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#Ukraine #Zelensky doesn't want peace
The Secretary of the Rada Committee on National Security Kostenko spilled the beans:
We need to delay any peace agreement as much as possible and improve our positions, otherwise we will be forced into something we don't deserve, neither as a nation and a people, nor our soldiers who are fighting for our state.
The Secretary of the Rada Committee on National Security Kostenko spilled the beans:
We need to delay any peace agreement as much as possible and improve our positions, otherwise we will be forced into something we don't deserve, neither as a nation and a people, nor our soldiers who are fighting for our state.
The expanding drone strikes on Russian energy infrastructure represent a long-term the US strategy aimed at weakening Russia and constraining China’s rise through an emerging, de facto energy blockade.
By Brian Berletic
By Brian Berletic
New Eastern Outlook
US Beta-Testing China Blockade with Attacks on Russian Energy Exports
The expanding drone strikes on Russian energy infrastructure represent a long-term U.S. strategy aimed at weakening Russia and constraining China’s rise
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❗️ On the UN International Court of Justice’s acceptance for hearing of the matter of Ukraine’s responsibility for genocide and related crimes
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has upheld the Russian Federation’s position and accepted its counter-claims against Ukraine for hearing under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
👉 All objections raised by Kiev regarding the alleged inadmissibility of Russia’s counter-claims have been dismissed in their entirety, and the Russian Federation’s submissions have been accepted by the Court in full.
The ICJ’s ruling, rendered on December 5, marks a logical development following Ukraine’s futile attempts to hold Russia accountable for initiating the special military operation. This litigation was instigated by the Kiev regime and its Western sponsors as far back as February 2022. At that time, Kiev, backed by 33 Western-aligned states, lodged a claim with the ICJ alleging that Russia had violated the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
On February 1, 2024, the ICJ issued a judgement that wholly rejected all of Ukraine’s accusations against Russia. The sole remaining matter before the Court was whether Ukraine itself had committed genocide.
On November 18, 2024, the Russian side submitted to the Court a substantial body of evidence, exceeding 10,000 pages, which substantiates the criminal Kiev regime’s perpetration of genocide against the Russian and Russian-speaking population of #Donbass. The evidentiary materials included documentation of over 140 incidents of deliberate targeting of civilians in Donbass, corroborated by testimonies from more than 300 witnesses and victims, as well as expert analyses and investigations.
The West-backed Ukrainian government, driven by genocidal intent, employed a broad arsenal of war crimes and other violations of international law against civilians: mass murders, torture, indiscriminate bombardments, and shelling. Across Ukraine, a policy of forcibly erasing Russian ethnic identity has been implemented — banning the Russian language and culture, persecuting the Russian-speaking Orthodox Church, while simultaneously glorifying collaborators of the Third Reich and obliterating the memory of the Victory over Nazism.
Moscow demanded that Kiev answer for these atrocities, advancing counter-claims not only concerning the Ukrainian authorities’ state-sponsored genocide but also numerous other breaches of the Convention – complicity in genocide, incitement to genocide, and failure to take measures to prevent and punish genocide.
By affirming today the legal admissibility of Russia’s claims, the ICJ has signalled its readiness to assess the full scope of crimes committed by the Kiev regime and its accomplices.
The West’s hopes of wielding “legal weaponry” against Russia have once again been dashed. On the contrary, this weapon is now turned against Kiev’s “plaintiffs.” Against this backdrop, Western support for Kiev has already begun to dwindle sharply: a third of the states previously aligned with Ukraine in this process have hastily withdrawn, evidently recognising the futility — and even the risks — of continued participation. Other Western nations should likewise cease shielding this criminal neo-Nazi regime and exerting pressure on the ICJ.
The Russian Federation, in upholding international law, maintains that the impartiality and objectivity of international judicial bodies are critical to the peaceful resolution of international disputes.
