👀 Watch Israeli soldier standing too close to a tank salvo get knocked down by the muzzle blast.

The video has gone viral on social networks.

This incident is being investigated, local media reported.

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Against the background of sanctions and Western pressure, the South Korean company Hyundai Motor sold its automobile plant in Russia for a symbolic sum - 10,000 rubles ($111) with the possibility of redemption.

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❗️The drone attack was repelled by air defenses in Odintsovo city district, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.

According to preliminary data, there was no damage or injuries at the site of the wreckage, the mayor noted.

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The Pentagon's chief has arrived in Bahrain to negotiate an operation to protect ships in the Red Sea, the US Embassy in Bahrain reported on X.

The proposed coalition will include the United States, Britain, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.

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More than two hundred Ukrainian militants were wounded and about 140 were destroyed. These are the results of two months of work by the airborne unmanned aerial units.

"They carry out night raids, they're always moving at night. During the day, they're afraid of us... We have adapted and are much more effective at night, also because you can see the heat better at night, from a distance," says the drone operator with the call sign "Santa".

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WATCH LIVE: Vladimir Putin and Sergei Shoigu hold an extended meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense

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❗️Putin at the board of the Ministry of Defense: 2023 was a stressful year for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, but everyone solved their tasks professionally and courageously.

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❗️Putin: The activity of the NATO bloc has increased sharply in general. US forces, including aircraft, have been deployed to the borders of the Russian Federation

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❗️Putin: the aggressive nature of NATO is no longer hidden - US documents directly enshrine claims to global superiority

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❗️Putin on the current situation in the war zone: Our troops have the initiative, we do what we think is necessary

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❗️Putin: the myth of the invulnerability of Western military equipment has collapsed

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❗️Putin says role of the nuclear triad has grown - 15 Yars and Avangard launchers will be delivered by end of year

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🗣The strategic forces' aviation supply is being modernized. Four Tu-160m missile carriers have been received, the Russian president said

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The supply of armored vehicles to troops has tripled this year, Putin noted.

According to the president, the Russian defense industry as a whole responds faster and more accurately to the needs of those who are fighting on the battlefield and the Russian Design Bureau has made a real breakthrough.

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The state defense order will be almost entirely fulfilled in 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

"It is expected that, in general, the state defense order by the end of 2023 will be fulfilled at the level of about 98%," he said, speaking at an expanded meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

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Russian Defense Miniter Sergei Shoigu: The Sea of Azov has become internal for Russia, routes to new regions and a direct road to Crimea have been restored

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❗️Putin says 15 Yars and Avangard launchers will be delivered by end of year.

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Statements by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu:

▪️The West supplied Kiev with 5,220 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, 28 aircraft, 87 helicopters, 23,000 drones, and over 1,300 artillery systems

▪️Ukraine received $203 billion from external sponsors, $30 billion more than its GDP

▪️Ukraine is a de facto bankrupt country

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❗️Russia's Armed Forces have taken out over 5,800 foreign mercenaries since the beginning of the military operation - Shoigu

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The special military operation revealed a number of problems; it is necessary to rebuild communication systems and more effectively use modern intelligence technologies, Vladimir Putin said.

He added that it is necessary to increase the production of high-precision projectiles and drones, and the work of air defenses requires improvement

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