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Kramarovsky evening news 11.11.26: Abu Dhabi talks, NATO strategy, Hegseth vote
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Leans that way — check · agenda: The Ukraine aid scam
Belief the Pravda network pushes: The West is being tricked into wasting billions on a corrupt Ukraine that cannot win.
A sardonic news digest that mostly reports Western-media stories (NATO strategy review, a US officer detained in the UK, the Hegseth vote, Fico's remarks) and, in the headline teaser, mocks EU funding of a Ukrainian army of 800,000.
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“The suckers in the European Union will pay for it all.”
The suckers in the European Union will pay for it all.
The teaser's 'suckers' jibe leans toward the 'West is being duped into paying for Ukraine' framing, but the transcript provided has no 800,000-army segment to show distorted facts, and the NATO and other items are reported fairly close to their sources with only sarcastic commentary.
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Transcript (en, 930 lines)
0:02 Presidents were misled and given poor
0:05 advice.
0:06 Which president is that, I wonder?
0:08 Ukraine as a topic has vanished from
0:10 talks between China, Russia, and the US
0:13 . They have other things to worry about
0:14 . Fico is shocked by the Ukrainian PM,
0:17 and Chancellor Nehammer actually yelled
0:19 at him. Zelensky is rushing things; a
0:21 mediator from Europe is urgently needed
0:24 . The Ukrainian army—800,000 people for
0:27 10 years. The suckers in the European
0:29 Union will pay for it all. Well, that's
0:31 that. Two hours was enough; apparently,
0:33 they reached an agreement. Nighttime
0:35 strikes all across the country. Kryvyi
0:38 Rih really took a heavy hit.
0:40 Replacing the dollar with the yuan
0:41 didn't exactly work out there.
0:46 Hello. I'm Ilya Kramarovsky in the
0:48 studio. We are beginning the evening
0:50 news for Wednesday, November 11th.
0:53 I will start with a decision from Tehran
0:54 addressed to a country on the other side
0:56 of the world. Iran has designated the
0:59 Argentine Navy and Air Force as
1:01 terrorist organizations. As Press TV
1:03 reports, this was Tehran's response to
1:05 Buenos Aires 'decision to add the
1:07 Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard
1:09 Corps to its list of terrorist
1:11 organizations. Note that the Argentine
1:13 authorities named one entity, while in
1:16 response, Iran’s decision hit two
1:18 branches of Argentina’s armed forces at
1:20 once.
1:22 Now, about what information reaches
1:24 Donald Trump in his own White House.
1:27 According to a Washington Post piece,
1:29 the president received bad advice, and
1:31 some staff treated him like a child.
1:34 This is the claim of former Trump aide
1:36 Kelly Means. According to his version,
1:38 senior advisors effectively decided what
1:40 information the president would see and
1:42 what would never reach him at all. It is
1:45 in this sense, Means believes, that
1:47 Trump was treated like a child. Beyond
1:49 that, the former aide is just
1:50 speculating. Well, perhaps the president
1:53 himself didn't realize how seriously
1:54 business interests were influencing his
1:56 administration's decisions. That’s a
1:58 convenient explanation, of course. You
2:00 can get any president off the hook that
2:02 way. He made the decision, but they just
2:04 forgot to report what was happening
2:06 around him. The White House itself did
2:08 not agree with the former employee's
2:10 version and rejected his accusations.
2:13 NATO is planning to reduce contingents
2:15 in foreign operations and focus on a
2:17 potential confrontation with Russia.
2:19 Politico writes about this. It involves
2:21 a revision of military strategy, and the
2:24 publication calls it the largest in at
2:26 least the last 20 years. For the
2:28 alliance's thirty-two countries, the
2:30 issue is now not just a general
2:31 direction; they must determine exactly
2:34 what forces each ally will provide in
2:36 the event of a conflict with Russia,
2:38 what weaponry they will allocate, and
2:40 who will cover the costs. You have to
2:42 agree that NATO needing to prepare is
2:44 one thing, but mapping out troops and
2:46 who pays the bills is something else
2:48 entirely. Meanwhile, Great Britain has
2:50 detained a high-ranking American officer
2:52 .
2:53 Sky News reports that he is suspected of
2:55 spying for Russia.
2:57 The arrest took place on Tuesday near
2:59 Gloucester. It is known that the officer
3:01 is 41, but his name has not been
3:03 released. The British side is handling
3:05 the case under the National Security Act
3:08 passed in 2023. Here is how the claim is
3:10 formulated.
