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A Palestinian journalist working with Sputnik reported that he came under fire from the Israeli military in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, one of the bullets ricocheted into his bulletproof vest, which saved him.
A group of journalists were covering events near Nasser Hospital, where civilians were under fire from the Israeli military due to a travel ban.
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A group of journalists were covering events near Nasser Hospital, where civilians were under fire from the Israeli military due to a travel ban.
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Why Ukraine's murder of civilians in Lisichansk should be discussed at UN Security Council
Russia has requested an urgent UN Security Council session to discuss the recent terrorist attack perpetrated by Ukrainian forces in the city of Lisichansk.
On Saturday, February 3, Ukrainian forces carried out a rocket artillery strike against the city, deliberately targeting a civilian building housing a bakery.
The attack killed 28 civilians, including a pregnant woman and a five-year old child, and left 10 more injured.
This atrocity was apparently perpetrated by forces loyal to the Kiev regime operating a HIMARS rocket artillery system supplied to Ukraine by the United States.
Lisichansk is located in the Lugansk People’s Republic region of Russia, not far from frontlines of the Ukrainian conflict. Ukrainian forces regularly shell Lisichansk after being driven out of the city in summer 2022.
By deliberately attacking civilians in Russia, Kiev is attempting to destabilize the situation in the country as Ukrainian militants consistently fail to make any gains on the battlefield while support from Ukraine’s Western sponsors dwindles, says Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.
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Russia has requested an urgent UN Security Council session to discuss the recent terrorist attack perpetrated by Ukrainian forces in the city of Lisichansk.
On Saturday, February 3, Ukrainian forces carried out a rocket artillery strike against the city, deliberately targeting a civilian building housing a bakery.
The attack killed 28 civilians, including a pregnant woman and a five-year old child, and left 10 more injured.
This atrocity was apparently perpetrated by forces loyal to the Kiev regime operating a HIMARS rocket artillery system supplied to Ukraine by the United States.
Lisichansk is located in the Lugansk People’s Republic region of Russia, not far from frontlines of the Ukrainian conflict. Ukrainian forces regularly shell Lisichansk after being driven out of the city in summer 2022.
By deliberately attacking civilians in Russia, Kiev is attempting to destabilize the situation in the country as Ukrainian militants consistently fail to make any gains on the battlefield while support from Ukraine’s Western sponsors dwindles, says Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.
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Is auditing Ukrainian Army the way to get rid of Zaluzhny?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to be serious about dismissing Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander in Chief Gen. Valery Zaluzhny. Zelensky is mulling an overhaul of all government sectors, judging by his Sunday interview with Italian media outlet Rai News.
However, before heads roll, the Kiev regime wants to conduct an audit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the past two years to lay the groundwork for changes, according to Zelensky's advisor Mikhail Podolyak.
Last November, The Economist wrote about a pending criminal investigation into the defense of Ukraine's southern border in February-March 2022. In January, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced that an internal audit of the ministry discovered financial irregularities over the last four months worth 10 billion hryvnia ($260 million).
Oleksiy Goncharenko, a member of the Ukrainian parliament from European Solidarity, predicted on his Telegram account on February 5 that the dismissal of Zaluzhny could be accompanied by a smear campaign and accusations against the top general. He further predicted that Zaluzhny would be fired together with his aides Yevhen Moysyuk, Mykola Balan, and Mykhailo Zabrodsky.
Kiev's Western partners appear to be concerned by Zaluzhny's ousting given his popularity among ordinary soldiers and Ukrainian civilians, as per the Financial Times. At the same time, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh hinted in his recent blogpost that the West would be interested in an audit of the Kiev regime's spending amid growing suspicions of Zelensky's corruption.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to be serious about dismissing Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander in Chief Gen. Valery Zaluzhny. Zelensky is mulling an overhaul of all government sectors, judging by his Sunday interview with Italian media outlet Rai News.
However, before heads roll, the Kiev regime wants to conduct an audit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the past two years to lay the groundwork for changes, according to Zelensky's advisor Mikhail Podolyak.
