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Be real wise if all Russians left Ukraine, as long as they persist on terrorizing the nation, they should and eventually will die and if they don't die in Ukraine, they are going to murder in Russia, we already see a lot of that with paroled Wagner types.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:16 Finland has closed four of nine checkpoints on the border with Russia. Following this, the possibility of closing the border with the Russian Federation was announced in Estonia and Norway. European countries believe that migrants “hardly came up with the idea” of trying to get into the EU through Russia, and compare the current situation with the crisis on the EU border with Belarus in 2021. Then the Lukashenko regime itself provoked attempts by illegal migrants to enter the EU. About what scheme the Russians are mastering, see the material Strike by Migrants .
21:54 The Russians struck one of the districts of Zaporozhye - the missile hit an open area, there was no information about casualties. The blast wave damaged several private houses, said the head of the OVA, Yuri Malashko.
21:45 The United States fears that Iran is preparing to transfer modern short-range ballistic missiles to Russia, said White House National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby: “Iran has already provided Russia with combat drones, guided bombs and artillery shells. Therefore, we are concerned that Iran is considering the possibility of providing Russia with ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine."
21:42 The Russian Army fired at Berislav, Kherson region, from aviation - as a result of hitting a private house, one person was killed and one was wounded, said the head of the Air Force, Alexander Prokudin. The enemy fired 12 KABs around the city, and in total dropped 28 bombs on the Berislavsky district today. Also recorded were hits on the territory of an enterprise, a store, and a driving school.
21:36 Defense forces shot down a rare Iranian Mohajer-6 drone over the Black Sea on the approach to the Odessa region, the Air Force command reported.
21:31 Crimean publics report loud explosions in Yevpatoria and Saki, after which a fire started at the Saki Thermal Power Plant.
20:49 The European Parliament agreed to open an office in Ukraine to strengthen support for the Verkhovna Rada at the request of senior officials of the Ukrainian government, writes Euractiv.
19:53 During the day and evening, Russian tactical aviation launched attacks with Kh-31P missiles on the Odessa region, the Southern Defense Forces report. These are anti-radar missiles, with the help of which the enemy tries to identify and destroy air defense systems. In Odessa and the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky region, hits were recorded on open surfaces, administrative buildings and port infrastructure; no people were injured.
19:21 Zelensky clarified in an evening video message that the new aid package from Germany in the amount of 1.3 billion euros involves the production of new IRIS-T systems. “It is very important that this package also includes the artillery we need... We discussed with Minister Boris Pistorius the situation on the battlefield now, our cooperation, in particular, in the joint production of weapons - in everything that will help protect both Ukraine and our entire Europe,” the president noted.
17:55 During his visit to Kiev, President of the European Council Charles Michel promised to do everything possible so that Ukraine and Moldova receive a decision on the start of negotiations on accession to the EU by the end of the year. Zelensky said that the absence of such a decision would be a victory for the Kremlin.
17:38 Russian public pages write that on November 19, near Starobeshevo, Donetsk region, the Russian command organized an award ceremony for the 810th Marine Brigade on the occasion of the Day of Missile Forces and Artillery. The Russian military was gathered in the club in the evening - as a result of the Ukrainian Armed Forces strike, 25 people were killed and about 100 were injured. Russian actress Polina Menshikh, who came to perform in front of the military, also died there.
16:54 Zelensky made a number of resonant statements in an interview with the British tabloid The Sun. The most striking statements of the Ukrainian president are in the material The Assassination of Putin, the Third World War .
16:23 During the day, the Russian Army dropped 25 guided bombs on populated areas in the Berislavsky and Kakhovsky districts of the Kherson region, the OVA reported. Two people were wounded - in Berislav and Novoberislav. After lunch, the Russians shelled Antonovka - two people were wounded there.
15:45 The head of the German Ministry of Defense Boris Pistorius, during a visit to Kyiv, announced a new aid package worth 1.3 billion euros. It will include, in particular, four IRIS-T air defense systems, 20 thousand 155-mm caliber shells, anti-tank mines and other weapons.
15:36 Canada, together with Ukraine, is ready to lead a coalition of countries that will facilitate the return of Ukrainian children, said Prosecutor General Andrei Kostin.
15:32 Because of the bridgehead captured by Ukrainian forces on the left bank of the Kherson region, the Russians are panicking and redeploying units from other directions, said Andrey Chernyak, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.
15:01 Training of Ukrainian pilots on the F-16 has started in Denmark, said Air Force Speaker Yuriy Ignat. According to him, at first they trained on NATO-style light-engine aircraft, and now they have moved on to flying the F-16 with an instructor. The next stage is independent flights. In addition to Denmark, F-16 training also takes place in the USA and Great Britain. Not only pilots, but also other specialists, ground personnel, combat control officers and aviation engineering officers undergo training there.
14:54 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius will announce a new package of military assistance during his visit to Ukraine, writes Bild. As one of the delegation members said, the package includes approximately the same thing that Germany has already provided to Ukraine up to this time, so it will not include long-range Taurus missiles.
14:18 Manufacturers of footwear for the Russian army purchase materials in Europe, Ukrainian investigators of the Trap Aggressor portal found out based on the results of analyzes of data from trading databases. Thus, in 2023 alone, the Russian Federation purchased $4.1 million worth of products from companies from Italy, Spain, Germany and other EU countries. Leather, glue, spare parts for shoe machines, etc. are purchased. The shoes of Russian soldiers found on the battlefield in Ukraine were examined.
13:29 The Iranian Institute of Aerospace Sciences and Technologies Ashura presented the Shahed-238 drone - a jet modification of the Shahed-136, which Tehran transfers to Russia for attacks on Ukrainian cities. Iran presented the Shahed-238 in this article about what makes the drone unique .
12:57 In the morning, the Russian military fired at the town of Cossack Lopan, Kharkov region, killing one person, the prosecutor’s office reported.
12:35 President of the European Council Charles Michel also arrived in Kiev. Together with Zelensky and Maia Sandu, they will discuss the accession of Ukraine and Moldova to the European Union.
12:11 A group of people’s deputies has developed and is preparing to register in the Verkhovna Rada a new bill on mobilization, military registration and military service. Parliamentarians propose to lift the deferment for students receiving a second education and to draft into the army those with a criminal record. More details in the material Changes in mobilization are being prepared .
11:39 Zelensky said in an interview with The Sun that Russia still “really wants” to remove him from power: “The operation is called Maidan-3, its goal is to replace the president. Perhaps not through murder. I mean that it changes. They will use whatever tools they have. That's the idea for the rest of the year." Answering the question whether Ukraine would take the chance to kill Putin if there was such an opportunity, he noted: “This is a war, and Ukraine has every right to defend its land.”
11:15 The Russian army hit a residential building in Kherson in the morning, one person was wounded, the OVA reported. Over the past 24 hours, two people were killed and three were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
10:57 President of Moldova Maia Sandu arrived in Kyiv. She, together with the Zelensky spouses, paid tribute to those killed during the Revolution of Dignity.
