President Vladimir Putin slammed EU leaders for trying to leverage frozen Russian state assets to fund a €210 billion financing package for Ukraine — despite the plan ultimately falling through.
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Putin blasts attempted EU ‘robbery’ of Russian assets
EU leaders opted for joint debt to fill Ukraine’s war chest, holding Moscow’s frozen assets as collateral.Bjarke Smith-Meyer (POLITICO)
Top officials in Moscow gloated after the EU’s leaders failed to reach a deal to use Russia’s frozen assets to fund a massive loan to Ukraine.
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Russia mocks von der Leyen as EU backs down on using frozen assets
“Voices of reason” prevailed at the European Council, a top Kremlin official says.Seb Starcevic (POLITICO)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Dec. 19 that Moscow remains ready to engage in peace talks only on the basis of its maximalist demands as he began his annual end-of-year press conference.
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Russia unmoved — Putin uses annual presser to entrench Kremlin's peace demands
Russian President Vladimir Putin used his annual end-of-year press conference on Dec. 19 to reaffirm the Kremlin's maximalist demands for ending Russia's war in Ukraine, rejecting territorial compromise while repeating false claims about the invasion…Tim Zadorozhnyy (The Kyiv Independent)
The bodies of 1,003 fallen soldiers returned to Ukraine in the latest repatriation efforts, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported on Dec. 19.
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Ukraine says 1,003 bodies of fallen soldiers return home
Ukraine will conduct necessary examinations to identify the bodies, which Russia says belong to Ukrainian soldiers, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported.Asami Terajima (The Kyiv Independent)
A Russian shadow fleet tanker was hit in the Mediterranean Sea by an Ukrainian drone. This is the first time Ukraine has done an operation in the Mediterranean Sea.
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🔥❗️СБУ вперше уразила танкер «тіньового флоту» рф у нейтральних водах Середземного моря, — джерела 5 канала в СБУ За результатами багатоетапних заходів у нейтральних водах Середземного моря «Альфа» СБУ уразила повітряними безпілотниками танкер так …Telegram
Absolutely insane:
Whooping cough surging because vaccinations are down. nbcnews.com/health/kids-health…
Measles surging because vaccinations are down. conexiant.com/infectious-disea…
And in kids, this year's COVID vaccination rate is a measly 7.1% for the 2025/26 #COVID19 vaccine. cdc.gov/covidvaxview/weekly-da… (1/2)
Whooping cough cases soar as vaccine rates drop among kids
As of Dec. 6, the CDC logged 26,632 cases of whooping cough in 2025. The last time the U.S. saw so many cases was more than a decade ago in 2014.Erika Edwards (NBC News)
During his annual address, Putin claimed Russia is ready to “immediately” end the war if its demands are met, essentially calling for Ukrainian surrender. He denied any responsibility for the war’s casualties, saying: “We didn’t start this war.” He also blamed Ukraine and its “European sponsors,” insisting the “ball is entirely in their court.”
Putin went further, remarking: “We too would like to live in peace next year without military conflict.”
Denial, deflection, and absurdity.
19 December 1941 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Marta Weisz, was born in Sárköz. During the war, she lived in Szatmárnémeti.
On 31 May 1944, she was murdered in a gas chamber of Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
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„The Apex of Crime: Deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz” – educational session (part. 1)
The International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust invites you to participate in the online educational session "The Apex of Crime: Dep...YouTube
🇷🇺 Russian technology companies working on air defense, sensitive electronics and other defense applications were targeted in recent weeks by a cyber espionage group using AI-generated decoy documents, according to a cybersecurity analyst.
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukrainian aerial drones struck a Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time, an official at #Ukraine's SBU security service told Reuters on Friday.
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CLOP targets Gladinet CentreStack servers in large-scale extortion campaign
The Clop ransomware group is targeting Gladinet CentreStack file servers in a new large-scale extortion campaign.Pierluigi Paganini (Security Affairs)
@classicalmusic
Mendelssohn ·
Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen? ·
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Warum toben die Heiden
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Richte mich Gott
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SWR Vokalensemble ·
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@Pierrette ?
