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Adidas headquarters searched: what is known

The Adidas head office and other locations were searched due to Customs and tax issues. The investigation covers the period from October 2019, and the company cooperates with the authorities.

German authorities raided the head office of the sports company Adidas in Herzogenaurach and other offices. This is reported by Bloomberg, reports UNN.

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An Adidas spokesperson said in a statement that the investigation covers a five-year period starting in October 2019 and concerns Customs and tax regulations regarding products imported to Germany.

It is noted that Adidas has been communicating with customs authorities on this issue for several years and provides them with documents and information.

The company does not expect any significant financial consequences in connection with the investigation

– stated in the statement of Adidas.

For the Bloomberg information, Adidas has achieved good results with the help of CEO Bjorn Gulden, who has already signed a contract with the Puma SE company for the 2022 rock. At the same time, the company has bought a new set of cheap shoes for a boom in retro sneakers, such as Samba.

recall

Adidas removed a photo of Bella Hadid from an SL72 sneaker ad after criticism from Israel. The company has apologized for unintentionally linking it to the tragic events of the 1972 Olympics and will review its advertising campaign.

December 11, 2024
Confusion over Russian advances in Sumy Oblast, authorities deny border breach

Analysts from the crowd-sourced monitoring website DeepState Map reported on Dec. 10 that Russian forces had advanced in Sumy Oblast near the border village of Oleksandriya.

DeepState is a mapping project, independent but with close ties to the Defense Ministry, widely trusted as one of the most reliable sources of accurate information on territorial changes along the front line.

The map changes showed Russian forces occupying 2 square kilometers (0,8 square miles) in Sumy and advancing in the Kursk Oblast. These developments are reflected as of December 10.

Sumy Oblast authorities, including head of the Military Administration Volodymyr Artyukh, rejected the notion that Russian forces had breached the border, calling the reports "fake" and describing them as disinformation.

"Now, there is no data from the military on the change of the situation on the border; the situation is controlled," Artyukh said.

Sumy Oblast borders Russia's Bryansk, Kursk, and Belgorod oblasts. Residents of the vulnerable border communities experience multiple attacks per day.

Ukraine peace talks could start this winter, Tusk saysSpeaking during a government meeting, the Polish Prime Minister announced that Poland, set to assume the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union on Jan. 1, intends to play an active role in the talks.The Kyiv IndependentTim Zadorozhnyy

December 11, 2024
US State Department approves sale of F-16 maintenance equipment to Ukraine

The US State Department has approved the sale of services and equipment for servicing the F-16 to Ukraine. the package includes mission planning systems, technical support and personnel training.

The US State Department has approved the sale of F-16 aircraft maintenance services to Ukraine for a total of.266.4 million. This is stated on the website of the agency for security cooperation of the US Department of Defense, writes UNN.

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The agency issued the required certificate and notified the US Congress about it.

The estimated total cost of all the declared equipment is 2 266.4 million.

The head jackets are claimed by Sabena (Charleroi, Belgium), Lockheed Martin Aeronautics (Fort Worth, Texas) and Pratt and Whitney (East Hartford, Connecticut).

It is noted that this aid package will improve Ukraine's ability to resist current and future threats, providing it with a more powerful air defense system for performing self-defense missions and ensuring regional security.

recall

In November, Zelensky reported the first success of F16 in Ukraine – the destruction of seven cruise missiles flying at civilian targets.

The Netherlands says goodbye to F-16s: Fighter jets that have served for 45 years are being transferred to UkraineSep 28 2024, 02:22 AM • 68802 views

December 11, 2024
The ridiculous records of Kylian Mbappe: Only seven players have more Champions League goals

Kylian Mbappe had already won 17 trophies and scored 329 career goals before making his predestined move to Real Madrid. And he has started well enough.

Here are the Frenchman’s most ridiculous career statistics so far. He has joined the European champions.

* Kylian Mbappe has scored 343 and assisted 160 goals in 469 career appearances for club and country, winning 18 trophies.

* Kylian Mbappe has scored 19 career hat-tricks across seven different competitions (Coupe de la Ligue, Ligue Un, Champions League, Coupe de France, World Cup qualifying, World Cup and Euros qualifying) against Rennes, FC Metz (x2), Lyon (x2, one was four goals), Guingamp, Monaco, Club Brugge, Barcelona, Clermont Foot, Vannes, Lille, US Pays de Cassel (five goals), Stade Reims, US Revel, Montpellier, Kazakhstan (four goals), Argentina and Gibraltar.