3:12 He is in custody on charges related to
3:14 section one of the act on obtaining or
3:16 disclosing protected information, and
3:18 section three—providing assistance to a
3:20 foreign intelligence service. The London
3:23 police reported that officers from
3:24 counter-terrorism units are
3:26 participating in the investigation. They
3:28 are working together with the FBI and
3:30 the American military. FBI Director
3:32 Christopher Wray stated that this arrest
3:34 causes the deepest concern for the
3:36 United States and its allies. For now,
3:38 we are talking about suspicions and what
3:40 investigators are examining. Naturally,
3:42 there are no court findings in this
3:44 report, because all this happened just
3:45 yesterday; if God wills, they will come
3:47 in six months.
3:49 The U.S. House of Representatives
3:51 reached a vote on the case of Secretary
3:53 of Defense Pete Hegseth, but there is
3:55 one small detail. They did not vote on
3:57 impeaching the secretary, nor did they
3:59 vote to drop the charges against him. A
4:01 procedural question was put to a vote:
4:03 whether to refer the resolution to the
4:05 Judiciary Committee. 211 congressmen
4:07 voted in favor, 204 against. A
4:10 difference of only seven votes, but for
4:12 the document's future, it turned out to
4:14 be decisive. As Reuters explains, the
4:16 committee is controlled by Republicans.
4:18 After the resolution was sent there, the
4:20 probability that the current House will
4:22 return to considering the charges
4:23 themselves is negligible. Thomas Massie
4:25 , who had been pushing for impeachment,
4:27 turned out to be the only Republican to
4:29 vote against sending the documents to
4:31 the committee. Trump, meanwhile,
4:33 welcomed the results, calling it a full
4:35 exoneration of Hegseth. Here is what he
4:37 wrote. The Democrats' attempt to impeach
4:39 Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has
4:41 failed. Every Republican, with the
4:43 exception of Thomas Massie, a total
4:45 loser, voted in support of Pete. What
4:48 did the secretary's supporters manage to
4:49 achieve in the end? They did not need to
4:51 prove to every congressman that all
4:53 claims against Hegseth were baseless. It
4:55 was enough to gather a majority to
4:57 transfer the document to where further
4:59 movement depends on Republicans.
5:00 Therefore, the voting results say
5:02 nothing about how the votes would have
5:04 been distributed on each of the charges
5:06 themselves. However, there is one small
5:08 nuance. January could bring the issue
5:10 back to the agenda. In January 2027,
5:12 control of the House of Representatives
5:14 will pass to the Democrats, and then
5:16 they will be able to restart this
5:18 procedure. So, for the president, it is
5:20 already a "full exoneration," while for
5:22 the congressmen, the paper shows only
5:23 the transfer of a resolution from one
5:25 room to another. For Hegseth. Meanwhile
5:28 , negotiations took place with the
5:30 Minister of Defense of Poland. Following
5:32 them on November 10, Władysław
5:33 Kosiniak-Kamysz announced in Washington
5:35 that the Pentagon is giving the green
5:37 light to establish a permanent American
5:39 base in Poland. True, from the Polish
5:41 minister's own further words, it follows
5:43 that a final decision has not yet been
5:45 made. According to him, Hegseth assured
5:47 him that the matter is moving in the
5:49 right direction, but the final White
5:51 House response is expected in December.
5:53 Publicly, the Pentagon chief spoke with
5:55 restraint, praised the Polish army, and
5:57 confirmed that talks on strengthening a
5:59 permanent U.S. presence are underway.
6:02 What the two countries did actually sign
6:04 is an agreement on cooperation in the
6:06 defense industry. Well, Warsaw already
6:08 has some requests regarding payment.
6:10 Poland wants to be able to buy joint
6:13 Polish-American manufactured weapons
6:15 using EU funds. How amusing. Warsaw gave
6:18 itself the green light; there was no
6:20 official US approval, and there still
6:22 isn't. Another US cabinet member has
6:24 already had to move to a military base.
6:27 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and his
6:29 family left their Washington home due to
6:31 reports of death threats from Iran.
6:34 The New York Times first reported on the
6:36 move, and the department later confirmed
6:38 it. According to the newspaper, the US
6:40 has concluded that Iranian plans
6:42 targeting current and former American
6:44 officials have entered a more serious
6:46 stage. Just how specific the threat to
6:49 Bessent was, no one knows. Since August
6:51 , Bessent has been leading a campaign of
6:53 economic pressure on Iran. And here is
6:55 how a high-ranking administration
6:57 official explains the secretary's
6:58 relocation. Since Tehran wants to get to
7:00 the person in charge of the campaign, it
7:02 means the strategy is successful. The
7:04 Treasury Department promises that
7:05 threats to Bessent will not force a
7:07 change of course. For its part, Iran has
7:09 previously denied that it is planning
7:11 attacks on US officials. Yes, the threat
7:13 to the secretary is being presented by
7:15 the administration as proof that his
7:16 strategy is working. Cool.
7:19 While Washington disputes with Tehran, a
7:21 notable shift has occurred in the
7:22 preparations for another meeting.
