They wanted to visit “liberated” towns, then “the extent of the fraud came to light.” What happened in Ukraine (November 22, 2024)

> The commander and chief of staff of the 3rd Luhansk-Severodonetsk Army and the commanders of the 6th, 7th and 123rd brigades of the Russian armed forces falsely informed the Russian Ministry of Defense about the occupation of the villages of Serebrianka, Hryhorivka, Biłohorivka and Verkhnyokamyanske. Everyone was arrested. “The higher command came and wished to visit the 'liberated' Biłohorivka, which theoretically was already supposed to be in the deep rear, because Hryhorivka and Serebrianka were supposedly taken. Then the extent of the fraud came to light, which penetrated not only the media, but also the highest headquarters.” – wrote military blogger Rybar.

> IN Thursday, an air alert was announced throughout Ukraine. As established by military blogger Nikolaevsky Vanyok, Russia used six strategic bombers in the attack on the Dnepropetrovsk Oblast. The head of the military authorities of the region, Serhiy Lysak, informed about the massive Russian attack and two fires in the Dnieper.

> The Russian attack with a new ballistic missile on the city of Dnieper is an obvious and serious escalation war in Ukraine in terms of its scale and brutality, the president said on Thursday Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky stressed on social media that the world should react to this. Zelensky noted that this is the second major escalation of the war by Russia this year after Moscow engaged over 10,000 North Korean soldiers in the conflict.

> Vladimir Putin did not rule out on Thursday attacking the military installations of countries that allowed Ukraine to hit targets on Russian territory with their missiles. “We believe that we have the right to use our weapons against the military facilities of countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities,” Putin said in an address to the nation.

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> Russia's draft budget assumes a record increase in spending on defense and power ministries next year. On Thursday, the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, completed work on the bill, which covers the years 2025-27. In 2025, defense spending is expected to reach 13.5 trillion rubles (EUR 127 billion), which means an increase of 30%. compared to the current year. This sum constitutes 6.31 percent. GDP of Russia.