Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is under fierce pressure to fire his powerful top aide Andriy #Yermak amid a corruption scandal that risks spiraling into the countryโs biggest domestic political crisis since Russiaโs full-scale invasion.
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Zelenskyy faces pressure to fire top aide Yermak amid corruption scandal
The president looks set to respond to the swelling political crisis on Thursday โ and will have to allay fears among Ukraineโs war allies over the rule of law.Veronika Melkozerova (POLITICO)
The European Unionโs deep economic ties to China are constraining its ability to pressure Beijing over Russiaโs war in Ukraine, the blocโs top diplomat said.
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Poland has identified two people responsible for an explosion on a railway route to Ukraine, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday, adding that they were Ukrainians who collaborated with Russian intelligence and that they had fled to Belarus.
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Russian liquefied natural gas producer #Novatek has slashed the prices of its cargoes by 30% to 40% since August to entice Chinese buyers to purchase sanctioned gas from its Arctic LNG 2 project, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Russia is planning a new tax on electronics, primarily imported and consumer items, with $2.7 billion in proceeds earmarked to support the domestic electronics industry, including in the defence sector, over the next three years.
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Crude loadings at Russia's #Novorossiysk port are about two to three days behind schedule as damage caused by a November 14 Ukrainian attack has limited the capacity of a key jetty at the terminal, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Russian state conglomerate Rostec said on Tuesday that its defence exports fell by half since 2022 as domestic orders became a priority amid the fighting in Ukraine, but expects recovery soon.
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The Trump administration has been secretly working in consultation with Russia to draft a new plan to end the war in Ukraine, U.S. and Russian officials tell Axios.
โ๏ธUS, Russia secretly developing new 28-point plan to end war in Ukraine, - Axios
The 28-point plan falls into four general categories:
๐ Peace in Ukraine
๐ Security guarantees
๐ Security in Europe
๐ Future US relations with Russia and Ukraine
Russian envoy Dmitriev expressed optimism about the deal's chances of success and said Moscow feels that Russia's position is truly being heard.
19 November 1921 | Slovak Jew Ernst Ickowicz was born in Banskรก Bystrica.
In #Auschwitz from 22 May 1942 (transferred from KL Lublin)
No 38780
He perished in the camp on 26 June 1942.
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๐ซฃ One in five Russians believes the Sun revolves around the Earth, โ survey by the Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
16% of respondents are certain that humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time.
More than 90% of respondents could not name a single living world-class Russian scientist.
39% of Russians believe in the existence of witches and sorcerers, and 34% believe that psychics can predict the future.
๐ Kharkiv now: cars are burning near residential buildings.
"There is also preliminary information about a hit near one of the city's medical institutions, there is information about a wounded doctor," the mayor indicates.
๐ Kharkiv. About 17 explosions in the city.
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๐ฏ๏ธ๐บ๐ฆ In Lviv, about 20 free burial places remain at the Lychakiv Cemetery.
๐ As reported by the city council, the city is preparing a new site where soldiers who died for Ukraine will be buried.
โ The talks between Witkoff and Yermak scheduled for tomorrow in Turkey have been canceled, โ The Economist's Oliver Carroll.
"Witkoff probably didn't realize the scale of the scandal he was getting into by agreeing to this meeting..."
๐ฅ About half a million people are without power in occupied Donetsk region, - Astra
โ Ryazan oil refinery suspended crude processing.
โก๏ธ Ukrainian attack on the Sheskharis oil harbour at Novorossiysk damaged berths 1 and 1A, which handle large 140,000-deadweight-ton Suezmax tankers, - Reuters
๐บ๐ธ US approving a possible sale to Ukraine of PATRIOT Air Defense System Sustainment and related equipment for $105 million.
๐ ATACMS missiles struck several targets, including Pogonovo training ground.
๐ AFU have successfully employed ATACMS tactical missile systems to carry out a precision strike against military targets on the territory of Russia.
๐ช๐ธ Spain will provide Ukraine with 40 missiles for IRIS-T, - Zelensky
๐ช๐ธ PURL program - โฌ100 million. Economic package - โฌ200 million. SAFE program - โฌ200 million. New defense assistance package - โฌ300 million.
๐ช๐บ The EU will allocate over โฌ140 million from the Ukraine Investment Framework for loans and grants for Ukrainian companies.
๐ณ Tusk: Suspects in Polish railway bombings are two Ukrainians who crossed the border from Belarus this fall and are believed to have been working with Russian intelligence services.
๐จ๐ฟ Ukroboronprom signed an agreement with the Czech company Air Team on joint development and production of air target interceptor technology.
๐จ๐ณ China has sharply reduced imports of Russian oil due to fears of sanctions, - Bloomberg
๐น๐ท Zelensky will travel to Tรผrkiye on Wednesday for talks with Erdogan and Witkoff.