ARD Klassik: Mendelssohn · Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen? · SWR Vokalensemble · Yuval Weinberg · SWR Kultur - hier anschauen
Das SWR Vokalensemble unter Leitung von Yuval Weinberg singt den Psalm 'Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen?' von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Puppenspieler Frank Soehnle begleitet mit seinen Marionetten die Musik.www.ardmediathek.de
Ciao Mondo.
Ecco una #volpebianca che guarda... cos'è che guarda?
#airdryclay #kitsune #volpe #scultura #homedecor #handmade #wildlife #unrealtoys #guardalabene #natale #gift #modellingclay #arte
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В Раді вирішили змінити копійку на шаг. Що далі?
В Верховній Раді вирішили перейменувати копійку на шаг. Реакція українців. Розбираємося що таке шаг.SPADOK.ORG.UA
19 December 1924 | A Polish woman, Adela Ros, was born in Porąbka.
In #Auschwitz from 25 January 1943.
No. 31278
She perished in the camp on 9 July 1943.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobi…
Podcast: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
Belgium’s Prime Minister De Wever, under fire for blocking the release of frozen Russian assets, joked to journalists that he has a dacha in Russia:
“Now I need to go to my dacha in Saint Petersburg, where my neighbor is Depardieu and across the street is Assad. I think I could be mayor of that little village,” he said adding afterward, “That was a joke. If you write about it, be sure to say I was joking and you laughed.”
Ukraine’s Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko says the €90B EU loan is interest-free and, in practice, won’t need to be repaid unless Russia pays reparations. The funds will go toward Ukraine’s budget and defense needs.
Work on the legal and technical details for the reparations‑based credit mechanism is still ongoing.
⚡️ WAR IN UKRAINE & RUSSIA — DEC 19, 2025
■ Russian area gains confirmed, paid for with heavy losses in recent days
■ Engagements and casualties above the 7-day average; the same applies to UAV and APV losses
■ Overnight attacks: triple-digit, all drones; interception rate could be better, 23 locations hit
■ Strikes on both sides well above average
■ Current conditions: snow in Kyiv and Kharkiv; fog in Pokrovsk
📈 See dashboard for full data:
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Dashboard on Russia's war against Ukraine
Looker Studio turns your data into informative dashboards and reports that are easy to read, easy to share, and fully customizable.Looker Studio
💬 "🇺🇦🇪🇺 We are grateful to the leaders of the European Union for the European Council’s decision to provide €90 billion in financial support to #Ukraine for 2026–2027.
This commitment significantly strengthens our defence and resilience. It is crucial that russian assets remain immobilised.
United, we are safeguarding the future of our shared European continent."
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
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russia returned 1003 bodies of fallen soldiers to #Ukraine
Source: liveuamap.com/en/2025/19-decem…
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The United Nations General Assembly has passed an updated resolution addressing the human rights situation in russian-occupied Ukrainian territories, including #Crimea and Sevastopol.
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UN General Assembly Approves Ukraine’s Resolution on Human Rights in Occupied Territories
The UN General Assembly approved a resolution on human rights in Russian-occupied Ukraine, reaffirming Ukraine’s sovereignty and demanding accountability.Dariia Mykhailenko (UNITED24 Media)
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putin is speaking in russia at an annual TV event - where he's claimed #Ukraine is retreating and compared the #EU to "burglars". That comes after the EU agreed a deal overnight to fund Kyiv's defence efforts for the next two years.
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Ukraine war latest: Putin compares EU leaders to 'burglars' - after they agree €90bn loan for Ukraine
Vladimir Putin is speaking in Russia at an annual TV event - where he's claimed Ukraine is retreating and compared the EU to "burglars". That comes after the EU agreed a deal overnight to fund Kyiv's defence efforts for the next two years.Sky News
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with activitypub enabled and diaspora disabled, I can't add friendica contacts (friendica stable version).
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La conferma dell'utilità degli assistenti AI al posto degli esseri umani.
Faccio una domanda specifica a Nicola, assistente virtuale di Kia e ricevo una risposta che non mi dice quello che ho chiesto.
Quindi andrò a verificare sul manuale di istruzioni e tanti fanculo di gusto all'AI.
