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Two Ukrainian soldiers have been wounded and the ceasefire has reportedly been broken 51 times.

Pyotr Tolstoy, great grand-son of writer Leo Tolstoy and deputy speaker of parliament, blames the Jews for the campaign to prevent the return of St. Isaac’s Cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church.

AP reported today that Russia had issued a statement that “its warplanes have flown the first combat mission in Syria with U.S.-led coalition aircraft.”

Five Ukrainian soldiers have been wounded in the last 2 days. Ukrainian intelligence foiled an assassination attempt on MP Anton Gerashchenko.

33 ceasefire violations recorded on Saturday, another 24 on Sunday

One Ukrainian soldier was killed in battle in the past day.

The Ukrainian military reports no casualties.

The Ukrainian military claims that Russia-backed forces conducted 37 attacks yesterday.

A Russian weapons foundry in the Ural Mountains has issued a commemorative silver and gold coins for the 45th US president’s inauguration, with the slogan, “In Donald Trump We Trust.”

Spanish police arrested prominent Dutch corporate lawyer Peter Wakkie, at the Madrid Airport as part of an investigation into the insolvency of the Russian-Spanish telecoms firm ZED+. The story attracted more interest because Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman has an interest in ZED+ and is also mentioned in the Trump “kompromat” dossier.