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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Massive Russian advancements along the Pokrovsk-Kurakhovo front in just the past 12 hours.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian forces have captured the entirety of Volkovo, but more importantly have stormed and captured half of the large Volkovo trench line. Further south, Russian forces have captured the entirety of Novovasilevka, combing operations underway - the town was captured last night, but small Ukrainian resistance pockets remained. Russian troops have also advanced in the farms south of Uspenovka. Russian forces have almost captured Novoelizavetovka, Ukrainian forces remain in a small section in the west of the town.
In the Kurakhovo direction, Ukraine has lost all its dugouts and fortifications west of Zarya. As a result, Russian troops were able to attack and capture Slavyanka. Russia also advanced along a tree-line, approaching Petropavlovka. Petropavlovka itself is insignificant, but has two vital fortifications around it. Finally, Russian forces have reached the center of Shevchenko's defensive position, a complex network of trenches just north of the town.
Russian forces are getting dangerously close to the Dnepr region - the border is marked yellow on the map.
Fire hot enough to burn his body beyond recognition and melt metal, but apparently not hot enough to destroy a passport and ID made out of paper, card and thin plastic?
Where have I heard this one before...
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Las Vegas Cybertruck bomber Matt Livelsberger was reportedly a recruiter for fighters to Ukraine.
Remember Ryan Routh? The second nutjob who tried to haphazardly shoot Trump? He was recruiting for Ukraine too.
Interesting...
China strikes back: Sanctions target Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and 26 other firms
China’s Ministry of Commerce announced sanctions against 28 major US firms, including Raytheon, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin, citing the need to 'safeguard national security and interests.'
The measures include banning the export of dual-use items - goods for both civilian and military applications, to these companies.
'It was Ukraine that stopped the flow of gas into Europe' - Russia's Foreign Affairs Spokeswoman Zakharova.
As Moldova begins to freeze - Kiev refuses to extend the gas transit agreement between Russia & Ukraine, which expired on January 1st.
The same day, the transit of Russian gas to Europe through the territory of Ukraine stopped.
This diminishes Europe’s economic potential and severely affects the quality of life for European citizens, with the US being the primary beneficiary, gaining the energy market of Europe - Zakharova added.
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According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the total losses of personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in December 2024 amounted to 56,690 people.
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🕔 Developments in Russia’s Kursk Region:
▪️The Ukrainian army lost over 580 troops in the Kursk Region in the past day
▪️ Russian forces wiped out a tank, an armored personnel carrier, nine armored combat vehicles, two artillery pieces, a missile launcher and 36 motor vehicles
▪️Ukraine’s total losses in the Kursk Region have exceeded 47,040 troops
▪️Ukraine has lost 263 tanks, 204 infantry fighting vehicles, 144 armored personnel carriers, 1,390 armored combat vehicles, 339 artillery pieces, and 42 multiple launch rocket systems, including eleven US-made HIMARS launchers and six MLRS launchers, as well as 14 missile launchers, since fighting began in the region
In some ways, the situation in American society resembles the logic of the US government. It also takes a lot out of itself - and the state budget deficit reaches 6%. Moreover, they have to borrow at increased rates. But many people no longer manage to work like this - for example, the level of corporate bankruptcies in the United States is also close to the peaks of 14 years ago.
Record amounts of borrowing, coupled with the admission of millions of illegal immigrants, helped the Biden team to draw economic growth. While Americans with citizenship lost 800,000 jobs in 2024. In 2025, both of these incentives will disappear - they will have to tighten their belts and deport illegal immigrants. And the US economy can expect a real “shock therapy" in these conditions.
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The World in 2024 and the New Year 2025 Geopolitics https://www.youtube.com/live/4WsYxqHFzgU?si=qD1Z49gmZJYXtFQd
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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦Difficult situation: Russians attack, trying to encircle Pokrovsk, and storm Novovasilyevka
Russian troops are making efforts to encircle the frontline Pokrovsk.
“The fighting continues continuously, and it did not stop even on New Year’s Eve,” complains officer of the 59th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Sergei Tsekhotsky.
Russian military is trying to encircle Pokrovsk to force Ukrainian defenders to leave their positions.
Meanwhile, DeepState writes that a difficult situation has also developed for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novovasilyevka, south of Pokrovsk:
"During December 30, 31 and January 1, the Russians are conducting active assault operations on the village from the south and east. Mainly by infantry, sometimes with the support of armored fighting vehicles and LAO.
The situation is such that Russian troops are in every corner of the village, as well as the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In fact, there are Ukrainians in one house, and the enemy may be in the next. The tactical situation is at the level of chaos, but the Russians' advantage in manpower may become a decisive factor," DS complains.
