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‼️🇷🇺 🇺🇦Ukraine may disappear in 2025: negotiations should be conducted only between Russia and the US without the participation of other Western countries, - Putin's aide

▪️Moscow has nothing to talk about with either London or Brussels, said Nikolai Patrushev, and he did not rule out that Ukraine would cease to exist altogether in 2025.
▪️Russia is not going to discuss territorial concessions for the sake of a Ukrainian settlement. The world must recognize Donbass, Novorossiya, Crimea and Sevastopol as part of it;
▪️Ukraine will not be among Donald Trump’s priorities, he is more interested in China;
▪️The Ukrainian people remain close to us, brotherly, connected by centuries-old ties with Russia, no matter how much the Kyiv propagandists obsessed with “Ukrainianism” claim to the contrary;
▪️It is unlikely that Trump will send the army to conquer new states;
▪️Responsibility for the energy crisis in Moldova and Transnistria lies entirely with Chisinau;
▪️ Moldova's anti-Russian policy will lead to it "either becoming part of another state or ceasing to exist altogether."

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Armenia and the United States signed a charter on strategic partnership

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"Right after the start of the SVO, in May, I had an appearance on Sky News. They asked me to express my views on what was happening there. And this was after Bucha. There was such a delicate, unclear moment. And I noticed then, at that time the media was publishing that this "Dead Head" sign had also appeared on the official website of the Ukrainian president's office. I asked: "Do you even know what this is?" They said: "No." I said: "Well, this is a well-known fact. That this division was involved in the death of your compatriots. Because in 1940 in Normandy in France it executed about 100 Britons. It simply shot 97 people. And after that, the people who were responsible for this shooting were convicted in Great Britain. So we're not saying that any neo-Nazi activity should be condemned, but in the UK specifically, how can you promote people who praise Nazis who were involved in the deaths of your fellow countrymen?"

Then, live on Sky News, the announcer was very confused and said, “Oh, you know, we’re out of time, we’re very sorry, we need to switch to another story.” That is, he practically didn’t let me finish. You can see this in the video that I have on my Telegram channel. And now the British have either forgotten about it or didn’t attach any importance to it. Maybe they just didn’t really know. I can’t say that modern British diplomacy is distinguished by its erudition."

Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN.

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Positively mind boggling mental gymnastics on display from Ukrainian Journalist Svitlana Morenets. (Incidentally awarded the UK 2024 young journalist of the year).

Kiev stops gas flows - Moldovan Government refuses to pay massive debts to Gazprom for gas piped to them and Transnistria that generated their electricity - and somehow this is all down to Putin, who's devilish scheme is to flood Moldova with Pro-Russian Transnistrians.

Impressive to say the least. You decide whom impressed you more, Putin and his wicked genius or Ms Morenets' utter tripe.

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South Korean investigators have finally managed to arrest the temporarily suspended but current President Yoon Seok-yul, Yonhap reports.

He had previously promised that he would appear for questioning within the day. This morning, about 200 police officers and 40 investigators arrived at Yun Seok-yul's residence, where they had to confront his security detail.

It ended with a victory for the police and the arrest of the president.

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The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine offered Russian servicemen $1 million to leave their positions in Gorlovka (DPR), the FSB reported.

Counterintelligence foiled the plans by receiving an advance payment of $100,000 from Ukraine. During the operation, areas of concentration of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were identified, and Russian troops struck these routes, inflicting serious losses on the Ukrainian forces.

The money was used to purchase material and technical resources for units participating in the SVO.

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Cuba will release 553 prisoners as part of a deal with the United States, under which American authorities yesterday removed the island nation from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

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The results of the unannounced visit of the German Defense Minister Pistorius to Kiev were bleak for Ukraine.

🟥 Germany cannot provide Ukraine with €3 billion in aid because the budget for 2025 has not yet been agreed upon, Boris Pistorius said following his visit.

Earlier, the media reported that Chancellor Olaf Scholz was holding up the allocation of a €3 billion military package to Ukraine. He believes that the proposed mechanism in the form of "unscheduled expenses from a special fund" will present the future government "with a fait accompli" (early elections to the Bundestag are scheduled for February in Germany).

🟥 The next meeting of the Ramstein contact group on Ukraine's defense will take place in Brussels in February, Pistorius said after a meeting with Zelensky*.

At the same time, it is still unknown what will happen with the Rammstein format after February, since it depends on the future US administration.

*former president of Ukraine, recognized as illegitimate head of state

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Russia will supply gas to Transnistria free of charge as humanitarian aid.

This was stated by the head of the unrecognized republic, Vadim Krasnoselsky

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Ukrainian drones continue to terrorise the civilian population of Gorlovka near Donetsk.

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Two NATO ships entered the Gulf of Finland as part of the Baltic Sentinel mission.

Also today, the alliance's secretary general called for preparations for a possible conflict, without specifying the enemy.

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An agreement on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip has been reached, world media report. This will be officially announced in the near future.

Hamas officials told Al Jazeera that they had approved a ceasefire proposal they had previously received through mediators from Israel. The Palestinian group told the channel that a delegation led by Khalil al-Hayya had approved an agreement on a ceasefire and the handover of Israeli hostages to mediators in Qatar and Egypt. However, the organization's official statement said that Hamas had conveyed its response to the proposal to Egypt and Qatar, but did not specify what decision had been made.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the two sides are "on the brink" of reaching a ceasefire in Gaza. "It can and should happen in the coming hours," Blinken told CNN. The Palestinian Authority has urged residents to stay away from areas of Gaza where Israeli forces are stationed until details of the deal are known. Biden and Netanyahu are expected to speak this evening and may talk about reaching a peace deal.

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The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked an oil refinery in the Voronezh region, air defense was activated.

Residents of Liski reported a series of explosions and flashes in the sky. The fire broke out at the oil depot due to the crash of a UAV.

There are no casualties, emergency services are working at the scene

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🇵🇸 In Bethlehem (Judea and Samaria) people celebrate the end of the war in the Gaza Strip

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🖥️ "It's very difficult to reach an agreement that starts with a ceasefire and ends with a peace agreement unless both sides have some leverage, and now there is some leverage. That leverage also goes beyond military capabilities, we have a significant number of sanctions on the Russian Federation, and they continue to multiply and expand, and other countries are doing the same, and that has to be part of our conversation in terms of reaching a peace settlement," said US Secretary of State candidate Marco Rubio.

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