Last November, The Economist wrote about a pending criminal investigation into the defense of Ukraine's southern border in February-March 2022. In January, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced that an internal audit of the ministry discovered financial irregularities over the last four months worth 10 billion hryvnia ($260 million).
Oleksiy Goncharenko, a member of the Ukrainian parliament from European Solidarity, predicted on his Telegram account on February 5 that the dismissal of Zaluzhny could be accompanied by a smear campaign and accusations against the top general. He further predicted that Zaluzhny would be fired together with his aides Yevhen Moysyuk, Mykola Balan, and Mykhailo Zabrodsky.
Kiev's Western partners appear to be concerned by Zaluzhny's ousting given his popularity among ordinary soldiers and Ukrainian civilians, as per the Financial Times. At the same time, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh hinted in his recent blogpost that the West would be interested in an audit of the Kiev regime's spending amid growing suspicions of Zelensky's corruption.
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A year on: Earthquake survivors in Turkiye and Syria hold onto hope
Sputnik spoke to some survivors of a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Turkiye and Syria a year ago, levelling entire areas to the ground and leaving thousands killed and injured. Some people are still living in a temporary shelters, but they do not lose their faith for the best.
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Sputnik spoke to some survivors of a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Turkiye and Syria a year ago, levelling entire areas to the ground and leaving thousands killed and injured. Some people are still living in a temporary shelters, but they do not lose their faith for the best.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that it's possible parties may reach a deal on a temporary ceasefire for the release of hostages in the Gaza conflict, and the United States continues to work relentlessly to achieve this.
The US is studying Hamas' response to the proposal for a new deal with Israel, with a deal possible, and the US expects to use any potential pause in fighting in Gaza to plan the post-war future of the enclave, according to Blinken.
Earlier, Qatar's prime minister confirmed receiving Hamas' positive response and claimed to be optimistic regarding the framework of the hostage deal. Hamas also confirmed that the movement had sent its response concerning the hostage deal.
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"We continue to believe that an agreement is possible and indeed essential, and we will continue to work relentlessly to achieve it," Blinken said during a press conference alongside the prime minister of Qatar.
The US is studying Hamas' response to the proposal for a new deal with Israel, with a deal possible, and the US expects to use any potential pause in fighting in Gaza to plan the post-war future of the enclave, according to Blinken.
Earlier, Qatar's prime minister confirmed receiving Hamas' positive response and claimed to be optimistic regarding the framework of the hostage deal. Hamas also confirmed that the movement had sent its response concerning the hostage deal.
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US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby apologized on Tuesday for incorrectly telling the press on Friday that the US had notified Iraq in advance of the retaliatory strikes it had launched in the country earlier that day.
A State Department spokesperson clarified on Monday that Iraqi officials were only informed after the strikes were launched. The US launched airstrikes against 85 targets in Iraq and Syria on Friday believed to be linked to Iran in retaliation for a drone attack in Jordan that killed three US service personnel.
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“I deeply apologize for the error and I regret any confusion that it caused. It was based on information we had or that was provided to me in those early hours after the strikes. Turns out that information was incorrect and I certainly regret the error and I hope that you'll understand there was no ill intent behind it, no deliberate intent to deceive or to be wrong,” Kirby said at the press briefing.
A State Department spokesperson clarified on Monday that Iraqi officials were only informed after the strikes were launched. The US launched airstrikes against 85 targets in Iraq and Syria on Friday believed to be linked to Iran in retaliation for a drone attack in Jordan that killed three US service personnel.
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🇩🇪 Middle class joins farmers to protest in Germany
Hundreds of tractors came to Lübeck on Tuesday for a demonstration during a visit by Finance Minister Christian Lindner, who held a civic dialogue in the city. Apart from tractors, trucks and cars also participated in the protest.
According to participants, it was not only farmers who protested, “but the entire middle class.” Lindner was met with loud whistles and shouts from disgruntled citizens.
The chairman of the regional farmers' association told Lindner during the dialogue that incoming Ukrainian grain is displacing domestic products, “with which our yards are overflowing."
