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  • US intel chief thinking ‘optimistically’ for Ukraine forces

    US intel chief thinking ‘optimistically’ for Ukraine forces

    Canada Global (Web News) According to the director of US intelligence, the battle in Russia’s conflict in Ukraine is moving at a “lower speed” and Ukrainian forces may face better chances in the months to come.
    Avril Haines made a passing reference to previous claims made by some that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s advisors may be protecting him from unfavourable developments regarding the conflict, saying that he “is becoming more informed of the issues that the military faces in Russia.”
    At the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California, the US director of national intelligence said late Saturday, “But it’s still not evident to us that he has a comprehensive view of at this moment just how difficult they are.”

    In the near future, according to Haines, “honestly we’re seeing a kind of a slowed tempo of the fight,” and her team anticipates that both sides will attempt to replenish, reorganise, and re-equip themselves for a potential Ukrainian counter-offensive in the spring.
    However, she added, “We genuinely have some doubts about whether the Russians will truly be willing to do that. And I have a more positive outlook for the Ukrainians throughout that time.
    While pounding locations in Kherson, which Ukrainian forces recovered last month after an 8-month Russian occupation, Russia’s military priority in recent weeks has been on attacking Ukrainian infrastructure and advancing an offensive in the east, close to the town of Bakhmut.

  • Russia is under ‘heavy pressure’ in Ukraine, according to NATO chief.

    Russia is under ‘heavy pressure’ in Ukraine, according to NATO chief.

    Canada Global (Web News) NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has stated that he is awaiting confirmation of Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson, but that if confirmed, it will be “another victory for Ukraine.” “We’ll have to wait and see what happens on the ground in the coming days.” “But one thing is certain: Russia is under intense pressure, and if they leave Kherson, it will be yet another victory for Ukraine,” he said in Rome, where he met with Italy’s new Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

    Ukraine announced that its forces had reclaimed a dozen villages in the southern Kherson region, a day after Russia ordered its troops to leave the city of the same name. Russia announced on Thursday that its forces had begun to withdraw.

    As part of a bigger counteroffensive in eastern and southern Ukraine that has driven Russian troops out of large swaths of terrain, Kyiv’s forces have recently focused on Kherson city

    Regaining control of Kherson would enable Ukraine to reclaim land that was lost in the Zaporizhia region and other southern regions, including Crimea, which Russia forcibly invaded in 2014. If President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of annexed territory is carried out, Russia would have made its largest retreat since its soldiers were beaten back from the outskirts of Kyiv in March.

    Retrenchment by the Russians might also increase internal pressure on the Kremlin to intensify the battle.

    The announced proposal has not been finalised, according to Ukrainian authorities.

  • Ukraine claims that “territorial integrity” is crucial to talks with Russia.

    Ukraine claims that “territorial integrity” is crucial to talks with Russia.

    Canada Global (Web News) According to a senior security official, the return of all Ukrainian territory that has been captured is Kyiv’s fundamental requirement before beginning talks with Russia about ending the conflict.

    The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine’s secretary, Oleksiy Danilov, stated on Tuesday that the Ukrainian side also required the “assurance” of contemporary air defences, aircraft, tanks, and long-range missiles.

    After Russia’s invasion in late February, Kyiv has urged its Western backers for more weapons on numerous occasions.

    Danilov tweeted that the restoration of Ukrainian territorial integrity was the president of Ukraine’s principal demand.

    “Guarantee: sophisticated aircraft, long-range missiles, tanks, and air defence. Strategy: taking initiative. Before being launched, Russian missiles must be destroyed in the air, on land, and at sea, he stated.

    Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, stated in his evening speech on Monday that he was open to “serious” dialogue with Russia to restore Ukraine’s boundaries. Danilov made his comments shortly after Zelenskyy’s statement.

    In addition, he asked that those accountable for alleged war crimes be brought to justice and sought for compensation following catastrophic Russian attacks.

    After the Washington Post reported that the United States had informally urged Ukrainian officials to demonstrate an openness to talks with its neighbour, speculation of a negotiated conclusion to the war has increased recently.

    In light of worries that Kyiv would soon lose international backing if it continues to steadfastly oppose negotiations, US officials allegedly urge Ukraine to assume the moral high ground and appear more engaged in negotiations.

  • Ukrainian forces are ready for a bloody battle

    Ukrainian forces are ready for a bloody battle

    Canada Global Tv (Web News) Ukrainian infantry unit commanders in Kherson are confident that their Russian adversaries will be forced to abandon the strategic port due to winter weather and the threat of encirclement.

