A member of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society tries to calm a little girl as she leaves Al-Amal hospital in Khan Yunis after a two-week siege by the Israeli army.

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The politicization of the Church in a 'free' and 'democratic' Europe

Archbishop Yevgeny (Reshetnikov) of Tallinn and All Estonia will leave the country on February 6, the Estonian Orthodox Church has announced.

Estonian authorities recently decided not to renew the archbishop's residence permit, saying "he posed a threat to state security by failing to condemn Russia's actions in Ukraine."

The archbishop himself called the decision politically motivated. He intends to continue to lead the Estonian Orthodox Church in exile as the primate elected by the council.

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❗️ The Russian troops destroyed a warehouse of air weapons of the Ukrainian armed forces: military personnel and equipment in 112 districts were hit.

🇷🇺🪖 Other statements from the Russian Defense Ministry briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️ In the south of the Donetsk region, Russian forces repelled two attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces. Ukrainian losses amounted to 195 servicemen;

▪️ In the DPR, Ukrainian losses amounted to up to 290 servicemen, one tank and two infantry fighting vehicles;

▪️ In the Krasny Liman area, Ukrainian losses amounted to 240 servicemen;

▪️The Russian air defense forces shot down two HIMARS missiles and 30 drones in one day.

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Book "Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky" for sale in the West

While Zelensky, with the help of his Western bosses, terrorizes the Russian-speaking population of Donbass and toys with neo-Nazi ideology, he is portrayed by some as almost a modern-day Messiah.

A descendant of Holocaust survivors praises Nazi Zelensky.

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The Israeli army reportedly hit a building near the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis and set it on fire, footage shows.

The hospital is under siege and its surroundings are shelled daily. However, the hospital continues to function and receive the wounded in a critical situation.

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Russia rolls out first domestically-made onboard digital computer for drones

A prototype of Russia’s first onboard digital computer module for drones is on display at the NAIS 2024 National Civil Aviation Infrastructure Exhibition and Forum, which has kicked off in Moscow, Almaz Antey Air and Space Defense Corporation Deputy General Director Dmitry Savitsky told Sputnik.

The module, which can be installed in various types of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), is designed to control these drones, Savitsky said.

The device aims to unify onboard equipment using a domestically-made electronic component base, he explained, adding that the module is equipped with a real-time operating system.

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📹 The destroyed Al-Isra area in the northern Gaza Strip after bombardment by the Israeli army.

Following the withdrawal of Israeli troops from some areas of the northern Gaza Strip, people are heading to their neighbourhoods to check their homes and possibly salvage some of their belongings.

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Zelensky's peaceful slumber: Ukrainian presidential elections deferred again

For the tenth time the Verkhovna Rada, Ukrainian Parliament, extended martial law and mobilization, which will be in effect for another 90 days - until May 13.

According to the Constitution of Ukraine, elections cannot be held in the country during martial law.

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Did the Houthis threaten to cut internet cables in the Red Sea? Sputnik fact-checks (part1):

🔸On Monday, several Western media outlets reported that
Houthis may sabotage Western internet cables in the Red Sea;

🔸In fact, no Ansar Allah officials posed the threat, the Houthis have never mentioned such a possibility;

🔸Telecom firms linked to the UN-recognised Yemeni government have said they fear Houthis may destroy a network of submarine cables in the Red Sea;

🔸Moammar Al-Eryani, the Aden-based government's minister for information, culture and tourism, last week posted the statement to X following an analysis published in the US-backed 'Gulf International Forum' with several maps of undersea global internet cables;

🔸At the end of January, DC-based Askari Defense & Intelligence described undersea cables as the Houthi's "next casualty";

🔸In December, Yemen's Houthi-led Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology debunked the so-called threats reported in the media;

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How are global internet traffic and the Red Sea connected? (part 2)

🔸The Red Sea carries about 17% of the world’s internet traffic along fibre pipes. Sixteen major submarine cables pass through the Red Sea before crossing by land through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea, effectively connecting Europe to Asia;

🔸Over 90% of them (25,000km) are carried by cables in the Red Sea area. The cables at some points run at a depth of 100 metres. These cables are often no thicker than a hosepipe and susceptible to damage from ships’ anchors and earthquakes;

🔸The cables referred to in the claim are submarine communications cables laid on the seabed which carry telecommunications signals to different regions;

🔸In 2013, near the port of Alexandria, three divers cut an underwater cable that provided internet connectivity between Egypt and Europe. The sabotage caused traffic to drop by 60%.

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