By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host. Psalm 33:6

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By Jennifer Rae

What is heading earths way is a catastrophic celestial disaster and one that we most likely are about to experience in our lifetime. This disaster cycle has been proven and is on track with a timeline of events expected to happen and science is not denying it. In turn, it is getting harder for the human race to deny it as well anymore.

And so once again, we have our amazing God

in the news of today!

The God of the Bible has warned us of such an event! NASA and many modern-day astronomers and sun experts have a plethora of information on how it all will look and how to best prepare (Isaiah 47:13-14), but knowing God, what HE says and trusting in Him is paramount to anything that may come our way. For we are His children and He above all else is our refuge and our future!

And as Bob Barney has stated emphatically, "this warning fulfills God's prophecies concerning the destruction of our nation by both natural and man-made events." You can read a great and informative column from him called, The Plain Truth: Is life for you about to change forever?

Our intent with this site is to share how the Hand of God is behind today's news and if you are a solar system and planetary junkie, this documentary may really be of interest. 

Currently, for us here on earth, as Ben Davidson of Suspicious 0bservers explains in the video below, we are at the end of a calm period and a disaster is imminent. Watching this will help you understand how we have come to learn all about our star and its warning signs and what we need to start thinking about should all noted above be on course. 

A special thing to do is to look up scripture relating to all of His glory in creating the universe. You will be majorly blessed as you learn how important the universe is to God and how many times He uses even the stars to show His love and His plan for us! Let all the earth fear the Lord; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. Psalm 33:8

The Plain Truth is that people have been stating for eons that they are living in the end times. Is there some way to know the timing? The Bible does give some informative scripture about how to know. Bob Barney has a great column on this topic of what signs to look for and how it is a misnomer referring to it as the "End Times", Here. Also, another great read of the 5 Signs to Look for", Here. 

Also, Bob's "What Must Happen Before The End Times".

We are further away than most think. 

'Catastrophe and anxiety have historically led some to anticipate the destruction of the world'

(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Bryant Wine)

We at The Plain Truth have been predicting a rearmed Germany and Japan. the Bible hints at both to happen, and the moronic leadership of America and the world is helping this happen. There is no doubt that Japan will rearm and look to China as the land they will want to conquer. China is playing into the hands of the Japanese militarists and the Devil.  Putin is doing the same thing with what he is doing in Ukraine. Germany will also rearm.  To their credit, the Armstrongs (Garner Ted and his father Herbert) have been predicting this for 75 years!

Now today's Update:

By Kris Osborn, President, Center for Military Modernization

(Washington D.C.) Japan’s massive, multi-billion F-35 acquisition seems to be a development of enormous consequence when it comes to the question of deterring China or destroying any kind of fast-evolving People’s Liberation Army Navy attack on Taiwan.

The large Japanese buy, put in place earlier this year, will place large numbers of F-35Bs and F-35As within striking range of waters near Taiwan. These aircraft, particularly when combined with or networked to forward positioned US F-35s launching from amphibs or carriers, could “mass” a 5th-generation force of great consequence in the event of an attempted Chinese takeover.

“While here, the 354th AEW will integrate with U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning IIs assigned to III Marine Expeditionary Force to strengthen partnerships and enhance joint capabilities,” the Indo Pacific-Command paper said.

This kind of air-surface synergy would be of extreme value in any kind of military engagement in the Pacific, because while an America-class amphibious assault ship can operate as many as 13 F-35Bs, an ability to reinforce a maritime presence of 5th-generation platforms with land-launched F-35s would offer a combat multiplying for both US and Japanese forces. Using the well-known F-35 Multifunction Advanced Data Link, Japanese and US air and surface F-35s could coordinate missions, share data in real time and enable unprecedented attack interoperability.  MORE>>>>>>

What happens if the nukes fall? Amid fears that Putin will detonate nuke over Black Sea, expert reveals which parts of NY, London and other cities would be instantly obliterated … and where you'd stand best chance of surviving

Putin moves supersonic nuclear bombers to airbase near Finland and Norway borders as tensions rise over threat of 'Armageddon'

