Alex
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Let them fight gif
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Pope Leo urges against a US incursion in Venezuela, as he warns Western countries to be "less fearful" of immigrants https://cnn.it/44IEG9g
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Sweden has announced a winter humanitarian aid package for Ukraine worth over €100 million. According to the government’s press release, the funds will go toward energy supply, infrastructure repair and reconstruction, reforms, and medical support.
December 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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❗️❗️There will be no simple decisions. The question is not the complexity of their adoption. I am able to make decisions - it is important that they are fair, - Zelensky
December 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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ROSNEFT IN DEEP TROUBLE

Russias largest company Rosneft, the state oil giant is in trouble. The company is actually owned 45% by the Russian state, some 19% by the Qatari Investment Fund and until the war 18% by BP, which has written off its holdings. The rest is free floating shares.
The company
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Free cash flow has fallen from $18.2 billion in 2023 to just $6.56 billion in 2025.
Net income is crashing. In 2023 it reached $14.1 billion but has now dropped to $3.57 billion. And all this before the November 21st Sanctions Package. That means that 2025 is going to mean a loss and 2026 is
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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🇺🇦🇺🇸 Zelensky: "Our delegation, which was at meetings in the US with the US president's team, gathered in Ireland today. There are now 20 points that were worked out in Geneva, which were finalized in Florida. Some things still need to be worked out, from what I have seen."
December 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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🇺🇦 Most of Kupyansk is under the control of Ukrainian troops, - Joint Forces Group

Ukrainian military notes that separate groups of Russian invaders are holding out in the northern regions.

"The Russian leadership is still made up of pathological liars," the statement said.
December 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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2/ with total imports falling to approximately 200,000 barrels per day last month, according to data from Kpler and LSEG.
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Sergei Lavrov is still missing…
❗️The 🇨🇳Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also arrived in 🇷🇺Moscow today.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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🇮🇪🇺🇦 Zelensky: Together, we met in Dublin with President Catherine Connolly.

We discussed the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, two Irish universities joining the Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies, accession to the EU, and the steps and decisions to help accelerate this process.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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The Moscow meeting is due to begin within half an hour.

What will be a useful guide is how much later than 14:00GMT, Putin shows up to see Kushner/Witkoff. It's an old power game, he keeps everyone waiting unless he's scared of, or desperate to impress, them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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My latest piece → Shortly before the end of the year, Germany very recently handed over another IRIS-T SLM fire unit to #Ukraine, which has been used to intercept nine Russian targets in the first few days of operation.

deaidua.org/news/2025/12...
Germany delivered ninth IRIS-T SLM fire unit to Ukraine | GAU
Shortly before the end of the year, Germany handed over another IRIS-T SLM fire unit with two additional integrated IRIS-T SLS launchers to Ukraine.
deaidua.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Happening now, NATO chief Mark Rutte is giving a press briefing ahead of a Foreign Ministers' summit.

And President Zelenskyy is meeting with Ireland's leader Micheál Martin.

Here they are meeting a little earlier in Dublin. They will also speak to media shortly.
December 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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🇧🇪🇪🇺 Belgian police raided the EU’s diplomatic service in Brussels on Tuesday, along with the College of Europe in Bruges and private homes, as part of a probe into alleged misuse of EU funds, - Euractiv
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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That kind of makes sense. I doubt civilian vessels carrying sunflower oil are first on Ukraine's "to destroy" list.
December 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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That is interesting - even Reuters missed that clue. Must be Russian shenanigans indeed.

www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Russian-flagged tanker reports drone attack off Turkey, authorities say
A Russian-flagged tanker loaded with sunflower oil reported a drone attack off the Turkish coast on Tuesday, but its 13 crew members were unharmed, Turkey's maritime authority and the Tribeca shipping...
www.reuters.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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🛢🇻🇳 Kremlin’s energy maneuvers: Russia and Vietnam have organized a scheme to bypass the price ceiling for Russian oil, - GUR

The package of documents provides for the expansion of joint oil and gas production on Russian territory and the Vietnamese shelf.
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Here were Zelenskyy's thoughts ahead of the crucial meeting in Moscow today, making it clear yet again that Ukraine is prepared for a ceasefire (266 days after Trump's first demand for one).

By the way, Andrii Hnatov prominent in this post - perhaps an indicator that he could replace Syrskyi.
December 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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🇮🇪🇺🇦 Zelensky met with Irish Prime Minister in Dublin

Ireland has already pledged an additional €125 million to Ukraine for non-lethal military support and more. The assistance includes €25 million for energy restoration and protection.
December 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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🇫🇷 Le Français Thibault Gonzales a été sacré champion du monde de pâté-croûte lundi soir à Lyon, un titre que les chefs japonais défendent farouchement depuis plusieurs années.
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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🕯️The number of victims of the Russian strike on Ternopil on November 19 has increased…

A woman who was seriously injured has died at Hospital in Lviv. This brings the number of deaths from shelling in the city to 36.
December 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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londonlovesbusiness.com/putins-war-m...
While Putin keeps deflecting from Russia’s problems, the Kremlin has always been good at projecting strength, especially when it doesn’t actually have any.
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Russie / Brève / Le cosmonaute russe Oleg Artemyev a été expulsé des États-Unis pour violation de l’ITAR. (il aurait photographié des moteurs SpaceX et d’autres documents internes qui ne doivent pas être diffusés, puis les aurait sortis du territoire) il devait voler sur SpaceX Crew-12
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Speaking of potential Russian assets, Kushy-job Kushner and (estate) Agent Vitkov are being driven to meet the indicted war criminal in the Kremlin.

Let's see if Trump's patsies show any spine with the "amended" 28 point plan.
December 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM