Very briefly on the specifics of international relations:
Terrorists and radicals are a tool. Everyone remembers the links between ISIS and Israel in Syria?
It is a situational tool, sometimes it gets out of control and becomes too independent. We saw that in the case of Afghanistan when it turned against the United States.
Sometimes there is a situation where a group becomes strong, but at the same time it is an opponent of the current government in a country and an opponent of a neighboring country.
Then these tricks arise. One government says: well, we have sympathizers, so we can't radically strangle them, neighbor, hit them, eh?
Srced: okay, but then you'll have to explain what it was.

Note: don't get radicalized

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“We have asked for stable funding for Ukraine for four years”: Ursula von der Leyen

The head of the European Commission reported on plans to support the Kiev regime for several more years. With this, it is planned to ensure the “stable functioning” of Ukraine and bring it closer to the EU.

Immediately, Secretary of State Blinken stated that he does not see “even a close prospect for a long-term truce in Ukraine.” And Zelensky is already openly begging not only for weapons and money but also for troops to continue to fight with the Russian Federation.

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Houthis have prepared plans to attack US military bases in the Arab region - Pentagon

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🇺🇦 Zelensky told his best joke in the last couple of days:

“Ukraine will always lack people against the Russian Federation; they will mobilize corpses there.

They are mobilizing corpses. They mobilize meat. They don't care whether this person comes back or not. But we care. And there is no question that we are four times smaller than Russia in population. If we had the same population, we would not throw people under tanks like meat."

I also forgot to add that in Russia mobilization is carried out by force, military commissars slow down public transport and chase people through the streets and apartments.

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An explosion occurred in Dnepropetrovsk

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Orcs must die.

He avoids the front line, after all, fools fund him well, but if he were to end up in captivity again one day, it would be interesting to see it.

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Berlin announced a new package of military assistance to Kiev. Delivered:

— 25 UAVs RQ-35 Heidrun;
— 16 Zetros trucks;
— 8 armored personnel carriers;
— 5 vehicles for the border service;
— ammunition for Leopard 1 tanks;
— 50 SatCom communication terminals;
— LED lamps, materials for mine clearance, etc.

Planned to ship:

— 20 Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles;
— 15 Gepard self-propelled guns;
— 124 UAV RQ-35 Heidrun;
— 700 combat helmets;
— 24 trucks and 20 Zetros refrigerators;

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Tens of thousands of people in many German cities took part in demonstrations against the far-right Alternative for Germany party last night after it was revealed that party officials took part in a meeting with neo-Nazis aimed at expelling millions of immigrants and foreigners from Germany.

According to Reuters, the plan has been compared to the Nazis' attempt to revive the idea of ​​the Madagascar plan to expel Jews from continental Europe before the decision was made to exterminate them.

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But no problem with sending weapons to UA...

🇮🇱Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: The war will continue until the end


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How the situation is changing in the Artyomovsk direction: a breakdown of the Military Chronicle

Perhaps one of the most important events of November-December 2023, which remained virtually unnoticed, was the final failure of the AFU's offensive attempts on the flanks of Artyomovsk.

It should be recalled that in March-April 2023 the city was declared "strategically unimportant" by the AFU command, but already in the summer the AFU threw large forces into the offensive in the Artyomovsk area. The offensive operations continued until the end of November, but resulted in only a slight advance of the AFU at the cost of huge losses. By now, the Ukrainian forces have lost most of the positions captured earlier, and the front line is gradually approaching the town of Chasov Yar. Fighting is taking place in Bogdanovka, Krasny, Khromovo and in the eastern part of Chasov Yar. During the battle for Artyomovsk, the town was, in fact, turned by the AFU into a fortified base and a transportation and logistics hub from which the entire Ukrainian grouping in this direction was supplied.

What has changed?

The data available to Military Chronicle allows us to make a number of assertions.

The roads from Chasov Yar to the line of contact are under the fire control of the Russian Armed Forces. The movements and positions of the AFU are subjected to regular shelling.

Active use of Russian Grad MLRS, Solntsepek heavy flamethrower systems, barrel artillery and Lancet attack drones has been recorded. The town of Chasov Yar itself is within the range of the Russian Armed Forces' barrel artillery. In recent weeks, repeated shelling of targets in and around the town itself has been recorded. In fact, today Chasov Yar is a frontline town, so it is increasingly difficult for the Ukrainian forces to rely on it as a supply base.

An interesting episode was also recorded north of Chasov Yar. Russian UAV operators traced the movements of an AFU drone, which is called "Baba Yaga", to the location of the operators and uncovered the concentration of Ukrainian troops. After the detection, an artillery strike was launched on the Ukrainian troops' location.

What's the bottom line?

UAVs of the RF Armed Forces are active in the area of Chasov Yar and even over the city itself. It can be said that in this area, as in Zaporozhye, Maryinka, Tyaginka, Krynki and some other parts of the front, the AFU suffers from one problem - insufficient means of detecting and countering UAVs.

In particular, in the case of the Baba Yaga episode, the Russian Armed Forces UAV operators observed the AFU drone before it landed. The Russian drone was not detected and no countermeasures were applied to it. It should be noted that both reconnaissance and objective control are conducted by drones with thermal imaging cameras.

In turn, the activity of Russian artillery indicates that the AFU has insufficient reconnaissance means even in the tactical zone at a depth of up to 5 kilometers.

Ukrainian troops are generally not conducting offensive actions, occupying static positions and gradually moving to defense. This is due to the onset of cold weather and, consequently, the complication of supply; the general exhaustion of the formations that took part in offensive actions in 2023, as well as the reduction in the supply of Western weapons.

This situation allows the Russian Armed Forces, while maintaining pressure, to use the advantage in firepower and gradually create prerequisites for breaking through the defenses and further advancing deep into Chasov Yar.

Source

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The Russian Ministry of Defense reported a high-precision strike on January 16 against the point of temporary deployment of foreign fighters in Kharkov, the basis of which were French mercenaries.

As a result of the strike, the building in which the mercenaries were stationed was completely destroyed. More than 60 militants were killed, over 20 were taken to medical institutions.

#source

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Marines of the 810th Guards Marine Infantry Brigade (2nd company)) have planted the Russian Army’s flag in the center of Krynki.

The Brigade is now advancing on the northern position of the remaining Ukrainian troops in the Krynki bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnepr river.

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🇺🇦🇨🇳🖕DAVOS, Switzerland — Ukrainian leaders made no secret of wanting to meet with Chinese officials in Switzerland this week but President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has headed home without the desired encounter in a blow to Kiev.

   China’s delegation in Switzerland had ample opportunity to sit across from their Ukrainian counterparts, whether in Bern or at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Any meeting would have satisfied a long-standing hope in Kiev to hold frank, in-person discussions with senior officials from Beijing.

It’s the latest sign China has no intention of pushing for an end to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale war on Ukraine. It has instead sided with Russia, providing its forces with materials for military use which have sustained Moscow’s war effort despite Western pressure and sanctions. Ukraine and its supporters argue halting that pipeline would further derail the Kremlin’s plans.
- Politco writes.

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