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Dec 5, 2022, 10 tweets

The Shenzhou 14 crew flies back to Beijing after a successful mission but needs ground assist to get out of plane since they've been in zero-gravity for half a year.

China's space program is on a roll. A new crew, ferried to the Tiangong space station by the Shenzhou 15 capsule atop a Long March rocket, is now in space.

Xinwen Lianbo has its daily, obligatory, inane, incomprehensible Ukraine "update" from the Kremlin.

Another strong show of Russian force from the air.

Nothing is explained or put in context

...except to say, as per pattern, that Russia struck a generalized military target and Ukraine pushed back.

And in CCTV's interest in balance, here's the obligatory "Ukraine fights back" shot.

G7 price cap on Russian oil by sea kicks in today but Russia's not having it. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak and Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov agree:
"Russia does not accept any limits on price..."

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