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Ukrainian forces struck multiple Russian targets overnight, hitting a 55Zh6 "Nebo-U" radar in occupied Crimea, a fuel depot near Prymorsk (Zaporizhzhia), a drone storage site in Makiivka, and a troop concentration of Russia’s 114th Motorized Brigade in Donetsk.

Confirmed: two S-400 launchers destroyed on Dec 14 in Belgorod region.



🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukrainian forces counterattacked near Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, destroying what they described as an entire Russian regiment — a unit that can number roughly 2,000 troops on paper — and improving their positions, #Ukraine’s Third Army Corps reported Dec. 18.

kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-…



🇺🇦 🇷🇺 #Ukraine's Security Service struck a Russian military airfield in occupied #Crimea, reportedly destroying air defense equipment worth hundreds of millions of dollars, the agency said on Dec. 18.

kyivindependent.com/sbu-drones…



Russian border troops violated Estonian territory. The group arrived on a vessel and set foot on an area near Vasknarva in Estonia's Northeast.

Estonia has scheduled a meeting with Russian border representatives for December 18 to demand an explanation and has summoned Russia's chargé d'affaires in Tallinn for further clarification.



18 December 1929 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Bernard Warszaur, (Warszauer) was born in Olaszliszka. He emigrated to France.

On 24 August 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz with his sister Berthe. They were murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU



The EU has sanctioned 41 more vessels from Russia’s shadow fleet, targeting tankers helping Moscow bypass the oil price cap or transporting stolen Ukrainian goods.

These ships now face port bans and service restrictions, bringing the total to nearly 600 vessels. The move aims to tighten pressure on Russia’s energy revenues and logistics network.



Bloomberg: Even if the war ends tomorrow, Russia will be paying for it for years. With reserves drained, Moscow turned to record borrowing, 7.9 trillion rubles in bonds this year alone. High interest rates (16.5%) make debt servicing one of Russia’s top 5 budget expenses, unlike military spending, these costs can’t be cut.


Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the planned US-Russia talks in Miami, saying Moscow wants to hear Washington’s take on the "outcomes" of recent negotiations between Ukraine and the EU.


Russia's government is plugging a widening gap in the military budget with increasingly costly borrowing, which will lead to a growing bill for years to come.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

#Ukraine #Russia



An oil tanker caught fire after an overnight drone attack on Russia’s southern city of Rostov, as Ukraine expands the scope of strikes on energy assets.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

#Ukraine #Russia



Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Thursday that she would be willing to vote through a plan for the loan without Belgium “if necessary” as a single member of the 27-nation EU “shouldn’t be able to block what is the right thing to do.”

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Belgium #Denmark



A British man who fought for Ukraine against the Russian army has been sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security prison camp after being convicted of being a paid mercenary, Russian prosecutors said on Thursday.

reuters.com/business/aerospace…

#Ukraine #Russia #UK



Ukrainian forces conducted an operation against the Belbek air base in Russian-occupied Crimea using long-range drones and caused absolute havoc. The following targets were hit:

- Two long-range radar detection systems "Nebo-SVU"

- One radar station 92N6, which is part of the S-400 "Triumph" air defense system

- One "Pantsir" air defense system

- One fully armed MiG-31 aircraft



🇪🇺 🇷🇺 The European Union on Thursday imposed sanctions on 41 more ships in #Russia's shadow fleet, taking the total of designated vessels to almost 600.

The ships are now banned from entering EU ports and can no longer receive a broad range of services related to maritime transport, the EU Council said.

reuters.com/business/eu-target…



Massive strike by Ukraine’s SBU at Belbek airfield in occupied Crimea overnight: a MiG-31 with full payload, a Pantsir-S2 air defense system, an S-400 radar unit, and two Nebo-SVU radars were destroyed or damaged, losses worth hundreds of millions of dollars.


European intelligence agencies say Russian operatives have been targeting Belgian politicians and Euroclear executives with intimidation tactics to block the release of €185bn in frozen Russian assets. The campaign, linked to the GRU, comes as EU leaders debate using those funds to secure a vital loan for Ukraine.


