Multiple stabbings have been reported at a shopping center in Sydney, Australia
A police operation is underway at a busy mall near Bondi Beach after the suspected attack, according to a news site.
Hundreds of visitors have been evacuated following the suspected terrorist attack.
Unconfirmed reports speak of 4-6 killed.
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A police operation is underway at a busy mall near Bondi Beach after the suspected attack, according to a news site.
Hundreds of visitors have been evacuated following the suspected terrorist attack.
Unconfirmed reports speak of 4-6 killed.
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Which countries have warned citizens against travel to Israel and Iran?
🛩 The Russian Foreign Ministry strongly recommended its citizens “refrain from travelling to the region”, underscoring security risks in Israel, Lebanon and Palestine.
🛩 Austria warned of an expected "tense situation in the region in the coming days," and advised against visiting Israel and Iran.
🛩 The German Foreign Ministry issued a recommendation to citizens not to visit Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Iran.
🛩 The Italian Foreign Ministry recommended avoiding non-essential travel to the region.
🛩 French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs has advised its citizens against travelling to Israel, the Gaza Strip, Iran, and Lebanon. All relatives of Iran-based diplomats are to return to France.
🛩 The Swiss Foreign Ministry also issued a recommendation not to visit Israel.
🛩 Poland’s Foreign Ministry advised against travel to Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon
🛩 The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office has warned its citizens against “all travel” to northern Israel, the Gaza Strip, territory near the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank, with the exception of East Jerusalem and Route 1 between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
🛩 The US has restricted its citizens employed in Israel and their family members from personal travel outside the greater Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Beersheba areas.
🛩 Canada has told its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Israel, as well as all travel to the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and parts of the Golan Heights closest to the Syria border.
🛩 Australia has instructed citizens to refrain from travel to Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon. It urged them to “reconsider” travel to Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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🛩 The Russian Foreign Ministry strongly recommended its citizens “refrain from travelling to the region”, underscoring security risks in Israel, Lebanon and Palestine.
🛩 Austria warned of an expected "tense situation in the region in the coming days," and advised against visiting Israel and Iran.
🛩 The German Foreign Ministry issued a recommendation to citizens not to visit Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Iran.
🛩 The Italian Foreign Ministry recommended avoiding non-essential travel to the region.
🛩 French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs has advised its citizens against travelling to Israel, the Gaza Strip, Iran, and Lebanon. All relatives of Iran-based diplomats are to return to France.
🛩 The Swiss Foreign Ministry also issued a recommendation not to visit Israel.
🛩 Poland’s Foreign Ministry advised against travel to Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon
🛩 The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office has warned its citizens against “all travel” to northern Israel, the Gaza Strip, territory near the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank, with the exception of East Jerusalem and Route 1 between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
🛩 The US has restricted its citizens employed in Israel and their family members from personal travel outside the greater Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Beersheba areas.
🛩 Canada has told its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Israel, as well as all travel to the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and parts of the Golan Heights closest to the Syria border.
🛩 Australia has instructed citizens to refrain from travel to Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon. It urged them to “reconsider” travel to Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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At least six adults and one child were injured in a knife attack at a Sydney shopping center.
One man has been shot dead by police, and is believed to be one of the attackers, AFP reported.
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One man has been shot dead by police, and is believed to be one of the attackers, AFP reported.
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Shouldn’t restraint work both ways?
Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani spoke by telephone with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and urged restraint amid fears of a strike on Israel by Tehran.
Earlier, US President Joe Biden in a message to Iran said "Don't [attack Israel]," adding that the United States would help defend Israel, as he expects Iran to attack the country "sooner than later."
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Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani spoke by telephone with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and urged restraint amid fears of a strike on Israel by Tehran.
“We cannot risk escalation at such an extremely volatile stage. All regional actors must show responsibility,” Tajani said.
Earlier, US President Joe Biden in a message to Iran said "Don't [attack Israel]," adding that the United States would help defend Israel, as he expects Iran to attack the country "sooner than later."
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At least six adults and one child were injured in a knife attack at a Sydney shopping center. One man has been shot dead by police, and is believed to be one of the attackers, AFP reported. Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Five people were killed in the attack at the shopping center in Sydney, Australia, police said.
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The Ukrainian Armed Forces have struck Lugansk with several Storm Shadow missiles, a source told Sputnik, citing preliminary information.
Earlier, Sputnik’s correspondent reported that several explosions were heard in Lugansk.
