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1. The United States is readying more than $2bn worth of military aid for Ukraine that is expected to include longer-range rockets for the first time as well as other munitions and weapons, according to the Reuters news agency, citing two US officials briefed on the plan. The aid is expected to be announced as soon as this week, the officials said on Wednesday. It is also expected to include support equipment for Patriot air defense systems, precision-guided munitions and Javelin anti-tank weapons, they added. - 2. Western countries have recently announced their intention to send more weapons to Ukraine. France and Australia have agreed to jointly manufacture and supply thousands of 155 millimeter artillery rounds to the Ukrainian army. Poland has said it could send F-16 fighters if it gets NATO support. Denmark has also pledged to provide more than 19 Caesar self-propelled howitzers, and to help train Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said that by spring his troops would be able to fight using tanks provided by the West. - Les pays occidentaux ont récemment annoncé leur intention d'envoyer davantage d'armes à l'Ukraine. La France et l'Australie ont convenu de fabriquer et de fournir conjointement des milliers de cartouches d'artillerie de 155 millimètres à destination de l'armée ukrainienne. La Pologne a déclaré qu'elle pourrait envoyer des chasseurs F-16 si elle obtenait le soutien de l'OTAN. Le Danemark s'est également engagé à fournir plus de 19 obusiers Caesar autopropulsés, et à aider à l'entraînement des troupes ukrainiennes. Le ministre ukrainien de la Défense Oleksii Reznikov a déclaré que d'ici au printemps, ses troupes pourraient combattre au moyen de chars fournis par l'occident. (@CGTNFrancais)

Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen claimed that a victory for Russia in the Ukraine conflict would send a 'dangerous signal', as he addressed a joint meeting of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence in Brussels on Tuesday. "We cannot allow Putin to win this war," said the former Danish PM. "If he gets success in Ukraine, he will continue. And Putin's success in Ukraine would send an extremely dangerous signal to autocrats globally. If Putin can get away with taking land from his neighbours, Xi Jinping and others might try the same." The meeting was focused on providing enhanced security for Ukraine. Rasmussen added that the best way to bring peace in Europe and to "ensure this war ends quickly is for Ukraine's allies to prepare for a long conflict." "It is to deliver more and heavier weapons to Ukraine. That is the best way to bring peace," he stated. A victory in the conflict is to expel all Russian troops from Ukraine. The only offering for Putin is “out of Ukraine”, former NATO secretary-general added. [@En attendant Godot]

Police fired tear gas at a protest against the pension reform in Paris, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Tuesday. The second nationwide strike against the pension reform is taking place in France on Tuesday, with more than 200 protests taking place across the country. Police expect 1.2 million people to take part in demonstrations across France, and 100,000 people in Paris. Celine Verzeletti, a member of the CGT trade union's confederation leadership, said that industrial action was expected to top that of January 19 when between 1.1 million and 2 million rallied nationwide. A Sputnik correspondent estimated the crowd that gathered ahead of the protest march in central Paris at tens of thousands. Trade unions expect over 100,000 workers to strike in the capital. A further 240,000 people joined the strike action in Marseilles, 60,000 in Toulouse, 28,000 in Caen, 12,000 in Tarbes, and 6,000 in Castres, Verzeletti said. "The reform's withdrawal is not negotiable, it is unavoidable," she said on social media. More than a dozen trade unions called their members out to join some 200 demonstrations taking place across the country as pressure mounts on Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to scrap her plan to push retirement age to from 62 to 64.

Former Romanian President Traian Basescu urged NATO, EU to supply Ukraine with long-range missiles so that it would be able to attack airfields and logistics hubs in Russia.

