Ukraine’s First Lady has called on the West to accompany her country as Putin continues to face heavy losses.
Olena Zelenska pleaded with Ukraine’s allies to remain united in their fight for the besieged country and not fall victim to “war fatigue. “
Speaking to The Times, he said: “It’s quite understandable that the West is tired. However, this phrase, I hear it quite a bit, war fatigue, is a rather harmful phrase for us because it is precisely what our opponent wants. “
“They hope that other people and the world will get tired of the unhappy news and that Ukraine will disappear from the front pages. Then they would feel like they have permission to do whatever they want. “
This comes as Putin continues to face casualties, with Ukraine’s Defense Ministry reporting that Russian casualties have surpassed 90,000.
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According to a new report from the British Ministry of Defense, Russia’s withdrawal of Kherson last month brought the Ukrainian army with a set of new opportunities.
The text reads: “Russia’s withdrawal from the western bank of the Dnipro River last month provided the Ukrainian armed forces with an opportunity to attack other Russian logistics nodes and lines of communication.
“This risk peak probably led Russian logisticians to move the source nodes, adding rail movement points, further south and east.
“Russian logistics teams will have to carry out labor-intensive loading and unloading from rail transport to road transport. Thereafter, road movements will remain for Ukrainian artillery as they move towards Russian forward defensive positions.
“Russia’s munitions shortage (exacerbated by those logistical challenges) is probably one of the main points that lately restrict Russia’s chances of restarting effective large-scale offensive floor operations. “
The Ukrainian president met this week with British survivor Bear Grylls, ahead of a televised collaboration on the war in Ukraine.
Grylls shared a photo on Instagram and wrote, “This week I had the privilege of traveling to Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and spending time with President Zelensky. It was a delight like no other for me. As the country enters winter and its infrastructure is under attack, the survival of millions of people is a daily struggle.
“Through this special program, the world will see an aspect of Preaspectnt Zelenskyy that has never been shown before. What I wanted to ask was how I was. . . They gave me so much more. The program is coming soon. Thank you Preaspectnt Zelenskyy for your hospitality in those difficult times. Stay strong. “
The United States has added the Russian-backed Wagner mercenary organization to its blacklist of freedoms.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said today: “Governments and non-state actors around the world are harassing, threatening, imprisoning and even killing Americans because of their beliefs.
“In some cases, they stifle people’s freedom or confidence to seize opportunities for political ends.
“These moves are divisive, undermine economic security and threaten political stability and peace. The United States will stand idly by in the face of such abuses. “
The Kremlin has rejected Joe Biden’s proposal for talks between Ukraine and Vladimir Putin, vowing that Moscow’s bloody invasion will continue.
Vladimir Putin’s puppet spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said Russia is not willing to adhere to Joe Biden’s demands that the invaders leave Ukraine to end Ukraine’s bloody war.
Peskov told reporters: “What did President Biden really say?He said negotiations would only be imaginable after Putin left Ukraine,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding that Moscow was “certainly” not in a position to settle for the conditions.
“The army’s special operation continues,” he added.
During a state stopover before French President Emmanuel Macron, Biden said Thursday he would be willing to communicate with Putin if the Russian leader wanted to end the fighting.
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The White House welcomed the EU’s resolution to limit the value of Russian oil to $60.
The ruling will mean that buying Russian oil for more than $60 a barrel is illegal.
“We still believe. . . that a value cap will restrict the capacity of M. Putin to take advantage of the oil market so he can continue to fund a war device that continues to kill innocent Ukrainians,” national security spokesman John Kirby said in a statement. Interview with journalists today.
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his German counterpart Olaf Scholz on Friday that Moscow’s attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure are “inevitable” and accused the West of pursuing “destructive” policies, the Kremlin said.
“Such measures have become a forced and inevitable reaction to Kyiv’s provocative attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure,” the Kremlin said after the phone calls.
The Kremlin added: “Attention has been drawn to the destructive line of Western states, adding Germany, which is pumping weapons to the Kyiv regime and the Ukrainian army. “
European Union countries have agreed to limit the price of Russian oil to $60 a barrel, according to Al Jazeera.
As a result of this decision, selling oil at a lower price will be illegal.
The head of the IAEA, the U. N. nuclear watchdog, said Ukraine could see an established zone by the end of the year at the Zaporizhzhia plant.
Europe’s nuclear power plant has been heavily bombed since the Russian invasion began.
“There is a concrete proposal to secure Zaporizhzhia and progress has been made,” said Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
According to a new report from the British Ministry of Defense, Russia’s withdrawal of Kherson last month brought the Ukrainian army with a set of new opportunities.
The text reads: “Russia’s withdrawal from the western bank of the Dnipro River last month provided the Ukrainian armed forces with an opportunity to attack other Russian logistics nodes and lines of communication.
“This risk peak probably led Russian logisticians to move the source nodes, adding rail movement points, further south and east.
“Russian logistics teams will have to carry out labor-intensive loading and unloading from rail transport to road transport. Thereafter, road movements will remain for Ukrainian artillery as they move towards Russian forward defensive positions.
“Russia’s munitions shortage (exacerbated by those logistical challenges) is probably one of the main points that lately restrict Russia’s chances of restarting effective large-scale offensive floor operations. “
Speaking to the Times, Olena Zelenska spoke about the damage caused by Russia’s attacks on civilian infrastructure ahead of a freezing winter.
He said, “It would be saying those things don’t scare us, yes, but we know we have to go through this.