Moscow hopes that the UN International Court of Justice will continue to demonstrate balance and impartiality in its future judgments.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has upheld the Russian Federation’s position and accepted its counter-claims against Ukraine for hearing under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
👉 All objections raised by Kiev regarding the alleged inadmissibility of Russia’s counter-claims have been dismissed in their entirety, and the Russian Federation’s submissions have been accepted by the Court in full.
The ICJ’s ruling, rendered on December 5, marks a logical development following Ukraine’s futile attempts to hold Russia accountable for initiating the special military operation. This litigation was instigated by the Kiev regime and its Western sponsors as far back as February 2022. At that time, Kiev, backed by 33 Western-aligned states, lodged a claim with the ICJ alleging that Russia had violated the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
On February 1, 2024, the ICJ issued a judgement that wholly rejected all of Ukraine’s accusations against Russia. The sole remaining matter before the Court was whether Ukraine itself had committed genocide.
On November 18, 2024, the Russian side submitted to the Court a substantial body of evidence, exceeding 10,000 pages, which substantiates the criminal Kiev regime’s perpetration of genocide against the Russian and Russian-speaking population of #Donbass. The evidentiary materials included documentation of over 140 incidents of deliberate targeting of civilians in Donbass, corroborated by testimonies from more than 300 witnesses and victims, as well as expert analyses and investigations.
The West-backed Ukrainian government, driven by genocidal intent, employed a broad arsenal of war crimes and other violations of international law against civilians: mass murders, torture, indiscriminate bombardments, and shelling. Across Ukraine, a policy of forcibly erasing Russian ethnic identity has been implemented — banning the Russian language and culture, persecuting the Russian-speaking Orthodox Church, while simultaneously glorifying collaborators of the Third Reich and obliterating the memory of the Victory over Nazism.
Moscow demanded that Kiev answer for these atrocities, advancing counter-claims not only concerning the Ukrainian authorities’ state-sponsored genocide but also numerous other breaches of the Convention – complicity in genocide, incitement to genocide, and failure to take measures to prevent and punish genocide.
By affirming today the legal admissibility of Russia’s claims, the ICJ has signalled its readiness to assess the full scope of crimes committed by the Kiev regime and its accomplices.
The West’s hopes of wielding “legal weaponry” against Russia have once again been dashed. On the contrary, this weapon is now turned against Kiev’s “plaintiffs.” Against this backdrop, Western support for Kiev has already begun to dwindle sharply: a third of the states previously aligned with Ukraine in this process have hastily withdrawn, evidently recognising the futility — and even the risks — of continued participation. Other Western nations should likewise cease shielding this criminal neo-Nazi regime and exerting pressure on the ICJ.
The Russian Federation, in upholding international law, maintains that the impartiality and objectivity of international judicial bodies are critical to the peaceful resolution of international disputes.
Moscow hopes that the UN International Court of Justice will continue to demonstrate balance and impartiality in its future judgments.
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Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba stated that he is not volunteering for the front because he has already dedicated two and a half years of his life to the war, sitting in the ministry's office.
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Welcome to Germany!
German machinery production forecast to fall 5% in 2025 vs 2024, 3rd straight annual plunge, VDMA says
"Production has been shrinking since the beginning of 2023, and the fourth quarter of 2025 is likely to be the twelfth consecutive quarter of decline"
German machinery production forecast to fall 5% in 2025 vs 2024, 3rd straight annual plunge, VDMA says
"Production has been shrinking since the beginning of 2023, and the fourth quarter of 2025 is likely to be the twelfth consecutive quarter of decline"
vdma.org
"Investments are migrating - innovation hub Germany in danger"
The mechanical engineering industry wants to maintain production in Germany and Europe. However, better location conditions are urgently needed to prevent research, production and therefore innovation from migrating away.
