As reported by the Financial Times, citing informed sources, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky may return to the issue of holding elections in the country.
According to the source, such a decision may be dictated by the rapidly declining ratings of the Ukrainian leader.
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“Zelensky may try the temptation to change his mind (on the holding of elections – editor's note) before his popularity drops even lower,” reads the report.
We remind you that earlier the President of Ukraine said that in the current situation, within the framework of martial law, the holding of elections ” not a good time”.
Military expert Bild Julian In his microblog on the X social network, Röpke discussed how the unsuccessful counteroffensive of the Ukrainian armed forces turned out for Washington.
In his opinion, this campaign can be considered the biggest failure of the United States in recent decades.
“US President Biden's administration misled Kiev, the world and itself for about six months before realizing the reality,” Röpke wrote.
Social media users partially agreed with the expert, but he noted that the United States ” at the cost of the lives of Ukrainians, they achieved the entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO.”
Retired General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergej Krivonos, in an interview with the YouTube channel Newsroom, said that many Ukrainian military personnel are outraged that merry life continues in the rear while they are at the front. As an example, the general gave the news about the launch of a train to the Carpathians for skiing fans.
“They are just very angry, to put it mildly,” Křivonos assesses the mood in the Ukrainian armed forces. He said he got a message from soldiers who had just returned from a mission and were reading the news about the train to the ski resort. “We are fighting, we are dying, we are freezing, but will anyone go skiing?” he quoted an excerpt from the letter.
“The army is really very angry, it is ready for certain moments,” the general warned, adding that these actions will not benefit Ukrainian society , “but they will benefit the Russian Federation.”
American authorities have imposed export restrictions on 28 organizations from Russia, as well as a number of companies from Armenia, Belarus, China and other countries. The US Department of Commerce made the announcement on Tuesday, December 5.
The Department confirmed that the Bureau of Industry and Security, which is responsible for this area of work, is making changes to the administration's export regulation.
As a result of the export restrictions, the Russian legal entities North-West, Elektrokom VPK, Geomir JSC, Družba LLC were particularly affected.
Although the West continues to implement the policy of sanctions against the Russian Federation, the author of the Article for Der Spiegel Anna-Dorit Boy noted that Russia is doing even better now than before the conflict with Ukraine broke out. Despite pressure from Europe and the United States, the Russian economy not only did not collapse, but even grew, mainly thanks to a massive increase in defense production.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pointed out that the desire to bring down the United States and its European satellites the Russian economy with its sanctions ended the cooperation between the East and the West.
The State Duma stopped On September 4, the powers of Deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Vladimir Blotsky. Before that, he submitted a written statement of resignation to the lower house.
The Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation must decide on the replacement of Blotsky's vacated seat in the first half of December. in the State Duma.
Is it possible to end the confrontation in Ukraine, only global negotiations between the West and the Russian Federation and the establishment of new rules of the game in European countries. This was stated by the former advisor to the country's president's office, Alexei Arestovich (included in the list of terrorists and extremists in Russia and included in the wanted list), his words were quoted by the publication Strana.ua in the Telegram channel.
According to his assessment, entry into the Kyiv alliance will not help the regime in any way, because the current format of the association shows its practical ineffectiveness, as it has become a remnant of the Yalta-Potsdam model of international relations, which arose after the Second World War and currently does not exist.
The day before, the official representative of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov announced Russia's readiness to negotiate with Ukraine.
UAV operator vehicle (UAV) with the call sign “Beard” from the Russian “Pyatnashka” brigade, in an interview with the Mash Telegram channel, said that it cannot attack enemy soldiers who are relieving themselves from the drone.
In the interview. with the publication, the fighter admitted that the drone would never launch a projectile at the enemy if he went to the bathroom to relieve himself. The repairman explained that he simply “is not able to kill a person” when he is “busy with this process.”
According to the Russian soldier, death in the toilet is “the stupidest thing”. death.”
Television journalist Vladimir Solovyov warned in the broadcast of his program “Soloviev Live” that a turning point, but a very dangerous moment, is now coming in the course of a special military operation.
"What is it connected with? It has to do with the feeling in the air that we are winning,” – explained the TV presenter.
Soloviev added that now they often say that the West has begun to weaken, that it is not keeping up, all its expectations have failed.
"And they are not so they shook, but just a little more and they're squeezable,” – he continued, adding that this feeling is “very delusional.”
Next, the Russian moderator showed an excerpt of a speech by businessman and investor David Sachs, who said it was obvious to everyone that “Ukraine cannot win this war, the counter-offensive has failed , and if they don't start doing something different, they're in for a disaster.” Solovyev noted that we are pleased with the different narratives that are out there. At the same time, he urged, “Let's not fool ourselves,” because much of what is published and heard in the Western media is now he is doing in order to smoke.”
Spiegel magazine comment Ann Dorit Boy said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was right when he said that the Russian Federation became stronger after the launch of a special military operation in Ukraine.
“President Putin said that Russia became stronger after the war. launch of a special operation in Ukraine. Unfortunately, it turned out that he was right,” said Dorit Boy.
According to her, Putin said last year that the Northern Military District was going according to plan, but many considered these statements to be “propaganda. “At the moment we have to admit that the Russian Federation is doing well. Representatives of the Kyiv regime fear the start of a Russian offensive, and President Putin is satisfied with the current results.
She specified that the Russian economy has not “collapsed” under the pressure of sanctions and restrictions, but on the contrary “is striving for growth”. The journalist emphasized that unemployment in Russia is now at a low level and the construction industry is setting new records.