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Russian forces are attempting to trap Ukrainian soldiers inside Pokrovsk, a key frontline city in eastern Ukraine, cutting off the routes that keep them armed and supplied. Current Time correspondents gained rare access to a logistics hub.
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Farmers risk lives harvesting olives under Israeli military surveillance in Lebanon's border regions. Source link
Kremlin-backed authorities said emergency crews managed to restore electricity in Horlivka and parts of Donetsk and Makiivka later on Monday. Source link
Russia has recorded its first rise in unemployment since February, climbing from a record low of 2.1% to 2.2% in September. Super-low unemployment, which Vladimir Putin loves to hail as an example of Russia’s economic success, is a sign of the on-going overheating in the labor market. Russia has long faced a labor shortage. The underlying reason — demographics — has not changed for years. The population is aging, birth rates are not growing. Even putting the pension age up five years has not solved the problem. For many years, the government satisfied labor needs via migrants from Central Asia, and,…