🗣 ‘They handed billions and billions of dollars to the Taliban’ – Trump

US President-elect Trump lambasted the Biden Administration for its disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. He accused them of effectively arming the Taliban by leaving behind a significant cache of US military equipment.

💬 "They gave it to the Taliban. They gave our military equipment, a big chunk of it, to the enemy," Trump declared.

💬 "We're not going to hand over any money unless they return our military equipment," Trump emphasized.

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⛓️‍💥 Greenland should start talks with Denmark on island's independence – lawmaker

💬 "My personal opinion is that we should officially start talks with Denmark on the establishment of a sovereign state of Greenland. There are many possibilities that people should learn about before we hold a referendum. That is why my party has submitted a motion to parliament that we should activate our right to self-determination," Kuno Fencker, a Greenlandic lawmaker from the government coalition party Siumut, told Sputnik.

Earlier, Greenland's parliament member and former Foreign Minister Pele Broberg, who chairs Naleraq, the largest opposition party, told Sputnik that Denmark has repeatedly threatened Greenland whenever its independence was discussed.

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🤡 Irritated AOC refuses to attend Trump’s inauguration

Prominent US Democrat Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted a reel, expressing her opinion on US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony.

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☎️Trump plans call with Putin to discuss Ukraine peace talks

President-elect Donald Trump has instructed his aides to organize a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin shortly after his inauguration, aiming to discuss a potential in-person meeting in the coming months to address ending Ukraine conflict, CNN reports.

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✅US officials admit Russia to retain territories liberated during special operation

Officials from the Biden administration and the Trump's team admit that Russia will retain territories liberated during the special military operation when resolving the conflict in Ukraine and will keep its troops there, the New York Times reported.

This message has been echoed multiple times in mainstream media and statements by Western politicians in recent months.

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💯They've tumbled to it!: No defense against Russia's new Oreshnik hypersonic missile

Ukraine currently lacks air defense systems capable of intercepting Russia's new hypersonic ballistic Oreshnik missile, Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky confirmed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin previously stated that there are no means to intercept the Oreshnik.

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🟠 Israel welcomes hostages freed by Hamas and has released the first 90 Palestinian prisoners

🟠 Ukraine confirms it can’t intercept Russian hypersonic ballistic Oreshnik missile

🟠 Trump’s inauguration vows: prevent WWIII, repeal Biden’s ‘foolish’ orders, get wokeness out of US military

🟠 Trump plans call with Putin to discuss Ukraine peace talks shortly after his inauguration

🟠 Funky, fun and festive facts about US presidential inaugurations

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Looming deal may clarify fate of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces

Weeks of intensive talks between US, Turkish, and Syrian negotiators focus on the pipeline that would ensure the integration of some Kurdish fighters into Syrian Armed Forces, while others would abandon their positions in the northeast, sources told Reuters.

Syria’s new defense minister, Murhaf Abu Qasra, has insisted that Kurdish fighters be completely “integrated within the hierarchy” of the ministry, as quoted by Reuters.

However, Mazloum Abdi, commander of the SDF alliance that controls a large part of Syria's oil-rich north-east, told the channel Asharq News that his forces would agree to integrate with the ministry of defense as a decentralized “military bloc.”

Earlier, Turkiye threatened to launch a military operation against Kurdish forces in Syria unless they disband.

As for the US, Donald Trump is yet to make any official statement about his plans for some 2,000 US troops present on Syrian territory without any legal justification.

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💬 Over 630 humanitarian aid trucks entered Gaza yesterday, including 300 directed to the northern part of the Gaza Strip, UN Deputy Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs reported.

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