Russia used three civilians, including a 13 year old, as a human shield during a failed assault on #Pokrovsk. An intercepted order confirms troops were told to force civilians to walk ahead during building clearing, a clear war crime under the Geneva Conventions.
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Використовували цивільних як "живий щит": СБУ встановила підрозділ армії РФ, який порушив Женевську конвенцію
Окупанти захопили двох дорослих і 13-річну дитинуДар'я Дурова (OBOZ.UA)
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Tuesday his country's plans to approve the allocation of 615 million euros in military aid to Ukraine within a month.
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Іспанія виділить ще 615 млн євро на військову допомогу Україні
Прем’єр-міністр Іспанії Педро Санчес у вівторок оголосив про плани своєї держави протягом місяця затвердити виділення 615 млн євро на військову допомогу Україні.Європейська правда
Russia uses cheap precise FPV drones to deliberately target civilians along the Dnipro front. A Truth Hounds report shows rising civilian deaths across a 400 km area, one of the worst in Ukraine for drone attacks.
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'Killzone' — Devastating scale of Russia's drone terror against civilians laid bare in new report
Russian FPV drones are turning front-line towns on the Dnipro’s right bank into “no right to life” zones, a Truth Hounds report finds, documenting rising civilian deaths in Kherson and Nikopol.Tania Myronyshena (The Kyiv Independent)
TNT shipments meant for Ukraine are being diverted to Israel, straining supplies for 155mm shells. Europe has only one major TNT plant in Poland, and the U.S., which imports most of its TNT from Poland, is adding pressure to the limited supply chain.
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#Ukraine #Russia #US #EU #UK #Israel
TNT shipments to Ukraine at stake as NATO supplies diverted to Israel for Gaza bombardment, report says
"According to initial reports, this ammunition was supposed to be destined for Ukraine, but in December 2023, the U.S. government announced that shells worth $147 million would also be sold to Israel," the report said.Volodymyr Ivanyshyn (The Kyiv Independent)
Ukraine’s General Staff said on Nov. 18 it had used US-made ATACMS against military targets in Russia, after months in which a Pentagon review process effectively blocked such strikes.
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Ukraine confirms use of US-made ATACMS on Russia after months of Pentagon restrictions
Ukraine's General Staff said that this is "a significant development that underscores Ukraine’s unwavering commitment to its sovereignty."Yuliia Taradiuk (The Kyiv Independent)
Russia may cut the required cocoa content in chocolate candies from 25% to 9%. This would let producers use cheaper palm oil glaze while still calling products chocolate, with no special labeling, making it harder for consumers to spot lower quality.
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Производителям разрешат ухудшать качество шоколада и конфет
В России производителям могут разрешить снижать допустимую долю какао-продуктов в шоколадных конфетах.Русская служба The Moscow Times
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the government fully backs mobile internet shutdowns justified as drone defense. Shutdowns began in May and now occur over 2,000 times daily across more than 50 regions, including areas far from the war.
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«Оправданы и необходимы». Кремль дал добро на отключения интернета россиянам
В Кремле полностью поддерживают меры по ограничению интернета, которые ввели под предлогом борьбы с беспилотниками, заявил пресс-секретарь президента России Дмитрий Песков.Русская служба The Moscow Times
Russia has some of the largest freshwater reserves on the planet, yet around one in nine residents still lacks access to clean drinking water.
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Amid record spending on the war, millions in Russia still lack clean drinking water
Russia has some of the largest freshwater reserves on the planet, yet around one in nine residents still lacks access to clean drinking water. A federal program meant to address the crisis — costing 200 billion rubles ($2.Meduza
Western states and Russia are secretly competing for custody of Russian operative Yaroslav #Mikhailov, accused of coordinating 2023 European parcel attacks. Moscow pressures Azerbaijan to return him, while Poland, the UK, Ukraine and Lithuania seek extradition.
Trump defended Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over Jamal #Khashoggi’s 2018 killing, saying “things happen” and denying the prince’s responsibility, despite a U.S. intelligence assessment concluding he was involved.
19 November 1926 | Czech Jewish woman Amálie Kochová was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 23 October 1944. She did not survive.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a visa-free travel regime with China, following Beijing’s earlier move to temporarily suspend the visa requirement for Russians.
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#Ukraine #Russia #Putin #China
Putin deepens China ties with visa-free travel regime offer
The Russian president has been seeking to reduce Moscow’s engagement with the West since his 2014 seizure of Crimea.Sascha Roslyakov (POLITICO)
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 country’s biggest domestic political crisis since Russia’s 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 — and will have to allay fears among Ukraine’s war allies over the rule of law.Veronika Melkozerova (POLITICO)
The European Union’s deep economic ties to China are constraining its ability to pressure Beijing over Russia’s war in Ukraine, the bloc’s 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.
❗️US, Russia secretly developing new 28-point plan to end war in Ukraine, - Axios
The 28-point plan falls into four general categories:
🟠Peace in Ukraine
🟠Security guarantees
🟠Security in Europe
🟠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 Banská 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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🫣 One in five Russians believes the Sun revolves around the Earth, — 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.
💔 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.
🙏 Kharkiv. About 17 explosions in the city.
Multi-story building 🤬
🕯️🇺🇦 In Lviv, about 20 free burial places remain at the Lychakiv Cemetery.
💔 As reported by the city council, the city is preparing a new site where soldiers who died for Ukraine will be buried.
