Comments by "Levan Gudadze - Opinion" (@LevanGudadze) on "Alexander Mercouris" channel.

  1. According to media reports here in Russia, intelligence records the appearance of a significant number of Polish and German-speaking mercenaries on the battlefield in the Zaporozhye region, and if so, one can probably say that I was right when I said on my channel many times that the crews of the allegedly transferred For Ukraine, military equipment, including tanks, as well as personnel servicing the equipment, will be NATO military for formalities enrolled in Western PMCs. I believe that very soon the NATO countries and, no less important, the citizens of the EU members and the United States will begin to regret the participation of their states in this conflict, the losses among the Western military will be so great.
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  2. The Western media will not tell about this, of course, but one of the main news here in Russia today was the fact that Russian forces have established full control over the settlement of Blagodatnoye in the vicinity of the city of Soledar, which, by the way, was also mentioned on my channel in today's update. Offensive actions were carried out by subdivisions of Wagner PMC. Such a development makes the position of the Ukrainian units in Bakhmut extremely difficult, in fact, undefendable. In addition, this evening the Russian media published information that the Russian side in the course of offensive operations in the Zaporozhye region took control of nine settlements that were previously held by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Assessing the events on the front over the last 3-4 weeks, it seems that the forces that remain loyal to the Zelensky regime are being defeated not only on the battlefield, but also psychologically, because lately they have been leaving positions and retreating from lots direction and too often.
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  3. Many countries, including Israel, Russia and Poland, demanded from Ottawa an apology and explanation for honoring the Ukrainian Nazi in the Canadian Parliament, which I talked about on my channel too, because with each passing day it becomes more and more obvious that the level of moral degradation of the so-called Western elites, including those in Canada, know no boundaries..
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  4. Today, here in Russia, the media broadcast exclusively positive news about the progress of the special military operation, so much so that for many this news may come as a surprise, for example, it seems that the Russian military managed to break through the first line of defense in the Zaporozhye direction with a new offensive. As I recently said on my channel, the Zelensky regime was transferring forces from the Zaporozhye region to the north to the borders of Belarus and in the Bakhmut region, weakening the contingent in Zaporozhye. Apparently, the Russian armed forces monitored this situation and, as a result of an unexpected offensive, advanced up to 10 kilometers in the Zaporozhye direction and took control of up to 7 settlements in the vicinity of the city of Orekhovo. In addition, according to the latest information, the Russian armed forces have established full control over the village of Dvurechye in the Donetsk region. There is also the news of the last hour that Wagner PMC units have taken full control of the settlement of Krasnopolye in the vicinity of Soledar.
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  5. Maybe I'm wrong, but in my opinion the world is very tired of Ukraine..
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  6. Here in Russia, information is being reported this evening that Russian forces were able to prevent a massive Ukrainian drone strike on Crimea. Tomorrow I will talk about this topic in more detail on my channel, but it is already known that 6 Ukrainian drones were shot down by air defense, and another 4 UAVs were disabled with the help of electronic warfare systems. In addition, a Ukrainian Su-24 front-line bomber was shot down by a Russian fighter in the Donetsk direction.
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  7. The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the storage facility of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with 70,000 tons of fuel. According to a Russian source, ammunition depots and heavy weapons were also destroyed at the same time. I will talk about this on my channel also in the next update, because it looks like the Russian armed forces are trying to defeat the announced counter-offensive of the Zelensky regime even before it starts, leaving the armed forces of Ukraine without fuel, military equipment and ammunition..
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  8. If Ukraine loses in the conflict with Russia, then this could lead to the end of the "golden age" for the Western countries. This opinion was expressed on Thursday by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, who is in the United States on a visit. I will certainly talk about this topic on my channel in the next update, but it seems that the Western elites and their puppets in the leadership of the Eastern European countries do not even try to hide anymore that they do not care about Ukraine and that their main goal is to enrich themselves at the expense of others and preserve the dominant position of the West over the world.
