Sunday, December 25, 2022
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KyivIndependent: “The girl was taken to the hospital with multiple shrapnel wounds,” he said. She is reportedly in “serious condition.” Yanushevych said Russian troops shelled Kherson Oblast 74 times with artillery, MLRS, mortars, and tanks.
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ZelenskyyUa: Це не чутливий контент – це реальне життя України та українців. Херсон. Зранку, у суботу, у переддень Різдва, у центральній частині міста. Це терор, це вбивста заради залякування та задоволення. Світ має бачити, проти якого абсолютного зла м
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Greek Catholics to consider revising religious calendars. Until recently, both the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and Ukrainian Greek Catholics had used only the Julian calendar, which is also used by the Russian Orthodox Church.
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ZelenskyyUa: This is not sensitive content – it's the real life of . Kherson. On the eve of Christmas, in the central part of the city. It's terror, it's killing for the sake of intimidation and pleasure. The world must see what absolute evil we are fighting against. #russiaisateroriststate https://t.co/ll1KAjHRom
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Russia kills 2 civilians, injures 5 in Donetsk Oblast over past day. Russian attacks killed two people and wounded two in the community of Kurakhove, Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported on Dec. 24. Three people were injured in Yelyzavetivka, Lyman, and Bakhmut.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Air raid alert sounds in Kyiv, 13 regions in Ukraine on Dec. 24. Air raid alerts went off in the city of Kyiv, as well as Kyiv, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Sumy, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, and Cherkasy oblasts and occupied Crimea.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Media: French Defense Minister to visit Ukraine on Dec. 28. According to BMF TV, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu will assure Ukraine of France’s support and pay tribute to the victims of Russia’s war.
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KyivIndependent: “The situation along the border with Belarus remains fully under control,” Border Guard Service spokesperson Andrii Demchenko said, adding that Belarus is nonetheless strengthening its border with Ukraine.
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DefenceU: "All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." Winston Churchill Total combat losses of the enemy from Feb 24 to Dec 24: https://t.co/YK57TH9MlG
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KyivIndependent: The campaign was launched by President Volodymyr Zelensky's Initiative @U24_gov_ua, together with @VitscheBerlin.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Update: Russian attack on Kherson kills at least 8 people. According to the Kherson Oblast Prosecutor's Office, the Russian attack on downtown Kherson has killed at least eight and injured 17 civilians.
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KyivIndependent: These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Dec. 24, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/MgMWa2nXCc
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️General Staff: Ukrainian forces hit Russian personnel concentration areas. Ukraine’s rocket and artillery forces have hit two Russian personnel concentration areas and an S-300 missile system, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said in an update on Dec. 24.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Governor: Russia launches mortar attack on Kharkiv Oblast, killing 1 person. Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov said the attack killed a 72-year-old man. A 74-year-old woman was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds.
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DefenceU: RT @oleksiireznikov: Barbaric shelling of Kherson by russian terrorists is not only another war crime, but also revenge on its residents who resisted the occupation and proved to the whole world that Kherson is Ukraine. #russiaisaterroriststate 1/2 https://t.co/AkKGzbyAdJ
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Germany delivers 13 armored recovery vehicles to Ukraine. The German government also said it had supplied to Ukraine 78 border protection vehicles, 35 ambulances, 6 lift trucks, 60,000 rounds of 40 mm ammunition, 18,500 155mm projectiles, and 18 load-handling trucks.
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KyivIndependent: It has been exactly 10 months since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here's how the front line has been changing since Feb. 24. https://t.co/vUgHYMrqxk
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Update: Death toll from Russian shelling of Kherson on Christmas Eve rises to 10.
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Ukraine: Light and hope will prevail even without electricity. Merry Christmas & #StandWithUkraine Art by @grekhov https://t.co/9PeMKCLlOS
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Court sentences 4 Russian soldiers to 11 years' jail for torturing Ukrainian veterans. The men, two Russian soldiers and two mercenaries, were found to have brutally tortured three war veterans in the village of Borova in northeastern Kharkiv Oblast.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Border Guard Service: No signs of troops, military equipment movements in Belarus toward Ukraine.
