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President Biden's administration has pledged an additional $53 million in aid to Ukraine to assist in fixing the war-torn country's electrical grid.
The $53 million will be used largely to purchase circuit breakers and distribution transformers, according to The New York Times. The funds come as part of a multinational effort to bolster Ukraine's energy infrastructure, which has been targeted with Russian missile strikes for more than a month.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces shifted toward targeting Ukraine's power and water stations in early October, seeking to make Ukrainian citizens suffer through the country's bitter winter
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The worst thing that could happen to Russia is to win this war.
They would be faced by opposition from all nations of the world with the possible exception of Iran and China, (assuming that the present governments there survive the unrest they have unleashed on themselves).
All small nations would feel the need to protect themselves from Russian threats and would want to unite into a world coalition to resist them.
Their method of attacking civilian life is a monster war crime that is repulsive to the tender minded. They would face the problem of converting their conquest into more than a pile of rubble all alone with help from nobody.
Sensible government in the United States would deprive them of their oil and gas markets.
Their low European birth rates will condemn them to an Oriental future, not necessarily a bad fate but one unacceptable to Putin.
Losing on the other hand would be much better and could be done in such a way that Putin could survive, the way Nasser survived in 1956.
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Yeah, if they lose, they will probably get a bail-out.
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[Korrespondent] 23:42 Zelensky said that even in the International Criminal Court it is still impossible to hold the top political and military leadership of Russia accountable for the crime of aggression against Ukraine - this requires a special tribunal. It was the creation of such a tribunal that Olena Zelenska addressed to the Parliament and the people of Great Britain was devoted to. She called on the UK to take the lead in the global effort to set up a special tribunal.
Ukraine is already cooperating with the Netherlands, which is helping to set up a prosecutor's office to collect evidence of Russia's war crimes. Also works with France, which helps in the field work on documenting crimes. "And we must unite the world majority in support of the UN General Assembly draft resolution on the special tribunal," the president stressed.
In addition, a meeting of the Ministers of Justice of the G7 countries took place in Berlin - Ukraine was represented there by the Prosecutor General and the Minister of Justice. The meeting was dedicated to bringing the occupiers and the aggressor state to justice. “After the meeting, we see an obvious readiness to work together to finally restore the strength of international law, restore the full operation of the UN Charter and bring Russia to fair accountability,” Zelensky said.
23:19 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the situation at the front is difficult: "Despite the extremely heavy Russian losses, the invaders are still trying to advance in the Donetsk region, gain a foothold in the Luhansk region, move in the Kharkiv region, they are planning something there in the south. But we keep defense and, most importantly, do not let the enemy carry out their intentions. They said that they would capture the Donbass - in the spring, summer, autumn. This week, winter already begins. They put their regular army there, they lose hundreds of mobilized and mercenaries there every day, they use there are detachments there. Even this year, Russia will lose one hundred thousand of its soldiers killed, and only God knows how many mercenaries."
22:45 Russia is deliberately launching cruise missiles without nuclear warheads at targets in Ukraine in order to deplete Ukrainian air defense reserves, a Pentagon official said, Reuters reports.
22:42 Germany will provide Ukraine with 56 million euros for the repair of energy system facilities, as well as more than 350 generators, the German government said following negotiations between Scholz and Zelensky.
22:14 Spain will transfer air defense systems and generators to Ukraine, Kuleba said: "I met with my Spanish colleague, a true friend of Ukraine, Jose Manuel Albarez. I am grateful for the provision of air defense systems and generators."
21:53 Governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoit announced a hit on the power supply facility, two districts were partially de-energized, there is no information about the victims.
21:45 On the sidelines of the meeting of NATO ministers, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics called for Ukraine to be allowed to hit military targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, as it protects its critical infrastructure. He added that members of the alliance "should not be afraid" of the escalation.
20:52 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have not yet established control over the Kinburn Spit in the Nikolaev region. The Russians are now regrouping in the area, said Yevgeny Yerin, head of the joint press center of the Tauride Defense Forces.
20:14 In Russia, since at least 2014, a narrative has been circulating that many Ukrainians are prone to Nazism. These allegations were especially strengthened with the beginning of the aggressive war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. Read more in the article How are fakes about "Ukrainian Nazis" made?
20:05 The United States is not yet ready to provide fighter jets to Ukraine and does not include this issue in the list of its immediate priorities, the Pentagon said.
19:07 PMC Wagner recruits mercenaries for the war in Ukraine in the prisons of the Central African Republic, writes The Daily Beast. According to the publication, many of the recruits are convicted terrorists who controlled a significant part of the CAR for almost a decade during the civil war. Some of them are involved in war crimes. Recruitment began in October with the permission of the country's authorities.
18:46 Stoltenberg said that NATO is discussing the transfer of Patriot air defense systems to Kiev.
18:01 The United States will provide Ukraine with $53 million for the urgent purchase of equipment for the restoration of the energy system, the State Department said. The package will include distribution transformers, circuit breakers, surge protectors, disconnectors, vehicles and other critical equipment.
17:59 NATO Foreign Ministers adopted a joint statement following the first day of the summit in Bucharest, in which they emphasized their unwavering commitment to the independence of Ukraine and stated that they would never recognize the illegal annexations of Russia, and would continue and further strengthen support for Ukraine.
