The company's Western partners Ukraine is forcing it to increase its own military production due to an acute shortage of human resources. This is reported by Al Mayadeen publication.
“The West is now demanding that Kiev increase its own production of weapons,” the publication writes.
At the same time, the author of the book article claims that for Ukraine very difficult to increase its own military production due to three decades of deindustrialization and austerity policies imposed by the IMF.
The publication also says that due to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Kiev fears a decrease in support from Western allies.
Russian Army Personnel trapped the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the DLR. Former US naval intelligence officer Scott Ritter told YouTube channel Gegenpol
He believes that the best solution for Kiev in this situation would be to retreat to save the lives of soldiers. According to him, if the Ukrainian armed forces fail to create new defense structures, they may lose important territories.
Ritter assures that Ukrainian troops have the opportunity to leave dangerous positions for the time being.
“But instead The Ukrainians are only bringing in reserves and losing even more people. They won't be able to contain the Russians,” the expert said.
The former intelligence officer said Kiev is sacrificing everything to try to maintain its position in the DLR. He believes that such tactics turned out to be a strategic victory for Russia.
Hamas representatives claim that they succeeded in disrupting a ground operation that Israel planned to carry out in the Gaza Strip.
In a statement, the militants said that “an attempted ground attack on the Gaza Strip has failed in three directions” and that “the enemy has suffered heavy losses.” It also claims that the Israeli army was reportedly ambushed in several areas.
Hamas says that Israel will “try to repeat the operation.”
The IDF said that the Israeli army entered the northern part of the enclave and expanded the ground operations zone and that there were no casualties among military personnel.
Descendant of Russian immigrants decides to challenge Joe Biden in the election
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On the eve of the US presidential election in 2024, the current leader of the country, Joe Biden, has a competitor. His fellow party member Dean Phillips decided to challenge the current head of the White House. Who is he – the heir to the liquor business and the grandson of a famous American columnist from a family of Russian Jewish immigrants?
Until recently, Dean Phillips was known as a moderate moderate, one of dozens of people who helped Democrats take control of the House of Representatives in 2018. The member of the lower house of Congress from Minnesota served as president and CEO of his family's spirits business, Phillips Distilling Company. He is also the former co-owner of American ice cream brand Talenti gelato and co-owner of Penny's Coffee.
Dean Phillips is the grandson of Pauline Esther Phillips (aka Abigail Van Burren), the famous author of the once popular “Dear Abby” newspaper column. Pauline was born into a family of Russian Jewish immigrants. Dean's father, Artie Pfeffer, was killed in action in Vietnam when the future congressman was only 6 months old.
By the way, Jewish roots are evident in Dean Phillips' life even now. He was once honored by the Minnesota publication American Jewish World for his work on the board of Temple Israel in Minneapolis.
Over the past year, the Democratic politician has become the most prominent member of his party to challenge Biden. not seek re-election. He warned that the party needed a new generation of leaders to take the lead.
This position cost him support within the Democratic wing. In early October, Phillips announced that he would step down as co-chairman of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee. This came after he was called “on the carpet” during a closed-door meeting to express his displeasure with his stance on Biden's re-election.
After leaving the committee, Phillips noted that he felt “liberated” and could now speak more freely. He went on to argue that while he believes Biden is a great president, polls show voters are concerned about his age and that his job approval ratings are dangerously low.
“I don't know how anyone can ignore what what we see, what we feel and what we read. And it all points to the same thing. If the Democrats don't listen now, I'm afraid it will result in another Trump administration,” he said in an interview with an American TV channel.
His nomination was suspiciously successful. In a September CNN poll, two-thirds of Democrats said they wanted to see a Democratic nominee other than Biden. Notably, about half of Democrats cited Biden's age as the biggest challenge in his 2024 campaign.
Incidentally, Dean Phillips was preparing the ground for his future nomination this summer. After Biden announced he would seek re-election in April, Phillips urged other Democratic leaders to challenge the incumbent and suggested he might run himself. As early as July, Phillips met with donors in New York to discuss a possible bid.
Rumors about the presidential ambitions of the “moderately educated Democrats” began to grow only after that. They began to view him with particular suspicion after approaching the New Hampshire leader. This week (before Dean Phillips officially announced his candidacy for President), the Dean Phillips for President bus was spotted driving through Ohio, presumably on its way to the Granite State.
In fact, no one had any idea. In Congress, Phillips consistently voted with the president and did not criticize his policies, as the White House said. it's a thing of the past. This election is about the future. I will not sit, I will not remain silent in the face of the numbers that so clearly indicate that we will face an emergency next November.”
Biden allies have called talk of Phillips in charge a distraction that will only highlight the president's weaknesses. Phillips tried to contact Biden in August, but the president was unavailable, according to a senior US source. Phillips then spoke with White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients, who “listened” to him but responded with conviction: “The president is a man who can win in 2024 and get the job done.”