7:24 According to the South China Morning
7:26 Post, Ukraine has almost disappeared
7:27 from the list of potential topics for a
7:29 conversation between Putin, Trump, and
7:31 Xi Jinping. The meeting itself could
7:33 take place next week in Shenzhen on the
7:34 sidelines of the APEC summit. Russia,
7:36 China, and the US have been trying for
7:38 several weeks to agree on both the order
7:40 of the conversation and its content.
7:41 Nuclear disarmament of the Korean
7:43 Peninsula has also moved out of the
7:45 initial circle of issues. As the
7:47 newspaper's sources explain, the three
7:48 countries are looking for a topic on
7:50 which they have a chance to agree. Such
7:52 a topic unexpectedly turned out to be
7:54 the use of artificial intelligence in
7:56 managing nuclear arsenals. As part of a
7:58 broader discussion on international
8:00 rules, the leaders could reach an
8:02 agreement on controlling AI use
8:03 specifically in this sphere. For now,
8:05 however, they are only coordinating the
8:07 agenda for a possible meeting. The three
8:09 parties have not yet announced a
8:10 ready-made agreement, and whether there
8:12 will be one is a big question. Robert
8:13 Fico spoke much more candidly about the
8:15 war in Ukraine with Ukrainian Prime
8:17 Minister Denys Shmyhal, judging by his
8:19 reaction. The Slovak prime minister
8:21 spoke about this in Bratislava. A few
8:23 days ago, the governments of the two
8:25 countries held joint consultations. Fico
8:27 had the opportunity to speak with his
8:29 Ukrainian counterpart without an
8:31 audience. He did not say exactly what he
8:33 heard, but he did say that the
8:34 conversation shocked him.
8:36 I do not have the right to disclose
8:38 behind-the-scenes details, and I never
8:40 do, but I had a private conversation
8:42 with the Prime Minister of Ukraine. I
8:44 was shocked by this conversation,
8:46 literally shocked regarding the war and
8:48 the future development of events. I will
8:50 not and cannot say anything more,
8:52 because I must respect that, Fico stated
8:55 at a press conference. Slovak Prime
8:57 Minister Fico also revealed that German
8:59 Chancellor Merz shouted at him for
9:01 blocking another package of EU
9:03 anti-Russian sanctions. This was
9:05 reported by the Dennik N portal. I would
9:07 say, he should have punched him right in
9:09 the face and said: "That’s what you get
9:11 , you scumbag, for the fascists."
9:12 Remember, people treat you the way you
9:14 allow them to. This applies to any
9:16 country as well, for that matter. If you
9:18 don't respond to rudeness with a punch
9:20 in the snout once, they will keep
9:22 shouting at you and humiliating you.
9:24 Paris also has questions for Berlin, but
9:27 this time it is about the risk of
9:28 nuclear war. According to the Financial
9:31 Times, France is demanding a clear
9:33 answer from Germany on how Berlin
9:34 intends to use its long-range missiles
9:36 if a conflict with Russia begins.
9:38 Together with the UK, Poland, and the
9:40 Nordic and Baltic countries, Germany is
9:43 purchasing ground-based missiles with a
9:45 range of about 2,000 km. They are not
9:47 nuclear, but they can reach targets deep
9:50 inside Russian territory. And this is
9:51 what worries the French side. The weapon
9:54 may be conventional, but the response
9:56 could be nuclear. If the Russians
9:58 misinterpret the signal, one could end
10:00 up on the brink of nuclear war without
10:02 even realizing it, says the newspaper's
10:04 source. Meanwhile, France itself is
10:06 discussing the possibility of deploying
10:08 its nuclear missiles with several
10:10 European states, so it is important for
10:12 Paris to know how Berlin's decisions on
10:14 using conventional weapons will align
10:16 with France's nuclear strategy. French
10:18 officials see an unpleasant downside to
10:21 Macron's proposed forward deterrence
10:23 here.
10:23 A decision to strike could be made by
10:25 one of the partners, but France fears it
10:27 would have to take the blame in Moscow's
10:30 eyes. One official familiar with the
10:32 discussions provided this analogy. If
10:34 you invite someone into your house, you
10:36 are responsible if that person sets it
10:38 on fire. In Norway, Prime Minister Jonas
10:40 Gahr Støre did not rule out calling
10:42 Vladimir Putin again together with the
10:44 Finnish president. They must have
10:46 enjoyed it. "I am very glad that Norway
10:48 and Finland accepted this challenge, and
10:50 I do not rule out that we will have
10:52 another conversation," he told NRK. The
10:54 leaders last spoke on October 27. The
10:57 initiative came from Oslo and Helsinki,
10:59 and the conversation itself lasted an
11:01 hour and a half. After the call, Støre
11:03 said that Putin was rational. Now about
11:05 the impressions of the second
11:07 participant in that same call. Finnish
11:09 President Alexander Stubb said
11:13 that Putin was very insightful, very
11:15 analytical, very well-prepared, and
11:17 conducted the conversation very calmly.
