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⚡️The AFU command prepared "false-flag" attacks on Kursk, Bryansk, and Belgorod regions.
❗️Exclusive❗️
@anna_news сorrespondents have spokeт to Pavel Kochuba, a Ukrainian platoon commander of the 53rd Independent Mechanized Brigade, who fell into the hands of the Wagners.
🔹The AFU command was preparing saboteurs to strike civilian infrastructure and attack Kursk, Bryansk and Belgorod regions.
These operations were to be carried out under a "false flag" - using Russian army identification signs, the Ukrainian said.
🔹Kobucha said that he was transferred to the area of Zaitsevo settlement. He stayed there for two months. All this time their positions were under constant shelling, and they themselves suffered heavy losses.
"Of the last - on November 3: three were severely injured, two more escaped. We were at Opytnoye at that time. After the shelling, the Russian military approached, many of our people also escaped. We hid, but they found us and forced us to surrender."
🔹 He tells the reporters that the morale of the Ukrainian military was very low and few wanted to sit under fire: experienced fighters were tired, and the newly arrived reservists did not want to sacrifice themselves, seeing the constant clashes with the Russian Armed Forces.
The prisoner's story is in our report.
💥Source: ANNA-NEWS
💥Translation and subnoscripts: @Node_of_Time_DE
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❗️Exclusive❗️
@anna_news сorrespondents have spokeт to Pavel Kochuba, a Ukrainian platoon commander of the 53rd Independent Mechanized Brigade, who fell into the hands of the Wagners.
🔹The AFU command was preparing saboteurs to strike civilian infrastructure and attack Kursk, Bryansk and Belgorod regions.
These operations were to be carried out under a "false flag" - using Russian army identification signs, the Ukrainian said.
🔹Kobucha said that he was transferred to the area of Zaitsevo settlement. He stayed there for two months. All this time their positions were under constant shelling, and they themselves suffered heavy losses.
"Of the last - on November 3: three were severely injured, two more escaped. We were at Opytnoye at that time. After the shelling, the Russian military approached, many of our people also escaped. We hid, but they found us and forced us to surrender."
🔹 He tells the reporters that the morale of the Ukrainian military was very low and few wanted to sit under fire: experienced fighters were tired, and the newly arrived reservists did not want to sacrifice themselves, seeing the constant clashes with the Russian Armed Forces.
The prisoner's story is in our report.
💥Source: ANNA-NEWS
💥Translation and subnoscripts: @Node_of_Time_DE
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🇺 U.S. fears of European countries' rejection of sanctions against Russia: Politico
There is growing concern in the U.S. government over the possible refusal of its European allies to support sanctions pressure on Russia, Politico writes.
Unnamed U.S. officials who work in Europe have recently been increasingly warning their counterparts in the United States that "some countries whose populations support Russia are increasingly angry about sanctions and accuse the United States of increasing spending," the newspaper notes.
According to Politico's sources, because of the public outcry, European leaders may refuse to support anti-Russian sanctions. Politico says that any weakening of sanctions would give the Kremlin more leverage.
According to Politico's sources, the growing concerns prompted a "barrage of calls" to the US presidential administration to discuss ways to keep European countries committed to Washington's sanctions strategy. Nevertheless, a senior U.S. official called the situation "shaky, but stable for now."
🇪🇺 In early October, the EU approved the eighth package of sanctions, one of the main measures of which was a cap on the price of oil. The price ceiling for crude oil will come into force on December 5, 2022, and for petroleum products - on February 5, 2023. The European Commission then noted that the measure was developed in "close coordination" with the G7, which includes the United States.
Also within the frames of the package, the EU strengthened restrictions on import and export: EU countries are prohibited to import finished and semi-finished products made of steel, machines and equipment, plastics, vehicles, textiles, footwear etc. from Russia. In addition, the EU has restricted exports of European goods to Russia, including electronic chips.
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There is growing concern in the U.S. government over the possible refusal of its European allies to support sanctions pressure on Russia, Politico writes.
Unnamed U.S. officials who work in Europe have recently been increasingly warning their counterparts in the United States that "some countries whose populations support Russia are increasingly angry about sanctions and accuse the United States of increasing spending," the newspaper notes.
According to Politico's sources, because of the public outcry, European leaders may refuse to support anti-Russian sanctions. Politico says that any weakening of sanctions would give the Kremlin more leverage.