The allies condemn the constant Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilian and energy infrastructure and promise to help Ukraine repair its infrastructure and protect the population from missile attacks. NATO Allies also declared their intention to continue to strengthen their partnership with Ukraine as it advances its Euro-Atlantic aspirations, and reaffirmed the decisions taken at the 2008 Bucharest summit on the prospect of membership for Ukraine and Georgia.
17:47 Shmyhal said that with the current deficit in the energy system, it is possible to evenly distribute electricity consumption among household consumers so that light is supplied at least 5-6 hours a day.
17:25 Stoltenberg said at a conference in Bucharest that Russia cannot forbid anyone to join NATO, and after the victory, Ukraine can join the alliance. At the same time, he added that one should not expect its accession in the near future, since it is not clear how the country's borders will look in the future.
17:18 Deputy Minister of Defense of Poland Marcin Ocepa considers the likelihood of a war with Polish participation in the near future "too high for us to consider this scenario only hypothetically." He added that the likelihood of a conflict involving NATO today is very high, as is the likelihood of a conflict between China and the United States. And the conflict in Ukraine, in his opinion, will be "crucial for China's plans," and "not only in relation to Taiwan."
16:50 The IAEA will strengthen its presence at all Ukrainian nuclear power plants, the agency's director general Rafael Grossi said following a meeting with Kuleba in Bucharest. In the focus of attention, according to him, is the situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, including the protection of Ukrainian personnel.
16:47 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Scholz: "Thanked for supporting the Grain from Ukraine initiative. We also discussed the implementation of the Ukrainian peace formula and cooperation to protect Ukraine from Russian missile terror."
16:43 The Hungarian Foreign Ministry said that Budapest will not agree to hold a Ukraine-NATO commission until Kiev returns the rights to the Hungarian national minority.
16:27 The UN announced that the first batch of Russian fertilizers blocked in Europe will go today from the Netherlands to Africa - to Malawi, on board 20,000 tons.
15:55 Germany will transfer 14 THeMIS ground drones to Ukraine. The manufacturing company Milrem Robotics said that in cooperation with KMW, it will supply Ukraine with drones designed to transport the wounded and clear traffic routes. The purchase of vehicles is financed by the German Ministry of Defense.
15:31 In Ukraine, on Tuesday, November 29, an air alert was announced several times due to the threat of an enemy missile strike, but it was soon canceled. Yury Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said that today there was a threat of a ground-based missile attack. At the same time, he noted that the enemy is really trying to increase the number of his missiles: "We know that the enemy has added the number of ships, aircraft. This may indicate an increase in the number of missiles."
14:55 Stoltenberg said NATO will increase aid to Ukraine as Putin uses winter as a weapon. NATO foreign ministers will focus on increasing military assistance to Ukraine, such as air defense systems and ammunition. Part of the non-lethal aid (fuel, medical supplies, winter gear and drone jammers) will be delivered as part of a NATO aid package that allies can contribute to, and which Stoltenberg aims to increase.
14:24 The SBI detained the deputy mayor of Kherson from the team of the traitor Saldo, who worked for the enemy during the occupation of the city - he was informed of a suspicion of collaborationism. According to the source of the UP, we are talking about Vladimir Pepel. He faces up to 12 years in prison.
14:21 NATO will expand its presence throughout Eastern Europe - from the Black Sea to the Baltic countries, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said: "In response to Russian aggression, NATO is increasing its presence from the Baltic to the Black Seas. We have created new battle groups, including the one led by France here in Romania. Fighters from Canada also help keep your skies safe, and US Patriot missiles boost your defenses. It sends a clear message that NATO is here."
14:15 Reznikov said that the LRU multiple launch rocket system, transferred by France, arrived in Ukraine. LRU is an upgraded version of the MLRS M270.
14:09 The full participation of Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the official meeting of the Foreign Ministers of NATO countries in Bucharest is blocked at the request of Hungary, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported. Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko told the UP that Kuleba would hold talks with NATO ministers in a separate meeting specially organized by Stoltenberg.
13:36 In the Liman of the Donetsk region, the Russians attacked the residential sector from the MLRS Grad on the residential sector, as a result of which one person died, three were injured, the President's Office reported.
13:04 The all-clear alarm was given in all regions, it lasted only about ten minutes. The head of the Nikolaev OVA, Vitaliy Kim, drew attention to an interesting feature: earlier, enemy flying objects circled over the occupied territory, and today they are clearly along the border of Ukraine, even in the east. He added that last time the Russians also disguised the blow as a training flight.
12:50 German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier does not see an opportunity to negotiate a possible truce: "The truce will mean that Russia will retain the occupied territory. And along with it, border violations, and the disregard of international law, and the seizure of land will be sanctioned" .
12:41 An air alert has been declared throughout Ukraine. Today, many predicted another massive missile attack.
12:15 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are ready to repel Russian missile attacks, Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command, said: “Actually, what should we prepare for? I want to remind you that we already experienced the worst in February-March, when hundreds of missiles flew at our heads every day ... We all experienced it, we saw it, is it possible to scare us with something else? Terrorism is happening, somewhere they use more missiles, somewhere less, the Air Force is ready to repel air attacks." He added that the Russian Federation did not have many high-precision and long-range missiles left with which they could hit the territory of Ukraine.
