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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticized opposition leader Friedrich Merz for proposing that Berlin send Russia an ultimatum about possible deliveries of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.

According to Tagesschau, Scholz made the statement at his party conference in Berlin.

"All I can say is: be careful! You don't play Russian roulette with Germany's security," Scholz said, claiming that Merz wants to give Russia, a nuclear power, an ultimatum about possible transfers of long-range Taurus missiles.

Scholz's statement comes as Germany faces political turmoil, with opposition criticising the Chancellor's consistent refusal to send German-made Tauruses to Ukraine.

During the conference, Scholz emphasized the importance of a calm and measured approach, according to the report. When it comes to questions of war and peace, cooler heads are needed, Scholz said. He promised to remain "steadfast and level-headed."

Scholz also stressed that real negotiations on a possible peace plan should not take place "over the head of Ukraine."

Merz, the parliamentary leader and chancellor candidate of the center-right CDU/CSU party, has previously spoken in support of sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine.

"(Russian President Vladimir Putin) should be told that if he does not stop bombing civilians in Ukraine within 24 hours, Germany should send Taurus missiles to destroy the supply lines that the regime uses to harm the civilian population of Ukraine," he told Bundestag on Oct. 16.

Merz is currently the candidate poised to unseat social democrat Scholz in the federal parliamentary elections, which could be held as early as February 2025 due to the collapse of Germany's government coalition in November.

Kyiv has repeatedly asked Berlin, Ukraine's main European backer, to supply Taurus missiles, which have a range of up to 500 kilometers — significantly farther than other Western long-range missiles.

Scholz has consistenly refused to budge on Taurus missile transfers, even as other Western allies, including France, the U.K., and the U.S., eventually sent their own long-range weapons to Ukraine.

Media: EU parliament speaker calls for sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine“Yes, that is also the position of the EU Parliament,” Metsola said, as quoted by FAZ. “There is broad support for this demand. We will see whether there will be a corresponding change of course after the (German) federal election.”The Kyiv IndependentThe Kyiv Independent news desk

In the Dnipro District of Kherson, two local residents were killed in a Russian drone attack. The victims were a 46-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman.

the Russian armed forces once again carried out a drone attack on Kherson, as a result of the terrorist actions of the Russian invaders Two people were killed: a 46-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman.

Reports UNN with reference to the press service of the head of the Kherson regional military administration Alexander Prokudin.

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As a result of the attack of a Russian drone in the Dnipro region, a resident of Kherson was killed. A 46-year-old man was seriously injured. He died on the spot from his injuries, the head of RMA first reported in the TG channel.

Subsequently, an update of the information appeared. It became known about the death of another person as a result of the actions of the invaders.

It became known about another victim who was hit by an enemy drone in the Dnipro region. A 48-year-old woman was fatally injured.

– transmits RMA.

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UNN reported that the Russian military dropped explosives on public transport in the Dnipro District of Kherson. As a result of the attack, four people were injured and taken to hospital.

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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) charged Russian Colonel-General Yevgeny Nikiforov in absentia for ordering a missile strike on a Chernihiv theater that killed seven people and wounded 200 in August 2023, the SBU announced on Nov. 30.

The SBU charged Nikiforov, the commander of the “West” grouping of troops in the Russian Armed Forces, with "violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder."

Nearly 143,000 war crimes allegedly committed by Russian forces since 2022, including strikes against civilian infrastructure and killing of civilians, are currently under investigation in Ukraine. While Ukrainian authorities are pushing for an international tribunal, bringing alleged Russian war criminals to trial for these crimes remains almost impossible during the ongoing war.

Nikiforov ordered the missile strike on the Taras Shevchenko Chernihiv Regional Academic Music and Drama Theater that took place on Aug. 19, 2023, according to the SBU. Russian forces launched an Iskander-M cruise missile from Kursk Oblast in Russia.

Seven people were killed, including a six-year-old child, and over 200 wounded. The large number of casualties is due to the theater's location in the city center and the timing of the attack which occurred in the daytime on a weekend.

The explosion from the strike also damaged apartment buildings, administrative buildings, and cars.

As of November 2023, Ukraine had charged 137 people for committing war crimes in Ukraine, according to the Prosecutor General's Office.

‘It’s excruciating’ – Ukrainians describe surviving Russian attacks that cost them health, loved ones, and homesWARNING: This article contains descriptions of graphic scenes. Anna Kotova was chatting with her sister on a video call, admiring her image on the screen. It was her 19th birthday, and for the first time in a while, she was feeling good about how she looked. “I used to dyeThe Kyiv IndependentDaria Shulzhenko

Newsweek analyzed the possible consequences of a nuclear strike by an American B-83 bomb on Moscow, Beijing and Pyongyang. It is estimated that the total number of victims may reach more than 4 million people.

Newsweek tried to analyze the consequences of a possible nuclear strike with the American B83 bomb on Moscow, as well as on Beijing and Pyongyang – key allies of the Russian Federation, reports UNN.

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Newsweek reviewed the impact of US nuclear weapons on the capitals of North Korea, Russia and China. Journalists used maps created by Alex Wallerstein, a professor and nuclear technology historian, to assess the impact of using the B-83, the largest weapon currently in the U.S. arsenal.

The radius of the fireball (the inner yellow circle), in which everything will evaporate due to intense heat rising to millions of degrees, will reach about 1.59 square miles. The explosion's more moderate impact radius, covering 67.7 square miles, will destroy residential buildings and likely cause massive fires. Anyone within a 211 – square-mile radius of the explosion is at risk of third-degree burns all over the skin, often painless because they destroy painful nerves that can cause serious scarring, disability, and require amputation

– the publication writes.

It is noted that in the capital of the DPRK – Pyongyang, an estimated 1,327,820 people would have been killed and 1,105,660 injured. A nuclear strike on Moscow would have killed 1,374,840 people and injured another 3,747,220.

An estimated 1,548,460 people would have died in Beijing, and about 3,332,190 people would have been injured.

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Serbian President Vujicic announced the urgent arrangement of bomb shelters in case of nuclear war. According to him, the current situation in the world is getting out of Control and may lead to a larger conflict.