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Crimean media report that a bridge fell down in Dzhankoy, Russian-occupied Crimea.
There were vehicles on it during the accident. Authorities reported two people were injured.
Mosfilm film studio boasted to Putin it handed over tanks and armored vehicles produced in the 1950s, stored in the studio's warehouse, for the "SMO needs."
"We are proud of Mosfilm," Putin answered.
"We provided charitable support of eight million rubles this year, including six million for the SMO needs. By the way, in 2023, we handed over to the armed forces 28 T-55 tanks, eight PT-76 tanks, six APCs, and eight tractor units, which we had stored at the military-technical base," Mosfilm director told Putin.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres shook hands with Russian PM Mishustin.
Mishustin complained to Guterres that "illegal visa restrictions" from the US "prevent Russian representatives from normally participating in the work of the UN General Assembly".
Honestly, at this point, why don't we move the whole institution to Russia?
I've been increasingly sarcastic lately, but I can't help it.
Information appeared online that the captain killed in Sevastopol was Valeriy Trankovskiy, head of staff of missile ships in the Black Sea Fleet.
Transkovskiy is a war criminal who gave orders to launch cruise missiles at civilian objects in Ukraine that killed a lot of civilians.
Russia is an empire – we all know this.
Not only because of their current imperialist expansion in Ukraine, but also because of countless other such expansions that happened over the centuries.
Kazakh politician Ualikhan Kaisarov lays it all out fairly clearly – Russia currently holds massive territories that once belonged to Kazakhstan or are populated by ethnic Kazakhs.
And it’s not only Kazakhstan. Ukraine, Georgia, Finland, Germany, Japan, China – they all have historic lands currently within the Russian Federation, which were taken by force, coerced or annexed throughout the centuries.
Unlike Russia, though, these countries have respect for international agreements and sovereignty.
As the weather gets colder, communal collapse resumes in Russia: according to local media, a part of Yekaterinburg turned into a sauna due to a leak in pipes. So far, the exact location of the leak has not been found. Asphalt started to collapse in that area of the city.
It is minus 3 degrees Celsius in Yekaterinburg and snowing today, weather websites report.
Putin doesn't care how many Russians suffer as he spends billions on war every day.
"World War II wasn't like this war. This war is a difficult one. I don't know what this evil spirit [Putin] needed that he went to war on us. We lived like an ordinary people."
Mrs Nina is 98 years old. She is from Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region and lived through World War II.
Because of the constant Russian attacks and the threat of the front drawing closer, she asked social services to help her move to a shelter in Dnipro.
📹: donbass_realii/TikTok
British PM Sir Keir Starmer will press President Biden to allow strikes into Russia using Storm Shadow missiles and to release a $20 billion loan for Ukraine before he leaves office, - Telegraph.
Keir Starmer wants to meet with the US President in Brazil next week, on the sidelines of the G20 Summit.
He has already met with Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Monday to discuss the potential lift of the ban on the use of Storm Shadows – missiles made by UK and France, but used in US-made systems. Both French and British leaders advocate to allow Ukraine to strike deep within Russian territory, but this move has been opposed by Joe Biden’s administration thus far.
He also wants the US President to deliver on the promise made at the G7 Summit in June. Back then, the leaders agreed to provide a $50 billion loan to Ukraine, partially funded by interest from frozen Russian assets, out of which the USA was supposed to provide $20 billion. The money has not yet been released, and Sir Keir wants to speed up the process in case the next administration will renege on this promise.
Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/11/11/keir-starmer-demand-biden-ukraine-20bn-before-trump-talks/
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte explaining in clear terms why Russia's strengthening alliance with Iran and North Korea presents a grave danger to the whole world.
This is not a local conflict. This is fundamental.
Instead of a thousand words.
A 91-year-old woman remembers World War II really well. She was a child then. Now, she is living through the Russian-Ukrainian war in Pokrovsk.
Such a number of human tragedies caused by Russia...
📷: Eddy van Wessel/Instagram
A Russian attempt to storm Ukrainian positions from two directions – a frontal assault by armored columns and an attempt to land in the flank on rubber boats.
This attempt at landing completely failed, as did the frontal assault, in which most of the combat vehicles were knocked out in stages.
The enemy moved out simultaneously to disorient and disperse our defense. But our Defenders were ready for everything.
