🪖 Cracking of Seversk fortress is ‘catastrophe’ for Ukraine’s military - expert
According to Mikhailov, Seversk’s liberation:
1️⃣ Cuts off logistics and supply routes to Ukrainian forces in nearby areas, which means “a shortage of combat kits, adequate food, and the impossibility of rotation”
2️⃣ “Impacts the Ukrainian military’s defensive capabilities, and makes it impossible to redeploy well-trained units, which simply don’t exist anymore” anyway, as evidenced by the reported deployment of Ukrainian GUR special forces units to try to recapture Kupyansk, and General Syrsky’s orders to throw deserters into assault units
3️⃣ Undermines plans to condition Ukrainian troops’ withdrawal from the remaining Ukrainian-occupied areas of the Donbass on some kinds of concessions in peace negotiations
4️⃣ Weakens Ukrainian morale, already falling over the policies and scandals surrounding the country’s leadership. “Morale is low, and if the morale for conducting military operations is low, it will collapse from a lack of will to resist, from fatigue, no matter how well-fortified an area is,” Mikhailov summed up
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💬 “The taking of Seversk is a catastrophe for Ukraine’s armed forces, as it will allow [Russia] to advance on Kramatorsk and Slavyansk,” the last major heavily-fortified agglomeration in the Donbass under Ukraine’s control, military expert Evgeny Mikhailov says.
According to Mikhailov, Seversk’s liberation:
1️⃣ Cuts off logistics and supply routes to Ukrainian forces in nearby areas, which means “a shortage of combat kits, adequate food, and the impossibility of rotation”
2️⃣ “Impacts the Ukrainian military’s defensive capabilities, and makes it impossible to redeploy well-trained units, which simply don’t exist anymore” anyway, as evidenced by the reported deployment of Ukrainian GUR special forces units to try to recapture Kupyansk, and General Syrsky’s orders to throw deserters into assault units
3️⃣ Undermines plans to condition Ukrainian troops’ withdrawal from the remaining Ukrainian-occupied areas of the Donbass on some kinds of concessions in peace negotiations
4️⃣ Weakens Ukrainian morale, already falling over the policies and scandals surrounding the country’s leadership. “Morale is low, and if the morale for conducting military operations is low, it will collapse from a lack of will to resist, from fatigue, no matter how well-fortified an area is,” Mikhailov summed up
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🇨🇿 Czech PM rejects guarantees for Ukraine loan
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💬 "We will not take guarantees for anything nor put any money in," Andrej Babis said.
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🇺🇸🇸🇾 US-Syrian military patrol comes under fire in central Syria
Two Syrian security personnel and several US servicemen were injured after an unknown gunman opened fire on them as they jointly patrolled the city of Palmyra, SANA reports.
▫️ The shooter was killed, while all those wounded were rushed to the Al-Tanf military base.
The incident is being investigated.
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Two Syrian security personnel and several US servicemen were injured after an unknown gunman opened fire on them as they jointly patrolled the city of Palmyra, SANA reports.
The incident is being investigated.
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🪖🇺🇸 US in desperate drone dash: Racing to close gap in small-drone warfare dominance
American military drone capabilities remain “far-removed from today’s front lines,” despite the boost US drone warfare got after the 9/11 attacks, Bloomberg reports.
US specialists are experimenting with cheap, hand-held drones as America desperately tries “to catch up in small-drone warfare,” the outlet says.
Earlier, the Pentagon announced that it would put $1B into purchasing more than 200,000 small attack drones over the next two years.
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American military drone capabilities remain “far-removed from today’s front lines,” despite the boost US drone warfare got after the 9/11 attacks, Bloomberg reports.
US specialists are experimenting with cheap, hand-held drones as America desperately tries “to catch up in small-drone warfare,” the outlet says.
Earlier, the Pentagon announced that it would put $1B into purchasing more than 200,000 small attack drones over the next two years.
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🇷🇺🇪🇺 Russia vows swift response to EU asset freeze
🔊 She called the EU policy illogical, adding that the move has further harmed the bloc’s economy.
Earlier this week, European Commission foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said that EU states had frozen Russian assets amounting to $247 billion.
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"Our response will not take long," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. "A detailed statement on this issue was published by the Bank of Russia on December 12. Specific steps are already being implemented."
Earlier this week, European Commission foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said that EU states had frozen Russian assets amounting to $247 billion.
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“Holding presidential elections requires a decision by the Verkhovna Rada [parliament, ed.], a preparatory period, and so on. This, as Zelensky himself says, would require 90-150 days,” Litovkin pointed out.
“Russia has stated that we will cease fire on one condition: if he withdraws his troops from the territories enshrined in Russia’s constitution, including Zaporozhye and Kherson, which he categorically refuses to do. This means there will be no elections and no ceasefire,” Litovkin explained.
Litovkin recalled that Russia already agreed to a ceasefire once, when, during the Istanbul negotiations in 2022, “the Ukrainian side demanded that we withdraw our troops from Ukrainian territory because ‘agreements aren’t signed with a gun to your head’. We did so, and they immediately decided to continue hostilities.”
