▪️The latest updates on the aftermath of the deadly Moscow concert hall attack

▪️The suspects in the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack brought to court

▪️France raises a terror alert to the highest level following Moscow concert attack

▪️Jeffrey Sachs explains to Sputnik why it is ‘naive and dangerous’ for the US to think it still runs the world

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▪️Israel reportedly agrees to US terms for the exchange of Palestinian prisoners

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'No one can control Gaza without Hamas' approval' - expert

Israeli security officials' secret plan to put anti-Hamas Palestinians in charge of aid to Gaza is "not practical and realistic," Ayman Yousef, a professor of political science and international relations at the Arab-American University in Palestine, told Sputnik.

"In real terms, no one can control Gaza or distribute any humanitarian assistance without the approval of Hamas or other resistance group. I think the discussion must go around a kind of maybe unified Palestinian, let's say, umbrella or unified Palestinian groups, those who control the land and those who can distribute," Yousef stressed.

Hamas is highly unlikely to "agree to this idea to find out some local leaders, not affiliated with this Palestinian militant group and some other political factions to manage or to administer over the distribution of a humanitarian aid," the professor added.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) previously reported that Israeli intelligence, along with representatives from Egypt, the UAE and Jordan, are "quietly" working on a plan that would put Palestinians who don't support Hamas in charge of distributing aid in the Gaza Strip. When the conflict ends, this group could become the basis for a new post-war administration in the territory, according to the WSJ.

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American entrepreneur Elon Musk announced on the eve of the US presidential election that he would no longer support the Democratic Party.

"I voted 100% Dem until a few years ago. Now, I think we need a red wave or America is toast," Musk wrote on X.

Red is the color of the Republican Party, while blue corresponds to the Democrats. "Blue waves" and "red waves" are used to describe which party is leading the election.

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"[The Crocus City Hall terrorist attack] was a monstrous, brutal, unthinkable operation 'under a false flag'. This is done by someone with someone else's hands," Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of Sputnik's parent media group Rossiya Segodnya, commented on the terrorist attack on Moscow Crocus City Hall

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📹 Russian paratrooper snipers from Kostroma disrupt the rotation of Ukrainian troops with accurate shots in the vicinity of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut).

Upon thorough evaluation and comparison of all factors influencing the shooting, the spotter provides the target designation, following which the sniper engages the enemy with precision fire.

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"Given the scale of this event, a number of international participants here, I can say that Russia is no way isolated."

Sputnik's correspondent reports on the opening of the ATOMEXPO-2024 international forum in Russia's Sirius Federal Territory

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Ukrainian media report explosions in Kiev amid an air raid alert.

Explosions in the capital of Ukraine are confirmed by Mayor Vitaly Klitschko who calls on residents to take shelter.

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NATO's goal is not Yugoslavia, but NATO's eastward expansion, Darko Mladic, the son and assistant of Bosnian Serb commander General Ratko Mladic, told Sputnik.

"Russia has been the main target of this expansion all these years, and we were [just] at the beginning of this process. It seems to me that the [process] that began in Yugoslavia in 1991 is coming to an end in Ukraine," he noted.

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📹💥 Russian Aerospace Forces aviation crews hit camouflaged enemy equipment and engineering structures near Kupyansk.

The strikes were carried out by unguided S-8 aircraft missiles.

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on the Moscow Crocus City Hall terrorist attack:

▪️Putin will hold a meeting on Monday to discuss measures to take after the attack.

▪️The Kremlin will not comment on the progress of the investigation.

▪️Special services are working on the attack independently, there is no question of any help from other countries.

▪️There is no contact with Western countries in connection with the investigation.

▪️The Kremlin is currently not participating in the discussion on the possibility of lifting the moratorium on the death penalty in Russia.

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A minute of silence for the victims of the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack was held at Russia's ATOMEXPO Forum.

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Russian troops broke through Ukrainian defenses northwest of the village of Verbovoye in the Zaporozhye area, Vladimir Rogov, head of the regional public movement "We Are Together with Russia," told Sputnik.

"We advanced two kilometers and took five enemy strongholds," he said.

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Rubble is being cleared at the site of the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall. A video by Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry

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Hungary is ready to continue providing a platform for cooperation between Russia and Western countries in the field of nuclear energy, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations Peter Szijjarto has said.

"I am overseeing the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Hungary, in which Rosatom plays a major role. But when I look around, I see - who is working there? Germans, Americans, French, Swiss, Swedes and even Austrian subcontractors. This means that in the field of nuclear energy at the corporate level, those people who make decisions have not yet lost their common sense. I hope that this will remain the case," he said at a plenary session at the ATOMEXPO Forum.

"We are pleased to provide a platform for Russians, Americans, Germans, French, and Swiss to cooperate in the field of nuclear energy. We are ready to continue this work," Szijjarto added.

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