The first US-made M1 Abrams tank destroyed near Avdeyevka is shown by the Russian Defense Ministry
The Russian MoD released footage of the destruction and evacuation of the American "legendary" tank, also showing photos of the pile of metal — all that was left of the "best tank in the world".
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The Russian MoD released footage of the destruction and evacuation of the American "legendary" tank, also showing photos of the pile of metal — all that was left of the "best tank in the world".
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First US nuclear power plant in over 30 years goes fully online
The fourth and final unit of the first nuclear power station to be built in the United States in more than 30 years finally went online after a seven year delay, Georgia Power announced in a press release.
The new unit, which can produce enough electricity to power an estimated 500,000 homes and businesses, will provide energy to customers for at least 60 to 80 years, the release said.
The plant is operated by Southern Nuclear on behalf of Georgia Power, Oglethorpe Power, MEAG Power and Dalton Utilities, the release added.
The third and fourth Plant Vogtle units may also be the last nuclear reactors built in the United States, according to media reports.
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The fourth and final unit of the first nuclear power station to be built in the United States in more than 30 years finally went online after a seven year delay, Georgia Power announced in a press release.
"Georgia Power declared today that Plant Vogtle Unit 4 has entered commercial operation and is now serving customers and the state of Georgia," the release said.
The new unit, which can produce enough electricity to power an estimated 500,000 homes and businesses, will provide energy to customers for at least 60 to 80 years, the release said.
"With all four units now in operation, Plant Vogtle is the largest generator of clean energy in the nation, expected to produce more than 30 million megawatt hours of electricity each year," the release said.
The plant is operated by Southern Nuclear on behalf of Georgia Power, Oglethorpe Power, MEAG Power and Dalton Utilities, the release added.
The third and fourth Plant Vogtle units may also be the last nuclear reactors built in the United States, according to media reports.
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US journalist Tucker Carlson interviewed Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin, whose daughter "was murdered by the Ukrainian government"
In August 2022, Daria Dugina was killed in a car bombing attack, which the CIA reportedly linked to the Ukrainian government.
Dugin himself is a scholar known for his work in sociology and political philosophy.
Carlson and Dugin discussed topics including the nature of liberalism and shifting attitudes toward Russia over time.
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"Aleksandr Dugin is the most famous political philosopher in Russia. His ideas are considered so dangerous, the Ukrainian government murdered his daughter and Amazon won’t sell his books. We talked to him in Moscow," Carlson said via X.
In August 2022, Daria Dugina was killed in a car bombing attack, which the CIA reportedly linked to the Ukrainian government.
Dugin himself is a scholar known for his work in sociology and political philosophy.
Carlson and Dugin discussed topics including the nature of liberalism and shifting attitudes toward Russia over time.
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Argentina classifies purchase of F-16 jets from Denmark
The Argentine government has declared the acquisition of 24 US-made F-16 fighter jets from Denmark classified military information, according to a decree published in the official gazette.
Argentina expects to spend a total of $301.2 million on 16 single-seat, eight two-seat jets and related equipment.
The purchase was announced by Argentine President Javier Milei and Defense Minister Luis Alfonso Petri in mid-April.
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The Argentine government has declared the acquisition of 24 US-made F-16 fighter jets from Denmark classified military information, according to a decree published in the official gazette.
"The contract transaction in progress has been declared classified military information under the terms of decree No. 9390/63," the decree read.
Argentina expects to spend a total of $301.2 million on 16 single-seat, eight two-seat jets and related equipment.
The purchase was announced by Argentine President Javier Milei and Defense Minister Luis Alfonso Petri in mid-April.
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Macron’s tough talk on European ‘sovereignty’ is just an election fodder
The tough talk from Macron is likely designed to appeal to French and European voters more than achieve his stated goals of a European army, Mark Slelboda, a security and international relations expert, told Sputnik’s Fault Lines.
