🫣 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.
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🕯️🇺🇦 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
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🇪🇸 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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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.
🇺🇸 Recent grand jury subpoenas for records related to the U.S. intelligence community’s 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.
🇷🇺🛢📉 Rosneft’s Ryazan oil refinery, one of the largest in #Russia, suspended crude processing after a Ukrainian drone attack on November 15, Reuters reports.
🇺🇦 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.
😳🇺🇸🇺🇦 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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👀🇺🇦🇺🇸 50 Ukrainians were deported from the US to Ukraine, – 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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👀❗️Every fourth Russian company is no longer paying on loans. In total, there are 714 thousand businesses in Russia with loans, of which 24% have defaulted. This has become a record figure in recent times.
The volume of delays reaches 3 trillion rubles, and the total credit debt is more than 80 trillion. Over the year, the share of debtors has increased by 6%, and since 2023 it has almost doubled.
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian troops have been spotted outside the northern outskirts of the Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, the Ukrainian military has reported, as intense battles for the city continue.
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Russian troops spotted north of Pokrovsk, military confirms
"Several enemy infantrymen tried to penetrate and gain a foothold at one of the agricultural facilities," the 7th Corps said. "The enemy was destroyed."Francis Farrell (The Kyiv Independent)
The Ukrainian General Staff confirms it used ATACMS ballistic missiles for a precision strike on military targets inside Russia. Likely connected to the attack on Voronezh today.
"The use of long-range strike capabilities, including systems such as ATACMS, will continue," they add.
🇵🇱 Two Ukrainian citizens who long worked for Russian intelligence have been identified as the suspects behind two acts of sabotage on #Poland's rail network, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
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Two Ukrainians working for Russia behind rail sabotage, Polish PM says
Donald Tusk said the two suspects had entered Poland from Belarus and had long worked for Russia.Adam Easton (BBC News)
✈️ There is information from Ukrainian channels that Russian air defense, hoping to shoot down our missiles over Crimea, shot down a Russian Su-35.
Let’s wait for more info!
🦅 Right now Moscow is being attacked by drones, 2 drones were shot down. Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo airports are closed — Mayor Sobyanin.
Air Alert in Crimea! 🚨🚀
⚡️Russian troops spotted north of Pokrovsk, military confirms. According to the 7th Corps, 314 Russian troops have been killed in action in and around Pokrovsk over the month of November, and a further 71 have been wounded. kyivindependent.com/russian-tr…
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Russian troops spotted north of Pokrovsk, military confirms
"Several enemy infantrymen tried to penetrate and gain a foothold at one of the agricultural facilities," the 7th Corps said. "The enemy was destroyed."Francis Farrell (The Kyiv Independent)
🇪🇺🇺🇦 Senior European Diplomat to POLITICO:
Ukraine’s plan to purchase Rafales on top of Gripens is quite surprising. They don’t have the money. A lot will depend on the Russian frozen assets.
✈️ Ukrainian Military Official:
Even if we had all the money, we would not get the jets fast. Nobody is simply selling enough in the world.
The White House will meet with russian Orthodox Church-linked lobbyists this week to discuss alleged "church persecution" in #Ukraine, amid Republican calls to investigate russian influence through US-based Orthodox churches.
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Білий дім прийме повʼязаних з РПЦ лобістів, говоритимуть про "утиски церкви" в Україні
Лобісти та духовенство, пов'язані з Російською православною церквою проводять цього тижня кампанію в Капітолії, включно із зустрічами з представниками адміністрації Дональда Трампа, повідомляє The Hill.Interfax-Ukraine (Інтерфакс-Україна)
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#Trump has told a reporter not to "embarrass" the Saudi crown prince by asking a question about the death of US journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
"As far as this gentlemen is concerned, he's done a phenomenal job," Trump says, referring to the crown prince.
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Trump latest: Bill to release all Epstein files heading to president for signing
US Congress has voted on a bill for the release of all Epstein files - paving the way for its path to Donald Trump's desk. The president has said he'll sign it when it gets there.Sky News
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16% of those held in Ukrainian captivity are Ukrainian citizens mobilized by russia to flight in #Ukraine - including 6% from Crimea, per Dmytro Usov.
A bill in parliament may allow their release and reintegration into society.
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Коордштаб: В українському полоні 16% - громадяни України
Близько 16% осіб, які зараз перебувають у полоні в Україні, – це українські громадяни. З них 6% – це кримчани, повідомив секретар Координаційного штабу з питань поводження з військовополоненими, бригадний генерал Дмитро Усов.Interfax-Ukraine (Інтерфакс-Україна)
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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