❗️EXPOSED: a US merc has confirmed a Russian missile strike targeted foreign mercenaries' location in Kharkov, by posting photos of its aftermath, Sputnik has learned
Retired US officer Daniel Ridley, founder of Trident Defense Initiative mercenary group, which Sputnik had previously unmasked, seemingly posted photos of the ruined building as the aftermath of Russian Armed Forces airstrike on his social media.
As such, he confirmed the information provided by the Russian Ministry of Defense. According to the statement, over 60 foreign mercenaries were eliminated, and more than 20 were transported to medical facilities.
Retired US officer Daniel Ridley, founder of Trident Defense Initiative mercenary group, which Sputnik had previously unmasked, seemingly posted photos of the ruined building as the aftermath of Russian Armed Forces airstrike on his social media.
As such, he confirmed the information provided by the Russian Ministry of Defense. According to the statement, over 60 foreign mercenaries were eliminated, and more than 20 were transported to medical facilities.
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Russia's military struck foreign mercenaries' base in Kharkov, says the Ministry of Defense
▪️On the evening of January 16, the Russian Armed Forces conducted a precision strike on a temporary location of foreign militants in the city of Kharkov, primarily composed of French mercenaries.
▪️As a result of the strike, the building housing the mercenaries was completely destroyed. Over 60 soldiers were eliminated and more than 20 were transported to medical facilities.
Our earlier coverage of mercenaries in Ukraine:
▪️ Who really is Trident Defense Initiative, a mercenary group training Ukraine’s army?
▪️Who is the British merc who was awarded medal by Ukrainian Command and then lamented loss of his fellow 'Soldier of Fortune'?
▪️Why did French intel agent meet foreign merc in Ukraine 2 year prior the conflict?
▪️How much do mercenaries make in Ukraine?
▪️What is known about the Russian strike on the former "Kharkov Palace", one of the foreign mercenaries' bases?
Diminishing western support: Russian strikes cripple Ukrainian military capabilities
▪️On the evening of January 16, the Russian Armed Forces conducted a precision strike on a temporary location of foreign militants in the city of Kharkov, primarily composed of French mercenaries.
▪️As a result of the strike, the building housing the mercenaries was completely destroyed. Over 60 soldiers were eliminated and more than 20 were transported to medical facilities.
Our earlier coverage of mercenaries in Ukraine:
▪️ Who really is Trident Defense Initiative, a mercenary group training Ukraine’s army?
▪️Who is the British merc who was awarded medal by Ukrainian Command and then lamented loss of his fellow 'Soldier of Fortune'?
▪️Why did French intel agent meet foreign merc in Ukraine 2 year prior the conflict?
▪️How much do mercenaries make in Ukraine?
▪️What is known about the Russian strike on the former "Kharkov Palace", one of the foreign mercenaries' bases?
Diminishing western support: Russian strikes cripple Ukrainian military capabilities
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🇮🇷 Top 5 Iranian weapons that strike terror in enemies’ hearts
The IRGC launch of a series of ballistic missile and drone strikes at terrorist and Mossad targets in Syria, Iraq and Pakistan Monday and Tuesday, with the Syria attack involving the use of a missile which traveled over 1,230 km to its destination. The strikes once again showed off the capabilities of the Iranian defense industry’s ability to create top-notch military hardware. Ballistic missiles are one of the Islamic Republic’s strong suits, but certainly not the only one.
▪️ Fattah-1 is a maneuverable hypersonic missile that can accelerate to blazing fast speeds up to Mach 15, and which is powered by a two-stage solid fuel engine. The missile’s unveiling put Iran into a small club of nations with hypersonic capabilities (which excludes the US). If produced in sufficient numbers, the Fattah-1 will give Iran the capability to cut through enemy air defenses, no matter how sophisticated, like a hot knife through butter.
▪️Abu Mahdi is a 6 meter-long anti-ship cruise missile packed with 410 kg of high explosive. The missile operates at subsonic speeds of approximately 900 km per hour, and has a range of over 1,000 km – nearly triple that of previous generations of Iranian naval cruise missile designs.
▪️Mohajer-10 is a new generation heavy, high endurance, long-range reconnaissance, strike, and electronic warfare drone. The small plane-sized UAV has a 300 kg payload, a 2,000 km range, and a maximum flight altitude of up to 7 km.
