◾️Russian Federation (RF) Armed Forces destroyed more than 40 Ukrainian soldiers in the Yuzhno-Donets direction, Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine)

◾️RF Forces are conducting successful offensive operations in Donetsk, up to 60 Ukrainian military have been destroyed;

◾️RF Forces destroyed more than 40 Ukrainian soldiers in Krasnoliman, DPR;

◾️RF Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-24 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the DPR;

◾️RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 30 Ukrainian soldiers in Kupyansk, DPR;

◾️Russian air defense systems shot down a Su-25 aircraft and 21 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;

◾️In the DPR, the Russian military killed more than 55 extremists of Sheikh Mansur battalion (Chechens against Kadyrov);

◾️Russian military destroyed two warehouses of artillery ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR;

◾️Russian air defense systems intercepted five HIMARS missiles of the multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) and four HARM missiles over the past day;

◾️RF Armed Forces destroyed a Grad "Hail" MLRS system and two Alder MLRS launchers in the DPR;

◾️Russian Armed Forces destroyed a M777 system in the Nikolaev region, as well as the AN / TPQ-37 counter-battery radar in the Lugansk Republic.

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⚡️Death toll from the shelling of hotel in Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine), by the Armed Forces of Ukraine rises to six, 37 people were injured.

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⚡️McDonalds franchise to leave Kazakhstan, due to supply chain issues for meat products.

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❗️Pakistan launches airstrikes on Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) strongholds in Nangarhar, Afghanistan.

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⚡️Norway hands over 10,000 shells for 155mm artillery to Ukraine, from its own army supplies.

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⚡️NATO Chief Stoltenberg calls for additional military assistance to Ukraine.

🗣 Weapons are the path to peace, he said.

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⚡️International Monetary Fund (IMF) data shows that Russia entered Top 10 global economies, in 9th place in 2022.

In 2019, it was in 11th place.

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⚡️US will not supply Abrams tanks to Ukraine, as previously floated...

The Biden administration said the 55-ton Abrams consume a lot of fuel, are prone to breakdowns and need proper maintenance that Ukraine can't carry out.

US is still considering sending the Bradley vehicle - designed to transport infantry with armor protection, while providing covering fire.

This is amidst the backdrop of France also promising Ukraine armored vehicles, but "dont wish to enter the conflict."

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NOTHING TO SEE HERE: Just Kiev policeman hitting a woman for speaking Russian (in a country where 37% identify as ethnic Russian, and a proportion hide the fact for personal safety.)

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⚡️Minsk and Moscow will continue to build up the regional grouping of troops on the territory of Belarus - Ministry of Defense of the Belarus.

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LAST PARASITIC HURRAH: The Anglo-American hegemony is dying on the bones of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers and civilians....

🗣 Russia is financially and economically stronger than it was before the start of the Special Operation.

🗣 It is going to come out of this event with a much larger, more capable and more lethal military force than it had at the beginning. So everything has gone awry for the West and will continue to go awry - ex Trump Advisor Douglas MacGregor.

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⚡️Trilateral meeting of foreign ministers of Turkey, Syria and Russia may take place in the coming days, in the United Arab Emirates.

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⚡️Three detained as Russia'a Federal Security Service (FSB) prevents railway road terrorist act in the Chelyabinsk region, West-Central Russia.

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⚡️ Ukraine has lost 90% of wind power generation and 40% of its solar power generation. Thermal generation now carries a significant load of power needs - Energy Minister of Ukraine, Herman Galushchenko.

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⚡️🇱🇻 Latvia detains Marat Kasem, Editor in Chief of Sputnik Latvia

Kasem is a Latvian citizen, living and working in Moscow for the Russia Today media group.

He was detained while visiting his family on December 30 in Latvia, and transferred to Riga state prison - he is accused of bypassing sanctions against the Russian Federation, as well as espionage. The journalist faces up to 20 years in prison.

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🇹🇷📞 Erdogan calls Zelensky after phone conversation with Putin; Erdogan again offered mediation in the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis.

Earlier, Putin told Erdogan he is ready for dialogue when Kiev fulfills Russia's requests.

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❗️Putin orders ceasefire along the entire line of contact between the warring parties, from 12:00 on January 6 to 24:00 on January 7, for Orthodox Christmas.

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⚡️ US Embassy in Moscow publishes an appeal to the Russian people

🗣The call for unrest in our country is blatant interference in the internal affairs of the Russian Federation - Russian MP Vasily Piskarev stated.

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⚡️ 🗣Today, 106 countries do not recognize Kosovo's independence, 84 recognize it, 3 countries partially recognize it - but 9 countries have withdrawn their recognition; Somalia, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Eswatini, Libya, Guinea, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Maldives - Serbian President Vucic.

This suggests influence and pressure of the US hegemon is waning.

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