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  9. It may be of interest to the public to know that according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the losses of the Zelensky regime in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours amounted to up to 380 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, five armored fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one D- 20 howitzer, and one Grad MLRS.
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  10. The 82nd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, armed with British Challenger 2 tanks, as well as German APC Marder and American APC Stryker, began to suffer significant losses in equipment immediately after being introduced into battle, Forbes reports, I will talk about this on my channel too, because this brigade was considered elite in Ukraine and was in strategic reserve, although it was recently transferred to the front line and humiliated and defeated near the village of Rabotino in the Zaporozhye sector of the front.
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  11. There will be no large-scale counteroffensive of the Zelensky regime in the direction of Bakhmut, which I said today on my channel, explaining why I think so. Moreover, soon Zelensky will lose control not only over Bakhmut, but also over Avdiivka. And then the Russian forces will establish control over Kupyansk, Liman, Seversk, and a little further south even over Ugledar. The issue will be resolved in the coming weeks before a Russian offensive begins against Zelensky's last line of defense in Kramatorsk and Slovyansk.
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  12. According to the media today, here in Russia, the Ukrainian military is chaotically trying to escape from Bakhmut, or to surrender. The reports say that, according to the adviser to the acting head of the DPR, Jan Gagin, the Bakhmut garrison is suffering colossal losses every day, Ukrainian units are being forced out to the western outskirts, where there is practically no supply of ammunition, and the roads are being shot through by Russian artillery. This also applies to the rotation of servicemen and the removal of the wounded. The Ukrainian garrison is practically doomed. Now there are precedents when they flee the city in small groups. "There are also cases when they surrender in an attempt to save their lives.
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  13. Ukrainian troops left the village of Sinkovka near Kupyansk against the backdrop of active actions by the Russian army, which I will definitely talk about on my channel too, because in the northern sectors of the front the initiative is completely in Russian hands and a large- scale Russian offensive can begin at any moment.
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  14. Over the past few days, Russian troops have carried out a series of successful offensive operations and established an operational encirclement around the city of Avdeevka on the Donetsk sector of the front, it is reported in the Russian media, on my channel too, as it becomes obvious that the Ukrainian side has completely lost the initiative and the Russian armed forces are preparing for the beginning of decisive offensive operations.
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  15. After a relatively long pause, last night the Russian side again launched a massive missile attack on the logistical, energy and military infrastructure of the Zelensky regime. I Noted on my channel in today's update that for the first time 6 hypersonic Kinzhal missiles were used at once. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, all targets were achieved by the missile attack, but there is little specific information, although the question arises, exactly what targets were hit by hypersonic missiles? My opinion is that with hypersonic missiles, Moscow attacked ammunition depots, including American-made missiles for missile launchers and artillery shells, as well as armored vehicles, possibly even places where the Ukrainian side, together with representatives of Poland, hid the Leopard 2A4 tanks recently transferred to Warsaw. I wouldn’t be surprised if the attack by the hypersonic Kinzhal also destroyed the Patriot air defense system, which allegedly had already been delivered to Ukraine, according to a recent statement by the Polish defense minister. Unfortunately, the media do not report exact data here in Russia, and probably nowhere else.
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  16. I said today on my channel and I will repeat my opinion here that NATO tanks will not radically change anything on the battlefield in Ukraine. Most of the armored vehicles are destroyed by artillery and anti-tank missiles, and no tanks have effective protection against them.
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  17. Believe it or not, but at the moment not a single European country, not a single country of the so-called Western world has provided humanitarian assistance to Syria, which suffered along with Turkey from the catastrophic earthquake on February 6th. I spoke on this topic on my channel in today's update, but I think I will discuss the issue on other channels, because it is about humanism, which the Western elites will obviously never understand.. It is sad that Western societies practically do nothing to resist such an elite, criminal and inhuman, which brings only destruction and suffering to the world.
