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Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the key principles of Russia's foreign policy
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"No matter what somebody may want, our activity in world affairs will only increase, and in the coming year of 2024 Russia will have a number of important foreign policy functions to fulfill," Vladimir Putin said.
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🗣 "It is true that the readiness to spend such an amount on Ukraine is decreasing, especially in Western Europe," Fernand Kartheiser, an MP from Luxembourg, told Sputnik while commenting on the reported risks to allocation of the €50 billion for Kiev. "Countries come under growing pressure to return to more sound economic and financial policies, respecting the Maastricht criteria."
Kiev is risking seeing a decrease in funding from the EU, as right-wing parties, skeptical of Brussels' military adventurism in Ukraine, are set to question the rationale behind this policy at the December summit at the European Council and to expand their presence in the European Parliament next year.
Furthermore, the EU is also closely watching US lawmakers slashing funding to Kiev, Doctorow underscored.
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Kiev is risking seeing a decrease in funding from the EU, as right-wing parties, skeptical of Brussels' military adventurism in Ukraine, are set to question the rationale behind this policy at the December summit at the European Council and to expand their presence in the European Parliament next year.
"There are other issues in the EU that are pulling things in the same direction of slowly letting go of Zelensky and his regime," Gilbert Doctorow, an international relations analyst, told Sputnik. "The hole in the German state budget is a bigger factor working against Ukraine at the EU level right now."
Furthermore, the EU is also closely watching US lawmakers slashing funding to Kiev, Doctorow underscored.
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🇺🇸 The United States will completely run out of resources to provide assistance to Ukraine by the end of the calendar year, the White House told Congress, according to Bloomberg. “There is no magical pot of funding available to meet this moment,” Shalanda…
🇺🇸 The United States assesses the situation in Kiev as “tough,” taking into account that support money will run out “very soon,” the State Department said.
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The head of Russia's Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights proposed creating an institute to monitor the work of Google and other companies for the sake of user information security at a meeting with Putin.
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TIME magazine included Vladimir Putin on the short list of candidates for the noscript of “person of the year.”
There are nine nominees in total, including Xi Jinping. The winner will be announced on Wednesday.
Putin was TIME's 2007 Person of the Year and has been on the TIME100 list multiple times, including in 2022.
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There are nine nominees in total, including Xi Jinping. The winner will be announced on Wednesday.
Putin was TIME's 2007 Person of the Year and has been on the TIME100 list multiple times, including in 2022.
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✈️ An image of a future supersonic airliner was presented in Russia for the first time
The rendering was shown by the scientific director of the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute, Sergei Chernyshev, during the aeronautics congress.
Russia is now competing with the United States in creating a flight demonstrator of a civilian airliner, Chernyshev noted. If there is a lag, it is minimal.
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The rendering was shown by the scientific director of the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute, Sergei Chernyshev, during the aeronautics congress.
Russia is now competing with the United States in creating a flight demonstrator of a civilian airliner, Chernyshev noted. If there is a lag, it is minimal.
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🇮🇱🇵🇸 Latest updates on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict:
▪️The death toll from Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip since October 7 has risen to 15,899, with 42,000 injured, the enclave's Ministry of Health reported;
▪️Israel will continue to allow humanitarian aid, fuel into Gaza Strip in same volumes that before ceasefire, Israeli Defense Ministry to Sputnik;
▪️Hamas' military wing says it launched a rocket attack on Tel Aviv in response to shelling of civilians in Gaza;
▪️IDF says safe corridor in central Gaza has become a battlefield and calls on the population to evacuate along the coast;
▪️Military wing of Hamas says it struck five Israeli tanks and five infantry fighting vehicles in eastern Gaza.
