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[Regnum] The British Air Force scrambled two Eurofighter Typhoon fighters to escort a Russian Tu-142 anti-submarine aircraft flying over the North Sea near the UK’s airspace. This was reported on November 15 by the Daily Mail newspaper, citing data from the Ministry of Defence.
"Two Typhoon fighter jets from Lossiemouth in Scotland followed a Russian Tu-142 maritime surveillance aircraft, known as the Bear-F in NATO countries, as it flew over the North Sea yesterday," the publication said.
The publication added that several days earlier, the British navy had noticed Russian naval ships passing through the English Channel. According to the UK Ministry of Defence, this is the second time in the last three months that Russian ships and aircraft have been spotted near the island nation within a week.
The Russian Defense Ministry has not yet commented on this information. Previously, the department has repeatedly stated that all flights of Russian army aircraft are carried out in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on November 12, the multipurpose frigate Admiral Golovko, a carrier of hypersonic anti-ship missiles Zircon, conducted exercises in the English Channel. The crew practiced air defense and anti-submarine defense, rescue operations using deck aviation, avoiding dangerous targets, and anti-terrorist actions.
In September, the German Air Force scrambled a Eurofighter Typhoon to escort a Russian Tu-142 and its Su-30 fighter jet. Germany claimed that the Russian Aerospace Forces planes allegedly flew without warning or transponder signals.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian Armed Forces Contain Russian Attacks in Eastern and Southern Ukraine.
Most of the fighting was recorded in the Kurakhovsky direction. Currently, 16 combat clashes are ongoing there.
Since the beginning of the day, 109 combat clashes have already occurred on the front. The battles are being conducted in 10 directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a report as of 16:00 on Friday, November 15.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, the enemy is trying to attack in the direction of Vysokaya Yaruga, where a battle is currently underway. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are also repelling three assaults in the Vovchansk area.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy attacked five times near Kolesnikovka, Kopanki and Nadezhda. Four combat clashes are still ongoing.
In the Liman direction, the invading army advanced nine times near Novoegorovka, Terny and Torskoye. The fighting continues.
In the Seversky direction, an attack near Verkhnekamenskoye was repelled.
In the Toretsk direction, eight battles took place in the area of Toretsk and Shcherbinovka. Ukrainian soldiers have already repelled six attacks.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russians organized 23 assaults near Mirolyubovka, Luch, Lisovka, Petrovka and Pustynka. The defense forces repelled 17 enemy attacks. Six combat clashes are still ongoing.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, the invaders attacked 26 times near Berestki, Novoselidovka, Voznesenka, Novodmitrovka, Maksimilyanovka, Dalniy and Antonovka. Ten assaults have already been repelled.
In the Vremivsky direction, four armed clashes are taking place near Trudovoye, Makarovka, Rivne and Novodarovka.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy attempted to storm the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces five times.
Also, the Ukrainian military continues the operation in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. They repelled 10 attacks by Russian troops. Currently, clashes continue in 11 locations.
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[EngMilRu] From 9 to 15 November, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have launched 42 group strikes by high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles, which hit power industry facilities used to support Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, the infrastructure of military airfields, the Sapsan operational-tactical missile manufacturing shops, assembly and storage areas of attack unmanned aerial vehicles and their components as well as arsenals, ammunition, explosives and fuel depots.
In addition, Russian troops have hit training facilities and a logistics centre, temporary deployment areas of the AFU, nationalist formations, and foreign mercenaries.
Over the past week, the units of the Sever Group of Forces continued to eliminate AFU formations in Kursk region.
Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of one tank brigade, six mechanised brigades, three air assault brigades, one marine brigade, six territorial defence brigades, and two national guard brigades.
In Kharkov direction, Russian troops have launched strikes on units of one mechanised brigade, one motorised infantry brigade, one jaeger brigade, and six territorial defence brigades of the AFU.
Over the past week, in the area of responsibility of the Sever Group of Forces, the AFU losses were up to 2,760 troops, 24 tanks, including one UK-made Challenger tank, and one German-made Leopard tank as well as 15 infantry fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made Bradley and two German-made Marder combat vehicles, five armoured personnel carriers, including two U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, 76 other armoured fighting vehicles, 135 motor vehicles, and 30 field artillery guns.
The units of the Zapad Group of Forces have liberated Kolesnikovka (Kharkov region).
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of six mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one airborne brigade, one airmobile brigade, two territorial defence brigades, and one national guard brigade of the AFU. In addition, 17 counterattacks launched by AFU assault detachments have been repelled.