▪️Sevom Khordad is a homegrown air defense system designed to strike enemy missiles, drones and aircraft at long ranges. Its missiles have a range of up to 200 km, and its radars and targeting computer can detect up to 100 targets simultaneously at distances up to 350 km. In June 2019, Iran shot down a stealthy $180 million US RQ-4A Global Hawk surveillance drone over Iranian airspace in the Hormuz Strait, using the Sevom Khordad to do it.
▪️Sayyad is a tiny Iranian tracked armored vehicle that packs a serious punch. The 4.9m x 2.2m x 2.1m vehicle can be fitted with a heavy machinegun, anti-tank missile launchers or 77mm rocket launchers, and is nimble enough to accelerate to up to 95 km per hour on the highway.
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The IRGC launch of a series of ballistic missile and drone strikes at terrorist and Mossad targets in Syria, Iraq and Pakistan Monday and Tuesday, with the Syria attack involving the use of a missile which traveled over 1,230 km to its destination. The strikes once again showed off the capabilities of the Iranian defense industry’s ability to create top-notch military hardware. Ballistic missiles are one of the Islamic Republic’s strong suits, but certainly not the only one.
▪️ Fattah-1 is a maneuverable hypersonic missile that can accelerate to blazing fast speeds up to Mach 15, and which is powered by a two-stage solid fuel engine. The missile’s unveiling put Iran into a small club of nations with hypersonic capabilities (which excludes the US). If produced in sufficient numbers, the Fattah-1 will give Iran the capability to cut through enemy air defenses, no matter how sophisticated, like a hot knife through butter.
▪️Abu Mahdi is a 6 meter-long anti-ship cruise missile packed with 410 kg of high explosive. The missile operates at subsonic speeds of approximately 900 km per hour, and has a range of over 1,000 km – nearly triple that of previous generations of Iranian naval cruise missile designs.
▪️Mohajer-10 is a new generation heavy, high endurance, long-range reconnaissance, strike, and electronic warfare drone. The small plane-sized UAV has a 300 kg payload, a 2,000 km range, and a maximum flight altitude of up to 7 km.
▪️Sevom Khordad is a homegrown air defense system designed to strike enemy missiles, drones and aircraft at long ranges. Its missiles have a range of up to 200 km, and its radars and targeting computer can detect up to 100 targets simultaneously at distances up to 350 km. In June 2019, Iran shot down a stealthy $180 million US RQ-4A Global Hawk surveillance drone over Iranian airspace in the Hormuz Strait, using the Sevom Khordad to do it.
▪️Sayyad is a tiny Iranian tracked armored vehicle that packs a serious punch. The 4.9m x 2.2m x 2.1m vehicle can be fitted with a heavy machinegun, anti-tank missile launchers or 77mm rocket launchers, and is nimble enough to accelerate to up to 95 km per hour on the highway.
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The main topics of the day which we managed to cover for you:
▪️Is the Korean Peninsula on the brink of a new escalation?
▪️What message Iran’s Pakistan strikes sent to US, Israel and their terror proxies?
▪️Top 5 Iranian weapons that strike terror in enemies’ hearts
▪️What is known about British mercenary Aiden Aslin, who was captured by Russia in 2022, sentenced to death in the DPR, and later released as part of a prisoner exchange, has again been spotted in the special operation zone? Check our exclusive report
▪️When Western-centric world will finally change and embrace multipolar order suggested by BRICS and Global South?
▪️Is the Korean Peninsula on the brink of a new escalation?
▪️What message Iran’s Pakistan strikes sent to US, Israel and their terror proxies?
▪️Top 5 Iranian weapons that strike terror in enemies’ hearts
▪️What is known about British mercenary Aiden Aslin, who was captured by Russia in 2022, sentenced to death in the DPR, and later released as part of a prisoner exchange, has again been spotted in the special operation zone? Check our exclusive report
▪️When Western-centric world will finally change and embrace multipolar order suggested by BRICS and Global South?
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An upswing in nickel supply dominance by Indonesian producers has triggered Australian companies to succumb to low prices that analysts anticipate will influence the market strategy of the world's leading nickel miner, BHP Group. This has caused a 40 percent price fall of the metal over the last year, settling at approximately $16,000 per ton.
Weak nickel prices have compelled high-priced Australian producers to declare massive restructuring and devaluations, with First Quantum in Canada also scaling down output recently.
BHP's earnings dwindled last year, falling 61 percent from 2022 to $164 million. At the company's Western Australia branch, it's contemplating refurbishing the smelter there and expanding the mine while trying to develop another mine it inherited by acquiring a sister company.
Nickel is famed as a critical component for electric vehicle (EV) batteries that boosts a car's energy density, covering longer mileage per charge.