* Mbappe ranks 7th for all-time French top-flight goals (191) but is a distant first for Ligue Un goals scored in the 21st century.

* Mbappe was Ligue Un top scorer in a record six consecutive seasons, a record for the competition.

* Mbappe was the first player to finish as top scorer and assist provider in the same Ligue Un season (2021/22).

* Mbappe is the only player to win the Ligue Un Player of the Year award in five consecutive seasons. He was also the first player to win it in three and four consecutive seasons. No other player has won it more than three times overall.

* Only seven players in Champions League and European Cup history have scored more goals in the competition than Mbappe (50), and of those just Ruud van Nistelrooy, Robert Lewandowski, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have a better goals-per-game record than the Frenchman’s 0.63.

* Mbappe has scored more Champions League or European Cup goals than Alfredo Di Stefano, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Eusebio, Mo Salah, Didier Drogba, Neymar, Alessandro Del Piero, Sergio Aguero, Ferenc Puskas, Gerd Muller, Samuel Eto’o, Wayne Rooney, David Trezeguet, Ryan Giggs, Luis Suarez and Romario, among many others.

* Mbappe was once the youngest player to score 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 Champions League goals, most of which have since been beaten by the equally ridiculous Erling Haaland.

* Mbappe was the second youngest player to score 50 Champions League goals, behind only Lionel Messi.

* Only Ruud van Nistelrooy (62 games), Lionel Messi (66) and Robert Lewandowski (77) scored their first 50 Champions League goals in fewer games than Mbappe (79).

* Mbappe is one of only three players to score a Champions League hat-trick against Barcelona, and the first to score four goals against the Catalans in a single Champions League campaign.

* Mbappe is Paris Saint-Germain’s record goalscorer in all competitions, despite being 25 and spending only six years there. He scored 256 goals in 308 appearances.

* Only five players have ever scored more Champions League knockout stage goals than Mbappe (20), who has more than Andriy Shevchenko, Raul, Neymar, Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba and any Liverpool player.

* Mbappe is the youngest player in Champions League history to score in both legs of a quarter-final, and to score at all in a semi-final, with those goals coming for Monaco in 2017. His first six Champions League career goals were all in the knockout stages.

* Mbappe is the youngest Champions League goalscorer for two clubs, which is ridiculous the more you think about it. He was quite inevitably the first teenager in history to score a Champions League goal for two different clubs.

* Mbappe is the highest-scoring teenager in Champions League history.

* Mbappe has already scored away at Camp Nou, the Bernabeu, Old Trafford, Anfield, the Etihad, the Allianz Arena, the Juventus Stadium, Signal Iduna Park and Celtic Park.

* Only five of the 26 teams Mbappe has played in Europe have prevented him from ever scoring. He has faced Lille, Bayer Leverkusen and Spurs just once, making CSKA Moscow and Napoli the only teams to come up against Mbappe twice in Europe without conceding to him.

* Mbappe has played 14 games against English clubs, scoring six goals and assisting three against Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham and Newcastle.

* Mbappe has scored more goals (15) against Montpellier than any other club, in 15 games. In the Champions League he has scored most of his goals against Barcelona (six).

* Mbappe was the most expensive teenager in football history and remains the second-most expensive player ever after his £166m move to Paris Saint-Germain in 2018.

* Mbappe has scored most of his goals for Thomas Tuchel, bagging 83 goals in 98 games during the German’s reign at PSG.

* At international level, only Olivier Giroud (56 in 127) and Thierry Henry (51 in 123) have scored more goals for the French national team than Mbappe (48 in 84), and only Just Fontaine has scored more goals for France at the World Cup. He is also the youngest French player to score at a World Cup.

* Only five players have scored more World Cup goals than the 24-year-old Mbappe (12): Lionel Messi, Just Fontaine (both 13), Gerd Muller (14), Ronaldo (15) and Miroslav Klose (16).

* Only five players have ever scored more goals in a single World Cup tournament than Mbappe’s eight in 2022: Gerd Muller (10 in 1970), Eusebio (9 in 1966), Just Fontaine (13 in 1958), Sandor Kocsis (11 in 1954) and Ademir (9 in 1950).