The AFU losses were more than 3,435 troops, three tanks, nine armoured fighting vehicles, 40 motor vehicles, and 18 field artillery guns, including seven self-propelled artillery systems and 155mm howitzers made by NATO countries. In addition, 11 electronic warfare stations and 22 field ammunition depots have been hit.
The units of the Yug Group of Forces have taken more advantageous lines and positions, defeated formations of five mechanised brigades, one motorised brigade, one infantry brigade, one mountain assault brigade, two airmobile brigades, one air assault brigade, one territorial defence brigade, and one national guard brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Russian troops have repelled 17 counterattacks of AFU units.
The AFU losses were more than 4,715 troops, five tanks, seven armoured fighting vehicles, 39 motor vehicles, and 27 field artillery guns, including 10 Western-made guns. In addition, 15 electronic warfare and counter-battery stations as well as 22 field ammunition depots have been destroyed.
The units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing into the depths of enemy defences and liberated Voznesenka, Volchenka, and Stepanovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The Russian Armed Forces have inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of seven mechanised brigades, one motorised brigade, one infantry brigade, two jaeger brigades, one assault brigade, two marine brigades, one territorial defence brigade, three national guard brigades, and the Lyut Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine. In addition, 65 enemy counter-attacks have been repelled.
Over the past week, the AFU losses in this direction were more than 3,235 troops, five tanks, including one German-made Leopard tank, 26 armoured fighting vehicles, including one German-made Marder infantry fighting vehicle, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, 33 motor vehicles, and 30 field artillery guns.
The units of the Vostok Group of Forces have liberated Rovnopol (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian troops have delivered strikes at units of two mechanised brigades,one motorised infantry brigade, one marine brigade, four territorial defence brigades, and two national guard brigades. In addition, 16 counter-attacks launched by AFU assault detachments have been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 960 troops, two tanks, 12 armoured fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, 38 motor vehicles, and six field artillery guns.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one infantry brigade, one mountain assault brigade, and two territorial defence brigades of the AFU.
The AFU losses were up to 465 troops, 26 motor vehicles, nine field artillery guns, and four field ammunition depots.
Air defence facilities have shot down 10 French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, 24 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 449 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
Over the past week, 41 Ukrainian servicemen have surrendered on the line of contact.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 648 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 35,858 unmanned aerial vehicles, 586 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,331 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,488 MLRS combat vehicles, 17,950 field artillery guns and mortars, and 28,411 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
The units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of 21st, 22nd, 41st, 47th, 61st, 115th Mechanised brigades, the 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, 95th Air Assault brigades, the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 103rd, 112th, 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the AFU near Daryino, Leonidovo, Malaya Loknya, Maryevka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, and Plyokhovo.
Army Aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the enemy near Aleksandriya, Zamostye, 1st Knyazhiy, Kolmakov, Kurilovka, Loknya, Martynovka, Makhnovka, Mirny, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Novoivanovka, Novonikolayevka, Pravda, Sverdlikovo, Sudzha, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and Missile Troops delivered strikes at AFU reserves on the territory of Sumy region near Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, Novenkoye, and Pavlovka.
The AFU losses were more than 100 troops, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, one mortar, and one electronic warfare station.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses were more than 32,680 troops, 213 tanks, 136 infantry fighting vehicles, 112 armoured personnel carriers, 1,166 armoured fighting vehicles, 944 motor vehicles, 283 artillery guns, 40 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 12 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 64 EW stations, 13 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 27 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, six armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 21:00 Soldiers from the 114th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Guards Army of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed a MaxxPro armored personnel carrier with ATGM. 19:56 The Ukrainian Armed Forces stated that Commander-in-Chief Syrsky’s orders are very late, and the General Staff is busy “plugging holes” instead of developing a common strategy.
"One person cannot make all the decisions. When he goes to zero (to the front line - ed.) and commands one operational-strategic group of troops, everything else stops," Ukrainian officers said in a conversation with the publication "Babel".
18:58 Enemy reports: "in the Kurakhovo direction, Ukrainian troops retreated from the settlement of Dalnee. At the moment, the Ukrainian army is systematically retreating to Uspenovka in order to hold the flanks to the west of the Kurakhovo-Uspenovka road."
18:37 Russian Geran drones strike targets in Sumy
18:27 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Kupyansk –map.
18:15 Tankers of the "Center" group of forces evacuated a captured tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
The evacuation of the combat vehicle took place in two stages. First, the tank crews conducted an engineering reconnaissance of the evacuation area and the approach route to the tank to ensure the safety of personnel and the equipment used. Then they towed the captured equipment to a safe area, where specialists inspected it and determined further actions.
17:52 Destruction of a camouflaged Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicle by a crew of an attack FPV drone of the North troop group in the border area of the Kursk region.
