⚡️ No peace plan for Ukraine can exist if it does not take into account entry of 4 new regions into Russia

According to the Kremlin, no peace plan for Ukraine can exist if Ukraine does not take into account the incorporation of the four new regions into Russia.

The restriction on the supply of Russian oil will also apply to existing contracts if they contain a certain "price ceiling."

The statements about the "destructive influence" of the Russian Federation on the situation in Kosovo are absolutely not true.

Moscow supports Belgrade in its actions regarding the situation in Kosovo.

It is still premature to talk about Russia's response to the introduction of a ceiling on gas prices; the situation is being analyzed.

-Kremlin spokesperson Peskov
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French people have started receiving vouchers for firewood because of rising electricity prices.

French people who heat their households with firewood can receive cheques for between €50 and €200 starting on December 27, according to Ouest France.
The French must present a personal invoice or certificate for households with collective heating for at least €50, which they have spent on firewood.
According to the publication, the face value of the check depends on the applicants' income and marital status. Only "wealthy or very wealthy families" will not be eligible.

French authorities have suggested that about 70% - which is about 2.6 million households that heat with firewood - will be able to get the vouchers.
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A Finnish-made Sisu XA-180 armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, is burning somewhere in the Donetsk direction.

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Moscow named China, Türkiye, South East Asia, member states of the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union and CIS countries as priority areas for diversifying metal supplies. According to Manturov, trade flows will also focus on the Latin American, African and Middle Eastern markets.
https://www.rt.com/business/568954-russia-metals-export-diversification-asia/

Russia to boost electricity exports to China, Mongolia by 20% in 2022, says minister

It is reported that Russia will supply record-high 4.4-4.5 bln kWh of electrical power to China in 2022

Electricity exports from Russia to China and Mongolia will see a 20-percent jump in total by the end of 2022, Russian Energy Minister Nikolay Shulginov said in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV Channel.

"This year we can talk about the growth of eastbound [electricity] exports, that is, total exports to China and Mongolia have increased by 20%, and there will be an uptick of about 16% to China by the end of the year," the minister revealed.

Russia will supply record-high 4.4-4.5 bln kWh of electrical power to China in 2022, CEO of Inter RAO, the Russian electricity export and import enterprise, Boris Kovalchuk told reporters earlier.
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❗️Thunderstorm of the Seas: Admiral Gorshkov with zircons is one of the most dangerous and powerful "weapons" Russia possesses. 

The frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union, Admiral Gorshkov, is heading out to its first exercises at sea after being upgraded.

That is why, following statements by President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a recent board meeting of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the frigate is now receiving increased attention from so many countries around the world. This sea voyage is the final test of all the ship's systems and crew before the main test - the upcoming long-distance voyage in January, in which the Zircons will be put to the test.

"The ship is armed with cruise missiles, including long-range and hypersonic Zircon missiles. Of course, this carries a certain amount of responsibility. "There is no excitement, and there is also no doubt that all tasks will be performed as they should be," said Oleg Gladkiy, commander of the Northern Fleet's Tsirkon missile ship compound.

The exact capabilities of the Tsirkons are still classified and not advertised. But even the approximate parameters of these missiles are already beyond competition. Flying velocity - above 8 times the speed of sound) - is about 9.5 thousand kilometres per hour, and the range of an attack - up to 1000 kilometres.
 
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#Russia #Ukraine - Battle for #Bakhmut
RF is keeping pressure and is moving north and south from Bakhmut.
Opytne, Klishchevka, Bakhmutske and Pidhorodne are contested

Economic dynamics in Russia may significantly accelerate in early 2023 — Russian presidential aide

According to Maxim Oreshkin, a rather large unfulfilled potential for the growth of the money supply has formed in Russia

The economic dynamics in Russia may seriously accelerate at the beginning of 2023, presidential aide Maxim Oreshkin said in an interview with RBC TV channel on Wednesday.

