⚔️🇮🇱☠️ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

The killing of the three detainees is an unbearable tragedy, and all of Israel is in mourning this evening

I am more forceful at the hands of our soldiers who are committed to recapturing our kidnappers, even if it means risking their lives.

We will draw lessons and will continue to make a great effort to return all the kidnapped people to their homes safely

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Special Military Operation, December 15th. Key points:

➡️Kiev lost approximately 4,330 military personnel and 11 tanks, including one Leopard, in various sectors over the past week, as reported by the Ministry of Defense.

➡️During the week, 82 Ukrainian military personnel were captured or voluntarily surrendered, according to the Defense Ministry briefing.

➡️Russian air defense shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter within a day, intercepted a "Tochka-U" missile, two S-200 missiles, and 119 drones in the past week, as noted by the Russian military.

➡️On the Kherson front, all attempts by the AFU to land on islands and the left bank of the Dnepr were thwarted; the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 17 boats, according to the Ministry of Defense.

➡️At 0:25 [last night], Ukrainian Armed Forces launched three long-range missiles towards Mariupol, as stated by the Donetsk People's Republic.

➡️An unnamed [as stated by Lavrov] leader of a Western country has sent signals to Moscow three times in the last six months through various channels, expressing the need for a meeting on Ukraine and European security issues.

➡️Lavrov stated that the longer the military actions continue in Ukraine, the more challenging the conditions for initiating peace talks will become. 

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🇷🇺🇷🇺 BEAUTIFUL RENDITION OF NATIONAL RUSSIAN ANTHEM by singer Shaman (video above) at event held by voters nominating Putin for re-election as Russian Prez announces he's running as independent in 2024.

At least 300,000 signatures required by law to run as independent.

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🇪🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺“The Ukrainian leader failed to secure long-term financial assistance from the US and EU,” writes the Financial Times.

At the same time, Putin said that he would “attack Ukraine until his goals of “denazification” and “demilitarization” of the country are achieved,” the publication recalls.

Although the United States and Europe promise to release money to Ukraine soon, "the failure to ensure Kiev's long-term financial stability comes at a particularly sensitive moment in the conflict."

"In recent months, new promises of significant aid have dried up. To finance its budget, Kiev may have to return to printing money, which will threaten economic and financial stability," the FT writes.

The newspaper notes that Biden “was forced to lower the level of US commitments from supporting Kiev “as long as it takes” to supplying the country with weapons “as much as we can.”

As for the start of negotiations on joining the European Union, “the accession process can last several years and can be blocked by any member state.”

At the same time, according to the publication’s source, “Zelensky privately told the leaders of countries that it was more important for him to get an agreement on negotiations on EU membership than on financing.”

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⚡️⚡️Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitriy Polyanskiy:

"Ukraine has missed the opportunity to conclude a favorable peace agreement,
now any possible deal will reflect its capitulation"

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