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Hundreds of tractors came to Lübeck on Tuesday for a demonstration during a visit by Finance Minister Christian Lindner, who held a civic dialogue in the city. Apart from tractors, trucks and cars also participated in the protest.
According to participants, it was not only farmers who protested, “but the entire middle class.” Lindner was met with loud whistles and shouts from disgruntled citizens.
The chairman of the regional farmers' association told Lindner during the dialogue that incoming Ukrainian grain is displacing domestic products, “with which our yards are overflowing."
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Even if US doubles its output of ammo it won't turn the tide of the Ukraine conflict
The US output of 155 mm ammo could rise from 28,000 shells last October to about 60,000 in October 2024 and reach a whopping 100,000 in October 2025, army acquisition chief Doug Bush announced at a CSIS think tank event on February 5. The US official noted, however, that reaching next year's goal of 100,000 shells per month would require American lawmakers to pass a Ukraine aid bill.
Doubling the existing output capacity doesn't sound unrealistic, according to Crosston. However, expanding the production further for the Kiev regime's needs would require the Pentagon to use its PR skills, the professor noted, referring to the House Republicans' unwillingness to pour good money after bad to Ukraine. The Senate's $118 bipartisan bill which contains $60 billion for Kiev is doomed, the GOP warned.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon's willingness to step up ammo production means that the US military is bracing for new conflicts, the professor suggested.
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"[The US] can help Ukraine cope with its munition needs, but that is not the same thing as saying this measure will turn the tide in the Ukraine [conflict] and put Ukraine at a distinct advantage against the Russian Federation," Dr. Matthew Crosston, professor of national security and director of academic transformation at Bowie State University, told Sputnik.
The US output of 155 mm ammo could rise from 28,000 shells last October to about 60,000 in October 2024 and reach a whopping 100,000 in October 2025, army acquisition chief Doug Bush announced at a CSIS think tank event on February 5. The US official noted, however, that reaching next year's goal of 100,000 shells per month would require American lawmakers to pass a Ukraine aid bill.
Doubling the existing output capacity doesn't sound unrealistic, according to Crosston. However, expanding the production further for the Kiev regime's needs would require the Pentagon to use its PR skills, the professor noted, referring to the House Republicans' unwillingness to pour good money after bad to Ukraine. The Senate's $118 bipartisan bill which contains $60 billion for Kiev is doomed, the GOP warned.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon's willingness to step up ammo production means that the US military is bracing for new conflicts, the professor suggested.
"It seems obvious that the US military is estimating that the immediate conflict map for the United States is becoming more complicated, not less."
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US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on Congress to pass the supplemental bill on border security and foreign aid for Ukraine and Israel, and specifically asked lawmakers to "stop playing games" and move past "toxic politics."
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"I am calling on Congress to pass this bill," Biden said during remarks on the Senate supplemental bill. "Folks, we've got to move past this toxic politics. It's time to stop playing games."
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▪️Journalism or ‘treason’? US social media celebs clash over Tucker Carlson's rumored interview with Putin
▪️Bountiful boost: How state supports Russian farmers
▪️Did the Houthis threaten to cut internet cables in the Red Sea? Sputnik fact-checks. How are global internet traffic and the Red Sea connected?
▪️Russia rolls out first domestically-made onboard digital computer for drones
▪️The politicization of the Church in a 'free' and 'democratic' Europe
▪️Testing of the Prometheus robotic complex for infantry fighting vehicles has begun
▪️Russia develops new 'tiltrotor' drone
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▪️Bountiful boost: How state supports Russian farmers
▪️Did the Houthis threaten to cut internet cables in the Red Sea? Sputnik fact-checks. How are global internet traffic and the Red Sea connected?
▪️Russia rolls out first domestically-made onboard digital computer for drones
▪️The politicization of the Church in a 'free' and 'democratic' Europe
▪️Testing of the Prometheus robotic complex for infantry fighting vehicles has begun
▪️Russia develops new 'tiltrotor' drone
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❗️Journalist Tucker Carlson says he will interview Vladimir Putin soon. Subscribe to @SputnikInt
US journalist Tucker Carlson said that he would interview Russian President Vladimir Putin as a journalistic duty, as well as to inform Americans about the realities of the conflict in Ukraine.
