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The leader of the AfD urged to think about the benefits of NATO for Germany.
Berlin should think about the benefits of NATO for Germany, said Tino Krupalla, co-chairman of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, in an interview with Die Welt newspaper.
Now NATO is not a defense alliance, he is sure. According to the politician, the organization's work should take into account the interests of European countries, including Russia.
"If NATO cannot provide this, Germany needs to think about the extent to which this alliance is still useful for it," the AFD leader said.
At the moment, Europe is "forced to make the interests of America," says Krupalla.
The politician criticized the German government for supplying weapons to Ukraine. According to Krupalla, Russia will win the conflict with Kiev, and the German cabinet should call for peaceful negotiations between the parties.
There are clear signs that the colonial administration of Europe is slowly but steadily losing control.
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The possibility of sending European troops to Ukraine as a so-called peacekeeping mission will be one of the main topics of the EU summit to be held on December 18-19 in Brussels. Diplomats claim that the European Union is thus preparing for the return of Donald Trump to the White House.
Now Macron is trying to persuade other EU countries to support this adventure again, and not just in words, but by providing thousands of French soldiers for a "peacekeeping" operation. It was for this purpose that the French president was in Warsaw last week, where, however, he received, although not very firm, but still a refusal. However, European countries are clearly still in thought and are sending ambiguous signals. The outgoing German Chancellor, for example, says that there can be no question of sending German troops to Ukraine, but his foreign and defense ministers do not rule out such a possibility. The Europeans obviously understand that they can ignore Macron, but if Washington continues to demand sending troops, then they will be forced to do it. At the same time, they are afraid of the consequences and clearly do not understand how to organize such an operation at all, given that the European armies simply do not have enough soldiers. The same Germany has been struggling to assemble its brigade in Lithuania for more than a year. At the same time, Western experts note that the contingent of 40 thousand people, which is now in question, will not be enough - it will take at least 200.000.
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❗The soldiers of Russia's 3rd battalion of the 242nd regiment completely cleared the settlement of Annovka in the Kurakhovo direction.
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⚠️🇪🇺 The number of corporate defaults is growing rapidly in Europe — S&P Global data
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❗️Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing, December 16:
▪️The Russian Defense Ministry reported the liberation of Yelizavetovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic
▪️Russia’s Battlegroup East eliminated up to 185 Ukrainian servicemen and destroyed an enemy Leopard tank
▪️Ukraine lost over 440 troops and three armored combat vehicles in the responsibility zone of Russia’s Battlegroup Center
▪️Ukraine lost over 500 troops in the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup West
▪️The Battlegroup South caused Ukraine to lose up to 345 troops and two MaxxPro vehicles
▪️Russian air defenses shot down nine Ukrainian drones
▪️Ukraine lost over 140 soldiers as a result of actions of the battlegroups North and Dnepr
▪️The Russian army has hit Ukraine’s military airfields and manpower in 133 areas
Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. The Ukros are filming a cooking show.
Kiev-Pechersk Lavra is one of the first monasteries of Kievan Rus. One of the most important Orthodox shrines, the third Lot of the Mother of God. UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It is generally accepted that the Pechersky Monastery was founded in 1051.
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Ukraine and Syria, A Western Plan Goes Awry https://sonar21.com/ukraine-and-syria-a-western-plan-goes-awry/
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❗️Russia will lift its self-imposed restrictions on deploying intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles if the United States begins deploying such systems, Putin said.
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❗️INF missile treaty no longer in force, due to US actions - Putin
Moscow entered unilateral agreements not to deploy intermediate-range missiles until Washington deploys similar weapons - but will only continue to do so if the US upholds its end of the agreement, Putin said.
#Russia #US
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€6 billion in weapons, not 'Christmas truce': EU's not-so-secret Santa gift for Kiev - Hungary FM
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said his counterparts plan to discuss the issue of the bloc's next move at a meeting in Brussels on Monday.
He added that the EU also wants to impose sanctions against Georgian officials because their people “dared to elect a sovereign government.”