Vladimir Putin has again increased his strategic nuclear bombers at an airbase near the Finnish and Norwegian borders. The move comes amid high tension over whether he plans an atomic attack in Europe and his on-going invasion of Ukraine. He has gradually increased the number of strategic bombers at Olenya air base from none on August 12, to four Tu-160s on August 21, to 11 now. There are seven Tu-160 strategic bombers (marked in red) and four Tu-95 aircraft (marked in yellow) at the facility on the Kola Peninsula. The build-up above at the air base follows international concern over another report two weeks ago, when The Jerusalem Post revealed there was an 'unusual deployment' of seven nuclear bombers at the airbase. The Armageddon planes are usually stationed at Engels Air Base, 450 miles south-east of Moscow.    Putin moves supersonic nuclear bombers to airbase near Finland and Norway borders as tensions rise over threat of 'Armageddon'

Biden is just itching to start WWIII, and Americans are asleep!  Get ready to kiss your pampered ass goodbye!

A former Polish Defense Minister, Radek Sikorski, has attributed to the United States the sabotage of two pipelines, Nord Stream 1 and 2, which carry natural gas from Russia to Germany. “Thank you, USA,” Sikorski wrote on Twitter. Sikorski was Minister of National Defense from 2005 - 2007 and served as Deputy Minister of National Defense and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, previously. He is currently an elected member of the European parliament.

Tucker Carlson floated the possibility President Joe Biden is responsible for the suspected acts of sabotage on the Nord Stream pipeline.

'There's no reason to fear, we shouldn't fear anything as believers'

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By WND Staff

For thousands of years, millions of Christians have been intrigued by mysterious Scriptures discussing the beast, the number of the beast, and mark of the beast.

"Shabbat Night Live" recently featured an interview with Joe Kovacs, author of the new bestseller, "Reaching God Speed: Unlocking the Secret Broadcast Revealing the Mystery of Everything." to shed the light of truth on what Scripture means by the beast and everything associated with it.

Host Scott Laird, filling in for Michael Rood, said when most people think of the beast, "We think of automatically the devil. Evil. Everything bad. The beast. What is the beast? There is all kinds of mystery behind the beast. Nobody can seem to figure out, everyone has conjecture about what the beast is.

"Just like everything in God speed, you see this as a very child-like way, simple way of looking at something and I think we can find it very refreshing."

Kovacs said at the outset, "A lot of people tense up in anxiety when they hear the term 'beast.' There's no reason to fear.

"First of all, we shouldn't fear anything as believers in Jesus. The Bible tells us, 1 John 4:18: There is no fear in love. Instead, perfect love drives out fear, or casts out fear, depending on your translation."

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Terrorists of many stripes take advantage of a deeply divided society, while the suffering of ordinary people in the combat zone seems endless.

Anna Nemtsova

Published Dec. 29, 2019 5:03AM ET 

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Ukraine arrested one of the world’s most dangerous international terrorists last month in a special operation conducted by local, Georgian and American special services. Al-Bara Shishani, the former commander of the so-called Islamic State and deputy head of its intelligence operations, was detained on the outskirts of Kyiv. Shishani had been presumed dead for more than a year, but was hiding here and plotting international terrorist attacks, according to Ukrainian authorities. In fact, this country torn by a Russian-backed separatist war has become a kind of Twilight Zone for terrorists of many stripes who have found ways to cross its borders and take advantage of a deeply divided society where law and order have been undermined by official corruption and public confusion.

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Foreword by Bob Barney:

God's Word hints that a nuclear holocaust will be the last world war for those of us remaining on earth

 In Matthew 24, Jesus warns about a time of tribulation, especially for pregnant women (radiation fallout is implied), and also nursing mothers. In Revelation 9:14, we read that upward of a billion Muslims will be killed in a single day. And another 2 to 4 billion in a year!

 The sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice speaking from the four horns of the golden altar that stands before the throne of God, ¹⁴ saying to the sixth angel, “Release the four mighty demons held bound at the great River Euphrates.” ¹⁵ They had been kept in readiness for that year and month and day and hour, and now they were turned loose to kill a third of all mankind. ¹⁶ They led an army of 200,000,000 warriors—I heard an announcement of how many there were.