11:46 Stoltenberg said that if Russia wins the war against Ukraine, the world will have to pay an even higher price, since authoritarian leaders in different countries will get the green light to use brute force.
11:44 In the Lviv region, emergency power outages continue. Starting from Monday, November 28, they are held in this way: consumers are disconnected from power for eight hours, electricity is supplied for four hours, then they are turned off again for eight hours, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky.
11:42 In Uman, there is a critical situation with energy supply due to the shutdown of power units of the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant, Mayor Irina Pletneva said. According to her, shutdown schedules do not work, the critical infrastructure of the city is only partially supplied.
11:40 Slovakia has transferred 30 BMP1 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine on the basis of agreements with Germany, Slovak Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy said.
11:36 Over the past week, the Russian army has been more intensively trying to attack in the Bakhmut area of the Donetsk region. The battles for the city became the most active during the war between Russia and Ukraine. The occupants claim that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are allegedly "encircled" in the village itself, but our defenders refute this information. About what is happening now in Bakhmut and at what cost the defense of the city is given - in the material 500 wounded in two days .
11:21 Peskov said that in order to negotiate with Ukraine, Kiev must have "the political will and readiness to discuss the demands already voiced by Russia."
11:05 As of 11:00, electricity producers provide 70% of consumption in Ukraine, the power shortage is 30%, Ukrenergo reported. The increase in the deficit is due to the emergency shutdown of units at several power plants, as well as a further increase in consumption due to worsening weather conditions.
10:58 Kuleba said in an interview with Politico that if NATO countries do not start increasing military production, Ukraine will not be able to win: "While we are fighting in the battles of today, we must think about how we will fight in the battles of tomorrow." The head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry added that the increase in production will help reduce Ukraine's dependence on countries that have the necessary weapons, but do not want to sell them for political reasons. According to Kuleba, now Ukraine needs air defense, tanks and production lines.
10:37 DTEK announced that on Tuesday, November 29, it will switch from emergency shutdowns to stabilization ones. The company assured that they are making every effort to ensure that outages last no more than four hours for each consumer group.
10:29 Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly is convinced that a diplomatic solution will be found for Ukraine: "In the end, a diplomatic solution will be found. This has been the case in every conflict. But we have not yet come to this." According to her, NATO will support Ukraine in the coming "difficult winter", even despite the lack of hopes for a speedy peaceful settlement of the conflict. She also added that NATO energy ministers are looking for ways to resolve the impending energy crisis.
10:10 The Ukrainian military is gradually moving towards Svatovo and Kremennaya in the Luhansk region, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai: "The situation on the front line is quite difficult, all the de-occupied villages are still under fire. The fighting continues constantly, around the clock. , clearly hold the line of defense and even manage, despite the difficult weather conditions, to gradually move further, towards Svatovo and Kremennaya.
09:38 A Ukrainian delegation headed by a Major General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrived in Israel to agree on the creation of a missile attack warning system, the journalist of the Israeli television company Keshet Moria Wahlberg said.
09:31 British intelligence writes that over the past three months, Russian troops in Ukraine have probably practically stopped deploying in the form of battalion tactical groups. The BTG concept has played an important role in Russian military doctrine for the past ten years, integrating battalions with a full complement of support units, including armor, reconnaissance and (unlike normal Western practice) artillery.
However, analysts point out, several inherent flaws in the BTG concept were exposed in the high-intensity, large-scale combat of the war in Ukraine. The relatively small number of BTG combat infantry often proved insufficient. The decentralized deployment of artillery did not allow Russia to fully exploit its advantage in the number of guns; and few BTG commanders have been given the authority to flexibly use their capabilities, as the BTG model was designed to advance, the intelligence notes.
09:27 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of November 29.
personnel - about 88,380 (+480) people liquidated,
tanks - 2911 (+3),
armored combat vehicles - 5866 (+5),
artillery systems - 1901 (+2),
MLRS - 395 (+0),
air defense systems - 209 (+0),
aircraft - 280 (+2),
helicopters - 261 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1555 (+0),
cruise missiles - 531 (+0),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4423 (+7),
special equipment - 163 (+0).
09:15 The Swedish government should allow the sale of Swedish SAAB JAS 39 Gripen fighters to Ukraine, in which the Ukrainian side is interested, said Magnus Jakobsson, a member of the country's parliament.
08:57 With the beginning of rolling blackouts, the number of deaths in road accidents has increased six times, said Andrei Molokoedov, press officer of the Patrol Police Department in Kiev. The number of accidents involving injuries increased by about 55%, and the number of accidents involving pedestrians also doubled.
08:49 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the recent statements by the Russians about the advance near Bakhmut do not indicate the imminent encirclement of the city by Russian troops. According to analysts, the enemy probably captured the village of Ozaryanovka, 15 km southwest of Bakhmut. At the same time, there is no evidence in open sources confirming the statements of the invaders about the capture of Kurdyumovka, Kleshchievka, Andreevka, Zelenopolye, Podgorodny and Disputed with the intention to surround Bakhmut from the south and east.
