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French politician: There is no point in continuing Western support for Ukraine in light of the heavy losses it is suffering

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

“The Ukrainian forces have suffered heavy losses in Donbass, and there is no point in the West continuing to provide them with money and equipment in light of these heavy losses,” Filipo added in an interview with the Russian news agency TASS.

The attack launched by Ukrainian forces on the Kursk region, according to him, is nothing but an expression of the state of despair that is sweeping the ranks of the Kiev regime.

He added: “It would be madness, even a crime, to try to convince the head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, that his forces can defeat the Russian army.”

He stressed that Ukrainians are being pushed into a bloody conflict in which they are dying in vain, noting that sharpening the Kiev regime with money, weapons and false hopes of victory will not lead to any satisfactory results.

Russian forces continue to confront the Ukrainian army’s attack on Kursk territory on the morning of August 6, while the Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee announced last Saturday the imposition of a regime of counter-terrorism operations in the Russian Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions due to the increased level of terrorist threats from Ukraine.

A regime of anti-terrorist operations was imposed in Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk oblasts, and a state of emergency of the federal level was imposed in Kursk oblast.

For its part, the Russian Foreign Ministry considered NATO countries’ supply of weapons to Ukraine as “playing with fire” and an incitement that fuels the crisis, undermines the chances of peace, and may lead to the outbreak of a nuclear war.

The Russian Defense Ministry also warned Western countries against supplying Ukraine with weapons, and vowed to crush them on Ukrainian territory.

Russia has confirmed, through many officials, that the West’s incitement of Ukraine, its supply of weapons and money, and its dissemination of misleading and inflammatory media campaigns against Russia, constitutes direct involvement in the war against Russia.

Source: TASS

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2024-09-01 10:33:05

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Ukraine and Russia exchange around 100 captive soldiers

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

kyiv, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine exchanged more than 100 prisoners of war on Monday as kyiv celebrated its third Independence Day since the start of its full-scale invasion of Moscow.

Ukraine said the 115 freed soldiers were conscripts and many were detained in the early months of the Russian invasion. They included about 50 soldiers captured by Kremlin forces after the siege of the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol.

Russia’s defence ministry said its 115 soldiers were captured in Russia’s Kursk region, where Kiev troops launched a surprise attack two weeks ago. The soldiers were in Belarus but will be transferred to Russia for medical treatment and rehabilitation, it added.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky explained on X that the United Arab Emirates once again acted as a mediator in the exchange, the 55th since the start of the Russian operation in the neighboring country in February 2022.

The images accompanying the president’s message showed emaciated soldiers with shaved heads and draped in Ukrainian flags.

“We remember each and every one of them. We are searching and doing everything possible to bring them all back,” Zelensky added.

Officials from both sides only meet when they exchange dead and prisoners of war, after long preparations and diplomatic efforts.

Neither Ukraine nor Russia say how many prisoners of war there are in total.

According to the United Nations, most Ukrainians suffer routine medical neglect, severe and systemic ill-treatment and even torture while in detention.

There have also been isolated reports of alleged abuse of Russian soldiers, mostly during capture or transit to detention centres.

The attacks continue

Two people were killed and four others wounded, including a baby, when Russian forces shelled the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, the capital of the Kherson region that is partly occupied by Moscow, local authorities said.

The Ukrainian Air Force said it intercepted and destroyed seven drones over the south of the country. In addition, Russian long-range bombers attacked the area of ​​Zmiinyi (Snake) Island with four cruise missiles, while the rest of the Kherson region was hit by aerial bombs.

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2024-09-01 10:17:27

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Which countries in the world provide the cheapest electricity to their people? One is in our neighborhood – World

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

Factors such as natural resources, government policies and economic stability can affect the price and availability of electricity. But electricity is significantly cheaper in some countries than in others.

An international group has compiled a list of countries with cheapest electricity prices based on the latest petrol price data which is listed below.

Iran

The cheapest electricity worldwide is available in Iran, at $0.002 per kilowatt, energy in Iran is largely state-controlled, with the government providing heavy subsidies on electricity prices. Recently, the Iranian government invested 19 percent of its total GDP on the energy sector alone.

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Syria has the second cheapest electricity price in the world, at $0.003 per kilowatt hour. Here too the energy sector is largely controlled by the government.