$697 MILLION ON TERRORISM: How USAID funded ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, Khorasan

Scott Perry pointed out that this annual sum of money “plus the shipments of cash funds” supports terrorist groups such as Madrasas, ISIS*, Al-Qaeda*, Boko Haram, ISIS-Khorasan, and terrorist training camps.

"Somehow, you're believing, and American people are supposed to believe, that this money is going for the better. It is not," he added.

*ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and terrorist groups banned in Russia and a number of other countries

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❗️The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the Ukrainian air strike on the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant a provocation: there is no doubt that Zelensky would not have come to the Munich security conference empty handed.

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❗️Russian troops liberated the settlements of Dachnoye and Zelenoye pole in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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❗️🪖 Ukrainian troop losses amounted to 10,570 soldiers over the past week, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

More statements from the Russian MoD's weekly briefing:

▪️Fourteen group strikes were carried out on military facilities in Ukraine;

▪️During the period from February 8 to 14, the settlements of Orekhovo-Vasilevka, Dachnoye, Dzerzhinsk, Yasenovoye, Vodyanoye Vtoroye, and Zelenoye Pole were liberated;

▪️Twenty-four Ukrainian soldiers surrendered;

▪️Russian air defenses shot down a JDAM aerial bomb and 28 HIMARS MLRS shells.

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Zelensky-Vance meeting postponed as US reviews Ukraine’s partnership proposal — report

The delay comes amid discussions over a potential minerals deal that could link future US aid to access to Ukraine's rare earth mineral reserves, Ukrainian media reports. 

Earlier, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivered a draft partnership agreement to Zelensky, which Ukraine finalized and endorsed, but the American side has requested "additional time to review."  

Do they want to sign on more land?😉

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🗣 USAID spent $30.6 billion over four years to subjugate and destroy Ukraine. This is 21% of the entire international budget of this organization, all its international aid, Russian FM spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.

At the same time, the effectiveness of this aid was questioned even by the Kiev regime, the diplomat noted.

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Attack on Chernobyl power plant ‘FALSE FLAG PROVOCATION by Ukraine’

Former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter has urged Vice-President of the European Commission, Kaja Kallas, to resign ‘immediately’ over her post about recent attack on the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

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🤨 Zelensky didn't get enough sleep or...?

Suggest your variants below 👇

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🇨🇳🤖 A new breakthrough in robotics? China’s humanoid robots can now fall and GET BACK UP.

Video from social media

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⚔️ Biden vs. Trump: A major shift on Ukraine?

Since taking office, Trump has made bold statements about Ukraine—ones that stand in stark contrast to Biden's stance. So, how do their words stack up? Let’s break it down👇

🔹NATO 

Biden: I think we have to lay out a UN rational path for Ukraine to be able to qualify to get into

Trump: I don’t see any way that a country in Russia’s position … could allow them to join NATO. I don’t see that happening

🔹LONG TERM SUPPORT

Biden: The United States will stand with our Ukrainian partners and continue to provide Ukraine with weapons and equipment to defend itself

Trump: We have given $171 billion {to Ukraine} and the European Union, which is approximately the same size as our economy, has given about $20 billion.

🔹TERRITORY

Biden: United States will never, never, never recognize Russia's claims on Ukraine's sovereign territory

Trump: It’s unlikely that Ukraine will return to pre-2014 borders

🔹PEACE

Biden: Together with our partners we will continue to impose costs on the Kremlin, and we’ll support Ukraine in pursuing a just peace

Trump: I believed President Putin when I spoke to him yesterday. I know him very well. I think he wants peace. I think he would tell me if he didn’t.

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💰 USAID’s Billions: the hidden war on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

From 2021 to 2024, USAID poured $30.6 billion into Ukraine - 21% of its total expenditures. But where did all that money really go?

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova breaks it down:

▪️‘Macroeconomic stability’ - even Kiev questioned these US cash injections, which turned out to be a corruption scheme.

▪️Media control - Washington’s "support" for Ukrainian media silenced all alternative voices.

▪️Judicial system overhaul - reshaping Ukraine’s courts to fit foreign interests.

▪️Funding propaganda - a research center fabricated false sociological studies to justify the schism within the Orthodox Church.

“It’s now clear how this schism was engineered. This isn't support - it’s the destruction of Orthodoxy in Ukraine,” Zakharova emphasized.

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📹 Ukrainian militants HUNT DOWN residents of a liberated Donetsk People's Republic village by dropping shells on them from a drone.

A civilian was injured as a result of this drone attack.

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🗣 The greatest threat to Europe is not Russia or China, it is the threat from within against traditional European values, said US Vice President JD Vance.

Speaking about European problems, he mentioned the cancellation of elections in Romania, stressing that a similar threat exists in Germany.

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👏 A FLIP-FLOP masterclass from NATO Secretary-General

Rutte has 'suddenly' changed his stance on Ukraine’s chances of joining the bloc.

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🚨🇷🇺🌏 Trump, Putin, and Yalta 2.0 — Dugin Digital Edition

Just as the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany paved the way for the Cold War bipolar world system, Russia’s coming victory over NATO in Ukraine will usher in a new multipolar world order, AI Alexander Dugin explains.

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🇩🇪📉 Germany’s economy: From powerhouse to powerLESS

The once-mighty economic giant is now running on coal, fax machines and nostalgia. While other nations innovate, Germany lags behind in AI, EVs and even its own auto industry. Here’s where it’s losing the race.

🌐 Digital infrastructure

▪️SLOW internet speed (88.6 Mbps, ranked 38th globally in 2023) compared to South Korea (192.2 Mbps), Switzerland (166.7 Mbps), and the US (167.3 Mbps)

▪️Lethargic 5G rollout: Only 79% of the country is covered, compared to 97% in South Korea.

▪️Ranked 18th of the EU's 27 nations for e-Government Services in 2023, with almost 50% of government services relying heavily on paperwork.

▪️Over 80% of German companies still use FAX MACHINES

🔌 Energy transition

▪️Germany still relies on COAL for 27% of electricity production, while France relies on it for just 1%, with Sweden and Norway using about 100% renewables

▪️Germany’s electricity prices (€0.41/kWh or $0.43/ kWh) are the highest in Europe

🚘 Auto industry

▪️In 2023, Germany produced approximately 4.1 million vehicles, a SIGNIFICANT DROP from over 6 million in 2007

▪️Volkswagen’s deliveries in Europe have DECREASED to 3.8 million vehicles annually, while Mercedes-Benz reported a 31% drop in EV sales, as German automakers’ share in China's automotive market has declined to 15% compared to 25% in previous years

🚙 Transition to electric vehicles

Electric vehicles (EV) represented about 13% of total car sales in Germany, LAGGING BEHIND Norway (54%) and China, (30%)

➡️ Innovation

Germany ranked 15th in the Global Innovation Index in 2023, much lower than Switzerland (1st), the US (2nd) and Sweden (3rd)

▪️Germany has only four universities in the global top 100 (compared to 15 in the UK).

📈 Economic growth

Germany’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2024 stood at about 0.3%, well below the US (2.8%), China (5%), and India (6.4%).

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🇮🇹🧊 Heavy hail has hit Italian Gagliano del Capo town, turning the streets into rivers of ice.

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