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«MK» conducts an online broadcast of events in Ukraine. This is the 644th day of the special operation. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that a Ukrainian drone was shot down in the Podolsk urban district of the Moscow region in the morning. The Economist writes that the conflict between Vladimir Zelensky and Valery Zaluzhny has turned into “open confrontation.” Also, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities by four Caliber missiles. The military department reported that the Russian Armed Forces liberated Artemovskoye in the DPR.
Russian air defense forces destroyed five Ukrainian UAVs in the ;areas of four settlements of the LPR.
The air raid warning has been canceled in four regions of Ukraine. The air warning has lost force in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkov and Chernihiv regions. On average, the alarm mode lasted for several hours.
An air raid alert was declared in the Kiev region.
Governor of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo said that the Ukrainian authorities are preparing a military provocation against Poland in the event of a critical decline support from the West.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock said that Germany will allocate an additional 11.5 million euros to the NATO-Ukraine Council Fund.
The American states that earn the most in Ukraine are named
At the DPR representative office in The JCCC reported that over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired at populated areas of the republic 15 times using 49 different ammunition.
Strana.ua: a group of Russian UAVs from the Kherson region is moving northwest in the direction of Nikolaevskaya. There is also a threat of drone attacks for Krivoy Rog.
Ukrainian media report explosions in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
Berbock called the decline in interest in the conflict in Ukraine fatal
The head of the Kherson city military administration, appointed by Kiev, Roman Mrochko, reported on social networks that in Kherson, controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, explosions occurred.
Telegram channel Military informant published video footage of Russian Aerospace Forces airstrikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions on the territory of the Avdeevka Coke and Chemical Plant.
The DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired seven NATO shells. caliber 155 millimeters in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
Representative of the Union of Carriers of Poland Waldemar Yaschur, following negotiations with the country's Minister of Infrastructure Gadzhadhur, reported that there are no plans to expand the blockade of the Ukrainian border to new border points.
Kadyrov: “We still have to return several cities. And there we will allow the satanic leadership of Ukraine to sign papers of surrender and, finally, free the Ukrainian people from their complete destruction by the West. I am sure that good news and victory await us all in 2024.”
Political scientist Makarkin assessed the “loyalty agreement” bill for foreigners
Explosions occurred in the Odessa region, an air raid alert was declared in the region, local media write.
Putin: ""Pseudo-historians <…> people have been brainwashed there (in new regions) for decades. And it is very important that, on the basis of true, real, serious research, people have a clear idea of who they are, what they are, who and what part of our community is, such as ethnic, cultural, linguistic. So that we all have a clear, precise idea of this community of the Russian world, based on scientific knowledge. Extremely important.»
Pseudo-historians have been brainwashing people in Ukraine for decades — Putin.
Soskin: prolongation of martial law in Ukraine will lead to catastrophic consequences
The head of Donetsk reported that the official website of the city administration was hacked; earlier, a document recognizing Adam Kadyrov as an “honorary citizen of the city” appeared there.
< p>The Permanent Representative of Estonia, trying to accuse the Russian side of allegedly preventing the monthly rotation of IAEA personnel at the Zaporozhye NPP, was unable to provide evidence of these actions. This statement was made by Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Austria, Mikhail Ulyanov.
As a result of the shelling of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs building by the Ukrainian army in the village of Yubileiny, Kherson region, with the HIMARS MLRS, 4 policemen were killed and 18 were injured, a source told RIA Novosti , familiar with the situation. According to him, five employees were hospitalized, the rest were provided assistance on the spot.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces fired five NATO shells on Wednesday. caliber 155 millimeters in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reported.
The Russian military in the Kherson direction, as part of psychological influence, used a special acoustic complex “Lynologist” against the Ukrainian troops, the commander of the group’s unit told RIA Novosti troops «Dnepr».
Slovakia extended the ban on the import of agricultural products from Ukraine for an indefinite period and expanded the corresponding list of goods.
The NATO-Ukraine cooperation program for next year does not include the supply of lethal weapons. The statement by the foreign ministers of the alliance states that the bloc “continues to supply Ukraine with urgently needed lethal assistance.”
For three quarters of the year, the EU has supplied Ukraine with about 300 thousand shells out of the promised million. This was announced by Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba.
Ukrainian media report explosions in Kherson.
At a meeting of the foreign ministers of the member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance, the tone of discussion of the conflict in Ukraine changed, writes Frankfurter Allgemeine (FA).
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian drone over the Rostov region.