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▪️The death toll from Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip since October 7 has risen to 15,899, with 42,000 injured, the enclave's Ministry of Health reported;
▪️Israel will continue to allow humanitarian aid, fuel into Gaza Strip in same volumes that before ceasefire, Israeli Defense Ministry to Sputnik;
▪️Hamas' military wing says it launched a rocket attack on Tel Aviv in response to shelling of civilians in Gaza;
▪️IDF says safe corridor in central Gaza has become a battlefield and calls on the population to evacuate along the coast;
▪️Military wing of Hamas says it struck five Israeli tanks and five infantry fighting vehicles in eastern Gaza.
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An escalation of tensions in the Red Sea is a warning signal to Israel and the US, say Beirut-based scholar Dr. Lorenzo Trombetta and Ambassador Ezzat Saad, director of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs.
On Sunday, three commercial vessels were subjected to a Houthi missile attack in the Red Sea.
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"I believe that these developments in the Red Sea region come within a broader context of threats from armed groups and forces sympathetic with the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank," Saad tells Sputnik.
"This route is becoming more dangerous. But it doesn't mean that the route is an open theater to war," Trombetta notes.
On Sunday, three commercial vessels were subjected to a Houthi missile attack in the Red Sea.
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🇺🇸 WH to drain Ukraine funding dry by year end without congressional action
The White House will exhaust the money earmarked to provide more weapons to Ukraine “without congressional action” by the end of this year, Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young has warned.
In a letter to House and Senate leaders, she pointed out that “Cutting off the flow of US weapons and equipment will kneecap Ukraine on the battlefield, not only putting at risk the gains Ukraine has made, but increasing the likelihood of Russian military victories.”
Young stated that nearly all of the $111 billion, which was allotted by Congress to assist Ukraine, had already been utilized, with the majority of the funds directed towards military support for the Kiev regime.
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The White House will exhaust the money earmarked to provide more weapons to Ukraine “without congressional action” by the end of this year, Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young has warned.
In a letter to House and Senate leaders, she pointed out that “Cutting off the flow of US weapons and equipment will kneecap Ukraine on the battlefield, not only putting at risk the gains Ukraine has made, but increasing the likelihood of Russian military victories.”
Young stated that nearly all of the $111 billion, which was allotted by Congress to assist Ukraine, had already been utilized, with the majority of the funds directed towards military support for the Kiev regime.
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A shipment of BLU-109 “bunker buster” bombs from the United States may help Israeli forces to better target the extensive network of Hamas’ underground communications underneath the Gaza Strip.
These 2,000-pound (907 kilogram) bombs are specifically designed to penetrate deep underground before exploding and may potentially wreak havoc upon whatever underground assets Hamas has in the Palestinian enclave.
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These 2,000-pound (907 kilogram) bombs are specifically designed to penetrate deep underground before exploding and may potentially wreak havoc upon whatever underground assets Hamas has in the Palestinian enclave.
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The Pentagon wants weaponsmakers to ramp up production of counter-drone weapons. Former Pentagon analyst Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski said the military-industrial complex can't do that for new tech.
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“When you follow the money, both in terms of Congressional enthusiasm to fund this or that, and Pentagon/corporate interest in long term growth and steadiness, you can see what falls through the cracks: small munitions in mass numbers and highly experimental technologies.”
“The first money that is spent profits the corporations, their pay and bonuses, and upgrades to infrastructure and manpower. Then you see the output increase, and as many of these wars … are relatively short-lived, by the time the infrastructure and manpower improvements are in place, the demand is less urgent. The system then lobbies for the longer run, and cost plus contracts for the next time.”
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🇦🇺 Australia is working to develop a "top secret cloud initiative" that will be "interoperable" with US and UK intelligence agencies, its director-general of national intelligence said Monday.
Shearer added that the initiative would make Australia "interoperable" with the US and UK intelligence communities. He said that the project was being designed with "interoperability with our most important partners right from the start."
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"In Australia, we are working very hard on a top-secret cloud initiative...what that will do is obviously transform how we do our work as agencies but also it'll open up a shared collaborative space," Andrew Shearer said at a talk hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Shearer added that the initiative would make Australia "interoperable" with the US and UK intelligence communities. He said that the project was being designed with "interoperability with our most important partners right from the start."
