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The French president said that support for Ukraine will not weaken in the face of Russian aggression. Macron emphasized that the West stands firmly with Ukraine for freedom, peace and justice.

French President Emmanuel Macron assures that support for Ukraine "will not weaken" in the face of Russia's "imperialist cruel plan," UNN reports.

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"A thousand days of Ukraine's courageous resistance to illegal and unjustified military aggression. A thousand days during which Russia continues its imperial brutal plan, attacking civilians and violating the fundamental principles of the UN Charter. A thousand days in which we stand resolutely with Ukraine and its people to ensure the victory of freedom, peace and justice. Our support will not weaken," Macron wrote in the X in Ukrainian.

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The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on a number of individuals involved in the forced deportation and "re-education" of Ukrainian children by Russia from the temporarily-occupied territories.

Source: the UK government’s press office, as reported by European Pravda

Details: A group of 10 individuals connected to the implementation of Russia's policy of forcibly deporting and re-educating Ukrainian children from the occupied oblasts have been targeted by the sanctions. The package was timed to mark the 1,000th day of the full-scale war.

The statement highlighted that over 19,500 Ukrainian minors have been forcibly taken to Russia or deeper into the occupied territories and about 6,000 of them have gone through "re-education" institutions.

Quote: "Russian authorities expose Ukrainian children to a curriculum that rewrites Russian and Ukrainian history, glorifies Russian military actions, and promotes allegiance to Russia – and in some cases involves military training."

"No child should ever be used as a pawn in war, yet President [sic] Putin’s targeting of Ukrainian children shows the depths he will go to in his mission to erase Ukraine and its people from the map," Foreign Secretary David Lammy said.

Sanctions have been imposed on the Yunarmia organisation, Nikita Nagorny, Igor Kazarezov, Andrey Sabinov, Serafim Ivanov, the Avangard organisation, Valentina Lavrik; Tetyana Zavalska, who is the appointed head of an orphanage in Kherson, where 46 children were taken to Russia for adoption; and Vitaliy Suk, the appointed head of an institution for children with disabilities in Oleshky.

Background:

• The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Kremlin ruler Putin and Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova in March 2023. They are suspected of committing war crimes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Similar charges may potentially be brought against Belarus' self-proclaimed president Alexander Lukashenko.

• At the end of October, a conference was held in Canada focusing on the Peace Formula section regarding the release of prisoners of war and the release of Ukrainians deported to Russia.

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Elsa Thora, a 22-year-old Swedish OnlyFans model, has publicly announced her desire to have a child with Elon Musk on Mars. She has already tried to contact the billionaire via the social network X.

Swedish OnlyFans model dreams of giving birth to Elon Musk for the sake of Mars colonization Swedish OnlyFans model Elsa Thora has announced her desire to give birth to a child from Elon Musk on Mars.

She said this during the airing of the Kyle and Jackie O. show, according to the Daily Mail, UNN reports .

The 22-year-old artist, who lives in the UK, shared the reasons for her unusual plans with host Kyle Sandilands.

I love science fiction, so I would never refuse to have sex with an alien, or with Elon… I think he's very cool, I think he's very funny. I love him, I've seen him many times on Twitter

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The host asked if the model had contacted Musk to let him know about her dream, and she replied: “I tagged him in post X and wrote him a petition.

Co-host Jackie O Henderson asked the expectant Martian mother why Elon Musk should be the father of her interplanetary child, and she answered:

He's an astronaut and he also has 12 children, so he's experienced

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Elon Musk predicts that a million people will be able to live on Mars by 2050. The head of SpaceX and Tesla plans to send a small group of astronauts to the Red Planet by the end of the decade using his Starship, the largest rocket created to date.

Musk hopes that the colony of men and women will eventually be able to reproduce, increasing the Martian population. However, scientists believe that the difficulties associated with reproduction on Mars make this virtually impossible. К

Kelly Weinersmith, a biologist and writer from Charlottesville, Virginia, notes that many people planning to colonize Mars do not understand the complexities of the reproduction process. In an interview with the Times, Weinersmith, who wrote the book City on Mars 2023 with her husband, said: “Billionaires see it as an engineering problem. They think that if you just build a big enough rocket, biology will solve all the problems – but that's not the case at all.

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Brazil's First Lady, Jena Lula da Silva , scolded billionaire Elon Musk during a G20 social event on Saturday, where she spoke about the need to regulate social media to curb disinformation.