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First units of the French Foreign Legion have been deployed to Slavyansk
Members of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the French Foreign Legion have arrived at the location of Ukraine’s 54th Independent Mechanized Brigade in Slavyansk, part of the Donetsk People's Republic under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Military Chronicle Telegram channel reported.
According to preliminary information, the first group of 100 people consists of specialists in artillery reconnaissance, while the specialization of the engineering group is fortification and the construction of field fortifications.
The French troops, apparently, who only move around in the city when accompanied by Ukrainian forces, will help the Ukrainian Army defend Slavyansk when the front line shifts towards the city.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warned that France would prepare 1,500 troops in April to be sent to Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry has repeatedly stated that the Kiev regime is using foreign mercenaries as “cannon fodder,” and that the Russian military will continue to target and eliminate them throughout the conflict zone.
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Members of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the French Foreign Legion have arrived at the location of Ukraine’s 54th Independent Mechanized Brigade in Slavyansk, part of the Donetsk People's Republic under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Military Chronicle Telegram channel reported.
According to preliminary information, the first group of 100 people consists of specialists in artillery reconnaissance, while the specialization of the engineering group is fortification and the construction of field fortifications.
The French troops, apparently, who only move around in the city when accompanied by Ukrainian forces, will help the Ukrainian Army defend Slavyansk when the front line shifts towards the city.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warned that France would prepare 1,500 troops in April to be sent to Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry has repeatedly stated that the Kiev regime is using foreign mercenaries as “cannon fodder,” and that the Russian military will continue to target and eliminate them throughout the conflict zone.
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Ex-Ukrainian SBU officer: ‘Start of anti-terrorist operation meant Ukraine was sliding into a civil war’
An explosive device detonated under the car of ex-Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) officer Vasily Prozorov in Moscow on Friday. The blast injured him, but he survived.
A few days prior to the incident, Prozorov was interviewed by Sputnik in connection with the 10-year anniversary of the so-called “Anti-Terrorist Operation” unleashed by the Kiev regime against the population of its own country.
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An explosive device detonated under the car of ex-Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) officer Vasily Prozorov in Moscow on Friday. The blast injured him, but he survived.
A few days prior to the incident, Prozorov was interviewed by Sputnik in connection with the 10-year anniversary of the so-called “Anti-Terrorist Operation” unleashed by the Kiev regime against the population of its own country.
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❗️The Russian Armed Forces have liberated the village of Pervomayskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Defense Ministry announced
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❗️The Russian Armed Forces have liberated the village of Pervomayskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Defense Ministry announced Subscribe to @SputnikInt
❗️Russian Battlegroup Tsentr repelled eight Ukrainian counterattacks near Avdeyevka. Ukraine lost up to 235 militants.
🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian MoD's daily briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine
🔺Russian air defence systems shot down 222 Ukrainian UAVs, 8 HIMARS and Vampire shells, and a JDAM bomb.
🔺Russian Battlegroup Zapad repelled three Ukrainian attacks near Kupyansk. Ukraine lost up to 25 militants.
🔺Russian forces repelled two Ukrainian attacks near Donetsk. Ukrainian losses amounted to more than 500 militants.
🔺Ukraine lost up to 65 militants in the Kherson region.
🔺Ukrainian forces lost more than 110 militants to the south of Donetsk.
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🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian MoD's daily briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine
🔺Russian air defence systems shot down 222 Ukrainian UAVs, 8 HIMARS and Vampire shells, and a JDAM bomb.
🔺Russian Battlegroup Zapad repelled three Ukrainian attacks near Kupyansk. Ukraine lost up to 25 militants.
🔺Russian forces repelled two Ukrainian attacks near Donetsk. Ukrainian losses amounted to more than 500 militants.
🔺Ukraine lost up to 65 militants in the Kherson region.
🔺Ukrainian forces lost more than 110 militants to the south of Donetsk.
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The Ukrainian Armed Forces have struck Lugansk with several Storm Shadow missiles, a source told Sputnik, citing preliminary information. Earlier, Sputnik’s correspondent reported that several explosions were heard in Lugansk. Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Ukrainian forces struck the Lugansk engineering plant, which was preparing for launch, Lugansk People's Republic head Leonid Pasechnik said.
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"Another vile attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on civilian facilities in our cities. This time, the enemy fired several missiles at the Lugansk engineering plant ... it was supposed to employ several dozen of our citizens here. However, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, having no success at the front, are trying to prevent us from establishing a peaceful life. Residential buildings were also damaged due to the impact."
