🇸🇾❗️Russia and Syria continue to repel terrorists in Aleppo, Idlib

Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria reported on the joint Russian-Syrian activities against the terrorist offensive in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib.

"The Russian Air Force is carrying out missile and bombing strikes on equipment and personnel of illegal armed groups, command posts, warehouses and artillery positions of terrorists. At least 200 militants have been destroyed over the past 24 hours. The operation to repel the extremists' aggression continues," the official briefing said.

Syrian Defense Ministry also reported on the course of the operation. According to its statement, the Syrian Armed Forces continue to reinforce the region with equipment and soldiers to prevent terrorist violations and repel their attacks.

"Dozens of vehicles and armored vehicles were destroyed and seventeen drones were shot down and destroyed," the statement read.

Sputnik's correspondent in Aleppo confirms large groups of reinforcements and says that a cautious calm continues in the western districts of Aleppo.

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Dmytro Kuleba: 'If it continues like this, we will lose the war'

Ukraine's former foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, warned that Ukraine is losing on the battlefield without more military aid from the West, the Financial Times reported.

"Do we today have the means and tools to turn the tables and change the trajectory of how things are happening? No, we don't. And if it continues like this, we will lose the war," he said in the interview.

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📹 Russia launches satellite to monitor Northern Sea Route

A Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the Kondor-FKA radar No. 2 was launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

The first Kondor-FKA satellite was put into orbit on May 27. Earlier it was reported that the two satellites will be able to provide full radar coverage of the Northern Sea Route in 3-4 days.

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🇰🇵🇷🇺 Kim Jong-un: Ignoring Russia's warnings will not help

During a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, the DPRK leader condemned the US permission for Ukraine to target Russia's territory with long-range missiles, saying it represents direct military intervention in the conflict.

"It is an exercise of the right of self-defense for Russia to take resolute measures to force the hostile forces to pay a corresponding price, as it has come to the fore as an aggressive reality of the anti-Russian war," he added.

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🍌💵 Crypto tycoon eats $6 million banana

Justin Sun, Chinese crypto billionaire and Tron founder, ate a $6.2M banana from Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's wall display. In a video post, he claimed it tasted better than other bananas.

The fruit was auctioned at Sotheby's, one of the world's largest auction houses, on November 21.

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Trump wants ceasefire in Gaza ASAP — Lindsey Graham

President-Elect Donald Trump wants to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza and a hostage deal before he takes office, Senator Lindsey Graham said in an interview with Axios.

"I want people in Israel and in the region to know that Trump is focused on the hostages issue. He wants the killing to stop and the fighting to end," he told.

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⚡️ Battle for Aleppo continues, militants enter Aleppo's western districts

Terrorist militants have entered Aleppo's western neighborhoods, including New Aleppo, Al-Zahraa and Salah Al-Din, Sputnik's correspondent in Aleppo reports.

Reinforcements of the Syrian army continue to arrive. Meanwhile, air and artillery strikes are targeting militant supply lines to the west of the city.

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🇷🇺⛸ Moscow's largest ice rink opens its doors

Located at the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy, it has an area of more than 20,000 square meters and can accommodate about five thousand people.

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🇮🇷🇸🇾 US-supported terror in Syria tied to Israeli defeat in Lebanon - Iranian FM

The activation of terrorist groups in Syria is a US-Israeli plan being implemented after Tel Aviv's defeat of resistance forces in Lebanon and Palestine, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.

"Iran will continue to support the Syrian government, people and army to fight terrorism and maintain security and stability in the region," Araghchi said.

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❗️ Three US aircraft carriers to arrive in Asia before Trump inauguration - reports

Ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, the US is increasing its military presence in Asia by moving three US aircraft carriers to the continent's waters by next week, Nikkei reports.

The paper suggests that the US Navy is shifting its attention from the Middle East to the Pacific region following the latest round of Israel-Iran confrontation.

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⚠️ WARNING! GRAPHIC CONTENT

🇷🇺 Russian reconnaissance units of the Sever group of forces have taken control of one of the settlements in a border area of the Kursk region.

📹 The video shared by Russia's Ministry of Defense shows Ukrainian militants and vehicles neutralized by Russian forces.

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🗣 ‘Terrible idea' – Matt Gaetz on Ukraine joining NATO

Former US Congressman Matt Gaetz, who withdrew his name from consideration for the position of attorney general, commented on a statement by Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview in which the latter said that in order to end the "hot phase of the conflict" in Ukraine, it is necessary to include the country in the bloc.

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🤝 Trudeau didn't take long to show up for talks with Trump after promised tariff hikes

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flew to Florida to meet with US President-elect Donald Trump to negotiate a proposed tariff on goods imported from Canada.

💬 “One of the things that’s really important to understand is that Donald Trump, when he makes statements like that, he plans on carrying them out. There’s no question about it,” Trudeau said to reporters.

Donald Trump has threatened to slap a 25% tariff on all products coming from Canada on January 20, unless illegal immigration and drug trafficking across its border to the US is stopped by Ottawa.

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🔸 Russia and Syria continue anti-terrorist offensive in Aleppo and Idlib

🔸 Zelensky suggests ceasefire with temporary territorial concessions to Russia

🔸 Kim Jong-un: Ignoring Russia's warnings will not help

🔸 US-supported terror in Syria is tied to Israeli defeat in Lebanon – Iranian FM

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❗️Russian forces struck railroad train carrying ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles, which arrived from Romania, near the port of Chernomorsk in Ukraine, the pro-Russian underground told Sputnik

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