Russian ruler Vladimir Putin issued a decree on 19 November approving Russia's updated nuclear doctrine shortly after the White House allowed Ukraine to use US-supplied weapons to strike deep into Russia. The condition for the use of nuclear weapons is the "launch of ballistic missiles".

Source: Russian propaganda outlets RIA Novosti, TASS, Novaya Gazeta Evropa

Details: According to the document signed by Putin, an alleged "aggression" against Russia and its allies by a non-nuclear country with the support of nuclear power will be considered a joint attack.

The decree issued by Putin

The doctrine also states that the Russian Federation may use nuclear weapons in the event of a "critical threat" to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of itself and Belarus.

Among the conditions for the use of nuclear weapons by Russia is the "launch of ballistic missiles" at the territory of Russia.

According to the doctrine, the decision to use nuclear weapons must be made by the Kremlin leader himself.

The document expresses confidence that "the Russian Federation's readiness and determination to use nuclear weapons will ensure nuclear deterrence".

The Kremlin leader's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, has already said that "the use of Western non-nuclear missiles by the Ukrainian Armed Forces against Russia under the new doctrine may result in a nuclear response".

Background:

• On Sunday evening, it became known that the current US President Joe Biden for the first time allowed the Ukrainian military to use long-range ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, commenting on the information about the permission granted by the US, UK and France to use long-range missiles on Russian territory, said that "the missiles will speak for themselves".

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The Sol Spin ride at Knott's Berry Farm Park caused 22 people to hang in the air for more than 2 hours due to a technical malfunction. Mechanics used a crane to evacuate all passengers, and two were hospitalized.

In the state of California, 22 people were stuck for two hours on a faulty Sol Spin ride at Knott's Berry Farm.

Writes UNN with reference to ABC News.

On Monday, 22 people were stuck in the air for more than two hours at the Sol Spin ride at Knott's Berry Farm in California due to a technical malfunction.

Park mechanics managed to lower the ride to the ground and evacuate passengers without serious injuries. However, some of them left the scene in wheelchairs, while others limped away. Two female visitors were hospitalized for additional examination “for safety reasons,” although their health condition was not immediately specified.

According to Knott's Berry Farm, around 14:00, the Sol Spin ride experienced technical problems that stopped it in the middle of the cycle. The evacuation of guests was completed at 16:30 after mechanics used a crane to lower the ride to the ground. At the time of the stop, it was in a horizontal position, and none of the passengers were hanging upside down.

The cause of the malfunction has not yet been reported. The Sol Spin attraction, located in the Fiesta Village area of the park, is a high-speed entertainment carousel that rotates in three directions simultaneously.

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In the summer in Kyiv, a cable of a zipline ride across the Dniprobroke, killing a 20-year-old man.

At least eight people, including a child, were killed in a Russian attack on a temporary accommodation facility in Hlukhiv, Sumy Oblast, late on 18 November. There may still be people trapped under the rubble.

Source: Sumy Oblast Military Administration on Telegram; Sumy Oblast Prosecutor’s Office on Facebook

Quote from Sumy Oblast Military Administration: "On 18 November, late in the evening, the enemy attacked one of the temporary accommodation facilities in Hlukhiv, targeting civilians with two Shahed-type attack UAVs. Early reports indicate that six people have been killed, including one child, as a result of the enemy attack (as of 07:00). Twelve people have been injured, including two children."

Later, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that seven people had been killed in a Russian strike on Hlukhiv.

Update: Later, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that eight people had been killed. Early reports suggest that another five people may be trapped under the rubble.

Aftermath of Russian attack on Hlukhiv Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Details: Sumy Oblast Prosecutor’s Office specified that an eight-year-old boy had been killed in the attack.

Aftermath of Russian attack on Hlukhiv Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Search and rescue operations are ongoing at the site of the attack. There may still be people trapped under the rubble.

Background:

• It was reported that an explosion had rocked Hlukhiv, Sumy Oblast, late on Monday evening. The media reported that a Russian UAV hit a residential building, resulting in deaths and injuries. It was also reported that there may be people trapped under the rubble.

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The foreign ministers of six major European powers will meet in Warsaw to discuss the war in Ukraine and European security. Also on the agenda is the issue of Trump's possible return to power in the United States.

Russia's war against Ukraine, Donald Trump's return to power in the United States, and European security will dominate the talks that foreign ministers of six major European countries will hold in Warsaw on Tuesday, UNN reports citing France 24.