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Iran will be responsible for the decision to go for further escalation, the army is ready for all scenarios, an Israel Defense Forces spokesman said
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The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has seized Israel-affiliated commercial vessel the MSC Aries sailing under Portuguese flag in the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
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Angara 5's launch opens door to Moon, Venus and Mars for Russians
"Angara 5 rockets are something that has been needed for a long time, and now it is being put into operation," Dr. Natan Eismont, a leading researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Space Research Institute, told Sputnik. "This is a fairly useful carrier for flights to planets, including expeditions to the Moon, and for flights to Venus, Mars, and Jupiter."
The 761-ton rocket Angara 5 was launched at 09:00 am GMT and later its Orion upper stage successfully delivered the Gagarinets satellite into low Earth orbit.
Russia plans to leave the International Space Station (ISS) by 2028 while the first segment of the nation's new station is scheduled to be put in orbit by 2027. Russia's Angara 5 is the space vehicle for the job, according to the researcher.
Eismont believes that Angara 5 will attract the attention of other international participants of the ongoing space race. "It will be quite competitive in the market of [space] launch services," the researcher pointed out.
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"Angara 5 rockets are something that has been needed for a long time, and now it is being put into operation," Dr. Natan Eismont, a leading researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Space Research Institute, told Sputnik. "This is a fairly useful carrier for flights to planets, including expeditions to the Moon, and for flights to Venus, Mars, and Jupiter."
The 761-ton rocket Angara 5 was launched at 09:00 am GMT and later its Orion upper stage successfully delivered the Gagarinets satellite into low Earth orbit.
"The success of Angara 5, as well as the success of the launch complex, is crucial for our country's further activities in space. If we are talking about a new orbital station, then the modules of this station can currently be launched by Angara 5," Sputnik's commentator noted.
Russia plans to leave the International Space Station (ISS) by 2028 while the first segment of the nation's new station is scheduled to be put in orbit by 2027. Russia's Angara 5 is the space vehicle for the job, according to the researcher.
"This orbital station is supposed to be built from modules weighing around 24 tons. It would be easy for a heavy-class rocket Angara 5 to carry them," the expert said.
Eismont believes that Angara 5 will attract the attention of other international participants of the ongoing space race. "It will be quite competitive in the market of [space] launch services," the researcher pointed out.
"That is, this is a serious industrial achievement that has utmost significance for space activities," he concluded.
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The Israeli foreign minister has accused Iran of piracy after it seized a ship in the Strait of Hormuz and called on the world to recognize the IRGC as a terrorist organization
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"I call on the European Union and the free world to immediately declare the Iranian Revolutionary Guards corps as a terrorist organization and to sanction Iran now," Israel Katz wrote on X.
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Sirens are sounding in northern Israel, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
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The Israeli Air Force has attacked Hezbollah targets in four areas in southern Lebanon, the IDF reported.
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Sabotage and desertion: new order from Ukraine's top general reveals more of the army’s ugly side
Ukrainian soldiers sabotage army orders, threaten their commanders, refuse to fire their weapons, leave the battlefield, and desert. This was revealed in a new order on “strengthening discipline” signed by Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrsky and seen by Sputnik.
Among the many criminal offenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the commander-in-chief listed “insubordination,” “failure to comply with an order,” “threat or violence against a superior,” “unauthorized abandonment of a military unit or place of service,” “desertion,” “evasion of military service by inflicting self-harm or in any other way,” and “unauthorized abandonment of the battlefield or refusal to use weapons.”
Syrsky’s order comes as the Ukrainian Army is struggling to replenish its ranks in the wake of manpower losses and active draft-dodging.
The Kiev regime's army units are rife with cases of insubordination and desertion. Furthermore, Sputnik earlier obtained footage appearing to show Ukrainian troops being shot at and having grenades thrown at them by their own comrades during a Russian advance.
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Ukrainian soldiers sabotage army orders, threaten their commanders, refuse to fire their weapons, leave the battlefield, and desert. This was revealed in a new order on “strengthening discipline” signed by Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrsky and seen by Sputnik.
Among the many criminal offenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the commander-in-chief listed “insubordination,” “failure to comply with an order,” “threat or violence against a superior,” “unauthorized abandonment of a military unit or place of service,” “desertion,” “evasion of military service by inflicting self-harm or in any other way,” and “unauthorized abandonment of the battlefield or refusal to use weapons.”
