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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🇷🇺 Lavrov and his counterpart from Jordan noted the importance of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and resolve the situation via diplomatic methods.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyadh al-Maliki in New York, and the sides noted the need to end "bloodshed" in the Gaza Strip as soon as possible, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
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Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyadh al-Maliki in New York, and the sides noted the need to end "bloodshed" in the Gaza Strip as soon as possible, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"The sides emphasized the importance of ending bloodshed as soon as possible and resuming the Middle East settlement process on a generally recognized international legal basis providing for the establishment of the State of Palestine within the 1967 borders, with its capital in East Jerusalem, living in peace and security with Israel," the ministry said in a statement.
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Germany can't afford rearmament, let alone a 'war' with Russia
"Germany is in no fit state economically and financially to embark upon a massive rearmament program, it simply cannot afford it," Gunnar Beck, Member of the European Parliament for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, told Sputnik, commenting on Defense Minister Boris Pistorius' push for the remilitarization of Germany.
Berlin must take into account the possibility of a military conflict with Russia and prepare for it in the next three to five years, Pistorius has told ZDF, insisting that Germany should become "a credible deterrent".
The West's bellicose rhetoric is an attempt to solve political problems, noted Geoffrey Roberts, emeritus professor of history at University College Cork.
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"Germany is in no fit state economically and financially to embark upon a massive rearmament program, it simply cannot afford it," Gunnar Beck, Member of the European Parliament for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, told Sputnik, commenting on Defense Minister Boris Pistorius' push for the remilitarization of Germany.
Berlin must take into account the possibility of a military conflict with Russia and prepare for it in the next three to five years, Pistorius has told ZDF, insisting that Germany should become "a credible deterrent".
The West's bellicose rhetoric is an attempt to solve political problems, noted Geoffrey Roberts, emeritus professor of history at University College Cork.
"Western hardliners have whipped up an atmosphere of hysteria that could spread violence to other sections of the front-line between NATO and Russia," Roberts told Sputnik.
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Top stories that we covered for you today:
▪️What is known so far about EU intentions to launch new military operation against the Houthis in the Red Sea?
▪️AfD member: If reforming the EU fails, Germany has an option to quit it
▪️Japanese are in rage about Ukrainian Miss Japan
▪️Scott Ritter: Who are we to tell Russian people what to do?
▪️Vladimir Putin participated via video link at the ceremony of pouring concrete into the base of power unit No. 4 at Egypt’s first nuclear power plant, El Dabaa.
▪️ EU MP: Rearmament is not affordable for Germany
▪️What tools do Russian sappers use in their deadly work?
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▪️What is known so far about EU intentions to launch new military operation against the Houthis in the Red Sea?
▪️AfD member: If reforming the EU fails, Germany has an option to quit it
▪️Japanese are in rage about Ukrainian Miss Japan
▪️Scott Ritter: Who are we to tell Russian people what to do?
▪️Vladimir Putin participated via video link at the ceremony of pouring concrete into the base of power unit No. 4 at Egypt’s first nuclear power plant, El Dabaa.
▪️ EU MP: Rearmament is not affordable for Germany
▪️What tools do Russian sappers use in their deadly work?
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❗️LIVE: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) convenes in New York City for the quarterly open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the situation in Gaza.
The focus of the discussions will be on solutions to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, which is now in its fourth month. The participants are also expected to discuss the situation in the Middle East in a whole and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, among other issues.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is expected to attend in person.
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The focus of the discussions will be on solutions to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, which is now in its fourth month. The participants are also expected to discuss the situation in the Middle East in a whole and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, among other issues.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is expected to attend in person.
WATCH the livestream here or follow the link to the Sputnik's website for more details
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The Suwalki Gap: What is it and what’s its geopolitical significance?
Lithuania and Poland will hold joint military drills in the Suwalki Gap in April, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said.
