🇺🇸 Fox News has included Joe Biden in its list of the biggest losers in American politics in 2023. The TV channel, which targets a conservative audience and sympathizes with the Republican opposition, explained its choice by the low ratings of the 80-year-old commander-in-chief of the US Armed Forces and the impeachment proceedings launched by his opponents in Congress.

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🇾🇪🇵🇸 Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, has trained 20,000 reservist soldiers for possible deployment to the Gaza Strip, Yemeni news agency Saba reported.

A military parade took place in the northwestern Yemeni province of Hajjah to mark the completion of military courses for the first 20,000 reservists of the mobilization forces, the report said.

The reservists confirmed their readiness to go into battle alongside the Yemeni armed forces against Israel and the US coalition aimed at protecting Israeli ships in the Red Sea, the news agency reported.

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📹 Russian artillerymen destroy a concentration of Ukrainian manpower and equipment in the Serebryansky forestry in the Krasny Liman direction

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Russian forces wipe out first French-donated Crotale NG missile system in Ukraine

Russia’s Armed Forces operating in the special military op zone have destroyed several Norwegian-made NASAMS and one French Crotale NG short-range air defense system donated to the Kiev regime.

The NATO-donated weapons systems were stationed at the Starokonstantinov airfield in the Khmelnitsky region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

The Russian military carried out a coordinated assault that involved tactical aircraft, missile troops, artillery units, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

This is believed to be the first recorded instance of a Crotale NG being obliterated in combat, and serves as further proof that NATO's state-of-the-art equipment is fair game for Russia's Armed Forces.

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

▪️ Hamas rejects a proposal for a 1-2-week truce, but demands an Israeli ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners on its own terms, the group’s leadership said.

▪️ The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip has reached 70, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said.

▪️ Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, has trained 20,000 reservist soldiers for possible deployment to the Gaza Strip, Yemeni news agency Saba reported.

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The collective West is behind the riots in Belgrade, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik.

“The attempts of the collective West to shake up the situation in the country using the techniques of ‘Maidan coups’ are obvious,” she said.

Zakharova emphasized that the only possible reaction to the situation is strict adherence to the constitution and respect for the choice of the Serbian people, who voted for their national interests.

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World community has right not to recognize legally unfounded US claims to Arctic shelf - Russian senator

By declaring their extended claims to the continental shelf, the US authorities “act without any international legal basis,” Deputy Speaker of the Russian upper house Konstantin Kosachev said on Telegram.

“This time the Americans have outdone themselves, disregarding the interests of even their own allies in the Arctic. Now the US has a territorial dispute with Canada and Japan over shelf delimitation,” the Russian politician noted.

To this day, Washington is not a party to the Convention on the Law of the Sea – the fundamental 1982 UN treaty laying down rules governing the use of the world's oceans and their resources, he noted. The official added that in a sense, the US is an “outcast” among all maritime powers that are parties to the convention.

Earlier, the US released updated coordinates of the nation's continental shelf (ECS) claims beyond 200 nautical miles from coasts in the Arctic, Atlantic, Bering Sea, Pacific, Mariana Islands, and two areas in the Gulf of Mexico.

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🇷🇺 Top 5 most powerful Russian weapons of 2023

2023 will be remembered as the year NATO weapons’ image of superiority to their Russian analogues came crashing down. Here are the top 5 Russian weapons of the outgoing year, as gauged by 5 top military observers.

🔻Tor-M2

“The Tor-M2 air defense system has distinguished itself with its excellent work in shooting down enemy UAVs. Among the statistics of downed enemy drones updated daily by Russia’s MoD, two thirds have been destroyed by this complex,” Russian military expert Alexei Leonkov told Sputnik.

🔻T-90

“This is the best tank in the world,” Hero of Russia and reserve colonel Rustem Klupov told Sputnik. “Its firepower consists of a 125-mm cannon that can fire guided missiles through its barrel…The tank’s active protection system ensures survivability. It’s unpretentious, maneuverable, and low-to-the ground, enabling it to remain invisible to the enemy on the battlefield until the last moment.”

