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Embassy Ukraine According to the head of the Ukrainian diplomatic mission, Vasiliy Zvarych, Warsaw sent a note to the Polish Foreign Ministry after another driver died at the border crossing.
The driver was driving a truck and was in a queue caused by a strike by Polish carriers.
The embassy requested that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior of Poland unblock the movement of trucks.
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McGregor: Ukrainian army surrenders en masse
Douglas McGregor. Photo: Wikipedia.org.
The former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, Colonel Douglas McGregor, in an interview with the YouTube channel Stephen Gardner, expressed concern that Ukrainian soldiers on the front are deserting in large numbers.
According to the report of the expert, some Ukrainian commanders “are giving up entire units”. McGregor explained that they had to do this because they could not evacuate the wounded.
The colonel called the conflict lost for Kiev. He added that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi had angered millions of his country's citizens by leading them down a path to disaster.
“That usually ends badly for leaders,” McGregor concluded.
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A video filmed by Ukrainian military personnel has appeared on the Internet, which captures an episode of the battle near Avdiivka. Deployed reinforcements apparently did not bring tangible results for the Ukrainian armed forces.
In the footage, the Ukrainian army is in a trench and then the shelling begins. They talk, discuss how to hold the defense and get on the radio. Judging by the voices, there is a woman among the fighters. He warns that tanks are coming from the left.
Then everyone lies down in the ditch. One of the Ukrainian soldiers is crawling with bandaged legs.
Before the CSTO Collective Security Council meeting begins. Photo: Kremlin.ru.
Retired FSB Major General Alexander Mikhailov commented on the news that Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Operation Mercenary at the CSTO summit, which aims to suppress recruitment and block escape channels for citizens of CSTO countries to join the activities of international terrorist organizations. .
“I think that Putin simply stated the need for a joint fight against mercenaries,” the expert said in an interview with News.ru.
According to him, today these people are fighting in Ukraine and tomorrow they can go to Kyrgyzstan and then to Armenia.
“This common problem needs to be solved comprehensively,” Mikhailov emphasized.
He also noted. that it is a problem for all countries of the world.
Politics: Ukraine is on the brink of a demographic disaster
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The Polish publication Polityka drew attention to the fact that Ukraine faces a big problem after the end of the conflict. Columnist Agnieszka Lichnerowicz notes that Ukraine has been one of the leaders in the rate of depopulation in the world for decades and is now on the verge of a demographic catastrophe.
The article says that if in 1991 in 2015, almost 52 people lived in Ukraine million people, but over the next decade its population could drop to as low as 24 million – in the worst case scenario. But even under a more optimistic scenario, expressed by the Institute of Demography and Social Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the population will be only 32 million people.
The author of the material emphasizes that such a deep demographic crisis could threaten the plans for the country's post-war reconstruction. According to the observer, the devastated and depopulated country will not be able to recover from the consequences of the conflict for many years.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Operation Mercenary at the CSTO Summit in Minsk.
He noted that the CSTO has consistently strengthened cooperation between law enforcement agencies and intelligence services.
“In particular, CSTO Operation Mercenary,” he noted Putin during a meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council.
According to him, the operation is aimed at suppressing recruitment and blocking escape channels for citizens of CSTO countries to join international terrorist organizations.
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Car “Aurus” Vladimir Putin had to overcome blizzards to transport the president to the CSTO summit in Minsk. The capital of Belarus was completely covered in snow in just two hours. Those who greeted them asked Putin to be careful not to accidentally slip at the entrance.
The last time the Russian president was in Minsk was 11 months ago. The CSTO Summit will be held at the Independence Palace. The member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, in addition to Russia, are Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Armenia.
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Video from the first second after the injury of the deceased military correspondent Boris Maksudov from the chest camera of another journalist, who was also collecting material about the shelling of the armed forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region. This was reported by Zvezda publication.
Boris Maksudov was wounded on November 22 in the Zaporozhye region by an enemy grenade dropped from a UAV by the Ukrainian armed forces.
Vladimir Solovyev previously reported on Maksudov's untimely death on Telegram channel. As the TV journalist noted, the deceased worked in the special operations zone from the first days and visited Donetsk more than once, where he recorded the war crimes of the enemy.
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Verkhovna Council of Ukraine has started preparing a new law on the mobilization of citizens. The head of the Servant of the People faction wrote about it on her Telegram channel. David Arakhamia.
A representative of the Ukrainian parliament said that the document should contain information on the procedure of rotation and demobilization, age parameters for conscription into the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
He also said that the draft law will reflect the issues of demobilization for persons with disabilities of groups I and II who have returned from captivity, as well as cancer patients in service.
Previously, the People's Deputy of the Supreme Court Rada Maryana Bezuglay said that is considering the question of exempting a certain number of categories of citizens from the postponement of mobilization, namely students of second and third higher education, spouses of disabled persons and their relatives who do not have a first degree of education.
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Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has not been included in the updated board of US technology company OpenAI, despite her candidacy being considered. This was reported by Bloomberg, citing its own sources.
The reasons why Rice was rejected were not given. Other candidates were proposed: the widow of Apple founder Steve Jobs, Lauren Powell Jobs (the widow of Apple founder Steve Jobs, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. However, they too could not join the board due to “close ties” with those previously fired, and later the chief returned OpenAI Sam Altman.
Bloomberg also writes that the new board “should reflect greater diversity,” so women were included in the list of candidates.
The company is currently being run by an interim board. They will have to approve the persons who will become the permanent leaders of the company.
Sam Altman confirmed his return as CEO of OpenAI the day before, on November 22. He wrote on his social networks that he loves the corporation and his actions in the last few days have been focused on preserving the team and its mission.