According to Politico's sources, the growing concerns prompted a "barrage of calls" to the US presidential administration to discuss ways to keep European countries committed to Washington's sanctions strategy. Nevertheless, a senior U.S. official called the situation "shaky, but stable for now."
🇪🇺 In early October, the EU approved the eighth package of sanctions, one of the main measures of which was a cap on the price of oil. The price ceiling for crude oil will come into force on December 5, 2022, and for petroleum products - on February 5, 2023. The European Commission then noted that the measure was developed in "close coordination" with the G7, which includes the United States.
Also within the frames of the package, the EU strengthened restrictions on import and export: EU countries are prohibited to import finished and semi-finished products made of steel, machines and equipment, plastics, vehicles, textiles, footwear etc. from Russia. In addition, the EU has restricted exports of European goods to Russia, including electronic chips.
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Sweden will not deploy nuclear weapons
This statement was made by the country's Foreign Minister, Tobias Billström. In the politician's opinion, Sweden should follow the path of Denmark and Norway, which have legally renounced the deployment of nuclear weapons.
"In the long term, Sweden's political line is still moderate," Billström said.
💥Source: @anna_news.
💥Translated by @node_of_time_en
This statement was made by the country's Foreign Minister, Tobias Billström. In the politician's opinion, Sweden should follow the path of Denmark and Norway, which have legally renounced the deployment of nuclear weapons.
"In the long term, Sweden's political line is still moderate," Billström said.
💥Source: @anna_news.
💥Translated by @node_of_time_en
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‼️ In Al-Qatif city in Saudi-Arabia thousands of people took to the streets shouting "Death to the House of Saud!"
Protests against the ruling dynasty started in the Kingdom after Saudi authorities again announced a mass execution of several dozen citizens.
😏 As soon as the Saudis rejected supporting the US, a reason for mass protests was suddenly found. Is it a coincidence? Certainly it is not. Now the hegemon tries to organize a coup there.
💥Source: @drugoeeto
💥Translated by @node_of_time_en
Protests against the ruling dynasty started in the Kingdom after Saudi authorities again announced a mass execution of several dozen citizens.
😏 As soon as the Saudis rejected supporting the US, a reason for mass protests was suddenly found. Is it a coincidence? Certainly it is not. Now the hegemon tries to organize a coup there.
💥Source: @drugoeeto
💥Translated by @node_of_time_en
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Zelensky has denied press access to Kherson
President Zelensky during his video statement attributed the ban on press access to Kherson to mine clearance.
!! The pretext of mine clearing operations is being used to process the civilian populaton in a search for Russian collaborators, resulting in mass detention of citizens for retaliation.
It was also reported that officers from the 72nd Information Psyops command of the AFU arrived in Kherson. Accordingly we expect that "irrefutable evidence of Russian atrocities" will appear in the information field.
💥Source: @drugoeeto
💥Translated by @node_of_time_en
President Zelensky during his video statement attributed the ban on press access to Kherson to mine clearance.
!! The pretext of mine clearing operations is being used to process the civilian populaton in a search for Russian collaborators, resulting in mass detention of citizens for retaliation.
It was also reported that officers from the 72nd Information Psyops command of the AFU arrived in Kherson. Accordingly we expect that "irrefutable evidence of Russian atrocities" will appear in the information field.
💥Source: @drugoeeto
💥Translated by @node_of_time_en
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Ukraine exchanges 1,570 Starlink systems from Poland for the graves of UPA victims
An interesting exchange is described in two adjacent articles in the Polish Rzeczpospolita.
🇺🇦 On 11 November, Ukrainian Minister for Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov announced that Poland handed over 1,570 Starlink systems to Ukraine.
According to the minister, this is an important delivery, given the electricity shortages amid the systemic dismantling of Ukraine's infrastructure by the Russian Armed Forces. In total, Ukraine currently has some 20,000 Starlink terminals, of which more than 5,000 were provided by Warsaw.
🇺🇦 Simultaneous with the transfer of new systems, Kiev announced that it was allowing Poland to search for and exhume the graves of Poles who fell as victims of UPA (banned in Russia) terrorists near Ternopil during WWII.
This is the first approval of its kind. The Kiev regime under all presidents has categorically denied allowing such scientific expeditions. The search could begin as early as 2022.
Once again: Warsaw has received the right to rebury Poles, brutally murdered by the founding fathers of the Ukrainian Nazis, in exchange for providing a batch of Starlink systems to the descendants of those Nazis. Who are now enjoying Poland's full support and whose ideology Kiev fully shares.
