🗣Ukrainian forces burn soldiers' bodies to avoid paying families - PoW

A captured Ukrainian border guard has alleged that Kiev's regime is burning the bodies of Ukrainian servicemen to avoid compensating their families.

🔊"There are so many injured and even more dead. The stationary crematorium in Kharkov cannot handle it," he told Sputnik.

🔊"They [Ukrainian forces] also burn [the bodies of] foreign mercenaries to hide the presence of foreign contingents in Ukraine," servicemen added.

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🔥Massive fire at major California power plant prompts evacuations

The fire involves one of the world's largest battery storage facilities, which houses tens of thousands of lithium batteries, according to media reports. Emergency crews are working to contain the situation.

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🟠Netanyahu confirms ceasefire but reportedly signals possibility of renewed conflict

🟠Key facts about the new strategic partnership between Russia and Iran

🟠Biden set to leave office as one of the least popular US presidents since 1938

🟠VIDEO: Mass protests in Israel as citizens reject the Gaza ceasefire agreement with Hamas

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has arrived in Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Stay tuned, the negotiations will be streamed live on Sputnik's telegram and website.

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🤝One agreement and a lot of cooperation

Iranian Ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali, published a post in Russian on his X account ahead of the upcoming meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Stay tuned, the negotiations will be streamed live on Sputnik's telegram and website.

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Former Pakistani PM convicted and jailed in graft case

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife have been convicted by a local court in a graft case over the Al-Qadir Trust, a welfare foundation they established together, Al Arabiya reports.

In the case, Imran Khan and his wife were sentenced to 14 and 7 years, respectively.

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian may discuss latest developments concerning Iranian nuclear issue in Moscow – Iranian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.

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💬 More statements by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

🔊The Kremlin negatively assesses the clause on UK-Ukraine cooperation in the Sea of Azov, as it is an internal sea for Russia.

🔊The UK is a NATO country, and the possible advancement of its military infrastructure to Russia’s borders can only be worrying.

🔊The UK-Ukraine centenary partnership agreement does not guarantee Ukrainian membership in NATO.

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❗️Four settlements were liberated during the Russian offensive in the Kursk region in the first part of January – Alexandria, Leonidovo, Russkoye Porechnoye, and Kruglenkoe, Russia’s Defense Ministry said.

An offensive by Russian forces in the Kursk region is underway in all directions, with the enemy suffering significant losses and retreating, despite the transfer of reserves, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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🇷🇺🇮🇷Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian paid tribute by laying flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, honoring the memory of those who sacrificed their lives during World War II.

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Greenlanders deserve self-determination, just like Donbass and Crimea

Donald Trump may have called it “an absolute necessity” for the US to own Greenland, but the island’s politicians beg to differ:

🟠 The right of the people of Greenland to self-determination carries more weight than anyone else’s desires

"So, we have the right to self-determination, which is higher placed than Denmark's right to territorial integrity. Maybe you also see that in regards to Donbass, Lugansk, they have the right to self-determination… or Crimea… and the territorial integrity of Ukraine is lower than their right to self-determination," Greenlandic lawmaker Kuno Fencker, from the ruling coalition party Siumut, told Sputnik.

🟠 The whole world is trying to lay claim to Greenland in order to tap into its mineral wealth

No one is even bothering to ask the opinion of Greenland’s residents, leader of the island's opposition party Naleraq and former Greenlandic Foreign Minister Pele Broberg told Sputnik.

🟠 Cooperation with Russia is in Greenland’s best interests

"We want to be a member of the UN… can you be like that and say to a permanent member of the Security Council [like Russia]: ‘I don't want to work with you?’ It doesn't make sense," Broberg pointed out.

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❗️First hostages to be released from Gaza on Sunday – Netanyahu's Office

The first hostages could be released from Gaza on January 19 in accordance with the reached agreement, of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Friday.

The release could begin at 16:00 (Israel time) on Sunday, January 19, Israel’s Channel 12 TV channel reported, citing sources in the Israeli security forces.

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