📹 The Israeli army reportedly struck over 250 Hamas targets in 24 hours and released a video showing the destruction

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📹 Russia's engineering combat units continue demining of areas in the zone of the special military operation

Every day, the servicemen respond to dozens of appeals from local residents who have found rockets, Ukrainian ammunition and other explosive objects in the liberated areas.

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🇸🇰 Robert Fico, who became prime minister of Slovakia yesterday, asserted that Bratislava will not provide military assistance to Ukraine

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🗣 Slovakia stands for peace in Ukraine, but Zelensky’s plan is unrealistic, Russia and United States must find agreement, Robert Fico said

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Features of Russia's newest Malva installation

▪️ The 152mm howitzer, mounted on an 8x8 wheeled chassis, is capable of destroying nearly any target using high-explosive fragmentation shells with a range exceeding 24 km (14 miles)

▪️ The wheeled chassis allows the howitzer to quickly exit a firing area to evade return fire, a critical aspect in counter-battery warfare," stated Rostec spokesman Bekhan Ozdoyev to reporters.

▪️ The Rostec press service previously announced that the initial batch of 2S43 Malvas had been delivered to the Russian Defense Ministry.

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”Good for American jobs”

💵 The Joe Biden administration is privately speaking to each representative of both political parties in Congress to justify the need for further aid to Ukraine by the fact that it will allegedly become the key to economic growth in the US itself, media reported.

The White House aides are “quietly” distributing talking points among the lawmakers to make the case that shoring up the Kiev regime “is good for American jobs,” the outlet reported.

“As we replenish our stocks of weapons, we are partnering with the US defense industry to increase our capacity and meet the needs of the US and our allies both now and in the future,” a copy of the talking points obtained by the outlet reads.

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🔉 The IDF has released conversation allegedly between an IDF intelligence officer and a Gazan civilian about Hamas preventing civilians from evacuating to the southern Gaza Strip

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🗣 Washington's attempt to “monopolize the Middle East settlement process has led to a catastrophic situation,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed in his speech on today's most pressing foreign policy issues

He vehemently denounced terrorist attacks and any other actions that cause harm to civilian populations or that otherwise violate international humanitarian law. In addition, he urgently called for an immediate ceasefire.

However, he added that the negotiations on “establishing a sovereign Palestinian state” must start and highlighted that such a state was “promised to the Palestinian people 75 years ago.”

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🗣 The head of the Palestinian diplomatic mission to the UN said that Israel used white phosphorus during attacks on Gaza

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A group of Republican senators has presented a bill separating the US assistance to Israel from that to Ukraine, US media reported

The draft would send "billions of dollars" to Israel but not Ukraine, the newspaper said, adding that separating the Israeli aid would prevent the assistance from getting stuck in the House of Representatives, where the number of Republicans who are against funding Ukraine is increasing.

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An attack of the Ukrainian assault group was repelled by the Russian Armed Forces near the village of Rabotino in the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

Enemy losses amounted to up to 85 servicemen and three tanks, including two Leopard tanks, in the Zaporozhye direction, the ministry added.

In addition, an M777 artillery system and a US-made M119 howitzer were hit in the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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The French daily, Le Monde, acknowledged the failure of Kiev's counter-offensive and stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are “no longer advancing”

Experts quoted by the newspaper also believe that Ukrainian troops have “very little chance” of success in the coming year.

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Dan Damri, 22, who lived near the Gaza border, tragically lost his life on October 7 while attempting to escape the chaos caused by the Hamas massacre that befell the Supernova festival near kibbutz Re'im

Sputnik had the opportunity to speak with Tal Damri, Dan's older brother, who shared their family's heartbreaking story.

"Dan was not only our younger brother but also the beloved son of everyone in our family. He was like a baby to all of us. He was not just my brother, but also my best friend and my son, everything. We are devastated by this loss."

"Dan was the epitome of happiness. He always had a smile on his face and enjoyed making everyone laugh, regardless of the circumstances. He loved going out and attending parties. Everyone adored him," Tal recounted.

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A Russian MiG-31 interceptor escorted a Norwegian Poseidon patrol aircraft over the Barents Sea, borders were not violated, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

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Paramilitary groups of Iraq shell US base in northeastern Syria - reports

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, which includes a number of Shia militia groups carried out a missile strike on a US military base Ash Shaddadi in northeastern Syria, a Lebanese broadcaster reported.

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The European Union (EU) is likely to miss its goal of delivering one million artillery shells to Ukraine by March 2024, a US media outlet reported citin unnamed sources

The sources claim that the EU “has so far delivered about 30% of the target”, with over half of the allotted time having already passed. It is reported that several EU member states have privately requested an extension of the deadline from the bloc's foreign policy arm.

In March 2023, EU nations agreed to deliver a million rounds of 155-mm ammunition to Ukraine within a year, under a plan estimated to cost $2.1 billion. The arrangement involved using existing stocks, joint procurement contracts, and increasing industrial capacity.

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The Maine shooting has already been labeled as the deadliest in the United States in 2023, according to statistics compiled by the Gun Violence Archive.

However, several more tragic events related to mass shootings have overshadowed the outgoing year:

▪️April 10, a mass shooting occurred in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Five people were killed and six others were injured, including a police officer. The shooter was neutralized.

▪️ On March 27, three nine-year-olds and three school staff members (about 60 years old) were killed in a mass shooting at The Covenant School (a private Presbyterian elementary school) in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. The shooting was orchestrated by 28-year-old transgender man Aiden Hale (born Audrey Hale, assigned female at birth), who deliberately planned the attack.

▪️ On February 19, five people, including a minor, were injured in a shooting on a Mardi Gras parade route in New Orleans, Louisiana. One of the victims later died at a hospital. The New Orleans Police Department arrested one suspect in connection with the shooting. Two guns were recovered from the scene.

▪️ On January 22, eleven people were killed and at least ten were injured in a mass shooting at a dance studio in Monterey Park, California. The shooting occurred during a Lunar New Year's Eve celebration. The suspect committed suicide.

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🗣️ US carriers in the Mediterranean are "sitting targets"

“They are big fat sitting targets against the modern weaponry, such as anti-ship missiles and hypersonic missiles. So in this respect, they are not a real asset or rather liability against any major power... Especially Russia with its variety of hypersonic weapons of extremely long range. So in this particular case, those aircraft carriers and their carrier battle group, which usually comprises two or three "Aegis" carrying destroyers, they are not really any more serious military asset except for their 'fear factor', that of doing some stupid thing. They could be sunk or basically disabled, and that's pretty much it,” Andrei Martyanov, military analyst, told the New Rules podcast.

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