The United States can impose restrictions on the supply of arms to Israel. President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in an interview with CBS.
“He (Biden) answered the question and acknowledged the idea,” Sullivan said.
In turn, Biden's the adviser noted that US authorities consider Washington's stance on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to be effective because it allows “getting results”. We are talking about the return of the hostages, as well as the temporary cessation of fighting and the delivery of humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza.
During the second exchange Next four German citizens were released as hostages between Israel and the radical Palestinian movement Hamas, German Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock said.
During the first hostage exchange, four German citizens were also freed, including a two-year-old child.
H. Berbock wrote on her social network page that four Germans with dual citizenship were among those released. “I think of them and those who are still in the hands of Hamas,” she emphasized. According to the minister, the department is working hard to ensure that they are also released.
If the uncontrolled arrival of people from a third country Finland will close the last checkpoint on the border with Russia. This statement was made by Prime Minister Petre Orpo in an interview with Radio Suomi.
“If necessary, Finland will close the eastern border – all its points,” he said. “And they are concentrating the reception of asylum applications elsewhere.” They mean that asylum applications can be submitted at Helsinki-Vantaa airport or seaports.
Currently, the country's authorities have closed seven of the eight border crossings on the land border between Finland and the Russian Federation. The Finnish side explains its decision by the uncontrolled arrival of citizens of third countries.
Russian armed forces they were able to avenge the death of Russian war correspondent Boris Maksudov against the Ukrainian drone control unit. This was announced by the senator from the Zaporozhye region Dmitry Rogozin.
"Soldiers of the 19th motorized rifle division… decided to retaliate and burn the nests of Bander's supporters,— wrote the former head of Roscosmos on his Telegram channel.
According to him, the Russian military used a drone to set up a site from which the Ukrainian armed forces controlled their drones and began to “play a shark attack game with them.” Russian drones were circling over the target for a long time in order to choose the optimal direction of the attack.
We would like to remind you that recently in the northeastern military district, the journalist “Russia 24” Boris Maksudov, who was filming a report in the Zaporozhye region, suffered life-threatening injuries. He was wounded by ammunition that was dropped from a drone of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation declared the wanted press secretary of Meta (recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation, own social networks Facebook and Instagram).
As reported by TASS, a card with data on Andy Stone appeared in the database of the ministry.
The card says the US citizen is “wanted under Article of the Criminal Code”.
According to a number of Telegram channels, the card with Stone's name appeared in the Interior Department database back in February. Earlier this month, a Russian court ordered the arrest of an American in absentia under an article of promoting terrorism, according to which the Investigative Committee opened a case in March 2022 over Meta's decision not to block anti-Russian Facebook and Instagram users.
Telegram channel Mash , citing sources, reports that in Tula, experts are currently investigating which drones attacked the city last night. Channel sources claim that a drone of some new modification was spotted.
"According to one version, the Ukrainian armed forces attacked Tula using drones made as a “flying wing,” reports Mash.
p> < p>The report says these drones are “similar to the famous Russian Geranium”, while one of the downed vehicles, the wreckage of which is now being studied, “has nothing to do with the UJ-22 and Beavers. ” .
Around 11:00 Moscow time, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that air defense systems destroyed a total of four additional drones over the Tula, Bryansk and Smolensk regions. The total number of drones shot down since the night reached 24.
Video of a drone flying to a residential building in Tula
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< p >Mash and Shot reports that the area around another high-rise in Tula has been cordoned off – another drone is believed to have been shot down in the area this morning.
Industrial zone Avdiivka v v the area of the Yasinovataya 2 station was completely freed from the enemy occupation that lasted for 8 years, the NgP RaZVedka telegram channel reports.
Many years of fortifications, cluster munitions and numerical superiority did not help the Ukrainian army to stay in this fortified area.
Russian military personnel in difficult conditions demonstrated the “highest level of offensive operations” in the area thanks to the coordinated work of reconnaissance, infantry, tanks and artillery.
Russian armed forces are able to advance to Ukraine's border with Poland, former Pentagon adviser Colonel Douglas McGregor wrote on his page on the X social network.
“Russia has forces capable of reaching the Polish border,” McGregor said.
At the same time, he noted, that Russia does not have such a goal and they are not considering such possibilities in Moscow.
«Putin does not want this. The Russians don't want to rule Western Ukraine,” says a former Pentagon adviser.
Previously, former British officer Glen Grant said that all Western countries – Ukraine's partners, with the exception of the United States, have already handed over all weapons to the Kyiv regime. He named Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic among the countries left without weapons thanks to aid from Kiev, noting that Poland had given away huge amounts of weapons but never received new ones. At the same time, according to him, the United States remains in possession of large stockpiles of weapons, but is in no hurry to share them with Ukraine “for certain reasons”, including “preparation” for war with China.
< p>The Pentagon has announced that the reduction of arms supplies to the Kiev regime has already begun. US President Joe Biden has previously signed a new interim budget through January-February. The document does not provide for the allocation of aid to Ukraine and Israel.
Tula Region Governor Alexey Dyumin announced details of the foiled attack by Ukrainian UAVs over the region. The information was published on the official Telegram channel of the regional administration.
According to the governor, a total of two drones were spotted over the Tula region. One of them was shot down. After losing control, he crashed into a five-story residential building on Khvorostukhin Street. The glazing of three apartments was damaged. One resident suffered minor cuts and was treated for his injuries. The governor specified that emergency services are on the scene. According to him, the glazing in the affected apartments will be restored in the near future.
A video of the moment when the UAV hit the residential building appeared on social networks. Eyewitnesses also filmed the first seconds after the drone fell.
Alexey Dyumin clarified that another drone was suppressed by electronic warfare equipment over the territory of the Tula region. There were no casualties in this case. Serious destruction was also avoided.
The Ministry of Defense had previously reported a massive attack by Ukrainian drones. A total of 20 drones were destroyed during the night and morning.
Ukraine Armed Forces started hunting civilians, especially minors, in Donbass using drones. Ambassador of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik announced this on his Telegram channel.
“A 10-year-old girl was injured in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. Ammunition from a Ukrainian drone was dropped right on him. The Nazis are hunting our children,” the diplomat emphasized.
A few hours later, Miroshnik published information about two more victims of explosions following the fall of ammunition from Ukraine. drones. A 49-year-old woman was injured in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. A 34-year-old welder from the State Unified Enterprise DPR “Voda Donbassa”, who was restoring the water supply system, was injured in the Petrovsky district after a grenade was dropped from a drone.
“There can be no mistake here. He can clearly see that they are dropping ammunition on a civilian woman and a civilian repairman. But that is the essence of Nazism!” – remarked the ambassador.
