As every day and night Ukraine forces have opened fire on Center Donetsk. Now I show you the Opera Theatre and children clothing store that was hit by rockets at 5am this morning.

🇺🇦Adviser to the Ukrainian President's Office, Mykhaylo Podolyak, said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will soon receive 🇺🇸Abrams and 🇩🇪Leopard tanks, as well as the Patriot air defence system.

Podolyak: "Just trust me that very soon we will get Patriot, as well as Abrams and Leopard, and everything else. This is an objective evolvement of this war. It will all be on our territory."

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‼️🇺🇦🏴‍☠️"We'll kill them all!" - Ukrainian Nazis in Kherson destroying the property of people accused of collaborating with Russia 🔞
"It's the collaborator, guys. These are buggers who helped Russia. Thought they were going to be here forever. We'll f**king kill them all!"

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⚡️⚡️ Key updates on Russia and #UkraineCrisis as on December 12

Time for diplomacy?
The United States is prioritising efforts to boost Ukraine's air defences, through security assistance, including the latest (December 9) announcement of $275 million in additional ammunition and equipment, U.S. President Joe Biden told President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy while he also said he “welcomed President Zelenskyy’s stated openness to a just peace based on fundamental principles” enshrined in the United Nations Charter.

Zelensky said that he had coordinated positions with the American leader on the eve of the G7 summit.
Zelensky also spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday, according to his office. “Next week will be important in this regard,” Zelensky said in his telegram address, noting the G7 summit and a conference in France would focus attention on “the recovery and resilience of Ukraine in the winter.”

Attack on Melitopol
Ukraine’s military claimed it struck a hotel complex housing dozens of Russian soldiers in the occupied city of Melitopol on Saturday night, reportedly using long-range artillery supplied by the United States, The Hill reports citing the exiled mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov who said in a Telegram post that the hotel complex was housing up to 200-300 Russian soldiers, adding that dozens of them were killed or wounded in the attack.

Acting administration of Melitopol (pro-Russian) refuted the claims that any military infrastructure was targeted or any losses occurred, claiming a resort serving civilians was attacked, killing two people and injuring 10.

EU’s sanctions
The ninth package of anti-Russian sanctions has not yet been adopted by the European Union, as negotiations between the members of the association have reached an impasse. EU foreign ministers will meet on Monday to try to agree on further sanctions on Russia and Iran and an additional 2 billion euros ($2.11 billion) for arms deliveries to Ukraine. However, it remained unclear whether Hungary will block some decisions, resorting to what diplomats have denounced as "blackmail diplomacy" due to a dispute over locked EU funds for Budapest.

Strategic protection
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has proposed tougher penalties in case of violation of the law on foreign investments in companies strategically important for the country. The agency wants to establish a direct rule that allows the state to withdraw all assets acquired by a foreign owner as a result of a transaction that is not agreed with the relevant legal commission, Vedomosti reported. (Now, after the recognition of such transactions as invalid, the foreign buyer returns the shares to the seller).

WHo’s Mr Bout?
Viktor Bout, an arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death” who was being released from a U.S. prison as part of an exchange for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, gave his first interview back in Moscow. Speaking to the Kremlin-backed RT channel in an interview released on Saturday, Bout said he kept a portrait of Putin in his prison cell in the United States. "I am proud that I am a Russian person, and our president is Putin," the former Soviet air force pilot said in the 40-minute interview. "I know that we will win," he added, saying he was enjoying snow and "the air of freedom" since his return to Russia on Thursday.

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🤝🇧🇬 A pro-Russia rally took place in Sofia

"Russia's victory is a victory for Bulgaria and the whole world!", "We are not neutral! We support Russia!" - these are the slogans of Bulgarians, who took to the streets to support our country ❤️

Balkan Slavs call for the lifting of anti-Russian sanctions and oppose weapon supplies to Kiev.

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Von der Leyen has been given a good kick.

"Do we talk about investigating the war crimes of Israel? No! Do we sanction Israel for these crimes, as we have sanctioned Russia? No!"

Irish MP Richard Boyd Barrett is asking Ursula von der Leyen extremely uncomfortable questions, exposing the EU's double standards.

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European Council adopts €18 billion assistance to Ukraine

Many tried to figure out how this could be done regardless of the veto by Hungary blocking the EU loan. However, today it has been confirmed that Hungary's veto and the EU rules have simply been ignored by European officials. Effectively, the EU is now just one big colony, formally consisting of a number of countries, whose interests or opinions don't matter.