That is only possible with something like atomic warfare.

As you can see, today's story is quite sobering, especially when you have moronic leaders like Joe Biden and his ilk doing anything and everything they can to start a war with Russia and China. These targeted countries have an abundance of atomic weapons! We have never been closer to a worldwide catastrophe than we are today!  Our fate lies in making sure by any means necessary, that we put the proper God-fearing leaders in charge or else these prophesied events are sure to happen!

Today's Story ~

What Life Would be Like in the Event of a Nuclear War.

A nuclear war between Russia and the US would trigger a global famine that would wipe out almost two-thirds of the world's population, a new study suggests.

'More than five billion people would die of hunger during the fallout from a full-scale conflict', researchers say, and with computer simulations to show that firestorms would release soot into the upper atmosphere and block out the sun.

This would in turn spark crop failure across the world. 

Lead author Professor Lili Xia, of Rutgers University in New Jersey, said: 'The data tells us one thing. We must prevent a nuclear war from ever happening.'

'Principles are not being observed'

By WND News Services

Russia's new 'Satan-2' nuclear missile launched in April 2022. (Video screenshot)

 

Russia announced Monday it will “temporarily” suspend U.S. inspections of nuclear weapons sites allowed under a 2011 bilateral treaty that aims to check the U.S.-Russia arms race as far back as the Cold War.

U.S. officials wanted to resume two-way inspections shortly under the Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START Treaty), after inspections initially ceased in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Wall Street Journal reported. Russia said travel restrictions placed by the U.S. in retaliation for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prevent Russian teams from resuming travel to U.S. nuclear facilities, necessitating a “temporary” exemption.

“Our goal is to bring an end to this unacceptable situation and ensure the functioning of all mechanisms in the Treaty in strict conformity with the principles of parity and equality of the parties, as was implied when it was agreed upon and entered into force,” the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. “At present, these principles are not being observed.”

Continue Reading ''Unacceptable situation': Russia 'temporarily' blocks U.S. inspections of nuke weapons (wnd.com)'

 

 

 

(CBN NEWS) -- The scope of persecution against Christians in North Korea has now reached the point where it is illegal to worship Jesus or even own a Bible. And the penalty is usually death.

According to reports, many believers are still gathering in secret to pray and share God's Word with one another.

Open Doors USA recently reported that government security guards discovered one such location where dozens of Christians had assembled together. The guards detained all of them. Then one by one, they killed every Christians in the room.

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Bob Barney

                        The world's population is set to hit eight billion 

 

According to the United Nations in an updated report, the world's population is set to hit 8 billion by November of this year.

Originally the UN stated there would be 8.5 billion persons by 2030 and 10.4 billion by 2100 but then cited a reason for the spur in growth. They claim it is due to lifespans of those in the third world being lengthened as they have progressed to having better medical care, greater availability of modern medicines, and overall better farming techniques.  What the report failed to consider or to mention is how the war in Ukraine will affect these numbers as it is triggering a worldwide famine.  Experts warn that food shortages could kill millions in the world, including a percentage of the poor in Western Europe and the America's.

Here are some more of the latest population statistics:

India is due to surpass China as the world's most populous country in 2023. Even though both countries are coming in at more than 1.4 billion residents this year, the UN warns that high fertility will substantially challenge economic growth. According to the domestic census, India's population was 1.21 billion in 2011. Their census is conducted once a decade, but the government had postponed the 2021 census due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to Eurostat, aka the European Statistical Office, the population of the 27 countries that make up the bloc had a decrease close to 172,000 from the previous year and over 656,000 from January 2020. This was a second year in a row the European Union's population shrank as the region reels from over two million deaths because of the coronavirus. 'In 2020 and 2021 the positive net migration no longer compensated for the negative natural change in the EU and, consequently, the EU’s total population has been decreasing,' it said, pointing to impacts from the pandemic.

Interesting to note, the number of deaths began outstripping births in the EU a decade ago, but immigration from outside the bloc helped offset the gap until the first year of the pandemic.

