⚡️MH17 verdict
A Dutch court on Thursday convicted two Russians and one Ukrainian in absentia of the murders of 298 people who died in the 2014 downing of Ma;aysia Airlines MH17 flight over Ukraine and sentenced them to life imprisonment. One Russian was acquitted because of a lack of evidence.
Presiding Judge Hendrik Steenhuis said that evidence presented by prosecutors at a trial that lasted more than two years proved that the Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was brought down by a Buk missile fired by pro-Moscow Ukrainian fighters on July 17, 2014
Prosecutors have demanded life sentences for the suspects although the men are unlikely to serve time if convicted.
Defense lawyers say prosecutors failed to prove a BUK missile brought down the jetliner, and have brought up "alternative scenarios" such as that a Ukrainian jet shot it.
Moscow has denied all involvement. It has refused to extradite any of the suspects, saying it is illegal under Russian law.
A Dutch court on Thursday convicted two Russians and one Ukrainian in absentia of the murders of 298 people who died in the 2014 downing of Ma;aysia Airlines MH17 flight over Ukraine and sentenced them to life imprisonment. One Russian was acquitted because of a lack of evidence.
Presiding Judge Hendrik Steenhuis said that evidence presented by prosecutors at a trial that lasted more than two years proved that the Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was brought down by a Buk missile fired by pro-Moscow Ukrainian fighters on July 17, 2014
Prosecutors have demanded life sentences for the suspects although the men are unlikely to serve time if convicted.
Defense lawyers say prosecutors failed to prove a BUK missile brought down the jetliner, and have brought up "alternative scenarios" such as that a Ukrainian jet shot it.
Moscow has denied all involvement. It has refused to extradite any of the suspects, saying it is illegal under Russian law.
AP News
3 convicted in 2014 downing of Malaysian jet over Ukraine
A Dutch court has convicted three men of murder for their role in shooting down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet with a Russian surface-to-air missile, killing all 298 people aboard, as the aircraft flew over a separatist-controlled region of eastern Ukraine…
⚡️⚡️ Key updates on Russia and #UkraineCrisis as on November 18
🔴Strikes vs talks
The Kremlin on Thursday accused Kyiv of shifting the goalposts regarding possible peace talks, saying it could not imagine engaging in public negotiations with Ukraine.
In a briefing call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the United States was capable of taking Russia's concerns into account and could encourage Kyiv to return to the negotiating table if it wanted to. Peskov also said Ukraine had changed its position on whether it even wanted to negotiate with Moscow several times during the course of the nine-month conflict and could not be relied on.
Peskov said in this context Moscow would continue what it calls a "special military operation", and that missile strikes on targets across Ukraine were the consequence of Kyiv not being willing to meet at the negotiating table.
⚠️ZNPP saga
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors adopted a resolution on Thursday stating that no traces of a dirty bomb were found in Ukraine. The IAEA Board called on Russia to immediately "cease all actions against and at nuclear facilities in Ukraine". The document also expresses concern about "unacceptable pressure on and detentions of Ukrainian operating personnel at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant and "repeated disruption of external power supply following shelling in the surrounding area."
🧨Out of control
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s insistence that Russia was behind a deadly missile strike in Poland — despite American intelligence indicating the missile was Ukrainian — has U.S. officials pushing to more closely coordinate messaging with allies, including Kyiv, on the explosion, according to Politico. The report says over the last two days, top U.S. officials have reached out to European leaders and officials in Zelenskyy’s office, urging caution when speaking about what led to the explosion, according to two Western officials and a U.S. official. In a series of urgent phone calls, American officials requested that NATO allies refrain from issuing definitive statements until the completion of the investigation in Poland, one of the Western officials said.
💰Checking in
House Republicans critical of U.S. assistance to Ukraine introduced a privileged resolution on Thursday to audit the funds allocated by Congress to the country. The resolution is being led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and backed by a group of GOP lawmakers. House and Senate lawmakers from both sides of the aisle supportive of continued U.S. assistance to Ukraine say these colleagues are part of a minority fringe. But the resolution, which calls for preserving administration documents and communications related to Ukraine funding distribution, speaks to other criticisms among some Republican lawmakers who support aid to Ukraine but say more oversight is needed.