💬 Testimony of a Ukrainian woman enslaved by Russian soldiers

"You have to cook, clean, and do the laundry in the houses they have seized. You have to fulfill their sexual whims as well."

theins.press/en/confession/287…

#ukraine #russia #russianwarCrimes



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A bipartisan group of US senators is urging Belgium to release frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine, warning that delays only help Putin and test NATO’s resolve. The letter, sent ahead of today's EU summit, targets Belgium’s legal hesitations and backs the European Commission’s plan to leverage assets held at Euroclear.


Three Russian border guards illegally crossed into Estonian territory and stayed for about 20 minutes, Bloomberg reports. The incident was caught on video. Estonia will summon Russia’s top diplomat in Tallinn and is boosting patrols in the area. Officials from both sides are set to meet today to address the breach.


German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he still hopes for consensus on using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine. “I see no better option,” he told reporters, adding that the EU now faces a clear choice: either take on more European debt or use Russia’s immobilized funds.


⚡️ WAR IN UKRAINE & RUSSIA — DEC 18, 2025

■ Combat activity dropped sharply; casualties and equipment losses now below the 7-day average
■ Visually confirmed batch: 18 🇷🇺 : 63 🇺🇦 — 2025 ratio at 1.1×, 90-day ratio at 0.9×
■ Overnight attacks: double-digit, all drones; decent interception rate, but twenty locations hit (including by debris)
■ 🇷🇺 MLRS strikes well above average; six 🇺🇦 strikes reported

📈 See dashboard for full data:
lookerstudio.google.com/s/j8MO…



🇷🇺 A Russia-controlled court in Ukraine's Donetsk region has sentenced a British citizen to 13 years for fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine, #Russia's general prosecutor said on Thursday.

barrons.com/news/briton-gets-1…



🇪🇺 A new analytical report by the KSE Institute, prepared jointly with the Centre for Liberal Modernity and a group of international legal experts, concludes that the European Union’s reparations loan for #Ukraine does not create new material legal risks for EU member states or financial institutions.

kyivpost.com/post/66452

#europe #russia



🇺🇦🇺🇸 Ukrainian peace negotiators are en route to the United States and plan to meet the U.S. negotiating team on Friday and Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.

reuters.com/world/europe/ukrai…

#ukraine #usa



18 December 1914 | A Polish woman, Józefa Kaleta, was born. A clerk.

In #Auschwitz from 27 April 1942.
No. 6792
She escaped during the evacuation march.
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A podcast about registration photos: youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc



Hungary’s PM Orban claims talks on using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine have hit a dead end, saying there’s no majority support. When pressed if he’s acting in Europe’s or Moscow’s interest, he replied: “I work for peace.”


EU diplomats will have discussions today on how to use frozen Russian assets to fund a “reparations loan” for Ukraine in 2026–27, including military aid. Some resistance remains, including from Belgium and Czech PM Babiš. EC president von der Leyen said two options are on the table and will be discussed. A final decision is expected soon.


The oil tanker "Valery Gorchakov" was struck yesterday in Rostov-on-Don, killing two crew members. Built in 1969 and converted in 2004 under Project 156ST/5009, it's linked to Russia's shadow fleet supplying occupied ports.


medium.com/@brunosaetta/llm-e-…

Uno studio di Science analizza come un LLM può essere usato per la persuasione e quanto siano efficaci.



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Film-maker Mstyslav Chernov: ‘I kept seeing #Ukraine as a victim of this invasion – I wanted to tell another story’

Interview - Adrian Horton

The documentary-maker on new film 2000 Meters to Andriivka (the Guardian’s No 2 film of 2025), being on the Oscar circuit with 20 Days in Mariupol and filming on the frontline

theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/…

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De Wever: #Ukraine funding fail would be #EU disgrace, but still no on using russian assets

by Hanne Cokelaere

The European Commission's idea amounts to serving and eating a goose that lays golden eggs, Belgian PM tells MPs before critical summit.

politico.eu/article/bart-de-we…

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Best movies of 2025 in the US: No 2 – 2000 Meters to Andriivka

Ukrainian soldiers claw their way toward an abandoned one-street town, battling russian artillery fire, snipers and aerial attacks, in this feat of documentary film-making and frontline reporting

theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/…

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Palantir e la centralizzazione del potere decisionale: il rischio è già reale

