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The European Union is about to impose sanctions on over a dozen people and three entities in its first spherical of measures geared toward countering Russia's disinformation campaigns and different hybrid actions.

Supply: Bloomberg, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: In keeping with a draft seen by Bloomberg, the proposed sanctions will goal a number of Russian intelligence officers and teams, governmental officers and media entrepreneurs.

The restrictions are a part of a brand new sanctions framework established earlier this 12 months, geared toward countering disinformation campaigns and different destabilising actions worldwide which might be financed by Russia.

The EU can also be contemplating extra sanctions in opposition to Belarus, concentrating on roughly two dozen people accused of human rights violations or of benefiting materially from their ties to the regime of Alexander Lukashenko, the self-declared President of Belarus.

EU overseas ministers are anticipated to approve these packages at a gathering in Brussels on Monday.

Background:

• On Wednesday, EU ambassadors agreed upon the fifteenth package deal of sanctions in response to Russia's battle of aggression in opposition to Ukraine.
• The proposals for the fifteenth sanctions package deal, ready by the European Fee for EU member states, embrace the addition of 29 authorized entities and 54 people to the sanctions listing.
• For the primary time, corporations from China are anticipated to be included on the sanctions listing in response to studies of their assist for army manufacturing in Russia.
• New measures to fight Russia's shadow fleet, which bypasses the value cap on oil transported by sea, are additionally into account. As a part of these efforts, 48 tankers could also be blacklisted.

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On the Voronezh-Luhansk freeway, a bus carrying wounded Russian troopers collided with a URAL truck. The accident killed 5 individuals and injured 46 others.

An accident occurred within the Voronezh area, through which a bus carrying Russian troopers wounded within the battle in opposition to Ukraine collided with a URAL truck that was additionally carrying the army. This was reported by ASTRA sources in native emergency companies and eyewitnesses, UNN reviews.

Particulars

The accident occurred late within the night on December 13, round 23:00, on the Voronezh-Luhansk freeway within the Kamensk district of the Voronezh area. In response to the knowledge, the bus was transporting army personnel who have been injured in the course of the battle in opposition to Ukraine, and the URAL was shifting oncoming site visitors.

On account of the head-on collision, each drivers have been killed, one soldier from the bus was wounded, and two different troopers who have been within the URAL have been injured. One other 46 Russian servicemen have been injured with various levels of severity.

Details about the accident appeared in native public media, however officers haven’t but commented on the incident.

Recall

Over the previous day, Russian invaders misplaced 1040 troopers on the entrance.

Mikheil Kavelashvili is elected president of Georgia with 224 votes. The present president and the opposition don’t acknowledge the legitimacy of those elections, which happened amid a political disaster.

The Georgian parliament has elected former footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili as president, 224 voters solid their ballots for him, the Georgian CEC reported, UNN experiences citing Echo of the Caucasus.

Particulars

The members of the electoral school, wherein Georgian Dream had an absolute majority, elected Mikheil Kavelashvili as president. The previous soccer participant, a consultant of the Individuals's Energy, which formally cut up from the ruling get together, was the one candidate. The outcomes of the vote have been formally introduced by CEC Chairman Giorgi Kalandarishvili. Kavelashvili obtained 224 votes, with one poll being spoiled.

A single candidate wanted 200 votes to win.

Addendum

Incumbent President Salome Zurabishvili and the opposition don’t acknowledge the legitimacy of the elections.

Georgia elects new president amid political disaster and protestsDec 14 2024, 02:02 AM • 14528 views

Ukrainian intelligence believes that the Russian command will quickly contain the North Korean (DPRK) navy in direct assault operations.

Supply: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine

Particulars: Ukrainian intelligence famous that the North Korean navy had just lately obtained further meals provides.

On 13 December, the North Korean military models have been placed on alert and ordered to attend for additional directions.

Quote: "The command of the North Korean military models in Russia has obtained an order to enter into cooperation with Russian models engaged in fight operations in Kursk Oblast…

A number of the DPRK troops are being covertly transferred to the entrance line by civilian lorries that appear to be water supply autos."

Background:

• On 7 November, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that there had already been casualties amongst North Korean troops combating on the Russian aspect of Russia’s Kursk Oblast.
• The US confirmed that North Korean troops had taken half within the combating in Kursk Oblast.
• As well as, in response to The New York Instances, a big group of Russian and North Korean troops (50,000 troops) is making ready to launch a large-scale counteroffensive in Kursk Oblast.

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Hundreds of Russian troops are unable to get from Homs province to the Hmeymim airbase because of the threat of shelling. Russia plans to use 25 military transport aircraft to evacuate troops and equipment from Syria.

In Syria, the Russians are “whining” about the difficulties of evacuating their soldiers – they cannot get from Homs province to the Hmeymim air base because of the fear of attacks on the convoys, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine reported on Saturday, UNN writes.

Details

“Hundreds of Russian troops cannot get from Homs province to the air base in Hmeymim because they are afraid that their convoy will be covered by fire,” the GUR reported in social networks.

Some armed groups are reportedly taking advantage of the process of Russian withdrawal from Syria by hanging the Russian flag on their convoys as a cover for unimpeded movement, in particular along the M4 highway.

“Colonel Dmitry Motrenko of the Russian army, on behalf of his superiors, was traveling to negotiate with representatives of military contingents of other states in Syria, asking for guarantees of immunity for the soldiers of the aggressor state who are waiting near the T4 airfield. Meanwhile, mercenaries from the so-called Russian PMCs, in particular the African Corps, appeared on the territory of the Arab country: their task is to protect Russian units moving from the depths of Syria to bases on the coast,” the intelligence service said.

