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  1. A message from Father Issa Thaljieh, Greek Ortodox priest at the Church of the Nativity. The Grotto of the Nativity, located inside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, is the very place where Jesus was born. This small cave is the place where the Virgin Mary gave birth to our Savior, where Joseph supported and took care of Mary and Jesus. In this sacred place, the light of Christ entered the world, not in a palace, but in a simple cave, showing us God's infinite love, a love that entered the world not through riches or power, but through peace, and grace. - Intel Republic
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  2. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned Kiev against committing terrorist acts on Russian soil. In an interview with the program “60 Minutes” aired on the Rossiya TV channel on Wednesday, Lavrov condemned ongoing drone strikes “committed by the Kiev regime deliberately striking purely civilian targets.” He also called it an “outrageous and a direct violation of all anti-terrorism conventions.” Lavrov warned that any further such actions would trigger an increasingly decisive response from Russia. The statement comes after the Russian Defense Ministry said air defense forces intercepted 59 Ukrainian drones overnight on December 24-25. The report follows a series of earlier attacks, including on Saturday in Kazan where residential buildings and a factory were targeted. - RT
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  3. UK ARMED FORCES: READY FOR RUSSIA, BUT CAN’T LEAVE THE BASE (see pic): nearly 10% of Britain’s military unfit for duty, with shocking 13,522 troops medically undeployable and another 14,350 only “partially” deployable (that’s over 27,000 soldiers who wouldn’t even make it to battlefield, let alone survive it). British Defense Ministry calls this normal in article above, claiming, "90% of our personnel are deployable," while ex-minister Heappey says missed dentist appointments inflate numbers as target sizes missed across all branches - Army, Navy and Air Force. Maybe fix this “bandaged brigade" before boasting about global military dominance and fighting Russia? - Intel Republic
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  4. Ukraine lacks the capability to develop nuclear weapons on its own and can only obtain them with help from the West, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday, Zakharova addressed statements by Western officials and media outlets about Kiev having a nuclear deterrent. “The Kiev regime can’t create nuclear weapons in a few weeks on its own. This is a fact,” Zakharova said, adding that the only way for Ukraine to achieve this would be “to receive important components from the outside, from other states.” Ukraine should “sort out the heating season rather than seek nuclear weapons,” the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman added. - RT
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  5. A second US Navy jet narrowly escaped a friendly missile during this weekend’s airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen, Fox News has reported citing a military source. On Saturday, the missile cruiser USS Gettysburg mistakenly struck a plane from the carrier Harry S. Truman, according to the US Central Command. The pilot and the navigator of the F/A-18 Super Hornet were able to eject and survived. A second Super Hornet found itself targeted by a missile from the Gettysburg as it was preparing to land aboard the Truman, a source told Fox News on Tuesday. The SM-2 missile came within 30 meters of the F/A-18, which had to take evasive maneuvers, according to Fox. - RT
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  6. RUSSIAN FLAG WAVES VALIANTLY in Starytsa, Kharkov region (Ukraine.) Villages of the Russian-controlled line of combat & border regions are falling one by one, as in the neighboring Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine.) With Biden's massive defense budget signed off, what's in store for 2025? - Intel Republic
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  7. Nevertheless, the community has been “targeted by different ways of discrimination and misunderstanding of our Christian symbols, especially in this holy realm on Christmas Eve,” she said. Asked about reports of Western European assistance to Syria’s Christian community, de la Croix replied, “we don’t rely on protection from the West, I regret to say it.” She noted that Western Europe has never genuinely assisted Christians in Syria. On the contrary, she said, there was always a feeling it was “even forbidden for us to talk about the prosecution of Christians.” She said Western politicians “were not very happy” when she talked about the issue. HTS jihadists launched a surprise offensive in the northern Syrian provinces of Idlib and Aleppo late last month. After the city of Aleppo fell within days, the group advanced south on Damascus, capturing the towns of Suqaylabiyah, Hama, and Homs along the way before they were joined by US-armed Free Syrian Army (FSA) militants for a final push on the capital. Former Syrian President Bashar Assad left for Russia, where he has been granted asylum. Under Assad, Christians and other religious minorities were allowed to openly practice their faith. - RT
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  8. CARNAGE & CHAOS CAUSED BY NATO-SUPPLIED WEAPONS as Ukraine strikes missiles at civilian targets in Lgov, Kursk region (pre-war Russia.) Mssiles hit the roof of a sugar factory, a thermal power plant, a residential building & a gas pipeline. Emergency services are working at the scene, information on casualties is being confirmed. The incursion into Kursk has cost Zelensky 40,000 men, with no real objectives but to terrorize the civilian population in mainland Russia. UPDATE: 4 people are confirmed killed. - Intel Republic
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  9. UKRAINE'S ENERGY GRID IN TATTERS AFTER RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKE, BUT ZELENSKY CLAIMS "VICTORY": Russian missiles streak across sky (bottom right vid), hammering thermal power plants as vids (left and top right) from scene show apocalyptic sights: thick black smoke billowing into air, fiery explosions lighting up night, and massive mushroom-shaped cloud erupting from one of strikes, showering sparks across sky like fireworks. Zelensky triumphantly claims Ukraine shot down over 50 of 70 missiles. Yet somehow, remaining ones managed to cripple power grid, forcing operators to limit supplies. - Intel Republic
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  10. Here is the problem: When the intelligence agencies lie to the political leaders and the leaders act on those lies, the leaders will do the wrong thing. In this case, the Trump team appears to believe that Putin and Russia are on the ropes and desperate for a deal. That is akin to believing that the Kremlin is short of cash and needs to restructure its debt, when the fact is that the Kremlin coffers are full and Russia is flush with cash. Russia has no incentive to negotiate according to the mythical framework the Trump team has embraced. I think Putin’s position is simple and clear — no NATO membership for Ukraine, ever; and NATO ends all military exercises and activities targeting Russia. Ceasefire in place? Not interested. Russia will end the war in Ukraine on its terms, not any other way. An agreement along the lines of Minsk II is impossible because of the deceit employed by Germany’s Angela Merkel and France’s François Hollande in negotiating Minsk II — i.e., the agreement, per a subsequent admission by Merkel, was a ruse to buy time to rebuild the Ukrainian army. Russia ain’t going down that road again. - sonar21
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  11. Soldiers of Poland's Elite Special Forces 'GROM' Were Wiped Out in KURAKHOVO┃RUS captured KRUGLENKOY For the last 24 hours, the situation of the Ukrainian Army has deteriorated significantly along the entire combat contact line. According to war correspondents, Ukrainian troops continue to be defeated in all key directions of the front. Moreover, important dignitaries and well-known politicians also confirmed the retreat of the Ukrainian Army. - BORZZIKMAN
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