Elon Musk, in response to Orban’s words about the European Commission, expressed his opinion that national sovereignty is important

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❗️The head of the European Council admitted that the EU does not yet agree on when talks should start about admitting Ukraine to the bloc and about sending 50 billion euros to finance Kiev.

Hungary has repeatedly spoken out negatively on both issues.

📹 A Russian sniper with the call sign Skull waited for the enemy for four days and eliminated him with a single shot

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❗️ A terrorist attack planned to blow up a tank at a railway station was prevented in Moscow; a man was arrested, the capital's Department of the Investigative Committee reports.

The Russian Federal Security Service published a video of the terror suspect's arrest.

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West overplayed Ukraine, now leans towards 'dialogue with Moscow'

The West is growing inclined to resume talks with Moscow on Ukraine, believes Catherine Jentile de Canecaude, an international observer for the French news channel LCI.

Up until recently, no one talked about it ‘out loud’, said the journalist, but ‘today we feel that this is no longer a taboo.’

There is a feeling in the West, de Canecaude added, that a certain ‘red line’ had been crossed, adding: ‘Perhaps we will again be able to conduct a dialogue with [Russian President] Vladimir Putin. It’s time to start thinking about the terms of negotiations.’

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🇮🇱🔫 Where does Israel buy its weapons from?

The Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage exchange agreement was extended on Tuesday, calling into question whether the $14.3 billion in US aid requested by President Joe Biden will even be relevant by the time it passes through Congress.

What share of its arms does Israel get from its top ally? Who else chips in?

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🇭🇺 Hungary has not supplied - and will not supply - weapons to Ukraine, as this prolongs the conflict, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in an interview with an American television channel.

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📹 Russian paratroopers captured a Ukrainian stronghold north of Artemovsk (Bakhmut)

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🇰🇵🛰 North Korea’s spy satellite makes Pyongyang ‘full-fledged member of space club’

North Korea’s new reconnaissance satellite has placed it among an elite group of nations with autonomous space capabilities, but the device will have powerful strategic effects, too, such as increasing the deterrence powers of the country’s nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles, Moscow-based military expert Alexey Leonkov told Sputnik.

“The DPRK's space program has a long history. They have twice launched telecommunications satellites into space. One of them turned out to be successful, the other not so much. But they corrected their mistakes and created an optical-electronic reconnaissance satellite, which took these pictures. And when they showed how the rocket was launched, it was a completely normal space rocket, a three-stage rocket, very reminiscent of the [Soviet] Zenit rocket,” he said.

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❗️ A Russian Aerospace Forces fighter shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft in the Mezhevoy settlement region, and an air defense crew shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 in the area beyond Novoolenovka in the DPR, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

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🇷🇺 Russia has developed compact 'friend or foe' system to identify drones

It is a compact and lightweight new transponder that automatically marks “friendly” drones at an altitude of up to 5 km and a distance of up to 100 km.

The transponder was recently unveiled by the Ruselectronics holding of the Rostec State Corporation at the Electronics of Russia exhibition.

“Today drones are actively used on the battlefield, where they act as fire spotters, as well as means of surveillance and fire support weapons. However, the same models are often used by both sides of the conflict, which makes their visual identification challenging. The use of such identification means will allow us to distinguish our drones from enemy ones,” said Sergey Borovoy, general director of the Pulsar Research and Production Enterprise, which is part of Roselectronics.

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🇪🇺 The possible use of frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine by Europe could dent the euro's reputation as a safe currency, Vice-President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Luis de Guindos has said.

"Our position on utilising the dividends and interest from the frozen assets is clear. First: this should be a global decision, ideally involving all members of the G7. In addition, we have to be careful because this could lead to reputational damage. We have to look beyond this conflict in isolation, and there could be implications for the euro as a safe currency," de Guindos said in an interview with De Standaard and La Libre Belgique published on Wednesday.

The ECB should consider the long-term reputation of the euro since it is "the second most important" currency in the world, the ECB vice-president added.

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

▪️ Russian Armed Forces repelled an attack by assault groups of a motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction;

▪️ Russian troops liberated the village of Artemovskoye in the DPR;

▪️ Russian air defense shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 plane in the DPR;

▪️ Russian Armed Forces repelled three attacks by Ukrainian assault groups in the Donetsk direction;

▪️ Ukrainian forces lost up to 250 troops and five tanks in the Donetsk direction;

▪️ In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian Armed Forces defeated three Ukrainian brigades near Kamensky and Rabotino;

▪️ Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft and intercepted a HARM missile in the DPR;

▪️ Russian air defense intercepted 11 Ukrainian HIMARS and Uragan MLRS shells within 24 hours and destroyed 38 drones;

▪️ The Russian army destroyed six Ukrainian artillery systems, an electronic warfare station and an ammunition depot in the Donetsk direction;

▪️ Russian military defeated two Ukrainian brigades in the areas of Ugledar, Antonovka and Nikolsky in the DPR causing the enemy losses of up to 160 military personnel and a Grad MLRS.

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🇷🇺🛰🇨🇳 Russia approves a joint lunar research station project with China

Russia and China first came up with a roadmap for the joint construction of a lunar base back in the summer of 2021. The following year, they signed a memorandum of understanding on joint exploration of the Moon, and pledged to work together to build a base there by the 2030s.

The project is to be implemented in three stages.

▪️Stage 1:

- Russian and Chinese lunar missions explore the Moon together
- Best locations determined
- Safe landing ensured by new equipment

▪️Stage 2:

- Control center for the Lunar base set up
- Bulk cargo to Earth’s natural satellite delivered
- Orbital modules set up for supply of power, communications, and provision of transport services

▪️Stage 3:

- Exploration of Moon’s surface
- Expanding functionality of lunar station modules
- Helping international partners land a human being on the Moon.

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🇷🇺 Russia did not win a seat on the executive board of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, voting results show.

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‘The American People are Clueless about the Evil Unleashed in Our Name’

Former US Army officer Scott Bennett just completed a tour of the Donbass. He shared his impressions with Sputnik’s Russell Bentley (@TXDPR);

“I saw prisoners of war, I've seen the front lines up in Soledar, I've seen cities ruined. I've seen old people living in one bedroom apartments surrounded by cushions to keep out the concussions from bombs. I've seen destroyed buildings. I've seen things that are just like right out of World War Two. And it's it's been very unnerving because all of this has been done by American dollars and American weapons. And the American people have been completely clueless about the evil that we've unleashed in our name.”

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🐶A four-legged crew member helps Russian servicemen

A crew member of a Russian SAM system told a touching story about how a dog named Zhuzhik appeared in their unit. The pet not only lives with the servicemen, but also helps them both in everyday life and in detecting drones.

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Dying for Zelensky? No, thank you!

A man escaped from a recruitment center in Western Ukraine through a barred window on the second floor.

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