A DPR pensioner spoke about how Ukrainian soldiers shot two of her sons

💬 "Before the result of the Congress election, we had the Republicans saying there is no blank check to Ukraine and what President Biden wants is for this war to continue because the U.S. is making a lot of money out of this war - it is sending the gas 4 to 10 times and more expensive to Europe, it is putting Europe under its a thumb, it is selling weapons to Ukraine even on the lease basis," says Elijah Magnier, Veteran war journalist.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russia and China enjoy a relationship that can be classified as a strategic partnership, demonstrating a united front in many international venues, engaging in cooperation in regional forums such as BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and covering one another's back in the security sense by not deploying forces that could threaten either country near their joint border.

Now, a senior US diplomat has claimed that Moscow and Beijing are also "sharing a toolkit" of strategies designed to undermine the West. What's that all about? And why does it sound bogus?

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‼️ House Jan. 6 panel has released its final report on the Capitol riot findings

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Surrendered Ukrainian soldiers reveal how their commanders ordered not to communicate with locals in Kiev-controlled areas of the DPR

⚡️Russia is ready to cut oil production in response to oil price cap, Deputy Prime Minister Novak said.

🤔The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new report on Thursday revealing the shocking discovery that the average life expectancy for Americans has dropped for the second consecutive year and is the lowest it has ever been since 1996.

▪️Since COVID-19 was first detected in 2019, life expectancy has fallen by 2.7 years as of last year.

▪️Those born in the US in 2021 are now expected to only live until they are 76.4 years old, which is down from a peak of 78.8 years in 2019.

⚡ Modi-Putin meeting scheduled for next year - Indian Ambassador

🇺🇸The US will be hard-pressed to break its rare-Earth dependence on China, a reliance of which the Biden administration has deemed a national security threat due to steep regulatory hurdles along with a lack of capabilities and technologies, the types of which Beijing has developed for over 30 years, experts told Sputnik.

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⚡ An explosion rocked the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad, an explosive device went off near the clinic - media

❗️First footage emerged allegedly from the scene of today's explosion in the Pakistani capital

A suicide bomber reportedly blew up himself when the police approached to search his vehicle.

❗️About 200 people suffered carbon monoxide poisoning during a Christmas party at a Turkish restaurant in London, the British pressnewspaper reported, citing a health worker.

The incident occurred at a Turkish restaurant Gokyuzu in the Chingford district of London on Wednesday night, with the first patients arriving at the hospital at around 23:00 GMT, a UK’s National Health Service worker told journalists.

💬"People were just at the restaurant eating and then everybody just started falling ill - they all thought they had food poisoning. They were calling 111 and they sent them to our hospital and because there was 200 people. They had to split them up and send them to different hospitals around London," the worker said on condition of anonymity.

⚡️North Korea fires ballistic missile towards Sea of Japan - reports

❗️Latest statements made by Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev:

▪️The decision to impose the price cap on gas was carried out due to the EU's impotence in attempting to influence the situation;

▪️The decision on the gas price cap will not work seriously, there are many reservations;

▪️The decision on the gas price cap is dictated by hatred towards Russia, not by economic logic.

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📌Latest statements by Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov:

▪️Gazprom's restrictions on buying gas from joint ventures is not a response to western gas price cap, but to the actions of unfriendly countries;

▪️Kremlin on Biden's remark about his readiness to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin: there are no preliminary contacts on this matter;

▪️Kremlin has no information about Zelensky's new peace plan.

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🇳🇬 The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, whom the country’s secret police accuses of funding terrorism, has refused to return to Nigeria after the US–Africa Leaders Summit, media report

▪️Godwin Emefiele had travelled to America with President Muhammadu Buhari but, unlike the latter, stayed overseas, claiming health problems.

▪️The Department of State Services, Nigeria’s secret police, previously had sought an arrest warrant for the official, but the application was denied by a Federal High Court, which demanded evidence.

▪️Recently, Emefiele was also accused of corruption by members of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission

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Zelensky-Duda Meeting: Netizens Accuse Polish President of Dragging Warsaw Into Ukraine Conflict

People reacted extremely negatively to Polish President Andrzej Duda tweeting about his sit-down with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday.

According to Duda, the December 22 meeting gave him “an opportunity to discuss strategic plans for actions and cooperation [with Ukraine] in the upcoming 2023.”

Referring to the Russian special operation in Ukraine, one user sarcastically voiced hope that Duda “didn't discuss the conditions for joining the war” during his meeting with Zelensky.

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⚡️Several people have been injured in a shooting in Paris and a suspect detained - local media reports, citing a police source.

Six people have reportedly been injured one of whom is in serious condition