The Kremlin commented on the statements of former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko about why Kyiv needed the Minsk agreements. According to Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, both Poroshenko, Merkel, and Hollande confirmed that for them, and therefore for their countries, the Minsk agreements were only a screen with which they camouflaged their intentions and prepared Ukraine for a forceful solution to the problem of Donbass. - Related: Poroshenko told pranksters about the true purpose of the Minsk agreements: [https://rumble.com/v1v5jth-poroshenko-told-pranksters-about-the-true-purpose-of-the-minsk-agreements.html?mref=10gobl&mc=d3odw] - Merkel’s confession about Minsk Agreements a solid bid for a tribunal: Russian FM: [https://rumble.com/v1zn8xr-merkels-confession-about-minsk-agreements-a-solid-bid-for-a-tribunal-russia.html?mref=10gobl&mc=d3odw]

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday urged South Korea to “step up” military support as well as to reconsider its policy of not exporting weapons to countries in conflict. During the two-day visit to Seoul, he thanked South Korean leaders for providing $100 million in non-lethal aid to Ukraine but urged Seoul to do more to help Kyiv, saying there was an “urgent need for more ammunition”. [@SkyNewsAustralia] -- The North Korean Foreign Ministry said that information about an alleged arms deal with Russia was detached from reality and warned the US about consequences of spreading such rumors, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Sunday. "The US again talked about the groundless rumor of ‘arms dealing between the DPRK and Russia,’ in a foolish attempt to justify its offer of weapons to Ukraine. The US should be mindful that it will face a really undesirable result if it persists in spreading the self-made rumor against the DPRK," said Kwon Jong-gun, Director General of the North Korean Foreign Ministry’s North America Department. Pyongyang views these actions as a provocation and an attempt to undermine North Korea’s reputation worldwide. The diplomat reiterated that the current situation in Ukraine had been provoked by the US’ actions harming Russia’s security interests as well as by NATO’s eastward expansion. According to him, arms supplies to Ukraine are criminal and aim to destabilize the international situation. [TASS]

The United States will not rush to supply Ukraine with the promised Abrams tanks, Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov is convinced. He explained that Americans are much more willing to sell them. However, according to the politician, as soon as these tanks start burning in the special operation zone, the number of buyers will immediately decrease. "We know perfectly well how to knock out tanks," Zyuganov said.

Igor Zhovkva, deputy head of the office of the president of Ukraine, urged western countries to deliver long range missiles and fighter jets to Ukraine as he spoke to FRANCE 24 from Kyiv. He said Ukraine was counting on "positive results soon" and "believed in the united efforts of our partners in delivering weaponry to us". Following repeated calls from Ukraine for more western heavy weaponry, several countries including the UK, US, Germany and Poland have committed to sending tanks to Ukrainian front lines. [FULL VIDEO at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiK-HkJTme4]

New US Ambassador to Russia Lynn Tracy today visited the Russian Foreign Ministry and presented copies of her credentials to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. At the building of the ministry, she was greeted with posters “America is a terrorist country”, “War is the business of the USA”, “Tigers and Abrams burn the same”, "Why did you come?" Young people were rounded up for this.

UPDATE 2: The death toll from a suspected suicide bomb that ripped through a mosque in northwestern Pakistan Monday has risen to at least 92, marking one of the deadliest attacks in the country in years as it faces what one analyst described as “a national security crisis.” Peshawar deputy commissioner Shafiullah Khan on Tuesday confirmed the fatalities and said more than 80 victims were still being treated in hospital following the blast at the mosque in a police compound in the city. --- UPDATE: The death toll in a terrorist attack in a mosque in the Pakistani city of Pashevar has increased to 59. This is reported by the Dawn newspaper, citing a representative of the hospital where all the victims of the explosion were sent. -- At least 32 people have been killed and 150 injured in a bombing at a mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. A section of the building was destroyed and officials say people are buried under the rubble. Most of those who died were part of the police force, and it is believed they were the target of the attack.

A missile from the S-300 air defense system hit a residential building in Kharkov on Monday night, head of the Kharkov military-civilian administration Oleg Sinegubov announced on Monday. "A hit in a residential building in the city center was recorded. In the Kiev district. According to preliminary information it was an S-300 missile. All emergency services are working on the spot. Information about the victims and damage is being specified," he wrote on Telegram. Later, the mayor of the city Igor Terekhov reported on his Telegram channel, that as a result of a rocket hit, one person died and three were injured. *Earlier, an air alert was announced in several regions of Ukraine, including Kharkov.* Air raid sirens went off shortly after midnight in the Ukrainian regions of Sumy, Poltava, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovohrad, as well as the Ukraine-controlled parts of Zaporizhzhia and the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the ministry's online map showed.