11:20 Stubb called the conversation itself a
11:22 good, frank discussion. For him, there
11:24 is also a very practical question: how
11:26 does Europe expect to participate in
11:27 negotiations if it does not want to talk
11:29 to one of the sides? If we want to
11:31 participate in negotiations, we cannot
11:33 remain on the sidelines and keep the
11:35 mute button on. On the contrary, we must
11:37 talk directly to the Russians, said the
11:39 Finnish president. At the same time,
11:41 Stubb does not expect a breakthrough
11:43 from the Abu Dhabi talks. He counts
11:45 neither on a quick agreement nor on
11:47 Trump, Putin, and Zelensky sitting down
11:49 at the table anytime soon. In his
11:51 estimation, a good result would be to
11:52 simply agree on a next meeting, even if
11:55 only at a technical level for starters.
11:57 The EU, NATO, and the UK stated after
11:59 the first day of talks in Abu Dhabi that
12:01 they are ready to discuss how European
12:03 security will be structured after the
12:05 war in Ukraine. This is exactly the kind
12:06 of conversation that Washington and
12:08 Moscow had previously called for. The
12:10 Europeans propose to rely on existing
12:12 agreements and, above all, on NATO. And
12:14 in their view, a new system should only
12:16 be introduced after the war. A joint
12:18 statement following the meeting with
12:20 American and Ukrainian representatives
12:22 has been published on the EU website.
12:25 It states that, along with focusing
12:27 primarily on establishing lasting peace
12:29 , the discussion addressed how to build
12:31 upon existing European security
12:33 institutions and agreements after the
12:35 war in Ukraine ends.
12:38 Participants in the Budapest discussion
12:40 also acknowledged that addressing
12:42 security challenges in the postwar
12:44 period and reducing conflict risk are of
12:46 paramount importance.
12:48 They discussed ways to ensure reliable
12:50 mechanisms for risk management and the
12:52 prevention of dangerous escalation.
12:55 Participants reaffirmed their shared
12:57 commitment to creating a solid postwar
12:59 architecture and European security
13:01 mechanisms, clearly stating that a
13:03 strong NATO will remain the central
13:05 element of Euro-Atlantic collective
13:07 defense.
13:08 Everything here hinges on the difference
13:10 between two verbs: to discuss and to
13:12 implement. Previously, Europe said they
13:14 were not even prepared to discuss the
13:16 future of European security with Moscow
13:18 until the war ended, but now they allow
13:20 for discussion, while proposing to leave
13:22 the implementation of agreements for
13:24 later. The politician, however, explains
13:26 this as a cunning plan. According to the
13:28 publication, the point is to demonstrate
13:30 a willingness to discuss a topic of
13:32 interest to Russia in order to encourage
13:34 Moscow to make concessions on Ukraine
13:36 right now.
13:37 Ukraine's allies intend to demonstrate
13:39 enough readiness to consider a broader
13:42 review of the security system to
13:43 encourage Russia to put forward new
13:45 proposals and make progress on
13:47 substantive peace talks regarding
13:49 Ukraine, the publication writes.
13:52 According to European officials, what
13:55 matters most to them is a
13:56 well-thought-out sequence of steps
13:58 across these two parallel tracks. This
14:00 refers to the discussion of the security
14:02 architecture and, accordingly, a
14:04 ceasefire. But such an explanation looks
14:06 more like an attempt to justify a
14:08 retreat from previous conditions, that
14:10 is, first a truce, only then a
14:11 discussion. On all other issues, they
14:13 had to back down. If one reads the
14:15 official document, Washington and Moscow
14:17 have essentially achieved their goal.
14:19 Europeans agree to start negotiations on
14:21 postwar rules even before the parties
14:24 stop firing. Zelensky, for his part,
14:26 sees pressure on Kyiv as an easy path
14:28 for American mediators. During a
14:30 conversation with journalists, he was
14:32 asked whether he considers Washington
14:33 impartial and whether the US might force
14:35 Ukraine to cede territory for the sake
14:37 of peace. It is an easy path in
14:38 negotiations with the Russians to
14:40 pressure us so that we leave the Donbas
14:42 , and then an agreement will be reached
14:43 . We are not ready for such an agreement
14:45 . Of course, it is easier to pressure us
14:47 , but I hope that the United States will
14:49 find another path, and together with
14:50 Europe, we are counting on this, he
14:52 replied. The day before, I believe it
14:54 was yesterday in Denmark, Zelensky again
14:56 refused to hand over the Donbas. Judging
14:58 by how he answers journalists '
14:59 questions, the option of withdrawing
15:01 Ukrainian troops from the Donbas is
15:02 being discussed at the meeting in Abu
15:04 Dhabi. At the same time, Kyiv would like
15:07 to see a European representative at the
15:08 negotiating table as soon as possible.
