Events, statements, economy
Day 601. In Crimea, it was reported that eight UAF drones were destroyed during the night as they approached the peninsula. Explosions were heard in Odessa. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' personnel in the special operation zone with the help of TOS-2 «Tosochka». The Kremlin said that everyone always wanted to “suppress” Putin and that he “does not and cannot have competitors in Russia.”
Putin called on Biden for respect after words about “suppression.”
The Lithuanian Armed Forces and German defense enterprises have begun repairing Leopard tanks damaged in Ukraine, the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense reported.
In Crimea, a lawyer was fined 45 thousand rubles and ordered 15 days of arrest under the article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.
Peskov said that Putin has not yet spoken with Guterres on the sidelines of the forum in Beijing.
Ukrainian President Zelensky confirmed that that the Ukrainian Armed Forces used ATACMS missiles for the first time.
Swedish Civil Defense Minister Bolin said that a communication cable between Sweden and Estonia was damaged in the Baltic Sea. According to the minister, the cable was damaged last week at about the same time and in the same area as the telecommunications cable between Finland and Estonia, as well as the Balticconnector gas pipeline.
The New York Times confirms that the U.S. sent ATACMS to Ukraine, and also writes that they are with a cassette part.
Having announced his emigration from Russia after “a year and a half of thought and hesitation,” ex-protodeacon Andrei Kuraev reported the insults he received.
The Mossud confirmed the extension until December 18 of the arrest of Igor Strelkov (Girkin), who is being investigated for extremism.
The Wall Street Journal citing sources, writes that a small batch of long-range ATACMS missiles was recently secretly delivered to Ukraine.
Kiev confirmed the use of ATACMS in Berdyansk
The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill allowing the Russian Guard to include volunteer formations. Also adopted in the first reading was a bill exempting Russian National Guard volunteers from personal income tax and insurance contributions when receiving gratuitous assistance, as well as from state duty when replacing a passport or driver’s license.
TASS: employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Tax Service in Moscow will check the singer’s business Vaikule limes.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation will consider the ban on government procurement of imported stationery and, if necessary, expand the corresponding resolution to this category, said the first deputy head of the department Osmakov at a State Duma meeting.
Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Korniychuk said that “the embassy did not receive an application for about organizing a trip» President Zelensky, “therefore, there was no refusal to visit.”
Kyrgyzstan, following Kazakhstan, abolished the visa for foreigners.
The FSB announced the detention of a resident of Oryol, whom it considers guilty of treason and sabotage activities in the Oryol region on instructions from the SBU.
In Surgut, a SVO volunteer gave a lecture on patriotism to schoolchildren in grades 2 and 3. Local media noticed that the full namesake of this citizen was convicted three times for theft in 2017-2020. The city administration reminded that “for us, all participants of the SVO are heroes.”
In Odessa, paint was poured over the Alexander Column in Shevchenko Park, which was erected in honor of the Russian Emperor Alexander II in 1891.
“More than half of the disabled people in the Northern Military District are amputees”: Deputy Head of the Ministry of Labor Vovchenko cited statistics
Shoigu: the new Almaz-Antey plant in Rudnevo special economic zone «Technopolis Moscow» will produce air defense systems.
Russian Foreign Ministry official Zakharova: the PACE resolution calling to recognize Putin as the illegitimate president of Russia after the end of his term in 2024 is part of the Western information war and has no legal force.
Ukrainian Finance Minister Marchenko said that the country expects to receive $5.4 billion from the IMF in 2024.
TASS: the new ship-based air defense system «Komar» can counteract unmanned boats, said at the Interpolitex-2023 exhibition representative of the developer company.
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation approved the indictment in the criminal case against Daria Trepova (included in the list of terrorists and extremists) — she is accused of committing a terrorist attack, which resulted in the death of military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky (Maxim Fomin).
The State Duma accepted in I reading a bill on the withdrawal of the Russian Federation's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Orban at a meeting with Putin: we have never been in such a difficult situation, Hungary never wanted to confront Russia.
RIA News: ️Putin held unscheduled talks in China with Prime Minister of Hungary Orban.
"Vedomosti": The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed to extend the simplified import of electronics from abroad.
The United States has already allocated $522 million to Ukraine to support the energy sector, Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmygal said.
No explosive devices were found on the drone found the day before in a field in the Balakovo district of the Saratov region, the district administration reported.
The FSB announced the detention of a Crimean resident on suspicion of collaboration with the Ukrainian special services. It is alleged that he himself got in touch with the SBU and transmitted data about the situation on the peninsula, and also made caches of ammunition.
Peskov: everyone wants to suppress Russia and Putin, this is not a new idea.
Refugees from Ukraine began to face homelessness due to the end of support from the British government, writes The Times.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces used American ATACMS missiles at the airfield in Berdyansk for the first time
Peskov: Putin does not and cannot have competitors in Russia
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky wanted to attract the fading attention of the West with his visit to Israel, wrote the head of the French Patriots party. Florian Filippo on the social network X.
Air defense systems went off in Berdyansk at night, the administration of the Zaporozhye region told journalists.
The Russian military is taking prisoner a significant number of soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a former CIA employee said Larry Johnson in an interview with the Judging Freedom YouTube channel.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting rotation, withdrawing some of the units that have completed combat missions and bringing in new ones, including from the Azov national battalion. (a terrorist organization banned on the territory of the Russian Federation), in the Krasnolimansk direction, retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko told RIA Novosti.
Head of Crimea Sergei Aksenov: During the night on approach to Crimea, eight were suppressed by electronic warfare and shot down by air defense forces Enemy UAV.
Retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Marochko said that 152-mm ammunition with signs of damage was delivered to one of the artillery units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction.