Slovak carriers began blocking Ukrainian border checkpoints; Zelensky announced the transition of the war to a new stage. Athletistic highlights yesterday’s key events.
Slovak carriers began to block the Ukrainian border
The Union of Carriers of Slovakia (UNAS) on Friday blocked the Vysne Nemecke checkpoint on the Ukrainian border. They announced that vehicles with humanitarian and military aid, perishable goods, fuels and lubricants, and live animals will be allowed without restrictions. The rest of the commercial cargo will be processed at the rate of four vehicles per hour leaving Slovakia (entering Ukraine). Traffic will not be blocked when entering Slovakia. The movement of passenger cars and buses is also not limited. Vyshne Nemetskoye is the only vehicle checkpoint for cargo crossing this section of the border.
Meanwhile, the blockade on the Ukrainian-Polish border continues. At all four checkpoints to Ukraine, there are approximately 2,100 cargo vehicles lined up, mainly opposite the Shegini and Rava-Russkaya checkpoints. There are about 600 trucks lined up at the border with Slovakia at the Uzhgorod-Vyshne Nemecke checkpoint. And on the Hungarian border opposite the Tisza checkpoint there are up to 1,000 cargo vehicles waiting to cross the border into Ukraine.
Zelensky announced a new stage of the war in Ukraine
The war with Russia entered a new phase. Winter is expected to complicate the fighting following the summer counter-offensive. This was said by the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky. However, as the Ukrainian leader said, Ukraine is not giving up.
He added that more weapons were needed to turn the tide of war. The President mentioned that Ukraine is now focusing on increasing the production of weapons within the country.
Passing medical examinations is seriously simplified in Ukraine
Military personnel in Ukraine will receive documents from medical institutions in electronic form, which will simplify the passage of military medical commissions. In the past, military personnel, even with serious wounds, could stand in lines for hours, collect dozens of documents and travel to other cities to undergo military training. While the medical institution can send documents about the military commander’s decision on leaving or being unfit for service for health reasons to the military unit electronically, after that the soldier can immediately to go to the military registration and enlistment office at the place of residence or leave. After processing the commission’s decision, the military unit sends documents for the serviceman to the military registration and enlistment office.
The SBU carried out another railway sabotage in Buryatia. A train is blown up at Devil’s Bridge
The Ukrainian Security Service carried out another sabotage on the Baikal-Amur Mainline in Buryatia. The new explosion was the second phase of the SBU’s operation to disable an important railway used by the Russians to drop troops and equipment. The first freight train was blown up in the Severnomoisky tunnel, so to continue moving, the invaders began to use a bypass route through the so-called Devil’s Bridge. As the train moved over a 35-meter high crossing, the explosives contained in it fell.
In the explosion, four train tanks were burnt, and two others were damaged by fire. According to preliminary data, the fuel spilled over an area of 150 square meters.
The SBU found that Sivkovich coordinated information sabotage against Ukraine
The security service has collected new evidence of high treason on the part of the former deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Vladimir Sivkovich, who is hiding in Russia and working for the FSB. According to his assigned role, the official should attract prominent political figures of Ukraine to carry out the work of curators from the Russian Federation. Politicians must influence public opinion and spread narratives to the population about the incompetence of the leaders of the authorities in Ukraine. Also, the politicians recruited by the suspect have to convince the people that there is no other alternative than Ukraine’s pro-Russian political course.
Poroshenko was not allowed to leave Ukraine for a trip abroad
The fifth president, Petro Poroshenko, was not allowed to leave Ukraine on a trip abroad; the State Border Service said the trip was canceled. Poroshenko, who is not allowed to travel abroad, said he had dozens of meetings planned in Poland and the United States, including lifting the blockade of Ukrainian carriers and securing American military aid. .
In this regard, the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Alexander Kornienko explained in the telethon that he was forced to cancel the travel permit for Poroshenko by a letter “for official use,” which he could not comment on.
The government has appointed a new head of the State Special Communications Service
The Cabinet of Ministers has appointed a new head of the State Special Communications Service. This is a serviceman, commander of a UAV strike company, Yuri Mironenko. He will soon present a plan for the development of the State Special Communications Service. Before his appointment, Mironenko was the commander of a UAV strike company in the direction of Zaporozhye. He received his education in the field of management and international economics at the International Scientific and Technical University named after Yuri Bugai (1994-2000).
Belarusians were expelled from the Red Cross
Due to the deportation of Ukrainian children, the Belarusian Red Cross is no longer a member of the International Federation of Red Cross Societies. The Belarusian Red Cross cannot participate in the General Assembly of the International Federation of Red Cross Societies and vote or be elected at any meeting according to law. Funding for the Belarusian organization will also be stopped.
Russia was expelled from the International Maritime Organization
The aggressor country Russia was not re-elected to the council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for 2024-2025. The elected Council members for 2024-2025 in category (a) are: China, Greece, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Norway, Panama, South Korea, UK and USA.
Putin ordered the increase of the Russian army
Putin signed a decree that provides for an increase in the number of military personnel in the Russian army by 170 thousand people. As stated in the Russian Ministry of Defense, due to the increase in the number of armed forces, there are no plans to mobilize the country or increase conscription for military service.
The Ministry of Health named the number of Ukrainians with HIV status
In 2023, 9,769 cases of HIV and 2,738 cases of AIDS were registered in Ukraine. According to the department, as of November 1, 2023, 158,803 cases of HIV infection and 48,908 cases of AIDS were identified in Ukraine. In Ukraine in 2022, 1,293 people died as a result of AIDS, and in 2023, on November 1, another 1,198 people died. The Ministry of Health said that there may be more infected, because according to estimates, by the end of 2021, one in four people with HIV will not know their status.
Residents of two villages in the Carpathian region refused to demolish Soviet monuments
In the Carpathian region, residents of the villages of Kinashev and Zagorye Kukolnytskoye at a meeting spoke out against the demolition of monuments to Soviet soldiers. The villagers say “it’s up to them to do it themselves.” The Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance explains that the dismantling of monuments that do not have the status of a cultural heritage or are not properly considered is permitted by the owner of such an object.
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Source: korrespondent
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