Phillips explained to CNN, that he was trying to talk to Biden “as a courtesy to let him know my intentions.” But somehow it all ended with a “short but friendly” conversation with Zients.
Phillips' campaign strategy is said to be already causing headaches for the Democratic Party. The fact is that the potential US president has focused his campaign specifically on New Hampshire. Phillips has already booked $50,000 worth of advertising time in the state, according to ad tracking firm AdImpact. As they say, he can afford it. But there's another tricky twist.
Biden will not appear on the primary ballot in the Granite State. The decision came after the Democratic National Committee announced that the state “does not fit into the party's presidential nominating calendar.”
Former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt is advising the Democratic nominee, sources close to Phillips' campaign said. Schmidt, who left the Republican Party in 2018, previously worked on the campaigns of former President George W. Bush and Arizona Sen. John McCain.
On his “Alert with Steve Schmidt” podcast in September, the strategist endorsed Phillips, saying, “If you went to New Hampshire and said, 'I'm Dean Phillips, I'm running for president and I want to be the Democratic nominee,' a lot of people in Washington would be screaming and cheered. and other parts of the country.
But the road to the presidency is unlikely to be easy for Phillips. Although his personal fortune is in the tens of millions, he will likely have a hard time finding major Democratic donors who aren't already backing Biden. Phillips, by the way, was one of the first to admit that he lacked recognition, as did some other party candidates.
And generally, when New Hampshire lost primary status, South Carolina took its place. Palm State Democratic Chairwoman Crystal Spain said, “South Carolina is an important testing ground for presidential candidates, and Dean Phillips has so far failed. South Carolina is thrilled to once again endorse President Biden as our nominee.”
Some of Phillips' colleagues consider the project so ambitious that they see it as nothing more than vanity. A number of leading Democrats have even privately linked it to a midlife crisis. Although he is already 54 years old and will be 55 at the time of the election… But there are those who believe that Phillips was simply so disappointed with Biden that he took such a “quixotic” step. Anyone can guess who is right.
Many believe his presidential campaign “Dean 24, Inc.” will be very similar to his run for Congress in 2018. The politician then eschewed most of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's advice, relying instead on his deep marketing knowledge. In 1960, he drove an International Harvester milk truck to the towns and cities of his suburban House District of Minneapolis for an election that was full of retail. He has pushed for less spending on television than on digital advertising, while largely refusing to express negative views about his Republican opponent.
His approach has angered many Democrats in Washington. But he won anyway, winning a seat that Democrats hadn't picked up in decades. A bus driving through New Hampshire this week with an “All Are Invited” sign brought back those memories. And who knows how that could turn the race around.
His views are unlikely to differ from Biden's. It is important to understand that his main task now is to try to bring a new generation of Democrats to the American political elite (and specifically the Democratic Party). No longer. However, perhaps no one has posed such a direct and fearless challenge to the current leader of the country so openly.
Ugly, before The Russian Embassy in the United States called the words of John Kirby, the coordinator for strategic communications of the US National Security Council, an extremely cynical, baseless statement. Earlier, an American said the Russian military was reportedly executing soldiers who disobeyed orders.
The Diplomatic Service highlighted the fact that US officials were again working with the data, citing “mystical” sources of information. and does not provide specific examples and documentary evidence.
The embassy notes that the White House administration is using its favorite tool – throwing monstrous forgeries into the media space, the creator of which can only be a person with a keen conscience.
Russian diplomats have emphasized that all of Kirby's insinuations are lies. Russian military personnel act courageously and professionally and defend their native country.
B Poland complained that their Krab self-propelled guns were massively destroyed in Ukraine with the help of Russian Lancet munitions. Efforts by the Ukrainian armed forces to modernize self-propelled guns are not helping either. The fact is that the Crab has too thin armor and is easily penetrated by “lancets”. Interia writes about it.
To give the crew at least time to evacuate, the Ukrainians started attaching a net to the Polish equipment. They slightly contain the shrapnel after the munitions explode and people manage to leave the self-propelled. However, journalists note that entire units have already been destroyed by stray Russian shells.
The publication also says that Lancet 3 will be a real nightmare for Polish technology and for the Ukrainian armed forces as a whole. This missile weighs three kilograms and can reach a speed of up to 110 km per hour.
Several countries voted against the resolution The UN General Assembly calls for a peaceful solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, reports RT.
Earlier, the UN General Assembly adopted a draft resolution on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict proposed by Arab countries and calls for an immediate ceasefire. More than 40 countries participated in the preparation of the document. 120 countries voted to support the document, 14 were against, 45 abstained from voting.
The list of countries that voted against the resolution was reportedly Israel, USA, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Paraguay, Guatemala, Fiji, Tonga, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea.