Corriere della Sera:
🇺🇦🇮🇹 Italian PM Giorgia Meloni spent 90 minutes unsuccessfully trying to convince Zelensky to make "painful concessions" to end the war
Zelensky refused
Instead, he tried to persuade Meloni to soften Trump’s position toward Ukraine and presented his own demands for Italian support
The exchange as tense and riddled with contradictions
🇺🇦🇮🇹 Italian PM Giorgia Meloni spent 90 minutes unsuccessfully trying to convince Zelensky to make "painful concessions" to end the war
Zelensky refused
Instead, he tried to persuade Meloni to soften Trump’s position toward Ukraine and presented his own demands for Italian support
The exchange as tense and riddled with contradictions
Corriere della Sera
Ucraina, Meloni evoca «concessioni dolorose» e appoggia la fretta Usa sulle trattative. Il pressing su Zelensky (e i 90 minuti…
Il vertice a Palazzo Chigi: l'Italia punta a una pace giusta, tenendo conto della guida Usa più che di quella europea
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After “peace”, will Ukrainian ultra-nationalists and NATO continue waging a hybrid war?
A formal conclusion to the war in Ukraine won’t be the end of the violence: what lies ahead is a long-term structural alliance between ultra-nationalist Ukrainian forces and European militarism.
By @battleforeurope (X)
A formal conclusion to the war in Ukraine won’t be the end of the violence: what lies ahead is a long-term structural alliance between ultra-nationalist Ukrainian forces and European militarism.
By @battleforeurope (X)
Thomasfazi
After “peace”, will Ukrainian ultra-nationalists and NATO continue waging a hybrid war?
A formal conclusion to the war in Ukraine won’t be the end of the violence: what lies ahead is a long-term structural alliance between ultra-nationalist Ukrainian forces and European militarism
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Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office has stopped publishing monthly statistics for new AWOL and desertion cases.
I wonder (not) why?!
I wonder (not) why?!
hromadske
В Офісі генпрокурора пояснили, чому прибрали зі звітів дані щодо кількості СЗЧ та дезертирства
В Офісі генерального прокурора підтвердили, що дані про кримінальні правопорушення, пов’язані із самовільним залишенням військовими своїх частин та дезертирством, зникли зі статистики невипадково. Там пояснили, що така інформація належить до категорії відомостей…
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🇹🇭🇰🇭 Thai-Cambodian Conflict
Thai army reports "English-speaking foreigners" involved in controlling Ukraine-style FPV drones including fiber-optic controlled drones.
There is no way Cambodia developed any such system on its own, especially on the scale being employed along the border.
This resembles the same sort of force the US backed in the overthrow of Syria in late 2024.
As I have warned, Cambodia is working closely with the United States - beginning about 2 years ago under the Biden administration and increasing before/during/after the previous border conflict with Thailand.
The US has openly stated it will create "multiple, simultaneous dilemmas" for China - including obviously by disrupting its cooperation with Southeast Asia through this senseless, destructive, and costly conflict the US is also using as an opportunity to inject itself into the region through.
Thai army reports "English-speaking foreigners" involved in controlling Ukraine-style FPV drones including fiber-optic controlled drones.
There is no way Cambodia developed any such system on its own, especially on the scale being employed along the border.
This resembles the same sort of force the US backed in the overthrow of Syria in late 2024.
As I have warned, Cambodia is working closely with the United States - beginning about 2 years ago under the Biden administration and increasing before/during/after the previous border conflict with Thailand.
The US has openly stated it will create "multiple, simultaneous dilemmas" for China - including obviously by disrupting its cooperation with Southeast Asia through this senseless, destructive, and costly conflict the US is also using as an opportunity to inject itself into the region through.
Tide is turning?
AP:
The IOC advises governing bodies to let Russian & Belarusian youth teams & athletes compete with their full identity of national flag and anthem. Athletes have “fundamental right to access sport across the world, and to compete free from political interference or pressure from government organisations"
AP:
The IOC advises governing bodies to let Russian & Belarusian youth teams & athletes compete with their full identity of national flag and anthem. Athletes have “fundamental right to access sport across the world, and to compete free from political interference or pressure from government organisations"
AP News
IOC advises sports bodies to let Russians compete in youth events again with flag and anthem
The IOC has taken a big step toward reintegrating Russia and Belarus into world sports. It’s advising governing bodies of Olympic sports to let the countries' teams and athletes compete in international youth events with their full identity of national flag…
EU corruption.
