A Canadian government official told The Globe and Mail Saturday it was believed to be a surveillance balloon of Chinese or Russian origin. The Globe is not naming the government official because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.

“The safety of Canadians is our number one priority, and that is why I made the decision to shoot down the object,” Mr. Trudeau said. “It was a threat to civil aviation and a potential threat to Canadians.”

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A group of wounded AFU soldiers trying to crawl across a field. Weekdays of war, Svatovo-Kreminna front, Zhuravka gully area.

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See the difference? We could cover them with artillery. But we didn't. They would.

Briefly on the situation on the Svatovo-Kreminna front

AFU is actively building defensive lines of the second and third echelons (beyond the lakes on the Torskoye-Terny line). They are also actively preparing to defend Krasny Liman, Stavka, and Yampol. The Ukrainian armed forces still have very large forces in the area, but it should be noted that over the last two weeks, our troops have destroyed at least 22 artillery pieces alone (and this only concerns the work of the Lancets).

AFU is trying to counteract this by covering the guns with fence netting and camouflaging them. I would also like to draw attention to the fact that a great deal of the khokhal's attention is focused on Seversk. They are preparing the city for defense and are probably afraid that it could face the fate of Bakhmut.

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On February 23 and 24, the anniversary of the start of the special military operation, "great events" are expected that "Russia will remember" - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba

"There will be many important political signals, there will be decisions on sanctions, weapons, there will be symbols of unity, and this will happen at all levels."

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⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️Vladimir  SOLOVYOV VISITED ARTYOMOVSK (BAKHMUT)

Vladimir Solovyov spoke about his trip to Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) on Russia 1 TV channel's Sunday Evening program.

Together with the musicians of the famous orchestra, we visited Patrice Lumumba Street. There is an underground champagne factory there. It is one of the biggest enterprises in the industry in Eastern Europe. The entire production cycle is situated almost 100m below the ground, in former gypsum mines.

After seeing the complex of buildings on the surface of the factory we descended into a network of mines and tunnels. This is a huge network of underground cities. We visited a secret underground bunker, which was intended to be a command center in the event of a major technological catastrophe in Ukraine or a nuclear war.

✊Thank you to the musicians with call signs: Mehan, Larga, Stager, Batut, Krasnodar, Mudrila, Druzhok, and Garnat.

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I hope this explains a bit about why fighting at Patrice Lumumba Street took so long.

📊 Western companies will soon return to Russia - Bloomberg

Reputational risks for operating in Russia have disappeared for Western companies after the first two months of conflict. This is the conclusion drawn by FrontierView's European director Mark McNamee.

According to his research, the continued operation of some companies in Russia has not hit their reputation in the West in any way, so their departure "will not last that long".

📝 "Every quarter we see companies getting realistic and saying to hell with it," McNamee summed up.

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Zelensky continues the "diplomatic marathon" - now the President of Ukraine demands more sanctions against Russia

Zelensky, in his evening address, which he apparently managed to write down between the publication of the photographic controversy with the chevron of the 3rd SS Panzer Division "Dead Head", once again reminds dear partners of the importance of sanctions. In his opinion, Russia is winning precisely because of Western friends who have not yet refused to trade with the “aggressor” and continue to interact on the issue of nuclear energy, and not because Ukrainians are used as meat, who are caught like pigs in cities and sent to be slaughtered in Artemovsk.

Note that the tactic of whining is usually used by the leader of the independent when the situation at the front is not the most favorable for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In past times, “diplomatic wins” were seen when Zelensky warmed up the population for the surrender of Soledar, as well as during the loss of the Sol station , a key railway line for the supply of equipment and provisions for the Ukrainian group in Artemovsk.

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👆👆👆For those who will ask me what Nazi symbol

🔥Artillerymen of the 2nd Army Corps of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces continue to destroy Ukrainian nationalists in the Seversk direction.

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The Sudanese authorities approved a deal on the establishment of a naval base of the Russian Navy in Port Sudan. As a result of the bidding, Russia agreed to revise a number of parameters of the deal, which the Sudanese insisted on in order to give the agreement a go. As a result, despite the resistance of the Americans, there will be a deal. And in the medium term, Russia will have its first deployment point in Africa since the days of the Soviet Union.

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Serbs not to condemn Russia, join sanctions not to ruin friendship with Russians — Dodik
"Europe is losing its position," President of the Republic of Srpska thinks

Serbs’ joining the anti-Russian sanctions or condemning the Russian authorities would only put an end to the friendship with Russians but would grant no privileges from the West, Milorad Dodik, President of the Republic of Srpska, one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, said on Sunday.

"They don't miss an opportunity to ask for sanctions, as well as to draw us in, to take a bad step toward Russia or [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, because they think it is bad. I think that the West is basically with its arrogant policy, in which it has never accepted and realistically considered Russia's demands not to approach its borders," he said in an interview with the Kosovo online news portal. Now, according to Dodik, the Western countries consider Putin as a source of all their problems.

"If we were to say that we condemn Russia, and Putin, adhere to sanctions, and introduce visas for Russians in Bosnia and Herzegovina, does anyone think that we would get anything from the West? And we would permanently lose friends who proved to be our only support in history. This is our answer to our friends and for investing in the future, because we cannot expect anything from the West," he stressed.

He noted that the West is pursuing such policy because it is not interested in a strong Russia. "It suits them that Russia is unsettled, not Putin, who united and strengthened Russia," Dodik said. "Suddenly it appears that Putin has stronger weapons than the West, so there is panic in the West."
"Europe is losing its position," he added.

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The Ukrainian Air Force reports that new types of UAVs have been spotted in the sky over many cities, conducting reconnaissance at an altitude of 6 km.

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‼️🇷🇺Yakut sniper takes out two foreign mercenaries with one shot

These are the guys who hit a squirrel's eye, and an armored pan is an easy target for them.
The fighters hunt the AFU day and night. The video shows a unique case - two fighters who came to fight against Russia were eliminated with a single shot. The mercenaries were uncovered by radio communications.

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The murderer of our prisoners. Remember. Take prisoners alive!

So it was the Musicians? A case where an apology is worse than the deed itself...


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Lol, I imagine all the "fan" messages he got on disclosed phone number (by Joker) make him like this.

⚡️ Explosions heard in Kramatorsk (Kiev-occupied part of Donbass)

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