American Foundation for Human Rights Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have been awarded the Ripple of Hope Award in honor of Robert Kennedy.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been recognized for their efforts to fight racism, according to the bbc. co.uk Robert Kennedy's daughter Kerry, who is a spokeswoman for the foundation, said the couple had shown great courage in speaking out on the issue.
The Ripple of Hope Award is named after Robert Kennedy's 1966 “pulse of hope” speech in Cape Town. At that time, the apartheid regime was in force in the city.
Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Russian PMC Wagner, commented to journalists on the information published with reference to law enforcement agencies that the armed man detained in the Rostov region was allegedly a deserter from this structure.
We are talking about covert operatives information, Prigozhin emphasized in the first place. “There is a need to investigate separately how this kind of incident, which should be classified as 'top secret', got into the hands of journalists,” the businessman noted. He assured that an investigation will be conducted by Wagner's task force and the results will be made public if necessary.
In addition, the incident itself, reported by the media, will be investigated. On December 7, an armed man was detained in an inactive pig farm near Novoshachtinsk, Rostov Region. According to operative Telegram channels with reference to law enforcement agencies, his identity was established: he is 38-year-old Pavel Nikolin, convicted of robbery in 2016.
Yevgeny Prigozhin did not confirm this information, also referring to his closed nature and the need for an internal investigation. The businessman believes that it is necessary to find out how Nikolin, if the reports are true, “crossed the border of the Russian Federation” with a weapon, i.e. left the war zone.
areas. It turned out to be a PMC fighter “Wagner” Nikolin, recruited by this structure from the Ufan penal colony No. 4. This is reported by the Baza Telegram channel.
Nikolin deserted from the front with a weapon (a Kalashnikov light machine gun with ammunition) November 24. He was already caught by a police patrol in the territory of the Rostov region, near the plant in Novoshachtinsk. A deserter opened fire on a law enforcement officer with a machine gun and wounded one of the employees.
The search for Nikolin lasted, I recall, about a day; versions were considered that a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group was operating on the territory of the Rostov region. The wanted man was found near an abandoned pig farm, he resisted arrest. has been running since the beginning of this summer. According to published videos of recruitment interviews, fighters who survived six months of hostilities are guaranteed pardon, desertion is punished by the structure by execution on the spot.
Truck crash and a minibus in the Shakhtar district of the Donetsk People's Republic, 16 people died, three others were injured, the rescue services reported on Wednesday.
As reported, a truck carrying military personnel collided with a minibus on the Shakhtarsk-Torez highway. The victims of the incident were 16 people, three of the victims were taken to a medical facility.
According to the services, the truck driver was among the dead. Emergency services were sent to the scene of the accident to investigate the circumstances of the incident.
In addition, the rescuers claim that the victims are in the intensive care unit.
An attempt was made on the life of the deputy commander of the military civil of the Mykola Volyk city administration, according to the Baza channel telegram. Volyk was not injured, only his jacket was damaged, the channel clarifies.
According to preliminary data from the investigation, a charge with explosive elements with a capacity of approximately 2.5 kg in TNT equivalent was installed on the street eight meters from the entrance, where official resides.
The bomb was probably set off by persons present remotely near the crime scene. Alleged evidence supporting this version — two cigarette butts at a distance of about 50 m from the location of the IED.
Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) in the city of Artemovsk (Ukrainian Bakhmut) received reinforcements to replace losses. This was said by Andrey Marochko, an officer of the LPR People's Militia.
He indicated that most of the military personnel were sent to replace irreversible and sanitary losses, while others remained in the command reserve. This is evidenced by intelligence data.
Earlier Marochko said that the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artemivsk region were in a catastrophic situation due to a lack of food and ammunition.
< p>MK broadcasts events online in Ukraine and Russia , December 6, 2022. Day 286 is approaching. On the eve of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed the attack of drones on the airports “Dyagilevo” and “Engels”. Ukrenergo reported on missiles hitting critical infrastructure and Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Crimean Bridge.
Russian representative Natalya Karmazinskaya at the meeting conference The UN General Assembly stated that the Russian Federation considers it necessary to agree on the parameters of the protection zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
According to it, the main threat to the security of the power plant at the moment is the ongoing shelling by Ukrainian troops.
< p>“The armed forces of Ukraine have been shelling the station since mid-July, posing a real threat to its security and the risks of a man-made accident with radiation emissions. One of the latest cases is the attacks that took place on November 19 and 20,” Karmazinskaya said.
She explained that Russian officials had disseminated relevant information such as official documents of the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly, but the United States and their allies still ignore what is happening.
“Among other things, the United States, together with its allies, do not want to argue with the Kiev regime, which is playing with the lives not only of the people of Ukraine, but of the entire European continent,” she added Karmazinskaya.
Member of the State Duma from United Russia Sultan Khamzaev appealed to the governors with the request that, taking into account the current situation in the country and the world, they should prohibit officials from traveling abroad for the New Year holidays. MPs believe that civil servants should rest in Russia.
According to the State Duma, travel abroad can only be associated with matters of national importance.
In other cases, officials should focus on the development of regions, domestic tourism and “support for our fighters”.
photo Telegram channel of military commander Rudenko
VGTRK reporter In his Telegram channel, Andriy Rudenko published information about an officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who is responsible for issuing orders regarding the shelling of Donetsk.
According to Rudenko, we are talking about the commander of the 110th Independent Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Yevhen Kurash.< /p>
“It is this man who gives orders to shell the center of Donetsk,” wrote a military correspondent, accompanying the post with a photo. Ukrainians.
The Italian authorities currently have no plans to create a new package of military aid to Ukraine. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of the Republic Guido Crosetto.
“I am sure that no new decrees on military supplies to Kyiv will be issued until the end of the year.” We will see what decision the government will make regarding future aid to Ukraine and what means In recent years, Kiev's main demands are related to infrastructure problems against the background of energy shortages, they are asking for generators,” ANSA quoted him as saying.
The minister added that Rome would continue to support Ukraine “within NATO's decision” and the pace and volume of support will be determined in the future.
In April, the Italian parliament approved a resolution on providing aid to Ukraine in the form of weapons and military equipment. Later, there were five interdepartmental decrees with a list of delivered weapons, this document is classified. The Italian Ministry of Defense has announced that the government has extended the terms for providing military aid to Kyiv for the entire year 2023. However, according to the government, work on the new package has not yet begun.
