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Zelenskyy has been briefing reporters this morning and a number of newsline came out of it.

About the "energy truce" Ukraine's President says there are no direct agreements. He thinks Trump just assumed "if Putin doesn't strike our energy sector we will not strike theirs."
January 30, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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Europe's strength? Innovation.

💡 Our new Visa Policy Strategy will help attract to the EU top global innovators in key sectors.

🧑‍💻 It will modernise our systems to keep up the highest integrity and screening standards that our citizens expect.

Global talent, stronger Europe.

January 30, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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Foreign Minister of France Jean-Noël Barrot: the EU’s 20th sanctions package against Russia should include particularly tough measures targeting the "shadow fleet."

A ban on any maritime services is being considered in order to restrict the movement of such vessels.
January 30, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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📺 👏 Thank you to everyone who joined “Climate deception ‘on Air’”!
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzWr...

🔜 Next webinar, 5 February: Who Is Most Vulnerable to AI-Generated Mis/Disinformation?
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January 30, 2026 at 9:20 AM
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The UAE provided Russia with the identities of US intelligence officers.
Is the UAE really a superb ally?
The United Arab Emirates assists in Russian sanctions evasion, helps China technologically, and harbors serious criminals.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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#Ukraine will be ‘technically’ ready to join #EU in 2027, #Zelenskyy says

✍️ Jakub Krupa

Ukrainian president doubles down on target for accession despite pushback from some European leaders

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Ukraine will be ‘technically’ ready to join EU in 2027, Zelenskyy says – Europe live
Ukrainian president doubles down on target for accession despite pushback from some European leaders
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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💬 'Come to Kyiv, if you dare', #Zelenskyy tells putin

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has invited putin to Kyiv for a leaders' summit, rejecting an invitation to moscow in the process.

Ukraine's president also said a purported one-week truce on energy infrastructure strikes had not yet been agreed.
Ukraine war latest: 'Come to Kyiv, if you dare', Zelenskyy tells Putin
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has invited Vladimir Putin to Kyiv for a leaders' summit, rejecting an invitation to Moscow in the process. Ukraine's president also said a purported one-week truce on energy infra...
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January 30, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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The Woman Who Didn’t Break. Part Three

During the occupation of the Kharkiv region, the russians set up one of their torture chambers in the temporary detention facility at the Kupiansk police station.

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The Woman Who Didn’t Break. Part Three
During the occupation of the Kharkiv region, the Russians set up one of their torture chambers in the temporary detention facility at the Kupiansk police station. It was here that the occupiers impris...
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January 30, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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Zelenskyy:

It’s absolutely impossible for me to meet with Putin in Moscow.It would be the same as meeting Putin in Kyiv

I publicly invite him,if he dares,of course.But if someone doesn’t want to meet yet cannot afford to say so directly for some reason,then such invitations to Moscow appear
January 30, 2026 at 8:34 AM
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"As all Ukrainians are saying now: we will endure everything, just let the war end."

Viktoriia from Kyiv has to heat her apartment with a piece of railroad tie, which she shares with her neighbor. The temperature in her home is just over +5 °C.

📹: DW
January 30, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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90-year-old #Holocaust survivor Yevgeniya Bezfamilnaya died in #Kyiv due to harsh conditions caused by russian attacks - no heat, water, or electricity during -24°C.

May her memory be blessed 🕯️

Source: Chief rabbi of Ukraine
January 30, 2026 at 5:56 AM
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Trump announced today that he was going to keep housing prices up, sued the US taxpayers for $10B, threatened Canada, made a few dozen posts about how he won in 2020, posted about prosecuting Obama for treason, then went to a movie about his wife that Bezos spent $75 million on.
January 30, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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Trump is right - he really has brought the rest of the world closer together.
January 30, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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The Sec Gen of the U.N. has rejected Russia's attempt to have Crimea and Donetsk classified the same as Greenland.

Having exterminated or silenced all pro-Ukraine voices, Russia wants "self-determination" to prevail in the occupied lands.
January 30, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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Checking in on Trump's tariffs
January 30, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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This is a move to have SpaceX bail out his other companies.
January 30, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Trump says China will not let Canada play hockey after they sign a trade agreement.
January 30, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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Trump wants US taxpayers to pay him $10 billion. I’m sure Scott Bessent and Pam Bondi will fight hard to defend this lawsuit for us.
January 30, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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Musk looking at mergers for his big businesses.
Elon Musk's SpaceX, Tesla, and xAI in talks to merge, according to reports | TechCrunch
This merger would bring the Grok chatbot, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation.
techcrunch.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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Trump’s Canada obsession continues.
January 30, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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I’m really surprised that Barron isn’t looking to join the military to carry on the Trump family’s proud tradition of military service to the United States.
January 29, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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Seems like one of those issues that should greatly concern everyone regardless of their politics.
January 29, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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Trump’s all-in on Cuba now. He’s just signed an executive order declaring a national emergency over Cuba and authorising new tariffs on countries that supply oil to the island.
January 29, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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Russian propagandist Solovyev calls for the killing of Ukraine’s civilian population:

"We shouldn’t deceive ourselves - everyone must be destroyed. Enough of feeling sorry for them."
January 29, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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Robert "Madiar" Brovdi, Commander of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces:

"Today, we destroy three enemy battalions every single day. Three battalions daily.

This is not enough. We must inflict losses on the enemy on a much larger scale.
January 29, 2026 at 10:04 PM