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KyivIndependent: Due to frequent blackouts caused by Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, many hospitals in the country rely on power generators to be able to provide care. Consider supporting a campaign to supply 100 generators to Ukrainian hospitals: https://t.co/ozkzRizlw4 https://t.co/JcMg0vUez9
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️UN: At least 6,826 civilians killed by Russia's war against Ukraine. According to the United Nations human rights agency, Russia's war against Ukraine has killed at least 6,826 civilians and injured at least 10,769 from Feb. 24 through Dec. 19.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️NYT: Ukraine’s intelligence chief says Russia has received 1,700 kamikaze drones from Iran.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ UK intelligence: Munitions shortage remains Russia’s ‘key limiting factor.' While Russia has bolstered its forces in Ukraine, “a shortage of munitions highly likely remains the key limiting factor on Russian offensive operations,” said the U.K. Defense Ministry. https://t.co/9OhR4U5Uuc
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky: ‘We will not wait for a miracle, we're creating one ourselves.' President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated Christians celebrating Christmas on Dec. 25.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Pink Floyd raises $600,000 for Ukraine.
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KyivIndependent: No children reportedly killed or injured, Yanushevych said on national TV, as quoted by Ukrainska Pravda. One of the rockets landed next to a supermarket in downtown Kherson, Yuriy Sobolevskyi, first deputy head of Kherson Oblast Council, said in a Telegram post.
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KyivIndependent: Russian forces conducted 225 attacks in the Bakhmut sector, using artillery, multiple rocket launch systems, and tanks on Dec. 24, according to Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesperson of Ukraine's Eastern Operational Command.
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KyivIndependent: Previously Ukraine had celebrated Christmas on Jan. 7 - on the same day as Russia. Most Orthodox churches and Roman Catholics celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25. This year, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has allowed its parishes to celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Governor: At least 5 killed, 35 injured in Russian attack on central Kherson. President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attack, saying "it is killing for the sake of intimidation and pleasure.” Photos: President Volodymyr Zelensky via Telegram https://t.co/oOO93PpBzH
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KyivIndependent: Separately, Kherson Oblast Governor Yaroslav Yanushevych reported that at least seven people were killed and 58 residents were injured, 18 of which are in serious condition.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Eastern Operational Command: 90 Russian troops killed, 100 injured near Bakhmut on Dec. 24.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Governor: Russian forces kill 5 civilians, injure 17 in Kherson Oblast on Dec. 23. Russian attacks on Kherson Oblast over the past day killed five civilians and injured 17, including a six-year-old girl, reported Kherson Oblast Governor Yaroslav Yanushevych.
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DefenceU: RT @oleksiireznikov: russians are shelling residential buildings on a daily basis. The Convention respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land prohibits the attack or bombardment of towns, villages, dwellings, or buildings which are undefended. But the occupiers don’t care. #tribunal4russia 4/13
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DefenceU: Merry Christmas to our soldiers in dugouts and trenches, in barracks and command post! Merry Christmas to their families in Ukraine and abroad! Merry Christmas to volunteers! Merry Christmas to everyone who believes in victory of light over darkness! Victory will be ours. https://t.co/GOcJIL9QpX
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KyivIndependent: Rock band Pink Floyd announced it has raised the funds with the song Hey Hey Rise Up. The song features vocals by Andriy Khlyvniuk, Ukrainian lead vocalist of Boombox, from his viral video singing a folk song in central Kyiv during first day of the full-scale invasion.
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KyivIndependent: The Ukrainian Air Force struck Russian troops, weapons, and military equipment three times, the General Staff said.
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KyivIndependent: Roman Catholics use the Gregorian calendar, while the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and most other autocephalous (independent) Orthodox churches use the revised Julian calendar, which currently coincides with the Gregorian calendar.
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KyivIndependent: Currently, a vulnerability of Moscow’s operational design is that simply keeping up defense operations at the front line necessitates a “significant daily expenditure of shells and rockets,” the ministry reported.