French President Emmanuel Macron has over the last few weeks and months, been advocating for Europe to take an active role in the continent’s defense to ensure it never becomes a “vassal state” of the US.
Macron has advocated for a European defense alliance to reduce reliance on US-led NATO and has called for an “open-debate” on how French nuclear weapons can be utilized to protect Europe.
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The tough talk from Macron is likely designed to appeal to French and European voters more than achieve his stated goals of a European army, Mark Slelboda, a security and international relations expert, told Sputnik’s Fault Lines.
“He is simply doing a bit of cynical electioneering. His people have determined that words like ‘sovereignty’ play very well among potential voters of this upcoming European parliamentary election season, and he’s playing to that,” Sleboda explained. “That’s all there is to this, nothing else.”
French President Emmanuel Macron has over the last few weeks and months, been advocating for Europe to take an active role in the continent’s defense to ensure it never becomes a “vassal state” of the US.
Macron has advocated for a European defense alliance to reduce reliance on US-led NATO and has called for an “open-debate” on how French nuclear weapons can be utilized to protect Europe.
“I look at actions more than words,” Sleboda explained, adding “and, sorry, Macron, we all know you’ve got ‘US vassal’ tattooed on your buttocks. You can’t deny it.”
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Texas state police have started arresting pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Austin, a Sputnik correspondent reported. “Hands off students,” students began shouting when the police officers started arresting the protesters. “We need a medic…
The Sputnik correspondent had her phone smashed during a protest in Texas.
Protesters in support of Palestine on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin knocked out of the journalist's hands the smartphone she was using to take pictures, and one of the demonstrators stepped on it on purpose - the screen was broken.
At the same time, another demonstrator splashed water on the correspondent.
Law enforcement officers also used pepper spray against protestors. In addition, they detained those who had set up unauthorized tent camps.
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Protesters in support of Palestine on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin knocked out of the journalist's hands the smartphone she was using to take pictures, and one of the demonstrators stepped on it on purpose - the screen was broken.
At the same time, another demonstrator splashed water on the correspondent.
Law enforcement officers also used pepper spray against protestors. In addition, they detained those who had set up unauthorized tent camps.
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Iraq signs contract with US to buy 21 multipurpose helicopters
Iraq has signed an agreement with the US to purchase 21 Bell 412 and Bell 407 multipurpose helicopters, with another 20 helicopters to be received as aid, a spokesman for the Iraqi security forces, Maj. Gen. Tahseen al-Khafaji, said.
The contract was inked during the visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani to Washington earlier in April, the spokesman told the Iraqi News Agency (INA).
Iraq and US have also agreed on a new flexible mechanism for paying for these supplies in installments.
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Iraq has signed an agreement with the US to purchase 21 Bell 412 and Bell 407 multipurpose helicopters, with another 20 helicopters to be received as aid, a spokesman for the Iraqi security forces, Maj. Gen. Tahseen al-Khafaji, said.
The contract was inked during the visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani to Washington earlier in April, the spokesman told the Iraqi News Agency (INA).
"Iraq contracted through this visit 12 Bell 412 Multi-purpose aircraft, as well as 9 Bell 407 aircraft," al-Khafaji was quoted as saying, adding that the US "also provided aid to Iraq with 15 Bell 505 training aircraft and 5 Bell 412 aircraft."
Iraq and US have also agreed on a new flexible mechanism for paying for these supplies in installments.
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Potential security agreement between US and Ukraine likely ‘obliges nothing’
The potential security guarantee between the US and Ukraine will likely reflect the security agreements signed by European NATO nations, Nicolai Petro, a professor of political science at the University of Rhode Island told Sputnik’s The Critical Hour.
On Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr said that he has begun negotiations with Washington on a long-term bilateral security cooperation deal. Ukraine has already signed several 10-year security agreements with other NATO countries but none included a mutual defense pact.
