Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 23:13 American Abrams tanks could not play a big role on the battlefield because Ukraine received too few of them, Zelensky said at a meeting with representatives of African media: “Fortunately or unfortunately, we have a lot of different tanks. Abrams is no exception. This is a high-quality tank. We don’t have very many of them, I’ll tell you honestly. Abrams is the first example of such a tank. I hope that we will develop our relationship and there will be more supplies. But for now, to say that they play a vital role on the battlefield, It’s difficult for me. Their number is very small.”
22:59 The Czech public initiative Gift for Putin, which has been actively organizing donations for weapons for Ukraine for more than a year, announced a donation for the American multi-purpose helicopter UH-60 Black Hawk.
22:02 For the first time in history, Russia was expelled from the Executive Board of UNESCO, Zelensky said: “The era of Russian influence is over, and that’s right - Russian terrorists have no place at the head of significant international organizations.”
21:48 Zelensky said in an interview with African media that Ukraine gives its military all the money it earns: “An important issue is financial support for social payments. I’ll tell you frankly: without support it will be very difficult. Because all the money that Ukraine earns , we give everything to our military. If you don’t help us with social support, it will be very difficult without this. It will be necessary to either reduce support for the military, payments to them, or not provide social assistance. That is, in any case, it will be a crisis. Will it have an impact? on the course of the war? Yes. Will he stop our fight? No."
21:37 A new investigation has shown that a famous German journalist, who wrote a lot about Russia and Putin, received 610 thousand euros from an oligarch close to the Kremlin. The scandal shocked Germany, and the publisher has already stopped selling books by this author. Read more in the article How the Russian Federation buys Western journalists .
20:56 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - they discussed further cooperation with an emphasis on strengthening Ukrainian air defense and increasing the capabilities of mobile fire groups to combat drones.
20:33 The Czech Republic has frozen all Russian state assets in the country, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said: “At my proposal, the government today approved the freezing of Russian state assets in the Czech Republic. This ends the commercial activity with which Russia finances the murders of Ukrainians.”
20:17 Zelensky, in an interview with African journalists, once again stated that Ukraine cannot afford a frozen conflict with a stalemate, so it must end it. The President explained that by the end of the war, he understands the situation when Russia begins to respect the territorial integrity and the UN Charter and withdraws troops from Ukraine.
19:59 Russian troops have regrouped and are trying to advance from several directions towards Kupyansk, said Vladimir Fityo, spokesman for the Ground Forces Command.
18:48 During his trip to Washington, Ermak did not rule out that one of the civilian airports would be opened in Ukraine even before the end of the war. At the same time, the head of the OP did not name the airport and the possible time frame for its opening.
17:54 The European Commission presented the 12th package of sanctions against Russia, Borrell said. The proposal provides for the introduction of sanctions against more than 120 individuals and legal entities, including representatives of the military, defense and IT sectors of the Russian Federation.
Separately mentioned is the need to punish those involved in pseudo-elections in the occupied territories of Ukraine, those responsible for the forced “re-education” of Ukrainian children, as well as those involved in the spread of disinformation and propaganda. In addition, the European Commission proposes introducing new import and export bans, as well as measures aimed at strengthening the oil price ceiling and countering sanctions evasion.
17:40 The Russian army fired a mortar from the territory of the Russian Federation at the city of Seredina-Buda, Shostka district, Sumy region, one person was wounded, the prosecutor’s office reported.
17:06 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with the President of Slovakia Zuzana Caputova, noted the participation of a representative of her country in the meeting of advisers on the World Formula. We discussed the challenges facing Ukraine in terms of energy security this winter, as well as the continuation of economic cooperation between the two countries.
16:48 Within a week, it was possible to return six children to Ukrainian-controlled territories, two of them orphans, said the head of the Kherson OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
16:31 The contract for the supply of 100 PzH2000 self-propelled artillery systems, agreed upon by Ukraine and Germany last summer, was never signed, German journalist Bjorn Muller reported, citing the German-French defense concern KNDS. The reasons for not signing the $1.7 billion contract are unknown. Also, according to him, no earlier than 2024, 18 RCH 155 wheeled self-propelled howitzers, the supply of which was financed by Germany, will be transferred.
15:57 The national police reported that as a result of an international operation, it was possible to eliminate the supply channel for components for attack drones from the European Union to Russia. Investigators analyzed parts of Russian drones and identified a number of manufacturers from the EU and the United States, whose products entered Russia despite sanctions.
As a result of a complex of investigative and search actions, evidence was collected regarding a Russian entrepreneur who permanently resides in the Netherlands and over the past seven months, bypassing sanctions, supplied the Russian Federation with microcircuits for the production of drones. The court of the city of Rotterdam sentenced the defendant to one and a half years in prison and a fine of 200 thousand euros.
15:19 Ukraine and Italy agreed to begin work on bilateral security guarantees, Zelensky said following a conversation with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The president also expressed hope that Italy’s G7 presidency in 2024 “will achieve new important results.”