10:54 In the occupied Gornostaevka, Kherson region, a 27-year-old former Ukrainian soldier died after interrogation by Russian security forces. He was allegedly tortured to death, reports Russian opposition publication Astra. According to journalists, Ukrainian Ruslan Rusnak was detained on the morning of November 20 - he was taken to the Ministry of Internal Affairs building on Torgovaya Street, 12, which was attacked by drones on November 13. The man was allegedly suspected of transmitting information about the location of the building to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, although his address and exact geolocation are freely available on the Internet. Already at about 16:00, after many hours of interrogation, the detainee died right in the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
10:43 As a result of a night Russian strike on a hospital in the town of Selidovo, Donetsk region, one person was killed and eight were injured, the prosecutor’s office reported.
10:17 Ten years ago, Ukraine began a new page of struggle and carried out “its first counter-offensive - against lawlessness, attempts to deprive us of a European future, against our bondage,” Zelensky said in his congratulations to Ukrainians on the Day of Dignity and Freedom. “Year after year, step by step, we do everything so that our star, the star of Ukraine, shines in the circle of stars on the EU flag, symbolizing the unity of the peoples of Europe,” the president noted.
09:48 According to British intelligence, at least 11 thousand Ukrainian children are being held in 43 “re-education camps” throughout Russia.
09:12 Zelensky said in an interview with The Sun that Ukraine will not seek to make peace with Russia “at any cost.” According to him, it is possible to begin full-fledged peace negotiations only after the withdrawal of the Russian army from Ukrainian territory. At the same time, the president admitted that there are growing doubts among Ukraine’s allies that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be able to expel Russian troops, but this will not affect Kyiv’s position in any way.
Zelensky is convinced that Russia will continue to attempt offensive actions for a long time, and the United States and China can stop this. In his opinion, the moment must come when the Chinese and American authorities will put pressure on Moscow, and it will think about stopping hostilities.
Zelensky also said that he survived 5-6 attempts on his life. “The first is the most interesting. And then it’s like Covid, it becomes easier,” the president noted. In addition, he believes that the war in Israel has distracted the world's attention from Ukraine and, probably, the Kremlin is trying to stir up problems in the Balkans for the same reasons.
09:07 The supply of shells to Ukraine has decreased by more than 30% since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, ABC News reports, citing a senior Ukrainian official. At the same time, a Pentagon spokesman said that the reduction in ammunition for Kyiv "has absolutely nothing to do with what is happening in the Gaza Strip." According to him, aid packages “begin to be drawn up several weeks in advance, so there is no connection between what is happening in the Gaza Strip and what is happening in Ukraine.”
09:01 At night, the Russians launched four missile attacks on the Donetsk region, said Interior Minister Igor Klimenko. The first two missiles hit the territory of the hospital in the city of Selidovo: two buildings of the medical facility were damaged, six people were injured. There may still be people under the rubble; search efforts continue.
A few minutes after this, the Russian army launched two more missile attacks on the mine, killing one employee of the enterprise. Four buildings, 19 vehicles, and a power line were damaged. 39 miners were trapped underground and had already been brought to the surface.
08:53 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius arrived in Kiev , German media write. He plans to hold talks with Rustem Umerov and Vladimir Zelensky to discuss training of the Ukrainian military and military assistance.
08:37 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of November 21:
personnel - about 319,820 (+610) people,
tanks - 5439 (+0),
armored combat vehicles - 10,174 (+6),
artillery systems - 7752 (+4),
MLRS - 899 (+0),
air defense systems - 588 (+0),
aircraft - 323 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5771 (+7),
cruise missiles - 1564 (+1),
ships/boats - 22 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 10,134 (+7),
special equipment - 1098 (+1).
08:19 At night, air defense destroyed nine out of ten Shahed drones , which Russia attacked from the south-eastern direction (Primorsko-Akhtarsk), as well as one ground-based Iskander-K cruise missile fired from the Dzhankoy area, the Air Force command reported. In addition, the enemy used four S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles in the Donetsk direction.
The missile was shot down on the territory of the Dnepropetrovsk region, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak.
07:24 Over the past 24 hours, 67 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, 23 attacks of the Defense Forces were repulsed in the Avdeevsky direction (near Keramik, east of Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoy, Avdeevka and south of Tonenky, Donetsk region), another 21 attacks - in the Maryinsky direction (in the Maryinka and Novomikhailovka areas of the Donetsk region). In the Bakhmut direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 11 enemy attacks in the Vasyukovka, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka areas of the Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansky direction, the enemy carried out assault operations in the Sinkovka, Petropavlovka and Ivanovka areas of the Kharkov region, in the Limansky direction - north of Serebryanka, Donetsk region, in Shakhtarsky - south of Vodyanoy, Donetsk region, but had no success. In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful assault operations near Rabotino and west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, Marine Corps units, together with other components of the Defense Forces, hold positions on the left bank of the Dnieper, where they repelled 12 enemy attacks over the past 24 hours.
At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol direction and assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
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[Korrespondent] Russian invaders continue to rob farmers and export Ukrainian grain from temporarily occupied territories. The Center for National Resistance reported this on Tuesday, November 21.
It is noted that the invaders removed another barge with grain from the port of temporarily occupied Berdyansk in the Zaporozhye region.
Moreover, the invaders buy bread from the locals for next to nothing.
“All farmers of the region captured by Russia are obliged to hand over grain to the occupiers at a fixed price, which is several times lower than the market price. Then the grain is resold at market prices and exported from the region through ports. The occupiers take the difference for themselves,” the Central Tax Service points out.
The Center emphasizes that the Russian occupation administration plunders the temporarily occupied territories to earn money, realizing its fragility.
“Gauleiters continue to export Ukrainian grain to Zaporozhye,” the CNS statement says.
Let us remind you that this year in Ukraine the harvest forecast has been improved several times . As of the end of September, it was estimated at 79 million tons. This is +10% to last year's result. A record harvest of buckwheat is expected in Ukraine .
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and china and corrupt us gov types continue to rob the UNITED STATES! at least if russia was there would be no fetal soup and little boy piss soaked eggs!
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[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 November 21, 2023 to 00:00 November 22, 2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 45 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information was received about the injury of three civilians in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and the Central City district of Gorlovka.
7 residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and the Central City district of Gorlovka, as well as 2 civil infrastructure facilities.
The areas of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy, Nikitovsky district), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 17 attacks from 155 mm artillery.
At Gorlivske there were 27 shellings from 152, 122 and 155 mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
On Yasinovatsky there was 1 shelling from 155 mm artillery.
163 units of various ammunition were produced.
In the previous day, 32 shellings were recorded from the AFU.
21:50 They report about “geraniums” flying towards the Kharkov and Poltava regions
21:45 Powerful explosion in Zaporozhye
By target in the city applied missile strike.
21:20 Military personnel of the 71st Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Southern Military District told about the battles in the Rabotino and Verbovoy areas
Until now, the enemy has attacked in continuous waves, sending several infantry battalions against one Russian position. All attacks were repelled by soldiers of the 71st Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Southern Military District, who showed massive heroism, courage, perseverance and courage, preventing a breakthrough in the defense.
Now the regiment's military personnel have arrived from the line of combat contact to the rear areas of the special military operation zone to restore combat readiness, as well as to go on scheduled vacations.
