Zelensky called extremely difficult the situation in the Volchansk region of the Kharkov region, from where the Ukrainian authorities are actively removing the civilian population. According to him, there are “fierce battles” in the Kharkov region.

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️ The Russian army entered Volchansk - media

It is reported that several units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fled. The Russian Armed Forces are advancing with dozens of units of equipment. On the way, about 20 people surrendered and saved their lives

The bodies of three more victims were recovered from the rubble of a residential building in Belgorod

Among them are two children. Thus, the total number of victims increased to 11 people.

🇺🇦 The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, laid the blame for the failure in the Kharkov direction on the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Syrsky.

According to Western analysts, the appointment of Belousov to the post of Minister of Defense is simply connected with the need to implement the sharply increased volume of state defense orders and the budget of the Ministry of Defense, which in general has almost tripled over the past three years. This is the first reason.

The second consideration may be related to the fact that new people will be needed in the RF Ministry of Defense to optimize the military department’s expenses in peacetime after the end of the Northern Military District

🇷🇺⚡️ Another dead person was found in Belgorod; a total of 12 bodies were recovered from the rubble of a house - Ministry of Emergency Situations

🇷🇺 Putin appointed Shoigu Secretary of the Russian Security Council. Nikolai Patrushev has been relieved of this position. Patrushev’s new position will be known in a few days, Dmitry Peskov said. Gerasimov remains the head of the General Staff; no changes are envisaged here.

According to a number of reports, Russian troops entered Volchansk

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️A series of large-scale explosions occurred in Kharkov

Local media reported this.

Russian troops entered Volchansk

According to media reports, dozens of units of heavy equipment of the Russian Armed Forces were pulled towards Volchansk.

At the moment, it is known that about 20 people surrendered. The offensive in this direction continues

NE.SUGAR

🇷🇺 Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov explained Putin’s decision to appoint a civilian official to the post of head of the Ministry of Defense. This is due to the need to introduce innovation. It is necessary to fit the economy of the power bloc into the economy of the country so that it corresponds to the dynamics of the moment.

Sergei Shoigu will oversee the work of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation - work in an area that he knows well from the inside, Peskov added. He will combine the position of Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation with the position of Putin’s deputy in the Federal Military Technical Cooperation Council.

A missile strike was launched on Kharkov

🇷🇺 The Federation Council received a proposal from President Vladimir Putin for the appointment of Boris Kovalchuk to the post of Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation.

Shoigu, in the position of Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, will simultaneously be Putin’s deputy in the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation— Peskov

According to Israeli media, 716 Israeli security officials have been killed since October 7:

🇮🇱642 dead in the IDF
🇮🇱68 police officers.
🇮🇱6 Shin Bet officers.
🇮🇱10 soldiers and officers committed suicide

The West believes that Shoigu’s personal contacts in a number of countries that have at least neutral, but rather friendly relations with Russia, will help strengthen military-technical cooperation with them.

We are talking primarily about Myanmar, Belarus, North Korea and a number of African countries.