▪️ The Suwalki Gap (a.k.a. the Suwalki Corridor) is a forested area around the border between Lithuania and Poland;
▪️ It is the shortest path between Belarus and the Kaliningrad region (Russia’s westernmost point, bordering both Poland and Lithuania);
▪️ The corridor gained new military significance since Poland and the Baltic States joined NATO (in 1999 and 2004 respectively);
▪️ The strategic importance of this strip of land dates back to WWI. It saw some of the fiercest battles during both World Wars;
▪️ It is believed that before starting WWII, Hitler even tried to negotiate with Poland to claim the strip of land, but without success;
▪️ Lithuania and other Western countries regularly speak of a threat to the Suwalki Gap, noting that in the event of its closure, the country would find itself completely isolated from its NATO partners;
▪️ This sentiment echoes Bild’s recent report on preparations for a “NATO-Russia war” following Ukraine’s defeat. The report was ridiculed and called fake news by Russian authorities.
Both Russia and Belarus have said they have no plans for the territory. President Alexander Lukashenko said Belarus has “absolutely zero interest in it.” Anton Alikhanov, governor of Russia’s Kaliningrad region, has said that the Suwalki Gap is of no interest to anyone and is logistically inconvenient. He emphasized that any discussion of a threat is just “official NATO mythology” concocted by the US.
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Lithuania and Poland will hold joint military drills in the Suwalki Gap in April, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said.
▪️ The Suwalki Gap (a.k.a. the Suwalki Corridor) is a forested area around the border between Lithuania and Poland;
▪️ It is the shortest path between Belarus and the Kaliningrad region (Russia’s westernmost point, bordering both Poland and Lithuania);
▪️ The corridor gained new military significance since Poland and the Baltic States joined NATO (in 1999 and 2004 respectively);
▪️ The strategic importance of this strip of land dates back to WWI. It saw some of the fiercest battles during both World Wars;
▪️ It is believed that before starting WWII, Hitler even tried to negotiate with Poland to claim the strip of land, but without success;
▪️ Lithuania and other Western countries regularly speak of a threat to the Suwalki Gap, noting that in the event of its closure, the country would find itself completely isolated from its NATO partners;
▪️ This sentiment echoes Bild’s recent report on preparations for a “NATO-Russia war” following Ukraine’s defeat. The report was ridiculed and called fake news by Russian authorities.
Both Russia and Belarus have said they have no plans for the territory. President Alexander Lukashenko said Belarus has “absolutely zero interest in it.” Anton Alikhanov, governor of Russia’s Kaliningrad region, has said that the Suwalki Gap is of no interest to anyone and is logistically inconvenient. He emphasized that any discussion of a threat is just “official NATO mythology” concocted by the US.
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❗️ Turkiye’s Grand National Assembly ratified the protocol on Sweden’s accession to NATO, Turkish TRT Haber’s broadcast showed.
The parliament's decision will come into force after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signs a corresponding decree, which will be published in the government's official journal. Should President Erdogan sign the decree, Hungary remains the only NATO country that has not ratified Sweden's application to join.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia had no problems with Finland and Sweden and that their accession to NATO did not pose an immediate threat. But the expansion of military infrastructure in these territories "will cause a response," the president said.
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The parliament's decision will come into force after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signs a corresponding decree, which will be published in the government's official journal. Should President Erdogan sign the decree, Hungary remains the only NATO country that has not ratified Sweden's application to join.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia had no problems with Finland and Sweden and that their accession to NATO did not pose an immediate threat. But the expansion of military infrastructure in these territories "will cause a response," the president said.
"As for the expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance: yes, this is a problem that is being created, in my opinion, quite artificially in the foreign policy interests of the United States. <...> Russia has no problems ... [with Sweden and Finland].... But the expansion of military infrastructure on the territory of this region will certainly cause our response," Putin said, stressing that the actions of the Scandinavian states could aggravate "an already difficult situation in the sphere of international security."
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US House panel probing Capitol breach finds Democrats deleted files before GOP took control, states Fox News.
Newly surfaced reports have revealed that the former US House panel investigating the 2021 Capitol riot deleted 117 encrypted files from their findings last year, just as Democrats were set to lose their majority in the lower congressional chamber in January. Investigators have since been able to recover the files, according to a digital forensics team hired by the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight which made the discovery.