However, if peace talks did begin, there “would be something to negotiate” for the Kiev regime, and Petro speculated that the agreements are there to help the leaders involved “save face.”
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The potential security guarantee between the US and Ukraine will likely reflect the security agreements signed by European NATO nations, Nicolai Petro, a professor of political science at the University of Rhode Island told Sputnik’s The Critical Hour.
“Ukraine has signed a number of such agreements with European countries, and they basically oblige those countries to [do] nothing, to just look sympathetically at Ukraine’s needs for the next 10 years,” Petro explained. “It’s likely that the US agreement will do the same.”
On Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr said that he has begun negotiations with Washington on a long-term bilateral security cooperation deal. Ukraine has already signed several 10-year security agreements with other NATO countries but none included a mutual defense pact.
“The countries involved are showing that they intended - intended - to make a long-term security commitment. But, if Kiev falls, well, the details weren’t worked out,” Petro explained.
However, if peace talks did begin, there “would be something to negotiate” for the Kiev regime, and Petro speculated that the agreements are there to help the leaders involved “save face.”
“Zelensky could now sell the idea of negotiating a ceasefire as a victory because ‘look what we’ve already gained,’” Petro said, adding that full “NATO membership is really not” in the cards for Ukraine.
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US Congress drafting bill against International Criminal Court if warrants issued to Israeli officials
US lawmakers are drafting legislation designed to retaliate against the International Criminal Court should it issue arrest warrants to senior Israeli officials over alleged war crimes in Gaza, Axios reported.
The report said that the legislation could include sanctions against certain ICC officials.
Earlier in the day, the White House said the ICC has no jurisdiction and does not support its investigation.
Earlier on Monday, US media reported, citing an Israeli official familiar with the matter, that the ICC may issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and other senior officials as early as this week.
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US lawmakers are drafting legislation designed to retaliate against the International Criminal Court should it issue arrest warrants to senior Israeli officials over alleged war crimes in Gaza, Axios reported.
The report said that the legislation could include sanctions against certain ICC officials.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly asked President Joe Biden to intervene to try to block any potential arrest warrants against Israeli officials.
Earlier in the day, the White House said the ICC has no jurisdiction and does not support its investigation.
Earlier on Monday, US media reported, citing an Israeli official familiar with the matter, that the ICC may issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and other senior officials as early as this week.
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Biden uses Ukraine 'to have his political cake and eat it too'
Discussing the recent commitment by the Biden administration to fund Ukraine for the next decade, financial and geopolitical analyst Tom Luongo emphasized that the Ukrainian conflict goes beyond mere profiteering by the Military-Industrial Complex.
He highlighted the role of the US and its allies in pursuing a neocolonial agenda, contrasting it with Russia's rejection of such terms.
In response to claims by the Biden administration that military aid to Ukraine creates jobs in the US, Luongo dismissed it as a distraction tactic. He pointed to recent reports of job losses in the US and criticized the "the Bureau of Labor Statistics has consistently put out numbers that defy denoscription trying to paint a rosy picture for the US economy" amidst rising inflation and other challenges.
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Discussing the recent commitment by the Biden administration to fund Ukraine for the next decade, financial and geopolitical analyst Tom Luongo emphasized that the Ukrainian conflict goes beyond mere profiteering by the Military-Industrial Complex.
"This is much... bigger than the petty corruption of some US MI-complex oligarchs. This conflict is about perpetuating a neocolonial system of extraction by the West and monopoly control of trade routes around the main waterways connection Europe, Asia and Africa", argued Luongo.
He highlighted the role of the US and its allies in pursuing a neocolonial agenda, contrasting it with Russia's rejection of such terms.
In response to claims by the Biden administration that military aid to Ukraine creates jobs in the US, Luongo dismissed it as a distraction tactic. He pointed to recent reports of job losses in the US and criticized the "the Bureau of Labor Statistics has consistently put out numbers that defy denoscription trying to paint a rosy picture for the US economy" amidst rising inflation and other challenges.