"If we look at the last six months after a spike in inflation in spring and rising prices, we are ending the last months of the year with inflation below the target level. We do not have such strong domestic demand, and in December we have about 5% of nominal growth in demand. This is very important - there are prerequisites for the fact that the economic dynamics at the beginning of next year can seriously accelerate," Oreshkin said.

According to him, a rather large unfulfilled potential for the growth of the money supply has formed in Russia. To date, since the beginning of the year, the money supply has grown by about 13 trillion rubles ($182 bln) or by 20%, the main growth has occurred on the accounts of enterprises.

"Since the beginning of the year, the increase in ruble balances on the accounts of Russian enterprises has been 8 trillion rubles ($112 bln), which is a 34% growth. A rather large amount of funds that is not yet going into the economy.

The accumulated amount of funds on corporate accounts will now gradually start to come into the economy - through the growth of wages payments, through new investments, through replenishment of stocks. This will give a good impetus at the beginning of next year, so here is the trend that is still moderate, vulnerable, formed on the basis of positive dynamics <...>, these fundamental factors indicate that in at the beginning of next year, we will have a good positive impulse in the economy," the presidential aide said.

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UAC completes 2022 plan to produce Su-57, Su-35S jets for Russian Defense Ministry

The United Aircraft Corporation has completed the 2022 program to produce Su-57 and Su-35S jets for the Defense Ministry’s Aerospace Forces, the corporation’s Director General Yury Slyusar said on Wednesday.

"Our plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur has completed this year’s program to produce the Su-57 fifth-generation aviation systems and multipurpose fighter jets the Su-35S for the Russian Aerospace Forces. We will continue to live up to our commitments. Aircraft scheduled for delivery next year are already in production," he was quoted as saying in a statement from the Industry and Trade Ministry.
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CNN: There are serious difficulties in restoring the Ukrainian energy infrastructure because the electrical equipment used in the United States is not compatible with Ukrainian power networks. Also, Ukraine and NATO are not able to protect the US equipment in the event of immediate deliveries. There's a high risk that the equipment provided by the United States and its partners will be destroyed by Russian missile strikes. 

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The aviation plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur has manufactured a new batch of serial Su-57 5th generation fighters as part of the current year's supply program, the United Aircraft Corporation reported. The company has already handed over the fighters to the RF ministry of Defense

"We will continue to fulfil our obligations." "Aircraft scheduled for delivery next year are already in production," said Yury Slyusar, General Director of UAC.

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Excluding Russia from UN Security Council now impossible — Estonian senior diplomat

This initiative of Kiev "seems unpromising" also because Russia has a veto power in the Council

The idea of the Ukrainian authorities to exclude Russia from the UN Security Council is not feasible now, as it does not find broad international support, Estonian Foreign Ministry Vice Chancellor Mart Volmer told the ERR broadcaster on Wednesday.

"Consideration of the issue of excluding Russia from the UN Security Council would be possible if a very large number of states thought, like Ukraine, that Russia got its place there after the collapse of the USSR outside the procedure, illegally, and this should be reconsidered. But there are essentially no countries that think this is possible and necessary," he said.
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Destroyed equipment of the Ukrainians.....including an ammunition delivery vehicle, in the Bakhmutsky (Artyomovsky) section🔥
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🇷🇺🇸🇾🇹🇷 Defence Ministers of Russia, Syria, and Türkiye conduct tripartite talks in Moscow

The parties have discussed ways to solve the Syrian crisis and the refugee issue, as well as joint efforts to counter extremist groups in Syria.

Emphasis was placed on the progressive nature of their dialogue, and the necessity to continue it in this mode for further stabilisation of the situation in the Arab Republic, and in the region

The Moscow meeting was the first official contact between Turkey and Syria in 11 years - almost since the beginning of the Syrian crisis, Turkey's Hürriyet says
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West Ukraine trap set for Poland