Zelenskyy refused to vote against the UN General Assembly resolution on occupation of Palestinian territories - reason is that Jerusalem has not supplied Kiev with air defenses

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call late Friday asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution that calls on the International Court of Justice to issue a legal opinion on the consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories, Ukrainian and Israeli officials told Axios.

Ukraine had voted in favor of the resolution during a UN committee vote but did not attend Friday's General Assembly vote "in order to give a chance to the relationship with Netanyahu," the Ukrainian official said.

Zelenskyy ignored Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's request to vote against the resolution on the occupation of the Palestinian territories. The reason was that in the opinion of the leaders of the Kiev regime, the country did not supply Kiev with enough weapons and air defence systems, Axios wrote with a reference to the Ukrainian officials.

The resolution itself was introduced by Palestine, it was adopted on December 30, and Netanyahu spoke to all the leaders of the countries who expressed support. In the end, as the paper specifies, Zelenskyy went in for de facto blackmail: he wanted to hear what preferences Kiev would receive if it voted against it. In his turn, the Israeli prime minister promised nothing but expressed his readiness to negotiate in the future.

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2022 strongly consolidated society on the way to Russia’s sovereignty — Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin called the outgoing year 2022 "the year of difficult decisions", which put a lot in its place and strongly consolidated Russian society.

"The year 2022 is coming to an end. It was a year of difficult, necessary decisions, the most important steps towards gaining full sovereignty of Russia and powerful consolidation of our society," the head of state said in his New Year's address to Russian citizens..

"That was a year that put a lot of things in their proper place, clearly separated courage and heroism from betrayal and cowardice, and showed that there is no higher power than love for one's family and friends, loyalty to friends and comrades, and devotion to one's Fatherland," the President said

Video 🎥: Putin's speech on December 31, 2022 at the headquarters of the Southern military District #TASS
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Russia never to be divided — Putin

"We have never let anyone do this and never will," Putin emphasized.

The West was lying about peace and is cynically using Ukraine and its people to sow discord in Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his New Year’s address to the nation.
"The West was lying about peace while gearing up for aggression, and now it is admitting it openly, without hesitation." "And they are cynically using Ukraine and its people in order to weaken and divide Russia," the head of state said.
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Brazilian president-elect meets with Russian upper house speaker

The Brazilian President-Elect, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has met with Russian Federation Council (the upper house of parliament) Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko, who heads the country’s delegation to his upcoming inauguration ceremony.

"I received Federation Council Chairperson <...> Valentina Matviyenko, the head of the country’s delegation. I thanked her for congratulations from [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and expressed Brazil’s desire for peace and for the parties to find common ground to end the conflict [in Ukraine]," Lula da Silva wrote on Twitter.
The inauguration ceremony is scheduled to take place on Sunday.

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🇺🇦Point of permanent deployment of the 8th regiment of the MTR of Ukraine was destroyed in Khmelnitsky

A military unit of the elite Ukrainian special forces was hit by a rocket during yesterday's massive strike. The 8th SSO Regiment from Khmelnytsky is considered the best special forces unit in Ukraine. Data on enemy losses is not yet available.

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Damage to Ukraine's energy infrastructure has reached an unprecedented level, said Volodymyr Kudrytsky, head of the board of Ukrenergo.

"The level of damage is unprecedented. <…> It is clear that a fairly large part of the facilities were either damaged or destroyed. And we are talking here not only about Ukrenergo substations, we are also talking about power plants - thermal, hydroelectric, thermal power plants. <…> The damage is significant , and it takes months, if not years, to fully restore the energy system," he said on the air of the Rada TV channel.

According to Kudritsky, significant damage was recorded to energy facilities, in particular, in the Nikolaev and Kharkiv regions, as well as in the areas of the Kherson region controlled by Kyiv.

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On January 1, 2023, the circulation of the hryvnia ceased in Zaporozhye, Kherson regions, in the DPR and LPR

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🇰🇵 North Korea confirmed that it tested a super-large multiple rocket launcher system on December 31 and January 1 to confirm its performance, and the projectiles hit targets in the Sea of Japan. The new units of 600-mm super-large MLRS can strike anywhere in South Korea and carry tactical nuclear warheads. - KCNA
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the "exponential" expansion of his country’s nuclear arsenal, the development of a more powerful intercontinental ballistic missile, and the launch of its first spy satellite, state media reported Sunday, after he entered 2023 with another weapons firing following a record number of testing activities last year.

Kim’s moves are in line with the broad direction of his nuclear weapons development program, as he has repeatedly vowed to boost both the quality and quantity of his arsenal to cope with what he calls US hostility. Some experts say Kim’s push to produce more nukes and new weapons systems reflects his hopes to solidify his future negotiating power as he heads into prolonged tensions with the US and its allies.

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Combat work of Group "O" Grad on the Svatovo-Kremennaya line

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Retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis, in an article for 19 Forty-Five, pointed to the lack of scenarios for Ukraine's victory in the conflict with Russia and stated: "The Ukrainian Armed Forces are not capable of standing up to the Russian army." "The reason for this is the lack of necessary military resources."

"There is no scenario that predicts victory for the Ukrainian army." "The military reality is that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not equipped and manned with the necessary resources to mount a major offensive operation of sufficient strength to dislodge hundreds of thousands of Russian troops from Ukraine," he said.

The United States, according to Davis, should not be drawn into a major war, and the top priority for Washington is to avoid becoming involved in the conflict as a direct participant, regardless of how the situation develops.

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Archangel Spetsnaz writes: 

About the Situation in Artemovsk:

Russian paratroopers are attacking positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and are defeating the enemy defences at strongholds and blocking Artemovsk from all sides.
At night, the Ukrainian DRGs were liquidated west of Bathmat. 

PMC "Wagner" destroyed the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who were trying to counterattack in Andreevka.
 
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In his New Year's speech, Nazi Ukrainian dictator Volodymyr Zelensky glorifies the incredible acts by the brave Ukrainians.

He officially stated:
"Remember when a woman shot down a Russian drone by throwing a jar of pickled tomatoes at it?"

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On December 31, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a massive strike with high-precision weapons at the facilities of the Ukrainian defence industry, which manufacture attack drones. During the strike on December 31, storage sites and launch sites for attack drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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Ukrainian channels write that all the pre- New year and new-year's day drone and missile attacks were on military targets in Ukraine. 
Most of these military facilities are located outside the urban agglomeration, so there are few or no photos or videos of the attacked sites, which gave a window of opportunity for propagandists and clowns in the Ukrainian President's office to disseminate the lie that everything was shot down. 

Also, the propagandists have been throwing outright nonsense into the information field all day yesterday and today, which could mean that the losses were very "painful." It is worth stressing that the losses were "behind the lines," or in the rear, as the attacks targeted military units, training grounds, communication bunkers, and military training centres.

In response, the Ukrainian armed forces have been harshly pounding the streets of Donetsk. This is already something of a tradition.
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