According to ISW, Russian sources are spreading false claims about progress around Bakhmut as part of a lengthy information operation, and therefore recent reports of further successes may be part of this information operation. One way or another, the advance of Russian troops around Bakhmut during November 27 and 28 is unlikely to have an effect at the operational level and will not be fast, experts conclude.
The ISW also warns that Russian troops are preparing for a new wave of missile strikes against Ukraine in the near future, but such preparation is likely to maintain the recent pace of strikes, not increase it.
08:41 The United States does not yet consider it useful to recognize Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, said US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith: "The feeling in Washington is that this is really not necessary and, in fact, may be counterproductive in the sense that it could hurt our ability to, for example, bring humanitarian aid to Ukraine or take a certain amount of grain out of Ukraine." At the same time, Smith noted that Washington is in favor of further restrictions on Russia in the form of sanctions and export restrictions.
08:36 Blinken on Tuesday, November 29, will announce new assistance for the energy system of Ukraine, Reuters reported, citing a senior representative of the US State Department.
08:22 Berlin, after the request of Warsaw, faced a difficult choice, which Germany had avoided since the beginning of Russia's military aggression against Ukraine. About why Germany slows down the transfer of air defense - in the Patriot material for Kiev .
07:35 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled attacks by invaders in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoe, Belogorovka, Luhansk region and Serebryanka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Belogorovka, Yakovlevka, Pervomaiskoye, Experienced, Nevelskoye, Krasnogorovka, Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
In the Lugansk region, the occupiers are "nationalizing" the property of agro-industrial enterprises. In particular, in the village of Belokurakino, crops and equipment are being taken out from local agricultural firms. In the Kherson region, the Russians are strengthening the administrative and police regime, in connection with which it is planned to replace certain units of the RF Armed Forces with units of the National Guard.
07:11 At night, the Russians attacked the Dnieper with four missiles. A private enterprise was badly damaged, where production facilities were destroyed, a fire broke out, which has already been extinguished. People were not injured, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko. The enemy also fired on the Nikopol region from Hurricanes and heavy artillery, without casualties.
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[KavkazUzel] The statement of the European Parliament on the inclusion of the Chechen 141st regiment "North" in the list of terrorist organizations is declarative and has no practical force, lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. The inclusion of the regiment in the list will not affect its fighters or their relatives in any way, Caucasian expert Ruslan Kutaev is sure.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that the deputies of the European Parliament called on the European Union to include the Chechen 141st Regiment "North", which took part in the hostilities in Ukraine, into the list of terrorist organizations, and they also proposed to include PMC "Wagner" in this list.
On September 7, Ramzan Kadyrov said that fighters from elite units went to Ukraine: the South battalion and the North regiment, many of them were going there not for the first time.
After the start of the military operation, the Chechen authorities announced the creation of a number of new structures. So, on June 26, Ramzan Kadyrov announced that four battalions of the Ministry of Defense would be formed in Chechnya: "North-Akhmat", "South-Akhmat", "West-Akhmat" and "Vostok-Akhmat", which would include "exclusively Chechen guys" .
Prior to that, the Yug battalion (a military formation as part of the 46th separate operational brigade of the Russian Guard) and the 141st special motorized regiment named after Akhmat Kadyrov, formed on the basis of the 248th special motorized battalion "North" , were stationed in Chechnya .
The European Parliament made a declarative statement, said an expert in international law, lawyer Kirill Koroteev . "The resolution of the European Parliament is not included in the list at all. As well as there is no correlation with the International Criminal Court," he said.
According to the lawyer, in order to compile a list, it is necessary that the efforts to compile it correlate with the result. "But even being included in the list has no, absolutely no power for the International Criminal Court," Koroteyev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
The International Criminal Court (ICC), 14 years after the "Five-Day War" in 2008, issued arrest warrants for Mikhail Mindzaev, Hamlet Guchmazov and David Sanakoev from South Ossetia, who are suspected of war crimes. The inaction of the South Ossetian authorities on the issue of cooperation with the International Criminal Court led to the issuance of arrest warrants, journalist Ruslan Totrov is sure.
The statement of the European Parliament will not have real consequences, the deputy director for international relations of the Institute of Law and National Security of the RANEPA Valery Smirnov is sure .
"Such statements are heard almost every day. What will change from the compilation of the next list?" he told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
According to Smirnov, the statement was made primarily for the European media field. "If they are included in the lists up to the rank and file, it means that they can't really do anything," he believes.
Inclusion in the EU list will not lead to infringement of the rights or freedom of movement of any of the military of the Sever regiment, President of the Assembly of Peoples of the Caucasus Ruslan Kutaev is sure.
"The bulk of these people are generally unknown by name. Moreover, they do not travel around Europe. It is also hardly known who they are related to in Europe. They will not touch or expel anyone. In addition, there is no tendency in European countries to the persecution of relatives, even those who are guilty of the law," he said.
Kutaev pointed out that this political decision has another important component - "designate Kadyrov and Prigozhin" as involved in these structures.
In connection with this kind of "special lists" there is a "substitution of concepts" and an attempt to shift responsibility for the events in Ukraine. In his opinion, the statement of the Pope of Rome about the Chechens and Buryats can be perceived in this vein, Kutaev is sure. “This is nothing more than a desire to divert suspicions aside.
