An increase in uranium particles in the air following the depleted uranium munitions depot explosion in Ukraine earlier this year has been detected as far as the South East England, warns Dr. Christopher Busby, physical chemist and scientific secretary of the European Committee on Radiation Risk.

While the amount of Uranium particles inhaled by the affected people may seem negligible at first, Dr. Busby notes that such exposure may have a severe detrimental effect on the health of the affected and their offspring.

🗣 “Levels in Poland, Germany, and everywhere else on its journey to England, will have been much higher,” he says.

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The Russian Army destroyed another of Ukraine's self-propelled artillery installations of Western production

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Russian air defenses have repeatedly intercepted Ukrainian-made Neptune anti-ship missiles, busting the myth of the subsonic low-altitude rocket's invincibility.

Despite Ukraine's claims that the modified Neptune is a powerful weapon capable of posing a challenge to Russia's hinterland, the rocket is a thing of the past, retired colonel and expert at the Association of Military Political Scientists, Andrey Koshkin, told Sputnik. Given that Ukraine is currently incapable of launching mass production of these rockets, Kiev may have just a few of them in its stockpiles, he added.

🗣 "Most likely, these missiles are preserves for certain purposes associated with certain terrorist acts. That is, they are likely to launch this missile one at a time, but for sure, and hit some extremely important target on our territory," Koshkin suggested.

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Former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter expressed his skepticism about Israel’s ability to deal with both Hamas and Hezbollah.

According to him, Hezbollah forces have enough rockets to overwhelm Israel’s defenses, not to mention that the Israelis themselves have admitted that they do not know the full extent of Hezbollah’s capabilities.

🗣 “So, you know, this is the reality: Israel on its own cannot defeat Hezbollah,” Ritter said.

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Ukrainian troops actively employ cluster and white phosphorus munitions to destroy what was once a nature reserve in the Kinburn Spit region, in futile attempts to battle Russian forces in the area.

🗣 “They often try to burn down forest to uncover our positions,” one Russian serviceman said while describing the actions of Kiev regime militants.

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🇮🇱🇵🇸 Latest updates on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict:

▪️Israeli forces have opened fire against the intensive care unit of the Al-Quds hospital in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian Red Crescent;

▪️At least 25 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a school in the Gaza Strip, according to the head of the hospital;

▪️Israel will establish full security control in the Gaza Strip, including demilitarization, after eliminating Hamas, Benjamin Netanyahu said;

▪️IDF says it hit 15,000 targets in the Gaza Strip since the start of the escalation, seized 6,000 weapons;

▪️The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip rises to 11,078 people, woth 27,490 more injured, according to the exclave's Health Ministry.

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😰 An animal rights activist "almost died" after getting stuck in a slaughter line.

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📹 Russian artillerymen of the 1st Guards Tank Army, together with groups of drone operators, destroy Ukrainian guns in the Kupyansk region

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🇩🇪 Germany has set a goal of rebuilding its military forces, declaring Russia the greatest threat to peace and security in the Euro-Atlantic area.

Berlin also pledged to spend 2% of its GDP on military spending from now on in accordance with NATO's target.However, Berlin's profound shift from pacifism to militarism comes as the nation is facing economic slowdown, de-industrialization with any further growth coming under question.

🗣 "The question arises among serious experts, specialists and politicians, and among the public: is there money for this?" Alexander Rahr, a German political scientist and Head of Eurasian society, asked while speaking to Sputnik. "Do Europeans have enough strength, and, I would even say, political will to really become such a new militarized force alongside America?"

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A mysterious buyer of an unnamed Israeli air defense system is most probably Ukraine, Russian military experts Yury Knutov and Dmitry Drozdenko told Sputnik, after Defense News reported the apparent deal.

Sputnik's interlocutors cast doubt over the rationale of the deal concluded at the heights of the Palestine-Israel conflict. At the same time, they have drawn attention to an apparent failure of Israeli air defenses to completely shield the state and the population from Hamas rockets.

🗣 "Israel could not cope with the raids," Drozdenko said. "That is, it is capable of repelling certain, let’s say, attacks, but there is nothing extraordinary that would make Israel’s air defense system the best on the planet, because such systems simply do not exist. If we talk about advertising, then war is not always advertising."

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📹 Russian crews of Ka-52 attack helicopters destroyed Ukrainian strongholds and armored vehicles in the South Donetsk region

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An Iraqi resistance group has claimed responsibility for a drone strike at al-Tanf garrison in the US-controlled part of southeastern Syria, near the Iraqi border, Syrian state news agency SANA reported Friday.

The Iraqi militia said in a statement cited the news agency that the drone hit the target directly. No other details were given.

The outpost in Syria, as well as the Al-Asad air base near Baghdad in Iraq, has recently seen a spike of attacks by those the Pentagon press secretary, Pat Ryder, described were Iranian proxy groups.

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The B-21 Raider stealth bomber has officially gone airborne during the first test flight on Friday, nearly a year since the aircraft was presented to the public, a US Air Force spokesperson told Sputnik in a statement.

🗣 “The B-21 Raider is in flight testing. Flight testing is a critical step in the test campaign managed by the Air Force Test Center and 412th Test Wing’s B-21 Combined Test Force to provide survivable, long-range, penetrating strike capabilities to deter aggression and strategic attacks against the United States, allies, and partners,” the statement said.

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🇺🇸🇮🇱 Leaked cables warn of growing anti-American rage in Arab world amid US' Israeli support

“We are losing badly on the messaging battlespace,” says one cable emanating from the US Embassy in Oman. It warns that strong US support for Israel is viewed “as material and moral culpability in what they consider to be possible war crimes.”

Another leaked cable from the US embassy in Egypt quoted a local newspaper editorial saying “President Biden’s cruelty and disregard for Palestinians exceeded all previous US presidents.” The cables mirror growing global opposition to Israel’s actions as the country has recently been the target of strong criticism from governments throughout the world.

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🇵🇸🇮🇱 'Doctors Without Borders' unable to contact staff in Al-Shifa hospital

“Al-Shifa hospital is the main operational health facility in Gaza city providing emergency and surgical care, with hundreds of patients and civilians inside. We urgently reiterate our calls to stop the attacks against hospitals and for the protection of medical facilities, medical staff and patients,” the organization said.

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🇷🇺🪖 Russian 82-mm mortar crew hits Ukrainian forces in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) direction

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🇺🇸🪖 Most Americans wouldn’t defend country in next war, poll says

An Echelon Insights survey found that 72% of Americans would not volunteer to serve in the armed forces if the country entered a major conflict, compared with 21% who would. The poll was conducted from October 23-26, two weeks after the Palestinian militant group Hamas had attacked Israel.

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🇺🇸📉 Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the outlook for the US government ratings from stable to negative, citing risks to the financial strength of the country.

This comes as the clock ticks for another US government shutdown on November 17, with the House Republicans yet to reach consensus on a short-term stopgap funding bill.
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo, for his part, disagreed with Moody's assessment, saying the American economy ‘remains strong.’

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🇷🇺🪖 Russian troops receive more top-notch Raptor sniper rifles in special op zone

General Director of the BespokeGun arms manufacturer Yaroslav Tabolsky told Sputnik that the Raptor as a whole complex of a rifle itself, as well as ammunition, tuning, and sights, which he said is assembled in line with the personal requirements of a sniper.

The Raptor Tactical .338 LM is a high-precision rifle capable of effectively hitting targets at a range of up to 1,850 meters (1.1 miles). The 7.1 kg rifle’s firing accuracy is between 0.3 and 0.1 minute of angle, which means that a marksman can shoot twice and actually hit the same point.

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