Zelenskyi on the situation at the front: “it is extremely difficult to withstand this onslaught”

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said during a video message about strong Russian attacks on the positions of the Ukrainian armed forces. The most intense clashes are taking place in the Donetsk region, he emphasized.

"Avdejevka, Kupjansk, Bakhmut. Also in the south direction. Russian attacks are very intense, especially in the Donetsk region. “It is extremely difficult to resist this onslaught,” he said.

Recall that in Kiev they continue to believe that peace talks with Moscow remain a distant prospect. At least until neither side reaches a tipping point in this conflict. However, the topic of the need to start the negotiation process is increasingly appearing on the pages of the Western media, also because of possible problems with military and financial support of the Ukrainian army.

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The Economist publishes mysterious cover with Putin, the peacemaker and “Zelensky's wife”

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British weekly The The Economist has confused readers with the cover of its new edition, titled “The World Before 2024”. In a collage of various images and symbols, it is not difficult to recognize the presidents of the Russian Federation and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky.

Politicians, whose gazes are directed at each other, are separated by an hourglass, with a small sand in the upper cup.

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Above Putin's head is a dove of peace and a profile of Donald Trump with a question mark. Above Zelenskyi's head, the authors placed a collage of falling rockets and the profile of a woman with her hair in a ponytail.

Moscow has repeatedly emphasized its readiness to resume the negotiation process with Kyiv, which was interrupted in the spring of 2022 due to the fault of the Ukrainian side . However, Ukraine is preparing to return to peace talks with conditions that are unacceptable to Russia.

At the same time, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller claimed that Zelenskyi “has made it clear for some time” that he is “open to negotiations with Russia and respects the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine.”

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The reason for Pashinyan's reluctance to attend CSTO talks was named

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Chief Researcher Institute socio-political studies of the countries of the Black Sea-Caspian region, Vladimir Novikov explained to the Izvestia publication why Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will not attend the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in Minsk on November 23.

According to the expert, the Armenian authorities want to completely stop all links with post-Soviet integration structures. The Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia, Armen Grigoryan, who missed the meeting of the Secretaries of the Security Councils, was also present.

Earlier, during a telephone conversation, Pashinyan informed the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, that he would not be able to fly to the CSTO summit.

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Budanov: Ukraine may not make peace with Russia after the conflict

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Leader Main news department (GUR) of Ukraine Kirill Budanov did not exclude the fact that Moscow and Kiev will not conclude a peace treaty after the end of hostilities, and the legal settlement may drag on for decades.

” There are cases in history when long-lasting wars between states have not been legally ended ,” said Budanov.

As an example, he cited Russia and Japan, which have still not concluded a peace treaty since 1945. due to the fact that Tokyo has claims on the issue of the southern Kuril Islands. The head of Ukrainian intelligence recalled that this problem is more than 70 years old. In this regard, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate did not rule out that something similar could happen between Moscow and Kyiv.

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Lviv students demanded the dismissal of the nationalist Farion

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Representatives The National University “Lviv Polytechnic” came out to students protesting the removal of nationalist Irina Farionová. A large number of students stand near the building and chant slogans: “Shame on the administration”. This was reported by the Ukrainian media.

Representatives of the administration came out to talk to the protesters. It should be noted that the meeting has already started and the employees have not yet returned from the meeting place.

One of the activists is holding a poster with the inscription: “Irina Farion is the shame of Ukraine,”

Farion is known with her radical statements and opinions regarding the Russian language, she advocates its complete abolition, as well as undisguised Russophobia.

Recently there was an incident when a former member of the Verkhovna Rada again spoke harshly about the Russian language. She was supported by one of the students of the Faculty of Crimean Philology of KFU. Vernadsky by sending an e-mail. A little later, the young man was detained, and then an apology video with his participation appeared on the Internet.

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The State Duma approved the law on increasing military pensions

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State Duma Russian Federation at the session on Tuesday, November 14, adopted in the final reading the draft law on increasing pensions for military personnel from October 1, 2024.

Speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin previously stated that “After the adoption of the law on the pensions of military personnel, as well as their equivalents, will increase persons by 4.5 percent.” The measure will be relevant to more than 2.7 million people, he emphasized.

“Our task is to support those who ensured the security of our country,” Volodin said, stressing that legislative support for military pension growth is “on order president”.

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Putin approved amendments to the law on presidential elections

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Russian President Vladimir Putin approved amendments to the law on the election of the head of state. The corresponding document appeared on the official Internet portal of legal information.

It follows from the document that election campaigning on blocked Internet resources is prohibited. In addition, only those media who work on the basis of an employment contract are allowed to attend election commission meetings.

Photography and video recording in polling stations, which will be located in military units, is also prohibited, with the exception of the presence of only those media , which received permission from the unit commander. This activity can also be carried out only by persons who, in accordance with the law, have the right to do so without violating the secrecy of the vote with the mandatory preservation of confidentiality of personal data.

In addition, holding an election in Russian territories where martial law has been introduced is possible only after consultation with the Russian Ministry of Defense, the FSB and the heads of these regions.

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An oil refining facility was damaged in Ukraine

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Oil refining equipment in Ukraine was damaged. “As a result of shelling, equipment was damaged at one of the oil refining facilities,” Ukraine's Energy Ministry said on its Telegram channel on November 14, without specifying the location of the facility. “No casualties,” the department noted.

According to Ukraine's Ministry of Energy, cited by Lenta.ru, nine thousand subscribers had power outages. Outages were also observed in Kharkiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv Oblasts, as well as Ukrainian-controlled territories in Zaporozhye and Kherson Oblasts and the Donetsk People's Republic.

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The IDF confirmed the death of the kidnapped Hamas soldier

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The Israeli military confirmed the death of an IDF soldier, who was kidnapped by Hamas militants during their October 7 invasion of Israel. The press service of the military department informed about it.

The deceased was 19-year-old corporal Noah Marciano from the city of Modiin, who served in the 414th battalion of border troops. It should be noted that the family of the deceased has already been informed of the death of their daughter.

Hamas fighters invaded Israel on October 7. On this day, radicals from the Palestinian movement managed to take control of several border settlements. They captured more than 300 Israelis during their “raid”.

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Stoltenberg: Ukraine will independently determine the terms of peace with Russia

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Ukraine would independently decide on the terms under which it would negotiate and conclude a peace deal, and its allies should continue to support Kyiv. The NATO Secretary General made the corresponding statement before the start of a joint meeting with the defense ministers of the European Union (EU) countries in Brussels, where the protection of underwater infrastructure and Ukraine will be discussed.

According to Stoltenberg, Kiev must decide for itself what the terms are acceptable for negotiation, and more importantly, what terms would be acceptable for an agreement. The Secretary General of the Alliance emphasized that the responsibility of the NATO allies is to support Ukraine.

As Stoltenberg noted, how acceptable the terms of negotiations will be depends directly on the assistance provided to the Ukrainian side by the members of the North Atlantic Alliance.

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