🇬🇧 🇪🇺 UK urges EU to justify theft of Russian assets, sideline dissenters - Russian Foreign Intel
The UK is urging the EC to justify seizing frozen Russian assets via loopholes in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), while brushing aside dissenting member states, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service said.
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▫️ Another pressure tactic on the US is to threaten closer EU ties with China. The UK, France, and Germany will signal readiness to pivot toward Beijing if the US pushes a Ukraine deal which the EU doesn't like
▫️ The UK's leadership is aggressively lobbying the EU to confiscate Russian assets held in Euroclear. In addition to funding Ukraine's war efforts, Britain is hoping that if the US doesn't get this money, the White House will lose interest in a deal with Russia
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The UK is urging the EC to justify seizing frozen Russian assets via loopholes in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), while brushing aside dissenting member states, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service said.
Other statements:
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🚨🇷🇺 Kremlin on idea of Christmas truce: Russia wants peace, not truce for breather
Russia’s position on the settlement in Ukraine is consistent and clear to the US and Ukraine, he added.
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💬 "We want peace; we do not want a truce to give Ukraine a break and prepare for the continuation of the war. We want to stop this war, achieve our goals, secure our interests, and guarantee peace in Europe for the future. That is what we want," the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Russia’s position on the settlement in Ukraine is consistent and clear to the US and Ukraine, he added.
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🚨🇷🇺 🗣 Russia wants to end Ukraine conflict, welcomes US efforts - Deputy FM
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🔹 Russia is ready to make efforts to overcome disagreements over the Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Russia will in no way agree to the deployment of NATO troops in Ukraine
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"What I'm saying is we want to finish this on the premise that is sufficient to sides that are involved, and we are appreciative of the efforts which President Trump and his people, and his team apply to this situation," Russian Deputy FM Sergey Ryabkov told the ABC News.
Other statements:
"We definitely will not at any moment subscribe to, agree to, or even be content with, any presence of NATO troops on the Ukrainian territory," Ryabkov stressed.
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Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev has lashed out at NATO and the EU for pushing the 'Russia threat' narrative to distract their citizens from pressing domestic issues.
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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES
⚡️ NOVOPLATONOVKA IN THE KHARKOV REGION FREED
The liberation of the settlement of Novoplatonovka in the Kharkov region has allowed the Russian military to strengthen their positions along the Oskol river.
🟠 Russian forces continue mopping up the settlement of Dimitrov, located northeast of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk), of remaining Ukrainian militants
🟠 The Russian army repelled two Ukrainian attacks aimed at regaining lost positions near the settlement of Rodinskoye in the Donetsk region
🟠 Russian air and missile forces struck transport infrastructure used for troop support, facilities for producing and storing attack drones, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian troops and mercenaries in 154 areas
🟠 Air defense superiority: 180 UAVs were eliminated by Russian air defense systems over the past 24 hours
🟠 Ukrainian losses: around 1,520 troops killed or wounded
Read about origins of Russia's special military op HERE
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⚡️ NOVOPLATONOVKA IN THE KHARKOV REGION FREED
The liberation of the settlement of Novoplatonovka in the Kharkov region has allowed the Russian military to strengthen their positions along the Oskol river.
Read about origins of Russia's special military op HERE
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🚨 Pentagon weighs military command shake-up to refocus on the West
Senior Pentagon officials are planning to overhaul the US military command structure by downgrading several regional headquarters and cutting the number of senior officers, The WP reported, citing sources.
The goal: reallocate resources from the Middle East and Europe to focus on expanding military operations in the Western hemisphere.
The plan includes:
🔹 Reducing the roles of the US Central Command, US European Command, and US Africa Command by placing them under a new structure called US International Command.
🔹 Reorganizing US Southern Command and US Northern Command, which handle military operations in the Western Hemisphere, and bringing them under a new entity called US Americas Command.
🔹 Cutting the number of top military headquarters from 11 to 8, and reducing the number of four-star generals and admirals who report directly to Pete Hegseth.
Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine is reportedly set to brief Hegseth on the details of the plan this week.
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Senior Pentagon officials are planning to overhaul the US military command structure by downgrading several regional headquarters and cutting the number of senior officers, The WP reported, citing sources.