The separation of Kadyrov’s 141st regiment may lead to the fact that they will claim that ethnic Chechens served there and committed crimes exclusively by them. In fact, there is no "Kadyrov’s army." That’s all or military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation or the National Guard. Just like PMCs, they act on the orders of the top leadership of the Russian Federation, and not on their own," Kutaev emphasized.
On November 28, Pope Francis called the "most cruel" fighters from Russia who do not adhere to the "Russian tradition - Chechens, Buryats."
He pointed out that the decision of the European Parliament would not affect the desire of Chechens to participate in a military operation or serve in the 141st regiment.
"The majority of the inhabitants of Chechnya are already against the NWO and do not want to participate there, at least from the point of view of elementary self-preservation," he pointed out.
The fighters of the "North" have been at the center of scandals before. Thus, Ruslan Geremeev , an officer of the Sever battalion of the 141st regiment , was put on the wanted list in March 2015 in connection with possible involvement in the murder of oppositionist Boris Nemtsov.
In August 2016, five people were arrested in Moscow on suspicion of extorting 100 million rubles from an entrepreneur, including two officers of the "North" Said Akhmaev and Lechi Bolatbaev. The state prosecution asked to sentence Akhmaev and Bolatbaev to long terms in a colony, but the court reclassified the charge from extortion to arbitrariness and imposed the same punishment on all defendants - a fine of 50 thousand rubles . At the same time, due to the expiration of the statute of limitations under the article on arbitrariness, the court released the defendants from paying a fine.
[RIA Novosti] Pope Francis has become a victim of propaganda and perseverance of foreign media, speaking about the "cruelty" of the Chechens and Buryats, said the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov in the Telegram channel.
Earlier, in an interview with the Jesuit publication America, Pope Francis suggested that in the conduct of a special operation in Ukraine , the greatest cruelty allegedly comes from military personnel who were brought up "outside the Russian tradition." The pontiff called the Buryats and Chechens such.
"I could spitefully recall the Inquisition, the Crusades, or even mention the real brutal footage taken by Bandera scum, the recent executions of unarmed Russian soldiers, but I'd rather tell you about what every Chechen is guided by, whether in war or in civilian life. This Islam," Kadyrov stressed.
According to him, the Chechens do not go into battle without offering peace. Thus, they follow the example of the Prophet Muhammad, the head of the republic explained.
He also shamed the pope for ignorance about the attitude of professing Islam towards the enemy.
"It is a shame for a world-famous religious personality not to know about the attitude of Muslims towards the enemy. Yes, we are zealous in protecting our Motherland, religion, people. We call on the enemy to surrender, and our citizens to stand up for defense. Is this cruelty?" Kadyrov asked.
He also asked the pontiff two questions, which, according to Kadyrov, he will not be able to answer due to the credibility of the information given in the Western media.
"How can you determine on the battlefield whether a cheerful, gloomy, sentimental or cruel enemy? And how to determine by eye in a combined detachment the nationality of a Russian soldier, if more than 190 peoples live in our country?" Kadyrov concluded.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:50 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are shelling the Sudzhansky district, about 11 arrivals were recorded, there was a hit on the power supply facility - the governor of the Kursk region. 23:39 In the Kursk region, a hit on an energy supply facility was recorded, two districts were partially de-energized, there is no information about the victims, the governor said.
23:17 No negotiations with Ukraine are possible now, because Kyiv absolutely denies them, Peskov said.
23:11 Poland is not going to give Ukraine its Patriot air defense systems, the prime minister of the republic said.
22:41 The United States does not yet plan to supply its Patriot air defense systems to Kyiv, a Pentagon official said. Also, the Americans are not yet ready to provide fighter jets to Ukraine and do not include this issue in the list of their immediate priorities.
22:17 Medvedev warned that if NATO delivers Patriot complexes to Kyiv, they will become a legitimate target for the Russian Armed Forces.
21:43 Full failure turns a PR campaign with points of obscurity/bezporadnosti in Ukraine. The technologists of the Office of the President quickly assessed the situation and decided to take Zelensky out of this track so that the negative would fall on the local authorities, but in reality this should be done by Kyrylo Tymoshenko, who oversees the internal political direction at Bankovaya. If a missile attack occurs in the coming days, then the whole country will plunge into a blackout, which means only one thing, millions of Ukrainians will have no heat and electricity in such places.
20:01 Footage from the Artyomovsk region from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Ukrainian military scold their command and declare that only 5 soldiers remained in the ranks from the platoon -video
19:47 Serpent "Gorynych" burns out enemy positions on the front line -video
Such an unusual nickname for its combat vehicle was given by the calculation of the 220mm BM-27 MLRS "Hurricane", performing tasks in the South-Donetsk direction.
17:51 Combat work of the crew of the reconnaissance and attack helicopter Ka-52 "Alligator" of the army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the zone of the NMD —video
17:48 Air supremacy: combat sorties of Su-30SM and Su-35S aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces during a special military operation -video
17:44 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progressholdingspecial military operation on the territory of Ukraine (November 29, 2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, near the village of Ivanovka, Kharkiv region, the enemy, using one company tactical group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, unsuccessfully tried to attack Russian troops. As a result of the inflicted fire damage, the unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was thrown back to its original positions.