Five people died and four others were wounded as a result of a missile strike on a railway bridge in Melitopol, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the #zaporizhzhia regional administration's main council, said on Sunday. "Five people were killed, four people were wounded, two of them are in serious condition," Rogov said on Telegram. According to preliminary data, the strike involved three HIMARS missiles, one of which was shot down. The head of the Zaporizhzhia regional administration, Yevgeny Balitsky, noted that repair work was being carried out on the bridge at the time of the shelling. Balitsky also expressed his deep condolences to the families of the victims, noting that the authorities would provide assistance to the relatives of those dead and injured. The Ukrainian authorities deliberately targeted the bridge, a civilian facility, committing yet another crime against civilians, Balitsky added. #himars #gps #advisors #highprecision #artillershells #artillerystrike #civilians #workers #zaporizhzhya #bridge - *Врио главы Запорожской области Евгений Балицкий заявил, что киевские власти нанесли целенаправленный удар из HIMARS по железнодорожному мосту под Мелитополем.* "Сегодня в полдень укронацисты нанесли ракетный удар из РСЗО HIMARS по железнодорожному мосту через реку Молочную в селе Светлодолинское Мелитопольского района", - сообщил он. Балицкий добавил, что во время удара на мосту работала бригада железнодорожников, они выполняли ремонтные работы. -- US military is involved in the guidance and maintenance of HIMARS, drones guided by US’ GPS system: [https://youtu.be/bIiraMirybs]

An explosion at one of ammunition-producing centers of Iran’s Defense Ministry was triggered by a drone attack, the IRNA news agency reported on Sunday citing the military agency. "On the evening of January 28, 2023, around 23:30 (22:00 Greek time) there was an unsuccessful drone attack on one of the Defense Ministry’s centers," the ministry’s statement said. The statement referred to the incident as an “unsuccessful attack.” It did not attribute responsibility to any specific country or group. "One of them was taken down by an air defense system while two others were caught by air defense traps and exploded," the agency said. The ammunition depot in the city of Isfahan, located in central Iran, where a powerful blast was reported late on Saturday night, was attacked by drones, Iranian news agency IRNA reports. #iran #drones #droneattack #explosion

In the villages until 1957 we had no electricity so we had oil lamps. Three of them, one hanging and two sitting, after cleaning the oil residues with vinegar and renovating them, we brought them to decorate the living room next to the Christmas tree, which this year was made of a walnut branch. -- Related: Christmas Tree from a walnut branch and its decoration (GR): [https://youtu.be/v2cyeJ1WZvQ] - Final decoration and lighting of a Christmas Tree from a walnut branch (GR): [https://youtu.be/Ctbxpc1-XdM]

1. Russia’s defense ministry on Saturday accused the Ukrainian army of striking a hospital in the eastern Luhansk region, leaving 14 dead and injuring 24 others. The Ukrainian troops have hit a hospital in the Luhansk People's Repiblic's (LPR) Novoaidar from the US-made multiple rocket launcher system HIMARS, killing 14 people and injuring 24 others, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. "On January 28, in the LPR's town of Novoaidar at about 7.30 a.m. local time (05:30 GMT), the Ukrainian armed forces deliberately hit the hospital building with multiple rocket launchers of the HIMARS system manufactured by the United States," the ministry said. The ministry added that the strike killed 14 people and wounded 24 others, including the hospital's staff. -- *2. Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, called the strike of the AFU militants on the hospital in Novoaidar in the LPR a monstrous war crime. He stressed that the United States was directly involved in the deaths of civilians.* "14 civilians died in the hospital from US-supplied missiles. And as we know from Ukrainian officials, HIMARS targets have been agreed with Washington, making the US a direct accomplice," #Polyansky wrote on his Twitter account. #himars #hospital #target #ukrainianarmy #ukrainewar #warcrime #unitednations #civilians #involved #rocketattack #missileattack #missilestrike #usmade

