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😰In the Kyiv region, the liquidation of the fire at an industrial enterprise, which occurred due to a night attack, is ongoing, — DSNS

The fire started around 7:00 a.m., the liquidation has been going on for more than 15 hours (!).

According to the information of the State Emergency Service, 247 personnel, 111 pieces of equipment, 4 fire engines are working at the site

In South Africa, the party of the former president and friend of Putin was accused of receiving money from russia

Putin is trying to expand his influence in Africa and for this purpose began to financially support former President Jacob Zuma, who returned to politics after resigning and serving time in prison. At least, that's what African politicians and experts say. The two men have developed friendly relations, and Zuma's daughter supported Putin after he started the war in Ukraine.

Zuma, a representative of the African National Congress (ANC) party, became president in 2009 In December 2023, six months before the parliamentary elections held a week ago, he founded a new party, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK - Spear of the Nation), which unexpectedly won 14.5% of the vote. At the same time, the ANC, which had ruled the country since 1994, for the first time did not receive an absolute majority (40.2% of the vote).

Zuma's party has been well-funded since it was registered in January, John Stenhausen, leader of the largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, told the Financial Times (with 21.7% of the vote). From the very first day of the election campaign, they had tents, branded clothes and expensive campaign materials, he noted: "I am sure that the money came to their accounts from russia. This is not a family organization. I definitely believe that it was russian money."

Stenhausen, however, admitted that he had no evidence to support this. But Herman Mashaba, the former mayor of Johannesburg and leader of the ActionSA party, which broke away from the Democratic Alliance in 2020 (received 1.2% of the vote), also has questions about the sources of funding for the MK.

"The MK wasted money in these elections, but at the same time did not submit a declaration to the Election Commission of South Africa. This is incomprehensible. There have been a lot of questions about where they got the money from and we don't have hard evidence yet, but they have to explain it."

In South Africa, all parties are required to report receiving more than R100,000 ($5,300). However, the MC, unlike other parties, did not submit a declaration of donations to the Election Commission.

According to Mmusi Maimane, leader of the Building One South Africa party, the MK spent several million rands on the campaign, significantly overspending long-established parties.

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🔴 These are not fireworks to celebrate the holiday of Shavuot. These are our air defense systems protecting our civilians against a barrage of Hezbollah rockets in northern Israel.

That bird in the window scolds me if I let the feeders get empty.

Good morning Resisters. Beautiful day here in the Ozarks. I have to go to Branson today. Dr. Appt tomorrow.
Annual wellness check for Medicare.

Many so called civilians in the UNs world are not civilians.

🐍 In Indonesia, a giant snake has swallowed a woman. The body of the 45-year-old mother of four was found in the stomach of the five-meter-long reticulated python, village chief Suardi Rosi announced on Saturday.

45-year-old Farida did not return home on Thursday evening and has been missing since then. Her husband and other residents of the village of Kalempang in the province of South Sulawesi started a search and discovered the missing woman's personal belongings on Friday.

Shortly afterwards, "they discovered a python with a big belly," reported the village chief. "They agreed to cut open the python's stomach." The missing woman's head was immediately visible. The snake swallowed the woman fully clothed.

Reticulated pythons mainly eat smaller animals and birds, only very rarely they kill people. However, there have been a few deaths in Indonesia in recent years:
▪️Last year, villagers in Southeast Sulawesi killed an eight-meter-long python that had swallowed a farmer.
▪️In 2018, a 54-year-old woman was found dead in the stomach of a seven-meter-long python in Southeast Sulawesi.
▪️In 2017, a man was devoured by a four-meter-long python on a palm oil plantation in West Sulawesi.

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Another banzai attack by invaders on a motorcycle at the position of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces . The attack was stopped by barbed wire and drones waiting at the appropriate location. If you tighten everything with a thorn, then this will simply nullify any banzai attacks not only on motorcycles, but also on buggies.

Another result by 79th!!
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🫡 We serve the Ukrainian people!

▫️ President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the Decree on awarding "For Courage" orders to soldiers of the special unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine "Artan".

▫️ The awards were presented to the scouts by the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov.

▫️ Fighters awarded with orders took part in daring and effective missions in the Black Sea and in the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimea!

⚔️ Thanks to operations that at first might have seemed impossible, Ukraine managed to change the balance of forces in the Black Sea and unblock the grain corridor, which now has virtually the same capacity as before the full-scale invasion.

👤 The commander of the special unit of the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine "Artan" with the call sign "Titan" became a full knight of the Order "For Courage"!

▫️ According to intelligence officers, this honorary award became an additional motivation to continue working until the complete liberation of Ukraine from the invaders.

🤝 Let's create victory together!

🇺🇦 Glory to Ukraine!

- GUR

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Good morning Resisters everywhere. It's another sunny day here in the Ozarks. No rain until Friday. The sun just popped up and I was not in the shade. Musical chair where I take my chair with me.

💥  Ukrainian FPV drone against a barn tank of the Russian Armed Forces

Rest in Peace Vladyslav

“Just you and me. Just me...”

In May 2023, Viktoriya and Vladyslav got married and dreamed of celebrating their first wedding anniversary together. But on 29 November 2023, Vladyslav was killed in action in Donetsk Oblast.

In memory of her husband, Viktoriya took a photo on their anniversary. She took her most valuable possessions with her — including her husband's military fatigues and wedding jacket.

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