If the European Commission makes a decision, all the member countries are just forced to pay and that's it, rules no longer matter, "might is right" is the only rule.

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EU External Relations Commissioner Josep Borrell is concerned about the close relations between Turkey and Russia. One reason: the possible circumvention of sanctions.

The European Union is concerned that Turkey is cultivating too close a partnership with Russia - despite the Russians' war of aggression in Ukraine and the harsh Western sanctions against Moscow.

The deepening of economic relations between Turkey and Russia is "cause for great concern", says a letter from EU foreign affairs envoy Josep Borrell to the EU Parliament, quoted by Funke Mediengruppe. Also worrying is Turkey's continued policy of "not joining the EU's restrictive measures against Russia".

According to the report, Borrell pointed out that the EU and Turkey form a customs union and thus grant free movement of goods, which also includes "dual use" goods - i.e. goods that can be used for civilian and also military purposes. It is important that Turkey does not offer Russia any circumvention solutions, Borrell warned.

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🇷🇺🇺🇸Russian diplomats in the US were not allowed to lay flowers on the graves of Soviet citizens who died in Alaska

The ceremony of laying flowers at the graves of Soviet pilots and sailors killed in 1942-1945 and buried at Fort Richardson War Memorial Cemetery was scheduled to take place on December 10 as part of our diplomats' trip agenda. However, local authorities did not allow the Russian embassy staff to visit the gravesite and pay their respects to their fallen compatriots. No explanation was provided.

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Elon Musk has released the second part of the Twitter censorship exposé.

This time, the technical component of the censorship was revealed. Each account had special statuses. If someone posted objectionable content, their audience reach was artificially reduced.
The censors could arrange a full-fledged shadow ban so that a user's content would not be shown to subscribers. They could put a block on showing the user in search results - slowing down the user's subscriber growth.

Posts from the "right" accounts, on the contrary, were shown more frequently. Those who published unwelcome content were put on the "blacklist" - and over time they could be banned altogether.

The most high-profile decisions involving the banning of celebrities - such as Trump - were made by a small circle of Twitter's top lawyers.

In fact, it's not just about censorship - it's about trying to create a technical model for managing public opinion on a social network. Musk intends to retain some of the technical components of this censorship - but to make them visible to users.

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Cold War Weapons | Spies Episode 2

Check out the last episode of Cold War Weapons series. Sophisticated gadgets, special shooting devices and secret agents became an integral part of the superpowers rivalry. Back the Cold War times, nearly every mission ended up being a battle between spy gadgets. But not all the agents were eager to use the sophisticated technology: if found, these devices would be a strong indication that their owner was a spy.

What secrets could be passed and how did it affect the Cuban Missile Crisis? Watch the video to reveal more details about Cold War spy missions.

All pervious episodes are available by the links:

Spies Episode 1
Tanks: Episode 1
Tanks: Episode 2
Lasers: Episode 1
Lasers: Episode 2
Anti-Satellite Weapons: Episode 1
Anti-Satellite Weapons: Episode 2
MiG Fighters: Episode 1
MiG Fighters: Episode 2

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NATO promises not to expand eastwards - NATO is expanding eastwards.

U.S. says missile defense deployment in Eastern Europe is not directed against Russia - missile defense deployment in Europe is directed against Russia.

West says Minsk agreements are the only way to peace - West uses Minsk agreements to prepare for a major war in Ukraine.

The US and NATO say they are against nuclear escalation - the US and NATO controlled Zelensky regime is shelling the Zaporizhzhia NPP.

US and NATO say they are not seeking direct war with Russia - you are here.

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One of the many ways in which the war in Ukraine is tragic is that it's breaking longtime ties between people: family, personal, professional, etc. We've heard many stories of relatives and friends who stop talking to each other because they find themselves on different sides. In that sense, President Putin is right in saying that this conflict is very much like a civil war.

Today's story is about two scientists, one from Russia and one from Ukraine, who used to cooperate, but now they have a major disagreement on the reasons behind the war and its moral aspects.

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🇺🇦🏴☠️Führer Zelensky has decreed personal sanctions against representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
They include Metropolitan Anthony (Pakanich), the UOC administrator, Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko) of Zaporozhye, Metropolitan Meletiy of Chernovtsy and Bukovina and others.

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