"I wasn't going to be here; it's over there, higher-ups...". - Interrogation of Ukrainian POW in Avdevka direction

A Ukrainian soldier with the call sign "Vorobey" was captured in the Avdevka direction. Unlike the Ukrainian armed forces who tortured and killed our prisoners of war, the interrogation was carried out quite humanely, without the use of violence.  The soldier knew little information - he said that the commander had been removed, the company commander was in the hospital, and he himself had not volunteered. Still, he had been conscripted by order from above.

"I wasn't going to be here; it's the higher-ups over there," the soldier commented, being right on the front line under fire.

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❗️Putin signs decree on response to Russian oil price cap

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Oil 🛢️ Prices rise after🇷🇺 president Vladimir Putin issued a decree banning the sale of Russian oil to buyers who support the Western-imposed "price ceiling"

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🇷🇸 🇮🇷 Not "Shaheeds alone" - a new round of Serbian-Iranian relations

Written by the Serbian Herald channel specially for RT on the Balkans

Tehran has confirmed that Serbia is among the 22 countries interested in Iranian drones. Of course, the news has riled up Western countries as well as Turkey, which had hoped to receive several hundred million euros from Belgrade for the Bayraktar UAVs. But the purchase of the drones is not the only thing that has given a new impetus to the development of Serbian-Iranian relations. 

📍 After the collapse of Yugoslavia, relations between Belgrade and Tehran could hardly be called a partnership. The trade turnover was falling due to sanctions and war, and part of the leadership of the Islamic Republic partially supported the Bosnian Muslims. This was revealed back in 2019 by retired General Syed Qasemi, who said that Iranian fighters fought alongside Bosniaks and members of banned al-Qaeda. Tehran has denied Qasemi's allegations and asserted Iran's neutrality. But this is business in the past. 

In recent years, pressure on Belgrade by the EU and the U.S. has hardened bilateral relations. Due to threats from the West, Serbia cancelled the visa-free regime with Iran in 2018, and already in 2019 the trade turnover dropped by 25%, amounting to only 38.7 million dollars. 

However, threats and blackmail eventually had the opposite effect - Belgrade and Tehran again began to actively cooperate. In 2021, the growth of trade turnover compared to 2020 amounted to as much as 115%. 

The Serbian Orthodox Church also got involved in the dialogue, and its representatives stated during the meeting with the Iranian ambassador Rashid Hassanpour that "the arrogant and despotic powers of the world are not only endangering the security of humanity, but are also trying to destroy the religious identity and spirit of the free world nations, by imposing their ideology" - thus indicating the common values of the two nations. 

📍 This year was a key year in Serbian-Iranian relations. - the sides held a meeting at the level of foreign ministers, where Hosein Amir-Abdollahian affirmed that Iran still does not recognise "Kosovo" and will continue to support the territorial integrity of Serbia. And Iranian President Raisi invited his Serbian counterpart to visit Iran. 
A Serbian-Iranian forum was also held in Belgrade, attended by more than 80 business representatives. And the result was not long in coming. Iran has expressed interest in buying corn, meat, oil and seeds in Serbia. The sides have also agreed on investments in farming equipment, seeds, and cattle feeding, and signed an agreement on the long-term supply of nitrogen fertilisers to Serbia. 

Let us speak separately about military-technical cooperation. In addition to exchanging experience in various military and police events, such as the International Military Games "Guardian of Order," Serbian cadets will now be able to receive training at Iranian military academies. It is possible that Iran will thus train the Serbian military to operate the Shahids, which have proven themselves in several hot spots at once. 

In that case, the purchase of Iranian drones or the acquisition of manufacturing technology would further strengthen Serbian-Iranian relations and contribute to their development in various fields, since the two sides evidently have something to offer each other.
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Britain is not prepared for the economic consequences of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. This is according to a secret report to the British government. Does this mean China needs to hurry up?