20:40 Frontline reports: Kleshcheevka.
The situation at the moment is complete calm. Representatives of the Ukrainian Armed Forces most likely died from the snowstorm; they cannot be seen or heard.
20:10 Front birdie broadcasts: Dnepropetrovsk region. Air defense. 21.11 20:00
Evil tongues say that our Geranium UAV strike group took up the matter.
Local public pages report on the work of air defense. The sound of an explosion was heard.
19:28 Crews of 120-mm “Sani” mortars of the Central Military District smash enemy in the Krasnolimansk direction
Working in conjunction with unmanned aircraft and advanced reconnaissance groups, the crew of a registered mortar with the call sign “Voskhod” fires around the clock at identified targets, and also works on the enemy’s reconnoitred movement routes.
The crew created a network of hidden firing points to reduce the time of deployment and inflicting fire damage. After firing, the servicemen camouflage the gun and retreat to underground shelters until they receive the next command to fire.
18:20 “X-leaders” of the Airborne Forces again hit another “toy” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces – the M777 howitzer. The new Lancets “crack them like nuts” -video.
17:37 Russian FSB Directorate for the DPR together with military counterintelligence agencies and the Russian Guarddiscovereda cache of weapons prepared for the Ukrainian DRG. The department reports this.
Swedish-made AT-4 grenade launchers, as well as Czech RPG-75-M anti-tank grenade launchers, were seized from the cache.
The seized weapons were sent for examination to one of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation.
16:19 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of November 21, 2023)
In the Kupyansk direction, the active actions of units of the “Western” group of forces, with the support of aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems, defeated accumulations of manpower and equipment of the 41st mechanized and 57th motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Sinkovka, Kharkov region.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 25 military personnel and two vehicles.
In the Krasnolimansk direction, the coordinated actions of units of the Center group of troops in cooperation with army aviation and artillery repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 12th Special Forces Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Kremennaya and Kuzmino, Lugansk People's Republic.
Total enemy losses amounted to up to 200 military personnel killed and wounded, as well as two pickup trucks.
In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of troops, with the support of artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 28th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Kurdyumovka, Donetsk People's Republic.
In addition, the manpower and equipment of the 22nd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the area of the settlement of Kleshcheevka, Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this direction amounted to up to 245 military personnel killed and wounded, two infantry fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks, and the Msta-B howitzer.
In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops, using the results of artillery fire, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 72nd mechanized, 79th air assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 128th territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Shevchenko and Novomikhailovka and Nikolskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 75 military personnel, two vehicles, and a D-20 howitzer.
In the Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian group of troops defeated concentrations of military personnel of the 33rd, 65th and 117th mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Rabotino and Novoprokopovka, Zaporozhye region.
The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in killed and wounded amounted to up to 75 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles and a D-20 howitzer.
In the Kherson direction, units of the Russian group of forces, air strikes and artillery fire defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 35th and 36th Marine Brigades.
As a result of complex fire damage, up to 50 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen and two vehicles were destroyed.
During the counter-battery fight, two Msta-B howitzers and a D-20 gun were hit.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groupings of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated the personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 118 regions.
Air defense systems shot down five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of Berestovoye, Donetsk People's Republic and Saga, Kherson region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 536 aircraft, 254 helicopters, 9050 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 anti-aircraft missile systems, 13509 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1185 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 7144 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 15,452 units of special military vehicles.
15:32 As a result of shelling of the village of Maisky from the positions of Ukrainian troops, a peaceful Gorlovka resident was wounded. This was announced by the mayor of Gorlovka Ivan Prikhodko.
15:28 Consequences of shelling of the village of Maisky (Central City district of Gorlovka) by the Ukrainian Armed Forces -photo.
14:39 Our army has 750 meters left until the complete liberation of Maryinka. The enemy has fortified himself in the western quarters of the city and is trying to hold his position.
According to enemy reports, our army has been putting pressure on the enemy extremely intensively lately and is gradually moving forward.
14:30 Brief report from the front from NGP intelligence:
Svatovsko-Kremennoe direction: in the Serebryansky forestry area, the enemy attempted counterattacks with small assault groups, but was unsuccessful.
Avdeevskoe direction: in the industrial zone near the Yasinovataya-2 railway station, the enemy tried to counterattack, was unsuccessful, and suffered losses.
South Donetsk direction: in the Vremevsky sector, Russian army soldiers carry out a series of attacks to the north of the settlement. Priyutnoe and in the region of the settlement. Productive.
Zaporozhye direction: in the Orekhovsky sector, the enemy attempted counterattacks east of the settlement. Rabotino and in the region of the village. Verbovoe using small groups was not successful.
Soldiers from Russian army units attacked and occupied a number of strong points in the direction of the village. Novofedorovka.
Kherson direction: enemy forces represented by the Katran strike group continue to hold a bridgehead in the village. Krynki.
The enemy also holds a number of positions in the area of Antonovsky and small railway bridges.
13:52 Our army launched a preemptive strike for the first timehitat the location of the deployment of the Neptune OTRK in the Odessa region near the settlement. Lebedevka. After arrival, there was a secondary detonation.
13:27 Update on Avdiivka:
South-west of Avdeevka: no changes. Apparently efforts are currently concentrated to the east (Promka) and north. However, the direction may become more active if our reserves and weapons maneuver, which forces the Ukrainians to keep forces here on standby.
South-east of Avdeevka:
– Royal Hunt – there is no confirmation of progress to the north. We lost the bridge over the railway a long time ago, there is no evidence of its return.
– Promka - we finish off Promka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are still resisting. Fighting also continues in Vineyards
– We begin to operate in the forests west and north of Promka. Forests are important as a springboard against the private sector in Avdiivka and a means to cut off the chemical bomb in the form of the DFZ, occupying it without a fight.
Northern flank:
– Information about progress between two railway lines to the Zarya dachas has been partially confirmed. One train is 1 km away, the other is 2.5 km.
– To the west of the Ocheretino-Avdeevka railway in the Stepnoye area is the fog of war. Ours definitely have several bridgeheads across the railway, but the exact situation is unknown. Most likely, ours are now securing the northern flank and suppressing the southern (AKHZ)
– AKHZ information about progress towards the Khimik railway station has not been confirmed
– Statements about control of the treatment plant and progress along the settling ponds are not confirmed visually
– Ukrainians claim our activity from the village of Veseloe to the south to the sandy quarry, there is no confirmation
The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to concentrate on protecting their flanks outside Avdiivka, gradually moving to rearguard battles in their defense centers on the southeastern and northeastern approaches to the city. An important indicator will be the strength of their defense in the forests near Promka. Our advance here, in addition to forcing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to concentrate forces in Avdiivka (where their supplies are under our fire), will allow us to push the enemy further away from our most important Donetsk-Gorlovka road.
In the north, the Russian Armed Forces continue to use tactics of transferring pressure from one area to another, preventing the Armed Forces of Ukraine from using reserves. In particular, the Russian army is expanding its line of control over the Ocheretino-Avdeevka railway, improving its positions against Stepnoye and Berdychi. Also, the Russian army is increasingly threatening Novokalinovo.
