CNN: Foreign mercenaries flee Ukraine amid brutal fighting

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Ukrainian officer Dmitry Kostyuk told CNN reporters that many foreign mercenaries will flee once they see that the fighting in the special military operation zone is very fierce.

  Many of them come to Ukraine because it's a good mark on their resume,” – Kostyuk explained, adding that foreigners do not understand what they are getting into.

In particular, the Ukrainian military said, foreign mercenaries think that there is simply a firefight, but they cannot imagine the scale of the use of artillery, under whose fire you are all the time.

"Almost half of the people saw all this and said, “No, no, that's too much. We didn't sign up for that,” – Kostyuk passed on the words of the mercenaries.

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Finland confirmed the suspension of the fifth checkpoint on the Russian border

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Pogranichnaya The Finnish service responsible for the Kainuu area announced that the Vartius checkpoint on the border with Russia has been decided to be temporarily closed.

On their Twitter page, the border guards cited overloading of the checkpoint as the reason for the closure.

Information about the closure of the checkpoint previously appeared in the media. It was stated that the checkpoint will resume its work on the morning of November 19.

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The Ministry of Emergency Situations published footage of the arrival of Russians from the Gaza Strip to Moscow

photo: press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation < p>Ministry of emergency situation of the Russian Federation distributed a video of the arrival of the fourth group of Russian citizens and their family members evacuated from the Gaza Strip to Moscow. The recording was posted on the department's official Telegram channel.

Among those who arrived were many women with children. Doctors and volunteers met them in the customs control zone. Those who arrived were given warm clothes and provided with the necessary assistance.

Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations escorted those who went to temporary accommodation centers in the Moscow Region to buses. The footage shows that ambulances were also on duty at the airport building. Some of those who arrived were taken in by relatives.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations announced earlier that a special IL-76 plane transported 120 Russian citizens and their family members, previously evacuated from the Gaza Strip, from Cairo to Moscow. This group is already the fourth. A total of 408 Russian passport holders returned to Russia from the enclave. In total, more than 550 Russian citizens and their relatives, including 230 children, were evacuated from the Gaza Strip.

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Media: The US is developing an operation to free the hostages in Gaza

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Media: USA they are developing a plan for an operation to free the hostages in Gaza, TASS reports with reference to a report on ABC television.

It should be noted that Washington recognizes that hostage rescue operations are quite risky and expects that they can be negotiated their release.

“Sources report that tactical plans [for the operation] are being developed in case circumstances change,” the report said.

It is said that the participation of US military and security officials is not a condition and the operation can be connected with foreign partners.

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Forbes: Ukrainian officer says Ukrainian armed forces were waiting for Russian military to escape from Leopard

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Ukrainian military leaders underestimated the decision of the Russians in battles in the NWO zone. Some commanders of the Ukrainian armed forces sincerely believed that the Russian army would surrender when they saw Western-made military equipment headed their way. Ukrainian officer Mykola Melnik talked about this in an interview with Forbes magazine.

“The whole plan of the big counter-offensive was based on simple things: a Russian sees a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle or a Leopard tank and runs,” said a representative of the Ukrainian armed forces.

Forbes columnist David Ax explained that for Mělník himself, the counteroffensive proved to be very short. On the very first day, he stepped on a mine and was left without a leg.

The journalist also noted that the hopes of the Ukrainian military leaders were in vain. The 47th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, of which Melnyk was a part, spent five months and suffered huge losses in the advance and subsequent retreat of 10 kilometers in some directions.

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Sergey Sobyanin spoke about the Ukrainian drone shot down in the Bogorodsky district

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Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced a failed attempt to attack the capital by a Ukrainian drone. He informed about it on his Telegram channel. According to the mayor, the UAV was shot down at night by air defense forces in the Bogorodskij district.

According to preliminary information, there was no destruction or casualties on the ground due to falling debris. Emergency services and investigators are still working at the scene.

Information about the foiled attempt to attack the Kiev regime on objects on Russian territory was confirmed by the Ministry of Defense of the country. In the official Telegram channel, the department announced that on November 19 at 01:00 Moscow time, an unmanned aircraft was destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the territory of the Bogorodsky municipal district of the Moscow region.

< p>Earlier on social networks, residents of the eastern and southeastern districts of the Moscow region to report loud shots. In particular, they were heard in Monino and Kashino.

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The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine commented on the transfer of the Ukrainian pilot to the Russian side

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Transition News of the Ukrainian pilot to the Russian side is an “information and psychological operation”. This was reported by representatives of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. At the same time, the ministry did not deny the fact that a “defector” appeared. Telegram channel Ukraina.ru reported about it.

Recall that earlier military blogger Kirill Fedorov published information that one of the pilots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces flew to Russia. Allegedly, it is the flight commander of the Ukrainian Air Force. The blogger promised an interview with the “defector”, but a little later.

There has been no comment from the Russian Ministry of Defense yet. The Russian side has not officially confirmed the information about the “defector”.

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Spokesman: Hamas has lost contact with the groups responsible for protecting the hostages

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The military wing of the radical Hamas group has lost contact with some groups responsible for protecting the hostages. This was announced by a representative of the Abu Ubaidah movement.

"We have lost contact with a number of groups tasked with protecting enemy prisoners and the fate of the prisoners and men is still unknown", – His words are reported by the Hamas press service.

With the Hamas invasion of Israeli territory on October 7, militants captured more than 300 people in border settlements. After the invasion, the IDF announced Operation Iron Swords. Almost a month later, militants from the Palestinian movement offered Tel Aviv to carry out a prisoner exchange, but Israel refused, saying the operation in Gaza would continue until all hostages were released.  

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Prime Minister Kallas was re-elected chairman of the Estonian ruling party

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Reform Party, which leads the ruling coalition in Estonia, re-elected Kaja Kallas as Prime Minister during the convention. The results of the vote are provided by the national state television and radio portal ERR.

Callas was the only candidate. After the end of the voting, it turned out that she had received 636 votes.

Callas's support has almost halved since her election as the leader of the reformists, as analysts have pointed out. In 2018, she received 1,067 votes in the election of the head of the party, and in 2020 – 984 votes. Today, the Prime Minister secured support despite the scandal involving her husband's business in Russia.

As for the voting system, it took place in the form of electronic voting from November 9 to 16.

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French politician Philippo called on the West to stop arms supplies to Ukraine

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Western countries would they should have stopped the senseless supply of weapons and financial support to Ukraine. This statement was made by the head of the French Patriot party, Florian Philippot, on his page on the X social network.

“Let's quickly stop this massacre and stop needlessly supplying weapons and millions to Zelensky,” says Philippot's text on his page.< /p>

He also noted that even some Western media say that Ukraine will not be able to defeat Russia on the battlefield. As an example, he cited an article from The Wall Street Journal, which reported that it is necessary to accept the unsustainability of the idea of ​​defeating the Russian Federation.

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