The Biden administration has provided more than $20 billion in military assistance to Kyiv, as well as about $10 billion in humanitarian assistance and about $13 billion in economic assistance.
🍷In vino veritas
Alcohol was among the top 10 consumer goods and services that Russians saved on in the third quarter of 2022, NielsenIQ research cited by RBC says. However, Russians are less willing to cut spending on alcohol than on clothes and entertainment. Alcohol was the last among the top 10 items on which consumers saved in July—September 2022.
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🔴Strikes vs talks
The Kremlin on Thursday accused Kyiv of shifting the goalposts regarding possible peace talks, saying it could not imagine engaging in public negotiations with Ukraine.
In a briefing call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the United States was capable of taking Russia's concerns into account and could encourage Kyiv to return to the negotiating table if it wanted to. Peskov also said Ukraine had changed its position on whether it even wanted to negotiate with Moscow several times during the course of the nine-month conflict and could not be relied on.
Peskov said in this context Moscow would continue what it calls a "special military operation", and that missile strikes on targets across Ukraine were the consequence of Kyiv not being willing to meet at the negotiating table.
⚠️ZNPP saga
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors adopted a resolution on Thursday stating that no traces of a dirty bomb were found in Ukraine. The IAEA Board called on Russia to immediately "cease all actions against and at nuclear facilities in Ukraine". The document also expresses concern about "unacceptable pressure on and detentions of Ukrainian operating personnel at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant and "repeated disruption of external power supply following shelling in the surrounding area."
🧨Out of control
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s insistence that Russia was behind a deadly missile strike in Poland — despite American intelligence indicating the missile was Ukrainian — has U.S. officials pushing to more closely coordinate messaging with allies, including Kyiv, on the explosion, according to Politico. The report says over the last two days, top U.S. officials have reached out to European leaders and officials in Zelenskyy’s office, urging caution when speaking about what led to the explosion, according to two Western officials and a U.S. official. In a series of urgent phone calls, American officials requested that NATO allies refrain from issuing definitive statements until the completion of the investigation in Poland, one of the Western officials said.
💰Checking in
House Republicans critical of U.S. assistance to Ukraine introduced a privileged resolution on Thursday to audit the funds allocated by Congress to the country. The resolution is being led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and backed by a group of GOP lawmakers. House and Senate lawmakers from both sides of the aisle supportive of continued U.S. assistance to Ukraine say these colleagues are part of a minority fringe. But the resolution, which calls for preserving administration documents and communications related to Ukraine funding distribution, speaks to other criticisms among some Republican lawmakers who support aid to Ukraine but say more oversight is needed.
The Biden administration has provided more than $20 billion in military assistance to Kyiv, as well as about $10 billion in humanitarian assistance and about $13 billion in economic assistance.
🍷In vino veritas
Alcohol was among the top 10 consumer goods and services that Russians saved on in the third quarter of 2022, NielsenIQ research cited by RBC says. However, Russians are less willing to cut spending on alcohol than on clothes and entertainment. Alcohol was the last among the top 10 items on which consumers saved in July—September 2022.
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Martyanov:
"Kherson increasingly begins to look like a trap for VSU. You know, supplies do not arrive, electricity is off and things of this nature.
[RT]:
'Russia has targeted Ukrainian energy infrastructure in a “massive” missile attack, Kiev announced on Tuesday. The strikes came less than a day after President Vladimir Zelensky set conditions for peace talks with Russia that Moscow called “unrealistic and inadequate.” Russian forces “launched 85 missile strikes at Ukraine,” Zelensky said in an emergency address on Tuesday evening. His office called the situation in the wake of the attack “critical,” adding that most strikes targeted facilities in the center and north of country. The situation in Kiev is particularly hard, according to the deputy head of the presidential administration, Kirill Timoshenko. The Ukrainian energy providers had resorted to emergency power cuts to avoid energy system failures, he added.'
Martyanov:
So, make your own conclusions on a desirability of a false flag.
