🇸🇾🇹🇷 Death toll from devastating double earthquake in Turkey & Syria reaches 9,500+

🏥 Inching towards 10,000 deaths, 6,957 people have died in Turkey and up to 2,547 in Syria.

Video from Turkey shows the sheer scale of devastation left behind.

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🐦 Twitter users warned against liking posts from Russian news agency TASS

The social media platform slaps WARNINGS on TASS’ tweets when liked by Twitter users that reads, "Help keep Twitter a place for reliable info. Find out more before liking this tweet."

In response, TASS tags new Twitter Chief Elon Musk, asking: “What’s the problem? Should we be worrying?”

Musk's freedom of speech...@IntelRepublic

🇬🇧 UK Ministry of Defense will assess which aircraft London could theoretically supply to the Ukrainian military - UK government.

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⚡️🇪🇺 EU Heads of State at the upcoming summit on Thursday, to discuss tightening sanctions against Russia and freezing of Russian private assets.

UPDATE: EU mulling over use of Russian assets for the restoration of Ukraine, but not confiscation, says European Union representative.

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⚡️🗣 First battalion of Leopard 2 tanks can be sent to Kiev during first 3-4 months of 2023 - German Defense Ministry.

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⚡️ Russia permanently bans entry to the country for 77 US citizens - Russian Foreign Ministry.

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⚡️Austrian chancellor Nehammer calls for walls and fences to be erected at EU borders to protect against illegal migration.

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🗣Main statements from Russian envoy to the UN Vasily Nebenzya:

▪️Kiev authorities on their own cannot defeat Russia, this one is obvious to everyone.

▪️Russia investigating use of chemical weapons by the Ukrainian military.

▪️Zelensky's plan is a mockery for a peace settlement.

▪️United States uses Ukraine as a testing ground for their weapons, where both Ukrainians and Russians die; all those involved in the shelling of Russian territory will not escape responsibility.

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Putin statements about Afghani situation following meeting with security officials from a number of countries.

◾️ Russia is concerned about attempts to use the situation in Afghanistan to create military bases by non-regional countries;

◾️After US sudden pullout from Afghanistan, the terrorist threat intensifies in the country.

◾️Opiate cultivation in Afghanistan and drug trafficking is growing;

◾️ Situation in Afghanistan is not getting better, Al-Qaeda terrorist group is increasing its potential.

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⚡️🗣 Prospects for a peaceful settlement of Ukrainian conflict on the one hand and the growing supply of Western arms to Kiev on the other are incompatible - Mozambique Representative to UN.

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⚡️🗣We are starting to prepare a personnel reserve for Crimea - Vereshchuk, Vice Ukrainian PM

🗣 Prospect of de-occupation of Crimea indicates that it is necessary to start training personnel now: teachers and other civil servants.

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⚡️🗣 Switzerland is ready to offer mediation to resolve Ukrainian conflict, if the parties express such a desire - Swiss Permanent Representative to UN Beriswil

🗣 It's important to move toward peaceful solutions that are just and lasting. To achieve this, we must rely on international law and diplomatic efforts. And, if the parties so wish, Switzerland is ready to support de-escalation.

What international "law"? @IntelRepublic