⚡️Main statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects meeting:

▪️An unprecedented aggression has been launched against Russia to crush its economy;

▪️The West's calculation for the destruction of the Russian economy was not justified - citizens showed solidarity and responsibility;

▪️Russia will never follow the path of self-isolation and autarky;

▪️Despite the sanctions, in nine months the supply of basic goods from Russia to the EU increased by 1.5 and exports by 42%;

▪️EU faces unprecedented inflation, Brussels confirms that US policies lead to deindustrialization of Europe;

▪️Russia Gas Supplies to Asia Will Reach 88 Bln Cubic Meters by 2030.

❗️Russian MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️ Russian forces eliminated up to 35 Ukrainian troops, as well as an armored vehicle and three pick-up trucks near Sofievka (LPR);

▪️ The Russian Army eliminated up to 40 Ukrainian troops, as well as infantry combat vehicles and three armored vehicles near the settlements of Ploschanka, Golikovo and Kremennaya (LPR);

▪️ Russian troops eliminated and wounded about 30 Ukrainian troops, as well as an armored carrier and two other vehicles near Severnoye and Krasogorovka (DPR):

▪️ Russian forces eliminated two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups near Pavlovka (DPR);

▪️ The Russian Army hit 45 Ukrainian artillery units at their firing positions;

▪️ Russian troops destroyed an Ukrainian ammunition depot in the Kharkov region;

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▪️ The Russian Army destroyed a warehouse of weapons, military and special equipment of the Ukrainian Army in the Kherson region;

▪️ In the Zaporozhye region, the warehouse of material and technical means of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed;

▪️ In the DPR, an AN / TPQ-37 counter-battery radar station manufactured by the United States was destroyed;

▪️ Russian aviation in the area of the village of Yablonovka shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 plane. A Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down in the DPR;

▪️ Air defense destroyed 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the DPR and Zaporozhye regions;

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❗️ The last 130 French soldiers who were stationed in Central African Republic have left the country, the French Defense Ministry has said

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“Russia has been targeted by an unprecedented aggression of sanctions. It was designed to quickly shatter our economy,“ Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects meeting

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"We will not seek to isolate ourselves from the world economy. We will keep expanding our cooperation," said Russian President Vladimir Putin commenting on western sanctions at the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects meeting

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Ukraine 'Gift' Explodes in Polish Police Chief's Office, Wounds Several People

A gift received by Poland's chief commandant in Ukraine exploded near his office, causing injuries, police said on Thursday.

"One of the gifts that the police chief commandant received during his working visit to Ukraine on December 11-12, 2022, exploded in a room adjacent to the office of the commandant, where he met with the leadership of the Ukrainian police and emergency service," the statement read.

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💬 "Isn't it interesting that they exclude energy and food when those are the things that we pay most? I mean, when you're filling up your gas tank, when you go to the grocery store and like you said, it's still going up. And they're also pounding their chest over the fact that gas prices have come down. So the idea that they're taking credit for gas prices coming down, but a few months ago when you had the presidential press spokesperson saying the president cannot control gas prices. Well, now he's claiming credit for controlling gas prices when they come down, in part because the economy in China has slowed down so much as they continue to shut down 20 million person cities. That means less consumption of oil petroleum products because they're not manufacturing as much."

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"We will look for better partners in vibrant regions in Asia and the Middle East, in Latin America, in Africa," Russian President Vladimir Putin said when speaking about the future of the Russian economy at the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects meeting.

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Self-propelled "Tyulpan" mortar crews continue to destroy enemy targets as part of continuing special military operation in Ukraine.

2S4 "Tyulpan" are designed to destroy fortified objects, buildings, fortifications, accumulations of manpower and armored vehicles of the enemy. It is also capable of firing in close cooperation with UAVs, as well as other means of detection and target designation.

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What is Publicly Known About JFK's Assassination - So Far

The death of US President John F. Kennedy nearly sixty years ago spawned quite a few conspiracy theories as many people across the globe were not convinced by the official narrative of the tragic events.

It is expected that the US government will release a trove of documents related to probably one of the most infamous assassinations of political figures in the 20th century – the murder of the 35th President of the United States John Fitzgerald Kennedy – this upcoming December 15. However, what is known to the public at the moment?

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Washington's TikTok Ban & Broader Hi-Tech War on China May Backfire - Author

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The Pentagon has begun a new US-led training for Ukrainian forces, Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder revealed on Thursday.

"Training is a logical next step in our ongoing efforts which began in 2014 to build the Ukrainian armed forces' capacity," Ryder during a conference.

Ryder further noted that the expanded US-led training for Ukrainians will include about 500 troops per month. It is expected to begin in January with live-fire exercises and battalion-level maneuver training.

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The governor of the Kaliningrad region tells Sputnik how German residents come to Kaliningrad to spend the winter because of high prices for housing and communal services.

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