More than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks were destroyed.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, Russian units thwarted an attempt to advance a company tactical group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack in the direction of the Chervonopopovka settlement of the Lugansk People's Republic.
More than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles and four vehicles were destroyed by artillery fire, assault and army aviation strikes in the initial area.
In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops continue offensive operations.
During the day, more than 100 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, five armored combat vehicles and five vehicles were destroyed in this direction.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery defeated ten enemy control points in the areas of the settlements of Petropavlovka, Berestovoye, Kharkov region, Dobrovolye, Terny, Torskoye, Verkhnekamenskoye, Andreevka, Vodyanoye, Novoselka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Nikolskoye, Kherson region, as well as 62nd artillery subdivisions in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 148 districts.
A Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile system "Osa-AKM" was destroyed near the settlement of Makiivka in the Luhansk People's Republic.
In the area of the settlement of Nikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic, a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counterbattery radar was destroyed.
In the area of the settlement of Malomikhailovka, Dnepropetrovsk region, a Ukrainian radar target designation for anti-aircraft missile systems "Pelikan" was destroyed.
A warehouse of missile and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the settlement of Belogorye, Zaporozhye region.
During the day, Russian air defense systems shot down nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova, Krasnorechenskoe, Golikovo, Ploschanka, Zhitlovka of the Luhansk People's Republic, Rybinsk and Maksimovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In addition, two missiles of the Uragan multiple launch rocket system were intercepted near the settlement of Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 333 aircraft, 177 helicopters, 2,581 unmanned aerial vehicles, 391 anti-aircraft missile systems, 6,876 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 904 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,628 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 7,406 units of special military vehicles.
17:40 Combat work of specialists from the communications troops of the Western Military District, which provide reliable communications in the zone of the NMD —video
17:30 The IAEA will strengthen its presence at all nuclear power plants in Ukraine - Rafael Grossi.
17:29 As a result of prolonged positional battles, control over the village of Spornoye to the west of Lisichansk has been restored.
In September, a Wagner detachment from the Bakhmut direction was transferred to the Disputable in order to prevent the enemy from advancing on Lisichansk.
17:27 Germany will hand over 14 THeMIS ground-based drones to Ukraine, press service of Milrem Robotics
It is reported that seven vehicles will serve to evacuate the wounded. The rest are for road cleaning.
15:14 PMC "Wagner" occupied Kurdyumovka
After yesterday's success with the liberation of Ozaryanovka and Zelenopolye, the occupation of Kurdyumovka was a matter of time.
15:11 The 100th Brigade of the DPR destroys enemy tanks -video
12:57 The defeat of the Ukrainian howitzer D-20 by the Russian UAV-kamikaze "Lancet" -video
11:26 The front line in the DPR is shifting. Subdivisions of the Russian troops are clearing new territories in the Avdeevka direction -video
10:20 Servicemen of the 1st Army Corps destroyed the observation post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
10:14 Combat work of the crew of the 122mm MLRS BM-21 "Grad" on the positions and equipment of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
10:12 A multiple launch rocket system is working out at the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction -video
10:11 Engineering units of the People's Militia of the LPRcontinuedemining.
09:19 Coverage of the "roaming" mortar crew of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zone of the NMD -video
09:15 Russian 152mm self-propelled guns "Msta-S" convey a fiery "hello" to the Nazis of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
09:13 Ukrainian neo-Nazis from afar admired Pavlovka, lost forever, but a VOG flew right into the trench from the guys from the DPR OBTF "Cascade" and ruined all their leisure time -video
08:40 Fiery hell for the Armed Forces of Ukraine: our scouts discovered a special detachment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that was trying to attack the positions of the Russian Armed Forces on the Zaporozhye Front -video
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:20 The mayor of Khartsyzsk reports that air defense went off a few minutes ago. 22:21 The armed forces of the Russian Federation destroyed more than 70 military units of Ukraine in the LPR and the Kharkiv region in a day, two attacks of Ukrainian troops were thwarted, the Ministry of Defense reported.
21:36 Like liv eRussian military on the front line - the situation in the shelter of fighters from the DPR
At the disposal of Readovka were shots from the "bungalow" of fighters in the DPR. Everything is quite simple and clear, in a military way. While the fighters were leaving, the author of the video spoke about the life of the detachment.
"Such a simple soldier's life. Warm, good and, as they say, flies do not bite. There is nothing to complain about, everything is in order with the provisions, the humanitarian aid is coming," he said.
The only inconvenience, the operator noted, is that the chilly autumn weather makes it necessary to wear slippers in the dugout in order to keep dirt out of the living quarters.
20:18 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for November 29, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
- on the street. Chernyakhovsky, 82, a woman born in 1962 was wounded.
- on the street. Paul Robson, 10 wounded man born in 1953
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Kirovsky district:
- st. Dmitry Donskoy, 60, 61, 63, 64 - apartment buildings;
- st. Feta, 24 - a private residential building;
- st. Tretyakova, 6 "a" - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. P. Kolodina, 7 - apartment building;
- st. I. Susanina, 23 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Vozdushnaya, 9 - apartment building.
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
- Damage was recorded to the MBOU "School No. 30 in Gorlovka."
