The priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) detained during searches may be exchanged for captured Ukrainian servicemen – spokesman for the 🇺🇦Ukrainian Defence Ministry's press service Andriy Yusov.

They are planning to take their own citizens hostage and then exchange them, again.

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The USA is concerned that due to the arms shipment to Ukraine, there might not be enough left for Taiwan

"The diversion of existing stocks of weapons and munitions to Ukraine and supply-chain issues have exacerbated a sizable backlog in the delivery of weapons to Taiwan, undermining the island’s readiness," the Wall Street Journal says.

For example, the Pentagon still has not delivered to the island any of the hundreds of FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank systems or FIM-92 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles which have been given to Kiev in plenty.

The backlog of arms deliveries under commercial contracts to Taipei exceeds $18billion.

▪️ Meanwhile, US arms companies are already bringing retirees back to work and reusing old parts in production in order to supply Ukraine with ammunition, artillery and armoured vehicles.

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🏳️🌈🚫Right-wing campaign protest: AfD (Alternative for Germany) demonstration in Berlin against homosexual day-care centers - more than 300 people speak out.
For weeks, right-wingers have mobilized against a gay counseling project in Schöneberg. On Saturday, about 50 AfD supporters demonstrated against the planned kindergarten.

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‼️🏴☠️🇵🇱 "The cup of our patience is overflowing": "Dozhd" ("Rain") must leave Latvia - the country's defence minister stated.
[Dozhd is an anti Russian media that was based in Moscow as a so-called oppositional media before February 2022 and later moved their office to Latvia - in Russia they have the status of a foreign agent.]

Artis Pabriks said the TV channel should "move back to Russia" and its staff should have their residency permits "revoked". The TV channel has also been fined 10,000 euros by Latvia for calling the Russian Armed Forces "our army" and demonstrating a map showing Russian Crimea on air.
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🔴The situation around Russian opposition TV channel Dozhd TV (translated as “Rain”), that was labelled as “foreign agent in Russia, like most of non-government funded media, had to relocate from Russia — and landed, like most of such outlets, in Latvia, is very illustrative.

Not sure why Latvia was so welcoming to hundreds Russian journalists who criticise Kremlin and have anti-war position — all of them got work permits (despite generally Russians are banned from Europe, and Baltic countries particularly, even if they had valid Schengen visas), but Riga has been hosting one he most influential online media outlets in Russia, Meduza, since 2014.

So what happened with Dozhd?

On Friday, the channel fired its presenter, Alexey Korostelev, for a phrase he used a day before and that draw criticism from (!) Ukrainian bloggers, and then Latvian authorities.

The journalist during a live broadcast urged viewers to write to the channel about violations during mobilization. “Many of the stories sent to us or to the Telegram bot are now public. We hope that we can help many service members, for example, with equipment and basic amenities at the front,” he said. The phrase was later cut off from the program.

Channel editor-in-chief Tikhon Dzyadko apologised on Telegram, saying Korostelev’s phrasing “gave viewers the sense that TV Rain is providing assistance to the Russian army.” Dzyadko emphasized that the network has never provided equipment to the Russian army and noted that the hotline was created to collect personal testimonies about the Russian army’s crimes in Ukraine and about violations of Russia’s mobilization laws.

However, Latvian authorities have fined the TV channel 10,000 euro, as they stated, for using a map that shows Crimea as a part of Russia and for calling Russian armed forces "our army." They also launched a probe into Korostelev’s statement where he “appeared to express support for the Russian military” — this could be considered as administrative offence (In Latvia, you can be persecuted or even stripped of citizenship for expressing support for Russia or non-support for Ukraine, for ex. hundreds of administrative cases were launched against people who threw out Ukrainian flags).

Why this incident is significant?

Firstly, because Latvia (or Georgia and Armenia, for that matter), may realise the consequences of hosting “Russian media refugees” and nothing prevents them from stripping them of licences, if they decide that their support (or obligations?) before Ukraine (NATO chiefs?) is more important.

Secondly, because going by the reactions in the Russian liberal media circle, this incident was an eye-opener for many. In some closed chats, people were fuming about both TV channel’s policy and Latvia’s response. “They are firing you for a slip of tongue after 8 years of service, stripping you of work permit, urging you to go back to Russia where you, as a journalist who worked for a “foreign agent media’ will be definitely persecuted - how cool is that”. Others were surprised to learn (at last!) that freedom of speech is not just Russia’s problem.

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/12/02/equipment-and-basic-amenities

"Barking of NATO at the door of Russia” might have led to the invasion of Ukraine - Pope Francis, May 3.

Certainly, the one who invades is the Russian state. This is very clear. - Pope Francis, November 28.

Vatican as usual, nothing new.

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Energy crisis "threatens democracy" in Europe

Pirelli CEO Marco Tronchetti called on European authorities to do something urgently before it is too late for EU industries.

▪️Europe's economic model is shattered by the energy crisis, and European companies are losing competitiveness while neither the U.S. nor Asia is affected. This threatens to set Europe back decades.

"If Europe loses its economic competitiveness, it will jeopardize its welfare model. And history teaches us that this often means risking democracy."

▪️There is nothing scandalous about protecting one's own economic interests, the Italian tried to admonish Brussels.

"We risk losing everything, including our model of democracy, which is also fundamental to the geopolitical balance."

"This is the beginning of a possible change in Europe's model that may lead to decline," Tronchetti warned.

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Lawmakers demand that Biden investigate where the weapons sent to Ukraine go

Not only are Republicans increasing pressure on the White House to track military aid to Kiev, the Washington Post says.

The bill passed in the lower House of parliament would require the Pentagon to provide strict reports on where American weapons are going. This initiative has been supported by both parliamentary parties.

“The taxpayers deserve to know that investment is going where its intended to go,” said Democratic Congressman Jason Crow.

Part of the Democrats, led by Crow, admit that “in any war there can be missteps” and want to make sure that US deliveries don't fall “into the hands of the Russians" "on a large scale.”

So far, the United States conducts weapons inspections in Ukraine “when and where security conditions permit,” that is, far from the front line. Moreover, the budget "for weapons inspectors" that the Pentagon may send to Eastern Europe is limited.

"As of early November, U.S. monitors had performed just two in-person inspections, accounting for about 10 percent of the 22,000 U.S.-provided weapons."

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The Nazis make no secret of their dream to annihilate Crimea along with its population. Isn't this known as genocide?

According to Roman Svitan, reserve colonel of the AFU, "... after the strikes of long-range guns and anti-radar missiles neutalizing Russian air defence, Ukrainian combat aviation will come into play. After that, the AFU will have no one to liberate Crimea from. "

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November 3: Consequences of Ukrainian artillery shelling of central districts of Donetsk

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⚡️🇬🇷🇺🇸🇺🇦 A train loaded with American tanks and armored vehicles derailed in the Greek port city of Alexandroupolis. 🔥❌

Protesters gathered there at once - people demanded an end to the transportation of weapons. It was through this seaport that Athens allowed Washington to supply weapons to NATO troops in Ukraine.

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