15:10 As Politico writes, Volodymyr Zelensky
15:12 urged European countries not to delay
15:14 the choice, but qualified it by saying
15:16 the candidate should be discussed with
15:18 him before announcing who will negotiate
15:20 with Russia. Well, what would we do
15:22 without Zelensky? I think that in
15:23 November or later, it is necessary to
15:25 determine who will represent Europe in
15:27 the negotiations. It will be better this
15:29 way because they get a mandate for
15:30 negotiations; they will receive a
15:32 mandate from all of Europe, from this
15:34 entire coalition, he stated. During his
15:36 trip to Denmark, Zelensky explained that
15:38 he wants to participate in the
15:39 conversation with EU countries and other
15:41 European states. According to him, if
15:43 Europe decides everything by itself
15:45 first and then just informs Kyiv of the
15:47 name, it would actually not be good. He
15:49 also indicated a deadline, hoping that
15:51 no later than the end of November—
15:53 ideally in Germany on the 19th, remember
15:54 , there will be a meeting of the
15:56 coalition of the willing there. That
15:58 will be corrected, we shall see. In
15:59 other words, by the end of November,
16:01 Europeans, according to the Ukrainian
16:03 president's plan, need to manage not
16:04 only to agree among themselves but also
16:06 to consult with Kyiv. A separate
16:08 question in the negotiations is how much
16:10 it will cost to maintain the Ukrainian
16:11 army after the war ends and who will pay
16:13 for it.
16:15 A high-ranking Ukrainian source told AFP
16:17 that Kyiv wants financial support for at
16:19 least 10 years.
16:21 Money is needed for an army of 800,000
16:23 people, which, according to Kyiv's plan
16:25 , should protect the country from a
16:28 possible new invasion. It is not about a
16:30 one-time delivery or a single annual
16:32 budget, but about obligations for a
16:34 decade at once. In other words, Zelensky
16:36 wants to keep an army of 800,000 heads.
16:38 This is unrealistic, it is crazy money;
16:40 reports say it will cost more than 100
16:43 billion euros. Plus, what does this mean
16:45 ? To keep such an army, you have to keep
16:47 the borders closed, otherwise, it will
16:49 simply run away. Try keeping people who
16:50 have fought there for years when they
16:52 are told, "Well, the war is over, but
16:54 you are not going anywhere, damn it."
16:56 What does that mean? Exactly, the
16:57 borders will be closed, everyone will be
16:59 held everywhere, and mobilization will
17:01 not be canceled. Yes.
17:03 The Russian delegation has its own
17:05 priorities. Its representative called
17:08 the end of the war just one of the items
17:10 on the agenda and said that Moscow wants
17:12 to discuss security for the entire
17:14 continent. And if we return to the money
17:16 , then by the logic of this idea, the
17:17 European Union will have to pay for the
17:19 army. As I said, we are now talking
17:21 about hundreds of billions a year. But
17:23 Europeans agreeing to talk to Moscow
17:25 about security and agreeing to pay such
17:27 a bill are slightly different things.
17:30 I would say there are no fools there,
17:32 but believe me, there are fools there.
17:34 They will put up with everything, yes.
17:36 Among the more immediate results of the
17:38 negotiations, Zelensky expects a large
17:39 prisoner-of-war exchange. He mentioned
17:42 two possible formats: 1,000 for 1,000 or
17:44 1,500 for 1,500. But it became known
17:47 that there will be a 1,000 for 1,000
17:49 exchange for now.
17:50 This is perhaps the only tangible result
17:52 of all these negotiations. Another goal
17:55 of the Ukrainian delegation, according
17:57 to Ukrainian channels, is to agree on a
18:00 major Christmas truce. The source here
18:02 is different. The channels cite sources
18:04 in the President's Office, but they do
18:06 not report on the agreement of other
18:07 participants to such an option. I think
18:09 that Russia simply will not agree to
18:11 this. Zelensky also hopes to receive the
18:14 Ukrainian-European FREYA missile defense
18:16 system as early as this winter. They
18:18 want to test it first, and then move on
18:20 to large-scale production. Here is how
18:22 he formulated the task in a conversation
18:24 with journalists. We need Freya, and we
18:27 are talking not only about receiving
18:29 Freya this winter and testing how this
18:31 anti-ballistic system will work, but
18:33 also about its capabilities and how to
18:35 scale up all production. A separate
18:37 office with representatives from Ukraine
18:39 , Denmark, and Norway is planned to be
18:41 created for the project. They will have
18:43 to work with companies from not just
18:45 three, but eight to ten countries,
18:47 discuss supply terms, and negotiate
18:49 discounts. The timelines, as Zelensky
18:51 admitted, depend among other things on
18:53 when homing heads and radar systems
18:56 become available. All of these countries
18:58 have large, very strong companies. These
19:00 are the very companies that are part of
19:02 the anti-ballistic missile coalition, or
19:05 the Freya coalition, he added.