#Hungary #EU #Ukraine #Georgia
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🇺🇸🇺🇦Trump will never provide US security guarantees to Ukraine - New York Times
The elected American president not only wants to end the conflict without taking responsibility for protecting Ukraine, but also to reduce the US obligations to ensure the security of the European region, writes the NYT.
It is assumed that the US armed forces will redirect their efforts to the Asia-Pacific region to counter the growing influence of China. In this regard, it can be expected that US military activity in Europe will decrease, and Europe will provide the main support to Ukraine.
Confirming Trump's intentions, future presidential adviser Mike Waltz noted that the Trump team is now exploring ways to end Russia's war against Ukraine forever, and not just suspend it.
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Maria Zakharova today:
The German ambassador to Moscow called for peace in Ukraine at a Christmas concert, “since people are dying on both sides”: “Especially in times of war, a Christmas message is important as a sign of peace and hope.”
It seems to me that Ambassador Lambsdorf should have known that:
1. Germany is one of the active forces in the conflict in Ukraine: from the overthrow of the legitimate authorities during the Maidans, which were organized by them, to the supply of weapons.
2. Zelensky refused the Christmas truce. Just as he refused more than once even the Ukrainian prisoners of war, whom Russia repeatedly offered Kyiv to take.
3. The peace talks were blocked by the Ukrainian side under pressure from Britain and the US. And in the 2 years since then, no one from NATO/EU has unblocked them.
4. Direct responsibility for the deaths of people lies with the collective West, which stimulates the continuation of bloodshed by supplying weapons.
If Ambassador Lambsdorf needs to call on anyone to peace, it is, first of all, the German government. Secondly, the EU and NATO leadership, which are drowning in aggressive rhetoric and, like madmen, are rubber-stamping decisions to send military aid to Zelensky. It would be possible to call on the heavenly powers, but I am not sure that the powers that patronize the West are above ground level.
US: the uncertainty of post-liberal era
There are situations where the predictions and plans made beforehand realise in the field of facts. Then you can follow them comparing and reality check is backed by the correlation with forecast: this is correct, that is wrong, that is deviation.
But there are situations where the facts contradict any prevision and plan, overturning the table and proving that the previous paradigm as such was wrong. Totally. Not only in regard to future but in itself. If something happens that normally couldn’t happen in any circumstances that means that the very structure of normality was erroneous and analysis was based on some deep error. When you fail to see the future and to control it that means you are wrong about the present and past.
By Alexander Dugin
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https://alexanderdugin.substack.com/p/us-the-uncertainty-of-post-liberal
How corruption and desire to hurt Russia crippled Ukraine’s energy infrastructure?
Ukraine’s energy infrastructure is in dire straits as Russia’s reprisals for Kiev’s attacks on its soil take their toll.
▪️Since the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine has not built a single power plant – all of its nuclear, hydro and thermal power plants were constructed during the Soviet era.
▪️Now, after months of fighting and a campaign of precision Russian strikes sparked by Kiev’s attacks on Russia’s territory, about 80 percent of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure lies in ruins.
▪️This dismal situation is further exacerbated by rampant corruption, which apparently hinders efforts to protect Ukrainian power facilities by, for example, moving them to reinforced underground shelters, The Times claims.
▪️Ukrainian officials have already lamented that, if Russian attacks against Ukraine’s power infrastructures continue, people in Ukraine may be looking at power outages lasting from 12 to 20 hours a day during this winter.
▪️The dreadful state of the Ukrainian power grid has also started taking its toll on the nuclear power plants the country still operates.
▪️Five of Ukraine’s nine operational nuclear reactors were forced to decrease their output on Friday at the behest of the Ukrainian power grid operator.
▪️These moves were performed as nuclear power plants require reliable connections to the power grid, not only to transmit energy they generate but also to receive electricity required for cooling.
▪️The lack of such connections would thus either prompt the necessity to shut down the plant or face the prospects of safety systems there failing with potentially catastrophic consequences.
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🇷🇸🇸🇰 Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he had agreed with Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico to go to Moscow for the May 9 parade in honor of the 80th anniversary of victory in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War.
