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More than 100 rescuers are clearing the rubble and looking for people under the rubble after the Russian attack in the Dnieper - Valentin Reznichenko
Physicians, cynologists, utilities work. Residents of neighboring houses also come to the rescue.
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“Thanks to everyone who helps. It’s very hard for us, but we will stand,” the head of the OVA notes.
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"Their war is a destroyed house in the Dnieper" - Vadym Denisenko on Russian tactics of rocket fire on civilians in Ukraine
My friend Vadim Denisenko of the Ukrainian Institute for the Future thinks massive rocket attacks are a way to intimidate Ukrainians amid
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rising socio-economic stratification in Russia.
"Unfortunately, their war is a destroyed house in the Dnieper. And this is their only strategy: they will not show anything new. Except for one thing: for the first time in 10 months of the war, I believe with confidence
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that they will soon begin local socio-economic unrest. Not yet global, namely local riots. Therefore, they need to scare us with something, "says the expert.
1/ Command post of the Russian army with North Korean generals? The probable target of the Storm Shadow attack on Kurshchyna became known
Ukraine began using not only ATACMS ballistic missiles, but also Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles for attacks on Russian territory. One of these strikes was an object in the Kursk region, in particular, in the village of Maryine.
The target of the missile attack was probably the underground command post of the Russian troops, which could be used not only for communication, but also for the coordination of military operations. All details: war.obozrevatel.com/ukr/komandnij-…
2/ Ukraine began using not only ATACMS ballistic missiles, but also Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles for attacks on the territory of Russia. One of these strikes was an object in the Kursk region, in particular in the village of Maryino. obozrevatel.com/ukr/entity/sto…
3/ The target of the missile attack was probably the underground command post of the Russian troops , which could be used not only for communication, but also for coordinating military operations. Defense Express writes about it . defence-ua.com/news/shozhe_sc…
1/ #Russia is losing stocks of Soviet equipment in the war against Ukraine: ISW @TheStudyofWar told what problems the Kremlin will face in 2025 war.obozrevatel.com/ukr/rosiya-vtr…
2/ Launching a full-scale invasion of #Ukraine️ at the end of February 2022 , the Kremlin counted on a quick fall of the victim of aggression, the capture of #Kyiv in three days and the installation of a puppet government there. obozrevatel.com/ukr/topic/vojn…
The thousand days that have passed since then have shown the fallacy of such a calculation and put Russia in a situation of constant decline in its military power
3/ Currently, the Russian Federation is forced to remove Soviet armored vehicles and weapons from its warehouses, the pace of losses both in equipment and in manpower is bringing Moscow to the limit beyond which it will no longer have the opportunity to replenish them. The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) understandingwar.org/backgrounder/r…
- spoke about the trap into which the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin drove himself and his army, as well as what awaits the Russian Federation next year
1/ To hold the Kursk region and not only": the political scientist explained what the USA is counting on by allowing Ukraine to use long-range weapons on the territory of the Russian Federation
The USA, having given Ukraine a "green light" to use long-range weapons on the territory of the Russian Federation, does not think that this will fundamentally change the course of the war. However, as The New York Times and Washington Post write, the White House expects that Kyiv will at least be able to stop the active advance of Russian troops
There is probably an assumption that Ukraine will be forced to sit down at the negotiating table. And in order to balance the territories, Ukraine needs to have its forces in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, said political scientist-American Oleksandra Filipenko
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2/ The USA, having given Ukraine a "green light" to use long-range weapons on the territory of the Russian Federation , do not think that this will fundamentally change the course of the war. However, as The New York Times and Washington Post write, the White House expects that Kyiv will at least be able to stop the active advance of Russian troops. obozrevatel.com/ukr/topic/udar…
Probably, there is an assumption that Ukraine will still be forced to sit down at the negotiating table. And in order to balance the territories, Ukraine needs to have its own forces in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. American political scientist Oleksandra Filipenko said this in an interview.
"In order for this Kursk region to be a part, let's say, controlled by Ukraine, and this was a way of putting pressure on the Russian side, accordingly, this is what ATACMS can help with," she said. This permission from the States also has a great psychological significance.
