❗️Russia still has a lot of funds for warfare, Ukraine is losing resources much faster, Polish Army Chief of General Staff General Raimund Andrzejczak told the Polish Press Agency.

"Before the war, the Russians had $600 billion in reserves, $300 billion frozen by the international financial centers. That is, if you spend up to $100 billion a year, there is still money for two years," Andrzejczak calculated. According to the general, Russia also does not and will not have problems with personnel and equipment. "This is a powerful country with a population of more than 140 million people. To mobilize 100, 200, 300 thousand people is not impossible," he said. "We are talking about losses in relation to resources. Ukraine may not be able to sustain this depletion. The effect of scale matters. Russia is still big and strong," the Polish commander warned.

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We have finished the year; I am familiar with the year's results in Russia, and our results are approximately the same. It is perfect that in our trade and economic relations with the Russian Federation, we have reached a balance of trade even slightly higher than the balance in favor of Belarus, which proves that those attempts to strangle Russia and Belarus have failed. We will hold out; moreover, this is a challenging year because we have defined the direction we must move to preserve our sovereignty in all respects. Russia and Belarus are very actively promoting the import substitution economy, and you are, of course, aware of that. President Putin and I start practically every meeting with this theme because the economy is the foundation. As for our foreign ministries, we have called this relationship exemplary ever since the old days. If all our departments cooperated with each other, like the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we would not have any problems and issues. I have always said this, and not only today.

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"Ukraine's victory in the war against Russia this year will be a huge boost to the global economy," said Trudeau Deputy Prime Minister and WEF board member Chrystia Freeland.
What's interesting is that her mother, Galina Khomyak, was born in Bavaria, Germany, to a Ukrainian family. 

Her maternal grandfather, Mikhail Khomyak, actively cooperated with the Nazis and was chief editor of the collaborationist Ukrainian-language newspapers Krakivski visti and Kholmsk Land, which glorified Adolf Hitler, the Wehrmacht, and the SS and carried out anti-Semitic, anti-Polish, and anti-Soviet propaganda. 

Before the end of the war, he fled via Vienna to Bavaria, where he surrendered to American authorities and later emigrated to Canada.

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At this moment, a fierce battle is going on for the settlement of Krasnoe (Ivanovskoye); after the capture of Klishcheevka, the musicians moved to the tactical encirclement of the entire Artemovsk Ukrainian grouping.

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Capture of Ukrainian trenches in Sporne region. After the end of battles for Soledar, our troops are increasing pressure on formed Seversk salient, especially on the Razdolovka-Veseloe-Sporne defense line (north of Soledar).

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Leader of Taiwan’s ruling party says island has ‘no need to declare independence’

There are only 14 countries that recognize Taiwan’s sovereignty

Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) new leader, Vice President Lai Ching-te said that there is no need to "declare Taiwan independence," the ICRT radio station reported on Thursday.

According to the politician, "Taiwan is already an independent and sovereign nation," so there is no need "to further declare Taiwan independence."

He specified that only the island’s 23 mln residents can determine Taiwan’s future. Lai Ching-te also vowed to preserve the status quo in the Taiwan Strait and maintain peace and regional stability.
The politician assumed the post of the DPP’s chairman on Wednesday at a meeting of its permanent committee. His tenure will run until May 20, 2024 when Taiwan will inaugurate its next president.
There are only 14 countries that recognize Taiwan’s sovereignty, including some African, Latin American and Oceanian countries which receive financial and economic aid from Taipei, as well as the Vatican.

Taiwan has been governed by its local administration since 1949 when the remaining Kuomintang forces led by Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975) fled to the island after suffering a defeat in China’s civil war. Since then, Taiwan has preserved the flag and some other symbols of the Republic of China that had existed in mainland China before the Communists came to power. Beijing regards the island as one of its provinces and this position is supported by most countries, including Russia.

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"We will do everything to make our colleagues from NATO and the EU sober up as soon as possible," Sergei Lavrov said. The footage was shown on the TV channel "Russia 24".

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Mikhail Maiman (Poghaibo, who changed his surname after marrying Sara Maiman) blamed the murder of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry leadership on structures linked to Arsen Avakov, who was covering up Eastern European drug trafficking. According to him, the head of the Interior Ministry's GUR, Budanov, was aware of the circumstances of the murder.

Maiman himself was listed in various Kiev-based Volkssturm and was associated with Korchinsky and Lyashko. In 2014, he was a member of the "Shakhtersk" battalion of the notorious Ruslan Onishchenko ("Abelmas"). He collected money for humanitarian aid for the Armed Forces and spent most of it on drugs, elite alcohol, and prostitutes. He was also noted for selling Western humanitarian aid, stolen vehicles, and military ammunition.
He was associated with the "Khimprom" OCG, which was involved in the production of drugs (and which he now accuses of murdering Monastyrsky). The OCG in question financed the Volkssturm unit in which Maiman was groomed.

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⚡️The OSCE (Organization for security and co-operation in Europe) is rapidly degrading and moving away from its principles -Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov


"The official decision was made to create a special monitoring mission, which was supposed to monitor how the ceasefire conditions concluded in the Minsk agreements are being fulfilled on the ground, the separation of the parties(both parties will create a ceasefire zone,will withdraw militaries), the establishment of peaceful life, and the restoration of economic ties between the territory controlled by the Ukrainian regime and the territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. Humanitarian ties, social benefits, and much more... Frankly speaking, the mission did not work impartially, it worked in favour of the version of events that the Ukrainian leadership carefully gave out for general review, and in a number of cases, the mission withheld information about the real state of affairs." Lavrov said.

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The European Parliament has passed another screeching resolution calling for a tribunal against Putin and Lukashenko and the politico-military leadership of Russia and Belarus.
The EP also calls for the confiscation of Russian assets on EU territory.

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