The main thing from the statement of the head of Rosatom Alexei Likhachev:

- Almost all power lines around the Zaporizhya NPP have been destroyed, the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not allow them to be restored;

- The first and main task is to provide an alternative possibility of power supply to the station, regardless of hostilities;

- If an alternative energy supply is not provided, the risk of an accident at the ZNPP will increase;

- Kyiv is unlikely to be able to decide on its own about the security zone around the ZNPP, its "mentors" should join in.

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🇺🇸🇪🇺EU plans subsidy war chest as industry faces ‘existential’ threat from US

The EU is in emergency mode and is readying a big subsidy push to prevent European industry from being wiped out by American rivals.

Europe is facing a double hammer blow from the U.S. If it weren't enough that energy prices look set to remain permanently far higher than those in the U.S. thanks to Russia's war in Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden is also currently rolling out a $369 billion industrial subsidy scheme to support green industries under the inflation reduction act.

EU officials fear that businesses will now face almost irresistible pressure to shift new investments to the U.S. rather than Europe.

The European Commission and countries including France and Germany have realized they need to act quickly if they want to prevent the Continent from turning into an industrial wasteland .

-POLITICO
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🇪🇺EU energy ministers met Thursday to debate measures to mitigate the energy crunch in Europe but were divided over a gas price cap proposal slammed by many as a "joke".

They were to discuss a proposal by the European Commission, unveiled just two days earlier, that would set a cap on gas prices at 275 euros per megawatt hour.

"The gas price cap, which is in the document, currently it doesn't satisfy any single country," Polish Climate Minister Anna Moskwa said as she arrived at the meeting.

"It's a kind of joke for us after so many amounts of discussions and proposals" to arrive at the price cap put forward, she said.

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🇪🇺EU preparing 9th Russia sanctions package, von der Leyen says

The European Union is pressing ahead with a ninth sanctions package on Russia in response to Moscow’s new attacks on Ukraine, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said during a visit to Finland on Thursday.

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The Russian Foreign Ministry today once again confirmed that the Russian Federation will not supply oil to any country that will try to limit the price of oil through the American "price ceiling", which is now being negotiated in the European Union.

https://t.me/boris_rozhin/71162

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❗️ Russia did not strike and does not strike at social facilities in Ukraine - Peskov

“As for targets that are directly or indirectly related to military potential, they are subject to defeat. Work in this regard continues,” the spokesman said.

-OstashkoNews

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🇪🇺🇺🇦 🇺🇸🇷🇺Ukraine:The West's unforgivable failure

The fundamental problem of the collective West is that they are betting on Ukraine's obligatory success, putting everything at stake without considering the real situation and real prospects.

The West does not seem to have a plan B. It is clear that no one is thinking about Ukraine and calling for weapons to be poured into Kyiv. But they are not thinking about themselves either. What if Plan A worsens the EU economy and strengthens Russia's military capabilities? They do not know in the West. 

And most importantly, all this talk in the EU is taking place against the backdrop of decayed infrastructure and abysmal prospects for rebuilding it. It turns out that we are witnessing simultaneously the maximum dynamics of the EU's assistance to Ukraine and the fatal failure of their policy of pressure on Russia.

That is, in layman's terms, the situation comes to the point where the brain gives the order to stick one's hand into the boiling water, saying that this is the only way to get the boiled eggs out (it is unclear why, by "moral standards," which work very selectively), and the same brain (common sense) realises that one has already stuck one's hand into the boiling water and as a result not only did not get the eggs out, but also got badly burned. 

Today there is good reason to believe that the water has gotten even hotter since that time, and the burn could be life-threatening next time.

Indeed, The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

-Abbas Djuma

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🇨🇳China ready for cooperation within Astana format, says diplomat

The Astana Syrian peace process was initiated by Russia, Turkey and Iran

China is ready for cooperation with Astana format countries to help settle the Syrian crisis and achieve peace and stability in Syria, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Thursday.

