NEW YORK (AP) — One hundred years ago, a revolutionary Polish patriot argued that Russia’s hunger for territory would continue to destabilize Europe unless Ukraine could gain independence from Moscow.
Poland’s Marshal Józef Piłsudski never managed to fulfil his hope for an independent Ukraine connected to Europe. But the farsighted and analytical statesman did manage to wrest his own homeland from the grip of czarism and from two other powers, Austria and Prussia.
At a time when many Poles had given up on the dream for full independence, Piłsudski put a sovereign Polish state back on the map of Europe at the end of World War I, after more than a century’s erasure.
Piłsudski’s story, complete with flaws, accomplishments and echoes of today’s war in Ukraine, is brought to life in a recent biography, "Józef Piłsudski Founding Father of Modern Poland," by Joshua D. Zimmerman, a professor of Holocaust Studies and eastern European history at New York’s Yeshiva University. The book, published by Harvard University Press, also reexamines Piłsudski’s relationship to Ukraine.
Thickly mustached, with heavy brows and a hawk-like visage, Piłsudski lived modestly and inspired his troops by leading them in battle. He was celebrated at home and abroad in his day, but his memory outside of Poland has faded.
[Naval News] It appears that a Ukrainian maritime drone, similar to those using in an attack on Sevastopol, has struck Novorossiysk. This would be strategically important, showing that more of the Russian Navy is under threat. Efforts may be underway to suppress this story in Russian media.
Ukraine’s maritime drones can now reach a Russian Navy base until now regarded as safe. When the drones (USVs) were used to attack Sevastopol on October 29 they resulted in a major shift in Russian Navy operations. The threat is regarded as so serious that new defenses were added in Sevastopol. And the Russian Navy, which early in the war dominated the Black Sea, barely leaves port. Now this threat has reached another major Russian Navy base at Novorossiysk.
Local Russian sources have reported that a Ukrainian ’naval drone’ has struck the Sheskharis oil terminal in Novorossiysk at night. This is strategically important.
STRATEGIC ATTACK BY UKRAINE ON NOVOROSSIYSK
Novorossiysk is a major naval base and oil terminal on Russia’s Black Sea coast. At 420 miles (675 km) from Odesa, it is much further from Ukrainian held territory than Sevastopol. It has until now been regarded as out of range of Ukrainian attacks.
We have not yet been able to independent verify all of the details of the attack. However, the story has been reported in multiple local sources and a video has been shared. There are also reports that a spokesperson for the Russian oil company Transneft has denied the attack. And some Russian reports have now been removed. Despite this, Naval News regards it as plausible and credible and, at this time, believes that it did occur.
Even a small attack, which does limited or no damage, could have massive consequences for Russia.
Attacking oil infrastructure makes strategic sense for Ukraine. Russia has targeted Ukrainian industry and civilian infrastructure on multiple occasions, even making it a strategy. Even without damaging the infrastructure this attack could affect Russia’s ability to export crude oil.
The navy base in Novorossiysk, close to the oil terminal which was reportedly hit, is also an important target. This is the home of many warships directly involved in the war with Ukraine. These include the Kilo Class submarines which were largely moved there from Sevastopol in September. The submarines can launch Kalibr cruise missiles and remain a daily threat to Ukraine.
[Aljazeera] The Wagner Group is shadowy and illegal, but it has been tracked to Ukraine, Syria, Libya, the Central African Republic, Mali, and elsewhere. It is known as a deadly fighting force of mercenaries with a goal of furthering Russia’s military interests around the world. One Wagner fighter is now speaking out about what life is like as a soldier for hire.
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[Korrespondent] 23:38 Zelensky said that "super-violent" hostilities in the Donetsk region are still ongoing, there have been no softening of the fighting or respite: "Only yesterday, about a hundred Russian attacks were repulsed in the Donetsk region. All our soldiers who hold positions in the Donbass are real heroes.”
23:36 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the difficult situation with energy supply persists in 17 regions and the capital: "Kyiv and Kiev, it is very difficult for the Odesa region, and also Vinnytsia and Ternopil regions ..."
23:01 The head of the Zaporizhzhya OVA Alexander Starukh announced a missile attack on an industrial infrastructure facility in Zaporozhye.
22:36 In September and October 2022, the number of prisoners in Russian correctional colonies decreased by 23 thousand people. There have never been such sharp jumps since 2010: even the most massive amnesty in recent years released a smaller number of Russians in such a short time. The reduction in the prison population is taking place against the backdrop of the recruitment of prisoners to participate in the war in the Wagner PMC detachments, which exist entirely outside the legal field, writes Mediazona.
It will no doubt comfort some and distress others to know how many of those convict-soldiers do or do not survive the experience.
22:08 DTEK Executive Director Dmitry Sakharuk admits that a complete power outage in Kiev is possible, but it will not last long. This can only happen due to significant destruction of generation facilities and substations. At the same time, Sakharuk considers the scenario of a complete blackout in Kyiv and Ukraine as a whole unlikely.
21:43 Ukrenergo reports that on Saturday, November 19, scheduled shutdowns will apply in all regions of Ukraine from 00:00 to 02:00 and from 08:00 to 24:00. Additional emergency shutdowns are not expected.
21:16 In Kherson, the first points of privacy appeared, where you can warm up, charge your phone, access the Internet, eat or drink hot, said the head of the OVA Yaroslav Yanushevich.
20:28 Lviv may find itself in a situation where light and heat will be absent not for one day, but for several weeks, Mayor Andriy Sadovy said: “We need to prepare for this. Lviv residents should realize that the realities we are facing now are commonplace for many communities in the east and south of Ukraine for many months."