What can be more absurd and more humiliating for the Polish people?
💥 Based on https://news.1rj.ru/str/EvPanina
💥Translated by @node_of_time_en
An interesting exchange is described in two adjacent articles in the Polish Rzeczpospolita.
🇺🇦 On 11 November, Ukrainian Minister for Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov announced that Poland handed over 1,570 Starlink systems to Ukraine.
According to the minister, this is an important delivery, given the electricity shortages amid the systemic dismantling of Ukraine's infrastructure by the Russian Armed Forces. In total, Ukraine currently has some 20,000 Starlink terminals, of which more than 5,000 were provided by Warsaw.
🇺🇦 Simultaneous with the transfer of new systems, Kiev announced that it was allowing Poland to search for and exhume the graves of Poles who fell as victims of UPA (banned in Russia) terrorists near Ternopil during WWII.
This is the first approval of its kind. The Kiev regime under all presidents has categorically denied allowing such scientific expeditions. The search could begin as early as 2022.
Once again: Warsaw has received the right to rebury Poles, brutally murdered by the founding fathers of the Ukrainian Nazis, in exchange for providing a batch of Starlink systems to the descendants of those Nazis. Who are now enjoying Poland's full support and whose ideology Kiev fully shares.
What can be more absurd and more humiliating for the Polish people?
💥 Based on https://news.1rj.ru/str/EvPanina
💥Translated by @node_of_time_en
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Polska przekazuje Ukrainie 1570 systemów Starlink
Minister ds. transformacji cyfrowej Mychajło Fedorow poinformował w czwartek, że systemy zostały już dostarczone na Ukrainę.
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Russian intelligence services have received a complete HIMARS MLRS missile that was smuggled into Russia through a third country via an undercover channel. A Russian military design bureau has already obtained full access to the fully armed HIMARS missile and is conducting engineering work to study it.
💥Source: https://news.1rj.ru/str/boris_rozhin
💥Translated by @node_of_time_en
💥Source: https://news.1rj.ru/str/boris_rozhin
💥Translated by @node_of_time_en
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🇩🇪 Propaganda scents against opposition
"RUSSIA'S GERMAN propaganda warriors".
ZDF documentary from 9.11.2022 by Reiner Fromm.
With the help of Steven Broschart, alleged internet profiler and data analyst, Dr. Susanne Spahn, political scientist, who appears here as a Russia expert and Danilo Hoepfner, Memorial e.V., ZDF tries in its usual manner to label all conspicuous citizens of Germany as Kremlin propagandists who appear as opposition to the mainstream agenda and monotonous contributions - whether bloggers, journalists or even members of the Bundestag.
All these examples (except one) have one thing in common - they all (except one) have a migration background because of so-called Spätaussiedler (late repatriates) or parents of Russian origin.
💥 ZDF is thus embarking on a very daring and dangerous path, which could lead to accusations of incitement of the people and discrimination against minorities (Russian Germans).
❓Is this the way it is meant to be?
Video (in German) is from ZDF, German state TV
"RUSSIA'S GERMAN propaganda warriors".
ZDF documentary from 9.11.2022 by Reiner Fromm.
With the help of Steven Broschart, alleged internet profiler and data analyst, Dr. Susanne Spahn, political scientist, who appears here as a Russia expert and Danilo Hoepfner, Memorial e.V., ZDF tries in its usual manner to label all conspicuous citizens of Germany as Kremlin propagandists who appear as opposition to the mainstream agenda and monotonous contributions - whether bloggers, journalists or even members of the Bundestag.
All these examples (except one) have one thing in common - they all (except one) have a migration background because of so-called Spätaussiedler (late repatriates) or parents of Russian origin.
💥 ZDF is thus embarking on a very daring and dangerous path, which could lead to accusations of incitement of the people and discrimination against minorities (Russian Germans).
❓Is this the way it is meant to be?
Video (in German) is from ZDF, German state TV
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The Russian military left a message for Ukrainians in Kherson Region:
"Dear Ukrainians, please behave.
Don't forget that you are on the territory of the Russian Empire.
We went on holidays, will be back soon.
1. Don't chew the furniture
2. Don't shit on the floor
3. Don't harass passers-by
4. Don't bark during night hours
5. Close the door firmly to avoid blizzard.
6. We strongly recommend that by the time we come back the place is clean and you've hung portraits of our Tsar V.V. Putin in every room.
