📹The arrest of a Russian serviceman recruited by Ukrainian intelligence to carry out a terrorist attack in the Moscow region

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❗️Ukrainian forces have attacked Russian energy infrastructure facilities SIX TIMES over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The attacks were carried out on facilities in the Bryansk, Tambov and Lipetsk regions.

Ukrainian forces have been attacking Russian energy infrastructure on a daily basis for over two weeks, paying no attention to Volodymyr Zelensky's public commitment to stop such strikes, the ministry added.

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🗣 US to leave NATO if EU fines X — US Senator Mike Lee

Earlier, the Wall Street Journal revealed that the European Commission is going to impose a record fine of OVER $1 BILLION against social network X in the name of European censorship regulation.

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❗️Key statements of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

▪️The consequences of the introduction of new US tariffs are unlikely to be beneficial to Russia.

▪️Russia needs to be careful to minimize the possible consequences for its economy after the introduction of US tariffs.

▪️The Russian economy is strong and developing successfully, but additional measures will be required against the backdrop of turbulence in the world.

▪️Russia has not been hit by the new US tariffs, since trade between Russia and the US is absent in tangible figures.

▪️A telephone conversation between Putin and Trump is not planned in the coming days, it is not on the schedule.

▪️Russia is currently working on restoring relations with the US.

▪️The contacts made by Russia's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev in Washington are very important and work will continue.

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❗️Russian troops liberated the settlements of Rozovka and Uspenovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, Russia's Defense Ministry announced

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🇷🇺🪖Key statements from the Russian Defense Ministry's weekly briefing on the special military operation's progress:

▪️Russian forces have liberated 8 settlements over the past seven days.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 3150 soldiers and seven tanks in the areas of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 1910 troops and four tanks in the areas of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Sever.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 1975 militants and four tanks in the Russian Yug Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 1505 servicemen in the Russian Zapad Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 435 troops, a tank and ten warehouses in the Russian Dnepr Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine has lost up to 9,920 personnel over the past week.

▪️Russian air defenses shot down 895 Ukrainian drones.

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🪖 The total number of missing soldiers from the Ukrainian army in Russia’s Kursk region exceeds 7,000, a source in the Battlegroup Sever told Sputnik.

In the 82nd Separate Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces alone, every second assault trooper is missing, he added.

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📹 The American roots of German Nazism, Part 2: How the Nazis sought to replicate the US colonial model in Eastern Europe

"The Nazis aimed to replicate the American model in Eastern Europe by displacing or exterminating millions of people," says historian Yegor Yakovlev, a lecturer on Nazi crimes at Saint Petersburg State University.

Unlike in Western Europe, where they only sought control over conquered territories, in Eastern Europe, the Nazis planned a large-scale campaign to displace and exterminate the native population to make room for German settlers.

In the second video of the series, the researcher of Nazism’s origins and evolution exclusively explains to Sputnik how the settler colonialism practice in the US served as an example for Hitler's plan to populate Eastern Europe with Germans.

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🇨🇳🆚🇺🇸China imposes additional tariffs of 34% on all US goods from April 10 — State Council

Earlier, Trump unveiled an additional 34% tariff on all Chinese goods imports into the US, in a move poised to cause a major reset of relations and worsen trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

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🚨🪖💥Meet top 10 most epic Russian weapons

▪️ FAB 3000. This DEADLY aerial bomb is used rarely due to its TREMENDOUS impact. Look at how this bomb quickly stopped the attempt of Ukrainian units to pull armored vehicles into Russia's Belgorod region.

▪️ 'Meteorit' de-mining tool. The UR-77 is a self-propelled mine clearing complex, which is capable of destroying both minefields and enemy strongholds.

▪️Turtle tanks. These super-protected tanks feature a frame welded over the hull, covering the turret, sides, and top. Its 'turtle shell' is more effective in protecting the vehicle from drones.

▪️ Laser rifle. This laser gun is capable of SILENTLY shooting down enemy drones at a distance of up to 500 meters. The laser beam, affecting the drone body, damages motors, propellers, and batteries.

▪️ The 'Terminator' tank support combat vehicle showcases its prowess with a formidable 30mm round featuring a remote-controlled fragmentation projectile.

▪️The heavy flamethrower system 'Solntsepyok' literally BURNS its target with THERMOBARIC STRIKES. This is how the system's crew works in Russia's Kursk region borderline.

▪️The 'Uragan' (lit. Hurricane) multiple launch rocket systems, upon receiving the target's coordinates, destroy it in a few seconds. Here's how the system crew fired a salvo of 220mm rockets at a distance of more than 25 kilometers.

▪️Lancet kamikaze drones need no special introduction, destroying Western-made armors DAILY. The footage shows Lancet's role in Sudzha's liberation.

▪️Kinzhal hypersonic missiles are a real thunderstorm for strategic facilities throughout Ukraine. This rocket can fly at a speed x12 TIMES GREATER than the speed of sound.

▪️The Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile became the world's MAIN WEAPON DISCOVERY in 2024. Russia used it only ONCE, in November last year, but the world remembered it well.

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📹 THROWBACK: Almost 40 years ago, Donald Trump said other nations were "ripping off the United States" and laughing at them

"I was tired, and I think a lot of people are tired of watching other countries ripping off the United States... they laugh at us. Behind our backs, they laugh at us because of our own stupidity," Trump said.

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🗣 ICC should be dissolved and recreated on entirely different principles – expert

"The International Criminal Court initiates a case against President Vladimir Putin, despite the fact that Russia is not a participant in this body, and immediately issues an arrest warrant," Augusto Zamora, professor of international public law and international relations at the Autonomous University of Madrid, tells Sputnik.

"When Israel committed barbarity in Gaza - a premeditated genocide - the ICC did nothing. Yet, when it came time to pass judgment on former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, he was arrested within just two days," the professor adds.

"This is absolutely racist, discriminatory, and indecent treatment," Zamora stresses.

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🔎 Russia rolls out UNIQUE drone encryption system that outsmarts the enemy

The Mirazh (Mirage) system, which is already used by Russian forces in the special operation zone, minimizes the risks of a first-person view (FPV) drone being intercepted.

The system also prevents the enemy from tracking the whereabouts of a drone operator.

👉 Why is Mirazh second to none?

▪️"The Mirazh consists of a coding (transmitter) and decoding (receiver) module. The [drone] signal is encrypted with the help of a unique key, which has more than 60,000 variants [to avoid the key being compromised],” expert Sergey Kurapov explains.

▪️Even though there is an analog of the Mirazh system on the Chinese market, the former yields to the Russian drone encryption system in terms of reliability and characteristics, the expert points out.

“The Chinese analog can only provide a stable signal over short distances, has few encryption keys, plus compatibility-related problems,” Kurapov notes.

▪️The Mirazh’s feature to encode any signal makes it possible to use the system for video surveillance systems, including cable ones.

👉 What do Russian troops say?

▪️The soldiers are pleased with the Mirazh, which they say retains a stable signal as an FPV drone flies at a distance of about 8 km from take-off over complex terrain.

▪️“The ‘bird’ is amazing. It just flies straight ahead without being disrupted by enemy electronic warfare,” one of the servicemen emphasized.

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🇷🇺Russian Cities Aren’t What You Think

Yandex Taxi > Uber, and no, you won’t get shot in Russia's Tomsk.

👆Sputnik interviews American entrepreneur John Robert Sutton.

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