The current direction of the attack confirms the version that the goal here is to bypass Avdeevka from the flank and break through its reserve line of defense.
13:20 Leaders of the 336th Separate Guards Marine Brigadeamazeenemy artillery in the Vremev direction.
12:19 Every day, military personnel of the Dnepr group of troops massively destroy Ukrainian militants who are sent to slaughter!
Armed Forces landing in the area of the settlement. Krynki is successfully liquidated -photo.
11:30 Statement Head of the press center of the Center group
In the Krasnolimansky direction in the Serebryansky forestry area, the actions of units of the Center group of troops, artillery fire, and air strikes defeated the assault groups of the 50th regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine.
Artillery units hit 11 strong points and more than 40 artillery positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Enemy losses amounted to about 50 military personnel. A 120 mm mortar was destroyed.
11:10 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are transferring reserves to Kleschi, continuing to retreat. It’s still too early to talk about reaching the heights, but let’s hope.
10:28 Ukrainian military personnel are being deceived about the lack of resistance of Russian fighters during the assaults in the Zaporozhye direction.
According to a fighter with the call sign Kipish,video interview which was distributed by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, such data was obtained from prisoners.
10:00 Statement Head of the press center of the "West" group
During the fighting in the Kupyansk direction, units of the West group of forces, using the results of air and artillery strikes, repelled three counterattacks of assault groups of the 30th mechanized brigade in the Zagoruykovka area.
The crews of operational-tactical aviation aircraft carried out missile and bomb attacks on the temporary deployment points of the 14th, 41st mechanized brigades, 57th motorized infantry brigade in the Sinkovka, Podol and Kurilovka areas.
In addition, crews of heavy flamethrower systems struck the accumulation of manpower in the shelters of the 32nd mechanized brigade in the Timkovka area.
During the counter-battery fight, the group’s artillery destroyed a 122-mm self-propelled artillery mount 2S1 “Gvozdika”, two mortar crews, an ammunition supply point and an electronic warfare station “Bukovel” in the areas of Pesochny, Zagoruykovka, Novolyubovka and Dvurechny.
The total enemy losses amounted to up to 30 military personnel.
09:50 The criminal Kiev regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
according to n.p. New Camps 9 shells;
according to n.p. Peschanivka 12 shells;
according to n.p. Krynki 15 shells;
according to n.p. Alyosha 10 shells;
according to n.p. Cossack Camps 7 shells;
according to n.p. Saga 8 shells.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Radensk, n.p. Scrap, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Krynki, firing a total of 31 cannon artillery shells.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:20 The situation from the Zaporozhye direction, the Verbovoe section, is reported by the Front Bird:
“Everything here is developing very rapidly.
After powerful downpours of snow, the soil gradually hardens and the enemy is probably already anticipating the next assault meat grinders.
That night there were several periods of artillery fire from both sides. The roar of the engines of our aircraft was also heard, which sometimes help us in eliminating enemy artillery crews, operating at extremely low altitudes.
We are currently observing some movement of small enemy infantry groups near forest belts. The birds have already reported the coordinates. The work is underway."
08:47 A reconnaissance officer from an artillery unit with the call sign “Handsome” spoke about the peculiarities of the work of unmanned aircraft on the front line -video.
08:17 Frontline summary on the morning of November 21, 2023:
In the Kherson-Crimean direction, Ukrainian marines, supported by artillery, attacked from Krynoki on the left bank of the Dnieper and entered the forest belt near this village. The goal is to reach the M-14 highway, which is a road route. Russian long-range weapons operated against Ukrainian troops in Dneprovsky, Belogrudovo, Kherson, Antonovka, Prydneprovsky, Sadovoy, Novotyaginka, Tyaginka, Lvov, Olgovka and Kozatsky. The Ukrainians launched a missile attack on Genichesk. They fired at the Russian Armed Forces in Gola Pristan, Alyoshki, Poima, Peschanivka, Podstepnoye, Cossack Camps, Korsunka and Dnepryany.
In the Ugledarsky sector, Russian troops, supported by artillery, counterattacked west of Staromayorsky. Under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Levadne, Rovnopol, Blagodatne, Prechistovka, Bogoyavlenka and Vodyanoye (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name north-west of Donetsk). Return flights via the Russian Armed Forces to Priyutny, Zavetny Zhelanie, Staromlynovka and Novodonetsky.
A hot battle continues on the Donetsk front. After the shelling, Russian troops carried out offensive operations in Marinka, near Severny (a settlement west of Avdeevka), from the Yasinovatskaya fork to Avdeevka, in the Stepnoy area (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledarsky directions) and at Novokalinov. Long-range weapons of the Russian Armed Forces hit the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Georgievka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Nevelskoye, Netaylov, Yasnobrodovka, Tonenkoye, Keramika, Sukhaya Balka and New York.
08:10 Two civilians in Donetsk and Gorlovka suffered from shelling by Ukrainian militants over the past 24 hours in the DPR.
In the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, a man born in 1986 was wounded. from the explosion of ammunition dropped from a Ukrainian UAV at a public transport stop in the village of Abakumova.
In Gorlovka, an elderly woman was seriously wounded by gunfire. The shell exploded in close proximity to her.
Over the past 24 hours, Horlivka has been subjected to numerous attacks with American-made cluster munitions. This ammunition is banned in more than 120 countries. During the explosion, they scatter explosive submunitions around themselves, which can remain in the places of arrival for a long time and the moment of their operation is difficult to predict.
In just one day, approximately 120 ammunition were fired at civilian targets of the DPR.
08:04 Summary on the morning of November 21, 2023:
At night there was a massive raid by the Geranium UAV on enemy targets in the rear. Explosions occurred in Starokonstantinov, Khmelnitsky region, and in Volyn, Rivne, and Kyiv regions. There were reports of missile attacks on the Dnepropetrovsk region.
From the Kherson direction they report the onset of cold weather. During the past 24 hours, against the backdrop of unflyable weather for UAVs, artillery on both sides was mostly active. The Russian Army stopped attempts to rotate enemy personnel on our shores with the help of heavy flamethrower systems. Our troops characterize the situation as controlled, but deadlocked. The Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have the opportunity to advance further; ours do not yet have the opportunity to knock the enemy out of Krynki. At night, they still beat the enemy by dropping them into shelters and at crossing points. 6 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen - 200, 15 - 300, two boats were destroyed: 1st - a full boat with personnel, 2nd - a boat with a driver.
The Zaporozhye Front also reports difficult weather conditions making it difficult to adjust artillery fire from the air. Both sides are maneuvering, but mud is preventing the movement of equipment. However, information is received about a counterattack by the Russian Armed Forces near Rabotino and Novoprokopovka, as a result of which several strong points were recaptured. Verbovoy also has a tactical advance for our troops.
In the Kupyansk direction, there is an intensification of the offensive actions of our troops, an attempt to rotate the enemy at Sinkovka was thwarted - the enemy’s manpower was covered with artillery fire.
To the south of Kremennaya there are local battles in Serebryansky forestry.