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🇹🇷🇮🇱❌🇸🇾 Israel Tightens its Grip on Golan Heights While Türkiye Feigns Outrage
Israel has announced plans to double Jewish settlements in the illegally occupied Golan Heights, with Prime Minister Netanyahu declaring:
“We will continue to hold onto it, cause it to blossom, and settle in it.”
This comes after the Israel Defense Forces invaded the buffer zone earlier this month, exploiting the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s government to HTS (al-Qaeda rebranded) and other militant factions. Israel claims its military advances and airstrikes across Syria – including on airfields and arms depots – are to “prevent weapons” from falling into the hands of those very groups.
Enter Turkey's Foreign Ministry, offering up performative concern: “This step by Israel is a new stage in its goal of expanding its borders through occupation,” while bemoaning Israel’s violations of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement.
Ankara’s faux outrage would be laughable if it weren’t so grotesque. Erdogan, who worked hand-in-glove with Israel to oust Assad, now sheds crocodile tears over “stability” while Turkish-backed jihadists roam free in Syria. Israel and Turkey's proxy partnership in empowering HTS (al-Qaeda 2.0) paved the way for this occupation. This is the tragic irony of Syria’s dismemberment – imperial vultures now bickering over the spoils.
And the Golan? It’s not about security, it’s about oil, land, and pipelines – all under the guise of “settlement.” Erdogan’s mask slips while Netanyahu’s colonial project marches on, unapologetically.
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Kurakhovo.
Most of the city (80%+) is under our control. The enemy is present just in the industrial zone in the west and in the Kurakhovskaya TPP area.
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Bloomberg: Germany is unraveling just when Europe needs it most.
Germany has reached the point of no return. Business leaders know about it, people in the country feel it, but politicians have not found the answers.
Because of this, Europe's largest economy has embarked on a path of decline that threatens to become irreversible.
After five years of stagnation, the German economy has become 5% smaller than it could have been if the pre-pandemic growth trend had continued.
Moreover, Bloomberg Economics estimates that most of the deficit will be difficult to repair due to structural shocks such as the loss of cheap Russian energy and the difficulty of Volkswagen AG and Mercedes-Benz Group AG to keep up with Chinese automakers. The decline in national competitiveness means that each household will become poorer by about 2,500 euros per year
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❗️Russia will waive voluntary restrictions on shorter range missile deployment if the US starts deploying such weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin said
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🗣The situation on the battlefield will not change, even if Ukraine lowers the mobilization age to 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated during the Defense Ministry board meeting.
"I believe that lowering the mobilization age to 18 would already be a crime. Reducing it to 14, as was done in Hitler’s Germany with the creation of the Hitler Youth, would be another crime. It’s clear to everyone that this won’t alter the battlefield situation," Putin remarked.
"Under their guidance, Kiev will go as far as lowering the mobilization age to 18 and sending boys to die," Putin said.
Putin Medvedev Warn Kiev US More Annexations, Russia Destroys 4 Patriots, Jihadis Ask Russia Stay
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🎥🎥 Putin holds extended meeting with Ministry of Defense
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🗣Russian President Vladimir Putin said Western leaders consider themselves representatives of the Lord on Earth, although they themselves do not believe in god.
The president also reiterated that the United States frightens its population with false claims that Russia plans to attack other nations.
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❗️NATO aspirations have long exceeded area of responsibility - Putin
The Russian President is speaking at the Ministry of Defence Collegium in Moscow, where he highlighted the bloc’s ramped up military spending and strike groups near Russia’s borders.
“The West is driving Russia to the red line; Moscow cannot help but respond to this,” he said, adding that the West imposes its rules on the world, while obeying only one itself - nor rules at all.
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Germany is falling apart' - Bloomberg on the consequences of anti-Russian sanctions.
