🔴Russia Has Upper Hand in Electronic Warfare with Ukraine – FT

Moscow has increasingly deployed EW to push off-course Ukraine’s western-supplied, precision-guided munitions, such as HIMARS rockets and Excalibur artillery shells, the outlet noted.

One Ukrainian soldier bemoaned the lack of EW protection for his unit, which was largely wiped out – with Russian drones “hitting us like mosquitoes.”

“What radio-electronic warfare? . . . We had none. I don’t even want to recall those days in the trenches. Our boys were falling like flies,” he added.

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🪙 UN Temporarily Closes Geneva HQ Due to Lack of Funds

The unprecedented step was taken due to exorbitant electricity costs, with officials citing a staggering 300% increase in bills over the past three years.

The closure of the Palais des Nations on December 20, 2023, is in response to a severe liquidity crisis for the UN. The historic structure had been its European hub since 1966.

UN spox Alessandra Vellucci expressed concerns earlier this week – revealing that 50 member states have not met their financial obligations.

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😳 “New America”: Biden's Polling Figures Are Dropping to Record Levels So the Left has Resorted to Making Fake Movie Trailers about Trump

The fear porn is strong in this one. 🤡

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👔🇺🇦😴 A tired Zelensky looks too weak to achieve victory, the West wants a speedy peace - Telegraph

🔻The West does not believe that Putin is attacking NATO, so it is in no hurry to increase aid to Ukraine, says British military expert, retired Colonel Richard Kemp.

🔻Ukraine did not put forward a new strategy after the failure of the counteroffensive.
"Ukraine has no clear strategy for the future conduct of the conflict. Zelensky continues to insist that Ukraine will return all of its territory occupied by Russia; although, after clearly over-promising for a summer offensive, he appears to be no longer talking about a time frame.”

🔻Zelensky’s statements about shifting the center of gravity of the war to Crimea and the Black Sea are not enough for the West to stop “keeping its hands in its pockets” (that is, providing metered assistance).

🔻The author, who visited Kiev, said that “some political leaders” in Kiev are discussing the idea of ​​a peace agreement “in which Russia would accept Ukraine’s membership in NATO in exchange for guarantees that there would be no attempts by Ukraine to regain lost territory.”

🔻According to Kemp, Biden and European leaders “want nothing more than such a peace agreement, and as soon as possible.” They do not believe Ukraine’s words that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are fighting for all of Europe, which Russia, according to Zelensky, will attack if it defeats Ukraine.

🔻"There is no indication that the US President or the leaders of Western Europe really believe this. If they did, they would have long ago done everything possible to contain the Russian Federation and supply Ukraine with the huge amount of weapons it needs to defeat Russia," - writes the analyst.

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🤥 NEW: Israeli President Herzog claims document seized by IDF troops reveal how Hamas commanders established summer camps for children to wage jihad (NBC)

Shall we give it a week before his accusations are easily debunked?

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ℹ️NOW: US Congressional leaders reach $1.59 trillion deal on top line spending - paving way for deal to fund the govt, preventing potential shutdown

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⚠️ UPDATE: Number Of Missing In Japan Quake More Than Triples To 323 - Authorities

Most of the jump was down to Wajima, one of the worst-hit places after the January 1 earthquake, with the number of people unaccounted for there rising from 31 to 281.

The death toll currently stands at 161.

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⚠️ JUST IN: At least 73 Palestinians have been killed and 99 injured in Israeli airstrikes on enclave during past 24 hours - Gaza Health Ministry

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📈 Israel’s “Most Expensive War”: Cost of Fighting Grows to Nearly $60BN (Yedioth Ahronot)

The huge bill for war after 3 months comes despite Israel’s “goals not being met,” the newspaper noted.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Huge Fire Ongoing at Residence of Former Japan PM Kakuei Tanaka in Tokyo

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😳 Israel's Finance Minister: “There are 2 million Nazis in Gaza"

“We need to establish a Jewish settlement in Gaza - if we are not there and there are 2 million Nazis there, we will wake up in 10 years to a new October 7,” Bezalel Smotrich claimed - while once again calling for the en masse displacement of Palestinians.

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💬 Senior Hamas leader Osama Hamdan responds to Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich’s displacement calls:

“Smotrich will soon return to his homeland Ukraine and I will soon return to my homeland Palestine.”

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🇮🇱 BREAKING: Israel is already intimidating judges ahead of the hearing on the Gaza Genocide.

According to a cable obtained by Axios, the Israeli Foreign Ministry is calling on the country's embassies to pressure host country diplomats and political leaders to swiftly issue an "immediate and unequivocal statement along the following lines: To publicly and clearly state that YOUR COUNTRY rejects the outrage[ous], absurd, and baseless allegations made against Israel."

The cable warns that "a ruling by the court could have significant potential implications that are not only in the legal world but have practical bilateral, multilateral, economic, security ramifications." Israel is seeking to prevent an injunction ordering the country to suspend its attack on Gaza.

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