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  18. According to a number of Russian sources, Wagner PMC units launched a massive offensive in Bakhmut, as I predicted on my channel in updates, and right now the Wagnerites are fighting fiercely in the city center, where, according to various sources, 5 to 10,000 Ukrainian military are concentrated. There will be very significant news from this city by tomorrow, I suppose.
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  19. According to several media reports, the Zelensky regime in Bakhmut has lost up to 20,000 soldiers killed and many more wounded. The information was also confirmed by the adviser to the acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, Yan Gagin, whose data I will certainly discuss on my channel in the next update..
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  20. It may come as a surprise to many, but it looks like Russian troops have gone on the offensive in the Zaporozhye region. According to the latest data that the Russian media report here in Russia, more than 5 settlements have already passed under the full control of Russian units. Tomorrow I will probably make an update on this topic on my channel, because the information is quite interesting, I suppose.
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  21. About 10 thousand soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces surrendered via radio wave 149.200 “Volga”, created specifically for Ukrainian military personnel who want to lay down their arms and surrender, TASS reports, which I talked about on my channel too, since episodes of surrender by the Ukrainian military have increased significantly, creating the impression of the beginning of an inevitable full-scale collapse of the Ukrainian armed forces..
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  22. According to media reports here in Russia, the Zelensky regime near Selidovo lost another MiG-29 aircraft in a dogfight with a Russian fighter. On my channel I will share detailed information about this case in the next update, but probably now we can say that the MiG-29 fighters delivered by Slovakia and Poland to Ukraine have already been destroyed, most of them.
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  23. The Ukrainian military began to surrender en masse in the Avdiivka area, Igor Kimakovsky, adviser to the acting head of the DPR, said in a conversation with reporters. I spoke about this topic on my channel in an update today, but I can probably add that perhaps in the coming days we will see the collapse of the Zelensky regime's defense line in the Avdiivka area.
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  24. According to Russian media reports, the Russian armed forces destroyed an entire tactical battle group of the Ukrainian armed forces in the direction of Seversk. I will talk about this in more detail on my channel in a new update, but it is already known that the Ukrainian unit has lost almost all equipment and manpower.
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  25. Some aircraft of the Belarusian Air Force have been converted to use nuclear weapons, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with the command of the Armed Forces. As I said on my channel, the Russian side not only trains Belarusian pilots to use nuclear weapons, but also modernizes Belarusian aircraft to work with nuclear ammunition. This information is officially confirmed today.
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  26. You may already know about this, but if not, I’ll tell you that today, here in Russia, the media report that, according to the statement of the head of the PMC Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin, the armed forces of Ukraine lose 10-11,000 soldiers every month in the direction of Bakhmut killed and many times more wounded . Of course, I will talk about this topic on my channel in tomorrow's update in more detail, but even now we can say that Bakhmut really became a place of destruction of the Ukrainian army and the fighting spirit of the Ukrainian military. According to Prigozhin’s statement, the Zelensky regime has concentrated about 70,000 soldiers in the direction of Bakhmut and plans to launch a counteroffensive to deblock this city.
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  27. This is very interesting in my opinion, because we can talk about the beginning of the end of the European Union, or even the whole modern world. Here in Russia, the media is reporting tonight that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that in an effort to defeat Russia, the EU bureaucracy may send a military contingent to Ukraine under the guise of a peacekeeping mission. I will certainly talk about this tomorrow on my channel in an update, because if the leaders of the EU really take such a step, this will be the unconditional beginning of the end of the European Union as a quasi-state entity. Perhaps Orban’s words are somehow connected with Poland’s desire to create some kind of anti-Russian alliance and, under the auspices of this alliance, provide Ukraine with additional military assistance, including fighter jets, and maybe even with the manpower of the Polish armed forces.
