Developments in Ukraine The secret agreement of some NATO leaders to remove Zelensky

according to the international group Tasnim news, “Douglas McGregor, the former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, revealed in an interview that some leaders of NATO countries have asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to leave his post in order to achieve peace.

This American expert said: “I think he (Zelensky) is told in private conversations that everything is over and he should leave the presidency with self-respect “

McGregor pointed out that Zelensky is not willing to do this, and noted that the West intends to replace the current president of Ukraine with someone who can negotiate peace. Start with Russia. The former Pentagon adviser added: “This person (the new head chosen by the West) will sit at the negotiating table and discuss ending the conflict with the Russians.”

Cameron can probably say that there is no more money and he should call the bodyguards they have provided him”.

In this regard, Nikolai Azarov, the former Prime Minister of Ukraine, in an interview with “Izvestia” newspaper yesterday, referring to the fact that the Kiev authorities are puppets of the West, said: “In fact, these are the Americans who order to fight until the last Ukrainian or stop the negotiations.” According to him, Kiev will wait for the approval of the West to start the peace talks. If the Americans allow the negotiations If they give peace, such negotiations will be held, and if not, they will continue the conflict.

In addition, the former Prime Minister of Ukraine reminded that Volodymyr Zelenskyy at any moment can sign a document that will cancel the order banning negotiations with Russia, and this will be done in a few minutes. Follow the first day of the war in Ukraine:

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Former CIA analyst: Ukraine’s armed forces will not be able to resist the conflict until February

Larry Johnson, a former analyst of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has predicted that the armed forces Ukraine will not be able to maintain its positions in the military conflict with Russia until February 2024. He said in an interview: “Ukraine’s ability to survive this conflict will end by the end of January, maybe by February.”

The former analyst also emphasized that Despite the apparent loss of combat capability of the Ukrainian forces, American officials continue to blindly defend the validity of their actions and at the same time try to crush Russia and China.

The previous day, US Congress Senator Chris Murphy also mentioned in an interview with Politico that the Ukrainian army cannot last until February in the absence of military aid from the United States.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister: If Ukraine gets tired of war, it will cease to exist

Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, worries He revealed himself about the possibility of continuing the existence of Ukraine due to the facts that happened on the battlefield with Russia. He said: “If the fatigue of continuing the war overcomes Ukraine, this country will cease to exist.” We have to fight this – the West has enough capacity to support Ukraine.” become the main priority for European countries. align:justify”>Sergei Sobyanin, the mayor of Moscow, announced this morning, Sunday, that during the last night, several drones of the Ukrainian army, which were planning to carry out terrorist attacks on the capital, were shot down by the air defense forces in different areas and before They were stopped from reaching Moscow and shot down.

The mayor of Moscow wrote on his Telegram channel: “Mass attacks by Ukrainian drones continued throughout the night. But fortunately, the air defense forces managed to intercept and destroy all of them in different directions. did not have. Of course, according to Sobyanin, emergency services are working in the areas where the remains of the drones crashed.

This morning, the Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that the country’s air defense systems managed to destroy 11 Ukrainian attacking drones over Moscow, Tulsky, Kaluzhesky and Bryansky regions.

Zelensky: We will receive warships to “protect” the grain corridor

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced last night in a press conference with the Presidents of Switzerland, Latvia and the Prime Minister of Lithuania that the country will work with its partners to receive warships to protect ships moving in the grain corridor in the sea. Black has agreed.

Zelensky said: “We have agreed with our partners and we will accompany the ships carrying grain in the Black Sea to ensure their safety.” We already have special agreements to receive warships.”

He claimed that receiving these ships will happen in the near future. According to him, Kiev considers the establishment of a grain corridor without Moscow’s participation as one of the main achievements of 2023.

This is despite the fact that none of the western countries have yet made their intention to They did not announce the transfer of warships to Ukraine.

At the end of October, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denis Shmigal, mentioned that up to 60% of the country’s grain exports through A military expert commented on Zelensky’s words about the receipt of warships and noted: “This claim is only made by Zelensky. done So far, no country has said it plans to provide the ship to Ukraine, especially since the Bosphorus is blocked by Turkey. “Secondly, the water area that covers Ukraine has also been declared a war zone by Russia, and warships in it will be considered a military target.”