17:24 Assault units of the Russian Armed Forces have advanced significantly west of Selidovo.
17:10 During the performance of combat missions in the border areas of the Kursk region, the crews of the Su-35S multi-role fighters worked air cover in a given area of operations for bomber and attack aircraft, as well as army aviation helicopters, when carrying out air strikes against armored vehicles and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
16:45 A FAB-1500 hits the grain elevator in Kurakhovo. Several dozen enemy soldiers remain under the rubble – video.
15:58 In the border area of the Kursk region, servicemen of the reconnaissance unit of the North group of troops used a UAV revealed enemy military equipment hidden in the forest. The detected target was quickly destroyed by the FPV attack drone crew.
15:34 Situation near the Oskol River, Kupyansk sector of the front:
Assault operations by units of the 1st Tank Army of the Russian Armed Forces continue in the Kolesnikovka area. Over the past 24 hours, several more enemy strongholds in the greenery have been captured.
The enemy tried to counterattack a couple of times – unsuccessfully. The northern outskirts of Kolesnikovka are a conditionally “gray zone”. The main battles are taking place in the nearby forest belts.
13:56 Russian paratroopers' UAV crews destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces communications repeaters and disrupted the control system of Ukrainian military units in the border areas of the Kursk region.
13:34 In the Boguslavsky direction of the Russian Armed Forces fought off an attack of the enemy south of Kruglyakovka, destroying an armored fighting vehicle and nine Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen.
In the same direction, Russian forces advanced into the settlement of Kopanki, occupying eight buildings. There is a high probability that the settlement will be completely liberated in the coming days.
13:10 Destruction of equipment and dugouts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by FPV drone crews from the Testing Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies of the Russian Ministry of Defense "Rubicon".
12:31 Artillery crews of the separate guards motorized rifle brigade of the "Southern" group of troops are landing precise strikes on military facilities, positions, fortifications, military equipment and manpower of Ukrainian formations in the Donetsk direction of the special military operation.
12:22 Russian Aerospace Forces strike enemy targets in the Khar'kov region with guided aerial bombs.
11:54 Russian military personnel, having entered the outskirts of Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, began to establish logistics and the delivery of ammunition to the city, Marochko reported on air at the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station.
11:22 Reconnaissance UAVs help detect areas where Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and equipment are concentrated, as well as any enemy movements along the line of combat contact and in the rear.
11:09 Confirmations are coming in from the field that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are leaving the village of Dalneye and are retreating with fighting towards Uspenovka, a large stronghold. Most of Dalneye is already in the hands of the Russian Armed Forces, but full control of the village has not yet been established.
11:54 Russian military personnel, having entered the outskirts of Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, began to establish logistics and the delivery of ammunition to the city, Marochko reported on air at the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station.
10:54 Enemy reports: "on the Pokrovsky direction west of Ilyinka, the Russian army advanced to a depth of 350 meters and reached the eastern outskirts of the settlement of Berestki. Active clashes continue in the area. The Russian Armed Forces are also trying to gain a foothold in the northern part of Novaya Ilyinka."
10:50 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crews of the Northern Fleet naval infantry from the Dnepr troop group at any time of the day perform fire missions to destroy armored vehicles, fire weapons, ammunition depots and fortified positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper.
10:46 A powerful blow was dealt to the location of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Sumy Oblast, there may be more than 100 dead, the underground reported. They also specified that several dozen foreign mercenaries were located at this location.
10:21 Ka-52m crew destroyed manpower and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the border area of the Kursk region.
10:15 Russian air force strikes in Boguslav direction destroyed concentration area of the 1st NGU brigade. Up to 30 personnel were killed.
09:54 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are attempting to massively withdraw personnel from positions in populated areas to the south and southeast of Kurakhovo, which have found themselves “in a pincer movement,” Russian security forces reported.
09:22 Russian military using FPV drone on fiber optics destroyed American armored vehicle HMMWV M1043 in the border area of Kursk region.
08:12 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Rabotino –map.
08:10 Calculation of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the group of troops "Dnepr"stopped an attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to rotate infantry in the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhia region, killing more than 10 enemy servicemen.
08:07 Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to leave Kurakhovo and nearby settlements. This was reported by a serviceman of the Grad crew of the 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st army of the "Southern" group of forces.
08:04 Russian troops have driven Ukrainian militants out of the village of Novodarovka, taking control of the Zaporizhzhya village, Vladimir Rogov reported.
According to him, the enemy fled, abandoning its positions. The advance of Russian troops in the Vrem'evsky direction continues.