1. Italy against Zelensky's speech: residents collect signatures *** Signature collection began in Italy against Zelensky's speech. The petition created says that Italy should immediately refuse direct or indirect assistance to any of the parties to the conflict. (*#италия против выступления Зеленского: жители собирают #подписи / @Известия В Италии начали #сбор подписей против #выступления Зеленского. В созданной петиции говорится о том, что Италия должна немедленно отказаться от прямой или косвенной помощи любой из сторон конфликта.*) - *2. Zelensky in San Remo is not a good idea, who wants to "die for Kiev"?* The latest controversy is whether or not it is appropriate for Volodymyr Zelensky, the "unbeknownst" leader of Ukraine, to speak at the Sanremo festival. A controversy that comes as the classic icing on the cake of a story that has something surreal and that stands on a misunderstanding. The West has hitherto indiscriminately supported Ukraine in a war that is not its own. In the meantime, let's start by saying that Zelensky is a strolling player, a #vaudeville comedian, a shrewd self-promoter (in fact he speaks Russian in his family, his country of origin) who owes his fortune to these mad and desperate times. Only in the "West" (understood as a broader and not just geographical expression) could in fact be elected a third-rate actor, a populist and talkative #comedian, who had made a television series "Servant of the People" in which he played the role of President of the 'Ukraine. And only in lands that have lost the compass of #ethics and convenience could he then transform a fiction into reality, bringing all his political unpreparedness to power, moreover widely supported financially by the super oligarch Kolomojskyj. Let's say then that Zelensky had a lot of judicial troubles and trials at home on charges of corruption and that the war saved him from prison. Nicola Porro on his blog some time ago went down hard by speaking openly of serious allegations of #corruption and dangerous friendships, as emerged in the so-called #pandora papers, the result of a study conducted by a multitude of international investigative journalists. In short, not only the man in the green shirt but also some of his close associates were heavily accused of corruption for a network of #offshore companies located in tax havens. Let's also say that Biden's son had done business with energy precisely in Ukraine and let's also say that there were two "coups d'état" in Ukraine, after the pro-Russian component had legally won the elections. This is never talked about in the West, but that's the way it is. Then there are also other unpleasant considerations to make. The first is that the notorious Azov battalion (denounced by the UN itself) operates in Ukraine and its Nazi #symbols such as the #Wolfsangel, the "wolf trap", evoke a past that is not pleasant for the Russians and world democracy.....etc [https://www.affaritaliani.it/politica/zelensky-a-sanremo-non-una-buona-idea-ecco-perche-836919.html?ref=ig] -- *** Grazie per aver firmato, Al momento, abbiamo raggiunto 58591 firme. Ti terremo aggiornato sull’andamento della petizione. [https://www.byoblu.com/sanremo-libera/] [https://www.byoblu.com/sanremo-libera/#firmapetizione] #zelensky #zelenskyy #comicartist #sanremo2023 #sanremofestival #italy #ukrainewar

1. Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said on Friday that the U.S. and Germany are further escalating the conflict by supplying tanks to Ukraine. Kyiv hailed it as a potential turning point in its fight in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. (CGTN published parts of this video, entitled “Russian Foreign Ministry: German tanks "symbols of death") -- *2. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has, in fact, renounced German sovereignty by deciding to supply Leopard tanks to Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing on Friday.* "The day the decision was made in favor of supplying Leopard tanks was historic. It was all the more historic because it finally testified to and cemented what we had been talking about for quite a long time - Germany’s absolute loss of sovereignty," she said. Zakharova noted that Scholz in fact signed off on "the rejection of an independent German foreign policy." "He destroyed everything that his predecessors had built over decades after World War II," she added. - *3. Head of Russia’s delegation to the Vienna talks on military security and arms control Konstantin Gavrilov has called on the West to prevent "nuclear provocations" with Leopard 2 tanks.* "We warn the Western sponsors of the Kiev military machine against encouraging nuclear provocations and blackmail. We know that Leopard 2 tanks, as well as the Bradley and Marder armored infantry carriers are armed with armor-piercing projectiles with #uranium #warheads. Their use leads to the contamination of the area, like it was in former #Yugoslavia and Iraq. In case such munitions for NATO-made heavy weapons are supplied to Kiev, we will consider that as the use of dirty nuclear bombs against Russia with all the consequences that come with it," he said at an #OSCE forum on security cooperation. #leopard #leopard2 #germany #poland #ukrainewar #ramstein #weapons #humantragedy #airdefencesystem #canada #financialsupport #militaryaid #responsibility ---- Related: Germany abandoning historical responsibility to Russia. Poland thanks Germany for approving tanks: [https://youtu.be/psl5tSj_sRo] - 12 countries are ready to supply about 15.000 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, US may deliver 30 Abrams: [https://youtu.be/1_SXton5MS4]