Heavy fighting continues in the Avdeevsky direction; the initiative remains with the Russian Army. Ours are using incendiary ammunition, firing artillery at the coke plant and at targets in New York (north of the Avdeevsky bulge). The enemy is trying to carry out rotation in the most difficult sectors of the front under the cover of bad weather, but in a number of cases it was possible to inflict fire damage on enemy personnel.
In the evening, Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed over the Bryansk and Kursk regions. Also in the Bryansk region, the village of Kurkovichi, Starodub municipal district, was shelled. Daily shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the Belgorod region continues. As a result of Nazi fire on the DPR, two civilians were wounded.
08:00 Russian military does not allow disembark enemy landing on the Dnieper islands and the left bank of the Dnieper.
The footage shows the combat work of the Marine Corps units of the Black Sea Fleet in the Kherson direction. Even at distant approaches, command posts, storage sites for weapons and armored vehicles of Ukrainian nationalists are being destroyed. The enemy has no success in this direction.
The Marines reveal in advance the enemy's plans to transfer their forces from the right bank of the Dnieper. Directly on the river, all high-speed boats with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel who are preparing to land on the islands on the left bank are destroyed.
Most of the militants are destroyed on the spot, and those who survive prefer to surrender.
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[REGNUM] The “Revolution of Dignity”, which, by an interesting coincidence, began in 2013 on the same day as the “Orange Revolution” of 2004, was carefully constructed as a myth from the first days. Going down in history as “Euromaidan”, it is presented by Ukrainian propagandists as the pure will of the people who have chosen the European path of development and joining Western civilization.
Ten years later, the Ukrainian people joined the European Union only individually or in groups, leaving the territory of the country, and the main success of the Maidan was the return of Crimea to Russia, the emergence of the DPR and LPR, and then the entry into the Russian Federation of four new territories at once. Having launched an internal and then an external war under the slogans of freedom and democracy, the “Eurorevolution” turned Ukraine into a huge space of unfreedom. In fact, all the public goals of the Maidan were achieved exactly the opposite.
However, the story about “the struggle of Ukrainians for the values inherent in our genetics - will, freedom, historical and cultural memory, life without a yoke” continues to be told according to standard templates. Which are easily broken by facts.
1. Maidan began spontaneously as a peaceful protest
The pumping up of society has been systematically carried out almost since the change of the “orange” government to the “blue and white” one. Thus, from November to December 2010, mass rallies and demonstrations of the “Tax Maidan” were held in the largest cities of Ukraine with the installation of tent cities. On August 5, 2011 , tents were also erected on Khreshchatyk as a sign of protest against the arrest of ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko , which stood for almost two years.
In the summer of 2012, thousands of people protested against the law “On the Fundamentals of State Language Policy,” which gave the Russian language regional status in 13 regions. And in November, the United Opposition demanded the resignation of the government at rallies of many thousands against the falsification of the parliamentary election results. In April 2013, in Kyiv, at the monument to Taras Shevchenko, opposition forces gathered a crowd for the “Get Up, Ukraine!” action, also demanding the resignation of the government.
In July–August, “actions of popular disobedience” swept across Ukraine in connection with the events in Vradievka, Nikolaev region, where police officers raped a woman. The “Vradievsky March” went to Kyiv and was covered by almost all major television channels in the country.
After Mustafa Nayem’s famous post on November 21 about “umbrellas and good mood,” the protest was instantly organized everywhere. That same evening, residents of Lvov, Lutsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Uzhgorod, Ivano-Frankivsk, Vinnitsa came out to the squares of their cities. On the night of November 22 and in the afternoon of November 22, protests began in a dozen more regional centers.
And the first clash between demonstrators and the police happened in Kiev on November 24, 2013. After the opposition rally “For a European Ukraine,” representatives of the Western Ukrainian VO “Svoboda” tried to break through to the Cabinet of Ministers building, attacked the police cordon, throwing stones and explosives. The police responded with tear gas.
On November 26–27, activists from four right-wing radical organizations and associations of football fans formed the Right Sector* association. Under this brand, all national-radical forces that took on forceful actions were subsequently united.
On November 30, on Mikhailovskaya Square, the “Pravoseki” already organized training for everyone in the tactics of street combat with law enforcement officers. The formation of “Maidan self-defense” units began. On December 1, the radicals went to seize the building of the Kyiv City State Administration and the House of Trade Unions, and began to attack the police.
On December 2, 2013, the first attempts were made to seize the Ivano-Frankivsk and Volyn regional state administrations by force. On December 8, on Kiev’s Shevchenko Boulevard, a group of “activists” demonstratively demolished and smashed a monument to Lenin.
On December 10, Euromaidan supporters offered fierce resistance to law enforcement officers who tried to unblock government buildings by court order. Having barricaded themselves in the premises of the Kyiv City State Administration, they entered into battle, forcing the police to retreat.
On December 11, 2013, “Maidanovites” erected barricades in the center of Kyiv and also announced the resumption of picketing in the government quarter.
Thus, whatever the motives of beautiful people, the right-wing opposition initially worked to seize power.
2. Maidan stood for the European choice
At the end of November, in the center of Kyiv there were actually two Maidans - one political, the second went “for Europe” and did not want to unite with the first.
The refusal to sign the Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine and the resumption of dialogue on cooperation within the Customs Union is considered the main motive for the protest. However, the majority of those who took to the streets in different cities of Ukraine did so for their own reasons. First of all, in continuation of the long-term attack of the nationalist opposition on the government.
Slogans of social justice were also heard very loudly, activists claimed that they were not for the EU and Bandera, but for “medicines for pensioners,” all the world’s media circulated photos of banners stretched on the barricades in Kiev: “Understand, we’re fed up!”
The term “Euromaidan” was first used on social networks on November 21, 2013 and immediately entered the message box for covering protests. In fact, a form of censorship was established in the media, where political vocabulary came into use through key media outlets covering the events in Kyiv.
The protesting activists should have been called “peaceful protesters”, the event as a whole - “Euromaidan”, after clashes with the Berkut and internal troops, “heroes” appeared, and then the “Heavenly Hundred”. Accordingly, the opponents were certainly “titushki” who received money for their position, “gang” is a negative characteristic of the authorities, and they were defended by vague “siloviki”. The slogan of the Maidan was Bandera’s “Glory to Ukraine!” Glory to heroes!".
Already on December 8, 2013, the term “Revolution of Hydnost” appeared, voiced from the stage of the Maidan at the “meeting” by the head of the VO “Svoboda” Oleg Tyagnibok . The informal slogan that united the protesters was “the main thing is to overthrow Yanyk, and then we’ll see.” And on November 27–28, a collection of signatures was announced for petitions to the US government on the White House website: to impose personal sanctions against Viktor Yanukovych and members of the Cabinet of Ministers and to support the people of Ukraine “in the peaceful overthrow of the current government.”
3. Maidan - a space of freedom
From beginning to end, the events in the center of Kyiv, which gave rise to the general revolution, were staged, and were not a manifestation of the free will of people. It has long been known and described in detail that the “beating of children”, which became the catalyst for the protest, was organized by the former head of the Presidential Administration, then MP from the “Opposition Bloc” Sergei Lyovochkin . The central TV channel Inter, which belonged to him, was on duty in the square and showed the “brutal beating” in as much detail as possible.