[RT]:
'NATO “needs to act,” Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said on Tuesday as he laid the blame for an explosion in Poland not far from the Ukrainian border on Russia. Earlier, Polish media reported that at least two people died in what was described as a “stray missile” strike. “This is a Russian missile strike on collective security!” Zelensky said in a statement, calling it “a very serious escalation.” He also urged western nations to put Russia “in its place” and branded Moscow a “terrorist.” “The longer Russia feels impunity the higher is the threat for anyone within the reach of Russian missiles,” the Ukrainian president warned, thought he did not provide evidence proving it was Russian missiles that struck Poland.'
Martyanov:
"Right, because NATO is "winning" dramatically, wink, wink. Use as an open thread.
P.S. Boy, Russia is "running out of missiles" especially dramatically today."
https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-no-brainer-really.html
"Kherson increasingly begins to look like a trap for VSU. You know, supplies do not arrive, electricity is off and things of this nature.
[RT]:
'Russia has targeted Ukrainian energy infrastructure in a “massive” missile attack, Kiev announced on Tuesday. The strikes came less than a day after President Vladimir Zelensky set conditions for peace talks with Russia that Moscow called “unrealistic and inadequate.” Russian forces “launched 85 missile strikes at Ukraine,” Zelensky said in an emergency address on Tuesday evening. His office called the situation in the wake of the attack “critical,” adding that most strikes targeted facilities in the center and north of country. The situation in Kiev is particularly hard, according to the deputy head of the presidential administration, Kirill Timoshenko. The Ukrainian energy providers had resorted to emergency power cuts to avoid energy system failures, he added.'
Martyanov:
So, make your own conclusions on a desirability of a false flag.
[RT]:
'NATO “needs to act,” Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said on Tuesday as he laid the blame for an explosion in Poland not far from the Ukrainian border on Russia. Earlier, Polish media reported that at least two people died in what was described as a “stray missile” strike. “This is a Russian missile strike on collective security!” Zelensky said in a statement, calling it “a very serious escalation.” He also urged western nations to put Russia “in its place” and branded Moscow a “terrorist.” “The longer Russia feels impunity the higher is the threat for anyone within the reach of Russian missiles,” the Ukrainian president warned, thought he did not provide evidence proving it was Russian missiles that struck Poland.'
Martyanov:
"Right, because NATO is "winning" dramatically, wink, wink. Use as an open thread.
P.S. Boy, Russia is "running out of missiles" especially dramatically today."
https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-no-brainer-really.html
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A No-Brainer, Really.
Kherson increasingly begins to look like a trap for VSU. You know, supplies do not arrive, electricity is off and things of this nature. Ru...
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Russia Leaps to India's 5th Biggest Trade Partner
That's up from 25th place last year, largely due to soaring oil and fertilizer imports, resulting in the trade deficit now sitting at just over $20bn - next only to China.
The news comes despite the West's pressure to halt imports after the onset of the conflict in February.
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That's up from 25th place last year, largely due to soaring oil and fertilizer imports, resulting in the trade deficit now sitting at just over $20bn - next only to China.
The news comes despite the West's pressure to halt imports after the onset of the conflict in February.
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❗️Swedish and Danish investigators are investigating a flurry of detonations on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines on Sept. 26. The Swedish Prosecution Authority said in a statement that “residues of explosives have been identified on several of the foreign objects seized,” according to a translation.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/18/nord-stream-sweden-says-explosives-found-at-site-of-russian-pipelines.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/18/nord-stream-sweden-says-explosives-found-at-site-of-russian-pipelines.html
CNBC
Traces of explosives found at site of Russian pipeline leaks, Sweden says
An investigation into gas leaks from two underwater pipelines connecting Russia to Germany found traces of explosives, Sweden's prosecutor's office said.
Guardian did a story on a Russian who fought in Ukraine and deserted from his unit in June. He requested political asylum after landing in Madrid. He was with 64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, a unit accused of committing war crimes in the Kyiv region.
