✂️ WINGS CLIPPED: Watch moment Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter comes down crashing (00:26) after being shot by Russian forces as it leaves behind a trail of black smoke before taking the final dive.

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⚡️Israel strikes Damascus, Syria airport.

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⚡️Former Hollywood director Harvey Weinstein found GUILTY in second rape case.

Weinstein is already serving a 20 year sentence and is now looking at an additional 24. At the same time, jury did not hold up several other allegations.

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⚡️Russian Ambassador to Canada, Oleg Stepanov, says the decision to confiscate Roman Abramovich's assets is robbery.

🗣Such actions harm the Canadian reputation. Others watch and see that if something is not pleasing to the West, their assets and accounts will be taken from them. We do not recommend doing business in Canada.

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WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE: Newly declassified KGB documents shed light on WWII; during the Soviet-Finnish war (1939-1940) England and France wanted to enter the war against the USSR in Finland - Germany would also join them there. Intelligence was given to Stalin by China.

◾️Catholic Pope XII knew about Hitler's invasion plans in 1941, giving a directive to jesuits in the Baltics, Ukraine and Belarusia "to stick closer to the border."

Interesting time to be declassifying information on allegiances.

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⚡️🗣American astronauts on the International Space Station proved to be trustworthy - they extended a helping hand in the situation with Soyuz MS-22 - Borisov, head of Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos.

Borisov hopes that the Russian side will cope on its own and the expedition will end normally in 2023. The Soyuz MS-22 spaceflight is currently suffering a fault, with a small hole in the ship's cooling system.

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⚡️🇦🇷 Argentinian court refuses to extradite Russian citizens of interest, detained on request of the United States.

Argentinean businessmen are demonstrating an interest in working with Russia, despite the geopolitical situation and the threat of secondary sanctions - Dmitry Feoktisov, Russian Ambassador to Argentina.

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⚡️US Air Force suspends all 20 B-2 Spirit strategic stealth bombers due to safety concerns

The problem was identified on one of the aircraft, which made an emergency landing and caught fire - an investigation into the cause is underway.

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⚡️The draft 2023 budget of the United States allows for the transfer of military equipment to Ukraine in the amount of $14.5 billion.

At the same time, it prohibits the allocation of funds for Azov extremist battalion.

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🇪🇺🇷🇺 EU leaders should evaluate impact of anti-Russian sanctions on European countries before they come into force - Hungarian PM’s chief adviser Balazs Orban

Yesterday, EU announced Russian gas price cap despite opposition from Hungary, Germany, and 7 other EU countries, concerned about damaging effects cap may have on European economies.

UPDATE: Hungary will seek exemptions from EU anti-Russian sanctions in energy sector - Balazs Orban.

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