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DefenceU: RT @oleksiireznikov: Ukraine will be able to prevent such tragedies if it has more means of counter-battery warfare, more artillery and more long-range ammunition. Thus, russian murderers will be punished and driven out from Ukraine. 2/2 https://t.co/sYEUf4imT5
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DefenceU: Dark Christmas Eve in Kherson. russian invaders attacked the unconquered city with heavy weapons. Seven people who went out for Christmas shopping were killed and 35 were injured. #russiaisaterroriststate https://t.co/M59CkDFj8c
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️General Staff: Russian forces ban residents from leaving their homes in Kherson Oblast. Russian forces have imposed a 10-day curfew in the occupied town of Hornostaivka in Kherson Oblast. The curfew will be in force from Dec. 25 until Jan. 3.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️EU countries deliver more than 1,000 power generators to Ukraine. European countries have supplied more than 1,000 power generators to Ukraine, Janez Lenarcic, the European commissioner for crisis management, said on Dec. 24.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Top EU official: ‘Putin has already lost, just like Hitler in 1943’. Russia has become a complete outcast on the international stage, Frans Timmermans, a vice-president of the European Commission, told Flemish newspaper Het Nieuwsblad.
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KyivIndependent: With improvements in Ukrainian air defense, most of the Shahed-136 drones are shot down before reaching the targets, said Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov, adding that Russian has already used about 540 of the drones against Ukraine.
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DefenceU: With frequent power outages, Ukrainians make their own lamps. A powder charge tube for the M777 howitzer + garland = Christmas mood. Ievgeniy Rozenblatt https://t.co/9bSu69AeEH
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️3 emergency workers killed demining in Kherson Oblast. The workers were assisting with the demining process after parts of the oblast were liberated by Ukraine, the State Emergency Service said. They were killed by Russian mines that exploded during the demining process.
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KyivIndependent: Ukrainian soldiers celebrating Christmas on the front line. Photos by the General Staff of Ukraine. https://t.co/emTRGH5hZT
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KyivIndependent: These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Dec. 25, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/XgX4d1oEDs
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Governor: Russia kills 16 civilians in Kherson Oblast over the past day. Out of them, 10 people were killed in one attack on central Kherson on the morning on Dec. 24.
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DefenceU: Two saved lives in the most dynamic documentary thriller of Ukrainian cinema. In which the heroes are not only people, but also machines. 3/3 https://t.co/hoLqaaShMm
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DefenceU: Perhaps for the first time ever in this genre, the entire operation was recreated step by step. This was possible thanks to the testimonies of those who were involved and with video footage taken from drones, which the members of the 93rd brigade handed over to the director. 2/3 https://t.co/6zOOqSep3m
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DefenceU: Summer of 2022. Izyum. A unique rescue operation carried out by soldiers of the 93rd «Kholodnyj Yar» brigade in the documentary film by Ukrainian film director Lubomir Levytskyi. 1/3 https://t.co/JH8IA9Zsu6
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DefenceU: RT @oleksiireznikov: The only church in Kyselivka village (Kherson region) was fully destroyed by russian shelling. The Hague Convention IV protects religious buildings during hostilities, but for russian war criminals there is no God, nor any respect for religion #tribunal4russia 5/13
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DefenceU: "There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off." Proverbs 23:18 Total combat losses of the enemy from Feb 24 to Dec 25: https://t.co/32pqIBtKGN
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Russian troops continue to shell Donetsk Oblast, injure 7 civilians on Christmas Eve. According to Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko, 2 people were wounded in the villages of Maksymilianivka and Predtechyne, and 5 more in Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest fighting.
