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The Russian state media is publishing photos from the crash site in Belgorod, blurring what appear to be mangled human remains. Moscow claims that dozens of Ukrainian POWs were aboard.

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So, to recap, it sounds like Ukrainian officials acknowledge that a planned POW swap didn’t go ahead today after Russia never arrived with its Ukrainian POWs, and Kyiv implies that, yes, it shot at Russian military transport aviation in Belgorod.

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Ukraine’s Main Intel Directorate officially comments on today’s failed prisoner exchange, saying it did its part and delivered Russian POWs to the swap location but Moscow never told Kyiv to hold its fire against transport planes in Belgorod’s airspace. t.me/DIUkraine/3356

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The Ukrainian army issued its first official statement after a Russian military plane crashed near the border. While it made no mention of the incident, the statement stressed that Ukraine is targeting Russian military transport aviation in Belgorod. meduza.io/en/news/2024...

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Russian Federal Customs Service employees and Federal Security Service officers found over 2,500 pounds of cocaine at St. Petersburg’s Great Port. This is the second large cocaine shipment seized at the port this month. meduza.io/en/news/2024...

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“The United Arab Emirates wields growing influence at U.N. to suppress scrutiny of its activities, and those of its Saudi ally.” Colum Lynch www.devex.com/news/exclusi...

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The SeaKing helicopters promised by Germany may arrive in Ukraine as early as April this year. This was said at a briefing by the spokesman of the German Ministry of Defense Arno Kollatz.

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US asking China to help pressure Houthis, China prefers just watching US flounder and degrade itself in the Middle East for now. www.ft.com/content/bba6...

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Dahlia Scheindlin looks upon Israeli and Palestinian public opinion surveys and despairs. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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Houthi attacks in the Red Sea have caused the biggest diversion of international trade in decades. These maps show the fallout. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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What Gulf states want in Gaza (hint: they each have their own interests). Talal Mohammed foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/15/i...

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Some thoughts for MERIP on the Houthis' Red Sea campaign, the history of Yemeni engagement on Palestine, and the impact the US-UK response may have on Yemen's ongoing conflict. menasky polisky

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Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan published a list of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) allegedly killed in the Russian Il-76 transport plane that crashed in Belgorod Oblast on Jan. 24, but Ukrainian authorities have not verified the news.

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Slovakia will support the E.U.’s Ukraine Facility initiative, which will allow the bloc to provide $54 billion of aid to Ukraine, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on Wednesday after meeting with his Slovakian counterpart. meduza.io/en/news/2024...

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Es sind nicht so viele wie am Sonntag, aber der Neumarkt ist trotzdem gut gefüllt. Es geht auch in Chemnitz weiter.

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Stark, wie ich auf der Webcam der Stadt #Meppen sehe ist der Marktplatz voll zur Demo gegen Rechts! #WirSindMehr #NieWieder

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#Oberhausen #ob2401 Oberhausen bleibt stabil!

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"phoenixRunde: NATO probt den Ernstfall - Wie steht es um Europas Sicherheit?" u.a. mit @alanderminna.bsky.social und @twiegold.bsky.social heute um 19h auf youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkkl...

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🔥 Europeans must increase support for Ukraine significantly – Scholz

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Tucker Carlson is on a two-stop tour in Canada, bringing MAGA to Trudeau’s government just as it’s consumed by how it would respond to a second Donald Trump presidency.

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"Under hard conditions - both the weather and the ratio of forces and resources, the work of expanding the bridgehead in Krynky is extremely difficult, because of complex logistics. But it is possible to hold positions and continue to expand the bridgehead," Humenyuk said.

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🇮🇹 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is seeking to convince Hungarian Premier Viktor Orban to lift his opposition to the European Union’s support for Ukraine and to improve relations with President Volodymyr Zelensky, - Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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❗️ 🇪🇪 #Estonia will provide #Ukraine with a long-term aid package in the amount of €1.2 billion, - said Estonian President Alar Karis 💪🏻🇺🇦 He also stated that Estonia is in favor of allowing the Armed Forces of Ukraine to strike Russian territory with Western weapons.

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According to Bloomberg, the White House supports “in principle” a bill that would allow for a portion of frozen Russian assets to be confiscated and subsequently allocated for Ukraine’s reconstruction. meduza.io/en/news/2024...

