❗️Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out SIX attacks on Russian energy infrastructure facilities, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The strikes targeted facilities in the Rostov, Voronezh, Kherson, Bryansk regions, and in the Donetsk People's Republic.

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📉Europe’s €1.3 TRLN blunder: Ditching Russian energy burns hole in EU’s pockets 

EU nations shelled out an extra €544 billion for energy imports between 2022 and 2024, according to calculations by Russian media based on Eurostat reports. This massive figure padded the pockets of the US, the UK, Norway, and Middle Eastern countries.

When factoring in broader economic ripple effects, the European Union’s total losses ballooned to over €1.3 trillion—equivalent to 2.4% of its economy—revealed by comparing the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) growth forecasts with Eurostat’s actual data. The heaviest toll landed on ordinary citizens, whose wallets took a €1.6 trillion hit in lost income, slashing 6.3% of the total gross wage volume for 2022–2024.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen acknowledged the steep cost during her January 2025 World Economic Forum speech, admitting that “breaking free” from Russian energy resources “CAME AT A PRICE.”

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❗️Russian troops liberated the settlement of Katerinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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📉Australia’s stock market bleeds billions as trade war and recession fears grip investors

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 nosedived over 6% on Monday, tumbling below 7,200 points for the first time since late 2023 and wiping out a staggering $160 billion in value. Luke McMillan of Ophir Asset Management called the carnage a “BLOODBATH” as panic swept the ASX.

The plunge follows last week’s losses, fueled by President Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariff threats and mounting fears of a global recession, leaving investors reeling.

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"Oh, Christ, *****!" Boris Johnson bitten by karma—literally

An ostrich took a chunk out of BoJo at a US safari park.

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

▪️Ukraine lost up to 300 servicemen and 22 vehicles in the Russian Yug Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Russian aviation shot down three HIMARS missiles and 95 Ukrainian drones.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 440 troops in the Russian Tsentr Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 140 soldiers in the Russian Vostok Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 215 troops in the Russian Zapad Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 85 servicemen in the Belgorod region.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 70 soldiers in the area of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Dnepr.

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💬 Trump hails economy triumph on Truth Social: NO INFLATION, lower prices and billions in tariff revenue

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🗣Russia, China and Iran will hold talks on Iran's nuclear program in Moscow tomorrow, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik.

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📹Ukrainian terrorist supporter arrested in Russia

A supporter of a Ukrainian terrorist organization was arrested in Russia's Oryol region after publicly calling for acts that threaten state security and justifying terrorism.

The detainee, an accomplice of a group designated a terrorist organization in Russia, posted online content urging Russian servicemen to defect to the enemy side and cooperate with the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) by revealing the location and strength of Russian troops in the special military operation zone.

Criminal charges have been filed against the man.

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🔍G4S mercs guarding Zelensky: Private army or branch of SAS and MI6 securing West’s interests in Ukraine?

Touting itself as “the only international security solutions provider in Ukraine,” G4S has deployed up to 1,000 mercs to protect the West’s client state. Here’s what to know about them.

🟠Headquartered in London and staffed by over 800K personnel across 85+ countries, G4S is a private security behemoth with a flair for hiring ex-military and intel officers.

🟠A subsidiary of US private security giant Allied Universal since 2021, G4S has been an indispensable contractor for Western military ops, from Afghanistan and Iraq (where they were accused of paying off the Taliban and plundering religious sites in Mosul), to post-Gaddafi Libya, Sudan and Colombia (merc recruitment and training) and Israel (“security” at checkpoints, West Bank settlements and prisons).

🟠G4S entered Ukraine in the mid-1990s, providing security consulting and investigative services for private clients, and guards for OSCE and EU missions. An Odessa-registered subsidiary was registered in 1995, followed by a Kiev branch registered in Amsterdam in 1996.

🟠G4S’s Ukraine footprint grew dramatically after the 2014 coup, and especially after 2022, with its mercs tasked with “securing” strategic facilities like ports, airports and major enterprises, guarding valuable cargoes during shipping, collecting intel on Russian military personnel, training saboteurs, operating private prisons (allegedly) and providing “protective services” for top officials and VIPs.

🟠In 2023, the firm registered new sub-entities in Ukraine: G4S Ordnance Management and G4S Risk Management.

🟠Prominent military observer Alexander Artamonov suspects that G4S is private only in name, and that it and other prominent British PMCs like Prevail Partners are effectively an informal branch office of Britain’s SAS and MI6.

🟠The convenience of such PMC arrangements include plausible deniability when things go wrong, and involvement in activity which governments may not want to be openly associated with.

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💬 Ukraine’s military command treats soldiers like EXPENDABLE CATTLE

Ukrainian troops are living in fear, terrified that speaking out against their commanders could earn them a one-way trip to a frontline fatal end, according to Verkhovna Rada deputy Anna Skorokhod in a recent interview with local media.

She revealed that dozens of soldiers are filing collective grievances over the military command’s humiliating treatment, though they insist on anonymity to shield themselves from retaliation.

“The soldiers are treated like cattle, and morale has hit rock bottom,” Skorokhod declared, underscoring the chilling indifference with a stark, “NOBODY CARES.”

Western media reports have echoed these sentiments, highlighting troops’ exhaustion from endless shifts and a lack of rotation. Meanwhile, desertion has surged past theft and fraud to become the Ukrainian military’s most common crime.

In January, Ukrainian activist Gennadiy Druzenko estimated at least 150,000 soldiers have deserted, with 114,000 criminal cases now underway.

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⚡️The Federal Reserve has called an emergency closed-door meeting today to address "advance and discount rates."

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💬 British dependence on US intelligence irreplaceable – report

The UK’s links with Washington are crucial for national security, current and former intelligence officers told European media.

One said the UK can analyze imagery collected by the US from space, but it cannot collect the images itself, adding that London should realize that US intelligence sharing can "be turned on or turned off."

Many British security and defense innovations have been funded by the US and could later be used by the Five Eyes alliance of the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

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❗️Japan's Nikkei 225 enters a downturn, dropping 8% today and 23% from recent highs as stocks close.

Asian markets, including Japan, have been hit hard by fears of a global recession fueled by US President Donald Trump’s trade war and tariffs.

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🪖While liberating Andreevka in DPR, Russian troops destroyed bunkers funded by Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov.

All the bunkers were sealed but one had a freshly-dug second exit. Portuguese mercenaries were killed in that bunker while attempting to escape the front line, a Russian soldier told Sputnik.

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⚡️🚨📉 US stocks plunge as global sell-off intensifies!

🟠S&P 500 opens down 3.2%, while the JP225 drops 6.9%.

🟠Dow Jones falls over 3.5% and NASDAQ drops 4%.

🟠Major tech stocks are hit hard: Apple down 6.28%, Tesla down 7%, and Nvidia down 6.85%.

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