Five in Ten 1/12/23: Merkel Admits Peace Deal was Ruse to Arm Ukraine

In a December interview, Germany’s former Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted that the Minsk agreement was not a peace deal, but a ruse to buy time for Ukraine to arm itself for the current proxy war between NATO and Russia.  5) Turkiye threatens to block Sweden’s NATO bid; 4) Merkel admits 2014 Minsk deal just bought time to arm Ukraine; 3) Computer failure at FAA grounds thousands of US flights Wednesday; 2) American Pediatrics Association recommends drugs, surgery to treat obese children as young as 12; 1) T-rex may have been as intelligent as primates, able to use tools and develop a culture.