Some of the 200-250 cornus mas trees we have among the fruit trees were in a hurry to flower. Until the end of January we had high Autumn temperatures. Next week, specifically Thursday (26.01.2023) night, we expect negative temperatures and snowfall in the area. Let's see if the flowers on the specific trees will survive or if they will burn, dry out from the cold. The walnut trunk, that fell due to lightning and we brought it back after cutting it low, we protected it to make 8 grafts. As for the mess from the prunings, next week we will chop them up for burning except for the cornus mas wood which will be used as a handle for the shovels, hatchets and adzes since their wood is very durable. #Cornusmas #dogwood #bloom #blooming #bloomingbuds #corneliancherry -- Related 6 Feb 2022: Cornus mas flowering in early February: [https://youtu.be/VQgKvDDQLYo] -- Related: 4 Mar 2022: Cornus mas (Cornelian cherry) trees in bloom (P3) [https://youtu.be/OPiJXvQPAGU] - Wild cornus mas in early bloom January 10, 2022: [https://youtu.be/SB1qXYsVuSE]

1. A spokeswoman for the federal government makes it clear: "NATO and Germany are not at war." Olaf Scholz emphasized that again and again. (Widerspruch zu Baerbock-Satz zu Russland? "NATO und Deutschland sind nicht Kriegspartei" . Eine Sprecherin der Bundesregierung stellt klar: "Die Nato und Deutschland sind nicht Kriegspartei." Das habe Olaf Scholz immer wieder betont. Im Europarat in Straßburg hatte Baerbock auf Englisch auf Kritik eines Briten an mangelnden Waffenlieferungen Deutschlands an die Ukraine erklärt: "Ja, wir müssen mehr tun, auch bei den Panzern. Aber das Wichtigste und Entscheidende ist, dass wir es gemeinsam tun und dass wir in Europa keine Schuldzuweisungen machen, denn wir führen einen Krieg gegen Russland und nicht gegeneinander." @Euronewsde) - *2. Tino Krupalla, leader of the opposition party Alternative for Germany, has called for the dismissal of German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.* The main reason for this demand was the statement of the head of the Foreign Ministry about the "war against Russia." Recall that on January 24, Baerbock said at a PACE meeting that the European countries "together are waging war against Russia." This, according to the minister, is the "decisive" and "most important" thing. -- *3. Zakharova asked Stoltenberg [and Germany] if he considers citizens of NATO countries to be idiots.* The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, turned to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with a question related to the participation of the alliance in the conflict in Ukraine. “Do you really consider the citizens of the EU and NATO countries to be uniform idiots?” she asked. The diplomat stressed that the West not only sends tanks to Kyiv, but also forms recruitment centers for the recruitment of citizens of Ukraine and other countries on the basis of Ukrainian embassies abroad. #baerbock #ukrainewar #ukrainerussianwar #pace #europeanunion #wardeclaration #germany #statement #statementpiece #enattendantgodot #moses #recruitment #mercenaries -- Related: Annalena as Moses again: We are fighting a war against Russia and not against each other: [https://youtu.be/NKOC7vQpJPE] - Merkel’s confession about Minsk Agreements a solid bid for a tribunal: Russian FM: [https://youtu.be/NSJiRhnvMSM]