❌ The talks between Witkoff and Yermak scheduled for tomorrow in Turkey have been canceled, — The Economist's Oliver Carroll.
"Witkoff probably didn't realize the scale of the scandal he was getting into by agreeing to this meeting..."
💥 About half a million people are without power in occupied Donetsk region, - Astra
❌ Ryazan oil refinery suspended crude processing.
⚡️ Ukrainian attack on the Sheskharis oil harbour at Novorossiysk damaged berths 1 and 1A, which handle large 140,000-deadweight-ton Suezmax tankers, - Reuters
🇺🇸 US approving a possible sale to Ukraine of PATRIOT Air Defense System Sustainment and related equipment for $105 million.
🚀 ATACMS missiles struck several targets, including Pogonovo training ground.
🚀 AFU have successfully employed ATACMS tactical missile systems to carry out a precision strike against military targets on the territory of Russia.
🇪🇸 Spain will provide Ukraine with 40 missiles for IRIS-T, - Zelensky
🇪🇸 PURL program - €100 million. Economic package - €200 million. SAFE program - €200 million. New defense assistance package - €300 million.
🇪🇺 The EU will allocate over €140 million from the Ukraine Investment Framework for loans and grants for Ukrainian companies.
😳 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.
🇨🇿 Ukroboronprom signed an agreement with the Czech company Air Team on joint development and production of air target interceptor technology.
🇨🇳 China has sharply reduced imports of Russian oil due to fears of sanctions, - Bloomberg
🇹🇷 Zelensky will travel to Türkiye on Wednesday for talks with Erdogan and Witkoff.
🇬🇷 Mitsotakis and Zelensky have agreed to launch a joint production of maritime UAVs at Greek shipbuilding plants
🇺🇦 Next week, the first Skyranger 35 on the Leopard 1 chassis will be delivered to Ukraine, - Militarnyi
🇩🇪 German company ARX Robotics has received a large order for the supply of GEREON ground robotic systems for Ukraine, - Militarnyi
⚔️ FT: The EU and NATO now aim to slash that transit time to just 3–5 days, which would require major upgrades to roads, bridges and railways.
🇩🇪 The world order that existed for the past 80 years in the West and 35 years in the East has come to an end, — Merz
🇺🇸 Trump is willing to sign legislation to impose sanctions on Russia as long as he retains ultimate decision-making authority, - Reuters
🦅 Ukrainian DARKNODE 412 battalion has been armed with new interceptors capable of shooting down Russian jet drones of the Geran-3 type.
🇸🇰 Tens of thousands of people in Slovakia on Monday protested against Prime Minister Fico, - AP
VERY BIG TOP NEWS TODAY 🔝
🇪🇸 Spain’s aid to Ukraine this year will total around €1B, — Spanish MFA
🔥 BAVOVNA in Zuhres, Donetsk region, thermal power plant!
🤯 Omsk, Rostovka, gas pipeline exploded!
💥 AFU attacked Zuevskaya and Starobeshevskaya TPPs, Donetsk without power.
💥 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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‼️ 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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A short video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
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
✅🇺🇸🇺🇦 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;
🇪🇺🇨🇳 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.
🇺🇸 Reuters/Ipsos poll:
Trump’s 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.
🇺🇲🇷🇺 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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🇺🇸 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.
❌ Rosneft’s 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.
💥👀 About half a million people are without power in occupied Donetsk region, - Astra
❗️The most recent strikes hit the Zuyevskaya and Starobeshevskaya thermal power plants.
👏 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.
❗️🇺🇦🇵🇱 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."
🇪🇺🇺🇦 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 €140 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.
💬 The European Union’s deep economic ties to #China are constraining its ability to pressure Beijing over #Russia’s war in #Ukraine, the bloc’s top diplomat said.
China “might also hurt you, and that’s the problem,” said Kaja Kallas on Tuesday. “If you’re not willing to pay the price that they are going to impose on you, then it’s hard to act.”
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🇪🇸🇺🇦 Zelensky: Today, during the meeting with the Prime Minister of Spain, a lot of attention was paid to our defense cooperation.
Annual support - €1 billion every year. PURL program - €100 million. Economic package - €200 million, including for energy. SAFE program - more than €200 million.
Thank you for the new defense assistance package, and this includes air defense missiles. The total package is €300 million.
💬 #Trump on Tuesday dismissed a question about the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, claiming that the Saudi dissident journalist was “extremely controversial” 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 🤦♂️ Cowardly and pathetic.
‼️🇺🇦 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 €100,000 in cash. He faces 5-10 years in prison. He denies the charges.
🇺🇸 Political blogging in the US, the balance of power between Republicans and Democrats.
❗️‘Pulling in the audience’ is a matter of survival in a system of fierce competition.
A peculiar kind of ‘political conspiracy theory’ is widespread…
Read more👀⬇️
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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 ‘political conspiracy theory’ 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 Ukraine’s 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?
🇪🇸🇺🇦 Spain will provide Ukraine with 40 missiles for IRIS-T, - Zelensky
❗️Spain mobilizes new military aid package for Ukraine worth €615 million, - Sanchez
"This package will include, firstly, the supply of new defense equipment worth approximately €300 million and, as part of our bilateral security agreement, which amounts to €1 billion."
💬 The European Union’s top diplomat said that Moscow’s 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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🇷🇺 #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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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.
#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Lebanon #MiddleEast