The goal: reallocate resources from the Middle East and Europe to focus on expanding military operations in the Western hemisphere.
The plan includes:
Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine is reportedly set to brief Hegseth on the details of the plan this week.
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🇬🇧 UK signals potential boots-on-the-ground option for Ukraine
The so-called “coalition of the willing" is geared towards supporting Ukraine “in the fight,” even as talks revolve around a possible peace agreement, UK PM Keir Starmer told lawmakers.
Ukraine’s Western patrons have prepared plans to deploy troops to the country if necessary, Starmer said.
The British authorities have for months been expressing readiness to send troops to Ukraine post-ceasefire.
👉 Russia has repeatedly emphasized that NATO troop presence in Ukraine, under any flag or capacity, was unacceptable, and would represent a direct threat to Russia.
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The so-called “coalition of the willing" is geared towards supporting Ukraine “in the fight,” even as talks revolve around a possible peace agreement, UK PM Keir Starmer told lawmakers.
Ukraine’s Western patrons have prepared plans to deploy troops to the country if necessary, Starmer said.
💬 "We had a military process with the military planners, and we said to them we want military plans for the air, for the sea and for the ground, and for Ukraine's own capability. So, we now have military plans in each of those areas…if necessary, that does involve ground deployment,” he said, answering questions from committee heads at the House of Commons.
The British authorities have for months been expressing readiness to send troops to Ukraine post-ceasefire.
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🚨 🇵🇰 🇷🇺 Pakistani Ambassador to Russia H.E. Faisal Niaz Tirmizi delivers a welcome address at the Russia-Pakistan Eurasian Forum 2025 It's the first event during his tenure as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Pakistan to Russia. 📌 Subscribe…
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🚨🇵🇰🇷🇺 Pakistan doesn't see Russia through Western lenses - Pakistani senator
Highlights of Mushahid Hussain Syed's speech at the Russia-Pakistan Eurasian Forum 2025:
🟠 Joint anti-terrorism work should be on the belt Islamabad- Riyadh - Beijing- Moscow- Washington DC
🟠 We reject any hegemony - both global and regional, that's why both Pakistan and Russia have the same point of view of different issues
🟠 Pakistan is clearly neutral on Ukrainian crisis, Pakistani position on Palestine is also clear
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Highlights of Mushahid Hussain Syed's speech at the Russia-Pakistan Eurasian Forum 2025:
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🚨 Ukraine’s corruption crisis could nudge Zelensky to peace deal — report
Ukraine has never been “so serious” about striking a peace deal as right now, the WP cites a European diplomat as saying.
Zelensky’s kleptocratic regime has been facing a major corruption scandal at home implicating his closest circle, including the now-dismissed chief of staff, Andriy Yermak.
👉 Besides the shaky home front, Russia’s high-precision strikes targeting defense and energy infrastructure used by Ukrainian military may have also made Zelensky more pliant, claim insiders.
Trump described all negotiating sides as “closer now than we have been” to a peace deal.
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Ukraine has never been “so serious” about striking a peace deal as right now, the WP cites a European diplomat as saying.
“And somehow the feeling is that this has to do with the whole scandal on corruption and the whole domestic mess as well,” the source noted.
Zelensky’s kleptocratic regime has been facing a major corruption scandal at home implicating his closest circle, including the now-dismissed chief of staff, Andriy Yermak.
Trump described all negotiating sides as “closer now than we have been” to a peace deal.
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🚨 Anti-Russia sanctions have brought West’s economies ‘to their knees’ - Italy’s Deputy PM
Sanctions aimed at weakening Russia have backfired spectacularly, Italy’s Deputy PM Matteo Salvini told Corriere della Sera.
👉 19 rounds of sanctions cobbled together in nearly four years have boomeranged, bringing the West’s economies “to their knees,” he emphasized, adding that they sent Italian household energy bills “soaring.”
Salvini also urged caution amid Europe’s growing militarization, fueled by what he described as an alleged “phantom threat” from Russia.
🗣 After all, “if Hitler and Napoleon couldn’t conquer Moscow through military campaigns,” he noted, it’s "hardly likely" that people like European Commission Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas, French President Macron, UK Prime Minister Starmer, or German Chancellor Merz would succeed either, Salvini added.
