❗️Russian troops have liberated the settlement of Volkovo in the Donetsk People's Republic, Russia's Defense Ministry announced

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🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian MoD daily briefing on the special military operation's progress: 

◻️ Ukraine lost up to 510 servicemen in the Russian Zapad Battlegroup's combat zone.

◻️ Russian air defense systems shot down four Hammer guided bombs, six HIMARS missiles, and 156 Ukrainian drones.

◻️ Ukraine lost up to 580 militants and seven armed vehicles in the Russian Tsentr Battlegroup's combat zone.

◻️ Ukraine lost up to 160 soldiers in the areas of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroups Dnepr and Sever.

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🇷🇺🤝🇨🇳The joint work of Russia and China plays an important stabilizing role in international affairs — Putin

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🚨GRIFTER ALERT! Pastor who sang at Trump's inauguration launches his own memecoin

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Ukrainian forces lost over 270 militants in the Russian Kursk region over the past day, an Abrams tank and a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle were destroyed, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.

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⚡️Israeli army announces beginning of "counterterrorist operation" in West Bank city of Jenin

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What is known about IDF "counterterrorist operation" in the city of Jenin:

▪️The large-scale Israeli operation in the West Bank city of Jenin is expected to last at least several days, the Times of Israel reports, citing a military source.

▪️The operation began with several drone strikes on infrastructure used by "terror groups" in Jenin, the newspaper writes.

▪️It adds that the aim is to “preserve the IDF’s freedom of action” in the West Bank, to "neutralize terror infrastructure", and to eliminate "imminent threats."

▪️According to the sources, the raid comes a day after an Israeli reservist soldier was killed and four others were wounded when they were hit by a roadside bomb in the West Bank.

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Fico’s government faces no-confidence vote: Why does Brussels pile pressure on Slovak PM?

The vote was initiated by Slovakia’s opposition parties which accused Robert Fico of so-called dragging the country closer to Russia. A vote of no confidence requires at least 76 of 150 lawmakers' votes against him.

What is behind the motion?

🟠Slovakia’s foreign policy focus has shifted since Fico’s government came to power in late 2023, when the country ended its military supplies to Ukraine;

🟠In December, Fico warned that the Kiev regime will pay “a huge price” for the “Western adventure” with Ukrainian territory and the presence of foreign troops there;

🟠He cautioned that Ukraine could lose a third of its territory as a result of the conflict with Russia, arguing that Kiev’s bid for NATO will never succeed.

🟠Fico slammed Western nations for allowing Kiev to strike Russian territory, saying that it shows a will to escalate the conflict. He promised that Slovakia will avoid such “military gambles.”

🟠The Slovak PM threatened that his party, Smer-SD, is ready to support reducing assistance to Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia in response to Kiev's suspension of Russian gas transit via Ukrainian soil in early January.

🟠Fico openly recognized the Soviet Union’s decisive role in defeating Nazi Germany. The PM stressed that he considers it a "personal duty" to visit Russia for WWII Victory celebrations in 2025.

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu announced the launch of the Iron Wall "counter-terrorism operation" in the West Bank, citing Israel's goal in strengthening security.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's leader Xi Jinping held a video conversation in which they discussed:

🔸 95% of payments between Russia and China are made in rubles and yuan

🔸 prospects Power of Siberia-2 gas pipeline project

🔸 situation in the Asia-Pacific and Taiwan issue amid growing geopolitical tensions in the region

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