📌 Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/palantir-…

#redhotcyber #news #datianalisi #palantirtechnologies #peterthiel #centralizzazionepotere #decisionedigitale




Tutte le conseguenze telefonate della crisi della Ram

Per vedere altri post come questo, segui la comunità @Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁)

Sam Altman e gli altri attori nel comparto dell'Intelligenza artificiale sono affamati di memorie e ne stanno accaparrando in enormi quantità lasciando il resto del mercato senza Ram. Una situazione che rischia di costare parecchio ai consumatori nel 2026

in reply to Informa Pirata

Vorrei precisare che quello che stiamo passando è uno dei periodi più crudeli e barbari della storia della tecnologia. Oramai l'IA ha sempre più motivi per essere detestata. Non posso davvero riuscire a convincermi neanche un pezzo per utilizzarla, se è responsabile di essere mano a dei ingordi milionari che vogliono praticamente SVUOTARE LE BANCHE spendendo inutilmente cifre cosmiche, quando la salute pubblica, le scuole, ecc. vengono lasciati dietro.
in reply to [AF]2050

Progresso? Quale progresso? Ma di che cazzo stiamo parlando quando i prezzi scheggiano come meteoriti quando ci sono quei stronzi che ne approfittano di tutto per mandare tutta quella tecnologia all'oblio?! EH???

DIAMINE, E DEVO PURE COMPRARE UN NUOVO PORTATILE NEI PROSSIMI MESI!!

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ResidentBat e il malware sul traghetto italiano nella nuova guerra ibrida dello spyware


@Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁)
La scoperta di ResidentBat sul telefono di un giornalista bielorusso è l’ennesima conferma che lo spyware non è più un’arma eccezionale, ma un’infrastruttura ordinaria di repressione politica. Allo stesso tempo, il caso del traghetto




Ich bin mal wieder unterwegs und natürlich habe ich Begleitung! (Chaos hat sich versteckt, ist aber auch dabei)







La famosa #grappa del ca**o.
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in reply to Gabriele Marcosanti

Una bottiglia di vetro trasparente di forma insolita si trova su una superficie di legno. La bottiglia ha una base larga, un collo stretto che si allarga in una forma a pera e poi si restringe di nuovo verso l'alto. All'interno della bottiglia è visibile un liquido trasparente. Un piccolo tag è attaccato al collo della bottiglia, con una grafica colorata e la scritta "Grappa" in evidenza. Il tag presenta anche un simbolo che ricorda la bandiera italiana.

Fornito da @altbot, generato localmente e privatamente utilizzando Gemma3:27b

🌱 Energia utilizzata: 0.090 Wh



ResidentBat e il malware sul traghetto italiano nella nuova guerra ibrida dello spyware
#CyberSecurity
insicurezzadigitale.com/reside…


Garantiremo la professionalità e la formazzione in uno dei lavori più inportanti der paese mettendo l'obbligo de studi universitariani

Scatta l'obbligo de laurea pe gli amministratori de condomignio

Invariato il requisito pe Presidenza der Consijo e ministeri, incluso quello daa Curtura, per i quali basta sapé scriver er proprio nome ar giuramento (in stanpatello pure ok)

open.online/2025/12/17/riforma…



Asian-American nurses were WWII heroes. History left them behind.
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/asian-american-nurses-war-heroes-history/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into The 19th @the-19th-19thnews



Dora, the kitten, likes to nap in bowls. You might even say it's adorable...


Premio letterario-giuridico “DATA! The game” 2026
istitutoitalianoprivacy.it/202…
@informatica
Il Premio “DATA! The game®”, sponsorizzato da Academy Istituto Privacy e ispirato all’omonimo gioco e videogioco sul valore dei dati nell’era digitale, è promosso dall’Istituto Italiano per la Privacy e la Valorizzazione dei Dati. Il Premio vuole evidenziare, onorare e riconoscere pubblicamente i libri europei,...




Vulnerabilità critica nei gateway SonicWall SMA1000: RCE pre-auth utilizzando due CVE

📌 Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/vulnerabi…

#redhotcyber #news #cybersecurity #hacking #vulnerabilita #sonicwall #sma1000 #cve202540602



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Le autorità per la privacy leggono le sentenze?