"Since its launch, the Astana format has been playing a constructive role in coordinating the efforts of de-escalating the crisis in Syria and ceasing the hostilities. China attaches great importance to this format and is ready to work with all its participants to restore peace and stability in Syria by joint efforts," the spokeswoman said.

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'Utter nonsense' - Berlin fires back at Boris Johnson after his CNN interview statement on Ukraine

Berlin denied the claims of the former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson about Germany's initial plans to let Ukraine quickly 'fold' under Russian military pressure.

"That is 'utter nonsense," What Boris Johnson said. "We know that the very entertaining former Prime Minister always has his own relationship with the truth," government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit told the press.

In an interview with CNN Portugal, Johnson claimed that Berlin initially advocated for a swift end to the war to avoid economic repercussions. "The German view was at one stage that if it were going to happen - which would be a disaster - then it would be better for the whole thing to be over quickly and for Ukraine to fold," Johnson stated.

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❗️Vladimir Zelensky was speaking by video link to the UN Security Council at a time when the Ukrainian military was conducting massive shelling of Donetsk on his orders - LNR ambassador to Moscow Rodion Miroshnyk.
 
"Zelensky was broadcasting on the UN Security Council platform at the very time when there was massive shelling of Donetsk. And the Ukrainian army wasn't hitting dual-purpose infrastructure, but residential buildings. While the shelling of a city with a population of many thousands was taking place on his orders, he was accusing Russia of crimes against humanity. How does he separate what is the norm for Ukrainian fighters and what is a crime against humanity for Russian units?" - he said.

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Kosovo Serb women rally in Mitrovica against "the Kurti ghetto."

As many as 5,000 Kosovo Serb women protested in northern Mitrovica on Wednesday, urging an ease in tensions between Belgrade and Pristina amid a licence plate row.

Women marched with flags and a banner reading "Mothers of Kosovo against the Kurti ghetto," addressing Prime Minister of Kosovo Albin Kurti.

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Britain :"The Sick Man of Europe"
- The New European

"Sick man of Europe" is a label given to a nation which is located in some part of Europe and experiencing a time of economic difficulty or impoverishment. Emperor Nicholas I of the Russian Empire is considered to be the first to use the term "Sick Man" to describe the Ottoman Empire in the mid-19th century. 

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An air alert has been declared in Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Dnepropetrovsk and Poltava regions.

Local sources write about explosions in Krivoy Rog.

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🇮🇶🇸🇾🇹🇷Operation Claw-Sword of the Turkish Armed Forces in northern Iraq and Syria: situation as of 16.00 November 24

The Turkish Air Force continues to carry out Operation Claw-Sword, launched on November 19, against Kurdish groups in the northern regions of Syria and Iraq.

🔻Main Events:

▪️Yesterday, Turkish fighter jets and drones attacked Kurdish oil and gas facilities. According to media reports, about 12 oil refineries were hit over the previous day. Fires broke out at a number of fields.

▪️Missile attacks on the positions and infrastructure facilities of the Kurds were also in the area of ​​Ain al-Arab, Al-Qahtania, Afrin and Hasaka.

▪️ High-ranking commander of the Kurdistan Workers' Party Rezan Gelo was killed with precision-guided munitions in Qamishli.

▪️According to Syrian and Kurdish media, a Turkish drone attacked the Al-Khol camp, which contained relatives of IS fighters. Six people were arrested while trying to escape.

▪️Today, more than six tactical aircraft of the Turkish Air Force F-16 took off in the direction of the northern part of Iraq from three air bases in eastern Turkey to carry out air strikes on the positions of the PKK.

🔻The operation of the Turkish Armed Forces in northern Syria and Iraq continues, and at the moment there are no prerequisites for its completion. The Erdogan administration is considering the option of starting the ground stage on the territory of neighboring states.

Turkey expects the air operation to end in December. After that, the armed forces will conduct a large-scale land campaign in Syria and Iraq with the support of pro-Turkish forces.

The desire of the Turks to create a buffer zone south of Turkey and secure their territory is fraught with even greater destabilization in the region, not only because of the opposition of members of the Kurdish formations, but also the activation of the Islamic State militants.

