🇺🇸🇮🇱 Pentagon discreetly increases ammo supplies for Israel

Israel has requested, according to an internal Defense Department list seen by Bloomberg, the following arms:

▪️Over 57,000 155 mm high explosive artillery shells

▪️More Hellfire laser-guided missiles for AH-64 Apache helicopter gunships

▪️20,000 M4A1 rifles

▪️400 120 mm mortars

▪️3,000 M141 hand-held bunker-buster munitions

▪️5,000 PVS-14 night vision devices

▪️75 army vehicles, specifically, the Army and Marine Corps’ new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.

Despite public statements of ‘concern’ over the soaring death toll in Gaza, the Biden administration is upping its delivery of military aid to Israel.

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🇺🇸 American Jacob Chansley, the renowned ‘Shaman’ among those who stormed the Capitol in 2021, said in an interview with Sputnik that the US government did not investigate the role of the alleged “Ukrainian spy” in those events.

"The Ukrainian spy Sergei Dubinin that was there on that day with 1+1 media, a media organization tied to Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, who largely was responsible for the rise of Zelensky. So this Ukrainian oligarch sent Sergei Dubinin and 1+1 media there, and they are the ones actually that were there at the initial breach of the Capitol. And there's no investigation into that. There's no arrest being made there." Chansley said.

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🇷🇺 “You cannot buy security by refusing to create a Palestinian state and reducing the territory that was intended for a Palestinian state.”

Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with RT that this is exactly the position that Moscow is trying to convey to Israel.

"In the historical aspect, the creation of a Palestinian state is inevitable," Lavrov said in an interview.

He noted that Russia has never underestimated the importance of security for Israel.

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🇷🇺🪖 Key points of Russian MoD briefing on progress of special military op in Ukraine:

▪️Russian forces repelled two attacks by the Ukrainian Armed forces (UAF) and destroyed an ammunition depot of a special forces brigade in the Kupyansk direction;

▪️The UAF's losses amounted to up to 580 servicemen;

▪️Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 in the Dnepropetrovsk region;

▪️Russian troops repelled three UAF attacks in the Krasny Liman direction.

▪️Russian air defense systems intercepted seven HIMARS missiles and destroyed 30 UAVs;

▪️The Russian Armed Forces hit three Ukrainian control points in the DPR;

▪️The Russian Armed Forces repelled an attack by a Ukrainian assault group in the Zaporozhye direction.

▪️In the Kherson direction, a Ukrainian COBRA counter-battery radar station was destroyed for the first time.

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🇷🇺🇺🇳 “The problem with the [UN] Security Council is the overrepresentation of Western countries.”

Sergei Lavrov in an exclusive interview with RT noted that the UN needs to be reformed:

“As a result of multipolarity, many new actors are occupying key positions, and this must be reflected in the Security Council. There are many candidates that we support. Very promising candidates are India, Brazil, for example. The same can be said about Africa.”

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🍖 Elon Musk called Ukraine's President Zelensky a "butcher", while at the same time praising Ukraine's Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief, Valery Zaluzhny.

"I think that Zaluzhny is definitely someone who values the lives of his people. And he takes a sober look at what's going on. Zelensky has long-lived in his butcher’s reality, and that reality doesn't match the reality," Musk stated during an audio forum on his own social network X.

Earlier, analysts reported that the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valeriy Zaluzhny, could aspire to the post of President of Ukraine and remove Zelensky with the support of the West.

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“I think escalation has stages. So, already we're seeing intensified conflict on the border with Lebanon. We've seen that over the last couple of days, [Israel and Hezbollah] have been hitting each other much harder. We also see a rise in the strikes against the illegal American bases in Syria and American bases in Iraq, and those will become more intense if there's further escalation. Then you have Yemen. There are many things that can happen, it doesn't have to be in one stage,” Seyed Mohammad Marandi, University of Tehran professor, told the New Rules podcast.

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The situation in Al Shifa hospital still remains tough, Shehab Yousef, Palestinian journalist from the Gaza Strip, told Sputnik.

"We have completely lost contact with the Al-Shifa hospital. The last thing we know is the IDF began to storm the hospital and closed the gates, preventing anyone from leaving. This has resulted in the interruption of communication with all doctors, journalists, and displaced persons who were inside the hospital. The network is no longer functioning. Within the hospital, there are over 7,000 refugees and more than 3,000 medical workers. We don’t know what is happening to them now, and we’re unsure if they are alive or not."

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🇺🇸 Jacob "Shaman" Chansley, who stormed the Capitol, explained to Sputnik why he plans to run for Congress.

According to him, Washington needs "new blood", it's time to stop trusting people who "created problems."

Chansley, most remembered for entering the premises of the US Capitol in his distinctive horned fur hat and wearing face paint, quickly shot to fame as the “public face” of the events of January 6, 2021. His iconic image spread like wildfire across global media, leaving an unforgettable impression.

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🇵🇸🇮🇱 Hamas 'remains intact' despite Israeli operation in Gaza

Tel Aviv has not achieved substantial results since the launch of its ground operation, stressed Mouni Rabbani, an independent writer and analyst specializing in Palestinian affairs, senior fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies, and contributing editor to the Middle East Report.