@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
articolo21.org/2025/12/le-auto…
Il tribunale di Roma ha annullato la sanzione che il garante per la privacy aveva inflitto per una inchiesta su Andrea Mascetti, uno degli avvocati della Lega, in relazione a suoi presunti contatti e relazioni con gli affari dei





Everyone complains about GenZ, but GenAI is way more annoying









Sottovalutare la sicurezza informatica Oggi. Parliamo di “tanto chi vuoi che mi attacca?”

📌 Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/sottovalu…

La cultura del “tanto chi vuoi che mi attacchi?” gira ancora, testarda. Non è uno slogan, è proprio un modo di pensare.

Una specie di alibi mentale che permette di rimandare, di non guardare troppo da vicino certi rischi. Succede spesso nelle aziende piccole, quelle dove tutti fanno un po’ di tutto e la #sicurezza resta una cosa vaga, sullo sfondo.

A cura di Gaia Russo

#redhotcyber #news #sicurezzainformatica #cybersecurity #hacking #malware #ransomware #sicurezzadellepiccoleaziende #rischipinformatici #protezioneinformatiche #aziendesicure #sicurezzadigitali #minacceinformatiche #prevenzionehacking







#EU told to choose between ‘money today or blood tomorrow’ as leaders debate giving russian assets to #Ukraine

European leaders meet in Brussels as Poland’s Donald Tusk issues warning to fellow EU states

theguardian.com/world/live/202…

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🚀 Avete già visto i talk del "Social Web" al @fosdem?

Date un’occhiata al programma: è pieno di talk incredibili. Ci vediamo lì! 👀✨
👉 fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track…

🇮🇹 Quest'anno parteciperò come speaker insieme all’associazione @fedimedia, con @openforfuture e @iusondemand, per raccontare un’esperienza concreta di successo tutta italiana:
📅"Costruire un Fediverso italiano sostenibile: superare le sfide tecniche, di adozione e di moderazione”
👉 fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event…

🙏 Unitevi al gruppo @fediverso

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mi sto già preparando per il Fosdem preparando i broccoletti di Bruxelles 😄


in reply to Elena Brescacin FoolAround

mi piace professarmi Cittadino Europeo, poi mi sveglio e mi rendo conto che sono solamente un veneto.


Morning Mallard butts bobbing in the cold water, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, 17 December, 2025. Photo by James Brey.
#BirdsOfMastodon


I've been trying to figure out the best/least harmful/least terrible web browser and I think I'll go draw in the dirt with a stick.


Kiddo: 🐀 I've been playing a lot of Kitsune Tails lately
Me: 🦝 Oh aye? What do you think of it, I'll tell the developer
🐀 ...😯 you KNOW the developer?
🦝 We're mutuals on Mastodon
🐀 *jumping in her seat* OH MY GOD
🦝 😏 heheh yeah your dad's kind of a big deal 😏
🐀 OH MY GODDD

This is why you need to buy indie games



The biggest pain points for EU leaders at critical #Ukraine summit

by Seb Starcevic

Ukraine's survival and the EU's credibility are at stake in Thursday's crunch talks

Thursday's European Council is the bloc's last chance to show it can be more than a talking shop

politico.eu/article/7-things-w…

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Two Ukrainian women could face 6-year sentences for their faith as Jehovah’s Witnesses in russian-occupied #Crimea

50-year-old Olena Ivashina and Olha Podlesna (55) are under house arrest following the latest armed raids against men and women for studying the Bible

khpg.org/en/1608815366

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18 December 1894 | Dutch Jew, Jonas Lubig, was born in Amsterdam.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in October 1943. He did not survive.
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Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/

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18 Dec 2025, 18:00–08:30: #Ukraine repelled a 82-drone attack (50+ Shaheds), shooting down 63 UAVs.

19 strikes hit 12 locations; debris fell at 8 sites. Attack ongoing.

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Estimated russian losses from February 24, 2022 to December 18, 2025 of the russian all-out war against Ukraine, according to the General Staff of #Ukraine

🔷 Yesterday 950 enemy, killed or wounded

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LibreWolf remains AI-free!


cross-posted from: lemmy.wtf/post/34364784

cross-posted from: lemmy.cafe/post/28583067
LibreWolf is one of the best browsers for people who don't like generative AI.

