Who are the Foreign Volunteers fighting for Russia?

“These people fought on the side of light because they clearly distinguished where the work of demons was and where the work of God was. These are people who, without knowing each other and coming from different sides, ended up together here in the Donbass,” Vasily Vorobyov, a decorated Russian soldier, told Sputnik’s Russell Bentley (@TXDPR).

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🐆 How to catch a Leopard

Russian servicemen talk about their successful hunt for a German Leopard 1A5 tank. Just two anti-tank missiles were fired from a distance of 3 km, and the "cat" was destroyed (0:50).

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

▪️The Russian Armed Forces struck a rear command post of Ukraine’s 53rd Mechanized Brigade and a command and observation post of the artillery division of the 31st Mechanized Brigade in the DPR;

▪️Russian troops repelled two attacks by Ukrainian assault groups in the Kupyansk direction;

▪️Ukrainian forces lost up to 100 military personnel in the South Donetsk direction;

▪️The Russian Army repelled a Ukrainian attack in the Krasny Liman direction, with the enemy losing up to 250 soldiers;

▪️The Russian Armed Forces repelled two attacks by Ukrainian assault groups in the Marinka area in the Donetsk direction;

▪️The Russian military struck a concentration of Ukrainian manpower and brigade equipment in the Andreevka area in the DPR;

▪️Ukrainian forces lost up to 270 troops in the Donetsk direction;

▪️The Russian Armed Forces repelled three attacks by Ukrainian assault groups in the Verbovoy area in the Zaporozhye direction;

▪️Ukrainian forces lost up to 55 military personnel and two vehicles in the Kherson direction;

▪️Russian air defenses destroyed nine Ukrainian drones.

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☣️ Today is the Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare. In this connection, we traced the grim timeline of the history of chemical warfare.

▪️1915: Ypres Gas Attack
On April 22, 1915, German forces deployed 168 tons of chlorine near Ypres, Belgium, claiming 1,100 lives in one of WWI's earliest chemical attacks.

▪️1935–1936: Mustard Gas in Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini ordered the use of mustard gas in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, resulting in about 100,000 lives lost.

▪️WWII: Nazi Atrocities
The Nazis used the infamous prussic acid-based "Zyklon-B" in concentration camps, causing over a million deaths.

▪️1943: Japan's Chemical Weapons
Imperial Japanese Army deployed chemical and bacteriological weapons in the Battle of Changde. The exact casualty count remains uncertain.

▪️1962–1971: Agent Orange in Vietnam
US forces used Agent Orange, resulting in genetic mutations and oncological diseases in three million Vietnamese.

▪️2004: White Phosphorus in Fallujah
American troops used white phosphorus in Fallujah, Iraq. The true toll of casualties remains undisclosed.

▪️Syrian Conflict: Accusations and Evidence
The Syrian government has repeatedly been accused of using chemical weapons. However, evidence submitted to the OPCW by the Russian Ministry of Defense showed that mustard gas was used by ISIS militants.

▪️Ukraine's Troubling Chemical Use
Ukrainian troops used chemical weapons in 2022 and 2023, such as the Botulinum toxin type B, raising concerns about the conflict's humanitarian toll.

▪️2023: Alarming Revelations
Lieutenant-General Igor Kirillov disclosed 17 cases of Ukrainian Armed Forces using chemical agents to poison food, resulting in at least 15 casualties.

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🇷🇺 Two nuclear submarines - the strategic Alexander III and the multipurpose Krasnoyarsk - have been handed over to the Russian Navy, a source in the military-industrial complex told Sputnik.

"The acceptance documents on the transfer to the fleet of two submarines Alexander III and Krasnoyarsk, which were built at Sevmash, have been signed. The official flag-raising ceremony on the two nuclear-powered missile carriers will take place after December 10," the source said.

The Alexander III, a strategic nuclear submarine known as Project 955A or Borey-A, joined the fleet as the seventh ship in the Borey/Borey-A series (code 955/955A). Additionally, the Krasnoyarsk, a multipurpose vessel, became the fourth ship in the Yasen/Yasen-M series (code 885/885M).

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🧪 Poisoning of Ukrainian military intel chief’s wife likely 'staged to oust Zaluzhny', ex-CIA analyst says

The suspected poisoning attack on Marianna Budanova, wife of Kyrylo Budanov, is a true “who done it,” Larry Johnson, retired CIA intelligence officer and State Department official, told Sputnik.

He added that there are plenty of people and organizations with motives. Johnson said that some point the finger at “General Zaluzhy’s crew,” since Budanov is suspected of being behind the recent “birthday grenade death” of Zaluzhny’s chief of staff.

Amid reports of bitter infighting in Kiev, Marianna Budanova’s targeting may have also been “staged to implicate Zaluzhny in order to add fuel to the movement to oust him,” Johnson said.

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🪖 Ex-Pentagon advisor Douglas Macgregor on Ukraine: the country is on the verge of capitulation, there will be no elections, and Zelensky is following the path of Benito Mussolini.

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🇮🇱🇵🇸 The latest terrorist attack in Jerusalem, as well as the second one in the Jordan Valley, will make the negotiations between Israel and Hamas more complicated, and "might open the door again for military operations, especially in the southern part of Gaza", Ayman Yousef, Professor in political sciences and international relations at the Arab-American University in Palestine, told Sputnik.

"Today, we had two attacks: one in Jerusalem and the other near Israeli settlements, in the Jordan Valley. And both attacks will have some repercussions and implications for overall exchange of detainees and the prisoners. And, I think now the strongest voices in Israel will rise and might reject any kind of renewal of these humanitarian short tactical pauses. So I think negotiations in the future will get more complicated."

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🪖 From backpack drones to plane-sized behemoths: five cutting edge UAVs of 2023

The Ukraine crisis has demonstrated the critical importance of unmanned aerial vehicles in modern warfare, with Russia and NATO flooding the battlefield with their latest reconnaissance, strike and kamikaze drone designs. Watch our video about the most promising UAVs of the outgoing year.

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🇷🇺 Donbass: A Story of Resistance

Former US Army officer Scott Bennett shared the story of a resilient woman he met in the frontline town of Soledar.

“This woman lived through [the collapse of the Soviet Union] and now she's lived through the Ukraine Nazis bombing and destroying and killing her neighbors and her friends. And we did an interview with her and she was defiant, but hopeful and optimistic. And she was just determined that she wasn't going to leave…I was moved and I said, 'This is true Russian womanly character: lovely and yet defiant and warrior-like.'”

Interview by Sputnik’s Russell Bentley (@TXDPR).

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

▪️Israel has decided to recall its ambassador from Madrid for consultations over the statement of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez about the military operation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said.

▪️An Italian ship equipped to provide medical services on board will arrive at the Egyptian port Arish on December 3 to help treat children from the Gaza Strip right across the border, the Italian cabinet said.

▪️US citizens are almost evenly split over Israel's military action in Gaza, with 50% expressing support for its operation and 45% voicing disapproval, a new Gallup poll showed.

▪️Blinken tells Abbas he will continue to insist on full accountability for extremist violence against West Bank Palestinians, State Dept. says.

▪️Two Israeli prisoners have been handed over to the Red Cross and are currently being sent to Israel, the IDF said.

▪️Blinken said that Israel settlers must be held accountable for violence against Palestinians.

▪️Two people who are responsible for the shooting attack in Jeruselem on Thursday are members of the military wing of Palestinian movement Hamas, Al Qassam Brigades, the movement said.

▪️Hamas is ready to release the Israeli male hostages under a comprehensive agreement and a lasting truce in the Gaza Strip, Hamas spokesperson Basem Naim said.

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