Levochkin’s direct participation, in particular, was confirmed by the ex-head of the Kiev police Valery Koryak , and in general, the organization of protests, which many agree, was the idea of the oligarchs who wanted to curb Yanukovych’s appetites. Therefore, the main media of Ukraine, which did not cover the problem with the “European course” in any way, actively fanned popular anger precisely from November 30, when Berkut dispersed the “students”. Moreover, it is still unpopular to admit that most of the “students” were older people who came from other regions, and there were few actual students.
The main information resources of the Maidan, in addition to the 5th channel of the oligarch Petro Poroshenko , were the online publication “Ukrainian Pravda” and the network television channel “Hromadske TV,” which were funded by the United States. By an amazing coincidence, Hromadske began broadcasting on November 22, 2013, funds for its maintenance were allocated as a grant by the American Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt , and the Soros Foundation and the Dutch Embassy in Kiev contributed their shares. Another mouthpiece of the Maidan was the Espresso TV channel, which began test broadcasting on November 24, 2013, right after the opposition rally.
A feature of the “revolution of dignity” was the widespread use of social networks, primarily Facebook**, which performed not only informational, but also propaganda, mobilization and emotional functions. 48% of respondents decided to take part in the Maidan after seeing it on TV.
Meanwhile, control of the disaster was almost immediately taken over by the nationalist opposition, which had been rocking power for three years. Its leaders stood on stage, made calls, led “hundreds of self-defense forces,” were responsible for supplies and led people in military actions. They were not interested in any “medicines for pensioners” or association with the EU at all.
For example, the head of all self-defense and the commandant of the Maidan became the Bandera member Andrei Parubiy , the future speaker of parliament, and from February 27, 2014 - the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council. It was he who became one of the initiators of the creation of the National Guard of Ukraine, which included self-defense units and the Right Sector, which were then aimed at suppressing the rebel Donbass. And the “victory of Maidan” was eventually privatized by Petro Poroshenko, who became president.
4. Heavenly hundred
One of the main images of the Maidan myth, to which pathetic memorials are now dedicated, is the “Heavenly Hundred,” the best people who gave their lives for Ukraine. It was officially stated that all these people were killed by the criminal regime and its faithful dogs in police camouflage, 80% died from gunshot wounds.
“We call them the “great hundred”, “heavenly hundred”. They are true national heroes. We are grateful to them for their heroism,” Petro Poroshenko said in 2014 at a meeting of the US Congress. Then he received a standing ovation, and the deceased gentlemen became part of the state ideology: 105 Heroes of Ukraine and two holders of the Order of the Heavenly Hundred.
In 2019, ex-Minister of Justice Elena Lukash published from this list a selection of people whose deaths cannot be attributed to mysterious snipers: there are more than a quarter of them. 24 people died in any way possible, but not as a result of shootings in the center of Kyiv. A mentally retarded woman cut her finger and could not bear the injection of lidocaine. Many citizens died from heart failure and disease, and also committed suicide. Someone was killed in a drunken brawl or under unclear circumstances far from the Maidan. One Maidanist was run over by a truck by another Maidanist.
Four more died in other regions of the country and why they were included in the list of “heroes” is unknown. Eight people died from various types of injuries and were burned in fires. The strangest of them is Vladimir Zakharov , who is called the “elderly programmer” at the headquarters of the Party of Regions. He was actually a security officer sent to remove the hard drives from the computers. And he suffocated when the “activists” set fire to the room.
The largest group of “celestials” - 69 people - were those who died from gunshot wounds. Only from very different ones, the first victim, Sergei Nigoyan, was shot in the back with buckshot. But in general, there is enough evidence that the murder of people was one of many planned actions launched at moments when it seemed that everything was about to be decided peacefully.
5. Maidan set us on the path of development
The results of the “Revolution of Dignity” are formulated in an official document of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, the government agency responsible for the basic ideology. The first number is, of course, “dismantling the regime of V. Yanukovych,” and the seventh is the civilizational break with Russia. In addition, the abolition of Ukraine’s non-aligned status and “the beginning of reforms of the Armed Forces in order to resist Russian armed aggression” are highlighted. Far enough from social justice, isn't it?
But this, as we have already said , was the actual goal of the coup d’etat, which determined the fate of the country and its people.
The rest of the list shines with bright colors: democratization of society, ensuring the free activity of opposition forces (which have become a monopoly power); development of civil society and volunteer movement; affirmation of the irreversibility of the European vector of development of Ukraine and, of course, sweet visa-free travel.
The country launched large-scale reforms in all areas, the renewal of the political elite began, the fight against corruption, ensuring the process of European integration, de-oligarchization, decommunization. Gradual integration into the European political, legal and economic space has begun. In general, Maidan is an example of the success and sustainability of democratic transformations “for a number of countries striving for a democratic path of development.”
But all these are empty words. The bottom line is that the “victory of the Maidan” brought only war, the death of tens of thousands of people, the destruction of the economy, and Ukraine did not advance a single step in the matter of European integration. “Massive reforms” have finished off the remnants of what was created during the Soviet period, corruption has become a national way of life, and “civil society” copies the atmosphere of Berlin in 1939.
And those who stood on the Maidan have long been trying not to mention this in public.
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QFT: Euromaidan is presented by Ukrainian propagandists as the pure will of the people who have chosen the European path of development and joining Western civilization... the “victory of the Maidan” brought only war... corruption has become a national way of life, and “civil society” copies the atmosphere of Berlin in 1939.
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Western civilization... the “victory of the Maidan” brought only war... corruption has become a national way of life, and “civil society” copies the atmosphere of Berlin in 1939.
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[Regnum] State tests of the strategic missile submarine "Emperor Alexander III" are being completed. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on November 21 at a meeting of the board of the military department.
“The Navy has already included three of the newest nuclear-powered submarine cruisers of the Borei-A project. State tests of the strategic missile submarine "Emperor Alexander III", intended for the Pacific Fleet, are being completed. The share of modern ships in the nuclear triad has reached 100%,” Shoigu said.
Earlier on November 5, the Ministry of Defense reported that the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Imperator Alexander III conducted a successful test launch of the Bulava sea-based ballistic missile. The launch was carried out during the last stage of the state testing program for the submarine cruiser, after which a decision will be made on its acceptance into the Navy.
The strategic submarine cruiser Emperor Alexander III is the seventh Russian missile carrier of the Borei-A family, which can carry 16 Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles.
As reported by Regnum news agency , the Project 955A missile submarine strategic cruiser (code "Borey-A") "Emperor Alexander III", as well as four more submarines and 12 surface ships will be part of the Russian Navy in 2023.
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[Regnum] The court sentenced the commander of the engineering and technical company of the 36th Separate Navak Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Alexander Svinarchuk, to life imprisonment for ordering the execution of 37 civilians of Mariupol. This was reported on the Telegram channel of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
“The evidence collected by the Investigative Committee of Russia was recognized by the court as sufficient to convict the commander of the engineering and technical company of the engineering and technical support group of the Ukrainian 36th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade, Alexander Svinarchuk.