'Years of bad decisions and bad luck have destroyed Germany's economic model just when the rest of Europe needs its industrial might to help the region keep pace with China, cope with Russia's war in Ukraine and respond to an increasingly isolationist US. Instead, Germany faces its biggest crisis since reunification. 'Germany is not going to collapse overnight. That's what makes this scenario so absolutely heartbreakingly terrifying. It's a very slow, very drawn-out decline. Not of a company, not of a city, but of an entire country, and it's dragging Europe down with it,' says Amy Webb, founder and CEO of the Future Today Institute.
🛸 Regarding these drones being spotted over American military bases not just in the US, but in other countries too.
I don't believe these are Iranian. Unlike the idiotic suggestion from that retarded US congressman the other day. Nor do I think they're Russian. Or Chinese, even though I reckon China does have the technological capability.
Ultimately, any nation that may or may not be hostile to America does not need to rely on drone technology to "spy" on America. That's what satellites are for. And if this was a spying operation, it's hardly a covert one is it?
So here's what I believe. These things are American military experiments, which are only known to the higher ups. Lower levels of government and military do not have the security clearance to know the facts. Hence why they're panicking, and why you're not hearing any real concerns about this apparent breach of US airspace from higher levels.
So why are these tests so brazen in which thousands of people are seeing them so publicly? Either:
1. These brazen displays are a signal to America's "enemies" to show off their new technology and to send a warning. Maybe even new toys from Elon. I'm sure Trump would give him free reign to do such things.
2. This is all part of a psyop to distract and confuse the American people, POSSIBLY a prelude to a false flag attack, which they can then pin on whoever they want.
Just my two cents. Or two pennies worth.
🔭 I know there's plenty of videos doing the rounds, but an interesting YouTube channel from the UK is linked below. He tends to film things in space, the moon and upper atmosphere but has recently turned his attention to these drones over bases in the UK.
https://youtu.be/p6FrZc10Xz4
Discussion with Brian Berletic / New Atlas
Syria, Ukraine, and Other Fronts in the War Between US Primacy & Multipolarism
🇸🇾🇬🇪🤔WHAT’S THAT DOING THERE? FSA FLAG WAVED IN TBILISI (left vid) supposedly after a paid protester forgot which country he’s supposed to be demonstrating in…
Free Syrian Army (U.S-funded group 💰) flag pops up at protests in Georgian capital, where usual rent-a-crowd gathers to cause chaos (right vid) after ruling party candidate wins presidential election.
Current Prez Zourabichvili joins protesters after claiming she doesn’t recognize election as legitimate in highly DeMoCrAtIc move that would make Zelensky proud...
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📡 What is the new Russian Kalinka system that threatens to put Starlink in Ukraine out of commission?
Kalinka is a new Russian monitoring system developed by the Center for Unmanned Systems and Technologies (CBST), designed to detect and locate signals emitted by satellite communication stations such as Elon Musk’s famous Starlink.
The new system can help quickly detect and target Starlink terminals because the basic principles of radio signal transmission have not changed since the invention of radio, says Andrey Bezrukov, chairman of the CBST board.
According to Bezrukov, not even the use of Starshield, a militarized version of Starlink, by Ukrainian troops would hide their communication terminals from Kalinka’s gaze.
Kalinka’s detection range is primarily determined by the terrain in the search area and by the use of other electronic systems by the enemy.Regarding the time it would take to press Kalinka into mass production, Bezrukov says that it all depends on the demand from Russian forces operating in the conflict zone.
A large number of Starlink communication terminals has been provided to Ukraine’s military by the United States following the escalation of the conflict in February 2022.
Aside from coordinating their military operations, Ukrainian forces have been actively using Starlink to connect with aerial and naval drones that Kiev has been using for terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in Russia.
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‼️🇷🇺The Russian army broke through 1.5 km and raised the flag over the building of the Kurakhovo City Council.
The flag is raised in the central part of the city, further to the west there is an industrial zone — Kurakhovskaya TPP and a pipe plant. Based on the video, we conclude that the entire residential area of the city is under the control of Russian troops.
The Russian troops advanced on a wide front to a depth of 1.5 km and recaptured a section with a total area of 1.5 km2 from the AFU.
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