- st. Chernyakhovsky, 80, 82 - direct hits in apartment buildings;
- st. Fields of Robson, 10/1, 15 "a" - private residential buildings;
- st. Nikopolskaya, 5 - a private residential building;
- st. Sports, 10 - a private residential building.
19:33 In the Kuibyshev region, as a result of shelling at 18:30, five houses of the private sector were damaged: glazing, roofing, gas pipes, electrical wires were damaged.
In the Kirovsky district, it became known about another damaged house due to a direct hit by a VFU shell.
18:43 Information about the consequences of the shelling of the village continues to arrive. Lidievka, Kirovsky district. Fixed a direct hit in a private residential building. In two other private households, the roof, glazing, gates and households were damaged. the buildings. Windows in an apartment building are broken.
18:42 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (November 29, 2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, near the village of Ivanovka, Kharkiv region, the enemy, using one company tactical group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, unsuccessfully tried to attack Russian troops. As a result of the inflicted fire damage, the unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was thrown back to its original positions.
More than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks were destroyed.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, Russian units thwarted an attempt to advance a company tactical group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack in the direction of the Chervonopopovka settlement of the Lugansk People's Republic.
More than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles and four vehicles were destroyed by artillery fire, assault and army aviation strikes in the initial area.
In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops continue offensive operations.
During the day, more than 100 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, five armored combat vehicles and five vehicles were destroyed in this direction.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery defeated ten enemy control points in the areas of the settlements of Petropavlovka, Berestovoye, Kharkov region, Dobrovolye, Terny, Torskoye, Verkhnekamenskoye, Andreevka, Vodyanoye, Novoselka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Nikolskoye, Kherson region, as well as 62nd artillery subdivisions in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 148 districts.
A Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile system "Osa-AKM" was destroyed near the settlement of Makiivka in the Luhansk People's Republic.
In the area of the settlement of Nikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic, a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counterbattery radar was destroyed.
In the area of the settlement of Malomikhailovka, Dnepropetrovsk region, a Ukrainian radar target designation for anti-aircraft missile systems "Pelikan" was destroyed.
A warehouse of missile and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the settlement of Belogorye, Zaporozhye region.
During the day, Russian air defense systems shot down nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova, Krasnorechenskoe, Golikovo, Ploschanka, Zhitlovka of the Luhansk People's Republic, Rybinsk and Maksimovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In addition, two missiles of the Uragan multiple launch rocket system were intercepted near the settlement of Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 333 aircraft, 177 helicopters, 2,581 unmanned aerial vehicles, 391 anti-aircraft missile systems, 6,876 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 904 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,628 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 7,406 units of special military vehicles.
17:38 According to updated information, as a result of the shelling of the Kirovsky district, four apartment buildings, one private house and the building of the recreation center of the village were damaged. Lidievka, a broken gas pipe. Information about the destruction continues to come.
17:02 As a result of the shelling of the village. Lidievka, Kirovsky district, a residential building was damaged. The information is being specified.
16:19 The shelling of the Kyiv region continues. At 16:00, five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired from Orlovka.
16:18 The RF Armed Forces are striking at the Slavic-Kramatorsk agglomeration.
Arrivals in the area of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. There are also strikes in the Artemovsk area. The offensive south of the city continues.
15:59 Again, Ukrainian rounds fall in the Kievsky district of Donetsk. According to the JCCC, at 15:45 five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
15:49 Enemies do not stop shelling of the territory of the Kyiv region. According to the JCCC, at 15:05 and 15:30, a total of 10 155mm rounds were sent from Orlovka. Eyewitnesses report arrivals at Putilovka.
15:18 Fixing the consequences of shelling of Kalininsky and Voroshilovsky districts of Donetsk 11/28/2022
Military experts of the DPR JCCC confirmed fact of shelling of the Kalininsky and Voroshilovsky regions using the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS, and also clarified the direction of firing.
The enemy fired from their positions located in the area of the settlement. Lastochkino.
The area of responsibility of the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade (commander - Colonel Kurash Yevgeny Yuryevich, head of artillery - Lieutenant Colonel Tsiganyuk Dmitry Vasilyevich).
On Mira Ave., 31 "a" died male born in 1993
Fixed damage at 12 addresses:
Voroshilovsky district:
— on Mira Ave., damage was recorded to the gas station complex of the State Enterprise “RTK”;
- st. Embankment, 159 - the glazing in an apartment building was damaged.
Kalininsky district:
- per. Embankment, 7 - a direct hit in private housing construction;
- st. Volochaevskaya, 101, 103, 105, 107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 118 - damage to the facade and glazing in private residential buildings.
14:48 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for November 29, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Mineral:
— during work between settlements Mineralnoe and Yasinovataya suffered an employee of the State Unitary Enterprise of the DPR "Uglelecom" - a man born in 1985.
Information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Mineral:
- the official car of the State Unitary Enterprise of the DPR "Uglelekom" was damaged.
n.p. Nizhne Lozovoe:
- PFM "Lepestok" was found on the territory of the village.
14:18 The shelling of the Kuibyshev region began. According to the JCCC, at 14:00 from n. The Nazis fired three rounds of 155mm caliber in Netailovo settlement.
13:54 At 13:25 from Krasnogorovka in the direction of the Kirovsky district, three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were sent from enemy guns.