19:07 Returning to the order of negotiations,
19:09 the Ukrainian side still demands a
19:11 ceasefire before discussing European
19:14 security. AFP quotes a source directly
19:16 within the delegation negotiating with
19:18 Russia in Abu Dhabi.
19:20 We say that we need to discuss the
19:22 future security architecture after the
19:24 end of hostilities and providing
19:26 security guarantees to Ukraine, while
19:28 the Russians argue the opposite. The
19:30 second day of negotiations between
19:32 Russia, Ukraine, and the US ended at
19:34 approximately 1:00 PM Moscow time.
19:36 Interestingly, the first day took much
19:38 longer than 4 hours, but on the second
19:40 day, the participants finished in less
19:42 than 2 hours. They were apparently
19:44 talking about territories. Everything
19:46 points to an agreement. It seems to me
19:48 that the outcome will be a 1,000 for
19:50 1,000 exchange and, as always, they
19:52 agreed to keep talking. Nothing more.
19:54 Well, for now, we don't have any strong
19:56 official data for anyone to come out and
19:58 say, "we agreed on this," so we are
20:00 waiting. While negotiations are ongoing
20:02 , or perhaps one could say while they
20:04 were ongoing, Ukrainian authorities are
20:06 waiting for an answer to a much more
20:07 pressing question: how will we survive
20:09 the winter? Zelenskyy assures that the
20:11 government has a plan. It concerns
20:14 energy, diesel fuel, strengthening our
20:16 bridges, as well as how to help people
20:18 who will face electricity problems, he
20:20 explained. Now let’s take a look at the
20:22 consequences of the nighttime strikes
20:24 reported by both sides. The Russian
20:26 Ministry of Defense announced the
20:28 destruction of a 330 kV substation in
20:30 Kryvyi Rih. In the Odesa region, the
20:32 agency named two more settlements:
20:35 Mayaky and Usatove. According to them,
20:37 the strikes there hit 110 and 330 kV
20:40 substations. Ukrainian Prime Minister
20:42 Koretsky, the same one who shocked Fico
20:44 , reported an attack on six large
20:45 substations at once in the Vinnytsia,
20:47 Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, and Cherkasy
20:49 regions. In addition, power transmission
20:51 lines were damaged in the Kirovohrad and
20:53 Rivne regions. In Kryvyi Rih, according
20:55 to Ukrainian reports, the strike hit a
20:57 heat supply enterprise. In the Odesa
20:59 region, according to regional
21:01 authorities, 135,000 consumers were left
21:04 without power. Head of the Kryvyi Rih
21:06 Defense Council Oleksandr Vilkul
21:08 reported that after the nighttime drone
21:10 attack, part of the city lost power.
21:12 Some hospitals had to be switched to
21:13 generators. Water utility pumping
21:15 stations are also operating on backup
21:17 power. A particularly dangerous
21:19 situation arose at one of the mines. At
21:21 the time of the blackout, nine workers
21:23 were underground. Rescuers brought all
21:24 nine of them to the surface. By morning
21:26 , the city managed to restore electric
21:28 transport services. There are still
21:30 problems with electricity, water, and
21:32 heat. In Poltava, a strike hit the
21:34 territory of a private enterprise. Head
21:36 of the regional administration Vitaliy
21:38 Dekivnich reports three casualties. A
21:40 fire broke out at the site, and all
21:41 services were sent there. Across the
21:43 country, according to morning data from
21:45 the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy, some
21:47 consumers remained without electricity
21:48 in as many as eight regions. First
21:50 Deputy Minister of Energy Artem Nekrasov
21:53 listed which regions were among those
21:55 eight: Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr,
21:57 Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Rivne, Kharkiv,
22:00 Odesa, and Chernihiv. This is a list of
22:02 regions where power outages for
22:03 consumers remained as of the morning.
22:05 The Prime Minister, however, previously
22:07 listed the locations of attacks on major
22:09 substations and line damage, so the
22:10 lists do not match. They are responsible
22:12 for different issues. The Russian
22:14 Ministry of Defense reported that
22:16 overnight, air defense forces shot down
22:19 627 Ukrainian aircraft-type drones.
22:21 The report lists the Belgorod, Bryansk,
22:24 Voronezh, and Volgograd regions. Further
22:27 , the Kaluga, Kirov, Kursk, Leningrad,
22:30 Novgorod, Oryol, and Pskov regions.
