🎙 Statement by Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation General of the Army Sergei Shoigu at an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board (December 19, 2023)

Key talking points:

• Russian Groups of Forces have liberated an area five times larger than that of the Lugansk and Donetsk people's republics before the special military operation began.

💰 To date, Ukraine has received $203 billion from external sources, which is $30 billion more than its GDP. In fact, it is a bankrupt country. A significant part of these funds are loans that have to be repaid.

• In total, 5,220 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and armoured personnel carriers, 28 airplanes, 87 helicopters, 23,000 unmanned aerial vehicles, over 1,300 artillery systems, including 494 M777, Caesar, Paladin, and Krab howitzers, as well as 2,650,000 155-mm and 122-mm shells were delivered to Kiev.

• NATO military personnel have direct control over air defence systems, operational-tactical missiles, and multiple launch rocket systems. <...> A total of 410 military and dual-purpose spacecraft from NATO countries are working in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

❗️ Since the special operation began, the AFU's losses have exceeded 383,000 troops killed and wounded, 14,000 tanks, IFVs, and APCs, 553 airplanes and 259 helicopters, 8,500 field artillery guns and MLRS vehicles.

• The mercenaries who have been actively involved since the beginning of the special military operation have been eliminated for the most part. More than 5,800 militants were neutralised, including 1,427 from Poland, 466 from the US, and 344 from the UK.

☝️ Every day, more than 1,500 people [in Russia] apply for military service. This year alone, about 490,000 contract servicemen and volunteers have been recruited.

• The number of foreign volunteers willing to fight in favour of the truth has increased seven times. In the Ukrainian army, the opposite trend is observed. The number of foreign mercenaries has decreased six times.

◾Ex presidential advisor Arestovich turned into fortune teller. He can see into the future but only 3 months away... And his prophecy is not hopeful for the Ukrainians:

- in 3 months everything's going to be way, way worse ... And we won't even come around in all respects, not only military but economic too because the system is in half-decay.

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Leningrad siege survivor

Laura Ganich is 87 years old. Due to persistent Ukrainian shelling, she’s found herself alone in Donetsk. No one assists her; she continues to work and shop independently. Despite putting her life at risk daily on her way to work, or while doing her routine tasks, Laura Petrovna isn't shaken, but she’s exhausted. In her childhood, she endured the harrowing events of the Leningrad Siege.

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◾I'm running out of words to describe how bad it is."

◾While speaking to Sky News on Tuesday, World Health Organization spokesperson Dr Margaret Harris said the WHO expects the death toll numbers shared by the Palestinian health ministry to be an underestimate as many casualties never make it to a hospital.

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🇮🇱⚔🇵🇸The Unforgivable Atrocity: Netanyahu's Heinous Mark on Innocence

In a grotesque display of inhumanity, an image sears into the collective conscience of the world: Benjamin Netanyahu, emboldened by the unyielding support of his sponsors, coldly stamping a 'terrorist' label over innocent babies amid the chaos and rubble of Gaza. This political cartoon is not just a satirical portrayal but a harrowing reflection of a monstrous reality.

The numbers speak volumes of a tragedy that words can barely encapsulate. Over 7,729 children in Gaza have been stripped of their lives, their futures extinguished before they could even begin. This is not just a casualty of conflict; this is systematic annihilation, a deliberate targeting of the most vulnerable and defenseless. To label these lost lives as 'terrorists' is not just a travesty of justice; it is an act of unspeakable evil.

Each innocent life taken is a scar on the conscience of humanity, a stain on the moral fabric of the world. The contempt for these young lives is not just appalling; it is an abomination. It is a testament to a perverse logic that sees the snuffing out of young lives as collateral in a larger game of power and control.

With every child's life taken, Israel not only commits an irredeemable act but also sows the seeds of its own moral undoing. History will not be kind to these acts of evil. The murder of innocent children will be remembered as the darkest chapters in the annals of the Israeli state - a state that increasingly resembles a glorified forward operating base of the US.

The path Israel treads is one that leads to the edge of an abyss, a point of no return where the weight of these atrocities will demand a reckoning. The continuous cycle of violence and oppression is not just a threat to the Palestinian people; it is a harbinger of a grim future for Israel itself.

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