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Ukraine is ready to attack the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Defense said
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Alexey Reznikov named the possible time frame for the escalation of the Russian Federation; announced Ukraine’s defense spending in 2022. Korrespondent.net highlights the main events of yesterday.
Defense Minister outlined the likely timing of the attack of the Russian Federation
Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov said that escalation by Russia “is possible, but not necessary.” According to intelligence, invasion can begin at the end of January 2022, and now there is a threat also from Belarus.
The minister said that 94.3 thousand Russian military personnel, who are now on the territory of the Russian Federation near the border with Ukraine, in the annexed Crimea, as well as in the uncontrolled territories of Donbass, could be involved in the attack.
The government has increased spending on defense of Ukraine
The Ministry of Defense reported that in 2022 defense budget of Ukraine will amount to 133.5 billion hryvnia, which is 12 billion more than this year. Of this amount, more than 85 billion will be directed to cover the needs of the military, 28.4 billion – to modernize the army.
Topics of the online summit of Putin and Biden have become known
Aide to the President of Russia Yuri Ushakov voiced possible topics that will be discussed by the presidents of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the United States Joe Biden in upcoming online talks.
The Kremlin plans to raise issues on Afghanistan, Iran, Syria and Libya. NATO will become a separate topic of the talks: Moscow intends to demand guarantees of non-expansion of the Alliance.
The National Academy of Sciences calculates the cost of the population census
The National Academy of Sciences said that scheduled for early 2023 population census in Ukraine will cost about six billion hryvnia. Scientists called this process the most difficult in the statistics authorities.
The IMF announced the risks of the Omicron strain for the world economy
The head of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva said that the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus strain and its spread threatens the global economy a further slowdown in the pace of recovery that has already begun due to a COVID variant called Delta. In this process, she said, the American and Chinese economies play an important role.
Coronavirus situation stabilized in eight regions
The Ministry of Health said that in Ukraine, eight regions out of 18 potentially ready to leave the “red” zone quarantine. The TEB and Emergency Situations Commission will make a corresponding decision next week.
The President of Ukraine and the Prime Minister of Hungary held talks for the first time
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky made a telephone conversation with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the countries. The parties agreed to intensify efforts to achieve progress on all pressing issues.
US intelligence officers figured out the Kremlin’s plans for Ukraine
US intelligence reported that Russia is preparing an invasion of Ukraine on four fronts. The attack will likely occur in early 2022. By that time, as indicated, Moscow will gather at the border with Ukraine 100 battalion tactical groups of about 175 thousand people, as well as armored vehicles, artillery and equipment.
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