2023-11-03 13:36:01
While the number of Russian attacks has “slightly decreased” around the town of Avdiivka in recent days, new strikes have targeted the town of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine. During the night from Thursday to Friday, local authorities reported numerous damages and fires. “Last night there were around 40 (Iranian-made drones) Shaheds. More than half of them were shot down,” Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Telegram, confirming that there had “been impacts ” on the ground. The attack targeted ten regions of Ukraine, including the South, West and Kiev, the capital, according to the Ukrainian president, who clarified that it did not cause any casualties.
Furthermore, a survey shows that more than four in ten Americans believe the United States is too supportive of Ukraine, while new foreign companies have just been sanctioned by Washington. The Kremlin, however, affirmed this Friday that it would “overcome” these new American sanctions.
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Russian attack in Kharkiv
Russian drones struck civilian targets and caused a fire early Friday (November 3) in and around Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, in the northeast of the country, reports said. Ukrainian officials on Telegram. Garages were destroyed, cars caught fire and farm buildings were damaged. The provisional report shows no casualties.
Another town in this region of eastern Ukraine was targeted, added oblast governor Oleh Synehoubov. The mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, said for his part that the fire was on the verge of being brought under control.
Wagner plans to send aid to Hezbollah
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The Russian Wagner militia plans to send a Russian SA-22 air defense system to Lebanese Hezbollah, capable of intercepting planes, according to American officials quoted by the Wall Street Journal. For American intelligence, the possibility of such a delivery “is a major concern.” Exchanges between Wagner and Hezbollah are closely monitored.
The Russian and American authorities did not wish to comment on the revelations of the American newspaper, which nevertheless recalls that Wagner’s troops are present in the region and “played an important role in neighboring Syria” by supporting the regime of Bashar al-Assad. . “This information is part of a broader context of fear that Hezbollah, a militia supported by Iran, is opening a northern front against Israel,” adds the Wall Street Journal.
Russia will “overcome” new US sanctions
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The Kremlin assured this Friday that Russia would “overcome” the new American sanctions announced the day before by Washington against 130 people and entities involved in trade with Russia. Russian companies have, according to those in power, learned to “adapt”. Sanctions “certainly pose certain problems, but we have learned to overcome them,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
“We have adapted to the sanctions, we have learned to protect ourselves against the risks linked to sanctions,” he continued, while Moscow has been targeted since 2014 and especially since 2022 by a multitude of restrictions. According to him, all major Russian companies have “developed an action plan in case they are hit by sanctions.”
For 41% of Americans, the United States is doing too much for Ukraine
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According to a Gallup poll published Thursday, November 2, the share of skeptics about aid to Ukraine has increased significantly in the United States. 41% of Americans believe the United States is “doing too much to support Ukraine,” an increase of 12 points since June. The stagnation on the front is likely to contribute to the increase of this feeling. The share of those who believe support is sufficient decreased over the same period, from 43% to 33%.
Similarly, in August 2022, a majority of Americans – 66% – believed the United States should support Ukraine in returning its territory, even if it leads to protracted conflict. This view has weakened, with 54% of Americans now sharing it.
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