Rabbani told Sputnik that despite the fact that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have been advancing in the Gaza Strip, they are still encountering fierce resistance.

Although the IDF claims to have entered Gaza City, the Israeli military is struggling to operate even in the border areas, which has supposedly been under Israeli control since the very first days of the ground operation launched on October 27, according to the analyst.

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🇺🇸 San Francisco — Biden’s Potemkin Village?

On the eve of the APEC summit in San Francisco, city authorities carried out large-scale measures to ensure order. An operation was carried out to clear the city of homeless people, as well as large-scale cleanup work, especially in the areas where the event was planned to be held.

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The IDF reportedly blew up the parliament building in Gaza.

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🇷🇺 The situation in Ukraine is tilting in favor of Russian President Vladimir Putin, British press has reported in a shocking statement.

In the summer, the West expressed optimistic expectations that Ukraine would be able to retake major cities, liberate large areas, and possibly isolate Russian forces within the country with the help of NATO weapons. However, these anticipated developments never materialized.

"At a time when the world's attention is focused on the war in the Middle East, Vladimir Putin has gained the upper hand in Ukraine... Time is on his side," said journalist Luke Harding in a podcast.

Furthermore, he added that the possible election of Donald Trump as president of the United States would also play into Russia's hands, as the American politician is not interested in helping Ukraine.

After visiting Ukraine, Harding noted that the situation in the Ukrainian forces is grim, and almost everyone has lost someone close on the front lines.

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🇷🇺 "I believe that neither Iran nor Lebanon want any involvement in this crisis," Russian FM Sergey Lavrov stated during the interview to RT.

"There is no appetite from Lebanon, and as far as I can judge from the recent statement of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, there is no appetite for any big war unless provoked, unless Gaza is no longer considered as a place where Palestinians should continue to live," Lavrov said.

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🗣️ On US airstrikes on Syrian territory

“The US attacking the Albu Kamal area on the border with Iraq, which is one of the few open border crossings between Syria and Iraq that allows humanitarian aid and supplies into Syria from Iran and Iraq. So for America, this is incredibly important to shut down Albu Kamal and have complete control, basically, of that eastern border of Syria,” Vanessa Beeley, international investigative journalist, told Sputnik.

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Where Do the World’s New Trade Corridors Lie?

◾️ The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor is a strategic trade route connecting India with the Middle East and Europe. It involves maritime and overland transportation, facilitating the movement of goods between these regions.

◾️ On the other hand, the Chennai-Vladivostok EMC is a maritime route connecting the Indian port city of Chennai with the Russian port city of Vladivostok. This sea route holds significant geopolitical and economic importance, providing a shorter and more direct pathway for trade between India and Russia.

🇮🇳 🇷🇺 The route has the potential to boost trade relations, especially in energy resources, between India and Russia as India imports 87% of its oil and 65% of its gas.

Check out our infographic showing these new trade corridors on the world map!

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

▪️The IDF reportedly blew up the parliament building in Gaza.

▪️Lavrov: You cannot buy security by refusing to create a Palestinian state and reducing the territory that was intended for a Palestinian state.

▪️Lavrov: In the historical aspect, the creation of a Palestinian state is inevitable.

▪️Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Israel a "terrorist state".

▪️IDF blew up warehouse of medicines and medical equipment in Shifa hospital - reports.

▪️Israel and Hamas are discussing the release of 50 hostages in exchange for a three-day ceasefire, increased humanitarian aid and the release of Palestinians from prison.

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🇨🇳 Where did China’s revolutionary Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragon get its inspiration?

The Chinese Defense Ministry has released never-before-seen footage demonstarting a J-20 fifth generation stealth fighter firing off an air-to-air missile. What is known so far about this mysterious cutting-edge aircraft?

▪️Introduced into service in 2017, the J-20 marked China’s entry into the fifth-generation stealth fighter jet race

▪️J-20 features a maximum takeoff weight of 37,000 kg and is able to carry up to 11,000 kg of weapons

▪️The jet has a 2,000 km combat radius and a 20,000-meter service ceiling. It can carry an assortment of air-to-air missiles (including missiles with a range of up to 300 km), anti-radiation cruise missiles and small-diameter precision-guided bombs, and features cutting edge avionics.

▪️J-20 is unlike any other fifth-gen design on the market today, but isn't actually the first exploration of a wings-at-the-rear plus large frontal winglets design.

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🗣 Lavrov: "When Netanyahu asked Putin to convey to Abbas that he would be ready for direct negotiations, but without any preconditions, President Putin called President Abbas and delivered this message. And President Abbas said, since this is coming through from you, my good friend, as a matter of exception and respect, I accept this offer. Let's find the day - and this was July-August - let's find a date in September 2016. We immediately informed the office of the Prime Minister Netanyahu. And nothing happened. My point is that there were so many opportunities missed. There were so many attempts when a deal seemed to be close, so many attempts to replay the game."

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