22:33 Drones were also shot down over the
22:35 Rostov, Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Tver
22:37 , Tula, and Ulyanovsk regions. The
22:40 agency included intercepts over the
22:42 Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, Tatarstan
22:44 , Crimea, and the waters of the Sea of
22:46 Azov in the overall total. In the
22:48 Leningrad region, the Ust-Luga port came
22:50 under attack last night. Governor
22:52 Alexander Drozdenko reported that
22:54 several drones hit the port area, and a
22:57 fire started there. A transformer
22:58 substation also suffered an emergency
23:00 shutdown in Ust-Luga. According to
23:02 regional authorities, 150 drones were
23:04 shot down over this region alone
23:06 overnight. Ukrainian channels suggest
23:08 that the NOVATEK-Ust-Luga complex, where
23:11 gas condensate is processed and
23:13 transshipped, was hit. They also report
23:15 the possible destruction of oil product
23:17 storage tanks. The governor confirmed a
23:19 strike in the port area and a fire, but
23:21 did not name the specific facility in
23:23 his statement.
23:25 In the Smolensk region, according to
23:27 local authorities, drone debris struck a
23:29 residential high-rise in Yartsevo.
23:32 Two people died. Regarding the situation
23:34 on the ground, there are two opposing
23:36 reports. The Russian Ministry of Defense
23:38 stated that Russian troops had taken
23:39 control of Shilovka in the Donetsk
23:40 region and Voskresenka in the
23:42 Zaporizhzhia region. The Ukrainian
23:43 project DeepState shows both villages
23:45 under the control of the Ukrainian
23:46 defense forces. Moreover, the
23:48 discrepancies concern both settlements,
23:50 not just one of them. Now, about the
23:52 economy. Bloomberg believes that
23:54 Russia's attempt to replace the dollar
23:56 with the Chinese yuan has failed. And
23:58 the agency draws attention to the
23:59 apparent contradictions. Trade with
24:01 China has grown, yet the share of
24:03 Chinese currency in payments for Russian
24:05 exports, according to the Central Bank,
24:08 has halved since its 2024 peak. This
24:10 year, the yuan accounts for 22%of such
24:12 payments. Russia now receives rubles for
24:15 69%of its exports to Asia. This means
24:18 that an increase in trade volume does
24:19 not necessarily mean the seller will be
24:21 paid in the buyer's currency. Bloomberg
24:23 sees the threat of US secondary
24:24 sanctions as the reason. Chinese banks
24:26 began refusing transactions with Russian
24:28 clients because they risked falling
24:30 under restrictions themselves. According
24:32 to the agency, this says a lot about the
24:34 standing of the dollar. Washington can
24:37 influence even the behavior of banks in
24:39 the world's second-largest economy, even
24:41 when the deal does not involve dollar
24:43 settlements at all.
24:45 For a Russian enterprise, this means
24:47 very specific problems. You can order
24:49 the goods and agree on the price with
24:51 the supplier, but when it comes to
24:53 transferring the money, it turns out you
24:55 cannot pay in yuan directly. Then they
24:57 look for an intermediary, send the
24:59 payment through a third party, or build
25:01 a longer chain. Each additional link, as
25:03 you understand, means expenses, waiting
25:04 , and the risk that the transfer won't
25:06 go through. Overall bank payments have
25:08 dropped sharply, says Alexander Gabuev,
25:11 director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia
25:13 Center. It is useful here to distinguish
25:15 between two figures that are easy to
25:17 mistake for one. 22%is the share of the
25:19 yuan in all Russian export payments,
25:21 while 69%is the share of the ruble only
25:24 in exports to Asia. You cannot subtract
25:26 these figures from one hundred to
25:27 determine the remaining share of the
25:29 dollar. In one case it covers supplies
25:31 to all countries, in the other, only one
25:33 region. And yet, it all started quite
25:35 differently. After the introduction of
25:37 Western sanctions, the Russian economy
25:39 switched to Chinese currency with
25:41 unusual speed. At one point, the yuan
25:43 accounted for almost half of Russia's
25:44 foreign trade. In Moscow's domestic
25:46 currency market, it became the most
25:48 traded currency, and in terms of bank
25:50 deposits, it surpassed the dollar. But
25:52 as soon as the banks faced new risks,
25:54 the reversal proved even more rapid.
25:57 In June 2024, the US significantly
25:59 expanded the grounds for sanctions
26:01 against financial institutions working
26:04 with Russia. Some Russian clients had
26:06 their payments returned, while others
26:08 saw their funds frozen for months. The
26:10 largest Chinese banks stopped working
26:12 with Russian counterparties altogether.
26:14 By that time, Russian businesses had
26:16 become so dependent on yuan settlements
26:18 that an acute shortage of foreign
26:20 currency emerged. The Bank of Russia
26:22 ultimately urged credit institutions to
26:24 limit the issuance of loans in yuan.
