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Russia could downgrade relations with the US if its assets are seized, the deputy foreign minister has warned.

Moscow could downgrade diplomatic relations with Washington if the US confiscates frozen Russian assets, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov warned on Thursday.

The US and its allies have frozen around $300 billion in Russian central bank assets as part of Ukraine-related sanctions, most of which are being held in the EU.

Washington has long advocated for confiscating the funds, so that the money would then be handed over to Kiev for its war effort against Russia. The latest push came on Saturday, after the US House of Representatives approved a bill authorizing the confiscation of Russian money.

In the meantime in Belarus:

The Security forces in Belarus have prevented a plot to launch combat drones from Lithuania and attack targets in and near the capital, Minsk, the head of the Committee for State Security (KGB) Ivan Tertel has revealed.

The operation took place “recently” and in cooperation with “colleagues from other security structures,” the senior official said on Thursday, as he was delivering a speech to the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly, a leading political body.

#BREAKING In the event of an attack on Belarusian territory, the aggressor will receive an immediate response from all types of weapons both from Minsk and from Moscow. – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko pic.twitter.com/GEXghfEn5T

— The National Independent (@NationalIndNews) April 25, 2024

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Capable of striking targets up to 500 kilometers away, Russia has deployed a brigade of Iskander-M missile launchers along the Finnish border. As confirmed by the Izvestia news platform, the move comes as Vladimir Putin seeks to reinforce the newly formed Leningrad Military District (LMD).

Built to carry either conventional or nuclear warheads weighing up to 1,500 pounds, the 9K720 Iskander-M was first used in combat in 2008 during Russia’s war with Georgia. Since then, the missile has been used against Ukraine.

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“You hear people say, ‘Well, we did the best we could with what we knew.’ No, they did not.

They knew better. And if they didn’t know better, they damn well should have known better. That’s what they’re paid to do.”

@DrPhil recalled how “all of a sudden, a few weeks turn into months, and months turn into two years.

You expect there will be a plan, a readiness plan, that takes into account all the collateral damage that can come from doing something like that.” The children suffered. “When you shut down the schools, the day you shut them down, you better have a plan for reopening them.

I didn’t see a plan for them to be reopened. And we have an entire generation that is suffering from developmental gaps, educational gaps, mental and emotional challenges. And still, there’s not a good plan to close those gaps.” “When the next pandemic turns the corner, who’s got the plan then?

” Dr. Phil asked. “What was learned from this? Because you don’t hear anybody talking about it, do you? You don’t hear anybody talking about it.” “And I’m not some conspiracy theorist,” he added.

“I’m saying we need to think about whether we’re going to rely on science and how we’re going to react when the government comes in and starts telling us what we can and can’t do. I think we need less government. I think if they would step back, we tend to have a way to work these things out.”

When a pharmaceutical company like pfizer provides absolutely only redacted or blank pages as a study, it typically raises concerns about transparency, validity, and reliability of the given study or research.

Scientific studies in the field of healthcare and pharmaceuticals require utmost transparency to allow for peer review, replication, or verification of results. Peer review is particularly crucial in maintaining the integrity of scientific researches.

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CDC Releases Paper on Myocarditis After COVID Vaccination, and EVERY WORD Is Redacted

“148 pages. The entire thing is redacted. What good does a study do if there’s nothing there?”

There’s obviously something very damning that they’re trying to hide.

Dr. @P_McCulloughMD says… pic.twitter.com/1GjI5IKKgB

— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) March 18, 2024

Dr. Phil Delivers Stunning Message to the COVID “Experts” Who Got it Wrong

The floodgates are opening.

“You hear people say, ‘Well, we did the best we could with what we knew.’ No, they did not. They knew better. And if they didn’t know better, they damn well should have… pic.twitter.com/PC3guMmiRD

— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) April 17, 2024

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Pyongyang insists that the launches were routine and had nothing to do with the rising tensions on the peninsula

North Korea has successfully tested a “super-large warhead” for a cruise missile and a new type of anti-aircraft munition, state-run KCNA news agency has reported.