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❗️ Ukraine’s President Zelensky admitted that there are no military-industrial complex resources in the world adequate enough for Ukraine to withstand a war with the Russian army.
"There is no sufficient production volume in the world today, using artillery as an example, sufficient for the Ukrainian army to withstand a war with the Russian army," Zelensky complained.
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"There is no sufficient production volume in the world today, using artillery as an example, sufficient for the Ukrainian army to withstand a war with the Russian army," Zelensky complained.
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❗️ The Russian air defence systems destroyed two Ukrainian Tochka-U missiles and three drones over the Bryansk region, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
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The Houthi rebels in Yemen have attacked another ship of the United States in the Gulf of Aden amid the ongoing operation against the movement launched by the US and the UK, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said Wednesday.
According to the spokesman's post on X (formerly Twitter), the Houthis have targeted a US cargo ship identified as Genco Picardy in the Gulf of Aden, which has been hit with several "naval missiles, leaving direct hits."
The spokesman said the movement "will not hesitate to target all sources of threat in the Arab and Red Seas," adding that "a retaliation to the American and British attacks is unavoidable."
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According to the spokesman's post on X (formerly Twitter), the Houthis have targeted a US cargo ship identified as Genco Picardy in the Gulf of Aden, which has been hit with several "naval missiles, leaving direct hits."
The spokesman said the movement "will not hesitate to target all sources of threat in the Arab and Red Seas," adding that "a retaliation to the American and British attacks is unavoidable."
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NATO official Rob Bauer warned “the tectonic plates of power are shifting,” at a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday amidst Russia’s continued dominance in the Donbass region.
Despite its frequent portrayal as a defensive alliance, NATO played a key role in Western wars in Afghanistan, Libya, and Yugoslavia. The coalition also contributed to the clandestine “Operation Gladio” program which saw the CIA fund fascist and neo-Nazi fighters in Europe.
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“We need a warfighting transformation of NATO,” said the head of NATO’s committee of military chiefs as the military bloc urges member states to devote more resources to weapons spending. However, cracks have emerged in the alliance’s united front as Western sanctions designed to harm Russia have instead devastated European economies.
Despite its frequent portrayal as a defensive alliance, NATO played a key role in Western wars in Afghanistan, Libya, and Yugoslavia. The coalition also contributed to the clandestine “Operation Gladio” program which saw the CIA fund fascist and neo-Nazi fighters in Europe.
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The German parliament has rejected a resolution calling for the immediate supply of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, German media reported on Wednesday.
Many lawmakers from the Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) voted against the resolution despite having continuously called for deliveries of Taurus missiles to Kiev in the past, German broadcaster n-tv reported. Their decision was mainly driven by their unwillingness to support the opposition as well as the fact that the resolution was proposed for parliamentary discussion of the annual report of the Commissioner for German Bundeswehr Affairs.
On Tuesday, CDU leader Friedrich Merz described the position of Ukrainian troops on the battleground as "critical." Kiev has "no prospect" of pushing Russian forces back to reverse their gains, Merz was quoted as saying by the n-tv broadcaster.
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Many lawmakers from the Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) voted against the resolution despite having continuously called for deliveries of Taurus missiles to Kiev in the past, German broadcaster n-tv reported. Their decision was mainly driven by their unwillingness to support the opposition as well as the fact that the resolution was proposed for parliamentary discussion of the annual report of the Commissioner for German Bundeswehr Affairs.
On Tuesday, CDU leader Friedrich Merz described the position of Ukrainian troops on the battleground as "critical." Kiev has "no prospect" of pushing Russian forces back to reverse their gains, Merz was quoted as saying by the n-tv broadcaster.
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Three tetanus deaths have been recorded in Ukraine, while the number measles cases is also growing, Ukrainian TV has reported.
The regional Center for Disease Prevention in Chernovtsy stated that cases of tetanus had been recorded in this region - there are already six confirmed cases, three of which were fatal - for the first time in 24 years. According to a local healthcare center representative, the problem is the lack of vaccines.
In turn, the Odessa regional administration reported an increase in measles cases for the first time in three years, reportedly for the same reason: a lack of vaccines.
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The regional Center for Disease Prevention in Chernovtsy stated that cases of tetanus had been recorded in this region - there are already six confirmed cases, three of which were fatal - for the first time in 24 years. According to a local healthcare center representative, the problem is the lack of vaccines.
In turn, the Odessa regional administration reported an increase in measles cases for the first time in three years, reportedly for the same reason: a lack of vaccines.
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