⚡️ Russia boosting production of Iskander ballistic missiles

🗣 Russian tanks and ammo also being produced at up to 100 times the amount made last year - Deputy Director of Russian Defense corporation Rostec.

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🇬🇧🇺🇦 UK PM Sunak to announce major artillery ammo package to Kiev in contract worth over $300 MILLION

Sunak travelling to Latvia to meet with Nordic and Baltic leaders at summit on countering Russian "aggression".

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⚡️ Dangerous and short-sighted policy of escalation by Washington puts US and Russia on brink of direct confrontation

🗣 Moscow calls on Biden administration to not escalate situation and hopes that call will be heard, though there are no grounds for optimism yet - Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Zakharova.

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MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS MUSK 🤑: Say bye to Musk as Twitter Chief apparently as Elon’s dug himself a hole in poll on whether he should step down as head of site - the answer according to almost 60% of 17 MILLION votes is resounding 👍

Now we’ll see whether Musk will follow through or hope everyone's already forgotten about it 😨

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⚡️ Rumors that Putin is traveling to Minsk to discuss Belarus’ participation in special military operation are dumb and entirely unfounded

🗣 Today, Putin will have opportunity to speak with Belarusian President Lukashenko about issues related to armed forces of countries - Kremlin Spokesman Peskov.

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⚡️🚨 Air raid alerts sound in Central and Eastern Ukrainian regions as Ukrainian media claims Russian missile launches may be imminent.

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🗿 STEP-BRO I'M STUCK: American humvee struggles to survive Ukrainian mud, its wheels unable to manoeuvre in current weather with speeds so slow, Ukrainian soldiers are just waiting for Russian artillery to drop a shell on them.

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⚡️ Putin’s plane touches down in Minsk, Belarus

Russian leader on working visit, where he will hold talks with Belarusian counterpart Lukashenko on issues related to armed forces of both countries.

Trip marks Putin's 1st visit to Belarus since 2019.

UPDATE: Berlin concerned about Putin’s visit to Minsk due to possible change in role of Belarus in relation to Russian operation in Ukraine - German cabinet spokesperson.

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🇷🇺🇧🇾 Putin receives warm hug from President Lukashenko as he lands in Minsk for talks with Belarusian leader.

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⚡️ US will continue to further provoke tensions in Taiwan Strait and on Korean Peninsula in order to escalate situation in China - Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Chief Naryshkin.

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TALK ABOUT BAD TIMING (OR IS IT?): It's Hanukkah, you wake up happy and first thing you see is a crossword resembling a NAZI Swastika, not really the start you'd want as New York Times publishes crossword strikingly similar to symbol behind MILLIONS of deaths, drawing WRATH of Americans who've already seen too many Nazi logos in Ukraine but don't like seeing it so close to home 😰

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🇪🇺🇷🇺Hungary, Germany and 7 other EU countries speak out against Russian gas price cap but fail to get enough support to block proposal - Hungarian Foreign Ministry

EU energy ministers meeting in Brussels in attempt to push through price cap despite calls against move by big players such as Berlin, who fear cap could MUTILATE EU energy markets.

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🇬🇧🇷🇺 Europe must ignore any calls for ceasefire from Russia until it withdraws its troops from military operation zone

🗣 West should continue to focus on reducing Russia’s military power, any calls for negotiations could allow Russian forces to regroup and replenish - UK PM Rishi Sunak.

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⚡️🇧🇾 Vital decision on closer integration of Russia and Belarus once again demonstrates to the whole world that only together can any pandemics, crises or sanctions be overcome - Belarusian President Lukashenko.

UPDATE:🗣 Russia and Belarus open for dialogue with other states, I hope they will listen to voice of reason and we can discuss security issues - Lukashenko.

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🇷🇺 Putin First @IntelRepublic

🗣 Belarus is our ally in truest sense of word, our priority is developing economic ties between 2 countries - Putin at meeting with Belarusian President Lukashenko in Minsk.