„Weltwoche“-Chef Roger Köppel warnt vor der EU als Gefahr für Europa. Doch seine publizistische Nähe zu Putins Propaganda ist die eigentliche Gefahr.

In Russian-occupied Mariupol,Russian authorities have reopened the drama theater that was destroyed by a Russian airstrike in 2022. The Mariupol City Council said that,according to eyewitness accounts,approximately 300 people were killed Utter cynicism.Utter Russia 📹: Radio Liberty

"I killed a girl and two children. I will never forget that in my life." A participant of the 'SMO', a native of Dagestan, confessed to committing a war crime in a private house in the occupied territory of Ukraine - the shooting of civilians, including two children.

Auch in den Putin-Medien gibt es natürlich diese beliebten (wie meist sinnfreien) Online-Umfragen zu brandaktuellen Debatten... 🤦‍♂️ (Quelle: "vz.ru", autoübersetzt)

Nichts aussergewöhnliches... Nur ein Opa aus dem russischen Rjasan, der vergessen hatte, dass in Aufzügen ja Kameras installiert sind. So war es etwas arg leicht, den Mörder seines Neffen ausfindig zu machen... 🤷‍♂️ (Video natürlich gekürzt).

Der Neujahrsputz von Muslimen der Ahmadiyya-Gemeinde hat Tradition. Wegen der „Stadtbild“-Debatte kommen dieses Jahr viele Medienvertreter gucken.

Ukraine opened 2026 under drone strikes and power disruptions, then answered with confirmed hits on Russian fuel and air-defense targets. With Patriots entering combat duty and Europe promising “concrete commitments” on January 6, the next days will show whether guarantees become real policy.

Robert De Niro sent Ukrainians a holiday greeting — a simple public gesture of solidarity at a time when silence is too common. Symbols don’t stop missiles. But they keep Ukraine visible, remind people what’s at stake, and push back against fatigue and indifference.

President Zelenskyy: This year was hard-won through dedication and the daily effort of Ukrainians, made possible by defenders who stood for freedom and dignity. Ukraine moves forward with memory, home, hope, faith, and humanity. “We believe in peace, we fight for it.” Happy New Year!

Ukraine ended 2025 by striking Russia’s fuel backbone and key military sites, while Moscow kept hammering cities and power grids with mass drones. The battlefield is merging with sanctions, air defense, and diplomacy... https://www.patreon.com/posts/top-news-today-147125346

Ukraine closed the year with confirmed long-range hits on Russian fuel infrastructure and occupied-territory targets, even as Russia escalated drone pressure on cities and the grid. The next phase is a collision of strike reach, air-defense stamina, and hard-edged diplomacy.

Der Weihnachtsmann bzw. Väterchen Frost kommt in Russland neuerdings von der Militär-Polizei... 🤷‍♂️

Jetzt versauen die einem auch noch das Feiertagsessen... 😄 Von 360(.)ru

Feuerwerk gehört für viele zum Jahreswechsel. In den Niederlanden soll es das nun zum letzten Mal geben. Einsatzkräfte fürchten dennoch eine extraharte Nacht.

Erneut griffen Unbekannte die Zelle 79 in Cottbus an. Das linke Wohnprojekt ist seit Langem im Visier der rechten Szene.

Even pro-Russian propagandists acknowledge that the strikes on Putin’s house never happened

russia wants you to forget the people killed at the Mariupol Drama Theater. Please don’t. Elderly people, children, babies were inside when it was bombed. Memory is resistance.

According to a recent statement by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense,Kyiv is already operating nine IRIS‑T air defense systems-both the SLS version and the SLM version This’s without counting the other air defense systems &without the Patriots,with Germany supplying the missiles for the IRIS‑T

Russian Telegram channels report explosions in Tuapse, Krasnodar region of Russia. According to some, the local oil depot is on fire.

Im neu errichteten Theater in Mariupol feierte man auf hunderten von Leichen...

Der ukrainische Präsident Selenskyj und US-Präsident Trump verhandeln in Florida über einen 20-Punkte-Plan. Darüber abstimmen sollen später auch die Ukrainer.

[Q]: You said this morning you weren't a deadline guy. How long do you think it'll take to get this last little bit, as you say, finished? What are we talking about? Trump: If it went really well,you know, maybe a few weeks, if it went really poorly,it's not going to happen. That would be a shame.

[Q]: In your conversation with president Putin, did you discuss what responsibility Russia will have for any kind of reconstruction of Ukraine post the agreement? President Trump: I did. They're going to be helping. Russia is going to be helping. Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed.

More and more footages of Russian cavalry.

Despite Trump’s massive help, Russia did not get any closer to reaching its strategic goals in 2026, which was another year of failures for Putin and Russia’s military

Ukraine appears to have won the Battle of Kupyansk. Russian Z-bloggers are now acknowledging a retreat — after months of lies from the Kremlin. The truth caught up. A meaningful Christmas moment for Ukraine. Slava Ukraini.

Christmas on the Coast of Freedom. In Odesa, residents held a Christmas procession despite air raid sirens, shelling, and blackouts. This is Ukraine. Resilient. United. Unbroken.

On Christmas day, Russia attacked several Ukrainian cities. In Chernihiv, a Russian drone hit a residential building, killing a woman and injuring ten more people. In Kherson, one person was killed as Russia launched a strike on the local market. Explosions sounded in Dnipro.

