✂️ WINGS CLIPPED: Watch moment Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter comes down crashing (00:26) after being shot by Russian forces as it leaves behind a trail of black smoke before taking the final dive.

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⚡️Israel strikes Damascus, Syria airport.

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⚡️Former Hollywood director Harvey Weinstein found GUILTY in second rape case.

Weinstein is already serving a 20 year sentence and is now looking at an additional 24. At the same time, jury did not hold up several other allegations.

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⚡️Russian Ambassador to Canada, Oleg Stepanov, says the decision to confiscate Roman Abramovich's assets is robbery.

🗣Such actions harm the Canadian reputation. Others watch and see that if something is not pleasing to the West, their assets and accounts will be taken from them. We do not recommend doing business in Canada.

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WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE: Newly declassified KGB documents shed light on WWII; during the Soviet-Finnish war (1939-1940) England and France wanted to enter the war against the USSR in Finland - Germany would also join them there. Intelligence was given to Stalin by China.

◾️Catholic Pope XII knew about Hitler's invasion plans in 1941, giving a directive to jesuits in the Baltics, Ukraine and Belarusia "to stick closer to the border."

Interesting time to be declassifying information on allegiances.

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⚡️🗣American astronauts on the International Space Station proved to be trustworthy - they extended a helping hand in the situation with Soyuz MS-22 - Borisov, head of Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos.

Borisov hopes that the Russian side will cope on its own and the expedition will end normally in 2023. The Soyuz MS-22 spaceflight is currently suffering a fault, with a small hole in the ship's cooling system.

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⚡️🇦🇷 Argentinian court refuses to extradite Russian citizens of interest, detained on request of the United States.

Argentinean businessmen are demonstrating an interest in working with Russia, despite the geopolitical situation and the threat of secondary sanctions - Dmitry Feoktisov, Russian Ambassador to Argentina.

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