Syrsky’s order comes as the Ukrainian Army is struggling to replenish its ranks in the wake of manpower losses and active draft-dodging.
The Kiev regime's army units are rife with cases of insubordination and desertion. Furthermore, Sputnik earlier obtained footage appearing to show Ukrainian troops being shot at and having grenades thrown at them by their own comrades during a Russian advance.
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What drones does Ukraine’s military have?
The Kiev regime is increasingly employing drones for strikes on civilian infrastructure on Russian territory. Moscow condemns this as terrorism. Let's examine Ukraine's drone arsenal:
🔹 UJ-22 Airborne: Ukrainian-made drone for military intelligence and search and rescue, with options for internal warheads or air-dropped bombs.
🔹 Tekever AR5: Portuguese twin-engine UAV built for maritime surveillance, equipped with optical and infrared cameras.
🔹 IAI Harop: Israeli loitering munition designed to neutralize enemy air defenses. Features include a forward-looking infrared camera for tracking and 360-degree rotation.
🔹 Valkyrie: Ukrainian-made fully autonomous, electric-powered, portable drone designed for military and civilian purposes.
🔹 Mugin-5 Pro: weaponized version of Chinese commercial UAVs.
🔹 Leleka-100: Ukrainian-made drone designed to assist in patrolling, aerial reconnaissance, and mapping. It can carry a payload of up to 600 grams and has a flight radius of up to 90 kilometers.
🔹 A1-CM Furia: Ukrainian hand-launched UAV designed for aerial reconnaissance.
🔹 Bayraktar TB2: Turkish medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) drone capable of remote or autonomous flight. It carries onboard cameras and can be armed with laser-guided bombs.
🔹 RQ-20 Puma: small, battery-powered hand-launched US drone geared for surveillance and intelligence gathering using an electro-optical and infrared camera.
🔹 Bober (Beaver): Ukrainian long-range loitering munition with a range of around 1,000 km and payload of 20 kg.
🔹 А-2 Sinitsa (Titmouse): modification of a Ukrainian drone with a canard layout and powered by an internal combustion engine.
🔹 Tu-141 Strizh (Swift): Soviet-era jet-powered tactical reconnaissance drone converted into a cruise missile.
🔹 Switchblade 600: suicide drone made by US contractor AeroVironment, small enough for backpack transportation, armed with a high-explosive anti-tank warhead from the Javelin missile.
The Kiev regime is increasingly employing drones for strikes on civilian infrastructure on Russian territory. Moscow condemns this as terrorism. Let's examine Ukraine's drone arsenal:
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Game over? Persian Gulf monarchies refuse to give US access to bases for anti-Iran attacks
Persian Gulf countries have reportedly told the United States not to launch any attacks against Iran from their territory or airspace amid seething regional tensions.
💬 Sources including a senior US official told the Middle East Eye that Gulf monarchies have been “working overtime” on the diplomatic track “to shut down avenues that could link them to a US reprisal against Tehran or its proxies from bases inside their kingdoms.”
The countries include regional heavyweights Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Kuwait, with their leaderships reportedly “raising questions” on the details of US basing agreements, and taking steps to prevent the use of their Iran-adjacent bases against the Islamic Republic.
The Gulf powers’ increasingly independently foreign policy is a major political setback for Washington, which for many decades after World War II (and especially after the Cold War) was able to rely on the Persian Gulf monarchies for its military operations in the oil-rich region. In recent years, regional powers have begun the pursuit of an increasingly independent foreign policy.
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Persian Gulf countries have reportedly told the United States not to launch any attacks against Iran from their territory or airspace amid seething regional tensions.
The countries include regional heavyweights Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Kuwait, with their leaderships reportedly “raising questions” on the details of US basing agreements, and taking steps to prevent the use of their Iran-adjacent bases against the Islamic Republic.
“It’s a mess,” a senior US official said, referring to the headache the Biden administration faces as it prepares for a potential Iranian retaliatory strike against its top regional ally Israel following Tel Aviv’s April 1 attack on the Iranian Embassy compound in Damascus, Syria.
The Gulf powers’ increasingly independently foreign policy is a major political setback for Washington, which for many decades after World War II (and especially after the Cold War) was able to rely on the Persian Gulf monarchies for its military operations in the oil-rich region. In recent years, regional powers have begun the pursuit of an increasingly independent foreign policy.
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