This is not a trilogy, there will be no World War III – Zelenskyy’s speech at Golden Globe

"Zelensky has delivered a speech via video link at the 80th Golden Globe Awards ceremony
and stated that two world wars had claimed tens of millions of lives, but there would be no World War III, because Ukraine would stop the Russian aggression." Pravada

Lights Across US Grounded After Systemwide FAA Outage

"FAA ordered all airlines to halt domestic departures until 0900 ET. 

Update 3: The FAA is still working to fully restore the Notice to Air Missions system following an outage.⁰⁰The FAA has ordered airlines to pause all domestic departures until 9 a.m. Eastern Time to allow the agency to validate the integrity of flight and safety information.

— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) January 11, 2023

So far, 1,366 flights have been delayed within, into, or out of the US, flight tracking website FlightAware showed. Another 108 were canceled. " ZH

NUKE PLOT SMASHED Deadly shipment of uranium seized at Heathrow en route to Iranians based in UK

"COUNTER-terror cops and security services are investigating after a deadly shipment of
uranium was seized at Heathrow.

The undeclared nuclear material can be used in a dirty bomb.

It was destined for Iranian nationals in the UK, originated from Pakistan and arrived on a flight from Oman.

A source said: “The race is on to trace everyone involved.”

The package suspected of being smuggled to UK-based Iranians arrived in the hold of a passenger jet.

Specialist scanners detected the potentially-lethal uranium as it was ferried to a freight shed, triggering alarms." Sun

Special Operations Forces shows footage of daring operation near Bakhmut

"Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SOF) have shown unique footage of the capture of
Russian positions and the killing of occupiers on the outskirts of Bakhmut. The published video shows soldiers from SOF entering a Russian trench at night and destroying a Russian platoon strong point." Pravada

 

Sweden To Reactivate Civil Conscription In Response To Ukraine War

"Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson unveiled that new steps are being taken to reintroduce
conscription for civilians, toward bolstering the country's emergency response services, given new realities as a result of Russia's military action in Ukraine." ZH

Russian invaders attempt to storm Soledar but suffer losses and retreat

"The enemy has once again made a desperate attempt to storm the city of Soledar from
different directions and has cast the most professional detachments of the Wagner Group into battle.

At the same time, thanks to the courage of our defenders and the skillful and competent use of their weapons, the enemy has suffered significant losses and has once again retreated, despite the enemy’s propaganda claims about the alleged capture of Soledar." Pravada

Ex-Soviet state refuses to return weapons to Ukraine

"Georgia is refusing to hand back Kiev-supplied weaponry amid the conflict with Russia, the
Ukrainian chargé d’affaires has claimed. Ukraine also asked Georgia to provide US-made Javelin anti-tank launchers. The potential transfer was not only “approved by the US,” but Tbilisi has also received an offer from Washington to replace its Javelin stock “with newer systems,” the diplomat claimed." RT

Explosions rock Russian-captured Hydromash plant in Melitopol for several hours

"Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, has reported that explosions have occurred overnight at the
Hydromash industrial machinery manufacturing plant which had been captured by Russian forces.

The rumbling lasted for several hours, an incendiary wave broke the windows of neighbouring houses, and smoke was still billowing over the plant in the morning." Pravada

 

Russians use prohibited incendiary ammunition to attack Kherson city

 "Russian invaders shelled the city of Kherson with prohibited incendiary ammunition...."
Pravada

Ukrainian powerlifting star killed in Donetsk fighting

"The Ukrainian Strongman Federation has announced the death of former champion Andrey Dmitriev, who was reportedly killed in fighting near Bakhmut/Artyomovsk." RT

Russia Blames Ukraine For Shelling Frontlines, Hours Into Christmas Ceasefire

"There are already signs that the Russia-declared unilateral ceasefire is crumbling, as Moscow
is accusing Ukrainian front-lines of unleashing fresh shelling on Russian forces, hours into the ceasefire: 

Russia says Ukraine is shelling Russian military positions during a 36-hour ceasefire, which Kyiv and its allies have dismissed as a sham.

The Russian defence ministry said its positions had come under attack in the Luhansk, Donetsk and Zaporizhia regions but that its troops were observing the ceasefire.

"Four mortar shells were fired at Russian positions by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Lyman," it said.

Ukraine's leadership had already essentially said it doesn't plan to respect the ceasefire, calling it a "cynical ploy". ZeroHedge

Russians attack Kramatorsk

"Russian forces carried out a missile strike on the city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast." Pravada

Zelensky finds excuse to reject Orthodox Christmas ceasefire

"Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said on Thursday that the Christmas cessation of
hostilities offered by Russia was merely a ruse to improve Moscow’s standing on the battlefield, calling on Russians to overthrow their government instead.

In a video message to Ukrainians, Zelensky said he had offered a “peace plan” to Moscow in December, starting with the withdrawal of all Russian troops from territories claimed by Kiev.  “Now they want to use Christmas as cover, to stop the advance of our boys in Donbass for a bit and bring up their equipment, ammunition and mobilized [troops] to the front,” Zelensky said, claiming this will only result in more Russian casualties. " RT

Putin announces Orthodox Christmas truce

"President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to impose a cessation in hostilities in Ukraine. Hours earlier, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, had called on both sides of the conflict to cease hostilities in the run-up to, and during, the Orthodox Christmas holiday.

According to the Kremlin, the truce is to last from noon local time on Friday January 6 until midnight on Saturday January 7." RT

Ukrainian forces strike five Russian military personnel concentration areas

"Ukrainian rocket and artillery forces struck two Russian command posts, five military
personnel and equipment concentration areas, an ammunition depot and a UAV control point." Ukrin