📹: 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade
Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union and a candidate for chancellor, has announced his intent to issue an ultimatum to Putin:
If elected, he may give Russia a 24-hour deadline to end the war. If this demand is not met, he may advocate delivering Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine, potentially enabling strikes on Russian territory.
"I am open to it and have suggested giving the government in Kyiv the right to say: If the bombing of civilians does not stop within 24 hours, the range restrictions on the available weapons will be jointly lifted. If that’s not enough, the Taurus missiles will be delivered a week later. This would allow Ukraine to regain the initiative," Merz stated in an interview with Stern.
Medvedev already reacted to this, saying "the missiles won't be able to make any sufficient changes in the course of combat" and their supply would "increase the risk of the conflict moving on to the most dangerous stage."
The speed of the Russian reaction is a good indicator that long-range weapons used on Russian territory will, in fact, be significant in the course of war.
I know I have many followers from Germany. What are your thoughts, friends?
Source: https://www.stern.de/politik/deutschland/friedrich-merz-erklaert-seinen-kanzlerplan--trump--rente--jobs-35212552.html
I think it is worth repeating the basic facts.
◾️ Russia treacherously attacked Ukraine and started a war.
🔹 Ukraine defends herself.
◾️ Russia continues the war and escalation.
🔹 Ukraine defends herself against terror and genocide.
◾️ As soon as Russia stops attacking, the war will end.
🔹 Ukraine's allies are not doing charity, they are making an investment in collective defense.
‼️ Russia has to be forced to peace, not Ukraine.
Otherwise, at this rate, we will soon see statements like "Ukraine heads NATO and attacks Russia" - and they won't come from Russian propagandists.
Russia will see all this and will start demanding reparations from the West while Putin receives his Nobel Peace Prize.
Pardon my sarcasm.
A satellite image has recently appeared online, capturing the process of equipping and preparing the Russian R-30 Bulava ICBM, a critical component of Russia’s nuclear triad deployed on Project 955 Borei-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, Defense Express reports.
The sea-based ICBM will likely be loaded onto a Project 955 submarine.
Specialized Russian sources were the first to highlight this image. They assert that it depicts operations by the 12th Chief Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, the branch responsible for handling nuclear weaponry.
It is probable that this was done deliberately, to continue Russian nuclear saber-rattling.
Source: https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and_tech/satellite_reveals_russias_r_30_bulava_nuclear_missile_preparation_from_space-12501.html
Russian media report a drone attack at an oil depot in Belgorod region last night. One petroleum tank is reportedly on fire.
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Russia holds a lot of territories that were once Chinese. While feeding the Russian war machine with one hand, Beijing is probably sharpening a carving knife with the other.
China will be the first in line to get a piece of a weakened Russia – starting with getting back Chinese ethnic lands and potentially expanding even further to grab parts of Asian Russia, rich with natural resources. After all, Russia did the same to China before…
▪️In the 19th century, China under the Qing dynasty concluded several treaties with tsarist Russia, which transferred a lot of lands in what is now the Russian Far East under St. Petersburg’s rule. A total of 1.4 million sq km of Chinese territories – including the whole area east of the Ussuri, and north and east of the Amur River to the Pacific Coast – ended up first in the Russian Empire, then in the USSR, and finally under modern-day Russian Federation. The treaties are largely considered unfair, as China was weakened at the time by the Opium Wars and other factors.
▪️For a long time, these as well as other lands that once belonged to China (some estimate the area to be at almost 6 million sq km) were subject of territorial disputes between them and Russia. In fact, in the early days of Soviet Union, Moscow made promises to China that they would return to the Chinese people “all that had been taken from them by the Tsarist empire” – but this promise was never fulfilled.
▪️Today, Putin’s Russia and Xi’s China are close friends and partners. But for a long time Moscow was not receptive to Beijing’s offers to expand its presence in the Russian Far East precisely because Putin was afraid that it might create tensions between them over these lands, and may even be laying the groundwork for a reopening of disputes over them.
▪️However, in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this cooperation has started to grow. Xi has committed to invest over $160 billion in projects in Russia in 2023, mainly targeting the historic Chinese lands around Khabarovsk and Vladivostok.
The expansion of China's economic influence is strategic.
On the one hand, Beijing is expecting to turn a profit by investing in critical infrastructure and industries in Russia at a time when no one else will because of the Western sanctions. This strengthens the partnership between the two countries in a time of Russia’s international alienation – something Moscow is unlikely to forget.