* No player has scored more World Cup knockout goals (last 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final) than Mbappe, who is level with Ronaldo on eight.

* Mbappe was the first player to score eight, nine, 10, 11 and 12 World Cup goals before their 24th birthday.

* Mbappe was the second teenager to score twice in a World Cup game and the second teenager to score in a World Cup final; Pele was first to do both.

* Mbappe is only the second player to score a World Cup final hat-trick, after Geoff Hurst in 1966.

* Mbappe is only the second player to score in consecutive World Cup final matches, after Vava in 1958 and 1962.

* Only four players have been top scorer at a World Cup tournament at a younger age than Mbappe (8 goals) in 2022: James Rodriguez was 23 in 2014 (6), Thomas Muller was 20 in 2010 (5), Mario Kempes was 23 in 1978 (6) and Florian Albert was 20 in 1962 (4).

* Mbappe is the top scorer in World Cup final matches with four goals in 2018 and 2022.

* Mbappe is the only player to score a competitive hat-trick for France in Mbappe’s lifetime. Before his four goals against Kazakhstan in a World Cup qualifier in November 2021, three against Argentina in the 2022 World Cup final and treble in a November 2023 shellacking of Gibraltar, the previous hat-trick for Les Bleus outside of friendlies was in 1985, by Dominique Rocheteau.

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December 11, 2024
The military can now track the status of reports through the Army+ app: step-by-step instructions

The Ministry of Defense has introduced a function to track the status of reports in the Army+ app. Servicemen will receive notifications of status changes and will be able to control each stage of document approval.

Now every serviceman can track the status of his report in the official Army+ app. Follow its approval at all stages and receive notifications of changes. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense, according to UNN.

The video tutorial explains how to conveniently track the status of a report in the app.

Now you can control every stage of its approval: from registration to signature and final approval or rejection.

All stages go through the following statuses::

– on approval,

– on registration,

– on the signature,

– agreed/rejected.

After signing the report, the user receives a notification about changing the status to "under approval". The commander, depending on the importance of the issue, can review the report for up to 48 hours if it is a question of family leave, or up to 14 days — for other issues. When the report is approved by the unit commander, the military receives a corresponding notification.

The Defense Ministry called for downloading the Army+ app only from official platforms — the Play Market and App Store-to avoid the risk of downloading a fake version through third-party sites and unverified links.

Recall

The MTR reported technical problems in submitting a transfer report through Army+.

December 11, 2024
Belarusian opposition leader says forceful overthrow of Lukashenko’s regime possible with aid of Kalinouski Regiment

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has not ruled out that self-proclaimed President Alexander Lukashenko could lose power in Belarus through a coup, which could potentially involve fighters from the Kalinouski Regiment.

Source: Tsikhanovskaya in an interview with Sergiy Sydorenko, editor of European Pravda

Details: Tsikhanovskaya said the Kalinouski Regiment, which is fighting on Ukraine's side in the ongoing war against Russia, is held in "great respect and hope" in Belarus, as they are seen as the future foundation of the Belarusian army.

Quote: "Many people also expect that eventually, it will be fighters from the Kalinouski Regiment who will liberate Belarus. Of course, there could be many scenarios. Ideally, it would happen peacefully, but who knows how it will play out."

The politician emphasised that she hopes for a peaceful transfer of power in Belarus through fair elections.

Quote: "But of course, there could be other scenarios. A palace coup is one possibility. In that case our soldiers currently in Ukraine could play a role. But we must be prepared."

Tsikhanovskaya also stressed that free elections in Belarus would only be possible if all political prisoners were released and freedom of speech and thought restored.

The next so-called "presidential elections", during which Alexander Lukashenko is expected to engineer another victory for himself, are scheduled to take place in Belarus on 26 January.

Tsikhanovskaya has previously urged Belarusians to avoid participating in these "elections" and to refrain from protests to prevent further repression.

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December 11, 2024
European leaders discuss ending the war in Ukraine with Donald Trump.

