⚡️3 Ukrainian nationals arrested in Moscow on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack.

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⚡️In just over a month, 80,000 residents of the Donetsk Republic, Lugansk Republic, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions receive Russian passports - since the territories became part of the Russian Federation September.

UPDATE: 30,000 claim government financial support costs.

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⚡️EU countries unable to agree on what the price ceiling for Russian oil should be - negotiations continue.

Russia has previously stated it would not export oil to countries who impose a price ceiling.

UPDATE: Most EU states say $65/ $70 USD per barrel, Poland says $30 🤡

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🇧🇾 IF RUSSIA FALLS, WE FALL: At the CSTO summit, President of Belarus Lukashenko reminds members that there cannot be talk of Russia falling - in the absence of a regional hegemon, the US will resume its favorite passtime - government coups and regime change.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) consists of six post-Soviet states: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan.

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⚡️🔋 Russia continues intensive talks with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on creation of security zone around Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, South Russia - Russian Foreign Ministry

Russian Foreign Ministry adds European countries also participating in discussions on security zone around Plant.

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⚡🚫🏳‍🌈 Russian Parliament adopts law banning LGBT propaganda, pedophilia and gender reassignment in advertising, books, movies and media

🗣 We have traditions, we have a conscience, we have an understanding that we need to think about children, families, the country, to preserve what was handed over to us by our parents - Russian Parliament Chairman Volodin.

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⚡ Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) prevent TERROR ATTACK by Ukrainian security service on South Stream gas pipeline

🗣 Russian citizens detained with explosives and correspondence with Ukrainian special forces, planning to detonate explosive device on Russian territory at site of as yet unbuilt pipeline - FSB.

UPDATE:🗣Russia and Turkey considering strengthening protection of South Stream gas pipeline following prevention of terror attack - Kremlin Spokesman Peskov.

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⚡🇺🇦 Documents obtained during military operation confirm work is being carried out in Ukraine to prepare for use of biological weapons - Chief of Russian Defense Ministry Research Center for Chemical and Biological Threats.

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😈 GRAB THE BULL BY THE HORNS: Take your place as part of gun crew on Russian Hyacinth heavy-artillery gun, taming the beast and flinging shells at WHIRLWIND speed toward Ukrainian troops unlucky enough to be manning their posts, with crew firing up to 90 shells per day to keep Kiev’s soldiers’ heads down as Russian-led forces continue advance on their positions.

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⚡️🏭 Reactors at Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, South Russia, on cooldown following Ukrainian strikes - Rosenergoatom, Russia's Nuclear Energy Agency

Rosenergoatom says almost all power lines around Plant have been destroyed, and Ukrainian armed forces not allowing them to be repaired, but plant is in stable condition.

UPDATE: Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant reconnected to Ukrainian power grid - media reports.

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⚡🔋 It’s very difficult to determine who is shelling Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant - International Energy Agency Chief (IAEA) Grossi

I can't determine it, we don't have the funds for this, you would need to monitor the military operation in the region, which is not only beyond the mandate of the IAEA, but would also require huge resources - Grossi.

UPDATE:🗣 IAEA experts at Zaporozhye Plant know perfectly well who is shelling it, but IAEA chief does not say it directly because of he is not allowed - Russian Permanent Representative to International Organizations Ulyanov.

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⚡🇧🇾🇺🇦 Ukraine must end conflict, everything is now in its hands - Belarusian President Lukashenko.

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⚡🇪🇺 EU will not rest until Ukraine wins military victory over Putin - Head of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen

Ursula von der Leyen also says EU already working on 9th package of anti-Russia sanctions.

UPDATE:🗣 We are working hard to hit Russia where it hurts to blunt even further its capacity to wage war on Ukraine - von der Leyen.

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⚡🪫 All Ukrainian nuclear power plants will resume operations before end of today - Ukrainian Energy Minister

Earlier, all 3 Ukrainian nuclear plants were forced to make EMERGENCY shutdown following WAVE of Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

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⚡🇷🇸 EU Parliament should deal with inflation and energy prices, not resolutions against Russia - Serbian President Vucic

Earlier, EU Parliament recognized Russia as "State Sponsor of Terrorism", in symbolic move as EU lacks legal framework to back up resolution.

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⚡ EU attempt to set price cap on Russian gas on grounds of THIEVERY creates a dangerous precedent and threatens world with global recession - Russian Foreign Ministry.

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🇷🇺🇹🇷 Turkey's ground operation in Syria will increase tension in region and also lead to increase in terrorist activity - Russian Foreign Ministry

Earlier, Turkish President Erdogan said Ankara intends to begin new cross-border ground operation at appropriate time in order to clear out terrorists from Syrian cities.

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🇺🇦🪫 Satellite imagery circulating on social media claims to show Ukraine plunged into darkness overnight following Russian strikes on energy infrastructure

🗣 Russian forces inflicted massive strikes on Ukrainian army command and control systems, as well as energy facilities, disrupting transfer of Ukrainian troops and equipment by rail, and Russian forces did not inflict a SINGLE blow on targets within boundaries of Kiev, all destruction within city was result of Ukrainian and NATO-supplied air defense missiles falling on residential areas - Russian Defense Ministry.

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⚡ Ukrainian leadership has every opportunity to resolve situation in such a way as to fulfil requirements of Russia and end suffering of its population - Kremlin Spokesman Peskov

🗣Putin will hold meeting of Russian Coordination Council on needs of special operation in Ukraine - Peskov.

UPDATE:🗣 Impact of oil and gas price cap on markets still difficult to assess, but Putin has given instructions that Russia would NOT supply oil and gas to countries that would join price cap - Peskov.

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⚡🇭🇺 Hungary to provide $195 million in financial aid to Kiev - Hungarian government decree

Budapest allocating funds as its contribution to planned EU support package worth up to 18 billion euros in 2023, which has been approved by EU Parliament but now requires approval from EU member states.

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🥺 WE’LL TAKE ANYONE: Who’s Russian and "disgusted" by conflict in Ukraine says CIA Deputy Director of Operations David Marlowe, who adds the US foreign intelligence agency’s "open for business" if Russian officials and business execs want to hop over to the other side - America’s doing all it can to turn Russians against their own by propagating FAKE NEWS and Russophobia like there’s no tomorrow but with CIA chiefs openly BEGGING for more Russians seems their attempts aren’t bearing fruit.

Not to mention CIA’s still SALTY over whistleblower Edward Snowden for exposing American WAR CRIMES 🫡🇺🇸

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