13:15 In Kherson, law enforcement officers detained a group of young people who initiatively assisted the armed formations of Ukraine in collecting information about the locations of the RF Armed Forces in the Kherson region. The illegal activities of this group were completely suppressed by the operational-search measures carried out. The leaders of the group realized the fallacy of their behavior and called on other participants to stop helping the AFU because Kherson is Russia.
12:55 Ukrainian militants fired at Mineralnoye, a man was wounded.
12:14 At 11:45, the Kyiv region was hit. According to the JCCC, from N. Three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired at Netaylovo settlement.
11:58 Pushilin said that Ugledar would be released very soon.
11:57 N. p. Pershe Travnya and Andreevka - Territorial Defense Headquarters.
11:42 In Nizhne Lozovoe, forbidden anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Petal" dropped by VFU were found.
10:22 Fighting near Pavlovka: the Cascade special forces unit with the help of Mavic 3 copters does not allow any Ukrainian militant to relax -video
08:27 Russian Armed Forces in the Artemovsky (Bakhmut) directionoccupiedn.p. Andreevka, Zelenopolye, Ozeryanovka. Heavy fighting in the area of Bakhmut itself, the information resources of the enemy reported significant losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The enemy General Staff reports that our forces are firing from tanks, mortars, cannon and rocket artillery at objects in the areas of the settlement. Controversial, Yakovlevka, Bakhmutskoye, Bakhmut, Avdeevka, Vodyanoye, Pervomayskoye, Krasnogorovka, Maryinka and Novomikhailovka.
Our troops repelled enemy attacks from the Krasnolimansky and Kupyansky directions By nightfall, the Russian Armed Forces launched rocket attacks on Dnepropetrovsk and the region, and the railway junction was hit. In the Kherson direction, our troops are shelling enemy positions on the right bank of the Dnieper. Our troops are strengthening and insulating positions on the left.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are building up forces in the Belgorod direction: personnel and equipment are arriving. In Donetsk, a civilian was killed as a result of an APU strike.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] In the light of the successes of recent days in the Bakhmut meat grinder, it can be noted that for the storming of the city, a non-straight-line tactic of storming the city in the forehead from the east was chosen (especially since our forces entered the industrial zone of Artemovsk back in the summer, where they fought in the area of Patrice Lumumba Street ), but pushing through the enemy defenses on the flanks, in order to cover the grouping defending the city.
This has already led to the fact that our troops occupied Otradovka south of the city, and then not only started fighting for the fortified areas in Opytny and Ivangrad (the latter had already been taken), but also began to develop an offensive on Kurdyumovka, which violates the integrity of the enemy front between Artemovsk and Dzerzhinsky. With the loss of Kurdyumovka, as well as Andreevka, Zelenopolye and Ozaryanovka, the situation for the enemy in this sector became much more complicated,
An important role in achieving the results of the offensive is played by suppressive artillery fire (including through competent work with drones and corrected fire) and the skillful use of assault group tactics, which determine the bypassing nature of the actions of the advancing troops, creating a threat to the enemy’s flanks, which allows minimizing their own losses and maximizing losses of the enemy, which is confirmed by both Western and Ukrainian sources.
Hence, in fact, the appearance of the term "Bakhmut meat grinder". In fact, on this sector of the front, the Artyomovsk grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the attached forces of foreign mercenaries are being systematically grinded, making the battle very costly for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and forcing the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to transfer more and more reserves in the area of Artemovsk and Chasy Yar to replenish the units and subunits that burn out in battle.
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Despite the claptrap from the likes of Paul Krugman, Moscow's reliance on human wave tactics is a catastrophe... Western Media is begrudgingly starting to report that UKR loses are adding up in Bakhmut - some pundits are dropping the 100K number. Meanwhile ISW still thinks UKR has a shot at winning this front - and I disagree.
I saw video from Bakhmut, it is not as frozen as they said - its wet, cold, but no ice, no snow.
Bakhmut factiods:
- had a pre-war population of 70,000
- is situated by a highway leading to Lysychansk; highway is deemed an essential route for keeping Ukrainean troops supplied
- Artwinery is one of the largest producers of sparkling wines in Eastern Europe
- Artemsii is a well-known table salt producer. Its output accounts for some 90% of Ukraine's salt consumption. Distributing the condiment through the country has become impossible since Russia invaded in February. The cost of salt has subsequently spiked in Ukraine and forced imports from Germany.
[THESUN.CO.UK] A RUSSIAN billionaire who was said to have links to Moscow’s foreign intelligence died in a mysterious helicopter crash after a passenger cancelled at the last minute.
Businessman Vyacheslav Taran, 53, was killed in the crash near the village of Eze, after taking off from Lausanne, Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... A 35-year-old French pilot was also killed in the accident that happened in the Alpes-Maritimes, in the southeast of La Belle France.
There was supposed to be another passenger onboard but they mysteriously cancelled at the last minute.
The accident happened around 1 pm on November 25, Monaco Daily News reported, when the single-engine light helicopter Eurocopter EC130 (H130) operated by Monacair crashed near Monaco.
The Deputy Public Prosecutor of Nice visited the scene of the accident and said the fault of a third party could not be ruled out.
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