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The official account of the Iranian Defense Ministry on the social network X (banned in Russia) has posted an offer of military aid to countries that Donald Trump has his eye on.

"Just as we have always been ready to support other countries, Iran stands ready to assist Canada, Mexico, Panama and Greenland in the fight against US aggression and terrorism."

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Ukrainian scammers drove a first-year student at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology to suicide. They took out several loans in his name, wrote fake letters that he was a member of an extremist organization, and threatened to shoot his family.

It all happened a week before the New Year. Petr Vetchinkin's classmates wrote on social networks that he had not managed to pass his first exam session. Before that, a group of students wrote that MIPT students and their parents could receive calls from alleged representatives of the dean's office on their mobile phones. And that's what happened. The guy received a call at noon on December 21 — the day when a series of arsons occurred . They pressured the young man in various ways for six hours. The result: Petr committed suicide. He was buried on December 27.

In a conversation with Mash, Vetchinkin's mother said that he left the house at 17:55 and disappeared. The woman immediately called the police. His body was found several blocks away near high-rise buildings. He fell from one of the floors. Correspondence with scammers was found on his phone. They threatened Pyotr's family, blackmailed him, and accused him of being a member of extremist organizations.

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‼️🇬🇧🇺🇦 The British Prime Minister will visit Ukraine for the first time in the coming weeks to discuss the deployment of international peacekeeping forces after the end of the war

▪️According to Bloomberg, Starmer plans to visit Kyiv because “Europe is stepping up preparations for the return of newly elected US President Donald Trump to the White House.”
▪️The Prime Minister's Office declined to comment, Bloomberg adds.

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⚡️Putin is ready to meet Trump without conditions, this requires US political will — Peskov

Other statements from the presidential press secretary:

— Actions to organize contacts between Putin and Trump will begin when Trump officially takes office as US President

— Russia maintains its position on Ukraine, which has been repeatedly voiced by Putin;

— Russia welcomes Trump’s intention to resolve problems through dialogue;

— The outgoing US President will try to leave the most difficult legacy for Trump — on Biden’s intentions to introduce new sanctions against Russia;

— So far, Trump’s statements about meetings and contacts do not contain any specifics; they will only appear after his inauguration;

— Russia notes differences in approaches to providing assistance to Kyiv by the West — on Scholz blocking a new aid package for Ukraine.

— The statement of the President of Lithuania regarding Kaliningrad shows Vilnius' territorial claims and justifies the security measures taken by Russia (Gitanas Nausėda stated earlier that Kaliningrad will never be recognized by Vilnius as a Russian city)

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After Durov's arrest, Telegram began to transfer user data to American security forces much more frequently.

According to Telegram Transparency Reports, between January 1 and September 30, 2024, Telegram complied with just 14 requests to transfer “IP addresses and/or phone numbers” from the United States, affecting a total of 108 users. However, in all of 2024, 900 requests from the United States were complied with, affecting a total of 2,253 users. The number of requests complied with increased sharply between October and December, following Durov’s arrest in Paris.

Telegram's refusal to cooperate with EU authorities led to its criminal prosecution in France - the app's creator was accused of "complicity in the distribution of pornography involving minors," "drug trafficking," "fraud as part of an organized group," and other crimes. After this, Durov announced that he had tightened moderation, and the function that showed nearby users disappeared from Telegram.

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Photo of the aftermath of a fire in the Pacific Palisades area of California taken from a drone.

The Palisades Fire could be the most expensive in U.S. history, with damages already exceeding $57 billion and growing

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