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Ukrainian forces launched an attack with ATACMS missiles on Crimea overnight. Air defense systems worked over Dzhankoy and Simferopol, head of the regional civic movement "We Are Together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov said.
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Ukrainian forces hide mines in animal carcasses
Ukrainian troops conceal mines by hiding them in the carcasses of dogs and other animals they leave on the road, a Russian sapper with the call sign "Ului" told Sputnik.
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Ukrainian troops conceal mines by hiding them in the carcasses of dogs and other animals they leave on the road, a Russian sapper with the call sign "Ului" told Sputnik.
"They kill a dog and take a PTM [anti-tank mine with a remote target sensor that reacts to changes in the magnetic field around the device]. They throw it as if it were just an animal carcass lying on the road. You wouldn’t walk far around a carcass, would you? The mine reacts at 1.5 meters," the sapper said.
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▪️Tucker Carlson interviewed Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin whose daughter ‘was murdered by the Ukrainian government’
▪️The first US-made M1 Abrams tank destroyed near Avdeyevka is shown by the Russian Defense Ministry
▪️Texas state police have started arresting pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Austin
▪️Macron’s tough talk on European ‘sovereignty’ is just an election fodder
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▪️The first US-made M1 Abrams tank destroyed near Avdeyevka is shown by the Russian Defense Ministry
▪️Texas state police have started arresting pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Austin
▪️Macron’s tough talk on European ‘sovereignty’ is just an election fodder
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Putin is a 'political leader defending traditional values' - Dugin to Tucker Carlson
In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin said that President Vladimir Putin's defense of traditional values triggers hatred in the West.
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In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin said that President Vladimir Putin's defense of traditional values triggers hatred in the West.
"If your main task and main goal is to destroy traditional value[s], traditional family, traditional states, traditional relations, traditional beliefs, and someone with nuclear weapon... stands strong defending traditional value[s], you are going to abolish, I think they have some basis for this Russophobia and the hatred for Putin," he noted.
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German inflation surges as backlash from flawed sanctions policies drives energy costs
Inflation in Germany surged higher than predicted in April, the Federal Statistical Office said on Monday. Headline inflation was at 2.2 percent year-on-year – the same as in March. Consumer prices increased 2.4 percent in the year to April, according to Destatis. Economists polled by Bloomberg had expected price growth to remain at 2.3 percent.
Germany’s headline inflation was driven by persistently elevated energy and food costs, and is “likely to make another upward leap in the coming month,” a Bloomberg economist was cited as saying.
The same statistics show that consumers in Germany had to pay 0.5 percent more for food in April than a year before. In some of the country's states, a significant rise in district heating prices was registered.
Formerly Europe's economic powerhouse, Germany has been hit the hardest by sanctions implemented by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his government on Russian gas, oil, and coal imports over the Ukraine crisis.
Europe's one-time leader was forced into a technical recession last year, facing deindustrialization and stinging inflation.
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Inflation in Germany surged higher than predicted in April, the Federal Statistical Office said on Monday. Headline inflation was at 2.2 percent year-on-year – the same as in March. Consumer prices increased 2.4 percent in the year to April, according to Destatis. Economists polled by Bloomberg had expected price growth to remain at 2.3 percent.
Germany’s headline inflation was driven by persistently elevated energy and food costs, and is “likely to make another upward leap in the coming month,” a Bloomberg economist was cited as saying.
The same statistics show that consumers in Germany had to pay 0.5 percent more for food in April than a year before. In some of the country's states, a significant rise in district heating prices was registered.
Formerly Europe's economic powerhouse, Germany has been hit the hardest by sanctions implemented by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his government on Russian gas, oil, and coal imports over the Ukraine crisis.
Europe's one-time leader was forced into a technical recession last year, facing deindustrialization and stinging inflation.
