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said he has no doubts that it wasn't a Ukrainian missile that fell on NATO-member Poland's border village during heavy Russian strikes.
Poland’s president Duda says no signs that Nov. 15 missile landing in Poland was a deliberate attack. “We have no evidence at this time that it was a missile fired by the Russian side,” Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said.
Czech parliament's lower house recognizes Russian authorities as a 'terrorist regime.' The resolution condemns Russia's mass attacks on Ukrainian civilians and energy infrastructure.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces might return to Crimea by the end of December, and the war with Russia will
end in the spring of 2023. This forecast was revealed by Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Defense Volodymyr Gavrylov in an interview with Sky News. He stressed that Ukraine will never stop fighting for victory, despite the threat of a Russian nuclear strike, although, in his opinion, Moscow’s use of nuclear weapons seems unlikely since that step would be such a dramatic global event with significant consequences for the Russian Federation. Regarding the prospects for peace talks with the Kremlin, Gavrilov noted that they will take place only when Russian troops leave every inch of Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula and parts of eastern Ukraine, which Russian-backed separatists have controlled for the past eight years. Ukrainian people decided to fight till the end, and it doesn't matter what scenario is on the table, Gavrilov said.
Ukroboronprom: Ukraine to produce weapons jointly with at least 6 NATO countries. Poland, the Czech Republic, France, Denmark, and other NATO countries will produce and develop heavy weapons and other military equipment jointly with Ukraine, Ukraine’s main defence company Ukroboronprom said on November 18.
30% of Ukraine has been mined – an area twice the size of Austria. The Interior Ministry and the State Emergency Service predict it may take up to 10 years to complete the mine clearance of the country. According to the Interior Ministry, about 270,000 square kilometers of land in Ukraine will have to be cleared of mines, including in currently Russian-occupied territories.
The European Commission has suggested establishing an entity to manage frozen Russian assets, President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement on Wednesday. "We have blocked 300bn euros of the Russian Central Bank reserves and we have frozen 19bn euros of Russian oligarchs'
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