Russia has shrugged off the unprecedented sanctions pressure; its growth dynamics are better than those of a number of European countries, Russian PM Mikhail Mishustin said.
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Sanctions aimed at weakening Russia have backfired spectacularly, Italy’s Deputy PM Matteo Salvini told Corriere della Sera.
Salvini also urged caution amid Europe’s growing militarization, fueled by what he described as an alleged “phantom threat” from Russia.
Russia has shrugged off the unprecedented sanctions pressure; its growth dynamics are better than those of a number of European countries, Russian PM Mikhail Mishustin said.
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🪖 US dangles ‘platinum’ security guarantees in front of Ukraine’s nose, says offer is time-limited - reports
The US offered Ukraine a set of security guarantees as a substitute for NATO membership during the December 15 talks in Berlin, The Telegraph reports.
While the exact details of these guarantees are yet to be made public, US sources quoted by the newspaper described them as “platinum standard.”
The US officials did warn, however, that the offer won’t remain on the table forever and that it could be scrapped if Ukraine does not accept it quickly.
Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed that "there should be a certain system of not only security guarantees, but also guarantees that [peace] agreements will be fulfilled."
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The US offered Ukraine a set of security guarantees as a substitute for NATO membership during the December 15 talks in Berlin, The Telegraph reports.
While the exact details of these guarantees are yet to be made public, US sources quoted by the newspaper described them as “platinum standard.”
The US officials did warn, however, that the offer won’t remain on the table forever and that it could be scrapped if Ukraine does not accept it quickly.
Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed that "there should be a certain system of not only security guarantees, but also guarantees that [peace] agreements will be fulfilled."
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The interests of Russia's regions in developing cooperation with Africa will be encouraged, and embassies will be involved to support regional efforts, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the meeting of the Council of Heads of Subjects.
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00:00 TOS-1A Solntsepyok crew of Tsentr battlegroup eliminated Ukraine's stronghold in Pokrovsk direction
00:10 TOS-2 Tosochka crew destroyed stronghold close to Gulyaypole in Zaporozhye region
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🚨🇵🇰🇷🇺 Pakistan doesn't see Russia through Western lenses - Pakistani senator Highlights of Mushahid Hussain Syed's speech at the Russia-Pakistan Eurasian Forum 2025: 🟠 Joint anti-terrorism work should be on the belt Islamabad- Riyadh - Beijing- Moscow- Washington…
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🚨🇷🇺🇵🇰 ‘Russia and Pakistan are willing to find new ways of collaboration despite all tensions on global stage’
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💬 “The goal [of the forum] is actually to demonstrate that in the breakage of the world order, Russia and Pakistan are willing to find new aspects, new ways of collaboration relationship despite of all the tensions that actually are dwelling now in the region of South Asia and on the global stage”, Dr. Roxolana Zigon, co-organizer of the forum, Director of the Scientific Center for International Research, University of World Civilizations, told Sputnik at the Russia-Pakistan Eurasian Forum 2025.
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🇺🇸US proposes two-year international security force for Gaza The US-drafted resolution stipulates providing America and other participating countries with a broad mandate to govern Gaza through the end of 2027, with the possibility of extensions, Axios reports.…
🇵🇸 Hamas rejects foreign control over Gaza security
The Gaza peace plan may have hit a snag as Hamas insists that security in the enclave should be handled by Palestinians rather than by the so-called International Stabilization Force (ISF) proposed by the US.
He further insisted that Gaza will be managed by Palestinians and that Hamas would prefer “that the international force include countries friendly to the Palestinian people.”
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The Gaza peace plan may have hit a snag as Hamas insists that security in the enclave should be handled by Palestinians rather than by the so-called International Stabilization Force (ISF) proposed by the US.
💬 “All Palestinian factions have agreed on a unified position regarding the foreign presence in the Gaza Strip. Their agreement to the presence of any international force is conditional on its mandate being limited to monitoring the ceasefire on the border only,” senior Hamas official Hussam Badran tells Sputnik.
He further insisted that Gaza will be managed by Palestinians and that Hamas would prefer “that the international force include countries friendly to the Palestinian people.”