Red flags were initially sounded as Rep. Barry Loudermilk, the new chairman of the Jan. 6 panel, wrote his predecessor, Rep. Bennie Thompson, about the data turned over to government officials at the end of the previous congressional term. Thompson relayed that the panel had forked over some four terabytes' worth of findings, but incoming committee members were given just two terabytes.
Loudermilk has since requested the "unedited and unredacted trannoscripts" of the testimonies from the Department of Homeland Security and the White House Counsel’s Office. He demanded their compliance to turn in the files by January 24, 2024.
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Newly surfaced reports have revealed that the former US House panel investigating the 2021 Capitol riot deleted 117 encrypted files from their findings last year, just as Democrats were set to lose their majority in the lower congressional chamber in January. Investigators have since been able to recover the files, according to a digital forensics team hired by the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight which made the discovery.
"The Democrat-led J6 Select Committee obviously took great strides to shield certain information from us...The question is: why? What are they trying to hide? Their whole plan was to 'get to the truth of the matter.' They obviously didn’t want the real truth, just 'their' truth," said Rep. Greg Murphy, a panel member.
Red flags were initially sounded as Rep. Barry Loudermilk, the new chairman of the Jan. 6 panel, wrote his predecessor, Rep. Bennie Thompson, about the data turned over to government officials at the end of the previous congressional term. Thompson relayed that the panel had forked over some four terabytes' worth of findings, but incoming committee members were given just two terabytes.
"One recovered file disclosed the identity of an individual whose testimony was not archived by the Select Committee," per extracts from Loudermilk’s letter seen by media, which implies an earlier admission by Thompson not filing all "specific transcribed interviews and depositions to the White House and Department of Homeland Security."
Loudermilk has since requested the "unedited and unredacted trannoscripts" of the testimonies from the Department of Homeland Security and the White House Counsel’s Office. He demanded their compliance to turn in the files by January 24, 2024.
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Key points from Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov's speech at the UN Security Council:
▪️ The US is impeding all efforts to stop the ongoing conflict in Gaza, as Washington gives carte blanche to collectively punish Palestinians
▪️ The US is trying to create such parameters of the Middle East solution that will benefit US itself before the election
▪️ The risk of epidemics has increased dramatically in the Gaza Strip, the sewage system has been destroyed, some agricultural land will never be restored
▪️ Russia is voicing concerns about the Israeli leadership's stance to call into question the two-state solution formula to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
▪️ Forcible transfer of Palestinians from Gaza is unacceptable under any circumstances and the international community cannot bury the idea of Palestinian sovereignty like it did with the Minsk agreements on Ukraine
▪️ UN Security Council should call for a ceasefire in Gaza
▪️ Russia suggests convening ministerial-level consultations to work out steps to restore Palestinian unity, an international conference on the Middle East settlement process is needed
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▪️ The US is impeding all efforts to stop the ongoing conflict in Gaza, as Washington gives carte blanche to collectively punish Palestinians
▪️ The US is trying to create such parameters of the Middle East solution that will benefit US itself before the election
▪️ The risk of epidemics has increased dramatically in the Gaza Strip, the sewage system has been destroyed, some agricultural land will never be restored
▪️ Russia is voicing concerns about the Israeli leadership's stance to call into question the two-state solution formula to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
▪️ Forcible transfer of Palestinians from Gaza is unacceptable under any circumstances and the international community cannot bury the idea of Palestinian sovereignty like it did with the Minsk agreements on Ukraine
▪️ UN Security Council should call for a ceasefire in Gaza
▪️ Russia suggests convening ministerial-level consultations to work out steps to restore Palestinian unity, an international conference on the Middle East settlement process is needed
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🇰🇵 In Pyongyang, the Reunification Arch, the main monument symbolizing reconciliation with South Korea, was demolished, NK News reports.
The publication refers to satellite images of the American company Planet Labs.
Kim Jong Un, during a speech at the Supreme People's Assembly on January 15, called the monument an “eyesore,” Reuters recalls.
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The publication refers to satellite images of the American company Planet Labs.
Kim Jong Un, during a speech at the Supreme People's Assembly on January 15, called the monument an “eyesore,” Reuters recalls.
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