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DefenceU: From a chemical point of view, burning and rotting are the same processes. russia is rotting. Its armored vehicles are burning. Everything is going "according to plan." https://t.co/bcSCs4LE7D
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Pope Francis calls to end 'senseless' war in Ukraine in Christmas address. “May the Lord inspire us to offer concrete gestures of solidarity to assist all those suffering, and may he enlighten the minds of those who have the power to silence the thunder of weapons,” he said.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Mayor: 3 Russian missiles hit Kramatorsk, no casualties reported. Russian troops fired three missiles at an industrial zone in the city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast on Dec. 25, Kramatorsk Mayor Oleksandr Honcharenko reported.
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DefenceU: Kherson blood donation center. People have gathered to help their fellow city residents injured by yesterday's russian terrorist attack. Anger. Invincibility. Compassion. Victory. https://t.co/8t3JAwNkHK
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Putin claims readiness for negotiations, blames West for refusing to talk. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin claimed on Dec. 25 that the Kremlin was “ready to negotiate with everyone involved” to reach what it views as “acceptable solutions” for its brutal war against Ukraine.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Foreign leaders voice support for Ukrainians as they celebrate Christmas despite Russia's war Foreign leaders have voiced their support for Ukraine in their Christmas messages as the Ukrainians are facing their most difficult winter holidays. https://t.co/M07Z3kdDnv
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governor: Russia attacked hospitals in Kherson on Dec. 24. Russian troops continue to attack hospitals in Kherson Oblast, launching “targeted terrorist attacks on institutions providing assistance to people,” Kherson Oblast Governor Yaroslav Yanushevych said.
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Ukraine: Happy USSR Collapse Day!
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KyivIndependent: Foreign leaders have voiced their support for Ukraine in their Christmas messages as the Ukrainians are facing their most difficult winter holidays in the country's independent history. https://t.co/M07Z3kebd3
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Media: Russia to provide Iran with 24 fighter jets ‘very soon’. Russia will supply 24 Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets to Iran, whose air force is lacking high-quality military aircraft, Israeli television channel i24NEWS reported, citing unnamed Western intelligence sources.
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KyivIndependent: Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed on Dec. 25 that the Kremlin was “ready to negotiate with everyone involved” to reach what it views as “acceptable solutions” for its brutal war against Ukraine. https://t.co/seFYj2P3rf
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ China strengthens ties with Russia, defends war stance. In an address on Dec. 25, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing will “deepen strategic mutual trust and mutually beneficial cooperation” with Moscow.
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KyivIndependent: Regarding Russia's war, he said: "We have consistently upheld the fundamental principles of objectivity and impartiality, without favoring one side or the other, or adding fuel to the fire, still less seeking selfish gains from the situation."
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Shmyhal: Ukraine has received $1.5 billion in support for energy sector from partners. Support from partners to Ukraine’s energy sector amounts to $1.5 billion, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Dec. 25, adding that 200 trucks to repair damaged infrastructure have arrived.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ General Staff: Russian forces shell over 65 settlements in Ukraine on Christmas Day. Russian troops shelled Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast, over 10 times with MLRS and shelled 25 settlements in the region, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Dec. 25.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Zelensky: ‘Russia has lost everything possible this year.' President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Dec. 25 that, despite the Kremlin’s failed blitzkrieg and defeats on the front line, Russian forces will still try to make the remainder of the year “dark and difficult.”
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KyivIndependent: “Russia has lost everything possible this year,” Zelensky said. “But he (Russian President Vladimir Putin) is trying to compensate for his losses with the cunning of his propagandists following missile strikes on our country, on our energy sector.”
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KyivIndependent: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin claimed on Dec. 25 that the Kremlin was ready for negotiations to reach what it views as “acceptable solutions” to its brutal war against Ukraine. https://t.co/0HsdZgPw1P
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Medvedev urges ‘security guarantees’ for Russia. Russia’s Deputy Chairman of the Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, said to “normalize the situation” (Russia’s war) which could lead to WWIII, Russia needs “security guarantees,” reported Russian state media Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
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KyivIndependent: “If we do not receive them, the tension will remain indefinitely,” he said. “The world will continue to teeter on the brink of World War III and nuclear catastrophe.” Medvedev threatened that one of Moscow’s goals is the “cessation of existence” of the leadership in Kyiv.