He was found guilty of committing crimes under paragraphs “a”, “g”, “l” of Part 2 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder of two or more persons committed by an organized group motivated by political, ideological hatred), Part 3 of Art. 30 (attempted murder of two or more persons, committed by an organized group motivated by political, ideological hatred), Part 1 of Art. 356 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (use of prohibited means and methods in armed conflict) ,” the information says.
According to the investigation and the court, from February 28 to April 9, 2022, Svinarchuk gave orders to his subordinates Vitaly Antonov , Denis Rashpl and Igor Taran to shoot civilians in Mariupol. Thus, the Ukrainian military killed 21 civilians and also tried to shoot 16 people who had taken refuge from the shelling in a safe place.
Svinarchuk admitted his guilt completely. The court imposed a sentence of life imprisonment.
In September, the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic sentenced sound meter and radiotelephonist Igor Taran to life imprisonment. The case materials indicated that, executing the criminal order of the commander, the defendant shot the men with a machine gun, as a result, two men died on the spot, and two more managed to escape from the shelling.
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[REGNUM] The Latvian Seimas, by a minimal margin of votes, adopted in the final reading the law introducing the institution of “civil partnerships” in the country. This streamlined definition hides gay marriages, the recognition of which has long been sought by Latvian liberals, working on the directives of their Western “partners.” But radical Latvian nationalists resolutely rebelled against this innovation.
For and against
Attempts to legalize gay marriage in one form or another have taken place in Latvia for many years.
Supporters of “tolerance” argue that this is the “necessary minimum” that will allow the Republic of Latvia not to look completely “backward” compared to most EU countries. In recent years, the recognition of same-sex marriages has been insisted upon, in particular, by Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins (representative of the New Unity party, who headed the government from the beginning of 2019 to August 2023) and state President Egils Levits (held office from July 2019- th to July 2023).
These two people from abroad (Kariņš came to Latvia from the USA, and Levits from Germany) pushed through “tolerance” simultaneously with the destruction of the local Russian community - pushing for Russian-language education, demolishing monuments to Soviet soldiers, and repressing opposition activists.
The National Bloc, a party of radical Latvian nationalists that was part of the ruling coalition, warmly approved of the suppression of local Russians, but fiercely opposed Karins and Levits regarding gay marriage, time after time disrupting their legislative recognition.
The population of Latvia, which, according to surveys conducted over and over again, was very “homophobic,” also for the most part did not approve of attempts to destroy the traditional family.
This summer, Levits ceded the presidency to former Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevich , an openly gay man who is, naturally, an ardent supporter of the recognition of any and all “rights” of his fellow homosexuals.
Liberals greeted his election with enthusiasm.
On the air of Latvian Radio, board member of the local LGBT organization Mozaīka Kaspars Zalitis said that, in his opinion, Levits failed to work sufficiently to “unite the people” and reduce the number of “hate crimes” against gays, but under Rinkevich's rule, the situation should finally improve.
Attempt No. 9
Latvian opposition journalist Aleksey Stefanov noted sarcastically : “It cannot be said that the situation with homophobia in Latvia is terrible. Even compared to their neighbors, homosexuals are treated better in Latvia than in Lithuania or Poland. And under the strict leadership of the first homosexual president, tolerance towards LGBT people in Latvia can increase significantly. At least Rinkevich will make every effort to achieve this. Therefore, after the de-Russification of Latvia, its LGBTization will follow...”
And indeed, the process, as they say, has begun.
In August 2023, the composition of the ruling coalition in the Latvian parliament changed. In particular, the National Bloc left it, announcing insurmountable differences with the prime minister’s New Unity party, but the Progressive party entered.
This party was once organized by politician Robert Putnis , a very remarkable personality. At one time, Putnis headed the NGO Society for Openness Delna, which worked closely with George Soros's Open Society Foundation (an undesirable organization). And Putnis is an openly gay man, who registered his marriage with his “husband” in Germany four years ago.
The new government, headed by New Unity member Evika Silina , identified “ legal recognition of partnership relations ” as one of its priorities.
A bill introducing a new way of legally establishing relations between two adults – “partnership” – has again been submitted to the Sejm for consideration. What it is? Same-sex couples, in particular, will be able to enter into partnerships.
People bonded by this type of relationship will receive, for example, the right to make decisions regarding the treatment of the “partner” (if he is not able to take care of himself or freely express his will), will be able to count on accrued payments to the “partner”, but not paid until upon his death, the amount of the pension, as well as tax benefits in relation to mutual gifts and loans, will be able to be inherited by the “partner”, etc.
The new head of the Latvian Ministry of Justice Inese Libiņa-Egnere (New Unity) recalls that over 24 years in Latvia there have already been 8 unsuccessful attempts to legalize gay marriages. But every time the parliamentary majority thwarted these attempts - conservative deputies reminded opponents of the constitution, which clearly states that only spouses of different sexes can be married.
But now, after the parliamentary elections of 2022, the ratio of conditional “homophobes” and “homophiles” in the Seimas has shifted towards the latter. “ I hope that this time, for the ninth time in twenty-four years, this issue will be resolved ,” Libiņa-Egnere said on Latvian television.
And it must be said that many years of brainwashing, coupled with the natural process of generational change, began to bear fruit. This year, a new survey was conducted - residents of Latvia aged 18 to 65 expressed their opinion on the creation of the institution of “civil partnership”.
Two-fifths (43%) of the residents surveyed said that they assess the possible introduction of partnership relations positively (23% - positively, 20% - somewhat positively). But approximately the same number of respondents (42%) expressed a negative attitude (12% - somewhat negative; 30% - negative). 15% of respondents were unable to express any specific attitude towards this legislative initiative.
The Last Bastion
The final legal recognition of same-sex marriage became possible thanks to a change in the position of the previously conservative Green and Peasant Union.
Previously, New Unity (26 deputies) and Progressive (10 parliamentarians) did not have enough votes in parliament to pass the bill. But 16 deputies from the North-West Congress gave supporters of gay marriage the simple majority they needed (there are a hundred seats in the Seimas) necessary to approve the law on “partnerships.”
The opposition in parliament, however, did not lay down its arms. Opponents of the recognition of gay partnerships point to both the “destruction of morality” and the fact that, according to the latest data, the demographic situation in Latvia is the worst in a hundred years.
The opposition parties “Joint List”, National Bloc and “Latvia First” stated that they intend to demand that the issue of gay marriage be moved to a national referendum, and collected thirty-four parliamentary signatures under the corresponding appeal.
The opposition decided to invoke Article 72 of the Latvian Constitution, which allows the entry into force of the new law to be suspended for two months. If during this time 10% (155 thousand) of voters sign the initiative to convene a referendum on the issue of “partnerships,” then a nationwide vote will be organized.
If the required number of signatures cannot be collected within the specified period, the law comes into force.
The letter, signed by thirty-four parliamentarians, landed on President Rinkevich’s desk. And he, gnashing his teeth, was forced to suspend for two months the amendments providing for the introduction of the institution of partnership, adopted on November 9 by a simple majority of the Seimas.