๐ฌ๐ท Mitsotakis and Zelensky have agreed to launch a joint production of maritime UAVs at Greek shipbuilding plants
๐บ๐ฆ Next week, the first Skyranger 35 on the Leopard 1 chassis will be delivered to Ukraine, - Militarnyi
๐ฉ๐ช German company ARX Robotics has received a large order for the supply of GEREON ground robotic systems for Ukraine, - Militarnyi
โ๏ธ FT: The EU and NATO now aim to slash that transit time to just 3โ5 days, which would require major upgrades to roads, bridges and railways.
๐ฉ๐ช The world order that existed for the past 80 years in the West and 35 years in the East has come to an end, โ Merz
๐บ๐ธ Trump is willing to sign legislation to impose sanctions on Russia as long as he retains ultimate decision-making authority, - Reuters
๐ฆ Ukrainian DARKNODE 412 battalion has been armed with new interceptors capable of shooting down Russian jet drones of the Geran-3 type.
๐ธ๐ฐ Tens of thousands of people in Slovakia on Monday protested against Prime Minister Fico, - AP
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๐ช๐ธ Spainโs aid to Ukraine this year will total around โฌ1B, โ Spanish MFA
๐ฅ BAVOVNA in Zuhres, Donetsk region, thermal power plant!
๐คฏ Omsk, Rostovka, gas pipeline exploded!
๐ฅ AFU attacked Zuevskaya and Starobeshevskaya TPPs, Donetsk without power.
๐ฅ Orion UAV base at the Kirovsk airfield in Crimea: destroyed property of the operators and the burnt area near the hangar.
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โผ๏ธ Western and Russian intelligence agencies are waging a secret battle to extradite the man who allegedly sabotaged the DHL parcel bombings.He is in Azerbaijan. His name is Yaroslav Mikhailov, - WP
This man was a key figure in the operation: Yaroslav Mikhailov helped develop the incendiary devices, directed the perpetrators from Europe, and fled to Azerbaijan with a forged passport.
Heads of FSB, SVR, and GRU are personally pressuring the Azerbaijani authorities to return the agent to Russia.
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18 November 1930 | A French Jewish girl, Marie Szlengel, was born in Paris.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 21 August 1942 and murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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Video history | Temporary gas chambers at Auschwitz II-Birkenau
In the spring of 1942, Nazi Germany began deportations of mass transports of Jews to Auschwitz doomed to immediate extermination. By a decision of the camp a...YouTube
โ ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ฆ The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Ukraine of PATRIOT Air Defense System Sustainment and related equipment for an estimated cost of $105 million.
Upgrade of M901 launchers to M903 configuration; classified and unclassified prescribed load lists and authorized stockage lists for ground support equipment; other necessary services, ancillaries, spare parts, support, training, and accessories;
๐ช๐บ๐จ๐ณ Kallas said that the cooperation of EU countries with China limits the possibilities of pressuring Beijing to stop supporting Russia in the war against Ukraine.
She clarified that the EU is trying to force China to stop helping Russia circumvent Western sanctions. In particular, the bloc imposed restrictions on several Chinese companies in October.
๐บ๐ธ Reuters/Ipsos poll:
Trumpโs approval rating has dropped to 38%, the lowest of his term, driven by anger over high living costs and his shifting stance on releasing the Epstein files.
๐บ๐ฒ๐ท๐บ U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil has joined rival Chevron Corp in considering options to buy parts of sanctioned Russian oil major Lukoil's international assets, Reuters reports.
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๐บ๐ธ The US House of Representatives voted to release files on Epstein case.
Earlier, Trump stated that he would sign the Epstein files bill if it passed the House and Senate.
โ Rosneftโs Ryazan oil refinery suspended crude processing after a Ukrainian drone attack on November 15, - Reuters.
"The plant is expected to remain idle until the end of the month. No (oil product) loadings are planned before December 1," one of the sources said.
๐ฅ๐ About half a million people are without power in occupied Donetsk region, - Astra
โ๏ธThe most recent strikes hit the Zuyevskaya and Starobeshevskaya thermal power plants.
๐ In the Novopavlivka direction, operators of the Perun unit of 42nd Motorized Rifle Brigade are stopping the invaders after the assault that took place on November 14.
They hit 6 shelters where the enemy was hiding, 3 Bukhanka, 4 invaders.
โ๏ธ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฑ MFA of Ukraine:
"We draw attention to cynicism of deliberate recruitment and use by the aggressor state of persons with Ukrainian passports for hybrid attacks, sabotage and crimes aimed at destabilization in Poland. Russia is trying to blame Ukrainians for its crimes."