Auckland International Airport, New Zealand, was closed after being completely flooded by heavy rains that hit the region, this Friday (27)*** Authorities in Auckland, New Zealand have declared a state of emergency amid harsh weather conditions that have led to flooding, power cuts and traffic disruption. Residents have been warned to stay in their homes as the torrential rain worsens. New Zealand officials have declared a state of emergency as the biggest downpour on record has caused flooding and traffic chaos on New Zealand's North Island. Cars became submerged and were witnessed floating down Auckland's major roads - some commuters choosing to disembark buses stuck in traffic jams to run for their lives as waters rose on the Northern Motorway. Residents in the West Auckland suburb of Henderson battled through the rising floodwaters to meet with rescuers and first responders. *** [https://twitter.com/OsintTV/status/1618909409870233600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1618909409870233600%7Ctwgr%5E1eac358a0ae0296114e6343fd9d307ff2108cbf9%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Faeromagazine.uol.com.br%2Fartigo%2Fprincipal-aeroporto-da-nova-zelandia-ficou-debaixo-dagua.html] VIDEO: @NZTV #stateofemergency #newzealand #floods #flooding #airport #auckland #rescueoperation #weatherforecast #extremeweather #floodwater #heayrains #rainfall #downpour

1. Palestinian militants on Friday fired two rockets from the Gaza Strip towards southern Israel that were intercepted by missile defenses, and Israel then carried out strikes in Gaza. The cross-border fire came after an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Thursday that led to the largest single death toll in years of fighting. The overnight rockets triggered sirens in Israeli communities near the border with Gaza, warning residents to take shelter. There were no reports of injuries. -- *2. Israel air attacks hit Gaza after 9 Palestinians killed in Jenin* Israel has launched multiple air attacks on the blockaded Gaza Strip a day after Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians – including an elderly woman – in the Jenin refugee camp, marking one of the deadliest raids in the occupied West Bank by Israel’s military in years. Security sources in Gaza told the Agence France-Presse news agency that there had been 15 strikes in the early hours of Friday. Witnesses and local media reported that Israeli #drones fired two missiles at targets in Gaza before fighter jets struck, causing four large explosions. #palestine #palestinians #westbank #commandos #israel #raid #victims #gazastrip #airstrike #airattack #rockets #fighterjets #explosions - Related: Saudi Arabia condemns raid by Israeli commandos in Jenin(West Bank). At least 10 Palestinians killed: [https://youtu.be/jwJZXnrYjMM]

An adviser, Mikhail Podolyak, to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine said that Kyiv is preparing to strike at the largest cities in Russia. To implement these plans, the Kyiv regime requires modern #tornado and F-16 aircraft from the allies. The Ukrainian Defense Minister announced a new meeting in #ramstein in February, the main topic of which will be aviation deliveries. Mikhail #Podolyak promised that the three most significant cities for Russians would be hit. -- *Советник главы офиса президента Украины заявил, что #киев готовится нанести #удары по крупнейшим городам России. Для осуществления этих планов киевский режим требует у союзников современные самолёты Tornado и F-16.* Украинский министр обороны анонсировал новую встречу в Рамштайне в феврале, главной темой которой станут поставки авиации. #ukrainewar #f16 #f16fighter #longrangemissiles #moscow #saintpetersburg #yekaterinburg #threats --- Related: Zelen-sky after tanks began to ask the West for F-16, Rafale and Long-Range Missiles: [https://youtu.be/bd7nfTHzXrw]

Air raid warnings have been issued in the city of Kiev, as well as the Kiev, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Poltava, Kirovohrad, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions of Ukraine, according to the online air raid alert map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation. Air raid sirens sounded several times across the country on Wednesday. Ukrainian media reported that several explosions occurred in the regions of #Vinnytsia, #Odesa, #Mykolaiv, Kiev and #dnipropetrovsk regions. Presumably, the explosions are related to the work of air defense. Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed the reports about two waves of explosions in Kiev. "Explosion in Kiev! Stay in the shelters," #klitschko said on Telegram initially. Shortly later he posted another warning on Telegram, reading "Explosions in the Dnipropetrovsk district of the capital. All services are heading to the location. Details later." -- *2. Changing the status of Russia's military operation in Ukraine due to the West's decision to supply tanks to Kiev is not on the agenda, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.* On Wednesday Russian lawmaker Mikhail Sheremet proposed changing the status of the Russian special operation in Ukraine in light of the decision of the United States and Germany to supply tanks for the Ukrainian army, noting that the ongoing events have already gone beyond the usual military conflict. "We do not have such a topic on the agenda, it is better to clarify some details with Sheremet," Peskov told reporters. -- *3. France’s Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna has arrived in the Ukrainian city of Odessa, as she herself wrote on Twitter on Thursday.* "I am in Odessa to highlight France’s support for Ukraine’s sovereignty," the tweet reads. #airraid #airstrikes #odessa #kiev #kyev #lviv #lvov #kharkiv #kharkov --- VIDEO: Взрывы в Ивано-Франковске и во Львове: кадры от очевидцев / Известия