Zelenski refers to problems at the border due to the protest of Polish transport companies justify”> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy admitted last night, Saturday, that the country is facing problems on the border with Poland due to “some political actions” of its neighbors.

He said in a press conference: We have serious problems on the border with Poland. <...> I think it is primarily due to some political actions of our neighbors. I believe that we should follow a very balanced policy and have an action plan to follow the coordinated political decisions.

The president of Ukraine added: the authorities of this country have already started their efforts to resolve this conflict and gave their neighbors, especially Poland, some time to resolve the situation. solve.

The problem of fuel supply in Ukraine due to the blockade of the border with Poland

Markian Dmitrasovich, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, announced that the interruption in fuel supply began due to the closure of the country’s borders with Poland. “We are currently seeing problems with important supplies such as fuel to Ukraine,” he said on a TV program last night. that Ukrainian farmers may make up for lost export opportunities across the border with Poland thanks to rail and sea transport.

On Saturday, it was revealed that the number of Stopped on the border of Ukraine and Poland due to the protest of Polish transport companies has reached more than 3,700 trucks. In addition, traffic on the Ukrainian border with Slovakia, where the means of transport have recently joined the protest of their Polish colleagues, has not been stopped yet. Military registration of Ukraine

Roman Kostenko, Secretary of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence of the Supreme Parliament of Ukraine, announced that a law is being drafted that will empower the employees of the centers It will increase territorial recruitment (military registration offices for the army), which will affect the speed of their activities.

According to this parliamentary official, this bill with participation The Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Army will be drafted by the end of the year.

Schultz: Germany will continue to support Ukraine despite budget problems

On Saturday, German Chancellor Olaf Schultz at the regional congress of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in Brandenburg emphasized that the country will continue to support Ukraine despite the existing budget problems.

Sholtz said: “We will continue to support Kiev, and at the same time we will do everything possible to reduce the economic consequences [of the military conflict in Ukraine]. We will give it.

Earlier, the Wall Street Journal reported that Germany has to decide between financial aid to Ukraine and support for its economy due to the problem of blocking the government budget. Choose one by the end of the year.

British military: All partners of Kiev, except the US, have given all their weapons to Kiev

Glenn Grant, a former British army officer, revealed that all of Ukraine’s western partners, except the United States, have already given all their weapons stockpiles to Kiev and are running short.

He said: All Western countries, except the United States, have already given everything they could. Latvia has emptied its warehouses, Estonia and the Czech Republic have the same conditions. Poland has donated a large amount of equipment and is now waiting to replace it.

The United States still has a significant stockpile of military weapons, Grant noted, but For some reason, they are in no hurry to transfer them to Kyiv. According to the military, this may be due to the possibility of a military conflict with China.

A day earlier, Colonel Douglas McGregor, former adviser to the Pentagon chief, said that because The conflict in Ukraine is running out of US military weapons stockpiles.

Last week, Florian Philippe, the leader of the French Patriot Party, said that Western countries should stop supplying weapons in vain. to Kiev and financial support to prevent it, and now it is clear that their action will not be useful for Ukraine.

Proposals from EU members to reduce anti-Russian sanctions

Agency Last night, Saturday, Bloomberg News, citing its sources, reported that a number of EU member states have supported the reduction of Brussels’ initiatives on sanctions against the Russian Federation.

This report states: “A group of [European Union] member states insist on softening the EU’s proposals aimed at preventing the circumvention of sanctions against Russia through third countries. “

According to this agency, the executive body of the European Union proposed to prohibit importers from reselling so-called high-priority goods to Russia. In addition, companies were required to deposit a specified amount into an escrow account, at least half of which would be transferred to Ukraine’s trust fund if a company violated sanctions. In response to these proposals, some diplomats expressed doubts about the legality of these measures and the wisdom of requesting such regulations from importers. According to them, additional requirements can exclude European companies from the competitive arena.

This is not the first time that Western countries propose to reduce sanctions against Russia. . Previously, the media reported that the West should cancel the imposed restrictions in order to achieve peace in the Ukraine conflict. It was also reminded that the restrictive measures adopted against Russia could not stop the growth of foreign trade of this country and only hurt European countries.

The low morale of the Ukrainian people and the lack of military personnel

Financial Newspaper The Times reported on Saturday, citing its internal correspondent Chris Miller, that the morale of the Ukrainian people is very low and that the country is experiencing a serious shortage of volunteers for military service.