The strike on the terrorist detention camp in Al-Khol, as well as the suspension of operations by the Syrian Democratic Forces against ISIS extremists, is another confirmation of this.

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⚡️ explosions are reported in Kherson, Krivoy Rog, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk,Kharkov as well as in the Artyomovsk region.

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🇬🇧🇺🇦🇹🇷On the situation around the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline

On November 19, the grain agreement between Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and the UN was extended for 120 days. One of the conditions for the extension of the deal put forward by the Russian side was the export of domestic ammonia through Odessa.

▪️The Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline was built in the 1970s to ensure the functioning of the Ukrainian chemical industry and the export of ammonia. In February, deliveries were suspended.

▪️The final section of the ammonia pipeline is the Odessa Port Plant (OPZ), which has facilities for processing ammonia into nitrogen fertilizer carbamide (urea). In April, the plant was mothballed.

▪️Ammonia is also widely used in industry and medicine - not only fertilizers are made from it, but also other products.

Who will earn on the export of ammonia?

▪️The ammonia pipeline, through which a little more than 10% of the annual output of Russian raw materials is exported, is used by Togliattiazot and Minudobreniya - the latter belongs to Arkady Rotenberg. All profits from supplies go to the Ukrainian company Agro Gas Trading, whose management, with the advent of Vladimir Zelensky to power, received a monopoly on income from the Odessa port plant.

Who consumes ammonia produced at the Odessa plant?

▪️According to the annual report of Togliattiazot, the main importers are the countries of Southern Europe and Turkey. The share of fertilizer supplies from Russia to the republic does not exceed 3%, while Russian fertilizers account for about 10% on the Turkish market.

▪️It is much more profitable for Turkish businesses to buy Russian ammonia instead of ready-made fertilizers and produce the final product from imported raw materials - for this, the domestic market is protected by protective duties, and fertilizer supplies are strictly limited.

🔻Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the need to resume the work of the ammonia pipeline: the authorities are discussing this issue at the UN. It is likely that the West is interested in solving the problem. In Turkey and Southern Europe, provided with gas, it will be possible to establish large-scale production of fertilizers from Russian raw materials - in Europe, in this way, they will be able to make up for the shortage of urea without abandoning the sanctions imposed against the Russian Federation.

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🇷🇺 🇺🇦💡 Blackout in Ukraine and the goals of the SMO

The systematic demilitarisation of Ukraine's industry and economy is stiffening the Kiev regime's fighting units.

🛤 A new series of Russian strikes disrupted power supply to military-industrial complex enterprises, knocked out traction substations on major railway lines. The repair of military equipment and the transfer of military trains have been disrupted. 

⛽️ The cumulative effect of the strikes since October 10 has caused critical damage to Ukraine's entire energy infrastructure. The capacity of the Shebelyn gas processing plant was knocked out, which significantly reduced Kyiv's capacity to produce petrol, diesel, and motor gas. The plant supplied fuel to the entire Ukrainian army group in Donbass. 

🇷🇺Depriving the Ukrainian Armed Forces of their logistics capacities gives Russia the most important thing - time, which works for the Russian army. The Russian Armed Forces' active operations on a wide front in Donbass have already deprived the AFU of the ability to move small-scale artillery to critical areas. 

💥 The Ukrainian grouping piling up in the Zaporizhzhya direction is being methodically destroyed by Russian air and artillery strikes. High-precision weapons have destroyed this group's ammunition and fuel supply facilities located in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

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⚡️The Odessa City Council has decided to dismantle the monument to the Russian Empress Catherine II.

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⚡️Ukraine decided to drown Moldova. After Ukraine increased the release of water at its hydroelectric plant, villages in Moldova, near the town of Ataki, were flooded.

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🕯🇺🇦Blackout in Kharkiv: Nearly 150 people were stuck in elevators yesterday

Elevators are used for faster communications within a building but in today's conditions, experts advise using the stairs because sometimes the automatic system is triggered due to voltage fluctuations and the light turns off. Another option is low voltage, which causes many elevators to simply stop.

-Ukraina_ru
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