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The meeting will be attended by ministers from Germany, France, Italy, and Poland, with David Lammy from the United Kingdom and Manuel Albares from Spain participating via video link.

In Warsaw, where the talks will follow a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, “possible solutions will be discussed in light of these dramatic events on the other side of our eastern border and on the other side of the Atlantic,” Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, who is hosting the meeting, said Monday.

Given that Russia's invasion of Ukraine almost three years ago and Trump's return to power threatens to radically change US policy, the talks will also discuss “European defense identity and ways to strengthen it,” according to a Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman.

“There is a great deal of general concern about the security situation in Europe and, above all, the situation in Ukraine,” said German Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Katrin Deschauer.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga was also invited, but will instead travel between Ukraine and the United States.

The meeting will take place immediately after US President Joe Biden gave Ukraine permission to use long-range missiles supplied by the US to hit targets in Russia.

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This move, which has been sharply criticized by Russia, is a major shift in foreign policy and, as noted, may encourage Washington's European allies to follow suit.

But Trump, who has been much more skeptical about US aid to Ukraine, may well change that when he returns to office in January.

Poland, a staunch supporter of Ukraine, welcomed the move, and Sikorski called it a response “in a language that Vladimir Putin understands” to reports that Russia was deploying thousands of North Korean soldiers to assist its war effort.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to say whether his country would approve the use of its missiles.

France also maintained its sanity. On Monday, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot reiterated that the prospect of using French missiles remains an “option.

Germany has again refused to supply its long-range Taurus missile system, which Ukraine has long requested, saying it will instead supply Kyiv with 4,000 artificially intelligent drones.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz supported the decision despite renewed pressure, as the newspaper notes, pointing to fears of escalation between Russia and the West and warning that Berlin could be directly involved in the conflict.

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Hong Kong's High Court sentenced 45 opposition leaders to prison terms of up to 10 years. The verdict is related to charges of “undermining state security” by participating in protests against Chinese influence.

The High Court of Hong Kong has handed down a verdict sentencing 45 leading opposition figures to prison terms of up to 10 years. This was reported by the Reuters, according to UNN.

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The decision caused a wide international outcry and was another step in the crackdown on democracy in Asia's financial center. Critics believe that the verdict is a serious blow to the rule of law and civil liberties that Hong Kong relies on as an important element of its international reputation.

The people convicted on Tuesday were among the leaders of the democracy movement in Hong Kong and participated in peaceful protests aimed at protecting the region's autonomy and against the influence of the Chinese authorities. The trials against them began after the introduction of new laws in 2020 restricting political freedoms in the city. The convicted individuals were accused of "undermining state security" by organizing or participating in illegal protests and other forms of political activity that did not meet the new standards set by China.

The verdict was another stage in the escalation of repression in Hong Kong, where several opposition parties and civil society organizations have been banned or restricted in recent years. International observers and human rights activists believe that these actions indicate Beijing's tightening control over the former British protectorate and the actual elimination of democratic institutions in Hong Kong.

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Matthew Miller, Spokesperson for the United States Department of State, refused to comment on media reports about Ukraine's alleged authorisation to use ATACMS missiles to strike deep into Russian territory.

Source: Matthew Miller's comments at a briefing on Monday, 18 November, as reported by European Pravda

Details: When asked to comment on media reports about the authorisation of strikes deep into Russia, Miller said, "I donʼt have any policy updates today."

He recalled the role of the United States in supporting Ukraine, including creating the Contact Group to support Ukraine and hold Russia accountable for its actions.

Quote from Matthew Miller: "We have made clear that we will always adapt and adjust the capabilities that we provide to Ukraine when it's appropriate to do so. And you have seen us back that up with steps that we have taken over the several years."

Miller refused to discuss the authorisation of ATACMS strikes against Russia and was asked to comment on the Russian Foreign Ministry's statement on the matter, which warned the US against escalating the "conflict".

However, the US Department of State reminded that "it has been Russia that has escalated the conflict time and time again."

Quote from Matthew Miller: "And that includes just in the recent month when Russia recruited the deployment of more than 11,000 North Korean soldiers who are now on the front lines in Kursk, engaging in combat operations against the Ukrainian military. That is a major escalation by Russia."

Background: Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said that the United States has allowed Ukraine to strike Russian territory to a depth of 300 kilometres.

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