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#Poland intends on including Ukrainian as a foreign language in school curriculum, and #Ukraine will include Polish as part of school curriculum.
These countries will undoubtedly continue to amaze and surprise the world in the coming decades.
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US CENTCOM seized over 3,000 AK-47 assault rifles, 578,000 rounds of ammo, and 23 advanced ATGMs from an Iranian ship in the Gulf of Oman on January 15th. Fifth such operation in a little over two months, on Jan 6th over 2,000 AK-47 assault rifles seized.
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President-elect of #Czechia @general_pavel, former NATO General argues the West should not impose any limits to the types of weapons for #Ukraine. ✊
#Fellas - I nominate Petr Pavel for rank of #NAFO General.
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Konstantin #Efremov, platoon commander of 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the Russian Armed Forces fled to the West with @Vlad_Osechkin's help. He witnessed Russian war crimes and unspeakable barbarism & cruelty against Ukrainians. Today, he went public.
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#Ukraine's National Agency for Prevention of Corruption has designated @ProcterGamble as International Sponsor of War. P&G's profits increased in #Russia in 2022 as it continues to make the lives of Russians comfortable via sales of common household goods, aiding the Putin regime
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So long as the Russian population in #Moscow is able to live in relative comfort, Putin will maintain his iron grip over the country. Deep inside, the vast majority may be against his war, but will do nothing against the regime. Only desperation will overcome fear of rising up.
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Ukraine also got rid of its entire fleet of 19 Tu-160 supersonic bombers years earlier, all part of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) & Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) it joined voluntarily and in good faith.
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Indepth article on Ukraine's history of disarmament. All for naught, as Europe betrayed Ukraine's great hopes for a bright future in the civilized union that is the EU. The EU sided with the Russian mafia state in exchange for a bribe of cheap oil & gas.
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Just between 2002 and 2006, 55 Tu-22Ms (16 Tu-22M2s and 36 Tu-22M3s) were scrapped at airbases in Poltava and Priluki, and also at the Nikolayev aviation plant.
See this PDF for a more complete timeline:
Ukraine Bomber Decommissioning & Transfer Chronology nti.org/wp-content/upl…
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I hope everyone can see how absurd, obscene, immoral and cruel it is for us to refuse to supply Ukraine with all the necessary military equipment that the country needs to SURVIVE, to defend itself and Europe from the fascist invaders.
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I'd like to ask that everyone retweet & quote-tweet this thread - this is the history that unfortunately many of the current elected politicians in the West may not be aware of, and this may help shift their personal paradigms concerning Ukraine. Thank you 🙏
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🚨 Carsten Linke, head of BND foreign intelligence department tasked with vetting candidates & catching spies within, charged with treason for spying for #Russia. Worked in signals intelligence, had access to allies' shared intelligence on #Ukraine.
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#Russia on 🔥: Flames from the fire at an oil refinery in #Belgorod reportedly extend 50m upward (164 feet). Allegedly from an air strike, not accident/sabotage. Neighboring steel factory also caught fire - it was producing steel for the repairs on the #Crimea bridge. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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#Mobilization in #Russia: Families of the mobilized from #Moscow region will receive 10kg of potatoes 𝙖𝙣𝙙 10kg of carrots. 😲
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#Russia: Protest against price hikes for communal housing & utilities (water, electricity, gas) in #Novosibirsk in -18 °C / 0 °F temperatures. Main banners: "We are paying for nothing!" & "Stop robbing the population!"
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Gerard #Depardieu, recipient of Russian citizenship from Putin himself, asked if Russian invasion of #Ukraine changed his attitude toward #Russia:
"Nothing has changed for me. I'm still Russian. I love Russian culture. When I love a country, it's always because of its culture."
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🧵 🚨 BREAKING: #WagnerPMC to recruit Ukrainian prisoners in occupied territories. Orders to execute if they refuse. Email to #Osechkin -
Subject: On sending prisoners from DNR (occupied #Donetsk) to PMC Wagner
"Good afternoon. I have a relation to the ministry of the DNR.
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🚨 BOMBSHELL: Leaked emails give insight into the Kremlin operation that bribed European Union politicians to support Russia's annexation of Crimea in Ukraine. occrp.org/en/investigati…
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#Russia: How the road is salted in the "Great" Saint Petersburg. Welcome to Russkiy Mir.
Born in Ukraine. American. @WindofChangeRG | Former Racecar Driver - Japanese SUPER GT #FSBletters igorsushko.substack.com