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Ukraine protests against visit by deputy head of Putin's administration to ZNPP  Ukrinform

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Russian propaganda makes up installation and demolition of monument to Putin in Zhytomyr  Ukrinform

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Putin hits back at sanctions, vows deeper ties with China, other allies  Markets Insider

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Either we will win Ukraine war or world would be destroyed: Putin ally  Deccan Herald

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Russian Actress Speaks Out Against Putin in Washington Poetry Performance  Voice of America - VOA News

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Elon Musk has rejected as false a bombshell report inVice Newsalleging that the billionaire Tesla CEOspoke directly to Russian President Vladimir Putinbefore Musk issued his controversial Russia-Ukraine Peace poll on Twitterlast week.

Elon Musk spoke directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin beforetweeting a proposal to end the war in Ukrainethat would have seen territory permanently ceded to Russia, it has been claimed, the TuesdayVicereport began.

The single source for the claim is Ian Bremmer, who it just so happens has repeatedly lashed out at Musk in the past.

No, it is not true, Musk responded to the story when asked by a commentator on Twitter. I have spoken to Putin only once and that was about 18 months ago. The subject matter was space, he added.

The Vice story indicated the news organization had reached out to Musk and was still awaiting a response. It dubiously relied solely on claims made by Bremmer in an emailed newsletter sent to his Eurasia Group subscribers:

In a mailout sent to Eurasia Group subscribers, Ian Bremmer wrote that Tesla CEOMusk told him that Putin was prepared to negotiate, but only if Crimea remained Russian, if Ukraine accepted a form of permanent neutrality, and Ukraine recognised Russias annexation of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.

Amid thehe said, he said the purpose of the hit piece and allegations have perhaps become all too clear, as Musk can now once again be accused by blue-check narrative enforcers of somehow being a Kremlin stooge

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According to Bremmer, Musk said Putin told him these goals would be accomplished no matter what, including the potential of a nuclear strike if Ukraine invaded Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014. Bremmer wrote that Musk told him that everything needed to be done to avoid that outcome.

Vicethenstrongly suggested that Musk is taking his talking points direct from the Russian leader himself, at a moment the Kremlin executes a bloody war on Ukraine: Last week, Musk posted essentially the same points on Twitter, although he suggested that the referendums in the annexed territories slammed as sham votes by Ukraine and the West be redone under supervision by the United Nations, the report followed with.

Meanwhile, at a moment the world looks on the Russia-Ukraine conflict with growing alarm at the ratcheting nuclear rhetoric

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia does not intend to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine despite previous threats he has made that it may turn to them in its war.

He said at a conference of international foreign policy experts that using nuclear weapons against Ukraine would have no political or military purpose. He also said the West is looking to achieve international domination through the conflict.

Putin also repeated his previous claims that Russians and Ukrainians are a single people who should be united and tried to delegitimize Ukraine as an independent country.

Putin has gradually stepped up threats of Russia potentially using tactical nuclear weapons on the battlefield against Ukraine to defend Russian territory.

He has said that he considers Russian territory to include the four regions of Ukraine where Russian soldiers oversaw annexation referendums last month. The referendums in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia passed with more than 90 percent in favor, but the international community has widely denounced the elections as illegal and illegitimate.

Putin said in his remarks that NATOs refusal to rule out Ukraine joining the military alliance and Ukraines refusal to support a peace agreement with separatists forced the Kremlin to act.

Russian-backed separatists have been fighting Ukraine in the Donbas region, made up of Donetsk and Luhansk, since 2014.

Russia also does not have complete control over the regions as Ukraine has retaken thousands of square kilometers of territory as part of a counteroffensive it has conducted over the past two months.

Russian officials have recently accused Ukraine of intending to launch a so-called dirty bomb, which would spread radioactive material in an explosion, but Ukraine and its Western allies have rejected the claim.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Putin: Russia has no plans to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been called a fighter against the Antichrist or chief exorcist by Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Newsweek reports.

At the outset of the Ukraine War, Vladimir Putin called Russias invasion of its neighbour merely a special military operation with the objective of denazification.

Eight months into the war and Russia is reportedly failing in all of its military objectives in Ukraine. Now, reports suggest that voices inside the Kremlin are whipping up bizarre theories in order to stir up domestic support.

Aleksey Pavlov, the assistant secretary to the security council of Russia, is said to claim the existence of satanic sects and a satanic church in Ukraine which calls for killing Russians, Express reports.

The statements by Pavlov have not been independently verified.

Nevertheless, even Vladimir Putin himself made use of this narrative. This was when he declared Russias annexation of the four regions in Ukraine, he accused western countries of outright satanism, Newsweek reports.

Increasingly more voices inside Russia are trying to elevate the discourse about the Ukraine War. What was merely a special military operation has now become a call to fight satanism and a holy war.

Such is the case of Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader and Putin ally who described the war in Ukraine as a holy war against Satanism.

Moreover, Patriarch Kirill recently told Russian citizens not to be afraid of death when going to fight in Ukraine.

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-Newsweek: 'Putin Appointed 'Chief Exorcist' as Kremlin Whips up Satanic Panic'

-Express: Putin dubbed 'chief exorcist' as Kremlin turbocharges satanic panic over Ukraine invasion

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Vladimir Putin given bizarre new title in Russia amid Kremlin's 'holy war'

1. Putin accuses Western elites of playing 'dangerous, bloody and dirty game'  CNN
2. Putin pins Ukraine hopes on winter and divisive US politics  BBC
3. Opinion | Ignore Putin's words. His crimes in Ukraine speak louder.  The Washington Post
4. Putin Rails Against Western Elites in Speech Aimed at U.S. Conservatives  The New York Times
5. Putin Says West Playing 'Dangerous, Bloody Game'  Voice of America - VOA News
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Putin accuses Western elites of playing 'dangerous, bloody and dirty game' - CNN

1. Putin urges his government to 'speed up' decision-making in Ukraine war  CNN
2. Putin tries to boost decision-making and kit manufacture for Ukraine campaign  Reuters
3. News Wrap: Putin pushes to boost production of weapons  PBS NewsHour
4. Putin cites COVID response in push to accelerate Ukraine war efforts  The Hill
5. Putin concerned about equipment of conscripts, insisting on more modern and comfortable stuff  Yahoo News
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