    But neither he nor his men think the Russians will go quietly, nor do they intend to let them.

    Krill Stremusov, deputy head of the Russian-installed administration in the Kherson region, said he hoped Russian forces would put up a fight.

    “If we leave Kherson, it will be a huge blow,” he added, in comments broadcast by Russia’s RT television.

    It would be another blow for Russian President Vladimir Putin after suffering significant losses on the battlefield since mid-August.

    Ukrainian forces are ready for a bloody battle

    With control of the western bank of the Dnipro, military experts said Ukrainian forces would have a springboard from which to seize a bridgehead on the eastern side for an advance on Crimea.

    Crimea is home to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, and Kyiv has made the recovery of the peninsula its sworn goal.

    Experts added that if Kherson were to fall in a counterattack, it would also be a political humiliation for Putin, as Kherson is one of the four partially occupied Ukrainian territories that he has claimed with great fanfare declared to be a part of Russia foreve.

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  • Russia has completed the partial mobilisation of its citizens for the Ukraine war.

    Russia has completed the partial mobilisation of its citizens for the Ukraine war.

    The partial military mobilisation that was announced by Russia’s defence minister in September following a string of battlefield losses in Ukraine has reportedly been completed.

    The ministry announced on Monday that “all operations relating to the conscription… of people in the reserve have been stopped” and that no more call-up notifications would be sent.
    On September 21, as part of a series of escalatory actions in response to military failures in the northeastern and southern regions of Ukraine, Putin declared Russia’s first widespread mobilisation since World War II.

    He claimed that the draught was necessary to safeguard the nation and its territorial integrity, but the news was met with protests and attacks on draught offices across the nation, which resulted in thousands of people being detained.

    Approximately 300,000 extra personnel will be enlisted, according to then-Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, and they would be experts with war experience.

    The Russian administration made an attempt to frame the draught in terms similar to those used to defend the full-scale invasion in February, explaining it as a struggle against Nazism and a confrontation with the West on an existential level.
    However, the mobilisation went awry, with numerous incidents of call-up notices getting to the incorrect individuals being widely reported. Thousands of people left Russia to avoid being conscripted, and a survey after the announcement by the impartial pollster Levada Center revealed that nearly half of the respondents felt afraid and 13% were outraged.

    Putin has established a new coordination committee to strengthen the military effort and make sure that soldiers going to the front are appropriately armed and prepared. Putin has openly acknowledged that mistakes were made.

    Large portions of southern and eastern Ukraine are still held by Russia, which also partially controls four other regions of the nation. However, it has made little progress even in the month after it unilaterally proclaimed its annexation, a move that was criticised as illegitimate by Kyiv, its Western allies, and the UN General Assembly.

  • ‘Dirty bomb’ accusations investigation launched in Ukraine by UN nuclear watchdog

    ‘Dirty bomb’ accusations investigation launched in Ukraine by UN nuclear watchdog

    Dirty Bomb

    The nuclear watchdog of the UN announced that it had started inspections in Ukraine as part of “independent verification” of Russian claims that Kiev is making ‘dirty bombs.

    The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) claimed in a statement that its inspectors have “begun and would soon finish verification work at two locations in Ukraine.”

    Ukraine has been charged with planning to use dirty bombs against Russian forces. The notion that Moscow plans to detonate a dirty bomb in order to justify its own escalation of hostilities has been categorically refuted by Ukrainian officials.

    The organisation claimed that it had examined “one of the two locations a month ago and no undeclared nuclear operations or materials were located there.”
    A conventional bomb that has been loaded with radioactive, biological, or chemical ingredients and disseminated during an explosion is referred to as a dirty bomb.

    Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, urged the IAEA to visit Ukraine’s nuclear sites “as soon as possible.” According to Putin, who also claimed to be aware of the general location of the building, the Kyiv government intended to “hide the traces of the installation of a “dirty bomb,” he claimed.

    In a statement released on Monday, the IAEA also called for the release of a worker at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station who had been imprisoned for about two weeks.

    The plant, which is the largest atomic power station in Europe, was taken by Russian forces in March during the initial stages of the invasion.

    Fears of a nuclear accident have been raised after accusations from Russia and Ukraine that the other had shelled the plant.

    For the purpose of creating a security perimeter around the plant, the IAEA has been in touch with Moscow and Kyiv.