PoliticsWar European leaders discuss ending the war in Ukraine with Donald Trump. Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala spoke with US President-Elect Donald Trump about the war in Ukraine in a phone call. “We discussed Prague’s position on the Russian invasion. I think he is very aware that the situation in Ukraine – and the Middle East – must be resolved and that the solution will be complicated,” the Czech politician said. Fiala said forcing Kyiv to cede territory would only embolden the Kremlin’s military machine. He also called on European allies to strengthen their military capabilities and involvement in Ukraine without waiting for the US to take the first steps. “Our security cannot forever be based on the US’ readiness to defend Europe. We must play a bigger role and take on more responsibility,” the prime minister said. The Czech official warned allies against “appeasement” in Ukraine and stressed that Europe needs the US to show its strength. Simultaneously, pro-Russian Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban flew to Florida to share his views on the war in Ukraine with Trump, Elon Musk, and future national security advisor Mike Waltz.

December 11, 2024
Boeing resumes production of 737 MAX after strike – Reuters

Boeing resumed production of 737 MAX aircraft after a seven-week strike by 33,000 workers. The FAA has limited production to 38 planes per month due to the recent incident with Alaska Airlines.

Boeing has resumed production of its best-selling 737 MAX jetliner more than a month after a seven-week strike disrupted work. This was reported by Reuters, according to UNN.

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At the end of the December 10 session, Boeing shares rose more than 2% to close at $507. At the time, the stock was approaching $162 for the first time since October 21. Last month, the stock fell to a 2-year low of $137.

It is noted that production resumed last Friday, an important step for the heavily indebted aerospace giant as it seeks to fulfill about 4,200 orders for the 737 MAX amid growing global air travel demand.

Boeing CEO David Calhoun leaves the company due to problems with an important 737 Max aircraftMar 25 2024, 06:54 PM • 31761 view

The relaunch comes after a number of challenges the company has faced in recent years, including two fatal accidents, the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain disruptions, and increased regulatory scrutiny.

In January, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) limited the production of the 737 MAX to 38 aircraft per month after an emergency exit door on an Alaska Airlines jet broke off during a flight, indicating a continuing safety issue.

Earlier, the FAA announced that the company intends to resume production at the end of this month. Boeing's plans to increase production to 56 aircraft per month remain uncertain.

FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker told the publication that the production cap is likely to remain in place for several months before any changes are considered.

Recall

In November, Boeing's union approved a new labor agreement, ending a 7-week strike by 33,000 workers. The agreement provides for a 38% pay raise over four years.

December 10, 2024
Zelensky announces ‘successful tests’ of new Ukrainian missile

Successful tests of a new Ukrainian missile, dubbed Ruta (Rue), are underway, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Dec. 10.

Speaking at the Borys Paton National Prize presentation, Zelensky provided no additional details about the missile’s characteristics.

The president highlighted Ukraine’s progress in missile and drone development, noting that the Palianytsia, a lightweight missile-drone hybrid, has entered mass production, while the Peklo (Hell) hybrid has already been successfully deployed in combat.

Zelensky confirmed on Dec. 6 that the first batch of Peklo had been delivered to Ukraine's Armed Forces.

In August, Zelensky announced that Ukraine had also tested its first home-grown ballistic missile.

These advancements reflect the rapid growth of Ukraine's missile program since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022.

While Ukraine continues to develop indigenous missile capabilities, Western partners have only recently approved the use of foreign-made missiles for strikes on Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

70% of Ukrainians support ‘West German’ model for NATO accession, survey showsA key difference is that the invitation would encompass the entire Ukraine, but the alliance’s defensive “umbrella” would extend to the occupied territories only after their future liberation.The Kyiv IndependentMartin Fornusek

December 10, 2024
Galushchenko: Ukraine initiated IAEA meeting due to Russian attack on agency’s official car

Energy Minister Galushchenko initiated an emergency meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors due to the Russian drone attack on the mission's vehicle. The meeting will be held on December 12 in Vienna.

Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko has initiated an emergency meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency in connection with the Russian drone attack on the IAEA mission vehicle. He announced this on Facebook, UNN reports.

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Galushchenko noted that the meeting will be held on December 12 in Vienna.

The attack by a Russian UAV on the IAEA mission vehicle is yet another crime and manifestation of Russia's unprecedented cynicism. The enemy deliberately uses its terrorist methods and intimidation

– the Minister noted.

He also emphasized that the international community must respond decisively to the actions of the aggressor country, Russia, against the Ukrainian energy sector.

Recall

In Zaporizhzhia region, a Russian FPV drone attacked an IAEA convoy, damaging one of the vehicles. President Zelensky called on international partners to respond decisively to the incident.

December 10, 2024