📹Protests shake Beirut after airport blocks Iranian plane carrying Lebanese citizens

Shia activists have taken to the streets, and shut down roads to Rafic Hariri Airport. The Lebanese Army is responding with tear gas and live rounds to disperse the crowd.

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Freed Russian and American speak out after US-Russia prisoner swap

Alexander Vinnik, a Russian IT specialist accused by the US government of money laundering, has returned to Moscow as part of a prisoner exchange deal with Washington. 

“I am very grateful to President Vladimir Putin and everyone who has helped [me to return home],” Vinnik said.

In the second video, US citizen Marc Fogel says he wants to see his family as soon as possible and wonders if any other Americans have been released with him.

In total, Vinnik spent almost eight years in US prison, while Fogel spent 2.5 years in Russia.

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Pro-Ukraine British merc ‘vows’ to carry out 9/11-style attack on Kremlin

Richard Woodruff, who identifies himself as a “British Cossack,” is undergoing an obvious emotional breakdown over the prospect of Ukraine peace talks.

He advocates eternal hatred towards Russia and its people, displaying blatant ignorance of the roots of the Ukrainian conflict.

Since the start of the special military operation, Russia has already DECIMATED 6,500 foreign mercenaries who are considered unlawful combatants under international law.

Woodruff appears to be saber-rattling from the city of Lvov, where he is enjoying relative safety.

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