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🇨🇦The University of Alberta had a scholarship in Ukrainian Studies named in honor of Yaroslav Hunka, that same Nazi who was invited to and applauded in parliament.

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🇷🇺 Russia's GDP grew by 2.5% in January-August in annual terms, and separately in August the growth accelerated to 5.2% year-on-year, the Economic Development Ministry said on Wednesday.

"According to the Russian Economic Development Ministry, in August 2023, GDP exceeded the level of last year by 5.2% year-on-year (after 5.1% year-on-year in July)… Overall, in 8 months of 2023, GDP grew by 2.5% year-on-year," the ministry’s estimate showed.

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🇦🇺 Australian Political Crisis: The resignation of longtime Victorian Premier Dan Andrews exposes the growing divide between ordinary Australians and the country’s entrenched political class.

“The Australian political landscape at the moment is quite fragile. The Albanese government’s ratings are at all time low. The support for the Voice Referendum is at an all time low. And this comes off the back of many years of government overreach and police intimidation tactics,” Aussie Cossack Simeon Boikov @AussieCossack said in his first video column for Sputnik.

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🇺🇸 The United States intends to agree with allies on details of an international observation mission for Karabakh in the coming days and is pleased that Azerbaijan is ready to receive it, the State Department said.

Will this mission really contribute to peace?

Earlier, from September 11-20, Armenia hosted the joint US-led Eagle Partner 2023 exercise, which was supposed to include "stabilization tasks between conflicting parties during the peacekeeping mission," as the Armenian Defense Ministry said in a statement. However, the US failed to ensure Armenia's security.

"Armenia is [Moscow's] strategic partner, which security [Russia] has ensured throughout its history, and, of course, we have colossal ties, it is being dragged by the countries of the West to their side. What is this for? To rekindle the conflict in the South Caucasus, near the borders of Russia," Evgeny Mikhailov, political scientist and director of the Center for Strategic Studies of the South Caucasus, told Sputnik.

👉 Read the full expert analysis on US intentions

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