Η μεταφύτευση του σπορόφυτου δενδρυλλίου κρανιάς (cornus mas) έγινε 22 Ιανουαρίου 2023, την εβδομάδα που είχε αφυσικες υψηλές θερμοκρασίες, 15-18 βαθμούς Κελσιου. Την επόμενη εβδομάδα, Τετάρτη προς Πέμπτη είχαμε χιονόπτωση, χιονόνερο και βροχές αλλά όχι αρνητικές θερμοκρασίες κάτω από το μηδέν. Η μεταφύτευση του σπορόφυτου δενδρυλλίου είναι πιο εύκολη διότι το πατόφτυαρο μπορούμε να το μετακινήσουμε ελεύθερα περιμετρικά. Το ριζικό του σύστημα είναι πιο πλούσιο και συγκρατεί το χώμα. Τις ρίζες που προεξέχουν τις κόβουμε για να αποφύγουμε αναδιπλώσεις στο νεο λάκκο φύτευσης. #cornusmas #corneliancherry #transplant #transplantation #trees #saplings #propagation #κρανιές #πολλαπλασιασμός #καταβολάδες #δενδρύλλια #μεταφύτευση #layering -- Σχετικά: Μεταφύτευση δενδρυλλίου κρανιάς (cornus mas) μετά από πολλαπλασιασμό με καταβολάδες στο έδαφος: [https://youtu.be/4FZZqBz3TQw] -- Μεταφύτευση 4 δενδρυλλίων Κρανιάς, cornus mas (Cornelian Cherry) στα τέλη Νοεμβρίου: [https://youtu.be/q_J3GzgLb7Y]

1. In a conversation with NATO head Stoltenberg, he said that the F-16 is just what Kyiv needs. The White House declined to comment on this. The administration official only said that Ukraine cannot be blamed for wanting more and more weapons. The fact that the supply of aircraft is not being considered was announced in London - this was explained by fears of escalation. At the same time, the Kingdom offered to share its equipment with other countries, for example, Poland. -- *2. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday thanked Western allies for their decisions on the delivery of battle tanks to Ukraine and called on NATO countries to "unlock" the supply of long-range missiles and military aircraft to Kiev.* "Today I spoke with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. We have to unlock the supply of long-range missiles to Ukraine, it is important for us to expand our cooperation in artillery, we have to achieve the supply of aircraft to Ukraine," Zelenskyy said, as quoted on the government website. Yuriy Sak, the adviser to Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, expressed his confidence that the West would eventually send F-16s and other military aircraft to Ukraine. -- *3. F-16 fighter jets, if supplied by the Netherlands to Kiev, will not reach the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), but will be downed before approaching the so-called grey zone and thoroughly studied, a source in the DPR law enforcement agencies told TASS on Thursday.* Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said on Wednesday that unnamed ‘European colleagues’ were working on the issue of delivering US-made F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. The issue of deliveries was earlier raised during debates in the parliament of the Netherlands. Later, the country’s prime minister Mark Rutte said that this issue was out of question at the moment, but added that nothing is ruled out. -- *4. Florian Philippot, leader of France’s The Patriots political party and former European Parliament member, has called Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky a ‘madman’ after he asked long-range missiles and warplanes from the West.* "Now, Zelensky is demanding fighter jets and long-range missiles from the West. How long are we going to follow this madman? Until a third world war?!" he wrote on his Twitter account on Thursday. The French politician earlier slammed tank supplies to Ukraine as "the shortest path to a third world war." #f16 #f16fighter #zelensky #zelenskyy #longrangemissiles #wwiii #fighterjets #warplanes - VIDEO: Зеленский после танков стал просить у Запада военные самолеты - Россия 24