The European Union and nine other countries have called on Russia to immediately stop its war of aggression against Ukraine, and completely and unconditionally withdraw all its forces and military equipment from the entire territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders.
The Ukrainian Defense Industry JSC (UkrOboronProm, UOP) called fake the information spread by a number of media outlets about the supply of Ukrainian-made components for aircraft and helicopters to Russia and called for a more thorough check of the facts.
Restrictions on migration status envisaged in the bill drafted by Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs are likely intended to make military service one of the few options to stay in the country.
In the war against Ukraine, Russia has lost a significant part of its conventional armed forces - hundreds of aircraft, thousands of tanks and suffered more than 300,000 casualties.
NATO will not stop supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression, and recent announcements in support of the Ukrainian people are a clear message to Russia.
War-related environmental consequences for EU countries, including in the Black Sea region, are hard to estimate but extensive work must be done to prove Russia’s guilt in the crimes against the environment.
While motives remain unclear, experts have noted that fomenting already brewing divisions and chaos in the West has been a tradition of Russia’s security services since the Cold War.
The unusual Russian air transport movements through November suggest that Russia has likely moved S-400 strategic air defense systems from the enclave of Kaliningrad to backfill recent losses on the Ukraine front.
The Kremlin is reportedly renewing attempts to control all video surveillance systems in Russia, likely as part of ongoing efforts to intensify its tools of digital authoritarianism to increase domestic repressions.
Iran has not yet supplied missiles to Russia, but this may happen, so a reasonable sanctions policy and political signals to the leadership of Iran are also required from the international community.
Traditionally, the Russian Black Sea Fleet loaded cruise missiles on warships in Sevastopol. But with this facility being increasingly threatened by Ukrainian strikes, Russia may consider Novorossiysk as the best alternative base.
Russia must pay for aggression against Ukraine with the assets of individuals affiliated with it, and the seized funds must be used to rebuild the country after hostilities.
Russia should immediately withdraw its troops, equipment, machinery and other personnel from the illegally seized Zaporizhzhia NPP, and full control over the plant should be returned to competent Ukrainian personnel.
So far, there have been no massive Russian missile attacks on Ukraine's energy grid, but Russia is preparing to execute them. Thanks to the strengthened air defense system, Ukraine is ready to repel such attacks.