📹 Russian air force aircraft hit Ukrainian forces' stronghold and manpower near Kupyansk

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Sweden's plans to create a NATO base on the island of Gotland make new threats to the safety of navigation and economic activity in the region, the Russian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.

"As NATO is seeking to increase its military potential in the Baltic, Stockholm intends to strengthen the 'strategically important' island of Gotland in order to improve defense against the imaginary 'Russian threat,'" the ministry added.

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⚡️Radical terrorist organizations and Ukraine's special services are being checked for involvement in the organizing and financing the terror attack in Crocus City Hall, said Russian Investigative Committee.

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Russian investigators have received data from mobile phones belonging to those accused of attacking Crocus City Hall:

◾️It turned out that on the morning of February 24, 2024, on the anniversary of the start of the special military operation, one of the accomplices, on his curator's instructions, found and sent him images of Crocus City Hall’s entrances and access roads.

◾️Photos of people in camouflage with the Ukrainian flag against the background of destroyed houses and a Ukrainian postage stamp with an obscene gesture were found on the terrorist’s phone.

◾️This data may indicate a connection between the terror attack and the Russian special military operation, the Investigative Committee added.

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🎥 The Investigative Committee also presented a video documenting an evidence of the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall case.

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◾️Russian army enters the suburbs of Chasov Yar, a town which is the key to liberating the Donetsk People’s Republic

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Elon Musk has compared the idea of Ukraine joining NATO with the beginning of a film about a nuclear apocalypse.

"This is how the nuclear movie apocalypse starts," the billionaire commented on a speech by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in which he said Ukraine would join NATO.

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Israel knows a scenario of possible Iranian retaliation for attack on its consulate in Damascus - report

Israeli officials claim intelligence indicates that Iran could attack the country from its soil using “long-range ballistic missiles, cruise missiles or drones,” Axios reported.

The anticipated scenario would be retaliation for the recent Israeli targeting of the Iranian Embassy compound in Damascus in a missile strike, officials in Tel Aviv claimed, as cited by the outlet. The purported threat was recently discussed in detail during a phone conversation between Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. The two sides reportedly considered how best to prepare for possible Iranian retaliation.

If Iran were to launch such an attack from its soil against Israel, it would "draw a strong response from Israel and take the current conflict to another level," Israeli officials were cited as saying. Currently, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are on high alert, officials added, with all weekend leave suspended for combat soldiers.

The Syrian Ministry of Defense reported an airstrike by the Israeli Air Force on the General Consulate of Iran in Damascus on April 1, which killed at least 11 people. The death toll included seven officers of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, among them General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, the commander of the IRGC's Quds Force in Syria and Lebanon, and his deputy Mohammad Hadi Hajizadeh.

In the wake of the strike, Iran warned that Tehran will respond in kind.

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New Azov Battalion* forces have arrived in Kharkov, adviser to the head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Yan Gagin, told Sputnik. According to him, these forces were dispatched to fight against pro-Russian citizens and members of guerilla units.

*Azov battalion is a terrorist organization outlawed in Russia.

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"I am Joe Bidenopolous!": Biden woke up, went cringe and revealed his Greek identity

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🎥Two Ukrainian soldiers on the right bank of the Dnepr shot two fellow servicemen before getting into a landing boat.

Then they hid the corpses in the boat, pushed it away from the shore, and disappeared, according to footage filmed by a Russian reconnaissance drone and obtained by Sputnik.

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"Israel is alive today thanks to US artificial respiration. Today the Zionist regime breathes thanks to the United States. When this Western artificial respiration device is removed, it will begin a vegetative life and collapse — and it is close," IRGC chief Hossein Salami said during a demonstration on the occasion of Al-Quds Day.

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🎥The Russian military has found and dug up the notorious "Azovets" armored vehicle of the Azov* neo-Nazi regiment.

Designed in 2015, the Azovets cost, according to its creators, $5 million. However, further testing and development were suspended due to a financial scandal.

*The Azov regiment is a terrorist organization banned in Russia.

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A missile and drone alert have been announced in Israel on the border with Lebanon for the first time in several weeks. The Israeli media has reported the downing of three missiles and two UAVs.

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