08:02 The Russian Armed Forces took control of Rivnepil and also advanced near Plekhovo, Novaya Ilyinka, Novodmitrovka, Petrovka, Antonovka, Voznesenka and Novoselidovka.
08:00 Crews of 152mm Giatsint-B towed guns of the North group of forces in counter-battery combat destroyed armored vehicles, fire weapons, fortifications and concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the border area of the Kursk region.
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[Regnum] Ships with a new weapons system will be included in the Caspian Flotilla, taking into account the exclusion of any threats from maritime directions. This was stated on November 15 by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Alexander Moiseyev, in his congratulations on Caspian Flotilla Day.
"Today, the Caspian Flotilla's combat strength includes the latest ships equipped with high-precision weapons and support vessels. They effectively solve problems of any complexity. In the near term, the Caspian Flotilla will continue to be equipped with new ships and new weapons systems," Moiseyev said.
He noted that the renewal of the flotilla will allow the Navy to perform its functions at the proper level. In addition, the flotilla will also acquire a comprehensive and self-sufficient basing system. The development of coastal infrastructure is also in the plans, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy added.
“The aviation and coastal components of the flotilla will also continue to develop, taking into account the exclusion of any threats from sea directions,” Moiseyev emphasized.
At the same time, the admiral noted that the history of the flotilla’s creation is inextricably linked with “significant achievements for the benefit of the Fatherland.”
In 1696, the Boyar Duma issued a decree "There shall be sea vessels." In November 1722, a military flotilla and a military port were created in Astrakhan to protect the Caspian Sea coast, Moiseyev recalled.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on July 28, congratulating the Russian military on Navy Day, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted the important role of sailors and officers in achieving the goals of the special operation. Russian sailors are fighting bravely, defending Sevastopol and other Black Sea and Azov ports. During the special operation, more than 30 thousand Russian sailors and officers were awarded high state awards, the president said.
The head of state also announced the final stage of development of a number of medium- and shorter-range strike systems, including those that enhance the capabilities of the Russian Navy's coastal forces.
On July 30, the Russian Navy began scheduled exercises to use the forces of the Baltic, Northern, Pacific fleets and the Caspian flotilla. The combat training involved about 300 surface ships and boats, submarines and support vessels, up to 50 aircraft, more than 200 units of military and special equipment, over 20 thousand military and civilian personnel of units and formations.
The crews of ships, naval aviation units and coastal troops of three fleets and the Caspian Flotilla completed over 300 combat exercises with the practical use of weapons in just a few days.
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[Regnum] On average, a journalist is killed or goes missing around the world every four days. A total of 162 media workers were killed in 2022–2023 worldwide. This is almost 40% more than in 2020–2021. These figures are presented in a recently published draft report by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay.
The head of the UN structure is going to present this document in the middle of next week. Then the council of the "International Program for the Development of Communication" (a specialized UNESCO project, which is supposed to support the press around the world) will meet in Paris.
A quick glance at Azoulay's report suggests that the international organization under the auspices of the UN is taking the issue head-on. It emphasizes that the impunity of those responsible for the deaths of unarmed journalists is giving rise to new violence.
And as UN Secretary-General António Guterres has repeatedly noted, about 90% of journalist murders go unpunished. From 2006 to 2024, more than 1,700 press workers were killed worldwide, which means a global threat to freedom of speech and people's right to access information.
But when you begin to take a closer look at Audrey Azoulay's report, compiled on the basis of data from Western and pro-Western non-governmental organizations, questions begin to arise: is UNESCO's own approach objective and is there not selectivity in the selection of information?
An interesting question. It’s the UN — what are the odds?
Thus, it is claimed that in 2022, the year the CBO began, the highest death toll among journalists was recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean (61 people), with Arab countries in second place (35 people). Journalists from Haiti, Pakistan, Honduras and Bangladesh are mentioned as having died. The report for the previous year, 2023, includes media workers from Mexico, Guatemala, etc. It is possible that both the collected figures and the statistics by country are close to reality.
But Russia and Russian reporters, we emphasize, are not mentioned even once. It turns out, if we believe the UNESCO report, in 2022-2023 not a single domestic war correspondent, investigator or journalist died.
But it was in 2022 that journalist and political scientist Daria Dugina was killed in a terrorist attack, behind which stood the Kiev regime. A few months later, producer and journalist Oleg Klokov died when the VSSU shelled a civilian crossing over the Dnieper in Kherson.
In the spring of 2023, war correspondent and writer Maxim Fomin (Vladlen Tatarsky) was blown up in St. Petersburg. And in this case, just as in the case of Dugina's murder, the terrorist was " led " by the SBU. The head of the Ukrainian special service, Vasily Malyuk, actually did not hide his department's involvement in the crime.