14:53 In Selidovo, Donetsk region, the number of deaths as a result of a Russian missile attack has increased to two - rescuers have recovered the body of another person from under the rubble. Three people were injured, two more are probably under the rubble, work continues, the State Emergency Service reported.
14:02 As a result of a night rocket strike on the residential area of Selidovo, Donetsk region, at least one person was killed, three were wounded, and four more are listed as missing under the rubble, said the head of the OIA, Igor Moroz. As a result of the strike, 16 private houses were damaged and one was completely destroyed, one four-story building was also partially destroyed, and seven more were damaged. Rescue operations are ongoing at the impact site.
13:55 In the Zaporozhye region, as a result of today’s Russian strike, two rescuers were killed and three more were injured. Four civilians were also injured, said Interior Minister Igor Klimenko. According to him, the Russians attacked civilian infrastructure and a fire broke out. Employees of the State Emergency Service arrived at the scene in a matter of minutes, after which the Russian army launched a second strike.
12:41 The Russian Army launched three missile attacks on the civilian infrastructure of one of the settlements in the Zaporozhye region, one death and seven wounded are known, said the head of the OVA Yuri Malashko. The blast wave and debris damaged houses, cars and outbuildings.
12:36 The Russians fired at the area near the thermal power plant in the Donetsk region, no people were injured. In addition, in the Kharkov region, a medium-pressure gas pipeline was damaged by shelling, leaving more than 300 consumers without gas, the Ministry of Energy reported.
11:59 The specialized publication DeepState writes that there are signs of the Russians using chemical weapons against the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In particular, two cases of the use of chemical weapons were recorded in the Svatovsky and Bakhmutsky sections. Most likely, the enemy used the drug chloropicrin, prohibited by international conventions.
11:17 Speaker of the Southern Defense Forces Natalya Gumenyuk said that on the left bank of the Kherson region “the pushback from our side occurs on a line from 3 to 8 km from the water’s edge along the entire coast,” and the front line in this direction is “quite mobile.” According to her, the Russian army there is “trying to actively defend itself” and “understands the inevitability of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ advance.” At the same time, Gumenyuk called for maintaining information silence.
10:45 The explosion at the Tambov powder plant was classified as a terrorist attack. From the border of this region to Ukraine is more than 700 km. According to Kommersant sources, in the destroyed building, investigators found fragments of a drone that could have attacked the plant late in the evening of November 11. Already on November 14, public accounts reported another attack on the plant. This plant is one of Russia's largest producers of gunpowder for small arms and artillery ammunition.
10:13 At least four sailors were killed as a result of a Ukrainian attack with Storm Shadow missiles on the Sevastopol plant named after. Ordzhonikidze September 13. They became known through social networks and monitoring of military cemeteries, reports the telegram channel We Can Explain. One of the obituaries said that the entire crew was killed. The Russian Ministry of Defense is silent about losses.
Both ships were at the docks in the final stages of repair, and the crew was preparing them for launching, so the military came under fire. A few days later, researchers discovered on the website of the St. Petersburg submariners’ club a collection of funds for sailors “victims” of the shelling; their number was not reported.
09:22 The Russians use small groups of infantry for assaults, since the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a lot of enemy equipment, said Alexander Shtupun, spokesman for the Tauride Defense Forces. According to him, the Russian military command is preparing new detachments for assaults in the Tauride direction. These assault groups are formed from recently mobilized Russians, as well as Storm Z units.
08:36 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of November 15. In particular, yesterday air defense forces shot down an enemy Su-25 fighter.
- personnel - about 314,290 (+820) people,
- tanks - 5377 (+15),
- armored combat vehicles - 10,104 (+18),
- artillery systems - 7647 (+58),
- MLRS - 884 (+2),
- air defense systems - 582 (+2),
- aircraft - 323 (+1),
- helicopters - 324 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 5675 (+26),
- cruise missiles - 1562 (+1),
- ships/boats - 22 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 10,020 (+47),
- special equipment - 1083 (+2).
08:29 The Russians launched a missile strike at night on the town of Selidovo, Pokrovsky district, Donetsk region, as a result of which the entrance to a four-story residential building was destroyed. The body of a dead person was found under the rubble, and at least one more person probably remains there, said Interior Minister Igor Klimenko. According to the OVA, three people were also wounded in Selidovo over the past 24 hours.
07:42 Over the past 24 hours, more than 60 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Kupyansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkovka and Petropavlovka areas of the Kharkov region; on Limansky - in the areas of Nadezhda and Serebryansky forestry of the Lugansk region; on Bakhmutsky - near Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka, Donetsk region; on Avdeevsky - in the districts of Novokalinovo, Avdeevka, Severny, Tonenky, Vodyanoy and east of Pervomaisky, Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka and Novomikhailovka districts of the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - near Staromayorsky, Donetsk region. The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Zaporozhye direction.
At the same time, the Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol direction and assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
04:48 The United States will provide $1 million to the International Center for Investigating Russian Aggression in Ukraine to assist in the investigation of war crimes, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said.