Chibrin who spoke with journalists from the airport after he landed in the Spanish capital on Tuesday and was being held at the airport’s immigration centre said “denied involvement in the reported war crimes of his unit, saying he did not fire a gun “once” while in Ukraine”. He, however, said that Russian soldiers looted homes of locals and “that there were “widespread rumours” among his comrades that members of his unit were involved in sexual violence and killings of civilians”.
Why this story is important? Because we, journalists who report from Russian-controlled territories, are often accused of “spreading Russian propaganda” and interviewing people who are “scared of Russians so will say anything in Russia’s favour”. Yes, I have heard this million times from my readers, including Russian ones.
How different is this Guardian’s story? They are interviewing a man who fled Russia (because deserting is punishable - not just in Russia, in Ukraine& elsewhere, too), who is detained in Spanish airport and desperate to earn credits to be given an asylum. Won’t he say anything that western media wants him to say? Just asking.
Chibrin who spoke with journalists from the airport after he landed in the Spanish capital on Tuesday and was being held at the airport’s immigration centre said “denied involvement in the reported war crimes of his unit, saying he did not fire a gun “once” while in Ukraine”. He, however, said that Russian soldiers looted homes of locals and “that there were “widespread rumours” among his comrades that members of his unit were involved in sexual violence and killings of civilians”.
Why this story is important? Because we, journalists who report from Russian-controlled territories, are often accused of “spreading Russian propaganda” and interviewing people who are “scared of Russians so will say anything in Russia’s favour”. Yes, I have heard this million times from my readers, including Russian ones.
How different is this Guardian’s story? They are interviewing a man who fled Russia (because deserting is punishable - not just in Russia, in Ukraine& elsewhere, too), who is detained in Spanish airport and desperate to earn credits to be given an asylum. Won’t he say anything that western media wants him to say? Just asking.
the Guardian
Russian soldier seeking asylum in Madrid denounces ‘criminal’ Ukraine war
Exclusive: Nikita Chibrin claims he did not fire weapon once while deployed to Ukraine for more than four months
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☘️#COP27 is still on — and here is what's going on with carbon market
Carbon trading rules under negotiation at Cop27 climate talks could open the door to corporate greenwashing, experts have warned.
As a growing number of companies set net zero goals, the UN is working to establish standards and best practices. That means cutting their own emissions with minimal reliance on carbon offsets, a taskforce led by Catherine McKenna recommends.
But as talks in Sharm el-Sheikh entered their final scheduled day, the latest draft text allowed for double claiming under the Paris Agreement. That means a company can buy credit for an emission reduction that is also being counted by a country towards its climate goals. It would support US climate envoy John Kerry’s push for corporations to plug gaps in climate finance.
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/11/18/greenwash-alert-as-cop27-draft-allows-double-claiming-of-carbon-credits/
Carbon trading rules under negotiation at Cop27 climate talks could open the door to corporate greenwashing, experts have warned.
As a growing number of companies set net zero goals, the UN is working to establish standards and best practices. That means cutting their own emissions with minimal reliance on carbon offsets, a taskforce led by Catherine McKenna recommends.
But as talks in Sharm el-Sheikh entered their final scheduled day, the latest draft text allowed for double claiming under the Paris Agreement. That means a company can buy credit for an emission reduction that is also being counted by a country towards its climate goals. It would support US climate envoy John Kerry’s push for corporations to plug gaps in climate finance.
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/11/18/greenwash-alert-as-cop27-draft-allows-double-claiming-of-carbon-credits/
Climate Home News
Greenwash alert as Cop27 draft allows double claiming of carbon credits
Companies and countries could take credit for the same tonne of CO2 cut under rules being negotiated in Sharm el-Sheikh
Russian MoD reacts to a horrific video of Ukrainian forces executing Russian POWs
I remember being told by a Russian serviceman around Donetsk that his boys wished they were given a green light to NOT take any POWs (which means, to kill at spot). Now I understand why.
https://news.1rj.ru/str/mod_russia_en/5047
MoD RUssia:
◽️ New videographic evidence of massive execution inflicted by Ukrainian servicemen on the unarmed Russian prisoners of war confirms the atrocious nature of the current Kiev regime led by Zelensky and those who protect and support him.
