French farmers dump guts, manure and waste during protests
Farm workers are throwing rocks and gravel to block highway exits near Perpignan in southwestern France.
Roads leading to the Golfeche Nuclear Power Plant north of Toulouse were closed.
Farmers are continuing to protest against high taxes on tractor fuel, cheap imports, price pressure from retailers, water shortages, and excessive bureaucracy at both the national and EU levels.
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Farm workers are throwing rocks and gravel to block highway exits near Perpignan in southwestern France.
Roads leading to the Golfeche Nuclear Power Plant north of Toulouse were closed.
Farmers are continuing to protest against high taxes on tractor fuel, cheap imports, price pressure from retailers, water shortages, and excessive bureaucracy at both the national and EU levels.
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A giant wave crashed into a US military base in the Marshall Islands
The waves, several meters high, were seen breaching the walls of the base, breaking down doors and knocking down people.
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The waves, several meters high, were seen breaching the walls of the base, breaking down doors and knocking down people.
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Hezbollah claims attack on strategic Israeli air control base
"The Islamic Resistance targeted at 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, the Meron Air Control Base in Jabal Al-Jarmaq for the second time. This is in response to the recent assassinations in Lebanon and Syria and the repeated attacks on civilians and homes in our steadfast villages", official statement of the Lebanese movement said.
Israeli air base on Mount Meron, or Jabal Al-Jarmaq in Arabic, is the IDF’s primary air command and surveillance facility in northern Israeli, near the border with Lebanon. Hezbollah previously attacked the base on January 7, in response to Israeli killing of Hamas military chief Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut.
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"The Islamic Resistance targeted at 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, the Meron Air Control Base in Jabal Al-Jarmaq for the second time. This is in response to the recent assassinations in Lebanon and Syria and the repeated attacks on civilians and homes in our steadfast villages", official statement of the Lebanese movement said.
Israeli air base on Mount Meron, or Jabal Al-Jarmaq in Arabic, is the IDF’s primary air command and surveillance facility in northern Israeli, near the border with Lebanon. Hezbollah previously attacked the base on January 7, in response to Israeli killing of Hamas military chief Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut.
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🗣 Scott Ritter: Who Are We to Tell Russian People What to Do?
"We, Americans, had a revolution to free ourselves of the tyranny of the British Crown. And so the people of the new Russian regions have said, 'We will free ourselves of the tyranny of the Banderists-dominated government in Kiev.' Who are we to say no? When you meet these people and you see it in their eyes, you feel it in the grip of their hand, they are determined to be a part of Russia," former UN weapon inspector Scott Ritter told the New Rules Podcast.
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"We, Americans, had a revolution to free ourselves of the tyranny of the British Crown. And so the people of the new Russian regions have said, 'We will free ourselves of the tyranny of the Banderists-dominated government in Kiev.' Who are we to say no? When you meet these people and you see it in their eyes, you feel it in the grip of their hand, they are determined to be a part of Russia," former UN weapon inspector Scott Ritter told the New Rules Podcast.
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‘Stop pleasing Ukraine!’: Japanese outraged by Miss Japan of Ukrainian origin
A 26-year-old model, Carolina Shiino, won this year's national beauty pageant.
Karolina was born in Ternopol and moved to Japan at the age of five, and received citizenship only in 2022.
Japanese social networks are extremely dissatisfied with the results of the competition, Sputnik Japan writes:
💬 “And this is Miss Japan?!” Stop pleasing Ukraine!”
💬 "It looks like she's being used for propaganda."
💬 “A girl with acquired citizenship became Miss Japan... What nonsense!”
💬 “Isn’t Miss Japan supposed to be Japanese?”
💬 "Big mistake on the part of the jury."
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A 26-year-old model, Carolina Shiino, won this year's national beauty pageant.
Karolina was born in Ternopol and moved to Japan at the age of five, and received citizenship only in 2022.
