🗣 Hamas is pursuing “revolutionary politics” strategy in war against Israel

"It's intended to explode the paradigm, to break everything up. And yes, of course, there's a price in blood to be paid for revolutionary politics. We've seen the same in Algeria or elsewhere. Revolutionary politics is different. It creates an outrage. It creates an overreaction by the enemies deliberately. Yes, there's a price to be paid. But it does break and has broke the paradigm, completely shattered the paradigm, the paradigm of, if you like, the imprisonment of Palestinians into the small space of the [Gaza] strip," former MI6 agent Alastair Crooke told the New Rules podcast.

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Of the six people on board the plane that crashed in Afghanistan, four are tentatively alive and the fate of the other two is being clarified, according to the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency.

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How scientists manage to preserve Lenin’s body a century after his death

One hundred years after his death, the body of the legendary Soviet revolutionary leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin remains on display inside the Mausoleum in the Red Square in Moscow.

Thanks to a special embalming liquid they developed, Russian scientists have been able to preserve Lenin’s body to this very day, so that visitors from all corners of the world may marvel at the remains of the Soviet Union’s founder.

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Taliban discovers crashed plane in Afghan mountains

According to the Taliban* Ministry of Transport, the plane fell in the vicinity of the Arzu-Kuh village in the Kuf Ab region. Rescuers continue to work at the site.

*the organization is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities

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Russia alarmed about German militarism’s revival amid Berlin’s neo-Nazi agenda

Moscow is “shocked and exasperated” by the fact that the bulk of the Third Reich’s crimes, including the extermination of 27 million Soviet citizens, are not considered a reason for repentance by the German authorities, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday.

“On the contrary, Berlin is once again mired in the destruction of the residents of the part of Europe that Hitler failed to neither destroy nor conquer,” she underscored.

“The question arises whether Germany’s previous repentance was sincere and if the de-Nazification of Germany achieve its goals,” Zakharova said. She added that Moscow considers the current German government’s stance to be “unacceptable, illegal and immoral.”

The Kremlin is highly alarmed about “the ongoing resurgence of German militarism against the backdrop of [Berlin’s] endorsement of a neo-Nazi agenda. This may have extremely serious consequences for the fate of Germany itself, as well as Europe and the world, given the country’s contradictory historical experience,” the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman warned.

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The rejection of the two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians and the denial of the right to statehood for the Palestinian people are unacceptable, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated.

"The right of the Palestinian people to build their own state must be recognized by all," Guterres wrote on his X page. (formerly Twitter).

This comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that a Palestinian state could not be created under current conditions, adding that Israel intends to "maintain security control over all territory west of the Jordan River".

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🇫🇷 In Paris, several thousand people gathered to march against a law tightening immigration rules, which opponents call a "victory for the far right."

The country's Constitutional Council will make a decision on whether the law complies with legal norms in the next four days.

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🗣 Israel’s Strategy in Gaza “Makes No Military Sense” — Former MI6

"What Israel troops are doing? When they come in, they're bombing civil structures, they're bombing civil Gaza. But the forces that are opposed to them, are sort of 60 to 70m below the surface and have a different movement mobilization. So when they say they've cut off part of Gaza. Yeah, they've cut off a segment of surface Gaza. Doesn't mean they've cut off underground Gaza, the substrata of Gaza. So it doesn't make any military sense," former British diplomat Alastair Crooke told the New Rules podcast.

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Decommissioned attack submarines - slap in the face of American admirals

The decommissioning of nearly 40 percent of the US nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSNs) is "quite a big blow to the pride of American admirals and sailors," Vasily Dandykin, a veteran Russian military analyst and retired Russian Navy captain 1st rank, told Sputnik.

He was commenting on a report by the US Congressional Research Service that out of the 49 SSNs in the Navy, a total of 18 are currently out of commission for repairs.

"After the self-proclaimed victory in the Cold War, the Americans turned a blind eye to maintenance problems," Dandykin said, adding that "the delayed repairs shorten the life of a submarine.

Operational pressure on the SSNs that are in service will almost certainly increase, meaning that their service lives may be shortened and more such submarines will have to be built, Dandykin explained.

He was echoed by Earl Rasmussen, a retired lieutenant colonel with over 20 years in the US Army and an international consultant, who explained that the fact that 18 SSNs are now out of commission means that the US Navy will have to limit its operations in the Red Sea, the Mediterranean and the South China Sea.

"Almost 40% of the SSNs being decommissioned will impact our capability to deploy our reach and to deploy the defensive capability,” Rasmussen pointed out. The US Navy is “below its optimal or even projected readiness capability," he added.

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The Islamic Resistance in Iraq movement, which includes Shiite militias, said it carried out drone attacks on two US bases in Syria.

“Fighters of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq attacked two American bases in Syria with drones - at the Omar field and in Al-Shaddadi,” the groups said in a statement.

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▪️Sputnik brings you dramatic details of Ukrainian forces shelling civilian areas of Donetsk, killing 25.

▪️Russian engineer troops: ‘Unique’ forces that helped crush Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive.

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▪️‘Ill service’: Moscow criticizes Germany's support for Israel amid South Africa's genocide lawsuit.

▪️Red Sea Crisis - new opportunities for defense contractors?

▪️How scientists manage to preserve Lenin’s body a century after his death?