The reason why Washington made such a decision after all is the participation of North Korean troops in the war against Ukraine, which worries the USA and China very much. In this there is a point of contact in the interests of the last two countries.
3/ China does not at all want North Korea to enter the orbit of, let's say, Moscow. China does not at all want North Korea to rely on anyone else, except, as a matter of fact, China, which has always been the only, so to speak, savior of North Korea .
The US is very afraid of what kind of technology North Korea receives in response to this help. It is missile technology or some kind of technology," Filipenko explained.
She believes that such a step by the Americans can be a pressure on Beijing to restrain North Korea. The political scientist does not rule out that the meeting of the leaders Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, which took place the other day and had a very friendly character, also touched on this topic.
1/ Enough for three months: the ISW assessed whether the possible involvement of 100,000 would save Russia. DPRK soldiers before the war
North Korea continues to provide military support to Russia, including the provision of missile and artillery systems and the potential deployment of additional troops.
It is predicted that this may affect the military operations of the aggressor in the short term, but the long-term benefits for him remain limited.
2/ Even the gradual deployment of 100,000 troops from the DPRK is unlikely to allow the Russian Federation to compensate for the current high level of casualties. Analysts of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) came to this conclusion understandingwar.org/backgrounder/r…
3/ Even the gradual deployment of 100,000 troops from the DPRK is unlikely to allow the Russian Federation to compensate for the current high level of casualties. Analysts of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) came to this conclusion . understandingwar.org/backgrounder/r…
2/ On November 17, the aggressor country Russia carried out the most massive combined attack on Ukraine in the entire full-scale war , using 210 means of air attack . The defenders of the sky shot down 102 Russian missiles of various types and 42 drones , almost as many drones were lost in location.
Anti-aircraft defense worked in almost all regions , in some there are defeats with victims and victims. The command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told about the repulse of the attack, which began as early as 20:00 of the previous day .
"The Russian occupiers carried out a massive combined strike on the facilities of the energy sector of Ukraine with various types of air-, land- and sea-based missiles, as well as Shahed-type attack UAVs. In general, according to preliminary data, the radio engineering forces of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine identified and escorted 210 enemy air targets - 120 missiles and 90 drones ," the military said.
– 90 attack UAVs/drones of an unspecified type (from the Kursk, Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk regions of the Russian Federation).
The enemy involved seven Tu-160 and 16 Tu-95MS strategic bombers , two Tu-22M3 long-range bombers, five Su-34 fighter-bombers , four Su-27 fighters, 10 MiG-31K fighters, four ships - carriers of cruise missiles," the message says.
3/ During the night, all available forces and means of air defense worked on the tracking route of missiles and drones. Aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, EW devices and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine were involved.
As of 12:00 p.m., it is known that 144 air targets were shot down - 102 missiles and 42 drones . In particular, the defenders of the sky destroyed the Zircon missile, seven Daggers, 85 Kh-101 and Calibers, four Kh-22/Kh-31P, five Kh-59/69 , as well as 42 drones .
As a result of the active resistance of the defenders, 41 enemy UAVs were lost in location in different regions of Ukraine, two more flew towards the Russian Federation and the temporarily occupied territory .
Anti-aircraft defense worked in Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, Volyn and Lviv regions.
1/ Robert Fico's pro-Russian government risks losing power: #Slovakia's parliamentary coalition is in danger of collapsing news.obozrevatel.com/ukr/abroad/pro…
At the beginning of November of this year, the split in the party coalition of the Parliament of Slovakia intensified, which may lead to early elections in the country.
Given the gradual decline in the popularity of the current government's policies, this may threaten the pro-Russian leader of Slovakia, Prime Minister Robert Fico, with the loss of his position, and as a result, changes in the foreign policy of official Bratislava
The split in Slovakia's ruling coalition is intensifying
It is worth noting that the problems in the ruling coalition , which consists of three political parties - Smer (the party of the current head of government Robert Fico), Hlas (the party of the current president of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini) and SNS (the deputy speaker of the Slovak parliament Andrej Danko), began back in September 2024 year.
After the elections, the post of Speaker of the National Council of Slovakia became vacant, and the parties Pellegrini and Danko are still contending for the vacant seat, but the coalition cannot agree on a candidate. euractiv.com/section/politi…