⚡️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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WHO ARE THE REAL 'ORCS'?: In 2014, CNN aired this footage of Donbass civilians pleading to then-president Poroshenko to stop killing his own people in Ukraine - it's a shame there are no mainstream media in Donbass today, 9 years on, as the West wages a vile propaganda war that 'Russia attacked Ukraine for its own imperialistic gain.'

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