“Winter is treacherous and that’s what they count on, it’s not the first time they’ve used the force of nature against civilians. “
Speaking to the Times, Ukraine first called on its country’s allies to remain strong in the face of so-called “war fatigue. “
She said: It is quite understandable that the West is tired. However, this word, I hear it quite a bit, war fatigue, is a rather harmful word for us because it is precisely what our adversary wants.
“They hope that other people and the world will tire of the bad news and that Ukraine will disappear from the front pages. Then they would feel empowered to do whatever they want. “
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on Putin for a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine, but condemns Russia’s attacks on civilian infrastructure.
Following a verbal exchange between the two leaders, Scholz’s spokesman said: “The chancellor specifically condemned Russian airstrikes on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine and pressed Germany’s determination for Ukraine to ensure its ability to protect against Russian aggression. “
European Council President Charles Michel on China using its influence with Russia to move towards peace in Ukraine.
During his trip to Beijing, Michel allegedly spoke at length about the scenario in Ukraine.
“I suggested to President Xi, as we did at our EU-China summit in April, that he use his influence over Russia to comply with the UN charter,” he said.
Ukrainian officials said six European countries have sent packages containing “animal eyes” to their Ukrainian embassies.
Buildings in Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, Italy and the Czech Republic won the “bloody packages,” according to Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko.
This comes just days after a package containing explosives was sent to the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid.
Writing on Facebook, Nikolenko quoted Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba as saying, “We have an explanation as to why a well-planned crusade of terror and intimidation of Ukrainian embassies and consulates is underway. “
Once again, the Ministry of Defense shared a look at the battlefield in Ukraine.
Take a look at the existing ones below.
This week, news suggests that Russian forces are fleeing further away from the bank of the Dnipro, after leaving Kherson last month.
The Ukrainian president met this week with British survivor Bear Grylls, ahead of a televised collaboration on the war in Ukraine.
Grylls shared a photo on Instagram and wrote, “This week I had the privilege of traveling to Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and spending time with President Zelensky. It was a delight like no other for me. As the country enters winter and its infrastructure is under attack, the survival of millions of people is a daily struggle.
“Through this special program, the world will see an aspect of Preaspectnt Zelenskyy that has never been shown before. What I wanted to ask was how I was. . . They gave me so much more. The program is coming soon. Thank you Preaspectnt Zelenskyy for your hospitality in those difficult times. Stay strong. “
Russian losses exceeded 90,000 for Ukrainian army sources.
According to reports, 650 of those losses occurred within 24 hours.
This comes as Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine enters its month.
The British Ministry of Defense has shared new data related to the Russian bombing of Ukraine’s electrical infrastructure.
He said: “Since October 2022, Russia has continuously attacked Ukraine’s electric power distribution network, basically with cruise missiles.
“This is probably the first example of Russia attempting to put into effect the concept of a Strategic Operation for the Destruction of Critical Targets (SODCIT), a key detail of the army doctrine it has followed in recent years.
“Russian movements continue to cause power shortages, causing indiscriminate and humanitarian suffering throughout Ukraine.
“However, its effectiveness as a strategy has been undermined because Russia has already spent much of its appropriate missiles in opposition to tactical targets.
“Moreover, given that Ukraine has effectively mobilized for nine months, the mental effect and curtains of SODCIT is less than if it had been deployed in the early era of a war. “
Spanish police have cordoned off the surroundings of the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid.
This comes two days after a letter bomb exploded and injured a member of the embassy, public broadcaster TVE reported on Friday.
Ukraine fired a very sensible engineer at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
State power company Energoatom accuses him of involvement with Russian forces and has suggested other Ukrainian workers at the plant stand firm in Kyiv.
The company’s boss appealed a day after Russia announced it had promoted Ukrainian engineer Yuriy Chernichuk to the post of director of the vast plant in southeastern Ukraine.
“Instead of making any and all efforts to liberate the station as temporarily as possible, it helped the Russian occupiers legalize its seizure and is now inciting other nuclear personnel to do so,” Energoatom leader Petro Kotin said.
Disney Channel will block broadcasting in Russia from Dec. 14, the Kommersant newspaper reported Friday.
According to the report, it will be replaced by a new children’s channel “Solntse”.
Switzerland showed on Thursday that it had frozen a total of 7. 5 billion Swiss francs (£6. 5 billion) of Russian assets to date.
This resolution relates to the sanctions imposed following those imposed by Moscow in Ukraine.
The amount, which has been fluctuating for months, exceeds by almost one billion francs the figure reported through the Secretary of State for the Economy (SECO) in July.
Switzerland, a favorite destination for wealthy Russians and their assets, has also noted the seizure of 15 Russian homes, he said.
Erwin Bollinger, head of bilateral economic relations at SECO, told reporters that the amount frozen at any given time “necessarily reflects the effectiveness of sanctions. “
In fact, the Swiss government seeks to put into effect the sanctions circular against Russia by freezing assets as a precautionary measure, which can be released once clarifications are completed.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday suggested Russian President Vladimir Putin seek a diplomatic solution to end his war in Ukraine, adding that Russian troops must flee.
This comes after Berlin said a phone call had taken a stand between the two leaders.
The German leader’s spokesman, Steffen Hebestreit, said: “The chancellor suggested to the Russian president that he achieve a diplomatic solution as soon as imaginable that includes the withdrawal of Russian troops. “
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his German counterpart Olaf Scholz on Friday that Moscow’s attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure are “inevitable” and accused the West of pursuing “destructive” policies, the Kremlin said.
“Such measures have become a forced and inevitable reaction to Kyiv’s provocative attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure,” the Kremlin said after the phone calls.
The Kremlin added: “Attention has been drawn to the destructive line of Western states, adding Germany, which is pumping weapons to the Kyiv regime and the Ukrainian army. “
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