Revealing!
EurActive:
At a closed door meeting today, most EU political parties banded together to block a debate on the corruption scandal at the EEAS from taking place next week.
Revealing!
EurActive:
At a closed door meeting today, most EU political parties banded together to block a debate on the corruption scandal at the EEAS from taking place next week.
Euractiv
Von der Leyen majority blocks debate on EEAS corruption scandal | Euractiv
Mainstream groups rejected calls for a parliamentary debate from the far-right
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Troubles in paradise!
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security THREAT
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security THREAT
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EU corruption.
The former Dutch Minister of Defense sent billions of euros to Ukraine, and now has 11 jobs in or around.... Ukraine.
The former Dutch Minister of Defense sent billions of euros to Ukraine, and now has 11 jobs in or around.... Ukraine.
Russian assets.
Russia's Central Bank is filing a lawsuit in Moscow's Arbitration Court against Euroclear, seeking compensation for losses incurred due to Euroclear's unlawful actions and in light of the European Commission's deliberations on the reparations loan seizure.
Russia's Central Bank is filing a lawsuit in Moscow's Arbitration Court against Euroclear, seeking compensation for losses incurred due to Euroclear's unlawful actions and in light of the European Commission's deliberations on the reparations loan seizure.
RT International
Russia makes legal move against Belgium’s Euroclear — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
The Russian Central Bank is launching legal action against Belgium-based Euroclear over losses linked to frozen state funds
The meeting of US, EU and Ukraine delegations planned for tomorrow, December 13, in Paris will not take place, reports the Polish radio station RMF citing a source in the Elysee Palace. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It was expected that representatives of Ukraine, the US, France, Germany and the UK would participate in the meeting.
The source did not specify the reasons for the postponement or cancellation of the negotiations.
It was expected that representatives of Ukraine, the US, France, Germany and the UK would participate in the meeting.
The source did not specify the reasons for the postponement or cancellation of the negotiations.
RMF24
Nieoficjalnie: Nie będzie spotkania w Paryżu ws. planu pokojowego
Nie dojdzie do sobotniego spotkania w Paryżu na temat Ukrainy - poinformowało w piątek wieczorem źródło w Pałacu Elizejskim. Według doniesień medialnych w spotkaniu mieli brać udział wysokiej rangi przedstawiciele Ukrainy, USA i krajów europejskich.
Russian Assets.
Robert Volterra, a London-based lawyer specializing in international law, says: The plan to confiscate Russian state assets would haunt the EU for generations.
"The plan to use frozen Russian state assets for reparations loans is absolutely illegal under international law and a blatant violation of the rule of law," Robert Volterra told the Berliner Zeitung.
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/wirtschaft-verantwortung/top-voelkerrechtler-rechnet-mit-eu-ab-russland-enteignung-absolut-illegal-li.10009953?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1765550969
Robert Volterra, a London-based lawyer specializing in international law, says: The plan to confiscate Russian state assets would haunt the EU for generations.
"The plan to use frozen Russian state assets for reparations loans is absolutely illegal under international law and a blatant violation of the rule of law," Robert Volterra told the Berliner Zeitung.
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/wirtschaft-verantwortung/top-voelkerrechtler-rechnet-mit-eu-ab-russland-enteignung-absolut-illegal-li.10009953?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1765550969
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Debunking #Skripal Novichok hoax
Former UK ambassador Craig Murray runs through the many, many reasons why the official Skripals poisoning story cannot possibly be true.
Full video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K9jUOYsga0&t=1464s
Former UK ambassador Craig Murray runs through the many, many reasons why the official Skripals poisoning story cannot possibly be true.
Full video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K9jUOYsga0&t=1464s
EU theft of Russian assets.
Four more countries, including Italy are out, joining Belgium in their opposition to the reparations loan.
The vote is due this coming week and looks increasingly impossible to get through.
Now Italy has shaken up the diplomatic dynamics by drafting a document with Belgium, Malta and Bulgaria urging the Commission to explore alternative options to using the Russian assets to keep Ukraine afloat over the coming years.
