⚡️Secretary General of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Helga Schmidt opposes kicking Russia out of the organization

Unlike the Council of Europe (which Russia left in March 2022) the OSCE does not have a suspension mechanism. In addition, Schmidt believes that “one day we will need communication channels with Russia again.”

Rare display of common sense from a EU politician!

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⚡️In a first Russian Ministry of Defense meeting of the year, including regional heads of Defense via online conference, Defense Minister Shoigu sets priorities for the year ahead.

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⚡️NATO and EU countries deplete their military stocks by providing aid to Ukraine - NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg.

He also believes Ukrainians are dying for "Europe's security".

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⚡️Wagner Private Military Company storm-troops are fighting it out for the Soledar town square, Donetsk Republic (ex Ukraine) right now.

It is reported that Ukrainian 61st Brigade began to abandon their positions late last night.

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◾️Russian Federation (RF) Armed Forces destroyed up to 20 Ukrainian soldiers in Kupyansk, Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex Ukraine);

◾️Russian Aerospace Forces shot down three Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the DPR;

◾️RF Armed Forces eliminated more than 20 Ukrainian soldiers and three trucks in the Yuzhno-Donets, DPR;

◾️Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost more than 40 servicemen of the 95th Airborne Battalion and 103rd Defense Brigade in Krasnoliman, DPR;

◾️RF destroyed up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen in Donetsk, DPR;

◾️Russian air defense systems destroyed ten AFU unmanned aerial aircraft;

◾️RF destroyed four Polish-made Krab self-propelled gun mounts in the DPR:

◾️RF destroyed two US-made counter-battery radars AN / TPQ-50 and AN / TPQ-36 in the DPR.

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THE GREAT UKRAINIAN DESERT?: Ukrainian serviceman complains about the American M113 armored personnel carrier, which is not suitable for the Ukrainian climate - it also appears to be in sand camouflage... 😄🤷‍♀

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⚡️ New speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, threatens Biden administration

🗣We will hold them accountable for everything from the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan to the origin of COVID19....

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⚡️Taliban in Afghanistan orders closure of all beauty salons within ten days; women will also be forbidden from working in retail/shopping centers.

Last month, Taliban banned all higher education for women.

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⚠️ WARNING: DISTURBING IMAGES

⚡️South African soldiers cause outrage as footage shows them throwing corpses of Mozambique soldiers into a fire.

UPDATE: Incident is believed to have happened in November in Mozambique, where South Africa has forces as part of the SADC (Southern African Development Community) - South Africa is investigating who was involved and why.

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⚡️Ukrainian army shells residential buildings in Donetsk city, Donetsk Republic (ex Ukraine) - number of casualties being confirmed.

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FEW SCREWS LOOSE: Another in our series on Western junk sent to Ukraine - equipment unfit for purpose, and not free either; Ukraine is indebted indefinitely with exorbitant loans of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

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⚡️European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen approves transfer of Leopard tanks and other heavy equipment to Ukraine

She also calls "the Russian threat - the most immediate, but not the only one", which justifies the new declaration on cooperation between NATO and the EU.

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⚡️Sweden will allow the deployment of nuclear weapons

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says that Stockholm will be a long-term, loyal and devoted member of NATO and will join the bloc "without any formal conditions", as Norway and Denmark did in their time.

🗣Despite the fact that other Scandinavian countries consider it unlikely, we believe that it is quite possible to place nuclear weapons on our territory - he said.

Sweden is currently being blocked from accession to NATO by Turkey.

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⚡️ Man of foreign descent found dead on Latvia/Belarus border

There were several other refugees when the body was found by Belarusian border guards. The group had footage of the Latvian side taking them to the border with Belarus, ignoring requests to help the man who was alive but in critical condition.

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RETREATING RAMBO: Ukrainian soldier finds a TOTALLY mangled truck, as Ukrainian troops abandon their positions in Artyomovsk-Bakhmut - but there's no body inside. Could that wreck be survived?

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APPLE DIDN'T FALL FAR: Liberating towns one by one off the Kiev neo-Nazi regime is a family affair for some, as Russian father and son meet on the battlefield in Ukraine - who cut the onions? 🧅🔪

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⚡️Russian forces knock out remains of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Krasnaya Gora, (Soledar, Donetsk Republic) heading into Blagodatnoye and Paraskovievka.

Ukraine is feverishly holding on to their defenses, to prevent Russia's breakthrough in the direction of Slavyansk.

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⚡️US will begin training Ukrainians on the Patriot system at Fort Sill in Oklahoma, where the US conducts its own training on operating and maintaining the advanced air defense system.

The complex training is expected to take several months.

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