The time will soon come to collect signatures for holding a referendum - according to the decision of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the state, it will be held from December 7 to January 5. It will be possible to subscribe at special sites that each local government will organize on its territory until December 4. Information about these places will be posted on the CEC website.
It is possible that this time, with joint efforts, the attack of “non-traditionalists” in Latvia will be repelled. But it is true, just like the fact that the sun rises in the east, that LGBT supporters will not rest on this. Some time will pass, most likely very little, and they will again try to achieve their goal - not by washing, but by rolling.
Or maybe LGBT will win here and now.
The population of Latvia is gripped by social apathy, and it is quite possible that people are simply too lazy to come and sign up. The entire life experience of Latvians shows that public protests are useless - the authorities will ultimately push through the decision that is desired by their superiors...
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[RIA] Yesterday, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin unexpectedly arrived in Kyiv. This visit takes on additional dimensions if we remember that CIA Director William Burns visited there just as suddenly last week. And this at a time when the hottest and most painful topic for Washington is clearly the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
It would seem that the States simply have no time for Ukraine at the present time. However, both the head of the Pentagon and the head of the US intelligence service had to switch from the Middle East rush to Kiev, and this means only one thing: events there are developing somehow completely badly, since the Americans had to send such high-ranking figures there.
What exactly is going wrong is not difficult to guess: the West is ripe for recognizing the fact that the Ukrainian card against Russia is broken - at least in the current situation - and a change in strategy is necessary. But how exactly to change it is now a fierce debate on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
It is a mistake to believe that Europe and the United States have begun to look at the situation soberly and are ready to admit defeat in the war against our country. The voices voicing such a point of view are in an absolute minority and are essentially marginal. The West's confidence in its superiority is unshakable - at least in words.
In recent weeks, the pages of the world's leading media have been flooded with publications proposing their own ways out of the current impasse. Despite the large number and apparent diversity, in fact, all the proposals voiced are very similar to each other. They assume some kind of freezing of the conflict, the active restoration of Ukraine (usually with the country joining the EU and NATO ) - and then someone transparently hints, and someone says directly that in a few years, Kiev, which has gained strength, will make a new attempt to defeat Russia in a hot conflict.
The utopian nature of these projects is not even a question of whether Moscow will agree . Another thing is more important: they all assume that the West should take Kiev for its maintenance for many years to come, and we are talking about amounts not much less than the hundreds of billions of dollars that have been allocated for it since February 24, 2022. And if formally the majority of Western countries maintain their position “We stand together with Ukraine to the end,” then in reality their consolidation is bursting at the seams, especially with the prospect of paying for Kyiv for many years.
Internal American squabbles, due to which financial support for Ukraine is not included in the US interim budget, are increasing confusion and vacillation. In general, Lloyd Austin will have difficult work this week at the next meeting of donor countries in Kyiv. And the new aid package of one hundred million dollars he announced following yesterday’s visit does not help matters: against the backdrop of the tens of billions required, the announced amount indicates that the United States is openly scraping its bottom.
In this not very optimistic construction, one more important problematic factor cannot be underestimated - Kyiv itself. Ukrainian elites are well aware that their short “golden age” is fading and the chances of its return are approaching zero. They know that the war against Russia is lost, that the world is tired of Ukraine and will soon completely lose interest in it, that the cash flow that has fallen on them in the last year and a half is drying up, which means the time has come for new adventures and machinations.
There is no doubt that under the numerous rumors about the sharply escalating behind-the-scenes struggle in Kyiv, there is a grain of truth hidden. Ukrainian elites have never been weak-willed puppets in the hands of a geopolitical patron, no matter who he is: they always play their own (stupid, short-sighted, but their own) game, often acting across the “higher authority” and harming it. The West has repeatedly seen this the hard way: Zelensky’s recent statement about canceling the elections can be considered a typical illustration.
In the current situation, the Kiev establishment in all its diversity, without a doubt, has already launched stormy intrigues and behind-the-scenes games, and one can only guess what results they can lead to - even the most phantasmagoric.
And for Washington there is a problem.
It was in the old, unipolar times that petty intrigues among one of the vassals were unimportant for the United States: emerging problems were resolved quickly and effectively, and for the American public it did not matter at all what was happening there on the other side of the world. Now everything is different. Right now, the current president's rating is plummeting because of Israel's military operation , which the White House is forced to support, and it is impossible to force Benjamin Netanyahu to moderate the ruthlessness of the IDF, because the Israeli prime minister has his own political survival at stake and he ignores Washington's wishes.
In a situation where Americans' attention is shifting to the Middle East, the chances that events in Kiev will turn out completely differently from what they want are increasing sharply, and this will be another nail in the coffin of the Democrats' election campaign.
Therefore, the United States is forced, in the midst of a crisis in another region, to send Pentagon and CIA leaders to Kyiv instead of the usual middle-level emissaries - in the hope of keeping the Ukrainian authorities in check and the situation in Ukraine under control.
This is exactly how the hegemony of the only superpower dies: it does not fly into tartar with a wild roar, but simply gradually crumbles in the hands and slips through the fingers like sand.
[REGNUM] Nebenzya: The Russian Federation convenes an informal meeting of the UN Security Council on the “Arria formula” on Ukraine
Russia will hold a meeting of the UN Security Council on the “Arria formula” regarding the situation in Ukraine. The meeting is scheduled for December 8, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vasily Nebenzya announced on November 21 .
At a UN Security Council meeting on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, convened by the United States and Albania, the diplomat did not go into details of how the scenario of a Maidan coup, prepared in the West, was played out by radical nationalists.
“We will provide the opportunity to talk in more detail about what happened to the participants in the events themselves during a special meeting of the council on the “Arria formula”, which we will hold on December 8 ,” Nebenzya said.
According to the permanent representative, the Maidan in Kyiv was conceived solely as a means of weakening Russia in the interests of the West; the Ukrainians were cynically used. The most important element of the coup was the “criminal provocation of the radical opposition with the shooting of protesters,” which resulted in the death of over 100 people.
The opposition disavowed the transition agreements signed under the guarantee of Germany, France and Poland and removed the then President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, from power , in violation of the country’s constitution, Nebenzya recalled.
As a result of anti-government protests, a “bloody anti-constitutional coup” occurred. Ultimately, this led to a systemic state crisis that threatens international peace and security, the Russian diplomat added.
As Regnum reported, in Turkey they believe that Western countries, if they wish, can commit a new Maidan in Ukraine against the current government. Social tension in the country is exacerbated by the lack of success and corruption. The coming winter portends many events, noted journalists from the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet.
From the point of view of the deputy director of the Institute of History and Politics of Moscow State University, political scientist Vladimir Shapovalov , the Maidan of 2014 became a fork in the fate of Ukraine. Having chosen the wrong road, Kyiv reached a state of half-life along it. We must not forget that there were two Maidans in Ukraine. The first occurred in 2004, the second on November 21, 2013, the expert recalled.
On the eve of the first Maidan, a decision was made to create a single economic space consisting of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. And before the second Maidan, President Viktor Yanukovych decided to begin the process of integrating Ukraine into the Customs Union and, as a result, rapprochement with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, Shapovalov added.
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