⚡️💥 Yevgeny Rybakov, a Deputy Chief of Donetsk military investigation Department KILLED as a result of Ukrainian shelling on Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine).

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⚡️Putin toughens law on liability for foreign agents

More than two violations per year (for example, not displaying a "foreign agent" badge if a publication is being funded from abroad), one can face up to two years in prison.

This comes on the back of Zelensky banning any positive coverage about Russia in Ukraine.

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⚡️Several well known Russian journalists are being investigated, including the man pictured.

Not declaring a second citizenship may carry repercussions going forward, in connection with the above law.

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⚡️ More than 3,000 bodies of civilians found on the territory of the city of Mariupol, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) - Russian Investigative Committee

🗣Many civilians could not leave the city. Many of them were killed as they were trying to get food and water, by Ukrainian military men with different types of weapons.

UPDATE: Russian Investigative Committee opens criminal case for WAR CRIMES by Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny.

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🇹🇷💥 7 KILLED as a result of an explosion in a restaurant in the Turkish city of Aydin.

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⚡️Russian security forces THWART ANOTHER terror attack attempt by Ukrainian special services against civilians of Energodar near Europe’s biggest nuclear plant, planned for New Year's Eve - Zaporozhye region law enforcement

Russian special services find car STUFFED with explosives in city courtyards.

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⚡️ Death toll from Casino fire in Cambodia/Thailand rises to 25 - many unaccounted for

A representative says the Casino had an electronic system for door locking and elevators, meaning it is likely people got stuck on floors and suffocated inside the complex.

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🇹🇷💥 Gas leak suspected as the cause of explosion killing 7 and injuring 4 in Turkey.

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❄️☃️ GENERAL 'MILD WINTER': As Putin is being accused of "weaponizing the winter" - Douglas MacGregor, retired US Colonel and government official, also says the Russian winter offensive is coming - but whether tomorrow or in February, is anybody's guess...

With a particularly warm winter this year, when would YOU strike?

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⚡️T'was the night before New Year's Eve....

As many Russian cities have opted for more demure NYE celebrations, spending less on decorations in light of the Military Operation, hundreds of "Father Frosts" (Russian equivalent of Santa Claus) descend on Moscow metro stations to give gifts to children...

No "all ages" Drag shows? What will they do?

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⚡️Russian Parliament presents Bill to Putin which renders all treaties between Russia and Council of Europe (CE) - void

Russia ceased to be a member of CE in March 2022, following the beginning of the Special Operation.

Former President Yeltsin joined in 1996; Russia ratified 60 Conventions with the CE - including removing most of Soviet/Russian troops from Moldovan base (several hundred remain in breakaway/unrecognized part Transnistria.)

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🇷🇺 A rehabilitation center will be created in Donetsk Republic, West Russia (ex-Ukraine) for people sustaining disabilities, including as a result of war

Russia to expand online services for people with physical disabilities, easily enabling them to buy the prosthetics they need with an electronic ticket.

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⚠️Warning: May be speaking under duress

STAY AT HOME: That's what Ukrainian prisoner of war, Aleksander Vovk, advises potential Ukrainian Army recruits as he recounts not only a lack of ammunition or DIRECTION, but WATER and FOOD that EATS AWAY at the already starved morale of everyone from commanders to the average soldier - a testament to those more under threat of friendly fire from compatriots than shelling of opponents.

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⚡️From January 1 to December 28, 2022 - 1,091 civilians were killed and 3,533 injured as a result of Ukrainian shelling in the Donetsk People's Republic, West Russia (ex-Ukraine) - Ombudsman

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RAID ON TATE'S PARADE: (In)famous American millionaire/influencer Andrew Tate and his brother DETAINED in Romania on charges of TRAFFICKING of women for creation of pornographic content, rape and the running of a crime ring.

Tate became infamous in 2016 for an incident on reality show Big Brother - appearing to attack a woman with a belt.

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