In July 2023, in the same Zaporizhia region, during the shelling of the village of Pyatikhatki with Ukrainian cluster munitions, RIA Novosti war correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev was seriously wounded. The journalist soon died from his wounds.
A year ago, a correspondent for the Russia 24 TV channel, Boris Maksudov, was killed on the front line in the Zaporizhia region. Moreover, we are not talking about an accidental death during shelling or combat; the “arrival” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ attack drones was targeted, precisely at the point where the unarmed target, the Russian film crew, was located.
We have mentioned colleagues whose deaths received the greatest media resonance. In total, more than thirty Russian journalists have died due to the fault of the Kyiv regime.
The sad list continues to grow. At the end of April this year, Izvestia war correspondent Semyon Eremin died while on duty in the Zaporizhia region. While filming a report, the journalist was fatally wounded as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian FPV drone. Semyon Eremin was 42 years old, and shortly before his death, he had a daughter.
The death of the Izvestia war correspondent does not fit into the time frame of Audrey Azoulay's report - 2022-2023. But you won't find the names of Dugina, Maksudov or Fomin on these pages either.
True, the director of UNESCO expressed condolences in connection with the death of Rostislav Zhuravlev, but this employee of the Russian news agency, a native of Yekaterinburg, for some reason was included in the list of deceased representatives of the Ukrainian media.
How can one explain such “blindness” or, to put it mildly, selective attention of an international humanitarian organization?
It has become known how Izvestia correspondent Semyon Eremin died
According to a statement from the UN's New York office, Moscow allegedly "does not provide access" to confirm information about the murders of Russian media employees. This assertion was made on November 14 by the Chairman of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Renaud de Villaine.
This is a lie, the very same distortion and concealment of information that the head of UNESCO declares the fight against in his report.
Note that this report itself refutes Mr. de Villena's statement. On page 10 it states: when the office of UN Secretary General Guterres submitted requests to the Russian leadership for information about the deaths of seven Russian journalists, in all cases Moscow responded and informed.
On the other hand, the Russian side dutifully submitted to UNESCO all documents with requests for disclosure of information about the death of our journalists. But all these attempts were demonstratively ignored by the secretariat of Madame Azoulay.
So on November 21–22, when the UNESCO report is presented in Paris, the thirty Russian journalists who died in the conflict zone will again be demonstratively “forgotten.”
This is despite the fact that in previous similar UNESCO reports, the death of any journalist for any reason was taken extremely seriously, even to the point of demanding investigations into accidental deaths in domestic fights.
The principle of "I see it here, but I don't see it there" applies not only to Russia. The Azoulay report estimates the number of Arab journalists killed as a result of Israeli strikes on Palestine at 24, which is clearly an underestimate.
According to available public data, at least 97 employees of Palestinian publications and television channels fell victim to these attacks.
This hushing up of some data to the detriment of others becomes especially hypocritical if we consider that Israel is not a member state of UNESCO, unlike Russia, which regularly pays membership fees to the organization. And, accordingly, Israel, unlike Russia, has not responded to a single request from the organization related to the deaths of journalists on its territory.
The fact that the head deliberately did not include (and did not “accidentally forget”) the mention of Russian journalists in her report means that Ms. Azoulay and the entire UNESCO leadership violated the basic principle of impartiality and equidistance. This principle, we recall, is spelled out in paragraph 5 of Article VI of the UNESCO Charter. But the current leadership of the UN structure has clearly decided to play along with the Kiev regime, or rather its Western patrons.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have repeatedly carried out targeted attacks on Russian journalists. President Vladimir Putin also drew attention to this. The First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, pointed out that the Kiev regime openly boasts that it is involved in the murders of Russian journalists.
One of the conclusions at the end of Aubrey Azoulay's report is: " The rise in killings in countries experiencing conflict is alarming, as these threats against journalists can turn conflict areas into 'zones of silence', creating an information vacuum for local populations and the world at large."
The authors obviously forgot to point out that their own actions are also aimed at achieving the same goal - to create "zones of silence", which the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics have long since become for the Western world, which Odessa was and still is for the world on May 2, 2014, and which the Kursk and Belgorod regions are now for the world.
The fact that the leadership of an “unbiased and equidistant” international structure is constructing a biased and advantageous information picture for the West is no longer surprising – neither Russia nor other countries for whom the globalist “order”, supposedly “based on rules”, is unacceptable. Organizations that were once created for the sake of building a fair world order have long ceased to be such; there is no longer any room for objectivity in them, and therefore hope remains only in one’s own strength.
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