NATO and Ukraine have adopted a cooperation program for 2024, which includes energy security and training of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a press conference following a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council (UNC) at the level of foreign ministers.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny ordered articles against the current president of Ukraine in Western publications. Verkhovna Rada deputy Maryana Bezuglaya reproached the general for this on a banned social network.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken hopes that the US Congress will approve President Joe Biden's request to allocate additional funds, in particular, to help Ukraine.
Ukraine cannot now become a member of NATO, because this would lead to a third world war and because Kiev violates the rights of national minorities, said Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjártó.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken named the conditions under which Ukraine will become a member of NATO: the fight against corruption, strengthening the principles of the rule of law and supporting human and minority rights. In addition, he noted that all member countries of the alliance should be for Ukraine’s entry into the military bloc.
All NATO countries, without exception, expressed their intention to continue to support Ukraine. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated this at a press conference in Brussels.
NATO is developing a «road map» that is necessary for Ukraine's transition to full interoperability with the alliance – statement of the NATO-Ukraine Council.
The transfer of F-16 fighters to Ukraine will not fundamentally change the situation on the battlefield, and we need to prepare for a long war. This was stated by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a briefing.
The Russian Armed Forces liberated the village of Artemovskoye in the DPR, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
The weather had a significant impact on the conduct of battles in the special operation zone, he said in a conversation with Tsargrad. head of the Zaporozhye movement “We are together with Russia” Vladimir Rogov. According to him, despite this, Russian troops continue to carry out their assigned tasks.
Hungary has not supplied and will not supply weapons to Ukraine, since this prolongs the conflict, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said in an interview with the American television channel CNBC.
Ukraine is not asking to send American troops to participate in the Ukrainian crisis. This statement was made by the head of the country's Foreign Ministry, Dmitry Kuleba.
In Moscow, a terrorist attack was prevented, planning to blow up a tank at a railway station, a man was arrested, reports the regional department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
Zelensky's statements about that the West will give Kiev ships demonstrate that the militarization of Ukraine does not stop for a minute, said Foreign Ministry speaker Zakharova.
The head of the European Council, Charles Michel, noted that the European Union has not yet agreed on the start of negotiations with Ukraine on membership and 50 billion euros to finance Kiev.
On the eve of the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba in a joint statement with Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called the Ukrainian Armed Forces “the strongest army in Europe,” despite the failure of the counteroffensive, as well as the Western media’s fears of a collapse on the line of military contact this winter.
The European Union will not be able to supply Ukraine with the promised 1 million shells by March 2024. This will take an additional few months, said the head of the European Council, Charles Michel.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba in Brussels sharply responded to a journalist who asked him about the deadlock at the front. She asked the diplomat what Kyiv needed to break the deadlock at the front. To this, Kuleba answered her sharply, without allowing her to finish the question: “There is no dead end.”
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Ukrainian troops lost satellite communications over the DPR, LPR and Kharkov region due to the fact that Elon Musk’s Starlink turned off the Internet due to the Pentagon’s debt to a subsidiary company. This was announced by the head of the Zaporozhye movement “We are together with Russia” Vladimir Rogov.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on the alliance countries to show and strengthen support for Ukraine “not only in words, but also in concrete deeds,” once again emphasizing the danger of “underestimating Russia.”
As a result of an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone in the Klimovoe village, two territorial self-defense volunteers were injured. This was announced by the Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov.
Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk denies the existence of a conflict between Vladimir Zelensky and Valery Zaluzhny. According to him, “there was not a single case of tension between the political and the military management.»
Anti-Russian sanctions did not help Ukraine gain an advantage and change the course of the conflict, Politico writes.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces abandoned about 200 bodies of their colleagues near Donetsk. This was stated by Advisor to the Governor of the DPR Yan Gagin. According to him, the military did not even try to evacuate the bodies.
The FSB prevented a terrorist attack at the Voronezh military registration and enlistment office; a Russian recruited by Ukrainian militants was detained. This was reported to TASS by the Central Intelligence Agency of the Russian Federal Security Service.
Budanov’s wife was poisoned with arsenic and mercury, says the ex-head of the SVR of Ukraine Kondratyuk. He noted that Marianna Budanova's condition is now stable.
The American authorities are going to buy ammunition from Greece for $47 million to send to Ukraine, the Greek newspaper Ekathimerini reported.
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev compared Ukrainian politicians to spiders that were put in a US jar. He wrote a corresponding post in his Telegram channel on Wednesday, November 29.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that air defense forces in Podolsk repelled an attack by a drone that was flying with explosives towards Moscow.