❗️Christmas was celebrated in the Main Temple of the Russian Armed Forces. The ceremonial service was attended by Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov.

The liturgy was led by Bishop Siluan of Pavlovsky Posad, the vicar of the Most Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. Representatives of the central military administration bodies, military personnel of the Moscow garrison, their family members, civilian personnel of the Russian Armed Forces, as well as parishioners of the temple participated in the sacrament.

On the morning of January 7, a morning liturgy dedicated to the celebration of the Nativity of Christ will take place in the Main Temple of the Russian Armed Forces. Christmas festivities will be held on the Cathedral Square. Guests can expect New Year's performances for children, creative workshops for making crafts, an exhibition of ice figures, as well as performances by musical groups from Moscow and the Moscow region.

Source: Zvezda
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🇷🇺🇺🇸The White House removes Russia from the equation regarding the seized tanker:

It was a vessel from Venezuela’s ghost fleet” which was considered “stateless after flying a false flag.

In short, what the United States is saying is that the tanker changed its flag and used the Russian flag as a false maneuver in an attempt to protect itself. Now, in order to avoid any kind of diplomatic friction with Russia, they are classifying the vessel as “stateless.”

In general, it is not entirely clear why the office in Sochi approved the change of flag while the ship was in transit, but in the end, it turned out that there was no need to start a nuclear war over an empty tanker.

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🇺🇦"Nobody came to church on the 25th, and on the Russian Christmas it's full!"

A Banderite films Ukrainian Orthodox to report them to the authorities

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☢️❗️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦🇺🇸The US Embassy in Ukraine announces a potential attack in the coming days.

🚨❗️Meanwhile, some Ukrainian blogs are writing about the threat of a strike by the "Orekhnik" missile.

✏️Very interesting commentary by Александр Дмитриев "Одессит из Шеньчженя":

🈁The Western Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities are not "energy" or "Ukrainian objects". They are the foundation of the American plan to capture the European gas market. A key node of the "north-south" scheme, through which the US wanted to push its LNG into Europe and finally displace Russian pipeline gas.

25 billion cubic meters is not a reference figure, it's almost the entire useful volume of Ukrainian storage facilities integrated into a system that has been honed for decades for Russian supplies. It's a complex engineering node, without which the entire American "energy crusade" turns into a set of presentations and fantasies.

LNG comes from two sides - north and south. Next on the plan is to connect the terminals, gain access to the UGS and Baumgarten, lay pipes, declare this as "diversification" and sell gas to Europeans at three times the price. But they don't want to build new pipes - it's expensive. It's much more convenient to ride the existing network and simply seize it from the previous owner.

That's the whole strategy. Crude. Direct. Predatory.

And now about the "analysts" and bloggers.

Most of them are either clinically stupid or deliberately pretending not to understand what happened. They discuss "attacks on Ukraine", "escalation" and "politics", because admitting the reality means admitting that the American gas project has failed, not some abstract "energy".

So the whining about "symbolism", "inefficiency" and "nothing has changed" begins. This is a lie. Everything has changed. Without the UGS, the "north-south" corridor is dead. Without it, American LNG remains expensive, fragmented and unable to replace Russian gas in the necessary volumes.

So either a person doesn't understand this - and then he's just a useful idiot, or he understands - and then he's an enemy. There's no third option.

❗️This is not an attack on Ukraine. This is an attack on the American scheme of capturing pipelines, markets and money. That's why there's so much hysteria, confusion and deliberate misunderstanding around it.

And yes - this is one of the most painful responses. Not loud, not media-driven, but truly adult: where it hurts, it's expensive and you can't really fix it.
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