Japanese social networks are extremely dissatisfied with the results of the competition, Sputnik Japan writes:
💬 “And this is Miss Japan?!” Stop pleasing Ukraine!”
💬 "It looks like she's being used for propaganda."
💬 “A girl with acquired citizenship became Miss Japan... What nonsense!”
💬 “Isn’t Miss Japan supposed to be Japanese?”
💬 "Big mistake on the part of the jury."
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"Don't waste your time kissing anyone but me": Russian FM Sergey Lavrov jokes with the UN representative for the UAE, Lana Zaki Nusseibeh in the old-school way 😏
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Germany deserves to have 'Dexit option'- AfD member
If attempts at reforming the European Union fail, Germany should be able to opt out of the bloc, Dr. Dirk Spaniel, a member of the Bundestag from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, told Sputnik.
The German politician pointed to the numerous failings of the EU “not only in terms of construction, but also in terms of policy practice,” noting:
Shortcomings linked with the “depressive proportionality in the elections in the European Parliament,” were singled out by Spaniel, according to which a German voter “carries much less weight than, for example, a voter of a small state, let's say Malta.”
Germany is “by far the EU's largest net contributor without receiving any appropriate compensation in return,” agreed Dr. Christian Blex of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia. He remarked that “the corrupt EU elites are trying to gradually destroy the national independence of the member states.”
AfD leader Alice Weidel earlier said that any government formed by her party would seek to reform the EU and remove its “democratic deficit.” She added that if such reform isn’t possible, then “we could have a referendum on ‘Dexit’ - a German exit from the EU.”
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If attempts at reforming the European Union fail, Germany should be able to opt out of the bloc, Dr. Dirk Spaniel, a member of the Bundestag from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, told Sputnik.
The German politician pointed to the numerous failings of the EU “not only in terms of construction, but also in terms of policy practice,” noting:
“We want to work to remedy these shortcomings. If this does not succeed, the option of leaving the European Union must also be conceivable for a sovereign state as a final consequence.”
Shortcomings linked with the “depressive proportionality in the elections in the European Parliament,” were singled out by Spaniel, according to which a German voter “carries much less weight than, for example, a voter of a small state, let's say Malta.”
Germany is “by far the EU's largest net contributor without receiving any appropriate compensation in return,” agreed Dr. Christian Blex of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia. He remarked that “the corrupt EU elites are trying to gradually destroy the national independence of the member states.”
AfD leader Alice Weidel earlier said that any government formed by her party would seek to reform the EU and remove its “democratic deficit.” She added that if such reform isn’t possible, then “we could have a referendum on ‘Dexit’ - a German exit from the EU.”
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EU to launch new military operation against the Houthis in the Red Sea. What do we know so far?
🔸France, Germany, and Italy have urged fellow member states to contribute to a plan to send EU naval assets to the Red Sea.;
🔸Portugal has confirmed its participation in the EU mission, according to a statement by Foreign Minister Joao Gomes Cravinho on Monday.
🔸Slovakia’s Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar announced that Bratislava will back the EU's Red Sea mission, even though the country lacks a fleet;
🔸The European External Action Service has proposed sending at least 3 ships;
🔸The EU aims to establish the mission by February 19, and make it operational soon thereafter;
🔸The operation, named ASPIDES, will be integrated with an existing French-led mission called AGENOR, which “aims to ensure a safe navigation environment” in the Strait of Hormuz.
🔸The new European military mission in the Red Sea includes the use of military force, but only for defensive purposes, and will not strike Yemeni territory, said Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.
🔸The EU strongly criticizes the Houthis for their illegal targeting of commercial ships. Approximately 40% of EU trade with Asian & Middle Eastern countries passes through Red Sea waters, often leading to ships having to reroute all the way around Africa;
🔸The new EU mission, according to Western media, would be separate from the US’s Operation Prosperity Guardian.
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🔸France, Germany, and Italy have urged fellow member states to contribute to a plan to send EU naval assets to the Red Sea.;
🔸Portugal has confirmed its participation in the EU mission, according to a statement by Foreign Minister Joao Gomes Cravinho on Monday.