 

Did you know that God has a lot to say in the Bible about population?

For those interested in Bible prophecy and especially the Four Horsemen prophecies, the increase in population will result in the increase of people killed off during the coming Great Tribulation.  In Revelation chapter six, the second seal introduces a great world war. This war will result in the death of a fourth of the world's population.  That would be 2 billion people killed in a world war!

The sixth trumpet introduces two hundred million horsemen who kill one-third of the people; that is a mind-blowing number of almost 3 billion!  This will occur between the fortieth and forty-second month of the first part of the Tribulation and will bring us to fifty percent of the population being destroyed by God. These individuals have taken the mark of the Beast and are considered incorrigibles.  The fifty percent mentioned here killed only by the midway part of the Tribulation would encompass approximately four billion deaths due to war, famine, and disease.

Sadly, even after four billion deaths, the people of this age who do not know the plain truth about Jesus Christ and His message will continue to reject Him and continue to sin. The Apostle John, author of the Apocalypse, wrote these sad words, “And the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; and they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts” (Rev. 9:20-21).  

There are some estimates mentioned that 90% of the people alive when the Tribulation starts will be killed; that's 7.2 billion people!   Jesus Himself declared that if He would not return to save us from ourselves, NO ONE would survive the Tribulation.  He claims that only because of the "elect ones" which are the true followers of Christ, will He save what is left of mankind and the world.  Stop and think about that for a moment; it is sobering indeed.

Conclusively. the boom in population that the UN ignorantly predicts will NOT be the future for this present world as the population will see a rapid decrease over our final 7 years.  The Good News is that Jesus will stop us from killing off mankind.

 

 

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What Must Happen BEFORE Christ Returns

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Hosea - Prophecies for America and Britain TODAY

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When will the STRONGMAN of Europe Appear?

A Prophecy About Babylon Confirms the Accuracy of the Bible in Amazing Detail

 

Study shows firestorms would block out the Sun and trigger a 'Little Ice Age' – resulting in crop failure and ocean famine

The Plain Truth Staff: (compiled from Daily Mail)

As America's president continues to provoke Russia over the Ukraine conflict, the moronic president of The United States is risking all our lives and the lives of billions of people around the world with nuclear annihilation.   Russia has issued several doomsday threats to the West amid heightened tensions over their war with Ukraine.

Just last month the Kremlin warned that Europe would disappear in a nuclear apocalypse – a verbal attack in response to Western allies promising more weaponry to Ukraine.

Now, new research suggests that if there ever were to be a nuclear war between Russia and the US, it would likely trigger a 'Little Ice Age' lasting thousands of years. 

Scientists "in the know" warn that "firestorms would release soot and smoke into the upper atmosphere that would block out the Sun and result in crop failure around the world."

 

In the first month following detonation, average global temperatures would plunge by about 13 degrees Fahrenheit. The analysis shows ocean temperatures would drop quickly (pictured) and not return to their pre-war state, even after the smoke from nuclear firestorms clears

In the first month following detonation, average global temperatures would plunge by about 13 degrees Fahrenheit.

That is more than during the most recent Ice Age, which lasted more than 100,000 years – reducing global temperatures by about 10 degrees Fahrenheit and killing off the woolly mammoth before it ended thousands of years ago.

The study is based on multiple regional and large-scale computer simulations. 

Lead author Dr. Cheryl Harrison of Louisiana State University said: 'It doesn't matter who is bombing whom, it can be India and Pakistan or NATO and Russia. Once the smoke is released into the upper atmosphere, it spreads globally and affects everyone.'

However, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has brought the threat of nuclear war to the fore, and this study is the first to provide a stark picture of the environmental impact if Putin were to reach for the nuclear button.

Nine nations, including the UK, currently control more than 13,000 nuclear weapons, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

The analysis shows ocean temperatures would drop quickly and not return to their pre-war state, even after the smoke clears.

As the planet got colder, sea ice would expand by more than six million square miles and up to six feet deep, which would in turn block major ports including Beijing, Copenhagen, and St Petersburg.

