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Welcome to today’s Morning Brief, where we take a look at the Russian military’s expanded exercises, the fallout from the assault on Brazilian government buildings, and COVID-19 infections in China’s Henan province.
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What are Russian troops doing in Belarus?
Welcome to today’s Morning Brief, where we take a look at the Russian military’s expanded exercises, the fallout from the assault on Brazilian government buildings, and COVID-19 infections in China’s Henan province.
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What are Russian troops doing in Belarus?
Russia and Belarus are reportedly expanding joint army training in Belarus.
Hundreds of Russian infantrymen, between 1,400 and 1,600 soldiers, arrived in Vitebsk, Belarus on Sunday via unofficial Telegram channels. Reuters could not verify this information, but reported that Russia and Belarus had added weapons and infantrymen to the trainings and were wearing down trainings that were based on reports from Russia in its war in Ukraine.
All of this will raise fears that Russia is contemplating a new push from the military from the north. As The Guardian notes, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has said that Belarus will not sign up for war, however, counterattack has already been used on the Russian president. Vladimir Putin’s conflicts. (Last year, it served as the point of origin for a failed attempt to advance on Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. )Just because that momentum failed last year doesn’t mean Putin won’t pull out again.
Last month, Putin visited Lukashenko in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, where Lukashenko presented the following blunt assessment: “Either we are co-aggressors, the most destructive and poisonous people on this planet. We have only one dispute: which is the biggest. Vladimir Vladimirovich [Putin] says it’s me. I’m already starting to think I am. It didn’t matter, since we are together.
Russia also claimed to have killed six hundred Ukrainian infantrymen in a “massive missile strike” in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, in retaliation for a New Year’s Day attack that killed dozens of Russian foot soldiers. However, it may simply not provide any evidence of the attack. , and the Ukrainian military dismissed the claim as “another piece of Russian propaganda” and an attempt to demonstrate a forceful reaction to Ukraine’s successful attack. A Reuters reporter said the missile attack had failed to achieve its objectives and that “there were no transparent symptoms of casualties. “
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The Brazilian government arrested more than 1,000 supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday, a day after Bolsonaro loyalists stormed the country’s congressional building, Supreme Court and presidential palace. The governor of the Federal District of Brasilia, a best friend of Bolsonaro, was also expelled from the workplace for alleged security lapses around government buildings that were invaded.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was sworn in a week before protesters stormed buildings, said there is “no precedent in the history of our country” for “acts of vandals and fascists. “Lula also promised: “We will find out who are the financiers of those vandals who went to Brasilia, and everyone will pay with the force of law.
Bolsonaro, who is in the U. S. state of Florida and went to the hospital on Monday, denied duty on the occasions and criticized Lula’s response. Catherine Osborn, of FP, in Foreign Policy, warned: “Pro-Bolsonaro Brazilian lawmakers have already said they think the detentions on Sunday and Monday were excessive. If Lula’s administration does not care to identify and clearly reveal what crimes were possibly committed in the attack, then it can also give more fuel to the far right to swell its ranks.
Nearly 90 percent of citizens in central Henan province, China’s third-most populous province, have been infected with COVID-19, according to a local official. This suggests that more than 88 million people in Henan have been infected. However, fever visits clinics peaked in the middle of last month, “after which they showed a non-stop downward trend,” said Kan Quancheng, director of the province’s fitness commission.
Elsewhere in China, celebrity deaths without a declared cause have sparked anger, and satellite imagery and video imagery have shown increased traffic and crowds at funeral homes, according to a Washington Post analysis. The news comes as China reopens its borders and COVID-19 cases in the country are surging and are expected to continue to rise like other people to celebrate the Lunar New Year later this month.
Official data released last week told another story. The Chinese government has claimed that only another 120,000 people have become inflamed and only another 30 people have died since China eased pandemic restrictions in early December 2022.
Keep an eye on
Protesters in Iran gather to prevent executions. People protested in the open air against a criminal in Iran following reports that the government was preparing to execute two more people. Iran already hanged two other people on Saturday (January 7), bringing to February 4, the total number of others executed in connection with anti-government protests that began last fall. An Islamic revolutionary court found them guilty of “corruption on Earth. “Executions. The activist organization 1500tasvir said Monday it had halted further executions “at least until that time. “
The Australian Open gives the green light to inflamed players. Australian Open players won’t want to get tested for COVID-19. If they are inflamed, they can still play. Last year, Novak Djokovic was controversially deported due to his COVID-19 status; This year, “we’re just looking to be aware of what’s happening right now in the community,” said tournament director Craig Tiley. Tiley added that the Australian Open has pleaded with anyone who rarely feels good to stay home.
Most on Monday
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• Lessons for the next war through VET contributors
• Taiwanese have a crisis of messages about China through Hilton Yip
tips
Sergio Guillermo Díaz, an Argentine artist, discovered that there is an economic incentive to paint on his country’s devalued currency. “Today it makes sense for me to paint on the largest banknote denominated here in Argentina. Once I paint on it, I can sell it for more than the bill is worth,” he told Reuters. Annual inflation in Argentina probably approached one hundred percent last year. Painted photographs of the banknotes come with soccer star Lionel Messi lifting the World Cup trophy and a satirical depiction of the fall. of weight
Emily Tamkin is a global affairs journalist and The Influence of Soros and Bad Jewish. Twitter: @emilyctamkin
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