Comments by "Levan Gudadze - Opinion" (@LevanGudadze) on "Dialogue Works" channel.

  1. A military pilot from the Armed Forces of Ukraine has defected to Russia, TASS reported on Saturday, citing a person who allegedly organized the pilot's flight over the frontlines.
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  2. The combat capabilities of the Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-57 are constantly growing, as modern technologies, weapons and fire control systems, as well as second-stage engines are integrated into the platform, the manufacturer reports
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  3. Some may not know that the government of Ukraine could face a shortage of money and not be unable to pay salaries if the US Congress fails to approve another injection of funds into the Ukrainian economy, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, which I will talk about on my channel too, because even if the taxpayers of Western countries do not like it, they need to know that the US and other donor nations currently pay the salaries of some 150,000 civil servants in Ukraine as well as over half a million teachers, professors, school workers in general, hundreds of thousands of military personnel and in general everyone who receives a salary from the state budget, that is, over a million people..
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  4. About 280 thousand people have been accepted for contract service in the Russian Armed Forces since January 1.
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  5. Germany continues to grapple with challenges in its manufacturing sector as it suffers from higher energy costs, Goldman Sachs economist Peter Oppenheimer told CNBC on Tuesday. The EU’s largest economy officially slipped into a technical recession in the first quarter of the year as GDP growth was revised from zero to -0.3%. The Bundesbank announced on Monday that the economy is likely to shrink this quarter thanks to slow private consumption and the increasing weakness of industry. “The predicament that the economy is facing at the moment is really down to a number of factors,” said Oppenheimer, who is chief global equity strategist and head of macro research EMEA at Goldman Sachs.
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  6. Over the past few days, it has become known that US President Joe Biden is no longer seeking the US Congress to allocate $24 billion in aid to Ukraine and is considering other options for financial support for Kiev, The Washington Post reported.
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  7. Ukraine has announced the evacuation of residents of 31 villages in the Kiev-controlled part of the Kherson region.
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  8. Acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin denied statements from Kiev about the alleged capture by Ukrainian troops of the village of Andreevka near Bakhmut.
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  9. Former UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace tried to derail a major deal to buy heavy military helicopters from the US, triggering a diplomatic row between the two long-time allies, The Times reported on Saturday, citing sources. The incident is said to have occurred after Washington reportedly shunned Wallace’s bid to become the next NATO secretary general, although the outlet’s sources insisted that the two issues were not related.
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  10. Kyiv is afraid of losing the support of the West in the event of an unsuccessful counteroffensive.
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  11. NBC: Biden said that the United States will provide Ukraine with a small number of ATACMS missiles.
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  12. Contrary to the expectations of many, Zelensky, during his visit to the United States, did not receive promises of supplies of ATACMS missiles and the $24 billion that Biden requested to support Kiev.
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  13. Hungary's parliament speaker Laszlo Kover has accused the European Union of launching a “hybrid war” against his country.
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  14. UK Secret Service MI6 plans to send Ukrainian mercenaries to Africa according to media reports.
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  15. In addition, the Russian media are reporting right now that Russian troops have destroyed NASAMS air defense systems for the first time in a special military operation.
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  16. The Canadian government is taking aim at grocery stores, warning them of “big consequences” if they fail to provide “relief for Canadians” by stabilizing food prices by October 9. This comes amid rising inflation in the country and as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party trails badly in the polls. Speaking at the Liberals’ national caucus retreat in London, Ontario on Thursday, Trudeau said he expects “to hear from them [the largest grocery chains] by Thanksgiving on what their plan is to stabilize prices,” adding that “if their plan doesn’t provide real relief for the middle class and people working hard to join it, then we will take further action, and we are not ruling anything out, including tax measures.”
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  17. Mass protests are taking place in the capital of Armenia after the start of the operation of the Azerbaijani military in Nagorno-Karabakh, protesters are storming the government building.
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  18. nvestment in Russian real estate surged 75% so far this year in annual terms to reach 467 billion rubles ($4.8 billion), an industry study has shown. Research conducted by IBC Real Estate found that residential real estate has been the largest recipient of investment, with volumes up by 27% to $1.5 billion. This was followed by retail real estate, which is up by 31% to $1.5 billion. Investment in office properties jumped 20% to $962 million, while hotel and industrial properties saw inflows rise by a respective 9% and 8%, to $435 million and $373 million. By the end of 2023, investment in Russian real estate is expected to break last year’s record, the head of the capital markets and investment department at IBC Real Estate, Mikael Kazaryan, told reporters on Monday. Last year saw a record $6.2 billion of investment in Russian real estate, of which $3.7 billion was recorded in the second half of the year.
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  19. A number of sources report that tens of thousands of artillery shells reserved for Ukraine will be sent by Washington to Israel.
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