It would then spread into normally temperate coastal regions and prevent shipping across the Northern Hemisphere. Food and supplies would get into some cities such as Shanghai however, ships are not prepared to face sea ice and it would become difficult.

The sudden drop in light and sea temperatures, especially from the Arctic to the North Atlantic and North Pacific, would kill algae — the bedrock of the marine food web.

Dr Harrison said: 'The current war in Ukraine with Russia and how it has affected gas prices, really shows us how fragile our global economy and our supply chains are to what may seem like regional conflicts and perturbations.'

It is not just the threat of nuclear war that could have such effects on Earth.

Volcanic eruptions also produce clouds of particles in the upper atmosphere and throughout history they have had similar negative impacts on the planet and civilization.

Dr Harrison said: 'We can avoid nuclear war, but volcanic eruptions are definitely going to happen again. There is nothing we can do about it so it is important when we are talking about resilience and how to design our society, that we consider what we need to do to prepare for unavoidable climate shocks. We can and must however, do everything we can to avoid nuclear war. The effects are too likely to be globally catastrophic.'

Oceans take longer to recover than land. In the worst US-Russia scenario it is likely to take decades at the surface and hundreds of years at depth.

Changes to Arctic Sea ice will likely last thousands of years and effectively be a 'Nuclear Little Ice Age,' said Dr Harrison. “Marine ecosystems would be devastated both initially and in the new ocean state, resulting in long-term global impacts to fisheries and other services”, she added. 

The study has been published in the journal AGU Advances.

Jesus not only predicted catastrophic end time wars, but He also had John record in Revelation the word, ‘wormwood’.  The Russian word for wormwood is Chernobyl! Chernobyl is a Ukrainian name for mug wort which is a species of artemisia known as 'common wormwood'. But as serious as that tragedy was, it did not even come close to poisoning a third of the waters of the Earth.

Louisiana State University Professor Cheryl Harrison 

 

Let's read what Christ showed John:

Revelation 8:10 (Context)

⁷The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. ⁸And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; ⁹And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed. ¹⁰And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; ¹¹And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. ¹²And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. ¹³And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!

Isn't it obvious that what is portrayed in the verse above is mass destruction on a world ending scale?  Nuclear war is one of several earth shattering events that will bring about the end of this age, and yes, crazy as you may think it sounds, will bring about the return of Christ to save humanity from morons like Biden and company!

President Donald J. Trump meets backstage with the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg and the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the 70th anniversary of NATO Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, in Watford, Hertfordshire outside London. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)

Bob Barney

Update:  Boris may get his wish, but he won't be a part of it!  See yesterday's Breaking News Announcement:

Breaking:Prime Minister Boris Johnson will QUIT and make 'statement to the country' TODAY after mutiny by top ministers

You can't make these headlines up!  It is amazing how the Bible itself has accurately predicted what is going to be occurring in the world while most of us don't pay a blind's eye to what is really happening.  The Faux News is merely distracting most of us working folks from being informed about what God has predicted so long ago. The Plain Truth has predicted since its inception that not only will Europe reunite as a revised Holy Roman Empire but become one again.  So today we read in WND.com that of all people, Boris Johnson used that exact term!

Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party, has always been controversial but he raised the volume last week when he suggested that the best way to unite Europe was by, "recreating the Roman Empire".

His vision of the Roman Empire in the 21st century is based on a partnership that includes Turkey and the North African states. At the NATO summit in Madrid last month, he told reporters that this would be based on the 'Mare Nostrum', the Latin term for the Mediterranean Sea. It is interesting to note that 19th-century Italian nationalist fascists used the term to describe Italy as the successor state to the Roman Empire. The term was again taken up by Benito Mussolini for use in fascist propaganda in a similar manner to Adolf Hitler’s lebensraum system of colonialism.

Hitler's Europe is the model of what Europe is to become again.  Most people today see the European Union as a civilized socialist democracy that many in America admire but that is going to change; Europe will unite again and re-arm.  Weak leaders like Obama, Biden and the RINO Republicans will cause Europeans to see that America can't be trusted to protect them.  Once Europe is a major power again a Hitler like monster will gain control of the empire.  In the book of Daniel, he is called the King of the North and in Revelation, he is the antichrist. 