Most people in the United States are not informed about the conflict in Ukraine and have no idea what is happening in the region, Carlson said.
The conflict in Ukraine is a “human disaster” that has killed an entire generation of Ukrainians, Carlson said. The conflict has also reshaped global military and trade alliances, Carlson said.
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“We’re in Moscow tonight. We’re here to interview the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin,” Carlson said in a video posted to social media platform X. “Here’s why we’re doing it. First, because it’s our job. We’re in journalism. Our duty is to inform people.”
Most people in the United States are not informed about the conflict in Ukraine and have no idea what is happening in the region, Carlson said.
The conflict in Ukraine is a “human disaster” that has killed an entire generation of Ukrainians, Carlson said. The conflict has also reshaped global military and trade alliances, Carlson said.
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Do you plan on watching the Tucker-Putin interview?
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Tucker reveals that in addition to Putin, he also put an interview request with Zelensky. Will you watch Tucker-Zelensky interview?
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US journalist Tucker Carlson said that he would interview Russian President Vladimir Putin as a journalistic duty, as well as to inform Americans about the realities of the conflict in Ukraine. “We’re in Moscow tonight. We’re here to interview the President…
❗️ Tucker Carlson says Biden Admin twice sought to prevent his interview with Putin
Musk promised not to block or suppress his interview with Putin on X, Carlson added.
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"Americans have the right to know all they can about a war they’re implicated in, and we have the right to tell them about it because we’re Americans too. Freedom of speech is our birthright," Carlson said in a video posted to social media platform X.
Musk promised not to block or suppress his interview with Putin on X, Carlson added.
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US journalist Tucker Carlson said that he would interview Russian President Vladimir Putin as a journalistic duty, as well as to inform Americans about the realities of the conflict in Ukraine. “We’re in Moscow tonight. We’re here to interview the President…
❗️ Tucker Carlson: Ukraine conflict has dramatically reshaped the world
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“This war has utterly reshaped global military and trade alliances, and the sanctions that followed has a well. And in total, they have upended the global economy. The post-World War II economic order, the system which guaranteed prosperity in the West for more than 80 years is coming apart very fast, and along with it the dominance of the US dollar. These are not small changes, these are history altering developments.”
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US journalist Tucker Carlson said that he would interview Russian President Vladimir Putin as a journalistic duty, as well as to inform Americans about the realities of the conflict in Ukraine. “We’re in Moscow tonight. We’re here to interview the President…
❗️ Tucker reveals that in addition to Putin, he also put an interview request with Zelensky.
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“We ourselves have put in a request for an interview with Zelensky,” the journalist highlighted.
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🇨🇱 Former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera died and three other passengers were injured in a helicopter crash caused by bad weather, El Libero reported on Tuesday.
The aircraft piloted by the former president went down at around 3:00 p.m. (1:00 p.m. EST) and crashed on Ranco Lake due to bad weather conditions, the report said.
According to a preliminary information by the Chilean National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (SENAPRED) there were four passenger of which one died and three were found alive but wounded, the report said, however noting that no names were specified.
The possibility that Pinera died in the crash was confirmed by his family entourage, according to the report.
The ex-president’s sister Magdalena Pinera and a friend of him were two of the passengers, the report said, citing former Education Minister Gerardo Varela.
Sebastian Pinera was president of Chile between 2010-2014 and held a second term in office between 2018-2022.
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The aircraft piloted by the former president went down at around 3:00 p.m. (1:00 p.m. EST) and crashed on Ranco Lake due to bad weather conditions, the report said.
According to a preliminary information by the Chilean National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (SENAPRED) there were four passenger of which one died and three were found alive but wounded, the report said, however noting that no names were specified.
The possibility that Pinera died in the crash was confirmed by his family entourage, according to the report.
The ex-president’s sister Magdalena Pinera and a friend of him were two of the passengers, the report said, citing former Education Minister Gerardo Varela.
Sebastian Pinera was president of Chile between 2010-2014 and held a second term in office between 2018-2022.
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