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🔻Ka-52

"The Ka-52 is a “very innovative” attack helicopter with “huge capability” that can paralyze enemy targets at standoff ranges using long-range LMUR missiles," former DoD analyst and Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski told Sputnik.

🔻Lancet

“The number one thing that impressed me is drones, both helicopter and airplane-style, including the Lancet, which has proven itself to be excellent,” veteran military pilot and Hero of Russia Sergei Lipovoy told Sputnik. “The Lancet…combines accuracy, range and the power of its destructive charge,” Klupov added.

🔻Kinzhal

The Kinzhal is a strategic hypersonic missile flying at speeds up to Mach 10. “It’s got a 2,000 km range and it could be launched from bombers and interceptors," former DoD senior security policy analyst Michael Maloof told Sputnik. "The US “has no defense” against missiles like the Kinzhal," he stressed.

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📹 Russian Be-12 amphibious anti-submarine aircraft and Ka-29 transport and combat helicopter crews conduct patrols over the Black Sea

In order to improve practical skills in destroying high-speed and small-sized sea targets, the pilots of the Be-12 amphibious aircraft carried out bombing on a target (0:25), and the crew of the Ka-29 helicopter practiced shooting at a moving sea target with a heavy machine gun (0:07).

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❗️ Russia’s Investigative Committee has accused the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, of committing 104 terrorist attacks; a Moscow court has again arrested him in absentia

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Egypt has presented a three-stage plan to Israel and Hamas aimed at ending the conflict in Gaza and facilitating post-war development, the Asharq broadcaster reported, citing sources.

The initial stage involves a two-week humanitarian ceasefire, extendable by another two weeks, wherein Hamas would release 40 Israeli civilians (including women, children, and elderly men) while Israel would release 120 Palestinian prisoners. This phase also includes provisions for supplying essential resources like food, medical aid, and fuel to Gaza.

The second phase focuses on establishing a technocratic government in Gaza to manage humanitarian aid, oversee the enclave's restoration, and prepare for Palestinian general elections.

The final stage of the Egyptian proposal emphasizes a complete ceasefire and a negotiation for the release of all Israeli soldiers held in Gaza. Additionally, Israel would determine the number of Palestinian prisoners to be released, withdraw its troops from Gaza's cities, and allow refugees to return to their homes in the enclave.

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❗️Serbia’s president has information that the protests in the country are supported by the West, and this data is irrefutable, Russia’s ambassador to Belgrade said.

According to the diplomat, the protests in Serbia are planned and conducted according the principle of “Maidan” revolutions.

🇷🇺 🇮🇳 EAM S Jaishankar has arrived in Moscow for his 5-day visit

He is expected to hold talks with Russian FM Sergey Lavrov and Trade Minister Denis Manturov.

Stay tuned for updates on Jaishankar's visit to Moscow!

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Head of Russia's Masonic lodge may participate in presidential election

Andrey Bogdanov, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Russia, has been nominated as a presidential candidate by the Russian Party of Freedom and Justice. He is expected to submit documents for participation tomorrow.

Bogdanov participated in the presidential election in 2008, gaining 1.3% of the vote (that year, Dmitry Medvedev won the election).

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🇷🇺⚔️ Deliveries to the Russian Armed Forces of the AK-12 assault rifle, updated taking into account the experience of the special military operation, will begin in January, the Kalashnikov Concern said.

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German magazine Der Spiegel has removed an article criticizing Israel's bombing of the Gaza Strip, Bild writes.

Specifically, the article stated that Tel Aviv's attacks on the enclave have caused far more damage than the Allied attacks on German cities during World War II.

The comparison was criticized online, after which the article, noscriptd “Israel is waging one of the most destructive military campaigns in history, experts say,” disappeared, Bild reported.

Der Spiegel explained that its editors are checking the information in the material and may republish it, but in a modified form.

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❗️ EAEU countries sign full-scale free trade agreement with Iran, which will replace temporary agreement in force since 2019

😎 Best of the best: top 5 powerful Russian weapons in action

Write in the comments whether you agree with the list and which Russian weapon you consider the most powerful👇

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