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Multiple flaws & 'component failures' plague new Lockheed Martin-made F-35s
Five new Lockheed Martin-made F-35C Joint Strike Fighters delivered to a US Marine Corps fighter squadron in 2023 displayed alarming quality problems, according to a memo obtained by Defense News.
The memo written by VMFA-311 commander Lt. Col. Michael Fisher deplored an array of “persistent aircraft delivery discrepancies and premature component failures occurring at Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 311.”
Almost all the jets, estimated to cost around $94.4 million apiece, displayed flaws such as:
▪️Fuel contaminated with Krytox, a high-temperature lubricating grease.
▪️ Metal shavings in fuel that had to be disposed of.
▪️ Failed parts, such as electronic units, power and thermal management system controllers, an electric-hydrostatic actuator, panoramic cockpit display, backup oxygen system bottle, etc.
▪️ Incorrectly assembled parts with seals and segments not installed correctly.
▪️ A plastic scraper found protruding from the wing fold of a jet post-flight.
Fixing the issues required over 700 hours of work, the memo added.
Earlier this year, a Pentagon report revealed that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter still suffers from at least 65 basic deficiencies, failing to meet basic testing specifications.
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Five new Lockheed Martin-made F-35C Joint Strike Fighters delivered to a US Marine Corps fighter squadron in 2023 displayed alarming quality problems, according to a memo obtained by Defense News.
The memo written by VMFA-311 commander Lt. Col. Michael Fisher deplored an array of “persistent aircraft delivery discrepancies and premature component failures occurring at Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 311.”
Almost all the jets, estimated to cost around $94.4 million apiece, displayed flaws such as:
▪️Fuel contaminated with Krytox, a high-temperature lubricating grease.
▪️ Metal shavings in fuel that had to be disposed of.
▪️ Failed parts, such as electronic units, power and thermal management system controllers, an electric-hydrostatic actuator, panoramic cockpit display, backup oxygen system bottle, etc.
▪️ Incorrectly assembled parts with seals and segments not installed correctly.
▪️ A plastic scraper found protruding from the wing fold of a jet post-flight.
Fixing the issues required over 700 hours of work, the memo added.
Earlier this year, a Pentagon report revealed that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter still suffers from at least 65 basic deficiencies, failing to meet basic testing specifications.
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US-made M88A1 tank has arrived at the exhibition of captured Western military hardware in Moscow
The US armored recovery vehicle (ARV) M88A1 was delivered to the exhibition of the trophy NATO weapons from the conflict zone, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The main purpose of the ARV is to evacuate damaged tanks from the battlefield. This vehicle was captured by Russian forces near Avdeyevka.
The exhibition of captured weaponry is organized by the Russian Defense Ministry on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow and will open its doors tomorrow, May 1st.
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The US armored recovery vehicle (ARV) M88A1 was delivered to the exhibition of the trophy NATO weapons from the conflict zone, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The main purpose of the ARV is to evacuate damaged tanks from the battlefield. This vehicle was captured by Russian forces near Avdeyevka.
The exhibition of captured weaponry is organized by the Russian Defense Ministry on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow and will open its doors tomorrow, May 1st.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, commented on the statement by the White House's Karine Jean-Pierre that "US authorities believe the International Criminal Court's investigation into Israel's actions in Gaza and the issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli officials in this regard exceed the court's jurisdiction":
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"To be honest, this is an example of the stratification of consciousness among White House strategists. I would like to remind you that, on the one hand, the International Criminal Court judges are under US sanctions. On the other hand, Washington has fully supported, if not even encouraged, the issuing of ICC warrants against Russian leaders. And, thirdly, the US political system does not recognise the legitimacy of this organisation with regard to itself or its satellites.
The twists of exceptionalism: the feeling of absolute permissiveness leads to the absurdity of thinking".
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❗️Russian air defenses shot down six US ATACMS missiles and two Hammer guided bombs made in France in one day, the Russian Ministry of Defense has reported.
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