◽️ Nobody will succeed in presenting the intentional and methodical murder committed by the degenerates from the Armed Forces of Ukraine through direct head-shots 10 immobilised Russian servicemen as a 'tragic exception' amid the allegedly entire compliance with the rights of prisoners of war by the Kiev regime.
◽️ Meanwhile, the Ukrainian servicemen, who surrendered this week, are held in accordance with all the requirements of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
◽️ The brutal murder of the Russian servicemen is neither the first, nor the single war crime. This is a common practice in the Armed Forces of Ukraine that is actively supported by the Kiev regime and straightforwardly ignored by its western patrons.
◽️ But Zelensky and his henchmen will be forced to stand trial of the court of history, peoples of Russia and Ukraine, for everyone, and for each tortured and murdered prisoner.
I remember being told by a Russian serviceman around Donetsk that his boys wished they were given a green light to NOT take any POWs (which means, to kill at spot). Now I understand why.
https://news.1rj.ru/str/mod_russia_en/5047
MoD RUssia:
◽️ New videographic evidence of massive execution inflicted by Ukrainian servicemen on the unarmed Russian prisoners of war confirms the atrocious nature of the current Kiev regime led by Zelensky and those who protect and support him.
◽️ Nobody will succeed in presenting the intentional and methodical murder committed by the degenerates from the Armed Forces of Ukraine through direct head-shots 10 immobilised Russian servicemen as a 'tragic exception' amid the allegedly entire compliance with the rights of prisoners of war by the Kiev regime.
◽️ Meanwhile, the Ukrainian servicemen, who surrendered this week, are held in accordance with all the requirements of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
◽️ The brutal murder of the Russian servicemen is neither the first, nor the single war crime. This is a common practice in the Armed Forces of Ukraine that is actively supported by the Kiev regime and straightforwardly ignored by its western patrons.
◽️ But Zelensky and his henchmen will be forced to stand trial of the court of history, peoples of Russia and Ukraine, for everyone, and for each tortured and murdered prisoner.
Telegram
Military Wave
❗️ The statement by the Russian Ministry of Defence on the footage of mass execution by Ukrainian army:
📍New videographic evidence of massive execution inflicted by Ukrainian servicemen on the unarmed Russian prisoners of war confirms the atrocious nature…
📍New videographic evidence of massive execution inflicted by Ukrainian servicemen on the unarmed Russian prisoners of war confirms the atrocious nature…
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New read from Kit Klarenberg and The Greyzone
(While personally I am often sceptical about Klarenberg’s sources since I have encountered this author few years back and had a chance to look into his unedited copies, I believe into different perspectives, alternative agenda & non-MSM journalism. It’s up to readers to fact-check, sorry to say that)
The Ukrainian government mysteriously disappeared online records of its fundraising arrangement with the FTX crypto scam just days before the scandal erupted. The initiative claims to have raised $60 million for Ukraine, but where did the money go?
Online records unearthed by The Grayzone claim tens of millions were raised by FTX for the Ukrainian government, and put to a variety of belligerent uses. But with the company now exposed as a Potemkin village lacking underlying assets, and major question marks hanging over whether its operations were from day one fraudulent top to bottom, where does that leave the supposedly successful donation scheme? Were those sums truly raised, and if so, to what purposes were they actually put?
https://thegrayzone.com/2022/11/15/ftx-ukraine-western-aid/
(While personally I am often sceptical about Klarenberg’s sources since I have encountered this author few years back and had a chance to look into his unedited copies, I believe into different perspectives, alternative agenda & non-MSM journalism. It’s up to readers to fact-check, sorry to say that)
The Ukrainian government mysteriously disappeared online records of its fundraising arrangement with the FTX crypto scam just days before the scandal erupted. The initiative claims to have raised $60 million for Ukraine, but where did the money go?