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The combat losses of the enemy from February 24, 2022 to January 11, 2024

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South Korean defense chief suggests North Korea looking to sell additional new types of tactical guided missiles to Russia for use in Ukraine, on top of confirmed short-range missile transfers

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Do you know what's missing in this photo? A car! We're now 75% closer to achieving our goal of purchasing an all-terrain vehicle for this drone company of🇺🇦63rd Brigade. Let's complete our 132nd fundraiser & provide vital support to the Ukrainian army💪

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👀 "A pause in the battle is not a pause in the war... during this time, Russia will compensate for the shortage of weapons by actively producing and purchasing missiles and drones," - Zelensky

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"By providing our support, we cannot prevent the destruction of facilities on the territory of the aggressor in order to slow down the advance of Russian troops. And therefore there should be no restrictions on the weapons that are transferred to Ukraine," Estonian President Alar Karis said.

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The US administration has supported a bill that would allow the seizure of some of the $300 billion in frozen Russian assets to be given to Ukraine, according to a November memo from the National Security Council to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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💪🏻🇺🇦 Ukraine will definitely strengthen NATO, especially Eastern Europe. We have experience of using NATO weapons in war, not only in military training, - Zelensky

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An unsucesfull Russian assault in the Kreminna-Terny direction. Russians lost a tank and two BMP's. Work of the 60th Mechanized brigade.

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For the new Labor Department rule on classifying independent contractors to have an effect, it must be coupled with enforcement, our Susan Houseman tells Quartz, yet funding for that enforcement has declined dramatically. qz.com/gig-worker-r... 📉📈

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"The United States wants to encourage the Europeans to take illegal actions (and inevitable losses)," Peskov told RIA Novosti, commenting on publications about the White House’s support for the confiscation of Russian assets

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North Korea may sell new types of tactical guided missiles to Russia as early as this month, in addition to its assumed supply of short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea's Defense Minister Shin Won-sik said. en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2024...

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Almost half of the 23,357 Gazans killed by Israel since October 7th have been children.

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A Florida school district reportedly pulled multiple dictionaries and reference books off its library shelves for including descriptions of “sexual conduct"

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A fantastic reason to do this not just to sovereign assets but property of oligarchs: it would make China think a couple more times about the results of invading or blockading Taiwan

The Russian state media is publishing photos from the crash site in Belgorod, blurring what appear to be mangled human remains. Moscow claims that dozens of Ukrainian POWs were aboard.

So, to recap, it sounds like Ukrainian officials acknowledge that a planned POW swap didn’t go ahead today after Russia never arrived with its Ukrainian POWs, and Kyiv implies that, yes, it shot at Russian military transport aviation in Belgorod.

Ukraine’s Main Intel Directorate officially comments on today’s failed prisoner exchange, saying it did its part and delivered Russian POWs to the swap location but Moscow never told Kyiv to hold its fire against transport planes in Belgorod’s airspace. t.me/DIUkraine/3356

The Ukrainian army issued its first official statement after a Russian military plane crashed near the border. While it made no mention of the incident, the statement stressed that Ukraine is targeting Russian military transport aviation in Belgorod. meduza.io/en/news/2024...

Russian Federal Customs Service employees and Federal Security Service officers found over 2,500 pounds of cocaine at St. Petersburg’s Great Port. This is the second large cocaine shipment seized at the port this month. meduza.io/en/news/2024...

“The United Arab Emirates wields growing influence at U.N. to suppress scrutiny of its activities, and those of its Saudi ally.” Colum Lynch www.devex.com/news/exclusi...

The SeaKing helicopters promised by Germany may arrive in Ukraine as early as April this year. This was said at a briefing by the spokesman of the German Ministry of Defense Arno Kollatz.

US asking China to help pressure Houthis, China prefers just watching US flounder and degrade itself in the Middle East for now. www.ft.com/content/bba6...

Dahlia Scheindlin looks upon Israeli and Palestinian public opinion surveys and despairs. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Houthi attacks in the Red Sea have caused the biggest diversion of international trade in decades. These maps show the fallout. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

What Gulf states want in Gaza (hint: they each have their own interests). Talal Mohammed foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/15/i...

Some thoughts for MERIP on the Houthis' Red Sea campaign, the history of Yemeni engagement on Palestine, and the impact the US-UK response may have on Yemen's ongoing conflict. menasky polisky

Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan published a list of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) allegedly killed in the Russian Il-76 transport plane that crashed in Belgorod Oblast on Jan. 24, but Ukrainian authorities have not verified the news.