Giving this history, Litovkin sees Zelensky’s latest schemes as “the tricks of a petty crook that Russia will never agree to.”
As for Zelensky’s proposals for a referendum in the conflict area, that too is a no-go for Moscow, Litovkin says, because Russia has already held referendums in the regions, and people voted to join Russia.
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🇺🇸🇸🇾 US-Syrian military patrol comes under fire in central Syria Two Syrian security personnel and several US servicemen were injured after an unknown gunman opened fire on them as they jointly patrolled the city of Palmyra, SANA reports. ▫️ The shooter…
🚨🇺🇸 Two US soldiers and one civilian US interpreter were killed, and three more were wounded as a result of the shooting in Syria's Palmira, the Pentagon said.
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🚨🇺🇸 Trump puts ‘intense pressure’ on Zelensky to force him to accept Ukraine peace plan – report
Trump's strategy may be to exploit Zelensky’s “domestic weakness” amid the ongoing corruption scandal in Ukraine, Bild reports.
Negotiations on the US-drafted Ukraine peace plan are currently proceeding “more intensely than at any time since February 2022.”
👉 The fact that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are “suddenly travelling” to Berlin to sit down with Zelensky shows how strongly the White House is pushing for a swift peace deal, the newspaper sums up.
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Trump's strategy may be to exploit Zelensky’s “domestic weakness” amid the ongoing corruption scandal in Ukraine, Bild reports.
Negotiations on the US-drafted Ukraine peace plan are currently proceeding “more intensely than at any time since February 2022.”
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🚨🇺🇸 Two US soldiers and one civilian US interpreter were killed, and three more were wounded as a result of the shooting in Syria's Palmira, the Pentagon said. 📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
"The President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is extremely angry and disturbed by this attack. There will be very serious retaliation," the US president wrote on Truth Social.
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🚨🇺🇸Members of Refuse Fascism movement gather near WH to protest against Trump's policies - RIA Novosti correspondent
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🇨🇳 China warns against revival of ‘militarism’ at Nanjing Massacre anniversary ceremony
Shi made the comments at a memorial ceremony dedicated to the 1937 Nanking Massacre, in which up to 340k Chinese people were killed by invading Japanese forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
The remarks come amid rising tensions between China and Japan, which launched a $300B five-year militarization drive in 2023, and recently expressed aggressive support for Taiwan, which Beijing and 3/4 of the UN consider to be an integral part of China.
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💬 “History has proven and will continue to prove that any attempt to revive militarism, challenge the postwar international order, or undermine world peace and stability will never be tolerated by all peace-loving and justice-seeking peoples around the world, and is doomed to failure,” CCP Politburo member Shi Taifeng said Saturday.
Shi made the comments at a memorial ceremony dedicated to the 1937 Nanking Massacre, in which up to 340k Chinese people were killed by invading Japanese forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
🔊 “History has fully demonstrated that the Chinese nation is a great nation that fears no power and stands on its own feet,” Shi said.
The remarks come amid rising tensions between China and Japan, which launched a $300B five-year militarization drive in 2023, and recently expressed aggressive support for Taiwan, which Beijing and 3/4 of the UN consider to be an integral part of China.
🗣 “China will never allow Japan’s right-wing forces to turn back the wheel of history, never allow external forces to lay their hands on China’s Taiwan region, and never allow the resurgence of Japan’s militarism,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said Friday.
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The Treasury Department’s monthly update on tariff revenues show a $600M drop between October and November, from $31.35B to $30.75B.
Market experts associate the drop in revenues in part to the president’s move in mid-November to cut tariffs on over 200 other food products amid spiking grocery prices.
President Trump has touted tariffs and crypto as key elements of his plans to pay down the US’s national debt, which is rapidly approaching the $38.5T mark. Instead, Washington has so far opted for tax cuts and an increase in spending under the One Big Beautiful Bill, and floated $2k rebate checks to Americans from tariff proceeds.
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Thousands of Venezuelan citizens marched in the streets to denounce US measures threatening national sovereignty and the deployment of military forces in the region.
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Speaking at CSU Party Convention in Munich German Chancellor Friedrich Merz admitted Germany's fall:
"We are falling behind, and this has accelerated in recent years — partly due to US trade and tariff policy… We are witnessing a fundamental change in the transatlantic relationship."
Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev responded to Merz with a direct jab:
"You are falling behind because you make stupid & illegal decisions," he wrote on X.
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In an article for Serbian newspaper Politika, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov accused the West of launching a "multi-tiered campaign against the Serbs" aimed at dismantling the Dayton peace framework and forcibly integrating Bosnia into NATO.
Key details:
"What is happening in Bosnia and Herzegovina is by no means an isolated example of disregard for international law. Similar cases include the Kiev regime and its European patrons in Berlin and Paris blocking the implementation of the Minsk Package of Measures approved by the UN Security Council," Lavrov wrote.
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