Online records unearthed by The Grayzone claim tens of millions were raised by FTX for the Ukrainian government, and put to a variety of belligerent uses. But with the company now exposed as a Potemkin village lacking underlying assets, and major question marks hanging over whether its operations were from day one fraudulent top to bottom, where does that leave the supposedly successful donation scheme? Were those sums truly raised, and if so, to what purposes were they actually put?
https://thegrayzone.com/2022/11/15/ftx-ukraine-western-aid/
The Grayzone
FTX partnership with Ukraine is latest chapter in shady Western aid saga - The Grayzone
The Ukrainian government mysteriously disappeared online records of its fundraising arrangement with the FTX crypto scam just days before the scandal erupted. The initiative claims to have raised $60 million for Ukraine, but where did the money go? The demise…
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How Blackrock's Larry Fink created the global energy crisis - Sott.net
...The energy crisis is a long-planned strategy of western corporate and political circles to dismantle industrial economies in the name of a dystopian Green Agenda...
...In a separate letter to Blackrock investor clients, Fink delivered the new agenda for capital investing. He declared that Blackrock will exit certain high-carbon investments such as coal, the largest source of electricity for the USA and many other countries. He added that Blackrock would screen new investment in oil, gas and coal to determine their adherence to the UN Agenda 2030 "sustainability."...
...The energy crisis is a long-planned strategy of western corporate and political circles to dismantle industrial economies in the name of a dystopian Green Agenda...
...In a separate letter to Blackrock investor clients, Fink delivered the new agenda for capital investing. He declared that Blackrock will exit certain high-carbon investments such as coal, the largest source of electricity for the USA and many other countries. He added that Blackrock would screen new investment in oil, gas and coal to determine their adherence to the UN Agenda 2030 "sustainability."...
Sott.net
How Blackrock's Larry Fink created the global energy crisis
Most people are bewildered by what is a global energy crisis, with prices for oil, gas and coal simultaneously soaring and even forcing closure of major industrial plants such as chemicals or...
Forwarded from Intel Republic
⚡️🗣 Regarding video of the execution of unarmed Russian servicemen by Ukrainian army, UN calls for investigation of allegations of human rights violations and bringing the perpetrators to justice - Deputy Chairman of the UN Secretary General Farhan Haq.
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Forwarded from The Kyiv Independent
⚡️ DTEK chief: Ukrainians should consider leaving country during winter to save energy.
Maksym Tymchenko, the CEO of Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK, said Ukrainians should consider finding an alternative place to stay for the winter if possible amid ongoing Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, reported BBC.
Tymchenko said reducing household energy consumption will help secure supply to critical facilities, such as hospitals housing injured soldiers.
Maksym Tymchenko, the CEO of Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK, said Ukrainians should consider finding an alternative place to stay for the winter if possible amid ongoing Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, reported BBC.
Tymchenko said reducing household energy consumption will help secure supply to critical facilities, such as hospitals housing injured soldiers.
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UK to provide Ukraine with $59 million defense aid package.
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said at a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Nov. 19 that the package will include 125 anti-aircraft guns and technology to counter Iranian drones, including radars and anti-drone electronic warfare capability.
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said at a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Nov. 19 that the package will include 125 anti-aircraft guns and technology to counter Iranian drones, including radars and anti-drone electronic warfare capability.
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⚡️⚡️ Key updates on Russia and #UkraineCrisis as on November 21
🔴Energy catastrophe
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is preparing for all possible scenarios due to attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, including by intensifying imports of energy-generating devices, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in a Facebook post.
As winter looms and the Russian missile strikes have crippled almost half of Ukraine's energy system, the humanitarian catastrophe risks are rising. The head of Ukraine's biggest private energy firm says people should consider leaving the country to reduce demand on the country's power network. "If they can find an alternative place to stay for another three or four months, it will be very helpful to the system," DTEK chief executive Maxim Timchenko told the BBC.
⚠️Playing with fire
As fighting intensifies in the east of Ukraine, where Russian forces pounded Ukrainian positions along the front line, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his Sunday adress, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said more than a dozen blasts shook the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station (ZNPP) on Saturday and Sunday.
IAEA head Rafael Grossi said the attacks were extremely disturbing and completely unacceptable. "Whoever is behind this, it must stop immediately. As I have said many times before, you're playing with fire!" Grossi said in a statement.