PS Every morning you must kiss the Russian flag and sing the Russian hymn.
We'll check on this when we return.
With love,
Russian Tank Special Forces"
💥Source: ANNA-NEWS
💥Translated by @node_of_time_en
"Dear Ukrainians, please behave.
Don't forget that you are on the territory of the Russian Empire.
We went on holidays, will be back soon.
1. Don't chew the furniture
2. Don't shit on the floor
3. Don't harass passers-by
4. Don't bark during night hours
5. Close the door firmly to avoid blizzard.
6. We strongly recommend that by the time we come back the place is clean and you've hung portraits of our Tsar V.V. Putin in every room.
PS Every morning you must kiss the Russian flag and sing the Russian hymn.
We'll check on this when we return.
With love,
Russian Tank Special Forces"
💥Source: ANNA-NEWS
💥Translated by @node_of_time_en
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Russian servicemen provide over 300 residents of Aleppo province with humanitarian aid. Russia is the only country providing aid to the Syrian people, who suffer under the sanctions of the West. The US and Kurdish militia are stealing the oil and wheat.
💥English text by Sonja van den Ende
💥Our channel: @Node_of_Time_EN
💥English text by Sonja van den Ende
💥Our channel: @Node_of_Time_EN
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine have started purges in the occupied territories of the Kherson Region.
For example, here is footage of AFU servicemen mocking "collaborators" - Russian residents of Kherson.
According to the video's sources, the reason for detaining one of the men is that his old military ID card indicated his ethnicity as Russian.
▪️More detailed information is not available.
Now "filtration measures" are underway in the Kherson Region: the Ukrainian special services are conducting a sweep and a curfew has been imposed.
For certain reasons, they are trying to keep foreign correspondents away from these territories.
▪️ Similar "filtrations" have been carried out in the occupied territories of the Kharkov Region.
They resulted in several dozen common people gone missing, many of whom were simply working in the region.
💥Source: @anna_news
💥Translated by @node_of_time_en
For example, here is footage of AFU servicemen mocking "collaborators" - Russian residents of Kherson.
According to the video's sources, the reason for detaining one of the men is that his old military ID card indicated his ethnicity as Russian.
▪️More detailed information is not available.
Now "filtration measures" are underway in the Kherson Region: the Ukrainian special services are conducting a sweep and a curfew has been imposed.
For certain reasons, they are trying to keep foreign correspondents away from these territories.
▪️ Similar "filtrations" have been carried out in the occupied territories of the Kharkov Region.
They resulted in several dozen common people gone missing, many of whom were simply working in the region.
💥Source: @anna_news
💥Translated by @node_of_time_en
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⚡️⚡️ Key updates on Russia and #UkraineCrisis as on November 14
✈️Lavrov as ASEAN
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking at a press conference at the end of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Phnom Penh on Sunday, accused Western leaders of looking to militarize Southeast Asia to contain Moscow and Beijing’s interests in the region. “The United States and its NATO allies are trying to master this space,” Lavrov said. He then headed to Bali for G20 summit, where he is leading the Russian delegation instead of Russian President Vladimir Putin who said he won’t be coming.
🔥Instanbul blast
A New York Times report about Sunday’s deadly blast in Istanbul’s central area killing at least six people and injuring 81 others (Turkish authorities qualified it as a terrorist attack) sparked anger on Twitter, Anadolu reported. The report focused on the importance of this area for tourism. “Imagine a newspaper in Turkey talking about the impact of the act of terrorism on the tourism industry in America when the twin towers were hit...You guys are so despicable!” one of the users commented. No Western media report mentioned the blast occurred some 400 m from the Russian embassy.
🇪🇺EU initiatives
The EU foreign ministers are expected to approve an EU mission to train 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers. The mission called EUMAM Ukraine (EU Military Assistance Mission for Ukraine) is designed for 24 months and €106.7 million should be allocated for its needs.
On Monday, they will also consider tougher sanctions against Iran for the suppression of unrest, discuss the situation in the Balkans, and the foreign policy aspects of the UN International Climate Conference.
🟥Curfew in Kherson
While Western media have been showing pictures of celebrations from Kherson, which was since Friday under the control of Ukraine as Russia withdrew its troops to the opposite bank of the Dnipro river, nothing was mentioned about the curfew imposed in the city after Kyiv announce it will conduct “stabilization activities” to ensure “law and order” return to 226 cities, towns and villages in Kherson Oblast with a total population of "over 100,000 people. Videos of allegedly pro-Russian people being blindfolded and interrogated by the Ukrainian army have already emerged.