🔸Slovakia’s Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar announced that Bratislava will back the EU's Red Sea mission, even though the country lacks a fleet;
🔸The European External Action Service has proposed sending at least 3 ships;
🔸The EU aims to establish the mission by February 19, and make it operational soon thereafter;
🔸The operation, named ASPIDES, will be integrated with an existing French-led mission called AGENOR, which “aims to ensure a safe navigation environment” in the Strait of Hormuz.
🔸The new European military mission in the Red Sea includes the use of military force, but only for defensive purposes, and will not strike Yemeni territory, said Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.
🔸The EU strongly criticizes the Houthis for their illegal targeting of commercial ships. Approximately 40% of EU trade with Asian & Middle Eastern countries passes through Red Sea waters, often leading to ships having to reroute all the way around Africa;
🔸The new EU mission, according to Western media, would be separate from the US’s Operation Prosperity Guardian.
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Iranian army received many strategic unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) domestically produced by the country's defense industry.
Strategic combat and reconnaissance radar drones developed by the Ministry of Defense and Support of the Iranian Armed Forces today became part of the combat units of the Iranian army in the presence of the commander of the army of the Islamic Republic, General Abdulrahim Mousavi, and the country's Minister of Defense, General Mohammadreza Ashtiani.
Various types of strategic drones "Ababil 4" and "Ababil 5", designed primarily for reconnaissance missions, intelligence gathering, surveillance, electronic warfare and combat missions, and long-range drones "Arash" and "Bavar" and attack and reconnaissance drone "Carrar" "are also included in the combat units of the Iranian army.
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Strategic combat and reconnaissance radar drones developed by the Ministry of Defense and Support of the Iranian Armed Forces today became part of the combat units of the Iranian army in the presence of the commander of the army of the Islamic Republic, General Abdulrahim Mousavi, and the country's Minister of Defense, General Mohammadreza Ashtiani.
Various types of strategic drones "Ababil 4" and "Ababil 5", designed primarily for reconnaissance missions, intelligence gathering, surveillance, electronic warfare and combat missions, and long-range drones "Arash" and "Bavar" and attack and reconnaissance drone "Carrar" "are also included in the combat units of the Iranian army.
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Lavrov: US accusations against Russia of using Iranian drones in Ukraine are a lie.
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"More and more Ukrainians are having doubts about the Kiev regime and its decision to continue bloodshed," Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
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"More and more Ukrainians are having doubts about the Kiev regime and its decision to continue bloodshed," Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Subscribe to @SputnikInt
❗️Key takeaways from the Peskov's statement:
▪️Zelensky has big problems, he is trying to maintain support, but it’s not working
▪️Zelensky wants to be like Putin so that the whole people will support him, but it doesn’t work out that way
▪️The situation for Kiev will become more and more difficult, and the Russian Federation will fulfill its goals
▪️On Zelensky’s territorial claims to Russia: this is not stupidity, but an attempt to camouflage problems.
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▪️Zelensky has big problems, he is trying to maintain support, but it’s not working
▪️Zelensky wants to be like Putin so that the whole people will support him, but it doesn’t work out that way
▪️The situation for Kiev will become more and more difficult, and the Russian Federation will fulfill its goals
▪️On Zelensky’s territorial claims to Russia: this is not stupidity, but an attempt to camouflage problems.
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🗣 The West actually hates Ukraine
"If we liked Ukraine, would we deliberately allow tens of millions of them to be forcefully removed from their homes because of war, to have children displaced from the stability necessary for a solid childhood? No, we actually hate the Ukrainians. Because only people whom you hate could you allow this to happen to. We will throw Ukraine away just like we threw Afghanistan away. Just like we threw South Vietnam away," former US Marine intelligence officer Scott Ritter told the New Rules Podcast.