26:26 Companies that help Russian enterprises
26:29 trade with China say that some channels
26:31 still exist.
26:32 But no one can guarantee that a payment
26:34 will go through. In 2026, paying
26:36 suppliers in China ceased to be a
26:38 routine operation, according to
26:40 materials for clients of the transport
26:43 and customs company ST Sibir Trans Asia
26:45 Group. They explain that even if a
26:47 contract is signed and the supplier is
26:49 well-known, it does not exempt one from
26:51 additional checks or payment delays.
26:53 Therefore, many enterprises are now
26:55 paying through agents. This method is
26:57 considered more reliable, but you have
26:59 to pay extra for that reliability.
27:00 According to ST Logistik, including
27:02 intermediary commissions and fees, the
27:04 costs of transferring money to China add
27:06 an average of 15-20%to the amount. To
27:08 visualize the scale, for a payment of
27:11 100 units, the cost of the transfer
27:13 itself will be another 15-20. According
27:15 to Bloomberg estimates, by the end of
27:17 last year, the balance of Russia's use
27:19 of the yuan in trade with third
27:20 countries also turned negative. As for
27:22 global payments, the yuan's share,
27:24 according to SWIFT, returned to the
27:26 level it was at before the war in
27:27 Ukraine. The Chinese currency dropped to
27:29 fifth place, losing its spot to the
27:31 Japanese yen. The momentum for expanding
27:33 the internationalization of the yuan,
27:35 sparked by sanctions against Russia, has
27:38 faded, says Martin Chorzempa of the
27:40 Peterson Institute for International
27:42 Economics.
27:43 From global finance to the personal
27:45 habits of one of the most famous
27:47 billionaires. Warren Buffett reportedly
27:49 has not drunk plain water for 48 years.
27:51 His choice is Cherry Coca-Cola. The 96-
27:54 year-old businessman has previously said
27:56 he can drink up to five cans of soda a
27:58 day. He eats breakfast regularly at
28:00 McDonald's, and lists burgers, hot dogs
28:02 , cookies, candy, and ice cream among
28:04 his favorite foods and sweets. There you
28:05 have it. In France, writer Michel
28:07 Houellebecq has been charged over an
28:09 interview that was published back in
28:11 November 2022 in the magazine Front
28:13 Populaire. As Le Figaro reports, the 70
28:15 -year-old Houellebecq is accused of
28:17 complicity in inciting discrimination,
28:19 hatred, or violence and could face up to
28:21 a year in prison. For now, this is an
28:23 accusation, not a court verdict. In the
28:25 interview, the writer discussed Muslims
28:28 in France and the theory of the "Great
28:30 Replacement," calling it a statistical
28:32 inevitability. In his opinion, some
28:34 regions could eventually fall under
28:36 Islamic control, which would lead to a
28:38 clash between Muslims and native French
28:40 people. He also claimed that the French
28:42 demands on Muslims, as he understands
28:44 them, primarily consist of stopping
28:46 attacks and robberies, rather than
28:47 assimilating them into their homeland.
28:49 And do you know what surprises me here?
28:51 I also had a video where I talked about
28:53 this theory, and it was taken down
28:55 completely. And wait a second, the
28:57 platform was not foreign, but Russian.
29:00 So think about that. Yes.
29:02 A funny, and in some places I would say
29:05 tragic, story about road repairs in
29:07 Yakutia. In the village of Churapcha, a
29:10 trench was left behind after work on a
29:12 gas pipe. Instead of asphalt, the road
29:14 workers filled it in with frozen manure
29:16 . Meaning, without any flowery language
29:18 , they repaired the road with crap.
29:20 Local authorities have not yet commented
29:21 on the situation. Well, the method is
29:23 not new, in my opinion. Many things in
29:26 our country are done roughly this way. I
29:28 think this whole construction is
29:29 temporary, because if it were made
29:31 permanent, they would have added sticks
29:33 . Right. As you remember, the popular
29:35 saying: "made of and sticks." So
29:37 there is just some manure lying there,
29:38 it's frozen, and cars are driving over
29:40 it. Well, as always, you know, until the
29:42 first thaw. And if they were building it
29:44 to last forever, they would have added
29:45 sticks, for the " and sticks" effect
29:47 . That is so Russian. By the way, I
29:49 posted this video on our Telegram
29:51 channel. The link to it will be in the
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30:39 was agreed upon during the talks in Abu
30:41 Dhabi, you can try writing what you see
30:43 as the main outcome of these
30:44 negotiations, besides the exchange—and
30:46 the agreement to keep negotiating—which
30:48 has already become, I wanted to say from
30:50 generation to generation, but really
30:51 from meeting to meeting. I am waiting
30:53 for your comments on what happened. With
30:55 you was I, Ilya Kramarovsky. Please,
30:58 take care of yourselves and your loved
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