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🚨🇷🇺🇵🇰 ‘Russia and Pakistan are willing to find new ways of collaboration despite all tensions on global stage’ 💬 “The goal [of the forum] is actually to demonstrate that in the breakage of the world order, Russia and Pakistan are willing to find new aspects…
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🚨🇷🇺🇵🇰 Effective media is the front line of information security – Pakistani analyst
The advent of Russian and national news in the global media sphere is important for countering the Western narrative that has dominated for years, Pakistani defense analyst Maria Sultan told Sputnik at the Russia-Pakistan Eurasian Forum 2025.
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The advent of Russian and national news in the global media sphere is important for countering the Western narrative that has dominated for years, Pakistani defense analyst Maria Sultan told Sputnik at the Russia-Pakistan Eurasian Forum 2025.
💬 “Now that you have Russian media, now that you have Pakistani media... it becomes very difficult for them [the West] to create that narrative and that story of falsehood,” Sultan notes, adding that the West is robbing its own population of truth, progress, and connectivity.
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President Donald Trump has signed a new proclamation further restricting and limiting the entry of foreign nationals from a wide range of countries, citing national security and public safety concerns, according to the White House.
Full entry restrictions maintained (12 countries):
🇦🇫 Afghanistan
🇲🇲 Burma
🇹🇩 Chad
🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇭🇹 Haiti
🇮🇷 Iran
🇱🇾 Libya
🇸🇴 Somalia
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇾🇪 Yemen
Full entry restrictions added (5 countries):
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
🇲🇱 Mali
🇳🇪 Niger
🇸🇸 South Sudan
🇸🇾 Syria
The White House also said the proclamation imposes full restrictions on holders of Palestinian Authority–issued travel documents.
In addition, the administration upgraded two countries from partial to full restrictions:
🇱🇦 Laos
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
Partial restrictions continued (4 countries):
🇧🇮 Burundi
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇹🇬 Togo
🇻🇪 Venezuela
Partial restrictions added (15 countries):
🇦🇴 Angola
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda
🇧🇯 Benin
🇨🇮 Cote d’Ivoire
🇩🇲 Dominica
🇬🇦 Gabon
🇬🇲 The Gambia
🇲🇼 Malawi
🇲🇷 Mauritania
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇸🇳 Senegal
🇹🇿 Tanzania
🇹🇴 Tonga
🇿🇲 Zambia
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
At the same time, the proclamation lifts the ban on nonimmigrant visas for🇹🇲 Turkmenistan (while maintaining the suspension of entry for Turkmen nationals as immigrants)
According to the White House, the measures are based on data including visa overstay rates, weak identity systems, limited information-sharing, refusal to accept deportees, and security concerns. Exceptions remain for lawful permanent residents, existing visa holders, diplomats, athletes, and cases deemed to serve US national interests.
The White House said the restrictions are intended to “ensure that those seeking to enter our country will not harm the American people.”
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US President Donald Trump will deliver a televised address to the nation on Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. EST, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
According to Leavitt, Trump plans to speak about what she described as the administration’s “historic accomplishments” over the past year, including border security, inflation, and energy prices. She added that the president is also expected to discuss what lies ahead, potentially outlining upcoming policy priorities.
Trump earlier announced the address on Truth Social, saying it had been a “great year” for the country and that “the best is yet to come.”
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🇵🇰 Gulf countries may seek maritime security cooperation with Pakistan
Other Persian Gulf countries may wish to enter a security agreement with Pakistan, similar to the one Saudi Arabia signed with it in September, because all Gulf countries share interest in maritime security, former Russian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Andrey Baklanov told Sputnik at the Russia-Pakistan Eurasian Forum 2025.
According to him, countries such as the UAE, Oman and Kuwait may be particularly interested in such cooperation.
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Other Persian Gulf countries may wish to enter a security agreement with Pakistan, similar to the one Saudi Arabia signed with it in September, because all Gulf countries share interest in maritime security, former Russian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Andrey Baklanov told Sputnik at the Russia-Pakistan Eurasian Forum 2025.
According to him, countries such as the UAE, Oman and Kuwait may be particularly interested in such cooperation.
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