🇪🇺EU looks east
The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrel, advocated for the construction of transport corridors to Central Asia bypassing Russia. He believes that the European Union needs to tap the region's potential in energy supplies and imports of critical raw materials.
“It is clear that Russia but also China have played a major role in the region and continue to do so. Equally, it is obvious that the region is looking to diversify its relationships and that they see the EU as a partner of choice […] As EU, we have a clear interest to seize on these changes. We must deepen our ties with the region and tap into the vast potential it has to offer, in terms of energy supplies, critical raw materials and new transport corridors that do not depend on Russia (to so-called Middle Corridor or Trans Caspian Corridor),” he wrote.
📹ISW on Russian millbloggers
Following the investigation conducted by Russian independent media outlet The Bell on who is behind one of the most influential Russian Telegram channels, Rybar (it is a former employee of the Russian MoD’s press service, the publication found out), Washington-based Institute for the study of war (ISW) devotes its report to the rising influence of the milblogger (military correspondent or voenkor) community in Russia despite its increasingly critical commentary on the conduct of the war.
“The milblogger community is composed of a wide range of characters ranging from those who support the Kremlin while criticizing the Russian military command to some who have directly blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia’s consistent military failures in Ukraine. That the Kremlin tolerates the miblogger community is astonishing given its censorship of other more traditional outlets including opposition and foreign media,” the report says.
⭕“Boosting morale”
In Belgorod, two servicemen who refused to carry out orders were demonstrativley detained. This is the first time since the beginning of Russia’s “special operation” that a criminal prosecution has been initiated (they dace up to 3 years in prison). The video was widely disseminated on social media. Many commenters believe, it was done in order to prevent others from refusing to go to the frontline.
👉Follow t.me/russiawire for daily updates, analytics, and ground reportage from Russia, Donbass, and the neighbourhood.
🔴Energy catastrophe
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is preparing for all possible scenarios due to attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, including by intensifying imports of energy-generating devices, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in a Facebook post.
As winter looms and the Russian missile strikes have crippled almost half of Ukraine's energy system, the humanitarian catastrophe risks are rising. The head of Ukraine's biggest private energy firm says people should consider leaving the country to reduce demand on the country's power network. "If they can find an alternative place to stay for another three or four months, it will be very helpful to the system," DTEK chief executive Maxim Timchenko told the BBC.
⚠️Playing with fire
As fighting intensifies in the east of Ukraine, where Russian forces pounded Ukrainian positions along the front line, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his Sunday adress, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said more than a dozen blasts shook the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station (ZNPP) on Saturday and Sunday.
IAEA head Rafael Grossi said the attacks were extremely disturbing and completely unacceptable. "Whoever is behind this, it must stop immediately. As I have said many times before, you're playing with fire!" Grossi said in a statement.
🇪🇺EU looks east
The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrel, advocated for the construction of transport corridors to Central Asia bypassing Russia. He believes that the European Union needs to tap the region's potential in energy supplies and imports of critical raw materials.
“It is clear that Russia but also China have played a major role in the region and continue to do so. Equally, it is obvious that the region is looking to diversify its relationships and that they see the EU as a partner of choice […] As EU, we have a clear interest to seize on these changes. We must deepen our ties with the region and tap into the vast potential it has to offer, in terms of energy supplies, critical raw materials and new transport corridors that do not depend on Russia (to so-called Middle Corridor or Trans Caspian Corridor),” he wrote.
📹ISW on Russian millbloggers
Following the investigation conducted by Russian independent media outlet The Bell on who is behind one of the most influential Russian Telegram channels, Rybar (it is a former employee of the Russian MoD’s press service, the publication found out), Washington-based Institute for the study of war (ISW) devotes its report to the rising influence of the milblogger (military correspondent or voenkor) community in Russia despite its increasingly critical commentary on the conduct of the war.
“The milblogger community is composed of a wide range of characters ranging from those who support the Kremlin while criticizing the Russian military command to some who have directly blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia’s consistent military failures in Ukraine. That the Kremlin tolerates the miblogger community is astonishing given its censorship of other more traditional outlets including opposition and foreign media,” the report says.
