⚡️Wagner PMC Chief Prigozhin orders forces to HOLD artillery fire in Artyomovsk-Bakhmut, Donetsk republic (ex-Ukraine) so US journalists can safely film and return home.

Prigozhin adds if Kiev army attempts to move reserves up along with journalists, his forces will blow them all up.

UPDATE: Prigozhin clarifies that his statement was simply "military humor" and a joke, he will not stop assault on Artyomovsk.

❗️What a disgraceful article by the ABC. Where is the outrage from local Australian Orthodox jurisdictions? How dare the ABC attack the Orthodox Church like this.

⚡️"The prisoner swap is a public indication of the value that Russia places on these priests in Ukraine.

⚡️"A lot of priests became collaborators," said Andrii Kovalov, a leading academic on the Lavra who joined the Ukrainian army last year.

⚡️"They have actively supported the Russian army by informing Russian artillery and aviation.

⚡️Last week, Kyiv exchanged a priest accused of collaborating with Russia for 28 Ukrainian soldiers.

SOURCE ABC NEWS

White House Reveals Budget For Foreign Influence Operations

US President Joe Biden has announced an additional $690 million in spending on what he described as efforts to "keep the torch of liberty burning" around the world, as well as plans to secure a further $9.5 billion from Congress for the same purpose.

Biden revealed the funding plans during a virtual gathering of leaders of select nations, which his administration considers to be “democracies” as opposed to “autocracies.” Much of the money will go through a new bureau to be created within the US Agency for International Development, he said on Wednesday.

Washington also described several areas in which it says American taxpayers’ money will help strengthen democracy abroad. The list includes strengthening “information integrity,” supporting “free and independent media,” fighting corruption, bolstering “human rights and democratic reformers” and defending “free and fair elections.”

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🤮Cringe. 🇰🇷 The bootlicking President of South Korea sings "American Pie" to the delight of US President Joe Biden during an official state visit to Washington...

🇰🇵North Korean state media are going to have a field day with this footage 🤣

🤭Epic trolling, that song is about the death of American innocence given the upheavals of the 60's (JFK, MLK, Vietnam etc) bye bye American hegemony - from the comments section

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