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By Bob Barney (First published in May 2019)

The mission of The Plain Truth is to warn the world of the coming events prophesied in the Bible that will bring impact and change to all our lives. For most, it is difficult to understand these ancient predictions and therefore impossible to see them coming to life in the here and now. The Plain Truth diligently scans world events and today’s headlines to help connect these dots and make the warnings forecasted thousands of years ago easier to understand.

Many will read about people like Ezekiel, Micah, and Zechariah and the prophesies of nations like Assyria, Ephraim, and Edom and not have a true understanding because they are not familiar with who the key players are in the world today. Once our readers are informed of who’s who in scripture then their eyes can be opened and as a result will be able to see how God is talking to every one of us from the pages of the Bible!

Here is an example of some of The Plain Truths teachings of who's who: Assyria is Germany, Edom is Turkey, and Ephraim is the United States of America. It is also important to know that the United States of America, Britain, Scandinavia, and France as well as most of the nations of Western Europe are in fact the Lost Tribes of Israel.  Since most prophecies concern these 10 lost nations, once we learn these facts, we can then understand that many if not most of these warnings from God were meant for our eyes, today!

Which brings me to some earth-shattering news...

In today's topic of our sun, it is important to understand that we may be on the verge of a cataclysmic event within the next two years!  The western world and life as we know it may be altered and this is not a Chicken Little type of a warning; it is in fact a warning from NASA and many of the top scientists of the world! This warning fulfills God's prophecies concerning the destruction of our nation by both natural and man-made events. Please take the time to educate yourself and be prepared for what could be the most life changing event in your lifetime. If you prepare yourself, you can survive what may befall the entire globe. If you are not prepared, you will end up like the victims of Katrina or Japan!

We will be following the happenings of these celestial events and hope you will continue to look for The Plain Truth in your daily lives.

Giant Sunspot Doubles Size in 24 Hours and Points Right at Earth

A huge sunspot that has doubled in size in just 24 hours now faces Earth, threatening to send a solar flare our way. If a nuclear bomb went off in the high atmosphere over the United States, it could possibly take out the electrical grids over most of the country. Likewise, a huge solar flare could create widespread devastation by knocking out electricity, experts say.

Also Read the Official Government Report claiming millions could die!

The White Death sniper who killed 22 Russians on Christmas Day: Inspired by past wartime heroics against the Red Army's invaders, Finland's citizens are busy buying rifles and are preparing to give Vladimir Putin a chilling history lesson

White Death was the haunting and inspiring alias of Simo Hayha, one of the most prolific marksmen in military history. Finns are now finding inspiration in the slayer of the Red Army. Shrouded in the white, hooded snowsuit that gave him his sinister soubriquet, this ace Finnish sniper, who had honed his craft by hunting animals in the woods where he was raised, would crouch in crevices, or holes he dug in the thick snow. That he was just 5 ft 2 in tall made it easier for him to hide.

Is China preparing to invade Taiwan? Beijing looks to shore up assets including $5tn in foreign reserves and ask banks for ways to shield them from Russia-like sanctions in event of 'regional military conflict'

What is Hamas' greatest fear? That Israel will start to build the Temple!

Russian Cruiser Sinks, Ukraine Claims Credit for Missile Attack

First Major Warship Downed in Combat Since 1982

Charred remains of ANOTHER Russian convoy: Drone pictures show aftermath of ambush by Ukrainians who blew up Putin's armour as it crossed a bridge 

Snaps released by the Ukrainian Ground Forces early this morning show the smouldering wreckage of several Russian armoured vehicles after they were caught up in a huge explosion orchestrated by Ukraine's special forces (SSO) operators on Monday. Russia this week is deploying more troops to areas around the city of Izyum, which lies a mere 25 miles from the Donbas region where Ukraine's armed forces are engaged in bitter fighting with the invaders, said Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Synehubiv. But having learned the destination and the route of this particular Russian convoy, SSO operators planted stacks of TNT at key points along the road and underneath a bridge, which were detonated as the Russian armour began to roll across.