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  28. Russia delivered a record amount of crude to Brazil in October, becoming the country's third-largest supplier, RIA Novosti reported on Friday citing statistics, which I will talk about in the news update on my channel too, because due to artificial interference in Russian oil gas exports and to Europe, certainly stimulated the diversification of the Russian energy sector, allowing the country to successfully enter new markets despite the Western sanctions war..
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  29. Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 800 military and several dozen combat systems, including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers and artillery, as well as one MiG-29 fighter close to Koptevo (Donetsk People's Republic ), which I will talk about in the news update on my channel too, as at the moment the only question that remains is how long the Ukrainian armed forces will be able to withstand such losses before the final collapse.
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  30. The Russian Armed Forces destroyed four Ukrainian S-300s and one "Gepard" in the direction of Kherson in the last 24-48 hours.
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  31. The Russian military today destroyed a mercenary base in the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the regional administration, told RIA Novosti. I will talk about this topic in more detail in tomorrow's update on my channel, but already now we can say that as a result of this operation, at least several dozen mercenaries were neutralized.
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  32. Russian strategic missile carriers Tu-160 have received new Kh-BD cruise missiles with a range of over 6,500 kilometers, as follows from a video distributed by the Ministry of Defense, which I will also talk about on my channel, because it is impossible to ignore the fact that, despite all the skepticism of the so-called Western elites, the Russian economy and military-industrial complex continues to operate and provide the army and navy with everything they need, including cruise missiles..
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  33. Russian troops attacked the point of temporary deployment of foreign mercenaries in the area of the city of Zaporozhye, the Ministry of Defense reported, which I will talk about in more detail on my channel, although it is already possible to emphasize the plight of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine who are trying to escape from the country, but do not have the practical opportunity..
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  34. Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 900 military and several dozen combat systems, including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers and artillery, which I will talk about in the news update on my channel too, as at the moment the only question that remains is how long the Ukrainian armed forces will be able to withstand such losses before the final collapse.
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  35. US military personnel are not taking part in hostilities in Ukraine, Defense Department spokesman Patrick Ryder told the Washington Examiner on Monday. I think it will be interesting to talk about this topic on my channel too, because the very fact that Washington has to deny the participation of the US military in the hostilities in Ukraine already says a lot.
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  36. It will be another great show as always. And by tradition, I will share in my commentary the information of the day that was relevant for us here in Russia and which I have already spoken about on my channel. The first and most relevant news is, of course, the transition of the settlement of Kleshcheevka under the full control of Russian forces. Bakhmut is now in operational encirclement, and the position of the units still loyal to the Zelensky regime has deteriorated significantly, to the point of hopelessness. The second important news is information about the losses of the Zelensky regime on the Bakhmutsky, Seversky and Soledarsky defense lines. According to statements by officials from the Russian side, 14 brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces stationed in this direction lost up to 70% of their personnel killed and wounded. The third important news is that the Kremlin has warned Washington that it will not leave unanswered if the United States or other NATO countries transfer weapons to Ukraine for strikes deep into the territory of the Russian Federation, including Crimea. The consequences of ill-considered actions of Western countries can be catastrophic. And one more interesting news is that in the center of Moscow, on the roofs of some state buildings, the Pantsir air defense systems were placed. Telegram channels are full of photos and video confirmation. I don’t know what Moscow is preparing for, but apparently something really serious is coming.
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  37. The first Leopard tank was destroyed in Ukraine, Russian media reported today. I talked about the topic in more detail on my channel in an update, but I will share here too that at first the tank was captured by Russian special forces from the reconnaissance and sabotage group in the Kherson region, but due to the impossibility of transporting it through the front line to the left bank of the Dnieper, the military decided to drown tank in the swamp..