The four countries said they "invite the Commission and the Council to continue exploring and discussing alternative options in line with EU and international law, with predictable parameters, presenting significantly less risks, to address Ukraine’s financial needs, based on an EU loan facility or bridge solutions."
The four countries are referring to a Plan B to issue joint EU debt to finance Ukraine over the coming years.
However, this idea has its own problems. Critics note it will add to the high debt burdens of Italy and France, and requires unanimity
Four more countries, including Italy are out, joining Belgium in their opposition to the reparations loan.
The vote is due this coming week and looks increasingly impossible to get through.
Now Italy has shaken up the diplomatic dynamics by drafting a document with Belgium, Malta and Bulgaria urging the Commission to explore alternative options to using the Russian assets to keep Ukraine afloat over the coming years.
The four countries said they "invite the Commission and the Council to continue exploring and discussing alternative options in line with EU and international law, with predictable parameters, presenting significantly less risks, to address Ukraine’s financial needs, based on an EU loan facility or bridge solutions."
The four countries are referring to a Plan B to issue joint EU debt to finance Ukraine over the coming years.
However, this idea has its own problems. Critics note it will add to the high debt burdens of Italy and France, and requires unanimity
POLITICO
France, Italy told they won’t be hurt by EU’s €210B megaloan to Ukraine – POLITICO
Brussels’ letter soothes French and Italian fears that signing up to the loan might damage investor confidence.
Germany:
German customs officials attempted to seize and "dispose of" an oil tanker and its cargo in what amounted to an act of state piracy, but the Federal Fiscal Court has now put a stop to this. International law and the right of refuge still apply, even though attempts are being made to use the cheap label of "Russian shadow fleet" to declare merchant ships fair game.
WELT:
The "Eventin," carrying around 100,000 tons of oil, has been anchored off the coast of Rügen for almost a year. Now, the Federal Fiscal Court has issued a ruling regarding the ship, which is considered part of the Russian shadow fleet.
German customs officials attempted to seize and "dispose of" an oil tanker and its cargo in what amounted to an act of state piracy, but the Federal Fiscal Court has now put a stop to this. International law and the right of refuge still apply, even though attempts are being made to use the cheap label of "Russian shadow fleet" to declare merchant ships fair game.
WELT:
The "Eventin," carrying around 100,000 tons of oil, has been anchored off the coast of Rügen for almost a year. Now, the Federal Fiscal Court has issued a ruling regarding the ship, which is considered part of the Russian shadow fleet.
DIE WELT
Zoll verliert vor Gericht: Öltanker „Eventin“ darf vorerst nicht eingezogen werden - WELT
Seit fast einem Jahr liegt die „Eventin“ mit rund 100.000 Tonnen Öl vor Rügen. Nun gibt es eine Entscheidung des Bundesfinanzhofes zu dem Schiff, das der russischen Schattenflotte zugerechnet wird.
The Czech Republic will not take on any guarantees for Ukraine financing, incoming Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, who will take power on Monday, said on Saturday, adding that the European Commission must find alternative ways of supporting the country.
European Newsroom
Babiš: The EC must find other ways to finance Ukraine, the Czech Republic will not guarantee anything
At next week’s summit, EU presidents and prime ministers will be deciding between two proposed options for financing Ukraine.
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Welcome to Merz's Germany!
FT:
Volkswagen will stop manufacturing vehicles at its site in Dresden after Tuesday, marking the first time in the carmaker’s 88-year history that it will close production in Germany. The closure of the plant’s production line comes as Europe’s largest auto manufacturer is under cash flow pressure as a result of weak China sales and demand in Europe as well as US tariffs weighing on sales in America.
FT:
Volkswagen will stop manufacturing vehicles at its site in Dresden after Tuesday, marking the first time in the carmaker’s 88-year history that it will close production in Germany. The closure of the plant’s production line comes as Europe’s largest auto manufacturer is under cash flow pressure as a result of weak China sales and demand in Europe as well as US tariffs weighing on sales in America.
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