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"If we liked Ukraine, would we deliberately allow tens of millions of them to be forcefully removed from their homes because of war, to have children displaced from the stability necessary for a solid childhood? No, we actually hate the Ukrainians. Because only people whom you hate could you allow this to happen to. We will throw Ukraine away just like we threw Afghanistan away. Just like we threw South Vietnam away," former US Marine intelligence officer Scott Ritter told the New Rules Podcast.
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🪖🇷🇺 Russian forces in special op zone receive modernized T-72B3M tanks
Units of Battlegroup Vostok in the Donetsk People's Republic have received a new batch of modernized T-72B3M tanks, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. According to the ministry, the tanks will be sent to the contact line after being tested.
The T-72B3M has a new engine with 1,130 horsepower. The tank is equipped with a new 125 mm gun with improved ballistics and resources, a Sosna-U sight, a digital ballistic calculator, and a panoramic sight installed at the commander's place. All this allows the tank to detect and destroy targets faster.
The work of the mechanic-driver is facilitated by displays, allowing him to control the operation of the tank's mechanisms. They also display an image from a rear-view camera.
The tank has been equipped with grids protecting it from cumulative ammunition, and “Relikt” dynamic protection. In addition, the T-72B3M has recently been fitted with special canopies to protect it from drone attacks.
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Units of Battlegroup Vostok in the Donetsk People's Republic have received a new batch of modernized T-72B3M tanks, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. According to the ministry, the tanks will be sent to the contact line after being tested.
The T-72B3M has a new engine with 1,130 horsepower. The tank is equipped with a new 125 mm gun with improved ballistics and resources, a Sosna-U sight, a digital ballistic calculator, and a panoramic sight installed at the commander's place. All this allows the tank to detect and destroy targets faster.
The work of the mechanic-driver is facilitated by displays, allowing him to control the operation of the tank's mechanisms. They also display an image from a rear-view camera.
The tank has been equipped with grids protecting it from cumulative ammunition, and “Relikt” dynamic protection. In addition, the T-72B3M has recently been fitted with special canopies to protect it from drone attacks.
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🇷🇺🇪🇬 El Dabaa nuclear plant to serve as cornerstone for Russia-Egypt ties
Large-scale infrastructure projects like Egypt’s El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) can form a sound basis for expanding bilateral ties between Russia and Egypt, Anton Khlopkov, founder and Director of the Russian Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS) think tank, told Sputnik.
The construction of this expansive project encompassing four nuclear reactors, each with a 1.2-gigawatt capacity, "will span 5-10 years," he said, adding: “The two countries can be expected to closely interact on the nuclear plant’s operation, maintenance and fuel supplies… At the same time, the scale of the project is colossal in terms of financing, and in the amount of energy that is to be produced. Therefore, I would venture to suggest that in the long term this particular project can become an ‘anchor’ project around which other areas of interaction can develop.”
The El Dabaa Nunclear Power Plant project is proof that Russia’s developments in the field of nuclear energy are highly sought-after on the world stage, Khlopkov noted. Thus, further attempts to “sideline” Russia’s nuclear industry can be expected, “including through the Western-favored mechanism of sanctions,” Khlopkov explained.
He added that such efforts are unlikely to be successful, since Western countries “have practically no viable alternatives to offer to date.”
Earlier on January 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah Sisi launched the construction of the fourth unit of the Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant in Egypt via video conference.
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Large-scale infrastructure projects like Egypt’s El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) can form a sound basis for expanding bilateral ties between Russia and Egypt, Anton Khlopkov, founder and Director of the Russian Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS) think tank, told Sputnik.
The construction of this expansive project encompassing four nuclear reactors, each with a 1.2-gigawatt capacity, "will span 5-10 years," he said, adding: “The two countries can be expected to closely interact on the nuclear plant’s operation, maintenance and fuel supplies… At the same time, the scale of the project is colossal in terms of financing, and in the amount of energy that is to be produced. Therefore, I would venture to suggest that in the long term this particular project can become an ‘anchor’ project around which other areas of interaction can develop.”
