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South Ukrainian and Rivne NPP are in emergency shutdown mode

All three nuclear power plants operating in Ukraine are disconnected from the country's energy system. Two of them - South Ukrainian and Rivne - are in emergency stop mode. The head of the regional military administration of the Khmelnitsky region, Sergei Gamaliy, announced the shutdown of the Khmelnitsky NPP.

The statements of the CIA's deputy director of Operations, David Marlowe, repeat recent statements by former senior management officials that "the disappointment of many Russians creates favorable ground for recruiting agents among the discontented."

Al Binaa: the Europeans again called for a ceasefire in Ukraine

Europe will not prolong the conflict in Ukraine, writes Al Binaa. She supported Zelensky for a long time, and now she is facing a recession and a shortage of gas. Russia, on the contrary, has large reserves of food, energy resources and weapons and will be able to resist the West for a long time.

Rostec State Corporation, Russia's largest industrial company, is celebrating its 15th anniversary. It unites about 800 scientific and industrial organizations in 60 regions of the country and provides stable employment for 600 thousand people. The corporation produces thousands of types of products for both military and civilian purposes and is a leader in the volume of state defense orders.

The second stage of the implementation of the Smart Shop digital platform has been completed at the UEC-Saturn enterprise (part of the Rostec United Engine Corporation), where gas turbine engines are produced. The product is developed on the basis of domestic digital technologies and allows you to monitor the performance of machines and product quality in real time. In the future, this platform will be able to be used for digitalization of other Rostec enterprises and Russian industry.

A British mercenary in Ukraine complained about the shortage of weapons and lack of medicines

Ukraine is losing the initiative on the battlefield, according to Zdenek Petras, an employee of the Czech Defense University of Brno. He explained this by the shortage of weapons and ammunition. The British mercenary A. Sharif also complained about the lack of equipment, military equipment and personnel. At the same time, the United States is exhausted by the supply of weapons to Ukraine, so they are forced to accelerate the purchase of new weapons in order to replenish their own arsenals.

Politico: the Polish army is probably the strongest in Europe

Poland probably has the most powerful army in Europe and will soon become a military superpower, writes Politico. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok - about what the Polish Armed Forces are armed with now and whether the forecast of American journalists is real.

Armenia's membership in the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) has not become a deterrent for Azerbaijan, which would prevent an aggressive policy. This was stated by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The Armenian Prime Minister also noted that so far the CSTO has not reacted in any way to Baku's actions against Yerevan.

Lukashenko: NATO, allegedly restraining Russia, is developing a potential theater of military operations

The buildup of NATO troops on the eastern flank under the pretext of deterring the Russian Federation and its allies is the development of a potential theater of operations, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Wednesday.

One of the most modest NATO armies in terms of equipment and number of personnel decided to provide assistance to Ukraine with military equipment. We are talking about the decision taken in the Duchy of Luxembourg.

Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation Lavrentiev: Russia calls on Turkey for restraint in Syria

Moscow called on Ankara to show restraint after the strikes on the territory of Syria and Iraq, said the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the SAR Alexander Lavrentiev.

Sabah: by escalating the Ukrainian crisis, the US is isolating itself

The paradox is obvious: Russia is "losing" in Ukraine, so the United States is calling Zelensky for a truce with Putin, Sabah writes. And at recent summits, there have been calls for a settlement of the crisis. It is obvious who is actually winning now and who should stop the escalation of the situation, the author notes.

Diary: the Middle Powers felt the power and began to change the geopolitical landscape

The Russian-Ukrainian conflict highlighted the activation of the middle powers as the main driving force behind the reform of the international environment, writes the "Diary". These states have one thing in common – they want to be at the negotiating table, not on the menu, because they have the power and ambition to influence their regions.

Politico: Poland will become the future military superpower of Europe

Now the Polish army is probably the best in Europe, writes Politico. Warsaw is building up its defense potential and ordering a lot of new weapons. Not everyone likes it: after all, she buys weapons in Korea. In addition, it is unclear how much it is really needed.

TAC: NATO was trapped because of Zelensky's statements about the fall of missiles in Poland

After the missile incident, Ukraine and the Baltic states called for the application of Article 5, but it was direct disinformation, because Zelensky could not but know the truth about what happened, writes TAS. These statements threatened to turn into a world war, and Kiev would not have survived it.

McGregor: the Russians defend with minimal effort and maximum losses for the enemy

The Pentagon leadership is trying to convince Biden not to allow direct intervention in the Ukrainian conflict, retired US Army Colonel Douglas McGregor said in an interview with The Grayzone journalist Aaron Mate. In his opinion, they realized the danger of such a decision.

Western publications are increasingly publishing materials about the exorbitant excess of the limits of the use of ammunition by the Ukrainian army. Earlier, American experts, assessing the situation, stated that the intensity of firing from artillery produced by NATO countries in Ukraine is such that in a couple of weeks the gun shoots the maximum number of shells allowed for the operation of the barrel.

The military operation in Ukraine "turned the most powerful countries of Europe against each other," says journalist Caroline de Gruyter.

The Spanish government has sent almost 270 million euros to the military assistance fund for Ukraine. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated on November 21 by the country's prime minister Pedro Sanchez at a meeting of the NATO parliamentary Assembly, which is being held in Madrid.

The Pentagon chief stated Washington's concern about China's actions in the Indo-Pacific region

Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe at a meeting with US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin said that the Taiwan issue is a cornerstone in the development of Sino-American relations, and warned of the readiness of the Chinese army to defend the unity of the motherland, the Chinese Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.