The “test of power” of the warhead for the Hwasal-1Ra-3 strategic cruise missile and launch of the Pyoltsi-1-2 anti-aircraft missile took place on Friday in the Yellow Sea, the agency said on Saturday. “The tests achieved purposes concerned,” it noted.

KCNA said the “tests are parts of normal works of national defense research institutions… and have nothing to do with [the] situation” on the Korean Peninsula.

According to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, it was the first time Pyongyang has mentioned the ‘Pyoltsi’ system, which means ‘meteor’ in Korean.

🇰🇵🇺🇸 North Korea has tested a new missile capable of reaching the United States. – FRWL reports pic.twitter.com/Kp3ya5qGYQ

— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) April 19, 2024

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Air defenses have reportedly been activated in several provinces of the Islamic Republic

Israel carried out a series of strikes on Iran in the early hours of Friday, multiple news outlets have reported. The news comes less than a week after the Islamic Republic fired a barrage of drones and missiles at Israel.

Iranian news agency Mehr reported that several explosions were heard around 4 am local time in the skies over the central city of Isfahan.

IRNA news agency said that air defenses have been activated in several parts of Iran, and that Israel also struck military airfields and a radar site in Syria and Iraq.

🚨🚨🚨Update: Israel attacks Iran! Nuclear facilities targeted!! Ballistic missile sites hit!! Drone production facilities too!! I predicted there would be NO warnings!!🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/gGKI7LvQ1B

— US Civil Defense News (@CaptCoronado) April 19, 2024

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Countermeasures could involve a “strike or no strike,” a military spokesperson had said, according to ABC

The Israeli military has presented a range of options to the government on how to respond to the recent Iranian airstrikes, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Peter Lerner told journalists on Monday, as reported by ABC news.  

Tehran launched several waves of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles at Israel over the weekend, in response to the bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus earlier this month. The strike on the consulate – which West Jerusalem has neither confirmed nor denied – killed seven members of the Iranian military, including two high-ranking generals.  

Iran has said its retaliatory operation destroyed two Israeli military bases, although the IDF claimed it intercepted 99% of the more than 300 drones and missiles launched at the country, admitting only “minor damage” to Nevatim Airbase.  

#BREAKING #Israel #Iran JUST IN: Channel 14 reports that the cabinet has decided to launch an attack on Iran tonight.

— The National Independent (@NationalIndNews) April 14, 2024

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Tehran has warned West Jerusalem against retaliation, vowing a “much more extensive” pushback

Israel intends to coordinate its response to the recent massive Iranian drone and missile attack with its allies, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing sources.

However, an unnamed Israeli official would not say when and with whom Israel would hold those consultations.

At the same time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already spoken by phone with US President Joe Biden. According to the White House, the US leader reaffirmed “America’s ironclad commitment to the security of Israel” and hailed the country’s “remarkable capacity to defend against and defeat even unprecedented attacks.”

مقطع جديد يكذب ادعاء الاعتراض بنسبة 99% الاسرائيلي . pic.twitter.com/lKmktEYKXe

— Arab-Military (@ashrafnsier) April 14, 2024

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Oil prices rose above $90 on anonymous intelligence reports

The promised Iranian retaliation for the Israeli attack on Tehran’s consulate in Damascus is likely in the next 24-48 hours, anonymous US officials told Bloomberg on Wednesday.

Two generals of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force were killed in the Israeli airstrike on April 1, which for the first time targeted an internationally protected diplomatic mission.

There has been a widespread expectation that Iran would refrain from reprisal until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Speaking on Wednesday, as Muslims celebrated the feast of Eid-al-Fitr, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Israel “must and shall be punished” for what it did.

Iran Warns Nine Types of Highly Lethal Missiles in Arsenal Capable of Hitting Israel

ALERT: Top US General Preparing For Imminent Iran Retaliation Attack 🚨#Israel #israelirantensions #Iran #Iranianembassy #WW3 #WWIII https://t.co/ArZve4GiG7

— Lars Alvermo (@LAlvermo) April 11, 2024

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