Published TUESDAY November 12, 2024: 'Shifting The Paradigm' by ZUMA Partner agency Ukrinform photo-journalist Dmytro Smolienko: With less than two months left in the White House, President Biden is running out of time to expedite the delivery of funds and weapons needed for Ukraine to stay in the fight against the Russian invasion. The White House is transferring weapons and up to USD 6 billion in remaining aid as quickly as possible to Ukraine while advocates for Kyiv are calling on the White House to repeal restrictions on long-range weapons ahead of president elect Trump entering office. Biden remains in control of US foreign policy until Trump's inauguration on January 20. But the prospect of a sea change in Ukraine policy under Trump makes it unlikely that any serious changes by Biden will remain in place under the new administration. Welcome to 'Shifting The Paradigm'
© zReportage.com Issue #963 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY November 12, 2024: 'Shifting The Paradigm' by ZUMA Partner agency Ukrinform photo-journalist Dmytro Smolienko: With less than two months left in the White House, President Biden is running out of time to expedite the delivery of funds and weapons needed for Ukraine to stay in the fight against the Russian invasion. The White House is transferring weapons and up to USD 6 billion in remaining aid as quickly as possible to Ukraine while advocates for Kyiv are calling on the White House to repeal restrictions on long-range weapons ahead of president elect Trump entering office. Biden remains in control of US foreign policy until Trump's inauguration on January 20. But the prospect of a sea change in Ukraine policy under Trump makes it unlikely that any serious changes by Biden will remain in place under the new administration. Welcome to 'Shifting The Paradigm'

Inspecting the damage, two workers from an oncology dispensary hit by a Russian guided bomb in Zaporizhzhia, look on in shock. Eight people, including a one-year-old boy, are reported dead and 42 people were injured after Russian troops attacked the area with five guided missiles.
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Rescuers put out burning cars at an oncology dispensary hit by a Russian guided bomb in southeastern Ukraine. Eight people, including a one-year-old boy, are reported dead and 42 people were injured after Russian troops attacked Zaporizhzhia with five guided missiles.
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The Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration IVAN FEDOROV (C) assessing the damage near the site of one of the Russian UAV strikes in southeastern Ukraine.
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Men put the body of a victim into a body bag beside an undertakers vehicle during an emergency response effort after a deadly Russian Shahed drone attack in a residential area in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.
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A local resident reacts in his yard amid the debris of a multi-storey apartment building damaged by a Russian KAB rocket in southeastern Ukraine.
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A man and woman hug and comfort each other outside a hostel where internally displaced people lived that was damaged by an overnight Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia.
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A resident holds a broken guitar in a room of a hostel where internally displaced people sheltered and was hit by an overnight Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia.
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Wrapped in a blanket a young man and current resident stands in the yard amid the debris of a multi-story apartment building damaged by a Russian KAB rocket in Zaporizhzhia.
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With her head bandaged, HALYNA, a local resident of a multi-story building hit by a Russian airstrike, stands outside the building after surviving the attack in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.
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Two women take cellphone images of the damage and look out of a window knocked out by a shock wave in a room of a hostel where internally displaced persons lived and was hit by an overnight Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia.
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A police psychologist helps calm a woman after a Russian guided bomb strike on an apartment building in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. Eight people, including a one-year-old boy, are reported dead and 42 people were injured after Russian troops attacked Zaporizhzhia with five guided missiles.
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Deputy Director for Strategic Communications RUDOLF AKOPIAN holds a model of the Ukrainian FPV drone 'General Chereshnya' in Zaporizhzhia. Ukraine is actively seeking international investors to maintain defense tech momentum.
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A tanker of the 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade poses for a photo on a T-72 tank during the night firing exercise in the Zaporizhzhia sector, southeastern Ukraine.
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Head of the sewing shop of the Palianytsia Charity Foundation OLENA HREKOVA (R) and local volunteer, founder of the Vlasnoruch Charity Foundation VASYL BUSHAROV wearing a anti-thermal imaging poncho designed and made by Zaporizhzhia volunteers for the military in southeastern Ukraine.
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Head of the welding shop of the Zaporizhzhia Palianytsia Charitable Foundation MYKHAILO welds metal for the fabrication of a potbelly stove that will be sent to the Ukrainian military, fighting the ongoing war with Russia.
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A baker puts freshly-baked loaves of white bread onto the rack at the Urozhai bakery which has joined the National Cashback program, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine. The National cashback funds are not subject to taxation. Customers receive 10 percent back for purchases of Ukrainian goods included in the program.Currently over 1,500 businesses participate.
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A huge portrait of a Ukrainian soldier is shown during the opening of 'The Tree of Memory' installation by Ukrainian stage designer and theatre director Dmytro Kostiumynskyi in Metalurhiv Park during the GogolFest Contemporary Art Festival in Zaporizhzhia. The nine-meter installation pays tribute to the fallen defenders of Ukraine. It is a metal tree with branches engraved with the names of Ukrainian heroes.
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Artillerymen of the 110th Marko Bezruchko Separate Mechanized Brigade fire an RM-70 multiple rocket launcher set up in a sunflower field towards the Pokrovsk frontline in eastern Ukraine.
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