๐ช๐บ๐บ๐ฆ The EU has for the first time allowed financing of Ukrainian dual-use technologies through the Ukraine Facility program, - Militarnyi
The EU will allocate over โฌ140 million from the Ukraine Investment Framework for loans and grants for Ukrainian companies.
Thanks to this, manufacturers of drones, navigation systems, aerospace technologies and metallurgy will receive support.
๐ฌ The European Unionโs deep economic ties to #China are constraining its ability to pressure Beijing over #Russiaโs war in #Ukraine, the blocโs top diplomat said.
China โmight also hurt you, and thatโs the problem,โ said Kaja Kallas on Tuesday. โIf youโre not willing to pay the price that they are going to impose on you, then itโs hard to act.โ
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๐ช๐ธ๐บ๐ฆ Zelensky: Today, during the meeting with the Prime Minister of Spain, a lot of attention was paid to our defense cooperation.
Annual support - โฌ1 billion every year. PURL program - โฌ100 million. Economic package - โฌ200 million, including for energy. SAFE program - more than โฌ200 million.
Thank you for the new defense assistance package, and this includes air defense missiles. The total package is โฌ300 million.
๐ฌ #Trump on Tuesday dismissed a question about the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, claiming that the Saudi dissident journalist was โextremely controversialโ and that raising the subject in his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was meant to embarrass his visitor.
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What a disgrace ๐คฆโโ๏ธ Cowardly and pathetic.
โผ๏ธ๐บ๐ฆ Ex-Deputy Prime Minister Chernyshov was sentenced to 60 days in prison with a bail of 51.6 million UAH. He is accused of illegal enrichment in the Energoatom case.
The investigation says about 1.2 million dollars and โฌ100,000 in cash. He faces 5-10 years in prison. He denies the charges.
๐บ๐ธ Political blogging in the US, the balance of power between Republicans and Democrats.
โ๏ธโPulling in the audienceโ is a matter of survival in a system of fierce competition.
A peculiar kind of โpolitical conspiracy theoryโ is widespreadโฆ
Read more๐โฌ๏ธ
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Political blogging in the United States, the balance of power between Republicans and Democrats, key ideas and activities.
A peculiar kind of โpolitical conspiracy theoryโ is widespread in the American blogosphere. The reason for this is the desire to reach a larger audience on a permanent basis.The Ukrainian Review
Russia keeps attacking Ukraineโs energy system, turning the cold season into a weapon. Winter arrives with outages, cold apartments, and the same quiet question: how long can people endure this?
๐ช๐ธ๐บ๐ฆ Spain will provide Ukraine with 40 missiles for IRIS-T, - Zelensky
โ๏ธSpain mobilizes new military aid package for Ukraine worth โฌ615 million, - Sanchez
"This package will include, firstly, the supply of new defense equipment worth approximately โฌ300 million and, as part of our bilateral security agreement, which amounts to โฌ1 billion."
๐ฌ The European Unionโs top diplomat said that Moscowโs interference in the bloc, including an explosion that occurred in Poland over the weekend, should be considered #terrorism
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18 November 1911 | A Pole, Adam Kudyba, was born in Bondyrz. A shoemaker.
In #Auschwitz from 30 July 1941.
No. 19489
He perished in the camp on 25 April 1942.
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๐ท๐บ #Russia is planning a new tax on electronics, primarily imported and consumer items, with $2.7 billion in proceeds earmarked to support the domestic electronics industry, including in the defence sector, over the next three years.
๐บ๐ธ Recent grand jury subpoenas for records related to the U.S. intelligence communityโs work on Russian interference in the 2016 election, a topic that #Trump has long demanded prosecutions on, are likely to yield little to no new information for prosecutors, Reuters reports.
๐ท๐บ๐ข๐ Rosneftโs Ryazan oil refinery, one of the largest in #Russia, suspended crude processing after a Ukrainian drone attack on November 15, Reuters reports.
๐บ๐ฆ One of #Ukraine's main opposition parties physically blocked lawmakers from holding a vote in parliament on Tuesday to dismiss two ministers over a corruption investigation, demanding the removal of the entire cabinet instead.
๐ณ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ฆ This week, the White House and the US State Department will hold discussions on the persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by Ukrainian authorities, - The Hill.
Clergy participating in the meetings will include representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, the Orthodox Church in America, and the Serbian Orthodox Church.
As The Hill notes, the issue of persecuting the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has found significant allies, including Vance and Tucker Carlson.
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๐๐บ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ 50 Ukrainians were deported from the US to Ukraine, โ State Border Service of Ukraine.
We are talking about people without US citizenship. The reason for the deportation is still unknown.
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The IDF reported that a short while ago the IAF struck a Hamas training compound in southern Lebanon.
#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Lebanon #MiddleEast
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According to Lebanese authorities, the death toll from the Israeli Air Force strike on Hamas in Lebanon currently stands at 13.
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