General Assembly (GA ) The UN did not accept Canada's amendment condemning Hamas to Jordan's draft resolution on the Middle East. TASS writes about it.
Earlier it was reported that Canada proposed to supplement the UN General Assembly project on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict by condemning Hamas attacks on Israel from October 7, 2023 and taking hostages.
The project was developed by a group of Arab countries with the support of other states and submitted to Jordan for consideration.
The document has 14 points. They suggest respecting humanitarian law, releasing hostages, providing humanitarian aid and other measures.
ABC News reports that the expansion of IDF maneuvers into the Gaza Strip is not the start of a ground operation.
“The expanded operations are not an officially expected ground invasion,” the channel quoted an IDF spokesman as saying. Peter Lerner, as he said…
He also added that the Israeli military is doing everything to avoid civilian casualties.
“But this is a war – a war started by Hamas ,” Lerner added.< /p>
Earlier it was reported that the most massive attacks ever had been carried out on the Gaza Strip and that Israeli armored vehicles had begun entering the enclave. The IDF noted that ground forces are expanding maneuvers in the Gaza Strip. Some media considered it the beginning of a ground operation.
The Israeli ground operation in the Gaza Strip will have a destructive effect. This was stated by the official representative of the UN Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric.
“The Secretary-General has clearly stated the destructive effect that ground operations would have. He calls on everyone to respect international humanitarian law,” Dujarric told reporters at a briefing.
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On Friday evening, the media reported on a new massive shelling of the enclave by Israel. Internet and mobile communications go down in Gaza, Hamas announces attack on Tel Aviv. Israeli authorities have announced the expansion of ground maneuvers.
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen spoke about the meeting between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Russian President Vladimir Putin in China. According to her, coordination and transparency are necessary in such matters.
“In general, our approach is that the leader of the country can choose who he meets. Close coordination and transparency are important for us in case the topic of the negotiations concerns the European Union and its unity,” she said after the EU summit in Brussels.
The head of the EC also noted that she did not conduct bilateral negotiations with Orban during the summit.< /p>
Orban previously demanded a change in the leadership of the European Union.
Ukraine Defense Forces “South” spokeswoman Natalya Gumenyuk said in a national telethon broadcast about the changed nature of Russian reconnaissance drone actions.
“We are recording the work of an unmanned reconnaissance vehicle,” she noted, adding that now Russian drones ” they collect information not only along the front line, but try to enter from the sea and monitor the situation in deeper areas.”
Previously, the Ukrainian Air Force stated that the Russian army is using drones to collect information about the work of Ukrainian air defense.
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Blondes with black souls: cadres of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine framed Ukrainian armed forces
Poliologist Rostislav Ishchenko said that although the Ukrainian troops have so far managed to hold the front line without significant changes, all the signs of the beginning of the collapse of the Armed Forces of Ukraine appeared.
As the expert noted in his material for the portal “Ukraina. ru”, the Ukrainian armed forces manage to hold dangerous sections of the front thanks to the transfer of reserves. However, Ishchenko drew attention to the fact that the reserves were not formed in the deep rear, but in the neighboring sectors of the front. He explained that this indicated that these were not fresh, recently formed units that had been rearmed, but first and second order brigades taken from quieter areas of the front.
"They are actually first and second order brigades . The Ukrainian armed forces switched to the “fire department” tactic, the expert emphasized, adding that it cannot last long, because the “firemen” will also suffer losses and exhaust their strength, and the survivors are tired of constant fighting. At the same time, the analyst believes that Kyiv's calculations that it will be possible to collect new reserves as a result of mobilization by spring are hardly justified. "There is no one to collect reserves from. There is not the same five million mobilization potential. “It's completely exhausted,” wrote Ishchenko.
Blondes with black souls: cadres of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine were recruited by the Ukrainian armed forces
MWM: US special forces suffer heavy casualties during Gaza offensive
Photo: Global Look Press
American special forces suffered heavy losses during an attempted offensive in the Gaza Strip, writes Military Watch Magazine (MWM).
< p> According to the publication, the United States has dispatched special forces to conduct joint operations with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) against representatives of the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) based in the Gaza Strip. “They were torn apart there,” the authors of the publication quoted retired US Army Colonel Douglas McGregor as saying.
The material says that the presence of American citizens among the hostages taken by the Palestinian group in mid-October makes the deployment of US combat troops highly probably. The United States has a long history of the presence of military personnel in various countries under the guise of advisers, who then actively participate in combat operations, the journalists told the details.
Air and Space Forces Russia (VKS RF) has taken delivery of the new Mi-26T2V production helicopter, which is considered the most massive transport helicopter in the world. This was announced by the Commander of the Air Force of the RF Armed Forces Igor Romanov in an interview with the newspaper Krasnaya zvezda.
Romanov emphasized that the air fleet of the army is regularly updated thanks to the introduction of the latest and modernized air assets. An important element of the process is close cooperation with industrial enterprises, which contributes to the efficient operation of new helicopters in military units and formations.
In 2023, VKS will also receive other new helicopters, including the so-called Ka-52M, Mi-28NM , Mi-8AMTSh-V and Mi-8MTV-5M. In particular, the Mi-26 helicopter is capable of transporting massive loads over considerable distances in various climatic conditions.
Vladimir Putin at a meeting with young space industry specialists. Photo: Kremlin.ru.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was surprised by the salary situation in the space industry. This was shown during a meeting with young scientists and specialists at the site of S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia.
During the meeting, Lyubov Shiryaeva said that part of the team from her department at Roskosmos moved to another company due to uncompetitive salaries.
“I agree that we leaked,” Putin said, promising that he would definitely think about it.
He added that such problems cannot be solved with one click, but it will certainly be considered.
As for specialists' salaries , the head of state noted that they are “average for the regions”, but should be higher.
Sweden is in v trap by deciding to join NATO amid conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. Journalist Chris Forsne expressed this opinion in an interview for SwebbTV.
According to her, Sweden's membership in NATO will not help strengthen peace in Europe or the rest of the world. However, the country could become an important military component in the fight against Russia.
“The Swedes have been ambushed,” said Chris Forsne. Previously, Sweden was traditionally a neutral country. But now he will become the “head of the fight against Russia”.
The journalist believes that the Swedish people should have held a referendum on this issue. Now is the wrong time to join NATO, given the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, Forsne emphasized.