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Police officers injured due to building explosion in Arlington county
🗣"As officers were attempting to execute a search warrant at the residence, the suspect discharged several rounds inside the home. Subsequently, an explosion occurred at the residence," police said, adding that "officers on scene reported minor injuries with no one transported to the hospital."
Police added that the Arlington County Fire Department is attempting to extinguish the fire.
It was reported later that a large number of police officers are at the scene of the incident, and the roads to the scene are blocked.
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🗣"As officers were attempting to execute a search warrant at the residence, the suspect discharged several rounds inside the home. Subsequently, an explosion occurred at the residence," police said, adding that "officers on scene reported minor injuries with no one transported to the hospital."
Police added that the Arlington County Fire Department is attempting to extinguish the fire.
It was reported later that a large number of police officers are at the scene of the incident, and the roads to the scene are blocked.
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🇷🇺 Russian air defense destroys, intercepts 35 Ukrainian drones
Ukraine has been sending drones into Russian territory on the regular basis since it launched a counteroffensive attempt in early June. In August UN officials slammed this move and stressed that they strongly condemn targeting civilian infrastructure.
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"Tonight, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by fixed-wing drones on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped. 22 Ukrainian drones were destroyed by air defense systems and another 13 were intercepted over the Sea of Azov and the territory of the Republic of Crimea," Russian Defense Ministry said on Telegram.
Ukraine has been sending drones into Russian territory on the regular basis since it launched a counteroffensive attempt in early June. In August UN officials slammed this move and stressed that they strongly condemn targeting civilian infrastructure.
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🇺🇸 FBI interviewed priest, choir director in targeting Catholic Church, US House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government said.
The panel began investigating whistleblower allegations of an FBI memorandum that proposed infiltrating the traditional Catholic community as a form of threat mitigation against potential violent extremism.
The FBI had no legitimate basis for inserting federal law enforcement into traditional Catholic communities, as per the report.
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The panel began investigating whistleblower allegations of an FBI memorandum that proposed infiltrating the traditional Catholic community as a form of threat mitigation against potential violent extremism.
"The Committee and Select Subcommittee’s oversight shows that the FBI abused its counterterrorism tools to target Catholic Americans as potential domestic terrorists," the panel said, adding that the FBI targeted anti-abortion Catholics and those who believe in biology-based gender distinctions as potential domestic terrorists.
The FBI had no legitimate basis for inserting federal law enforcement into traditional Catholic communities, as per the report.
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📹 Russian Airborne FPV drones destroyed Ukrainian infantry near Artemovsk (Bakhmut)
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🇺🇸🤔 "Do you want to rack up trillions more in debt & send our sons and daughters to die fighting someone else’s war in places like Ukraine and the Middle East?" Vivek Ramaswamy, US presidential candidate, said on X, reflecting on the foreign policy drawbacks of the previous administrations.
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"I'm not helping Ukraine until we help ourselves," Lindsey Graham said.
Republican Senator pointed out that he would not vote for any aid to Ukraine until "we secure our own border."
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Republican Senator pointed out that he would not vote for any aid to Ukraine until "we secure our own border."
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📹 The Russian MLRS Grad crew destroyed a US-made M777 howitzer on the right bank of the Dnepr. They also prevented a Ukrainian landing force from moving to the left bank in the Kherson region.
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❗️Iran's president will visit Moscow on Thursday to discuss bilateral issues and Palestine in a meeting with Putin, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported.
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The stalemate at the front has intensified the struggle within Ukraine for Zelensky's place, writes the Spanish newspaper El Mundo.
Until the summer there was a consensus between the authorities and the opposition that presidential elections should not be held, the newspaper notes, adding that now, "against the background of paralysis at the front," some candidates are beginning to take steps to force Zelensky to call them.
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Until the summer there was a consensus between the authorities and the opposition that presidential elections should not be held, the newspaper notes, adding that now, "against the background of paralysis at the front," some candidates are beginning to take steps to force Zelensky to call them.
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