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MLRS BM-21 "Grad" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine somewhere in the vicinity of Soledar. Remarkably, the Ukrainian servicemen covered the combat vehicle with a camouflage net. Since this is far from the first such case, most likely such precautions are associated with the mass appearance of the Lancet kamikaze UAV in the RF Armed Forces, which has become a real curse for Ukrainian armoured vehicles
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Today, I posted a video of the self-sacrifice of a hero. A wounded Russian soldier, to avoid being captured by Ukro nazis, activated the hand grenade, killing himself. That is the highest sacrifice one could give for his people and his country. Paying the ultimate price, like so many before him, during history, he went to legend. Maybe he will be on a monument to a Uknkown soldier or will get his own. Perhaps nothing of that would happen. But it's not a point in commemoration. It's about the soul. Hero didn't think. He didn't have doubts. He immediately knew what he had to do. Maybe heroes don't question their actions. With the nazis, there is no coexistence. No mercy. No peace. Exactly, that mental attitude, which is formed during Great Patriotic War, is part of the soul of every Russian and the majority of Slavs because their freedom and existence itself depend on it.
I banned a man for accusing me of being a nazi for posting that video. When I explained who am I, he called me Judeo-Bolshevik. I am not a Jew or Bolshevik. I'm a Patriot and Slav whose family is nearly eradicated by nazis and their supporters during WW2. I'm fighting for my country in the best way I know. But even if I am a Jew or Bolshevik, I realized that there is no difference between that man that insulted me and those nazis in front of which hero killed himself. They are both the same. And deserve the same fate because their motive is to destroy everyone who doesn't think like them, just like an Azov battalion or SS division. No difference. But as history has taught us so many times, heroes will go to legend and nazis and their supporters to the garbage dump of history. Let the hero from the beginning of this story rest in peace because we will avenge his death. He is immortal for us now, like those millions before him who perish fighting nazism. We will be victorious in the end.
Eternal glory to unknown HERO.
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"Kyiv will live in the mode of emergency power outages all winter."-regional authorities.

The situation with power supply in Kiev remains difficult, emergency power outages will continue throughout the winter. This was announced on Tuesday by the deputy head of the Kyiv City state Administration(KCSA) , Pyotr Panteleev.

"The situation is not simple and we see it on weekdays, restrictions continue, shutdowns continue, they are not planned, but rather emergency, we will live in such realities all winter, we need to understand this," he said on the local Kyiv TV channel.
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US corruption doomed Afghanistan –Afghanistan's🇦🇫 ex-president

Hamid Karzai, the only Afghan president since the 2001 US-led invasion, has admitted his culpability in the corruption that has plagued the country for the past two decades – but argued an external power played a much greater role than he did himself. Speaking to the Washington Post on Monday, he blamed the US for his country’s fate.

Karzai took “full responsibility for the corruption and bribes in the delivery of services,” he told the outlet. “But the big contracts, big corruption, in hundreds of millions of dollars or millions of dollars, was clearly a United States of America thing.”

“The war in Afghanistan was not our war,” Karzai explained, clarifying his position between the US-backed “democracy” he ran and the Taliban government, which has allowed him to continue living in Kabul. Despite owing his power to Washington, he has controversially referred to the Taliban as “brothers” and denounced the 21-year war ostensibly fought against them.

“I was not a partner of the United States in that war against Afghan villages and homes. I changed from the moment I recognized that this war that is fought in the name of defeating terrorism is actually a war against the Afghan people,” the former leader said.

Karzai also blamed his most recent successor for the Taliban’s return to power in the wake of the Biden administration’s hasty departure from the country in September 2021. “The state would not have collapsed” had President Ashraf Ghani not fled, he argued. “Ghani leaving was the collapse of the whole thing.”

However, he said, it is the US who is primarily to blame for what happened to Afghanistan. Despite Washington's promises, two decades of war not only failed to end terrorism, it gave birth to new terror groups such as ISIS-K.
Karzai spent 13 years running US-occupied Afghanistan. By the time he left his post in 2014, his government had become synonymous with corruption, nepotism, and the looting of both state assets and US ‘nation-building’ projects.

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Explosions are reported in Ukraine's Berislav, Kherson region.
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"All sophisticated NATO equipment and weapons in Ukraine will be operated by the Polish military," says military expert Oleksiy Leonkov.

"There is already a lot of evidence that behind all these self-propelled artillery systems, multiple rocket launchers, counter-battery stations, and even the management of more sophisticated drones are regular militaries." And above all, it is Poland's military cadre because, of all the countries that have sent "mercenaries," Poland has lost the most soldiers. "It is Poland that will become Ukraine's donor in supplying qualified military personnel," the military expert said.

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