Slovakia will support the E.U.’s Ukraine Facility initiative, which will allow the bloc to provide $54 billion of aid to Ukraine, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on Wednesday after meeting with his Slovakian counterpart. meduza.io/en/news/2024...

Es sind nicht so viele wie am Sonntag, aber der Neumarkt ist trotzdem gut gefüllt. Es geht auch in Chemnitz weiter.

Stark, wie ich auf der Webcam der Stadt #Meppen sehe ist der Marktplatz voll zur Demo gegen Rechts! #WirSindMehr #NieWieder

#Oberhausen #ob2401 Oberhausen bleibt stabil!

"phoenixRunde: NATO probt den Ernstfall - Wie steht es um Europas Sicherheit?" u.a. mit @alanderminna.bsky.social und @twiegold.bsky.social heute um 19h auf youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkkl...

🔥 Europeans must increase support for Ukraine significantly – Scholz

Tucker Carlson is on a two-stop tour in Canada, bringing MAGA to Trudeau’s government just as it’s consumed by how it would respond to a second Donald Trump presidency.

"Under hard conditions - both the weather and the ratio of forces and resources, the work of expanding the bridgehead in Krynky is extremely difficult, because of complex logistics. But it is possible to hold positions and continue to expand the bridgehead," Humenyuk said.

🇮🇹 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is seeking to convince Hungarian Premier Viktor Orban to lift his opposition to the European Union’s support for Ukraine and to improve relations with President Volodymyr Zelensky, - Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

❗️ 🇪🇪 #Estonia will provide #Ukraine with a long-term aid package in the amount of €1.2 billion, - said Estonian President Alar Karis 💪🏻🇺🇦 He also stated that Estonia is in favor of allowing the Armed Forces of Ukraine to strike Russian territory with Western weapons.

According to Bloomberg, the White House supports “in principle” a bill that would allow for a portion of frozen Russian assets to be confiscated and subsequently allocated for Ukraine’s reconstruction. meduza.io/en/news/2024...

The combat losses of the enemy from February 24, 2022 to January 11, 2024

South Korean defense chief suggests North Korea looking to sell additional new types of tactical guided missiles to Russia for use in Ukraine, on top of confirmed short-range missile transfers

Do you know what's missing in this photo? A car! We're now 75% closer to achieving our goal of purchasing an all-terrain vehicle for this drone company of🇺🇦63rd Brigade. Let's complete our 132nd fundraiser & provide vital support to the Ukrainian army💪

👀 "A pause in the battle is not a pause in the war... during this time, Russia will compensate for the shortage of weapons by actively producing and purchasing missiles and drones," - Zelensky

"By providing our support, we cannot prevent the destruction of facilities on the territory of the aggressor in order to slow down the advance of Russian troops. And therefore there should be no restrictions on the weapons that are transferred to Ukraine," Estonian President Alar Karis said.

The US administration has supported a bill that would allow the seizure of some of the $300 billion in frozen Russian assets to be given to Ukraine, according to a November memo from the National Security Council to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

💪🏻🇺🇦 Ukraine will definitely strengthen NATO, especially Eastern Europe. We have experience of using NATO weapons in war, not only in military training, - Zelensky

An unsucesfull Russian assault in the Kreminna-Terny direction. Russians lost a tank and two BMP's. Work of the 60th Mechanized brigade.

For the new Labor Department rule on classifying independent contractors to have an effect, it must be coupled with enforcement, our Susan Houseman tells Quartz, yet funding for that enforcement has declined dramatically. qz.com/gig-worker-r... 📉📈

"The United States wants to encourage the Europeans to take illegal actions (and inevitable losses)," Peskov told RIA Novosti, commenting on publications about the White House’s support for the confiscation of Russian assets

North Korea may sell new types of tactical guided missiles to Russia as early as this month, in addition to its assumed supply of short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea's Defense Minister Shin Won-sik said. en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2024...

Almost half of the 23,357 Gazans killed by Israel since October 7th have been children.

A Florida school district reportedly pulled multiple dictionaries and reference books off its library shelves for including descriptions of “sexual conduct"

A fantastic reason to do this not just to sovereign assets but property of oligarchs: it would make China think a couple more times about the results of invading or blockading Taiwan

Pirates seize a ship. abcnews.go.com/Busin...

I interviewed @miraalhussein.bsky.social