On the other hand, China is ready to pounce at the first sign of weakness of Russia. If the war ends in a decisive defeat of Russia, and the country enters a period of internal instability, China will not hesitate to take back their historic lands, and maybe more, if they can. The increased investment in the Far East now is laying the groundwork for this eventuality.
"When I listen to Putin...I hear the voice of Hitler... If he succeeded in Ukraine, around the world, it would look like the West had been defeated. It was the extinction of democracy." - Boris Johnson on GBNews.
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Shoigu is in China with a four-day visit. He has meetings planned with leaders of China.
He promised to increase the cooperation of Russian and Chinese security agencies, Russian media report.
Of course, there are non-public meetings as well.
After being fired, Shoigu has been removed from Russia's leaders. This visit can signify him coming back into the circle. It's curious who nominated him for the visit - Russia or China. That could say a lot about the messages either country is trying to send to each other.
Information appeared online that the captain killed in Sevastopol was Valeriy Trankovskiy, head of staff of missile ships in the Black Sea Fleet.
Transkovskiy is a war criminal who gave orders to launch cruise missiles at civilian objects in Ukraine that killed a lot of civilians.
Russian propagandists are mocking not only Donald Trump's wife, Melania but also the future US president himself, calling him "ginger" and "Donya."
They will never realize how small and stupid they look while they do that.
Crimean Telegram channels report that a vehicle was blown up in Russian-occupied Sevastopol. Allegedly, a captain of the 1st rank of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was in the car. He was killed.
According to media reports, a car with an improvised explosive device flew into the air.
This morning, Russia launched a missile and drone attack on Kyiv, in the middle of the morning rush hour. Explosions were heard.
📹: Morning sounds in Ukraine - incessant explosions for almost 1,000 days now
Source: mamma_lenna/TikTok
Attention, France!
Russian propagandist Solovyev is cursing at President Macron and wants to burn Paris to the ground.
“French citizens, leave Paris immediately. The city will burn in a righteous fire.”
They would not stop at Ukraine, that much has always been clear.
"Americans prayed as best they could that a worthy candidate would win. But Putin did not take part in the American elections."
Russians mock both Republicans and Democrats.
For Russia, the United States and the American people are the enemy. It doesn't matter to them who won. They hate everyone equally.
Russian propagandist Skabeyeva:
"Whether Donald Trump does or doesn't want to bring Ukraine and Russia to the negotiating table is not Donald's call. Not yet, at least."
Victory of Ukraine is a priority for us all. The situation on the battlefield is very difficult. That is why we must keep on working every day... This must be underpinned by a clear path for Ukraine to join the European Union," – Kaja Kallas.
Kaja Kallas emphasized that by supporting Ukraine, the EU is fighting for its own European security and European values, defending the UN Charter and its global principles.
Such an awful symmetry...
First, in Lviv, on September 4, a missile launched by Russia killed an entire family – a mother and her three daughters. Only the dad survived.
Then, in Sumy on October 22, an entire family was killed in the same way – a woman, her sister, and 14-year-old daughter. The dad survived.
Now in Kryvyi Rih, on November 11, mom Olena and her three kids – 10-year-old Kyrylo, 2.8-year-old Demyd and 2-month-old Uliana were killed by a Russian strike. Their dad survived and was waiting outside while the rubble was being cleared and their bodies were found...
So many terrible tragedies around us caused by Russia.
⚡️It's possible that Taiwan donated its surplus HAWK surface-to-air missile batteries to Ukrainian Air Forces - Forbes, citing a former Pentagon official.
Thank you, Taiwan! 🇹🇼🇺🇦
"The HAWK is more than 60 years old. But it’s simple, reliable, highly-mobile on its towed launchers, easy to upgrade and works just fine against slower drones, cruise missiles and manned aircraft," David Axe writes.
Air defense systems are incredibly important. They save lives.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/11/12/taiwan-may-have-rearmed-ukraines-air-defense-force/
A Russian missile killed a mom and three of her children in Kryvyi Rih – Kyrylo, 10, Demyd,2, Uliana, 2 months. Their mom Olena was 32.
Maksym, the dad, survived. He was in another room during the strike.
Deepest condolences.
Russian propagandists mock foreign ambassadors.
Their venom is oozing out of them. They really hate everyone. Diplomacy, international relations mean nothing to these creatures.