Here is the statement posted on Mastodon:

As there seems to have been recent confusion about this, just a quick "official" toot to then pin: we haven't and won't support "generative AI" related stuff in LibreWolf. If you see some features like that (like Perplexity search recently, or the link preview feature now) it is solely because it "slipped through". As soon as we become aware of something like this / it gets reported to us, we will remove/disable it ASAP.




Volo suborbitale oggi alle 17 italiane per Blue Origin. A bordo ci sarà anche l'ingegnera tedesca Michaela Benthaus, che diventerà la prima persona con disabilità ad andare nello spazio. Ha perso l'uso delle gambe dopo un incidente in mountain bike
blueorigin.com/news/new-shepar…


#Friendica #Statistics 2025-12-18 07:00 CEST
Number of active instances: 216
Number of users: 20 807
Number of statuses: 2 850 217
Number of new users last 1D: 0
Number of new statuses last 1D: 585

#Fediverse


Una volta a dicembre c'era la neve, adesso ci sono le zanzare da combattere.

Buongiorno



"Slop", parola dell’anno 2025 per Merriam-Webster, indica la crescente preoccupazione per i contenuti digitali di bassa qualità, generati dall’IA. Il web è stato invaso da video assurdi, fake news, libri scritti male e pubblicità strane, tutti prodotti dall’intelligenza artificiale.
@tecnologia
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/mer…


18 December 1894 | Jewish woman, Clara Benadon, was born in Thessaloniki. She emigrated to France.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 13 April 1944. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz

Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobi…
Podcast: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8



#EU wrestles over 11th-hour compromise to rescue summit deal on #Ukraine aid

The key to such a plan would be carving Hungary and Slovakia — which both oppose giving further aid to Ukraine — out of the joint debt scheme, four EU diplomats told POLITICO.

politico.eu/article/eu-wrestle…

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“I proposed two different options for this upcoming European Council, one based on assets and one based on EU borrowing. And we will have to decide which way we want to take” - Ursula von der Leyen

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18 December 1925 | A Czech Jew, Jiří Reinisch, was born in Prague.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 September 1944. He did not survive.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs



in reply to quinta - Stefano Quintarelli

purtroppo la politica estera Usa è indipendente dai suoi presidenti. Il capitalismo allo stato crepuscolare è debole ed è costretto ad usare la forza della guerra per riaffermare il suo dominio vacillante e non più egemonico. Naturalmente potrebbe accadere di tutto, un gradino alla volta ci si potrebbe trovare in mezzo ad un conflitto mondiale, i segnali ci sono: Ucraina, medio oriente, Venezuela, Taiwan



Someone takes a photo and posts it online. They didn't photoshop something crazy into it, they didn't add any text, they didn't juxtapose it with another image to make a point. It's not a gif or screenshot or a piece of stock photography. It's just a photo they took.

That photo is not a "meme." Even if it's clever. Even if it's funny. It's their work.

Don't fuckin' repost it without credit. Don't pretend like you took it.



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#Putin

After the Soviet Union collapsed, we believed we would quickly join the civilized Western world. Today, it seems there is no civilization there, only degradation.


I just don’t understand - if he’s so concerned about that scary Western world, why he continues pushing West? Just fuck off back to East and you’ll be safe again in your swamps :blobshrug:



17 December 1903 | Polish Jew, Jankiel Szyferman, was born in Maciejowice. He emigrated to France. A tailor.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Pithiviers on 17 July 1942. He did not survive.
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Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_…



#Germany Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz:

We intend to use Russian assets to finance the Armed Forces of Ukraine for at least two more years. This step is not about prolonging the war, but about bringing the war to an end as soon as possible.


I believe this is a very important message, as it gives both Russia, Ukraine and USA a clear message, responding to Putin’s vague statements about “achieving his goals as long as it takes” with a specific tangible metric that may not look actually looks so optimistic from Russian side.

:agooglethumbsup: :agooglethumbsup:

#Ukraine #Russia

Source: x.com/bundeskanzler/status/200… (sorry, it’s him not me)



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