🇵🇭🇨🇳 Philippines accuses China of using military grade laser on Filipino ship

Philippine coast guard (PCG) says its vessel was assisting navy mission to deliver food and supplies to troops on disputed waterway on February 6 when Chinese coast guard ship directed a "military-grade laser" at ship, temporarily blinding its crew on the bridge.

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🇺🇸🇨🇳 US Secretary of State Blinken considering meeting with China's top diplomat Wang Yi at Munich Security Conference later this week, meeting would be first such after US shot down Chinese balloon - Bloomberg

Blinken had postponed his visit to China over Chinese balloon scandal.

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🇺🇸There's no indications of aliens or extraterrestrial activity over US and Canada with recent unidentified object takedowns - White House.

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🇺🇸🎈🇨🇳 Beijing has high-altitude balloon program for intelligence collection connected to Chinese military, balloons crossed dozens of countries on multiple continents across world - White House.

UPDATE: US military has recovered electronics and frame of Chinese balloon from bottom of Atlantic Ocean off coast of South Carolina - White House.

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🎶HELLO, IT'S ME: Russian anti-tank guided missile gives Ukrainian troops a surprise visit after special forces spot group of enemy soldiers as projectile yeets to obliterate everything on impact (00:13).

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🇨🇦🇧🇾 Canada urges citizens to avoid all travel to Belarus due to risk of arbitrary enforcement of local laws and armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, urges to leave by commercial means.

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🇺🇸🇲🇩 US cannot independently confirm allegations of Moldovan authorities about Russia's attempts to destabilize situation in country - White House.

Pro-West Moldovan President Sandu has accused Russia, Belarus, Serbia and Montenegro of preparing to ATTACK Moldova with saboteurs, who would be in civilian clothes, commit violent acts and hostage-taking.

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☕️ WE'LL FIGHT 'EM WITH TEA: Good ol' Britain, used to be the ruler of the waves and now its own ship has run aground as British forces, eager to train Ukrainians, are TOO SMALL to fight Russia amid plagues of ammo shortages.

NATO chiefs fear Britain's military forces are so overstretched that they're not fit to take over control of alliance's Rapid Reaction Force, with Defense Ministry sources claiming UK will be unable to even defend itself if army doesn't get extra taxpayer cash soon 🤑

🤡 Peak Western moment, accuse your enemy of ammo shortage while your own army is in tatters.

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🇺🇸🎈🇨🇳 US doesn’t fly balloons or any other aircraft over China for intelligence gathering - US National Security Council spokesman Kirby

🗣We are not flying balloons over China. I'm not aware of any other craft that we're flying over Chinese airspace - Kirby.

Earlier, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wenbin said US balloons have illegally entered Chinese airspace more than 10 times since last year.

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YOU CAN’T PARK THERE SIR! Russian Grad (''Hail'') rocket launcher teaches Kiev tanks a lesson for finding wrong place to store all the 3 or so tanks Kiev forces actually have left in working condition, as rockets SOAR over to blow out roof of hangar (00:12) and damage vehicles trapped inside their shiny new coffin ⚰️

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🇷🇺🇪🇺 Russian banks, exports set to come under new EU sanctions package - Politico

Brussels to impose sanctions against largest private bank, Alfa-bank, 130 entities and people which include Russian military leaders, journalists working for Russian media like Russia Today and bans on imports of Russian rubber and asphalt, and exports of trucks, construction machines, pumps, electronics components that could be used to make weapons to Russia.

🤡"We'll definitely destroy Russia with this package"

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🤡UKRAINE IS INSIGNIFICANT: As Russian forces grind down Ukrainian soldiers in Artyomovsk-Bakhmut, Donetsk Republic, Western retired military men and ExPeRtS from US think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies start pouring out their infinite wisdom, saying if Moscow succeeds in Artyomovsk it will mean nothing operationally or strategically - it's only symbolism.

Just preparing ground for Ukrainian defeat, nothing much😁

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🇺🇸 JUST AMERICA THINGS PART 839,202: After humiliating withdrawal from country, Washington now contacting Islamic State-Khorasan (ISIS-K) in Afghanistan, a Taliban opposition group, and SECRETLY funding it to AVENGE its embarrassing military-political defeat.

ISIS-K already claimed responsibility for terror attacks in Afghanistan as part of Uncle Sam's CHILDISH revenge so peace isn’t established in country.

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