In die Produktion, Genossen! Die Zahl der kostenpflichtigen Studienplätze in RU wird im Jahr 26/27 um 45'000 gekürzt. V.a. bei den Fächern Wirtschaft, Verwaltung & Jura. Die Fachkräfte benötige der Arbeitsmarkt nicht in der Zahl, erklärte der Bildungsminister. ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/22/p...

Carol of the Bells (Ukrainian Shchedryk) performed by a Swedish choir in Ukrainian. The choir is conducted by a Ukrainian lady, the pianist and several young participants are also from Ukraine, and the rest of the choir learned Shchedryk in Ukrainian. Beautiful! 📹 sofia.huzhvynska/TikTok

Russia is bringing in large numbers of Indian citizens, explaining this by the need to address a labor shortage. According to preliminary information, about 70,000 Indians are expected to arrive in Russia.

Sonntagsfrage zur Bundestagswahl • INSA/BamS: AfD 26 % | CDU/CSU 24 % | SPD 14 % | GRÜNE 12 % | DIE LINKE 11 % | BSW 4 % | FDP 4 % | Sonstige 5 % ➤ Übersicht: wahlrecht.de/umfragen/ ➤ Verlauf: wahlrecht.de/umfragen/ins...

US Senator Lindsey Graham: If Putin says no, we need to dramatically change the game, including giving Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine to hit the drone and missile factories that exist in Russia.

Dieser Mythos des pausenlos arbeitenden Führers war ja schon im NS schwer in Mode. Die Zeiten ändern sich eben doch nur bedingt... 🤷‍♂️

Putins Beleidigungen sind offenkundig so wertvoll, dass man sie künftig wohl in aphoristischen Jahrbüchern wiederfindet... (aus der Izvestia)

Russian propagandist Solovyev claim that Russians have already occupied the entire Donbas. He calls for Ukrainian cities to be wiped off the face of the earth with bombings. Russia's "peacefulness."

💥Near Pokrovsk, Ukraine’s Defense Forces carried out a special operation to destroy a cluster of enemy vehicles. Strike teams of OESP “Lasar’s Group” NGU destroyed: ▪️1 SAM system “Osa” ▪️2 Tanks ▪️1 Armored vehicles ▪️1 Ammo trucks Also hit: 5 Tanks, 6 Armored vehicles etc. 📹7corpsDSHV

A new trend has gone viral on Instagram: Russian-speaking users in Europe are responding en masse with 📹s showing cities decorated with Christmas lights,countering false claims by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova that EU countries have been "forced to abandon festive street lighting"

Sonntagsfrage von YouGov zur Bundestagswahl: CDU/CSU 26 % | AfD 26 % | SPD 14 % | GRÜNE 12 % | DIE LINKE 10 % | BSW 4 % | FDP 4 % | Sonstige 5 % ➤ Übersicht: wahlrecht.de/umfragen/ ➤ Verlauf: wahlrecht.de/umfragen/you...

@ladyjaujau2.bsky.social ‼️Can you imagine any other leader in the world there ? 🫡🇺🇦

In a secret Brussels workshop, volunteers produce drones and camouflage nets for #Ukraine's front line. Thank you! 📹🖊️DW

Yesterday, Chancellor Merz proposed that Russia declare a ceasefire during the Christmas holidays. "Perhaps the Russian leadership has a shred of human decency left and will at least leave the population in peace from this terror for a few days over Christmas," he said.

Europeans negotiating themselves have been very entertaining, but can we maybe instead focus on supporting Ukraine more as we dropped the balls in the second half of 2025

❗️Moldovan authorities have decided to return the oil depot at Chișinău Airport to state ownership, after it had been under the control of Russia’s Lukoil since 2005, citing risks to national security, Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu said.

Sacharowa weiss Dinge, die selbst Polen nicht wissen... 🍸🍷🥂 "Lenin ist in vielerlei Hinsicht der Architekt des unabhängigen polnischen Staates. Und auch das moderne Polen könnte man ebenso gut 'Polen benannt nach Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin' nennen". Soll natürlich eine Art Provokation sein. Na ja...🤷‍♂️

Das Problem mit Geburtenrate geschickt gelöst... "Das Industrieministerium hat vorgeschlagen, eine verpflichtende Kennzeichnung für Kondome einzuführen." Die Kennzeichnung erfolgt sicherlich per Nadel... 😅

In Berlin ringen Vertreter von USA, Nato und EU um die Zukunft der Ukraine. Gebietsabtretungen sollen nach wie vor auf dem Verhandlungstisch liegen.

Emanuel Macron: "We are moving forward together for a robust and lasting peace in Ukraine. Together with Europeans, Ukrainians, and Americans, we are strengthening our convergence: military support, robust security guarantees, reconstruction.👇

Russia’s biggest strike on Odesa since the full-scale invasion shut down heat, water, and power, while Ukraine answered with battlefield gains, new cyber forces, and sanctions aimed at choking off Russia’s war finances. The diplomatic race is speeding up, but Kyiv is drawing a hard line against...

Das rasante russische Tempo... 😅 Bildungsminister Krawtsow gab zu, dass Lehrer in Russland wenig verdienen, begründete dies jedoch mit der Politik der 1990er (!) Jahre. 🤔 Lehrer sollten noch ein wenig warten, da die Umstrukturierung viel Zeit in Anspruch nehme. www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/12/11/o...