🇹🇷 Turkey withdraws from Istanbul Convention on Preventing Violence against Women

An international convention that Turkey was first to ratify - years later, President Erdogan says the message of the convention has been changed and is now incompatible with the country's values.

Turkey considers the convention is now used by Western activists as propaganda for same-sex marriages.

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⚡️Aftermath of Russian strike on Druzhkovka ice arena, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) where Ukrainian army was positioned yesterday...

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THIS IS NOT A SPORTS GAME: It's actually a recruitment drive! A stadium in Pakistan has laid bare the magnitude of youth unemployment; over 30k hopefuls turn up for a shot at 1,167 job openings in the Islamabad Police Force - where almost 31% of Pakistan’s youth is unemployed.

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⚡️ Poland sends request to the UN to intervene in the issue of receiving war reparations from Germany - Warsaw demands $1.3 trillion.

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⚡️ Gang members break into a prison in Juarez, Mexico, to free drug baron - 19 people are confirmed to have been shot, including prison guards, inmates and two of the attackers - 25 more inmates escape.

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🚨 Air raid alerts blare in Dnepropetrovsk, Sumy and Kharkov regions of Ukraine.

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📞 Putin holds first phone conference of 2023 - phoning president Tokayev of Kazakhstan to discuss increased cooperation.

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◾️In the Kharkov region, the Russian Federation (RF) Armed Forces destroyed two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

◾️Nine HIMARS rockets were intercepted in the regions of Chernopopovka, Lugansk Republic and Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region (ex-Ukraine).

◾️ More than 130 foreign mercenaries were destroyed during the Russian Aerospace Forces strike in Donetsk Republic, ex-Ukraine (DPR).

◾️2 NATO-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) and four RM-70 Vampire MLRS vehicles were destroyed near the Druzhkovka railway station in the DPR.

◾️Up to 120 AFU servicemen have been eliminated.

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🗣Turkey's NATO membership should be questioned, if President Erdogan is re-elected - Former White House National Security Advisor Bolton, on Turkey's cooperation with Russia.

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⚡️🇺🇸 4,000 paratroopers of the US Army deployed to Romania, as part of a potential 'confrontation with Russia' contingency plan.

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Footage from Church of Kiev-Pechersk on New Year's Eve, as Kievans came to say goodbye to their Church

That night, the Church was particularly full - this morning, the priests and the faithful were no longer allowed to enter, as the fascist Kiev regime continues its crackdown on the Orthodox Church.

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WAR FOR A CAREER: Evgeny Prigozhin, Russian businessman and Head of Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) shows journalists around the cemetery of Wagner fighters in the Krasnodar region, South Russia - Wagner fighters are contracted to various conflicts around the globe, including Prigozhin's own son (24).

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⚡️Fire breaks out in Belgorod region, pre-war Russia - whether these are military premises is being confirmed.

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⚡️US is putting pressure on Switzerland over frozen Russian assets, to hand them over to Ukraine

Around 150-200 million Swiss francs have been frozen, however, most of this money belongs to regular people who are not subject to sanctions - Bankers' Association.

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BLOODBATH IN BAKHMUT: Man heard speaking Polish as he evacuates the wounded out of Artyomovsk-Bakhmut, one of the most fortified positions by the Ukrainian army in Donetsk Republic, (ex-Ukraine).

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⚡️Despite the conflict, the volume of goods purchased by EU countries from Russia has grown significantly in monetary value in 2022.

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⚡️ Several NATO countries propose to increase contributions toward military spending, currently 2% of country's GDP - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

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⚡️Ukrainian General alleges Russian army will attack Kharkov shortly

🗣 As soon as the ground freezes over, the Russian Armed Forces will go on the attack, so that Ukrainian troops in the Donbass cannot move West to help - General S. Melnyk.

Melnyk added that Russian troops could attack Western Ukraine in order to cut off the supply of weapons from the allies.

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