Ukrainian losses in the special operation zone amounted to 1,635 military personnel during the day — Russia's MoD
 
🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian MoD daily briefing on the special military operation's progress:    

▪️Russia's Yug Battlgroup took more advantageous positions; Ukrainian forces lost up to 245 soldiers.;
 
▪️Ukrainian forces lost up to 145 fighters as a result of the actions of the Russian Sever and Dnepr combat groups;
 
▪️The Russian Zapad Battlegroup repelled two enemy counterattacks; Ukrainian losses amounted to 580 militants and a Panzerhaubitze 2000 German self-propelled artillery installation;
 
▪️Ukrainian losses amounted to 510 soldiers and two Leopard tanks in the area of responsibility of the Russian Tsentr group of forces;
 
▪️Russia's air defense systems shot down six HIMARS MLRS shells and 50 drones.

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EU may face security crisis in 2025 — report
 
"A security crisis is brewing in Europe," the Financial Times writes, naming the alleged "threat" from Russia and Trump's "indifference" towards Europe as the reasons.
 
The publication points to Trump's advisers openly declaring their desire to redeploy American military assets from Europe to Asia. At the same time, European countries lack the human resources and equipment to participate in a confrontation similar to the conflict in Ukraine, the article notes.
 
Still, Russia's President Vladimir Putin has already said that Moscow is not going to attack NATO countries, as there is no point in this.

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🇨🇳China creates ultra-precise atomic clock that may affect nature of future warfare
 
A highly accurate timing system is the foundation of modern warfare, allowing radars that are thousands of miles apart to work in unison, detecting and tracking elusive stealth fighters, the South China Morning Post reports.
 
It will also improve the quality of signals in electronic warfare and facilitate the transmission of huge amounts of data.
 
As the publication noted, a cesium watch about 1.5 meters high and about the size of a refrigerator can be brought into a war zone, and even when transported in harsh conditions, its error will not exceed 0.2 quadrillion seconds. In addition, these watches can operate autonomously for a long period of time without the help of specialists.

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin sent condolences to Chinese leader Xi Jinping for those tragically affected by the earthquake in Tibet, the Kremlin informed.

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Ronald no longer WokeDonald: McDonald’s another global company to abandon DEI

McDonald's has announced it will scale back on its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies towards employees and suppliers, perceived as “woke” by critics. The company will abandon numerous practices, including “external surveys” that measured workplace inclusion for different minorities.

The announcement comes after McDonald’s global sales at outlets fell by 1.5% in the third quarter of 2024, the biggest decline in four years, which occurred amid last year’s E. coli outbreak across 13 US states linked to the fast-food giant’s burgers.

McDonald’s is the latest US company to roll back diversity goals, which were previously lifted by retail behemoth Walmart, Ford Motor Co., farm machinery maker John Deere, the Tractor Supply Company, and Harley Davidson.

The developments unfolded after US President-elect Donald Trump tapped Stephen Miller, a former adviser who leads a group that has aggressively challenged corporate DEI policies, as his incoming deputy chief of policy. In October, the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was planning to ban certain DEI initiatives if he won a second term in the White House.

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❗️Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of the French right-wing National Front (Front National) party and father of Marine Le Pen, has died at the age of 96.

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A Boeing 737 en route from St. Petersburg to Samarkand with 173 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Moscow's Vnukovo airport due to a stabilizer malfunction, emergency services told Sputnik

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QAnon Shaman blames Biden for dragging on Ukraine conflict, pins hopes on Trump

Jacob Chansley, who gained fame as the QAnon Shaman during the January 6 Capitol events, blamed the Biden-Harris administration for the lack of a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine conflict.

"The only reason why there hasn't been peace is because of the Biden-Harris administration, it's the only reason," Chansley told RIA Novosti, adding that they allegedly pressured Zelensky into abandoning peace talks.

He is optimistic that Trump will resolve the conflict once he returns to the Oval Office and castigated Ukraine’s Zelensky, calling him untrustworthy.

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