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❗️More than 4,000 Ukrainians, including 3,574 military, are still in captivity - Ministry of Reintegration.
The Guardian reported https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/14/german-journalist-putin-hubert-seipel that Hubert Seipel, a German journalist, received €600,000 from Alexei Mordashov, an oligarch close to Vladimir Putin.
The German publishing house Hoffmann and Campe is stopping the sale of books by journalist Hubert Seipel about Vladimir Putin after an investigation revealed that the books were funded by Russia.
🇪🇺EU proposes https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-15/eu-takes-aim-at-key-machine-exports-to-russia-in-new-sanctions?srnd=europe-politics** ban on exports of machinery and parts used by Russia to make weapons used in war against Ukraine - Bloomberg
Russian oil products are bypassing the embargo and entering Greece's main refinery through Turkey.
This is Motor Oil Hellas, which also supplies fuel to the Pentagon.
The Washington Post writes https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/11/14/russian-oil-sanctions-us-greece-turkey/ about oil flows between the refinery and the Turkish oil depot in the town of Dirtol. Turkey has not imposed sanctions against Russia, so its companies have the right to accept Russian fuel, but the Greek refinery is prohibited from doing so.
Ukraine is actively increasing the production of new surface UAVs with "surprises" for Russians, - said the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.
🇫🇮 Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo admits the possibility of a complete closure of the border with Russia due to the growing number of asylum seekers
Putin may receive https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/putin-grain-theft-ukraine-russia-latest-b2447644.html** another wanted list from the International Criminal Court - for trying to organize an artificial famine in Ukraine –The Independent
GRC found evidence that in December 2021, Russia purchased three huge 170-meter grain carriers to export grain by sea. The export of grain from the occupied territories also began in the first week of the occupation. At times, 12,000 tons were exported per day.
There are other signs of preparations for the export of grain.
🇸🇰Slovakia will finance https://www.sme.sk/minuta/23243899/blanar-zopakoval-ze-vlada-vojensky-ukrajine-nepomoze-firmam-branit-nebude the production of two Bozena-4 mine clearance vehicles for Ukraine. They will be delivered to the Kherson region in early 2024. Slovakia will also provide humanitarian assistance for the winter period and share its experience in demining.
🇩🇪🇺🇦 Ukraine has started negotiations on bilateral security commitments with Germany, which has become the sixth country with which they will be held - the President's Office.
Citizens of Iraq, Yemen and other countries have begun to come to Finland via Russia to seek asylum. Finland believes that Russia is doing this on purpose and even is sponsoring it financially.
🇭🇺 Hungary and Russia have signed a schedule for the construction of the Paks II nuclear power plant, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron visited Ukraine.
◾️Yes, you've heard that the US was confident that Kyiv would fall in 3 days. The journalist writes that Jake Sullivan even argued about it with Polish presidential secretary Jakub Kumoch, who was convinced of a Ukrainian victory. Washington finally agreed to hand over the tanks after a meeting between Biden and Duda.
◾️But the situation with the fighter jets was "not so clear". Then the Poles decided to act on their own. They disassembled 10 MiG-29s and left them in a wooded area near the border. Kyiv was informed about the "orphan" parts, which were quickly collected by our military. This happened several months before the official handover of the aircraft by the international coalition. For more details, see the thread https://twitter.com/FilippDM/status/1724171496552063182 by Filip Dąb-Mirowski, a publicist who retold these fragments.
🇷🇸 Serbia would like to take part in the reconstruction of Ukraine after the end of the war unleashed by Russia, said Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Goran Vesic. [why? hoping to manage to steal some of the money channeled for the reconstruction to himself and his friends?]
Struggle for resources
When Ukrainians say that we need more weapons, the West often thinks that it is a sign of ingratitude.
In fact, Ukrainians are grateful, but there is another side - how many weapons your enemy supplies to the front.
The 10 largest donors to Ukraine: EU, USA, Germany, UK, Norway, Japan, Canada, Poland, Netherlands, Denmark.