⭕“Boosting morale”
In Belgorod, two servicemen who refused to carry out orders were demonstrativley detained. This is the first time since the beginning of Russia’s “special operation” that a criminal prosecution has been initiated (they dace up to 3 years in prison). The video was widely disseminated on social media. Many commenters believe, it was done in order to prevent others from refusing to go to the frontline.
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Russian war correspondent Alexander Kots posts the update from the fronline
“It’s the best job ever”, he says in the video
https://news.1rj.ru/str/sashakots/37261
Russian war correspondent Alexander Kots posts the update from the fronline
“It’s the best job ever”, he says in the video
https://news.1rj.ru/str/sashakots/37261
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«Это лучшая работа в мире» 😉
Где-то на Сватовском рубеже.
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Где-то на Сватовском рубеже.
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❗️ Power supply was cut off at four mines in Donetsk due to damage of the transmission lines, 59 miners remain underground, the DPR Ministry of Emergency Situations announced.
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As the war in the Ukraine continues, as Russia attempts to break enemy defenses, Western equipment in-theater is not only broken, but it is also breaking the bank. Let’s take a look…
https://gpovanman.wordpress.com/2022/11/20/the-battle-of-the-budgets/
https://gpovanman.wordpress.com/2022/11/20/the-battle-of-the-budgets/
The van says…
The Battle of the Budgets.
Each of those (very accurate) ATACMS missiles costs over $1m apiece. That’s great if you’re an arms manufacturer or a shareholder. Not so good if you happen to be the government paying for them. Pr…
Statement of the day by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Poland incident
https://news.1rj.ru/str/PS_peoplesay/1191
https://news.1rj.ru/str/PS_peoplesay/1191
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🇧🇾'Looks like an arrangement.' President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko expressed his opinion about the shelling of the territory of Poland by the Ukrainian military.
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⚠️The IAEA experts were provided with a highly qualified ballistics expert during the inspection of the firing sites at the Zaporozhye NPP, Rosenergoatom reported.
Also, the IAEA experts were provided with information that on November 19-20, the APU fired at the NPP from Manganese in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the adviser to the head of Rosenergoatom was quoted by TASS as saying.
Russian MFA spokesperson Maria Zakharova blamed Kyiv on “playing with fire” by continuing strikes on ZNPP over the weekend. “Fortunately, significant damage to the NPP was avoided, no radiation release occurred. But the situation was teetering on a critical line, which, quite likely, could be followed by a man-made disaster,” she said.
❗️What’s more interesting, some Russian telegram channels already discuss options before Moscow to give up Enerhodar where ZNPP is located:
“Everything goes to the fact that the Kremlin will transfer control over the Zaporizhzhya NPP to the IAEA and then to Kyiv. The road map will be signed by the head of the IAEA, an Argentinean and a friend of the Pope, Rafael Grossi. Moscow considers the conditions of Zelensky / Grossi / Francis acceptable, any agreements with him are legitimate, no matter what the speaker of the Duma Volodin says…” a popular @obrazbuduschego2 channel wrote.
Also, the IAEA experts were provided with information that on November 19-20, the APU fired at the NPP from Manganese in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the adviser to the head of Rosenergoatom was quoted by TASS as saying.
Russian MFA spokesperson Maria Zakharova blamed Kyiv on “playing with fire” by continuing strikes on ZNPP over the weekend. “Fortunately, significant damage to the NPP was avoided, no radiation release occurred. But the situation was teetering on a critical line, which, quite likely, could be followed by a man-made disaster,” she said.
❗️What’s more interesting, some Russian telegram channels already discuss options before Moscow to give up Enerhodar where ZNPP is located:
“Everything goes to the fact that the Kremlin will transfer control over the Zaporizhzhya NPP to the IAEA and then to Kyiv. The road map will be signed by the head of the IAEA, an Argentinean and a friend of the Pope, Rafael Grossi. Moscow considers the conditions of Zelensky / Grossi / Francis acceptable, any agreements with him are legitimate, no matter what the speaker of the Duma Volodin says…” a popular @obrazbuduschego2 channel wrote.