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“Musk strengthens those who weaken Europe”
🇪🇺🇭🇺 EU cancels billions in aid to Hungary
EU:
“In order to release the funds, Hungary would have had to implement sufficient reforms by the end of the year. These include, among other things, changes to laws to avoid conflicts of interest and combat corruption. But that didn't happen.”
"The Hungarian government has met all the conditions for the access of EU resources. Brussels wants to take away the money to which Hungary and the Hungarian people are entitled for political reasons”
🇵🇱🤡 Sikorski cements himself as the king of bad takes on gas pipelines.
After thanking the US for blowing up Nord Stream, he’s now succeeded in pissing off most Europeans.
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Shadows of 9/11: From Guantanamo to Idlib, The Empire’s Double Standards
In a military court ruling as surreal as it is revealing, a U.S. appeals court has decided that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin lacked the authority to nullify plea deals for the 9/11 defendants, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the attacks. If upheld, these agreements would spare the men the death penalty in exchange for guilty pleas, ending decades of legal theater at Guantanamo Bay. But as this legal drama unfolds, the farce grows larger: in the same breath that the West debates “justice” for 9/11, it openly empowers al-Qaeda’s heirs in Syria.
Enter Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a rebranded al-Qaeda affiliate running Syria like a de facto state, with the blessing of Washington, Ankara, and Tel Aviv. The group’s leader, Abu Mohammad al-Julani, once pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden. Now, he’s touted as a stabilizing force in U.S. diplomatic backchannels. His rebranding from terrorist warlord to “moderate, inclusive opposition” isn’t just absurd, it’s a masterstroke of imperial cynicism. Meanwhile, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sits in Guantanamo, a relic of a “war on terror” that now funds and arms the very ideology it once vowed to eradicate. Almost as if terror is an operative arm for some Intel agencies.
HTS’s ascension wasn’t accidental. Turkey played kingmaker, allowing HTS to flourish as a counterweight to Kurdish forces, while the U.S. engaged al-Julani in quiet negotiations, seeking to legitimize his rule over Idlib and then Damascus. Even Israel, long the self-styled bulwark against terrorism, more than turned a blind eye as HTS expanded, as long as its focus remained on keeping Iranian forces and Hezbollah in check, Israeli Air force and special forces would outright support. These alliances reveal the darker truth: terrorism isn’t an enemy, it’s a tool, wielded by states to destabilize adversaries and maintain regional dominance.
The hypocrisy is breathtaking. Al-Julani, with his al-Qaeda pedigree, is hailed as a partner in stability, while the 9/11 defendants rot in Guantanamo, denied the twisted logic that turned their ideological kin into the West’s favorite proxies. If al-Julani’s allegiance to bin Laden can be wiped clean with a PR campaign, why not extend the same logic to those languishing in legal purgatory? Of course, the answer is utility: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has no use to the empire, while HTS serves as a ready-made proxy in Syria’s endless war.
The parallels to past imperial projects are impossible to ignore. Just as the CIA once armed the mujahideen in Afghanistan to bleed the Soviets dry, HTS is being repurposed as a buffer against Iranian and Syrian influence. Terror groups are reshaped, renamed, and redeployed as convenient tools of chaos, providing plausible deniability for policies too sordid to execute directly. The playbook doesn’t change, only the players do.
What’s left is a grotesque spectacle. HTS controls Syria with U.S. and Turkish backing, enforces what has been until now, brutal Islamist rule, and remains a thorn in Syria’s. Israel’s approval of HTS’s presence speaks volumes: for Tel Aviv, as long as al-Qaeda’s heirs keep Tehran and Hezbollah occupied, they’re useful. The war on terror? It’s long dead, replaced by a war for proxies, where ideology takes a backseat to geopolitics.
And so, as the 9/11 defendants await their fate, one has to marvel at the double standards of empire. The very forces that brought down the Twin Towers are now reshaped into tools of statecraft. Al-Julani, once a servant of bin Laden, now walks free in Damascus, an American asset by any other name. Meanwhile, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed faces life imprisonment. The message is clear: terrorism isn’t the crime for the Empire, it’s the branding that matters.
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🇺🇦🇺🇳 Religious oppression: UN criticizes Ukraine's religious policy, angering the Kiev regime
- The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has taken with deep concern the report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, which condemns the law adopted by the Verkhovna Rada that could lead to the banning of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
- The UN report points out that Ukraine has legalized the liquidation of religious communities without certain criteria, which "do not meet the clear definition provided by the law". As a result, the entire community finds itself responsible for the actions of individuals.
- In addition, a Ukrainian amendment to the law introduces the taking of valuables from churches before they can even appeal a court decision to liquidate them, according to the Office of the High Commissioner.
