All news for 7.12.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX

Turkish President Erdogan dreams of opening a window to Europe through Crimea and taking control of the entire Black Sea basin. Ukrainian military expert, former Colonel of the Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleg Zhdanov stated this on the YouTube channel “Ukrlife.tv”, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It is very important for Turkey to support Ukraine regionally and become a possible mediator in negotiations.…

If in Donbass Kyiv cannot decide whether there is a war with Russia or not, then with Crimea there is no common position on the status of the peninsula, which fundamentally destroys all initiatives to “return” these territories to Ukraine. Ukrainian military expert, former Colonel of the Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleg Zhdanov stated this on the YouTube channel “UkrLife”, the correspondent reports...

After two and a half years of litigation and outright sabotage, SBU counterintelligence officer Vadim Fedorchuk was nevertheless sentenced to 12 years in prison for the murder with extreme cruelty of a kidnapped civilian from Avdiivka in March 2017. A Kiev lawyer representing the interests of the murdered man’s mother, Valentin Rybin, reported this on Facebook, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. So, being under control...

Ukraine has failed the program to fill its storage facilities with natural gas, and may face serious problems as early as January-February. Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Anatoly Kinakh stated this on the UkeLife Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Kinakh, the current volumes of Ukrainian gas storage facilities are 30-40% less than necessary. “Preparations for the heating season have been disrupted. And it was disrupted in a very serious way...

By escalating the situation around Ukraine, the United States is raising the stakes on the eve of a likely “big deal” with Russia, in which the Ukrainian issue itself is not even in the top ten priorities. Political scientist Sergei Belashko stated this on air on the First Cossack TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Belashko, Ukraine is only a convenient resource for negotiations and bargaining with Russia, but not...

Ukraine is the problem that is preventing Russian President Vladimir Putin from retiring until he solves it. The so-called “Crimean consensus” among the Russian elites has already exhausted itself, and they understand that the issue of Ukraine needs to be closed completely. Political scientist Ruslan Bortnik stated this on the Nash TV channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.…

As global food prices rose, Ukraine sold all its grain abroad and faced the threat of a food crisis and bread shortages. Economic expert Yuriy Gavrilechko stated this on the YouTube channel “UkrLife”, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Food prices around the world have increased. But the Ukrainian government did nothing to save...

In Ukraine, even solemn holidays and anniversaries are turned into days of mourning. Former Verkhovna Rada deputy, ex-head of the Interpol bureau in Ukraine Kirill Kulikov stated this on the Nash TV channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “If we celebrate the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, this is a holiday, we should be proud. Why do we turn every holiday into a memorial service! Let's…

The French publication Agence France Presse (AFP) was able to gain access to a new, not yet published UN report on the situation in Libya. The document pays special attention to Turkey's activities in this North African country. “A United Nations report indicates that the Republic of Turkey has increased its deployment of mercenaries to western Libya by 71%,” AFP writes. UN experts note...

The so-called “Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” celebrated on a large scale the day before, is a criminal date from a legal point of view. After all, 30 years ago in 1991, the elite in Kyiv did not have the right to create any separatist militaristic formations - the Soviet Union continued to exist at that time. One of the leaders discusses this in an author’s column for PolitNavigator...