Kosovo PM says Russia is inflaming Serbia tensions as Ukraine war falters

Albin Kurti warns rising tensions only benefit Putin as ethnic Serbs set up road blocks in north of country

(Unrecognized)Kosovo’s prime minister, Albin Kurti, has warned of Russia inflaming tensions between his country and Serbia due to the war in Ukraine faltering, as Belgrade took its first step in deploying troops to the region.

Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo, where they are in the majority, have had barricades set up for more than a week, preventing the free movement of the Kosovan authorities, despite US and EU calls for the so-called" illegal"road blocks to be dismantled.

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❗️Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the special military operation zone and talked with the commanders of the troops there - Rossiyskaya Gazeta

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President Putin talked with Donetsk region governor Denis Pushilin today.
Putin: As for the shellings, I understand that the AFU shells fall directly on the residential quarters of Donetsk?
Pushilin: Yes, purposeful work on civilian areas. Only in Donetsk city from the 2nd to the 18th, 21 people were killed, 94 were injured.
Putin: Are these civilians?
Pushilin: Absolutely. I request an increase in modern air defense systems and the strengthening of our artillery, this will allow us to push back the enemy. The enemy doesn't stop at anything.
Putin: And no foreign media, human rights organizations will raise their voices about this.
Pushilin: We have been living like this since 2014. Double standards, as if we don't exist. Now the West has confirmed that there can be no trust in them. The ex-Chancellor of Germany admitted this.
Putin: They said that they were not going to do anything. And they signed Minsk only in order to gain time for arming Ukraine and conducting a military operation.

CNN : The next aid package to Ukraine is also expected to include Patriot air defense systems, as CNN first reported last week.

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Russian kamikaze-UAV "Lancet" destroys the American 155-mm howitzer M777 in the Kherson direction.

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🇷🇺 In Artemovsk, the commander of the Ukrainian Cossack Army, V. Sharim, call sign Buga, was killed.

Around 40 militants are reported to have been liquidated along with him.

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Some Bakhmut AFU are dragging a wounded in the arse.

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Special operation, 20 December. The important points.

▪️ Putin said that the situation in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions is extremely difficult, security agencies in the new regions of Russia should do everything to ensure maximum security, respect for the rights and freedoms of citizens

▪️ Putin at the ceremony of presenting state awards in the Kremlin called everyone who is now in the special operation zone a hero and said that he thinks about them every day

▪️President of Russia held meetings in the Kremlin with DPR chief Pushilin and LPR Chief Pasechnik, discussed the situation in the regions

▪️according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the military in the Donetsk direction continued offensive operations, destroying more than 100 Ukrainian military and 6 pieces of equipment in a day

▪️ the Ukrainian Armed forces lost 80 servicemen in the Kupyansk and Krasnolymansk directions in a day, the Russian defense department said.

▪️ in the Krasnolimansk direction , Russian troops attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Nevsky region (LPR), Kyiv's losses in this direction one day amounted to 50 military personnel and 5 pieces of equipment, the RF Ministry of Defense reported

▪️ in the South-Donetsk direction, the Russian Ministry of Defense said, Kyiv's losses amounted to 70 military killed and wounded, as well as three combat armored vehicles and two pickup trucks

▪️ On December 21, Putin will hold an expanded meeting of the board of the Russian Defense Ministry, at which the results of the activities of the Russian Armed Forces in 2022 will be summed up, and tasks for the next year will be set, the Kremlin said

▪️ Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Vershinin said that the European Union is trying to cover up its involvement in war crimes in Ukraine by initiating the creation of a special tribunal that has "no legal force"

▪️ Vershinin added that the anti-Russian resolution of the European Parliament on recognizing the Russian Federation as a "state sponsor of terrorism" has no legal force, it demonstrates an unprecedented level of hostility of European deputies to Russia

▪️ The draft budget for the 2023 fiscal year for 1.7 trillion dollars has been submitted to the United States Congress for consideration, it involves the allocation of 45 billion dollars to Kyiv, according to the text of the document.

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‼️🇷🇺Rare footage: "Night Hunter" "O" Group ("tvazhnyh") destroys the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the front near Svatovo-Kremennaya LPR.
Fierce fighting in the Liman direction continues.

Army aviation plays a significant role in the destruction of enemy forces, equipment, and positions. Reconnaissance and gunners give targets and correct the fire of combat helicopters on clusters and defensive positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Descendants of Holocaust survivors met Ukrainian Nazis and had a heart-to-heart conversation.

A delegation of Ukrainian Nazi Azov regiment and their relatives met with reserve soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces. This, of course, is the height of insanity.

For the record, German historian Dieter Pohl wrote that at least 100,000 Ukrainians joined the police units of the Third Reich and provided key assistance to the Nazis in aiding the mass execution of Jews. 
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The US congress expects Zelensky on Wednesday, says US press

Pelosi is now asking all members of Congress to be physically present on Capitol Hill tomorrow.

Zelensky is supposed to visit DC tomorrow, where he will meet Biden and address Congress.

US Capitol Police Reportedly Boost Security Ahead of a Potential Zelensky Visit on Wednesday.

The Wednesday visit is expected to see Zelensky meet with congressional leaders and senior lawmakers from the national security committee from the Democratic and Republican parties.
The Biden administration has not yet officially confirmed the visit will actually take place.

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President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are planning to meet at the White House on Wednesday in what would be a surprise visit that will coincide with the administration’s intent to send the country a new defense assistance package that will include Patriot missile systems, according to two sources familiar with the planning underway.

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The majority of people in the EU, - with the exception of those in the Baltic states and Poland, - would like to see Russia and Ukraine start negotiations. The Hungarian public opinion research centre Szazadveg asked residents of all 27 eurozone countries.

82% of people across the European Union as a whole "rather agree" with such an idea, while 17% "rather disagree." Residents of those countries where there is no support for the new set of sanctions against Russia were more likely to agree with the idea of negotiations: 91% - Cyprus, 89% - Portugal and Greece, and 88% - Hungary.

Estonia (42%), Latvia (36%), Poland (31%), and Lithuania (29%), were the countries most opposed to the idea of negotiations.
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