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Donetsk Market Massacre: A Local’s Account

Sputnik correspondent Russell Bentley (@TXDPR) reflects on the Ukrainian attack on Donetsk’s Tekstilshchik market, which killed at least 25 civilians and wounded many others.

“Today, January 21, 2024, from our house in Petrovsky District, around 10:00 AM, on a warm and sunny Sunday morning, I heard two shots from Ukrainian Nazi artillery fly over my head towards the city center.

Shortly after, I read reports about the shells landing in the Tekstilshchik (Textile Worker) market. This is my neighborhood, or actually, a few miles behind where our house is in Petrovsky.

But it is where I go every day for groceries, to buy cat food for our cat, where I go to get my shoes repaired. This is my neighborhood. I have real friends who work in this market, including on Sundays. Like today.

Today, Tekstilshchik was transformed from a market into a slaughterhouse.“

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemns the deadly attack against civilians launched by Ukraine on Sunday in the city of Donetsk, his spokesperson said.

"The Secretary-General strongly condemns all attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure, including today's shelling of the city of Donetsk in Ukraine, which reportedly killed at least 25 people and injured more than 20 others," they said.

The spokesperson of the UN chief stressed that "attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure are prohibited under international humanitarian law, are unacceptable and must stop immediately."

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❗️ Florida Governor Ron DeSantis plans to end his campaign, endorse Trump, Bloomberg reports, citing informed sources.

Discussions about when and how DeSantis should drop out of the 2024 presidential race "are fluid", the sources said, specifying that the governor and his wife Casey "are the final decision-makers".

One option is reportedly to drop out of the race before voting begins in New Hampshire on Tuesday to avoid a possible blowout due to low ratings.

In the Iowa caucuses, DeSantis received 2.5 times fewer votes than Trump and was only slightly ahead of Niki Haley.

❗️ Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced his withdrawal from the presidential race and endorsed Trump

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Active protection systems, reactive armor and other hi-tech tools that keep Russian tanks intact and their crews alive

Despite repeated claims made in the past couple of decades that tanks are now obsolete in modern warfare, these armored beasts continue to play an important role on the battlefield.

As it turns out, the addition of such elements can significantly boost a tank’s survivability, making it a truly potent asset that can give many specialized anti-tank weapons a run for their money.

The protective elements at Russia’s disposal include items such as:

🔸Arena-M active protection system
🔸Saniya anti-drone system
🔸Nakidka radar-absorbent material
🔸And various types of reactive armor such as Relikt and Monolith.

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📹 Russian artillerymen of the Dnepr Battlegroup continue to destroy Ukrainian armored vehicles, fortifications and boats in the Kherson region.

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🇵🇸 🇮🇱 The Non-Aligned Movement strongly condemns the Israeli "aggression" in Gaza and calls for an immediate ceasefire.

The 19th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) concluded with the release of the Kampala Declaration, which reaffirmed the need for progress towards ending the Israeli occupation and achieving the independence and sovereignty of the State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, based on the pre-1967 borders.

🌍 Additionally, the statement condemned Israeli actions to change the status of the occupied Syrian Golan and expressed support for increased representation for Africa in the reformed Security Council.

🇺🇬 The NAM, a forum of 120 countries, met in Uganda, where President Yoweri Museveni officially assumed the chairmanship for the next three years.

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The Czech Republic will sign an agreement to purchase 24 fifth-generation F-35A Lightning II fighter jets from the United States by the end of March, said Czech Defense Minister Jana Cernochova.

"It will definitely be signed before the end of March or even earlier. We are now looking for a suitable form and a suitable date, including due to the illness of [US Defense] Secretary [Lloyd] Austin," Cernochova told the CNN Prima NEWS broadcaster.

The broadcaster reported that Prague would pay the US 105.8bln Czech korunas ($4.64bln), adding that the total costs for the purchase and use of these aircraft by the Czech Republic for the period until 2069 will reach 322 billion korunas.

Maria Zakharova, an official spokeswoman for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, earlier noted that US' efforts to sell its own weapons "have already damaged the global economy and affected the well-being of the population of many countries far beyond Europe."

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Sergey Lavrov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, has arrived in New York, where he will take part in the events organised by the UN Security Council, Sputnik reports.

The minister's visit to the UN is expected to last from 22 to 24 January. He will take part in the quarterly open debates of the UN Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue, as well as in the Security Council meeting on the Ukrainian issue initiated by Russia.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told reporters earlier that Lavrov had no planned contacts with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

The minister made his last visit to New York in September 2023 to participate in the UN General Assembly High-level Week.

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The US military has called off the search and rescue for two US Navy SEALs who were lost at sea after attempting to board an unflagged ship allegedly shipping Iranian arms to Houthi rebels.

US Central Command said in a statement that the two SEALs are presumed dead and the search continues for their bodies. Japan and Spain also assisted in the search, which covered 21,000 square miles.

On January 11, the US Navy boarded the ship, but one of the SEALs fell into the water and another attempted to rescue him. Both are now presumed dead. Their names have not yet been released as the families have yet to be notified.

“We mourn the loss of our two Naval Special Warfare warriors, and we will forever honor their sacrifice and example,” said Gen. Erik Kurilla, head of U.S. Central Command in a statement. “Our prayers are with the SEALs’ families, friends, the US Navy and the entire Special Operations community during this time.”

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