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#securityaffairs #hacking #UFI
ASRock, ASUS, GIGABYTE, MSI Boards vulnerable to pre-boot memory attacks
A new UEFI flaw exposes some ASRock, ASUS, GIGABYTE, and MSI motherboards to early-boot DMA attacks, bypassing IOMMU protections.Pierluigi Paganini (Security Affairs)
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Oggi 3I/Atlas è alla minima distanza dalla Terra
La cometa 3I/Atlas si trova in queste ore al perigeo, il punto più vicino alla Terra di tutto il suo percorso, pur rimanendo a distanza di sicurezza.Maura Sandri (MEDIA INAF)
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Omaggio a Jane Austen, una penna per lo schermo
@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
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In un panorama culturale saturo di celebrazioni per il 250° anniversario della nascita di Jane Austen, il saggio di Giancarlo Zappoli e Claudia Bersani si propone come un intervento necessario e ambizioso. “Jane Austen, una penna per
E' una valutazione strategica... Il girasagre non ha neuroni, ma sa anche come preservare se stesso, e staccare la spina ora potrebbe essere, per lui, una soluzione di sopravvivenza
Come anche le comunità per minori sono esposte a minacce cyber
@Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁)
Le informazioni psichiatriche di ragazze e ragazzi vulnerabili hanno un valore economico elevato e possono essere sfruttate, anche a fini di ricatto, nel corso di tutta la loro vita: le comunità terapeutiche che le conservano sono sotto attacco.
L'articolo Come anche le comunità per minori
На всех экранах страны
С 2027 года в России станет обязательной регистрация мобильных устройств в единой базе IMEI-номеров. Плата за регистрацию будет фиксированной или процентной от стоимости устройства, в зависимости от способа ввоза.Алексей Жабин (Газета «Коммерсантъ»)
I was just wondering where followers and following were on #ActivityPub - "I switched to authors and blog, and I no longer found followers"
I was writing a topic on the forum, when I just explored my dashboard more and found the two different directions: author's followers are in users submenu, blog followers are on ActivityPub's submenu.
Blindness related epic fail.
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Inside the battle for Kherson: how civilians survive constant drone attacks
Channel 4 News - Foreign Correspondent Paraic O’Brien and cameraman Paul Conroy spent three days in Kherson investigating evidence of war crimes there.
YouTube 📽️
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Inside the battle for Kherson: how civilians survive constant drone attacks
Kherson is one of the frontline cities in Ukraine under attack from Russia, where artillery and drone strikes are causing constant devastation. Anyone in the...YouTube
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russia mocks von der Leyen as EU backs down on using frozen assets
by Seb Starcevic
“Voices of reason” prevailed at the European Council, a top kremlin official says.
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Russia mocks von der Leyen as EU backs down on using frozen assets
“Voices of reason” prevailed at the European Council, a top Kremlin official says.Seb Starcevic (POLITICO)
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Ustica, non archiviate la ricerca di tutta la verità
@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
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I parenti delle vittime della strage di Ustica oggi sono davanti al Gip per opporsi alla domanda di archiviazione dell’indagine aperta nel 2008 per la denuncia/testimonianza di Cossiga che indicava i francesi,
-Belarus deploys spyware on journalists' phones
-Suspect arrested for installing malware on ferry boat
-France arrests Interior Ministry hacker
-new Cisco and SonicWall zero-days
-DPRK stole $2b this year
-Former Israeli PM hacked
-FTC orders Nomad Bridge to return user funds
-TikTok reported for tracking users across the web
-US still Tor's biggest sponsor
-Russia also explores social media ban for kids
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Risky Bulletin: Belarus deploys spyware on journalists' phones
Suspect arrested for installing malware on ferry boat; France arrests Interior Ministry hacker; and new Cisco and SonicWall zero-days.Catalin Cimpanu (Risky.Biz)
Potere o Cooperazione?
Il Sindaco di Trieste si è rivolto alla Consigliera con queste parole: "Non mi sono mai fatto comandare da una donna, tanto meno da te."
Non riusciamo a liberarci di queste persone. Ce la faremo prima o poi?
E ce la faremo a fare un passo avanti considerando la cooperazione il vero strumento con il quale costruire i nostri presenti?
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#securityaffairs #hacking
China-linked APT UAT-9686 is targeting Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Secure Email and Web Manager
Cisco disclosed a critical zero-day in Secure Email Gateway and Secure Email and Web Manager, actively exploited by a China-linked group.Pierluigi Paganini (Security Affairs)
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