“On December 13, 2024, about a thousand Russian troops marched in a column from Damascus to Tartus and Hmeymim,” the DIU said.

According to intelligence, the aggressor state plans to involve at least 25 more military transport aircraft in the ongoing operation to evacuate the Russian military contingent from Syria, to transport troops, weapons and equipment from Khmeimim to Rostov-on-Don, Chkalovsk and Vladivostok.

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Meanwhile, Maxar satellite imagery has been posted online, showing that Russia, according to CNN, appears to be loading and preparing aircraft to leave its military bases in Syria.

“At Russia's Hmeymim airbase in Latakia on Syria's northwestern Mediterranean coast, two heavy military transport aircraft, An-124, were on the airfield Friday, with the nose cones of both raised, indicating they were ready to load cargo,” CNN reports .

At the same airbase, a Ka-52 attack helicopter was reportedly being dismantled, presumably in preparation for transportation. Meanwhile, parts of the S-400 air defense system were reportedly being packed for transportation.

Michael Coffman, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, noted in a post on social media that Russia appears to be consolidating both in Hmeymim and Tartus, the naval base it has maintained on the Mediterranean coast since the Cold War.

“In short, the withdrawal is underway,” said Kofman. – “It is still unclear whether this is a complete withdrawal. There are signs and rumors about it, but it's better to wait for proof.

Maxar's images, as noted, showed that the Tartus naval base has remained virtually unchanged after photos taken on Tuesday showed two military frigates off the coast.

On Wednesday, the Kremlin said that ensuring the security of Russian military bases and diplomatic missions in Syria is of “exceptional importance,” noting that Moscow is in contact with the new leadership in Damascus.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov refused to provide details on how many Russian troops are in Syria and the status of possible evacuation.

The EU plans to impose sanctions towards greater than 12 people and three organizations in Russia for disinformation operations. Restrictions are additionally being ready towards 20 Belarusian officers earlier than the elections.

The European Union is proposing to impose sanctions on greater than a dozen people and three organizations as a part of the bloc's first bundle of restrictive measures geared toward Russia for its disinformation operations and different hybrid actions, Bloomberg reviews , UNN writes .

Particulars

In accordance with a draft seen by Bloomberg, the proposed measures would goal a number of Russian intelligence officers and teams, in addition to authorities officers and media entrepreneurs.

The restrictions are a part of a brand new sanctions regime permitted earlier this yr that focuses on disinformation operations and different Russian-sponsored destabilizing actions world wide.

The bloc can also be proposing extra sanctions towards Belarus, together with towards about two dozen people accused of human rights violations or who profit financially from their relationship with the federal government of Alexander Lukashenko.

EU international ministers are mentioned to be set to approve the packages at a gathering on Monday in Brussels forward of subsequent month's elections in Belarus.

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The proposals come after the EU agreed on the fifteenth bundle of sanctions towards Russia over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The measures embody restrictions on greater than 45 oil tankers concerned within the covert transportation of Russian oil and a number of other Chinese language firms accused of serving to Moscow develop assault drones.

EU sanctions require the help of all member states and will change earlier than that.

The EU is making ready the fifteenth bundle of sanctions: what awaits the “shadow fleet” of the Russian FederationDec 13 2024, 09:42 PM • 11388 views

Ukrainian defenders struck the Stalnoi Kon linear manufacturing dispatch station in Russia’s Oryol Oblast on the night time of 13-14 December.

Supply: Common Employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Particulars: The Common Employees reported that this was one of many largest oil product terminals within the suburbs of Oryol.

The injury prompted a big fireplace.

Quote: "The Stalnoi Kon linear manufacturing dispatch station is a part of the Russian military-industrial complicated, which provides oil merchandise to the Russian military."

Background: Earlier, social media wrote concerning the explosions in Oryol.

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Italian Defense Minister Crozetto announced the country's readiness to participate in a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. However, Foreign Minister Tajani considers such a discussion premature, emphasizing the need to achieve a “just peace.

Italian Defense Minister Guido Crozetto said that Italy is ready to take part in a possible peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. This was reported by Ansa news agency, according to UNN.

Details

It is noted that the head of the Italian defense ministry hopes for a peace talk as soon as possible.

I hope to have a conversation about peace as soon as possible, about a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, as well as in Gaza and Lebanon. We are ready to play this role, a role that we have always played as a nation

– said Guido Crozetto.

However, the Italian government does not have a single position on peacekeepers, Ansa reports. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani called the discussion about peacekeepers “premature.

“Let's see what happens when and if the war is over,” the minister said, adding that it is important to achieve a ‘just peace’ first.

Recall

German Defense Minister Pistorius did not rule out the possibility of sending German peacekeepers to Ukraine in the future. Currently, this issue is not being considered, but the final decision will depend on the “prevailing conditions.

Kyiv City Military Administration has reported that air defence forces shot down approximately 10 Russian attack drones that posed a threat to the capital.

Source: Kyiv City Military Administration

Quote from Kyiv City Military Administration Head Serhii Popko: "Another tense night for Kyiv. Russian forces once again launched their attack drones against Ukraine's peaceful capital. An air-raid warning was issued in the city twice, being in effect for a total of three and a half hours."

Details: Popko noted that the drones approached in waves and from various directions.

Ukraine’s defence forces, using various methods, detected and downed nearly 10 Russian UAVs, which had the potential to threaten Kyiv.

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