The curfew rules restrict entry and exit from the city to enable mine clearance efforts, Yaroslav Yanushevich, chief of Ukraine’s Kherson regional military administration, said.
Meanwhile., Ukraine stripped six media persons of their accreditation, for covering Kherson. According to Detector Media’s sources, at least six journalists working with film crews, including CNN and Sky News, have had their work permits revoked for “carrying out information activities while ignoring existing prohibitions and warnings”
On Sunday, President of Ukraine Volodymir Zelensky stated that Kyiv’s investigators have recorded more than 400 Russian war crimes and “atrocities” committed by Russia in Kherson are “same as those committed] in other parts of our country”. As expected, torture cells and mass burials, too, were found already.
📉Gloomier outlook
The global economic outlook is even gloomier than projected last month, the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday, citing a steady worsening in purchasing manager surveys in recent months. IMF last month cut its global growth forecast for 2023 to 2.7% from a previous forecast of 2.9%. In a blog prepared for a summit of G20 leaders in Indonesia, the IMF said recent high-frequency indicators "confirm that the outlook is gloomier,”, particularly in Europe.
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✈️Lavrov as ASEAN
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking at a press conference at the end of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Phnom Penh on Sunday, accused Western leaders of looking to militarize Southeast Asia to contain Moscow and Beijing’s interests in the region. “The United States and its NATO allies are trying to master this space,” Lavrov said. He then headed to Bali for G20 summit, where he is leading the Russian delegation instead of Russian President Vladimir Putin who said he won’t be coming.
🔥Instanbul blast
A New York Times report about Sunday’s deadly blast in Istanbul’s central area killing at least six people and injuring 81 others (Turkish authorities qualified it as a terrorist attack) sparked anger on Twitter, Anadolu reported. The report focused on the importance of this area for tourism. “Imagine a newspaper in Turkey talking about the impact of the act of terrorism on the tourism industry in America when the twin towers were hit...You guys are so despicable!” one of the users commented. No Western media report mentioned the blast occurred some 400 m from the Russian embassy.
🇪🇺EU initiatives
The EU foreign ministers are expected to approve an EU mission to train 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers. The mission called EUMAM Ukraine (EU Military Assistance Mission for Ukraine) is designed for 24 months and €106.7 million should be allocated for its needs.
On Monday, they will also consider tougher sanctions against Iran for the suppression of unrest, discuss the situation in the Balkans, and the foreign policy aspects of the UN International Climate Conference.
🟥Curfew in Kherson
While Western media have been showing pictures of celebrations from Kherson, which was since Friday under the control of Ukraine as Russia withdrew its troops to the opposite bank of the Dnipro river, nothing was mentioned about the curfew imposed in the city after Kyiv announce it will conduct “stabilization activities” to ensure “law and order” return to 226 cities, towns and villages in Kherson Oblast with a total population of "over 100,000 people. Videos of allegedly pro-Russian people being blindfolded and interrogated by the Ukrainian army have already emerged.
The curfew rules restrict entry and exit from the city to enable mine clearance efforts, Yaroslav Yanushevich, chief of Ukraine’s Kherson regional military administration, said.
Meanwhile., Ukraine stripped six media persons of their accreditation, for covering Kherson. According to Detector Media’s sources, at least six journalists working with film crews, including CNN and Sky News, have had their work permits revoked for “carrying out information activities while ignoring existing prohibitions and warnings”
On Sunday, President of Ukraine Volodymir Zelensky stated that Kyiv’s investigators have recorded more than 400 Russian war crimes and “atrocities” committed by Russia in Kherson are “same as those committed] in other parts of our country”. As expected, torture cells and mass burials, too, were found already.
📉Gloomier outlook
The global economic outlook is even gloomier than projected last month, the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday, citing a steady worsening in purchasing manager surveys in recent months. IMF last month cut its global growth forecast for 2023 to 2.7% from a previous forecast of 2.9%. In a blog prepared for a summit of G20 leaders in Indonesia, the IMF said recent high-frequency indicators "confirm that the outlook is gloomier,”, particularly in Europe.
👉Follow t.me/russiawire for daily updates, analytics, and ground reportage from Russia, Donbass, and the neighborhood.
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