Authorities The United States has sent $20 million to Kyiv to support the Grains from Ukraine (“Grains from Ukraine”) grain initiative. This was announced by Bridget Brink, the US ambassador to Ukraine, who visited the port of Odessa to see how grain was being loaded.
Brink said that Moscow continues to use food as a weapon, and Washington and Kyiv are doing everything to reduce the food danger.
She said she visited the port of Odessa to see how quickly Ukrainian farmers and exporters are working to ship millions of tons of grain through the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvyda Anusauskas announced that Vilnius will send another two million euros to Kyiv for the reconstruction of the energy sector.
Lithuanian energy companies have reportedly sent three million euros of aid to rebuild the Ukrainian energy sector. “Currently, another 2 million euros are being sent,” the head of the military department informed on social networks.
In addition, six trucks with 114 transformers were sent from Lithuania to Ukraine to restore the energy infrastructure. In total, the country intends to provide 252 transformers for free.
Belarus The publication Naša Niva claims to have learned about the circumstances of the death of the foreign minister there, Vladimir Makeia, who died suddenly on Saturday, November 26 at the age of 64.
The publication says that the cause of death of the diplomat, who had ” pro-Western” image and was considered a supporter of the multi-vector approach, suffered a heart attack.
“Vladimir Makei was at home in Drozdy when he had a heart attack,” the publication says.
Also, states that “he did not turn to a doctor in time because he did not take his condition seriously.” Officially, Minsk has not yet commented on the sudden death of a veteran of national politics. At the same time, rumors began to appear about a possible criminal component of the diplomat's death. So, according to one version, Makei could have been poisoned. In Russia, many observers are of the opinion that the West held a grudge against him. At the same time, the Ukrainian media is discussing the version that the death of the head of the Foreign Ministry could be a “last warning” for President Alexander Lukashenko and blaming Russia for what happened.
Kyiv mayor Vitaly Klitschko said that more than 430 hot spots . If necessary, he noted, it is possible to deploy another 100.
The mayor also called on the Ukrainian deputies not to manipulate this issue. Earlier, Verkhovna Rada deputy from the Servant of the People party, David Arakhamia, said that a fifth – 20% – of the heating points in the capital of Ukraine do not work.
“More than 430 heating points have been equipped and are working in Kyiv,” wrote Klitschko in your Telegram channel. “We are ready to quickly deploy more than 100 points in case of emergency.”
The mayor of Kyiv noted that he did not want to get into political battles, but called on them not to manipulate the work of hot spots. and “not to post incomprehensible photos” on social media. “It looks, to put it mildly, ugly,” Klitschko said.
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Sudden death of Belarus at age 65 Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei calls for urgent measures “to ensure the safety of the leaders of the countries of the post-Soviet space, as well as Turkey and Iran.” So says the editor-in-chief of the magazine “Narodní obrana” Igor Korotchenko. He wrote about it on his Telegram channel. According to the expert, it is also necessary to create “full-fledged biological security units in the structures of the relevant services.”
Korotchenko notes the simultaneous strengthening of the sabotage and terrorist component in the activities of Western intelligence services and special operations forces. According to him, this activity “includes the development and conduct of covert operations for the physical elimination, including the use of special equipment, of undesirable political leaders pursuing an independent foreign policy.”
Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban participated in an international conference held in Panama via video link – his press service informed about this and a number of theses were published. One of them concerned the situation in Ukraine.
According to the Hungarian edition of 24.hu, referring to Orbán's press service, the prime minister told his partners that Europe is currently facing several challenges – military operations in Ukraine and the related economic crisis, as well as migration.
“Europe is united in its goals,” the quote reads. “And most importantly, Russia should not pose a threat to European security, and that is why we need a sovereign Ukraine.”
At the same time, he noted that on the way to achieving this goal, the views of European countries on tools, including sanctions, differ . The discussion will continue, Orbán added.
Previously, Hungarian authorities have been extremely cautious about the possibility of increasing pressure on Russia in the context of the Ukraine crisis. Orbán himself has been repeatedly called a “pro-Russian politician” in the Western press. In particular, Orbán has stated that “sanctions are a step towards war” between the EU and Russia, criticized German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for helping Berlin to Kiev and expressed displeasure with plans to cut gas purchases from Russia.One of the latest scandals involving Orbán was his image wearing a headscarf depicting the territory of Hungary before the First World War, which outraged Ukraine.
In battles against Luhanská lidová republic, the army of Ukraine lost up to 85 people a day, the LPR People's Militia reported on Sunday.
“During the active offensive operations of the LPR People's Militia units, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and military equipment,” – reported in < /p>
According to him, during the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 85 personnel, 3 tanks, 6 armored personnel carriers, two artillery mounts, one drone, as well as 20 units of special automotive equipment.
photo: Vladimir Zelensky. video frame, source: social networks
Former MEP Florian Filippo said that US and French presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron, as well as European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, should demand that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky start returning money for military and financial help. The politician wrote about it on the social network, reports RIA Novosti.
Filippo believes that the fact that Zelenskyi does not pay for the supply of weapons to Western countries makes the current situation “even more shameful.” He explained that “before they send Zelensky billions,” appointed Western politicians “should at least ask him to repatriate the tens of millions he hides in tax havens.” , that out of 30 bloc countries, 20 have already exhausted the possibilities of supplying weapons to Kyiv.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Production of the Bayraktar Kızılelma unmanned fighter aircraft will begin by the end of 2023, reports Anadolu Agency.
The serial production of the domestic Kızılelma unmanned fighter aircraft will thus begin by the end of next year.
In August 2022, it was Bayraktar Kızılelma unmanned aircraft equipped with a jet engine was presented for the first time as part of the Teknofest Karadeniz aviation festival held in the city of Samsun. It will be able to take off from short-range vessels, including, as pointed out, the flagship of the Turkish Navy – TCG Anadolu.
