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Ukrainian soldiers inspect trenches dug by Russian soldiers in the Kherson region
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Putin is said to have sent Berlusconi 20 bottles of vodka for his birthday
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Will the new government in Italy seek rapprochement with Russia?
During the election campaign, Silvio Berlusconi established himself as a man who understood Putin.
Now the relationship has apparently deepened.
According to Defense Minister Gantz, Israel does not want to supply arms to Ukraine
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Despite the Russian attacks on Ukraine with combat drones from Iran, Israel continues to exclude arms deliveries.
"I want to make it clear that we are not selling arms to Ukraine," Secretary of Defense Benny Gantz told Kol Chai radio on Tuesday night.
Only medical and humanitarian aid is provided.
This will remain so.
Ganz made it clear: "I am the Minister of Defense and I am responsible for the export of Israeli weapons."
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced on Tuesday that he would ask Israel for air defense systems.
"If Israel's policy is truly to confront Iran's destructive actions, then it is time for Israel to openly side with Ukraine," Kuleba said.
According to information from Kyiv, more than 70 people have been killed by drone and rocket attacks in the past few days.
(Read what options Kyiv now has here.) Israel is largely holding back in Russia's nearly eight-month war of aggression so as not to jeopardize its relations with Moscow.
According to Russia, Ukraine is gathering tens of thousands of soldiers in front of Cherson
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In order to liberate the occupied Cherson region, according to Russian information, Ukraine has drawn together tens of thousands of soldiers.
So far the situation is "stable" and a possible offensive has not yet begun, said the deputy chief of the occupation administration, Kirill Stremoussow, according to the Russian state news agency TASS.
But an attack is expected.
Initially, there was no information from Ukraine.
In March, Cherson fell into Russian hands as the only Ukrainian regional capital.
President Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of the region to Russia in October.
Internationally, the illegal annexation is not recognized.
The head of the Russian occupation administration of Kherson, Vladimir Saldo, announced the evacuation of civilians from the right bank of the Dnipro.
Saldo spoke of "about 50,000 to 60,000" people who were to be taken to the left bank or to Russia.
This will take about six days.
Boats are already waiting, said Saldo.
According to the agency Tass, the residents of the area have already been informed of the plans by SMS.
Apparently, Moscow lacks capable junior officers
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According to British intelligence services, Russia’s problems at the front are also due to a lack of competent management personnel.
The army has fewer and fewer capable junior officers to instruct and lead new recruits, the British Ministry of Defense said in its daily briefing.
This probably worsened the morale and the cohesion in the Russian troops.
Four out of five generals with direct operational responsibility for the war of aggression that Russia began in February have now been dismissed - the British are convinced that their successors have not improved the situation.
Von der Leyen calls Russian attacks "pure acts of terrorism"
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EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has described Russia’s recent attacks on the energy supply in Ukraine as a war crime.
"Targeted attacks on civilian infrastructure - with the clear intention of cutting off men, women and children from water, electricity and heating - are pure acts of terrorism," she said in front of the European Parliament.
This marks the beginning of "a new chapter" in the cruel war.
"These are war crimes." They will stand by Ukraine for as long as necessary and at the same time protect EU citizens from Russian President Vladimir Putin's "energy war".
The President of the Commission referred to a new package from her authority in the fight against the energy crisis.
This includes, among other things, the possibility for EU countries to buy gas together and thus depress prices.
Apparently further personnel arrested at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
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Other personnel at the Russian-occupied Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia have been arrested.
This was reported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna.
A deputy manager of the nuclear power plant and two other employees were recently arrested.
While the manager has been released, the others are not yet free, it said.
The head of the plant had previously been temporarily detained by the Russian side.
He was released in early October.
Several IAEA experts are constantly in the nuclear power plant to monitor the situation in Europe's largest nuclear power plant.
US Republicans: no blank check for Ukraine
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A leading US Republican has signaled that his party could put the brakes on aid to Ukraine if they win November's midterm elections.
Republican Minority Leader in the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy said in an interview with Punchbowl News on Tuesday: "I don't think people are in a recession and they're going to give Ukraine a blank check." Pledged $17.6 billion in security support.
New Russian commander describes situation as "tense"
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The new commander of the Russian units
in Ukraine has described the local situation as "tense".
"The situation in the area of the military special operation can be described as tense," General Sergey Surovikin, who has been in charge of the operation for ten days, told the Russian state broadcaster Rossiya 24 on Tuesday not to attack.« Here you can read an overview of all the news from the night.
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