According to his observations, no one wants to go to the registration and recruiting office on the eve of winter, and the armed forces of Ukraine are facing a shortage of military personnel.

Reporter The Financial Times also noted that the Ukrainian authorities are very afraid that Donald Trump will take over the US presidency.

Ukraine’s new threats against the Crimean bridge

Vasily Maliuk, the head of the Security Service of Ukraine, has raised new threats against the Crimean bridge. He spoke about this in a TV program on Saturday and admitted that there have been two terrorist attacks on this bridge so far. The first was in October last year and the second in July this year.

The head of the security service told how his team carried out the blasts, including “with the help of naval drones Sea Baby, which were controlled from Kiev. According to Maliuk, “the Crimea bridge is doomed” and apparently “many surprises” await the Russian side in the future.

In addition, Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of the Russian Security Council, also said recently that the attacks on the peninsula confirm that the United States and other allies that help Kiev are actually sponsors of terrorism.

Russia has lost 76 passenger planes due to sanctions

Vitaly Saveliev, Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation It announced to reporters on Saturday that the country has lost 76 passenger planes due to sanctions imposed on the Russian aviation industry.

He explained that the decision to seize the planes that were in technical parking lots abroad took Moscow by surprise. The minister said: In total, we lost 76 passenger planes. According to Saveliev, there are currently 1,302 aircraft in the Russian Federation, of which 1,167 are passenger aircraft.

Turkey is in the list of partners. Russia’s trade came in second place

Alexander Novak, the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, in a speech at the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation between Russia and Turkey on Saturday He announced that a positive dynamic is observed in all fields of cooperation between the two countries.

According to Novak, Turkey will rank second among Russia’s foreign trade partners in 2022, and financial and trade turnover between the two countries has more than doubled.

The Deputy Prime Minister of Russia added: The share of settlements in national currencies is increasing and the authorities of the two countries are trying to increase the flow of Russian tourists to Turkey.

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Disclosure of London’s request not to sign peace with Russia in 2022

David Arakhamia The head of the faction of the pro-presidential party “Service of the People” in the Supreme Parliament of Ukraine and a member of the National Security, Defense and Intelligence Committee of the country revealed in a TV interview on Saturday that in 2022, Boris Johnson, the former Prime Minister of Great Britain, will take the Ukrainian side. He refused to sign a peace agreement with Russia.

This Ukrainian parliamentary official said: «In the spring of 2022, Russia announced the terms of the ceasefire. If Ukraine agreed to them, the conflict could end immediately. They (the Russians) were ready to end military conflict if we accepted neutrality, as in the case of Finland. And we will commit not to join NATO. This was the main point.”

He also answered the question why Ukraine did not agree to such conditions, and said that one of the reasons was Johnson’s request, who said ” Let’s just fight”, he said during his trip to Kiev. The former prime minister then announced that no agreement should be signed with the Russians, Arakhamia added.

The Ukrainian politician added that Kiev still does not agree to the cessation of hostilities because “this The action is in conflict with the constitution of this country, which defines the fundamental positions of the country.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, to “Boris Maksudov”, a military correspondent of Russia-24 TV channel, who two days ago while performing his professional duties after a drone attack Armed forces of Ukraine killed, awarded the Order of Courage. Putin’s decree was published on the official legal information portal on Saturday.

This military reporter was injured as a result of the Ukrainian forces’ drone attack on a group of Russian journalists on Thursday in the Zaporizhia region. . He was taken to a medical center, but he died the next day as a result of his injuries. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also said this. that Maksudov did his duty bravely and his death is a loss for the Ministry of Defense and for the Russian media. /strong>

Residents of several Finnish cities demonstrated on Saturday against the closing of the border with Russia. Photos and videos of these protests have been published on social networks.

In particular, demonstrations were held in the largest cities of the country – Helsinki and Tampere. People even took part in the rally with their small children and were holding posters with the words “We want to see our families in Russia”, “Open the borders”, “Don’t forget the constitution”.

According to reports, the Finnish police estimated that several hundred people took part in the demonstration organized in Sena Square in central Helsinki. The rally started at 12 o’clock and lasted for more than an hour. Law enforcement officials said the demonstration did not cause traffic problems and was completely peaceful.

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