🗣️ US complicit in Israel’s attacks on civilians in Gaza

"Now we say we're trying to restrain Israel. Well, of course, with those images coming out of there, we have to sort of play a little bit nice with our public because, you know, 'We told them, we told them, please, please don't do the worst.' But in the second breath, we will say, that is our prominent spokespeople will say, 'Well, you know, we can't tell Israel what to do. Israel's got the threat there,'" Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and activist, told Sputnik.

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❗️ US preventing ceasefire in Gaza - Hezbollah Secretary General

Hezbollah leader says US directly responsible for deaths of civilians in Gaza Strip

⚡️ Blinken says there cannot and must not be a return to the pre-October 7 status quo

🇨🇳🇪🇺 China and Europe must be committed to resolving conflicts, as well as reducing tensions and promoting regional peace and development, Chinese President Xi Jinping stated on Friday, commenting on the events in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip

Supporting one side in a conflict and ignoring the demands of the other one will lead to the escalation of the situation, the president added.

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❗️Key points to the briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Army strategically secured more advantageous lines and positions, while also warding off 24 enemy counterattacks. The enemy suffered heavy losses, with more than 755 servicemen, seven tanks, eight armored fighting vehicles, 17 motor vehicles, 16 field artillery guns, and two MLRS vehicles ending up destroyed;

▪️Near Krasny Liman, the Russian military successfully repelled 20 attacks launched by Ukrainian assault groups. Enemy losses during this period amounted to over 920 servicemen, three tanks, 14 armored fighting vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, and five guns;
In the DPR the Russian Armed Forces repelled six attacks. The enemy losses totaled more than 1,340 servicemen, seven tanks, 22 armored fighting vehicles, 22 motor vehicles, 19 field artillery guns, and four MLRS vehicles;
In the South Donetsk direction, Russian units effectively repelled four enemy attacks. During this period, enemy losses amounted to more than 1,110 servicemen, seven tanks, 11 armored fighting vehicles, 28 motor vehicles, nine field artillery guns, and one MLRS combat vehicle;

▪️Russian troops in the Zaporozhye region conducted an active defense and successfully repelled eight attacks. The enemy suffered significant losses, with more than 760 troops, four tanks, 26 armored fighting vehicles, 27 motor vehicles, 14 field artillery guns, and one MLRS combat vehicle getting destroyed;

▪️The Russian Aerospace Forces and air defense systems destroyed 10 Ukrainian Air Force aircraft and one helicopter. This includes five MiG-29s, three Su-27s, one Su-25 ground-attack aircraft, one L-39 combat training aircraft, and one Mi-8 helicopter;

▪️Russian forces intercepted four ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, three JDAM guided aerial bombs, three HARM anti-radiation missiles, 51 HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 274 unmanned aerial vehicles.

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Presumably Israeli drone strikes Shifa medical complex in the Gaza Strip, there are casualties, according to a Sputnik's correspondent

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⚡️UN adopts Russian-drafted resolution on combating glorification of Nazism, with Ukraine, US, UK voting against, according to a Sputnik's correspondent

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US announces new $125 million military package for Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said

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🇨🇳 China has launched its 40th Antarctic expedition to build a new Antarctic station near the Ross Sea. However, Beijing's scientific research has drawn sharp criticism from the United States and Australia, which have accused the People's Republic of building surveillance facilities at the South Pole to eavesdrop on Canberra. China has dismissed the allegation as absurd.

Meanwhile, Australia is considering increasing its strategic presence in Antarctica under the pretext of a potential threat from "hostile" nations. Australia's plans appear to challenge the South Pole neutrality provisions of the 1959 Antarctic Treaty.

🗣 "Dual civilian/military activities pose an increasing threat and there will be a need for increasing oversight to ensure military, and intelligence collection activities do not take hold in Antarctica," Donald R. Rothwell, Professor of International Law at the College of Law, Australian National University, told Sputnik.

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US announces new $300 million military package for Ukraine, along with $125 million equipment withdrawal, Pentagon claims

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🇵🇭 Filipino President Bongbong Marcos was “foolish” to turn his back on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for trade and security, Peace activist and writer KJ Noh told Sputnik.

🗣 "Marcos has put all of his chips into a losing bet. The multipolar world is rising, linked to the economic infrastructure of the Belt and Road. It's the largest global construction project on the planet," Noh said. "Essentially, they're saying that we side with the United States in its war against China, and economic benefit and win and neutral growth be damned."

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