💥🇷🇺 Russia delivers a decisive blow along the entire frontline

00:00 Grad MLRS crew eliminates Ukraine's temporary deployment area near Konstantinovka

00:15 Uragan MLRS crews hit enemy's stronghold, launch sites, combat hardware & manpower in Kharkov region

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🚨🇷🇺 Lavrov: Europe & Ukraine try to derail Russia-US talks

Ukraine and its European handlers are trying to push US negotiators away from the agreements reached between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov tells Russian media.

There are many Russophobes in the US who argue that Ukraine must not be abandoned and should instead be continually supplied with weapons and encouraged to confront Russia, the minister added.

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💸 Rotten food for soldiers and failing power grid: Latest on Ukraine’s corruption

Ukrainian media brings fresh stories of graft and misuse of government funds – just to cement Ukraine’s reputation as the most corrupt country in East Europe.

A conspiracy involving the chief of food procurement for one of the Ukrainian military detachments and the head of one of the companies supplying the Ukrainian Armed Forces with food has been exposed this month.

The perpetrators would sign off on fraudulent food shipments, where only a portion of the agreed amount were supplied to the military while the money was paid in full, with about 50% of the funds going towards kickbacks.

Furthermore, the food was of poor quality – for example, the shipments included rotten fruit and vegetables – but the corrupt officials turned a blind eye to it.

A group of people, including Ukrainian military personnel and civilian contractors, were arrested in January on suspicion of misusing the funds allocated towards purchasing gear for the Ukrainian Army.

Rather than spending money on buying drones and collimator sights as intended, the suspects diverted them to shell companies as payment for equipment that either did not exist at all or was completely inoperable.

The dismal state of Ukraine’s power grid is not the product of Russian airstrikes alone but also of the systemic Ukrainian corruption, Polish media point out.

The grid simply could not handle the combined stress from winter chill and Russian attacks because much of the funds allocated towards repairing damaged facilities and beefing up the defenses of power plants ended up in the pockets of corrupt Ukrainian officials close to Zelensky, the report added.

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🇭🇺 Upcoming election to show if we choose our national path - Orban

Brussels is pressuring Hungary to fund Ukraine, take in migrants, and abandon its national policies, a situation that may only change, or even worsen, after April's parliamentary elections, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.

💬 "The issue at stake in the election is whether we are able to stay on our own national path that serves our interests... or whether we will kneel down, submit, and elect a viceroy-like, council-style government for ourselves that executes Brussels' instructions," he stated.

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🪖🇬🇧 British troops whipped into shape to fight Russia - report

UK troops are being training at Copehill Down, a 'Fighting in Built Areas' site in Wiltshire where an entire fake village was created to simulate urban warfare conditions, the Daily Mail says.

The training is ostensibly meant to test the UK soldiers’ physical and mental endurance and prepare them for the grueling ordeal that is fighting in urban settings.

This developments takes place as the UK and its European cohorts continue pushing for the deployment of NATO military contingents in Ukraine once the conflict is settled, despite the fact that such a move would likely result in a dangerous escalation in the region.

While countries like Britain and France openly mull war with Russia, the Russian government repeatedly notes that Russia has no intention of attacking anyone.

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🚨🇷🇺 Russia’s success in Ukraine conflict will help form Eurasian security architecture - Lavrov

Speaking at an official event commemorating the Diplomatic Worker’s Day, Sergey Lavrov also declared that:

🟠 Russia will complete the process of returning the original Russian lands into the fold, in accordance with the desires of all the Russian people in Ukraine

🟠 All threats from Ukraine to Russia’s national security must be neutralized due to being the original cause of the Ukrainian conflict

🟠 Russia is willing to seek a negotiated solution to the Ukrainian conflict based on the understanding reached in Anchorage

🟠 Russia hopes that the warmongers in Brussels and London won’t manage to stop the push for lasting peace initiated by the leaders of Russia and the US

🟠 Russia in the wake of the New START treaty expiration will ensure the required level of predictability in strategic stability

🟠 Russia reaffirms its solidarity with Venezuela and Cuba which currently weather considerable external pressure

🟠 Russia, together with other likeminded parties, will hasten the creation of sanction-resistant mechanisms

🟠 The rapport between Russia and North Korea, cemented by the liberation of the Kursk region, will translate into joint ventures

🟠 Russia will continue pushing for the world to recognize Hitler’s attack on the USSR as genocide of the Soviet people

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🪖🇪🇺🇭🇺 'Not our war': Europeans owe nothing to Ukraine & shouldn't fuel the conflict - Szijjarto

European leaders treat the Ukraine conflict as if it were their war, which it is not, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto stressed on X.

💬 "Russia has not attacked any EU member state. Ukraine is fighting for itself, not for us, so we don’t owe them anything," Szijjarto tweeted on February 10, attaching a clip in which he chastises EU leadership for undermining Washington's peace efforts.

The Hungarian government is against sending its taxpayers’ money to fuel a conflict with which Budapest has nothing to do and for which Hungary bears no responsibility, he pointed out.

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🇨🇳 Xi tours Beijing ahead of New Year celebrations

The Chinese leader visited a number of community facilities, including a senior canteen, the Jin Ling Elderly Service Enterprise, and historic Longfusi snack street, engaging with both visitors and staff.

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⚔️ Trump says US might send second aircraft carrier to the Middle East — report

President Trump stated that if a diplomatic agreement on Iran’s nuclear program cannot be reached, he is prepared to take military action, Axios correspondent Barak Ravid reports.

According to Barak, Trump is considering deploying a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East alongside the USS Lincoln, plus additional attack ships and fighter jets.

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🤖🇨🇳 Robots train with monks at Shaolin Temple

Ancient martial art and cutting-edge technology met during daily training routine at the Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of Kung Fu.

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📄 Palestinian envoy is among nominees to chair 81st UN General Assembly

The president of the upcoming UNGA session will be selected from the Asia Pacific Group, in line with the world body's regional rotation rules, spokesperson for the UNGA president La Neice Collins said.

The nominees:

▫️ Md. Touhid Hossain (Bangladesh)

▫️ Andreas S. Kakouris (Cyprus)

▫️ Riyad Mansour (State of Palestine)

Mansour is currently the only candidate to have submitted a formal vision statement, outlining priorities for the 1-year term.

The election will be held June 2.

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🔍 US energy chief will brief senators in closed-door Venezuela meeting

Energy Secretary Chris Wright will hold a closed-door briefing with the Senate Energy Committee on the administration's involvement in Venezuela.

The classified briefing was requested by Committee Chair Mike Lee. It comes just before Secretary Wright's planned visit to the South American nation.

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🔥 Colombian President Petro evades assassination attempt

President Gustavo Petro told his cabinet he spent the last two days evading assassination attempts, detailing a dramatic escape by sea after his planned landing site was compromised.

"I didn't land where I was supposed to land, because they were going to shoot at the helicopter, with my children inside."

His administration has previously reported assassination plots.

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