The El Dabaa Nunclear Power Plant project is proof that Russia’s developments in the field of nuclear energy are highly sought-after on the world stage, Khlopkov noted. Thus, further attempts to “sideline” Russia’s nuclear industry can be expected, “including through the Western-favored mechanism of sanctions,” Khlopkov explained.
He added that such efforts are unlikely to be successful, since Western countries “have practically no viable alternatives to offer to date.”
Earlier on January 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah Sisi launched the construction of the fourth unit of the Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant in Egypt via video conference.
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What tools do Russian sappers have at their disposal?
With Russia's military continuing its probing offensive in the Kupyansk area in Kharkov region, sapper units are playing an invaluable role in assuring the success of operations and the safety of their fellow troops. Russia has an array of demining equipment in its arsenal, including:
▪️UR-77 and UR-83P rocket-projected line charge-based landmine clearing systems, exploding between 665 and 1,500 tons of TNT or plastic explosives to clear out enemy pressure-activated mines. Able to clear strips of land between 83 and 115 meters long and 6-14 meters wide of mines using powerful blasts.
▪️IMR-3M armored obstacle-clearing vehicles, which can be fitted with attachments including a mine trawl with electromagnetic sensors for use against anti-track and anti-bottom mines with contact and magnetic fuses. The 50 ton, two-man crewed vehicle rides on a T-90 tank chassis.
▪️Uran-6 robots – one of a handful of Russian ground-based robotic sapper systems created by engineers to detect, destroy and deactivate mines without risking troops’ lives. The Uran-6 has been deployed and tested extensively in the special operation zone, and has high effectiveness rating. Since its deployment in 2022, the 6 ton remote-control vehicle has been modernized to include enhanced armor protection and an improved communication system.
▪️Strekoza drones, a 12 kg aerial drone designed to detect enemy mines equipped with radioelectronic fuses distances up to 30 meters away, and destroy them with air-droppable TNT.
Equipment aside, Russian sappers’ most valuable asset is their training and skills. Sappers need every ounce of quick-wittedness they can muster on the Ukrainian battleground to detect and defuse everything from tiny Lepestok antipersonnel mines raining down on Donbass cities to booby-traps and large, deadly converted thermobaric grenade-based mines, plus an array NATO explosives.
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With Russia's military continuing its probing offensive in the Kupyansk area in Kharkov region, sapper units are playing an invaluable role in assuring the success of operations and the safety of their fellow troops. Russia has an array of demining equipment in its arsenal, including:
▪️UR-77 and UR-83P rocket-projected line charge-based landmine clearing systems, exploding between 665 and 1,500 tons of TNT or plastic explosives to clear out enemy pressure-activated mines. Able to clear strips of land between 83 and 115 meters long and 6-14 meters wide of mines using powerful blasts.
▪️IMR-3M armored obstacle-clearing vehicles, which can be fitted with attachments including a mine trawl with electromagnetic sensors for use against anti-track and anti-bottom mines with contact and magnetic fuses. The 50 ton, two-man crewed vehicle rides on a T-90 tank chassis.
▪️Uran-6 robots – one of a handful of Russian ground-based robotic sapper systems created by engineers to detect, destroy and deactivate mines without risking troops’ lives. The Uran-6 has been deployed and tested extensively in the special operation zone, and has high effectiveness rating. Since its deployment in 2022, the 6 ton remote-control vehicle has been modernized to include enhanced armor protection and an improved communication system.
▪️Strekoza drones, a 12 kg aerial drone designed to detect enemy mines equipped with radioelectronic fuses distances up to 30 meters away, and destroy them with air-droppable TNT.
Equipment aside, Russian sappers’ most valuable asset is their training and skills. Sappers need every ounce of quick-wittedness they can muster on the Ukrainian battleground to detect and defuse everything from tiny Lepestok antipersonnel mines raining down on Donbass cities to booby-traps and large, deadly converted thermobaric grenade-based mines, plus an array NATO explosives.
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