This is essentially everything one needs to know about contemporary Russia.

Days after Russia downed YET ANOTHER passenger jet in the Caspian Sea region, it releases this “holiday video” in which “NATO” Santa congratulating Russians on New Year’s Day gets shot down and killed.… pic.twitter.com/Ns4eiunJe1

— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) 27 décembre 2024

This is essentially everything one needs to know about contemporary Russia. Days after Russia downed YET ANOTHER passenger jet in the Caspian Sea region, it releases this “holiday video” in which “NATO” Santa congratulating Russians on New Year’s Day gets shot down and killed.

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A bridge over the Teteriv River in Kyiv Oblast, destroyed in 2022, has been rebuilt.

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Two transformers destroyed in drone attack on oil pumping station in Russia's Bryansk Oblast The drones targeted the Transneft-Druzhba facility reportedly on 25 December.

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ISW: Russian forces likely capture Kurakhove after two-month offensive After deploying tens of thousands of troops and conducting numerous armored assaults since mid-October, Russian forces have advanced to the settlement's administrative boundaries.

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SBU: Russian agents who detonated explosives near the TCC building in Zhytomyr region have been detained. https://ift.tt/iuQVWs5 #liga #news

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First captured North Korean soldier in Ukraine dies from injuries, Seoul says South Korea's intelligence confirmed a wounded North Korean POW's death following Ukraine's first such battlefield seizure, per Yonhap.

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On the night of December 27, Russian forces launched two Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 24 drones—including Shahed and other types—at Ukraine, the Air Force Command reported. Thirteen UAVs were shot down, and eleven more disappeared from radar.

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Christmas in Avdiivka.

After the arrival of the Russian army, only ruins remained from this town.

Putin and Lavrov call it "help for Russian-speaking people in Ukraine” pic.twitter.com/imPCcbHTsp

— Денис Казанський (@den_kazansky) 27 décembre 2024

Christmas in Avdiivka. After the arrival of the Russian army, only ruins remained from this town. Putin and Lavrov call it "help for Russian-speaking people in Ukraine”

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Syrskyi acknowledged that the requirement for adapting new recruits in brigades is not always adhered to. https://ift.tt/gGnvINF #liga #news

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