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  38. Tracking the updates in Russian media and Russian-language pages on internet platforms all day, I can say that one of the main news of the day in Russia is that information was published on some large telegram channels about the discovery of Leopard 2 tanks in the Nikolaev region of Ukraine. I mentioned this information on my channel in today's update, but I also noted there that no photo and video materials proving the information were presented in the primary sources. Personally, my opinion is that Poland could well have secretly transported Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine to train Ukrainian crews, this is possible, especially since, according to the statement of Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Warsaw will request Berlin's permission to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine, however, Germany's permission is a secondary topic and the tanks will be sent anyway. Today, information was also published with reference to the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany that Berlin would not mind if one of the countries that have Leporad tanks in service transfers them to Ukraine. At the same time, it is obvious to me that Western-made main battle tanks will not be able to radically change the situation on the battlefield, and most of them will be destroyed just as easily as hundreds of other tanks in service with Ukraine were destroyed.
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  39. Russia may place medium- and long-range missiles on its Western borders, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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  40. Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 800 military and several dozen combat systems, including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers and artillery, which I will talk about in more detail on my channel too, because recently it has become especially obvious that the Ukrainian army is experiencing a significant lack of manpower and equipment even in the main directions of the so-called counteroffensive.
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  41. While many expect a Ukrainian counteroffensive towards Bakhmut (not me), Russian forces continue to make incremental advances along the line of contact and have reached the town of Makeevka. I will definitely talk about this topic in more detail in the next update on my channel.
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  42. The European Union is not considering any other proposals to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, except for the so-called peace plan of its President Vladimir Zelensky, said the leader of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell, which I will also talk about on my channel, because the destructive role of Brussels in terms of a peaceful settlement in Ukraine is becoming extremely annoying and further isolates the EU from the rest of the world..
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  43. Zelensky's adviser Arestovich has already stated that a rocket that fell on a residential building in Dnepropetrovsk was shot down by the Ukrainian side. I thought about making a separate video on this topic on my channel, but somehow there was no time. In addition, Kyiv will no longer be able to use this tragic incident for the purpose of propaganda and soliciting additional air defense systems from the West, because it is already obvious to everyone that the forces loyal to the Zelensky regime do not know how to use anti-aircraft weapons or at least neglect elementary security measures, otherwise they would not shoot down a missile over the urabinistic area.
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  44. The news of the last hour we have here in Russia, which I will share not only here, but also on my channel. Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have launched missile and bomb attacks on 75 artillery units of the Ukrainian army, manpower and equipment. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. "Operational tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated 75 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and equipment in 114 districts," the report says.
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  45. As I said in recent updates on my channel, February 21, and this is tomorrow, Putin may announce a new wave of mobilization in Russia and a change in the status of a special military operation. Or maybe he will do both. If anyone does not know, Putin will deliver a speech in front of the federal assembly tomorrow..
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  46. As always interesting. I can only express my gratitude for the excellent work to Alexander and Alex, the hosts of The Duran channel.
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  47. As a result of the escalation between Israel and Palestine, which I will also talk about on my channel, the Palestinian side lost over 200 people killed and about 1,500 wounded, the Israeli side lost over 150 people killed and about 1,000 wounded. Over 100 Israeli soldiers and civilians were also captured by the Palestinians and taken to the Gaza Strip.
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  48. Up to 70% of Bakhmut is already under the control of Wagner PMC, media reports here in Russia today. I suppose there is reason to believe that the Ukrainian garrison in Bakhmut is gradually collapsing, as I predicted on my channel many times. Today, adviser to the acting head of the DPR, Yan Gagin, said on the Russia 24 TV channel that Russian units took control of about 70 percent of the territory of Artemovsk (the Russian name for Bakhmut). "If we talk about Artemovsk: our forces now control about 60 percent, maybe even more - up to 70 percent of the city itself," he said.
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  49. The Russian armed forces dealt a massive blow to the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that were rotating near Verbovoye and Rabotino, neutralizing up to 100 military personne, said Yevgeny Balitsky, governor of Zaporozhye, which I will talk about on my channel too, since the Rabotino-Verbovo direction is currently the main one in the Ukrainian so-called counteroffensive..
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  50. The Ukrainian government could face a shortage of money and 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, since 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 and tens of thousands more military personnel.
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