- The Foreign Ministry itself expressed disagreement with the UN conclusions, calling them "distorting reality". At the same time, the ministry said that the law was adopted because "the Ukrainian state is obliged to protect its citizens from the destructive influence of the aggressor state, in particular through the use of religious organizations".
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EU Self-Harm Russian Gas Ends. EU No Plan. Russia Breaks Through; Toretsk, Chasov Yar Collapse
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The media telling you now that what started on 01/01/25 is an ISIS plot, that they will inevitably blame on Iran, is the same media controlled by the same entity that helped create, arm and fund ISIS in the first place - the CIA.
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Longest recession in history: Germany faces 3 consecutive years of economic decline not seen since WW2.
By blowing up Nord Stream & imposing anti-Russian sanctions, US successfully deindustrializes one of the most powerful economies in Europe. Germany is slipping to #5 in terms of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), while Russia is moving into top 4 economies.
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Trolleybuses have stopped in Chisinau, there are power outages, and many people in Moldova do not have heating or hot water.
The Moldovan State District Power Plant announced that it would stop supplying electricity to Moldova on January 1. It provided 80-90% of the country's needs. The plant switched to coal, and its reserves will only last for 50 days.
People report that apartments are turning into freezers, and citizens are trying to warm themselves in any way possible. Trolleybuses have stopped running in the capital of Moldova, there is no electricity in both apartment buildings and private houses.
This is because Gazprom stopped gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine from eight in the morning Moscow time due to the termination of the transit agreement. The statement says that the holding has lost the technical and legal ability to supply gas via Ukraine.
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❗️ Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing, January 2:
▪️ Russian air defenses downed a Ukrainian Su-27 fighter jet in the past day, as well as six HIMARS rockets and 97 drones
▪️ Russian forces struck energy facilities producing electricity for Ukrainian defense enterprises, and infrastructure at military airfields
▪️The Ukrainian army lost up to 240 troops in the area of responsibility of the Russian battlegroups North and Dnepr
▪️ Battlegroup South caused the Ukrainian armed forces to lose 210 troops
▪️ Ukraine lost up to 240 troops in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup Center
▪️ Battlegroup East made the Ukrainian army lose over 160 troops in the past day
▪️The Ukrainian army lost more than 460 troops and an ammunition depot in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup West
https://worldaffairs.blog/2017/05/09/us-and-allies-created-funded-armed-isis/
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The results of bidenomics. The number of credit card bankruptcies in the United States jumped by 50% in the first nine months of 2024.
And it has reached the highest level since the post-crisis 2010. Well, the statistics for the entire past year are likely to surpass those of 15 years ago.
Americans' total credit card debts reach $1.2 trillion. The average rate on credit cards also sets records and reaches 24%. It is not necessary to borrow money at such a rate from a good life - the inflationary crisis and the rise in the cost of living are affecting.
One third of the US population, representing the poorest stratum, has no savings. And in general, the middle class has already squandered the savings of the pandemic period. So they have to resort to credit cards more and more often. And the effect of tariff wars will still be visible ahead.
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Gas transit through Ukraine has been stopped
Today at 8 am an entire era of gas transit through Ukraine ended.
Gas pumping stopped and from January 1, 2025, Ukraine ceased to be a transit country for Russian gas.
Deliveries to Europe continue via LNG terminals and the Turkish Stream.
It can be expected that the enemy will blow up the station in the Sudzha area, and the Russian Armed Forces will destroy elements of the GTS to be on the safe side.
In Ukraine, as of today, the tariff for gas transportation has increased fourfold.
It may be recalled that for a long time, it was the EU that sought to maintain transit through Ukraine.
And it is the EU that will be the main victim. The main beneficiary is the US, which is consistently eliminating the possibility for Europe to receive cheap gas from Russia, thereby increasing the EU's economic dependence on the US and reducing the overall competitiveness of the European economy.
On the one hand, Russia loses one of the routes for selling gas and will bear certain material costs, but at the same time, it is freed from the situation when Brussels and Berlin twisted Moscow's arms, tying the preservation of transit through Ukraine to other political issues. And, of course, excellent opportunities open up for further destruction of the energy and industrial energy system of Ukraine.
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The main achievement the Russian authorities have made in the past years is that the Russian people no longer have to prove anything to the West, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
“I think we have really done a great job. We don’t care anymore if they hate us or not,” she told the Sputnik radio station.
“Developments at home are more important to us,” the diplomat stressed, adding: “The mood of our troops on the front line and our people across the country is more important.” “I see this as a major achievement,” she noted.
Russia Scents 2025 Ukraine Victory, Reaches Sudzha, Missile Strike; HTS: Russia Please Stay Syria
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Briefly about the outgoing 2024
▪️ More than 200 liberated settlements, including 8 cities.
▪️ About 3,000 square kilometers have been liberated.
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