Work to restore the operation of the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia will take months, Janne Gronlund, the Senior Vice President of Finnish gas transmission system operator Gasgrid Finland, said on Sunday.

Earlier in the day, Gasgrid Finland said that the pipeline between Finland and Estonia was shut down on Sunday night after an unusual drop in pressure, which could be caused by a leak.

He also noted that at the moment, there is no information about the exact location of the leak, as well as the causes of the incident.
In addition, work on the gas pipeline will begin only in a few days, since the company has to obtain the appropriate permits and prepare equipment, Gronlund added.

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🇳🇴 Warm temperatures in Norway uncovered the artifacts, including a horseshoe and bridle, under snow and ice.

“We just made an incredible discovery on the south side of the Lendbreen pass,” read a post on social media from Secrets Of The Ice, an archeology program based in Norway. “An iron horse bit, with parts of the leather bridle preserved!”

Researchers still need to conduct radiocarbon dating to be sure, but they believe the artifacts date to the Viking Age which lasted from 793 to 1066 AD. They say it’s uncommon to discover leather items because the material typically deteriorates over long periods of time.

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🇺🇸 Biden is believed to have hosted a party at the White House against the backdrop of aggravation in Israel, the press pool of the American leader reports.

“The President and First Lady are hosting a BBQ for White House Executive Residence Staff and their families,” the press pool quoted an administration representative as saying.

The reporter noted that he heard live music on the White House grounds, so he asked officials about what was happening.

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📹 Russian artillerymen are effectively destroying enemy armored vehicles and personnel within the special military operation zone

UAV operators identify and transmit precise coordinates of enemy hardware concentration areas and the movement of assault groups. Subsequently, Russian artillery launches their attacks.

The artillerymen have successfully destroyed armored and motor vehicle equipment, along with enemy personnel, through precise strikes.

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📹 The Israeli military reported airstrikes hit over 500 Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets in the Gaza Strip overnight

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🇵🇸 436 Palestinians dead, including 91 children, after Israeli strikes - health officials

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Latest data on casualties in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict:

🇮🇱 Israel:
▪️ the death toll exceeds 700;
▪️ at at least 260 dead music festival attendees found in southern Israel;
▪️ the number of injured Israelis is 2382 people;
▪️ the number of dead IDF soldiers is 73 people;
▪️ more more than 100 Israelis were captured, including senior officers, Hamas said;

🇵🇸 Palestine:
▪️ 436 Palestinians killed, including 91 children and 61 women;
▪️ 2271 injured, including 244 children and 151 women.

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📹 Russian forces thwarted the enemy's counterattack in the Donetsk direction, destroying a building that served as a temporary staging area for the Ukrainian military

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📹 Footage showing the Gaza Strip being attacked by the Israeli Army

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📹 Al-Quds Brigades released a video from their command headquarters, showcasing their fighting capabilities

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🇮🇱🇺🇸 Israel has asked the US to replenish their arsenal of missile interceptors for the Iron Dome air defense system, an American newspaper quoted unnamed sources as saying

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on his part, informed reporters that Israel had presented a number of specific requests, without providing further details on the nature of these requests.

Tal Naim, a spokesperson for the Israeli Embassy in Washington, concurred with him, stating that they “do not comment on the [Jewish state’s] army needs that are discussed with the US.''

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🗣 American weapons transferred to Ukraine are probably now in the Middle East and are being used in horrific massacres, according to Florian Philippot, the leader of France's Euroskeptic party The Patriots.

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US presidential candidate Nikki Haley appears to call for a genocide against Palestinians on live television

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The Russian Defense Ministry's latest briefing on US military biology:

▪️ Priority areas for program implementation are the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Ukraine, and Africa.

▪️ Third-party contractors, intermediaries and NGOs are used to cover clients (State Department, Pentagon, FBI, CIA) and research purposes (military biological work).

▪️ Illegal experiments were also carried out in the United States itself, in particular in California - information on this from the Russian Ministry of Defense became the reason for proceedings at the level of the US Congress.

▪️ Against the background of leaks and fear of publicity, the Pentagon proposed the creation of a closed library of scientific publications on the subject, in particular on increasing the lethality of smallpox.

▪️ "Unconditional deterrence of adversaries" from using weapons of mass destruction against the United States and its allies has become one of the points of the new U.S. national strategy.

▪️ To strengthen the biological weapons non-proliferation regime, Russia proposes supplementing the international Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) with legally binding norms - the US opposes this.

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