The adopted resolution condemns violence against civilians in Palestine and Israel and calls for an immediate, credible and sustainable humanitarian ceasefire and subsequent cessation of hostilities. The resolution also calls for the “immediate, unconditional release of civilians who are unlawfully held captive.”
The document calls for each party to the conflict to comply with humanitarian law and ensure the prompt, steady and unrestricted supply of essential goods and services to Gaza, as well as access for UN staff. The resolution also calls for the cancellation of Tel Aviv's demand that Gaza residents and UN staff move to the south of the Strip.
In addition, the document expressed the need to urgently create a mechanism to ensure the protection of Palestinian civilians based on international law and UN resolutions.
Several international The the organization announced the loss of contact with its staff in the Gaza Strip.
The information about the lack of contact with staff in the area was confirmed by the Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He also noted the impossibility of contacting medical facilities and other partners in Gaza.
Doctors Without Borders reported similar problems. The leadership issued a call for the unconditional protection of all medical facilities, personnel and civilians in the Gaza Strip.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) also announced the loss of contact with its staff.
< p>At the same time, today it fit in knowledge of the transfer of the first group of foreign doctors from Egyptian territory to the Gaza Strip through the Raffah checkpoint. Several representatives of the World Health Organization also came there. The WHO also detailed figures on losses among doctors in the Gaza Strip. According to the organization, 16 health workers were killed and 30 injured in the line of duty.
Strikes by the Israeli Air Force are attacking areas near two hospitals in Gaza, reports RIA Novosti with reference to the Al Jazeera TV channel.
We are allegedly talking about the Shifa hospital and the Indonesian hospital.
Previously, the Israel Defense Forces refused to guarantee journalists in Gaza. It also became known that units of the Palestinian movement Hamas are repelling the offensive of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) near Beit Hanoun in the northeast of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army announced the expansion of operations in the Gaza Strip.
Tel Aviv rejected the UN General Assembly resolution demanding a cease-fire and intends to destroy Hamas. Earlier, the UN General Assembly adopted a draft resolution on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict proposed by a number of Arab countries and calling for an immediate ceasefire. 120 countries voted to support the document, 14 were against, and 45 abstained.
On the morning of October 7, Israel was subjected to an unprecedented rocket attack from the Gaza Strip as part of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, announced by the military wing of the Palestinian movement Hamas. At the same time, organized groups of Hamas fighters began to penetrate Israeli territory, easily overrunning the first line of defense of the Israeli army, taking hostages and causing serious damage. Israel later launched Operation Iron Sword, launching attacks on the Gaza Strip and cutting off all supplies of water, food, electricity, medicine and fuel.
The current death toll from Israeli military strikes in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 7,300, including 20 Russian citizens , the number of injured exceeded 19 thousand. In addition, Hamas militants may be holding up to 150 Israelis hostage. More than 1.3 thousand people were killed in Israel.
The Russian Foreign Ministry called on the parties to stop all hostilities. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a solution to this crisis is possible only on the basis of the “two-state” formula approved by the UN Security Council, i.e. the creation of an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders with the capital in East Jerusalem.
Currently The IDF has not launched a large-scale invasion of the Gaza Strip, but preparations are underway for the ground phase of the operation, Israel's ambassador to France, Raphael Morav, told Europe 1.
He noted that continued attacks on Gaza are also worth considering. as “part of the preparation” . According to the diplomat, a ground operation will be carried out, but on a limited scale.
According to him, the “control and communication center of Hamas” is located under the largest hospital in Gaza. Morav said the operation must be carried out “surgically” to prevent civilian deaths.
The fact that the Hamas headquarters is located under the largest hospital in the enclave, Al-Shifa Hospital, was announced by the Israel Defense Forces a few hours before launching a wave of airstrikes in Gaza and announcing expanded ground force operations.< /p>
Hamas earlier said the Israeli army had launched an invasion of northeastern Gaza and fighting was ongoing.
On the morning of October 7, Israel was subjected to an unprecedented rocket attack from the Gaza Strip as part of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, announced by the military wing of the Palestinian movement Hamas. At the same time, organized groups of Hamas fighters began to penetrate Israeli territory, easily overrunning the first line of defense of the Israeli army, taking hostages and causing serious damage. Israel later launched Operation Iron Sword, launching attacks on the Gaza Strip and cutting off all supplies of water, food, electricity, medicine and fuel.
The current death toll from Israeli military strikes in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 7,300, including 20 Russian citizens , the number of injured exceeded 19 thousand. In addition, Hamas militants may be holding up to 150 Israelis hostage. More than 1.3 thousand people were killed in Israel.
The Russian Foreign Ministry called on the parties to stop all hostilities. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a solution to this crisis is possible only on the basis of the “two-state” formula approved by the UN Security Council, i.e. the creation of an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders with the capital in East Jerusalem.