20:07 The Biden administration is working with Congress to secure more aid for Ukraine, said John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council.
19:59 DTEK announced that Ukraine managed to balance the energy system, so Kiev is returning to stabilization shutdowns on schedule.
19:56 For four months of the visa regime with the Russian Federation, ten Russians have received the right to enter Ukraine, the Foreign Ministry said in response to a request from hromadske. Visas for Russians were issued by foreign diplomatic institutions of Ukraine.
19:19 Blinken said that the extension of the agreement on the export of Ukrainian agricultural products indicates that Russia understands the consequences of its refusal: "Together we sent a clear signal to President Putin that he should extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which expires on Saturday."
19:02 After Russia blocked the export of grain from the ports of the Black Sea region, the countries of the African continent began to gradually change their attitude towards the Russian Federation and direct the policy vector to support Ukraine, Zelensky said during a conversation with the student community of Ireland.
18:53 Ukraine has not exported electricity since October 11, and all reports that supplies abroad allegedly continue are fake or deliberate IPSO, Ukrenergo said. “This is an absolute lie and deliberate disinformation. The purpose of the distributors is to stir up a society exhausted by power outages and divert attention from Russian missile strikes, due to which Ukrainians have power outages,” the company stressed.
18:49 Ukroboronprom announced that it would produce and develop heavy weapons and military equipment together with at least six NATO member countries. In particular, we are talking about countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic, France, Denmark and several others, agreements with which do not imply disclosure of data.
"We are creating joint defense enterprises, building closed-cycle ammunition production lines, jointly producing armored vehicles and multiple launch rocket systems, and jointly developing new high-tech weapons. To do this, we use both existing capacities and newly created ones in safe places," the source said. Ukroboronprom.
18:44 The liberation of Kherson deprived the Russians of the only significant achievement of the war - the capture of the Ukrainian regional center. In the Kherson region, the front is now passing along the Dnieper, but there are already reports of the actions of the Ukrainian military on the left bank of the river. About what to expect next and how the liberation of Kherson will change the situation on other fronts - will there be no Pause in the material?
18:15 Since the beginning of the full-scale war, Ukraine has received more than $23 billion in international financial assistance. Of these, 4.8 billion from the EU and 8.5 billion from the United States, Shmyhal said. According to him, these funds finance critical budget expenditures, in particular, payments to state employees, pensioners, migrants, recipients of subsidies, and communities are supported. The prime minister also said that the Cabinet of Ministers approved a $4.5 billion grant from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association.
18:06 Hawk air defense systems will soon be on combat duty, Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: “NASAMS and IRIS-T are already working at the front. We expect that the Hawk system, which is now being prepared to become combat orders of the Air Force. Thus, we will strengthen the existing air defense system."
17:43 Zelensky said that he had spoken with Erdogan: "We welcomed the extension of the grain agreement. Thank you for supporting our Grain from Ukraine initiative. Ukraine will remain the guarantor of food stability. We also talked with Mr. Erdogan about security and energy cooperation."
17:39 In Ukraine, 30% of the territory is mined - this is comparable to the double area of Austria, said the head of the State Emergency Service Serhiy Kruk. According to him, now the work of the State Emergency Service is focused on the liberated territories: "We are now working most actively in the Kherson region. The territory that requires demining is 8,000 square kilometers, of which 7,000 are Kherson regions, and about 1,500 are Mykolaiv regions."
16:57 In Volnyansk, Zaporozhye region, after yesterday's night strike on a residential building, the bodies of ten dead have already been removed from the rubble, three of them are children, the regional prosecutor's office said.
16:28 By order of Ukrenergo, on November 18, emergency power outages occur in Kiev, stabilization shutdown schedules do not work, the Kyiv City State Administration reported.
16:24 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly killed more than ten "immobilized Russian servicemen" with direct shots to the head. Moscow refers to a certain video with the alleged execution of Russian prisoners of war in Makeyevka, which they are going to send to "international organizations" demanding an investigation.
16:15 Ukraine expects to receive 3 billion euros from the EU macro-financial assistance package of 9 billion euros at the beginning of next year, these funds will be included in the package for 18 billion euros for 2023, Shmyhal said.
15:43 The city council, in response to a petition about the inappropriateness of installing a New Year tree in martial law, said that the decision to establish the main Christmas tree would be made only after consultations with the defense forces, and if it was installed, then only at the expense of patrons.
15:30 The Trumpist wing of the Republican Party is promoting a controversial bill to audit military aid for Ukraine. More details - in the material Not a penny for Kiev?
15:26 Zelensky said that during a meeting with the Executive Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis, he discussed issues of urgent financial support for Ukraine until the end of this year and the coordination of plans for 2023. Separately, we talked about the Fast Recovery Plan for housing and social infrastructure facilities and the involvement of the European Commission in the launch of the Ukraine Recovery Fund. In particular, by working out a mechanism for using frozen Russian assets in the EU.
15:23 Meduza writes, citing sources close to the Putin administration and the Russian government, that the retreat from Kherson was a "very painful event" for the Russian elites. An interlocutor close to entrepreneurs from Putin's inner circle spoke even harsher: "There is an understanding that we have lost the real war. People are starting to think about how to live on, what place they would like to take in the future, what bet to make, what to play on." According to him, on the one hand, there will be revanchist sentiments, on the other hand, there will be a request for normalization and stabilization.
15:19 Kiev has switched to stabilization power outages, but the city authorities are preparing for different scenarios, including a complete shutdown, said the first deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration Nikolay Povoroznyk: "We are preparing for different scenarios, including a complete shutdown. But now we switched to stabilization shutdowns, the light will be turned off according to a schedule of no more than four hours. But due to lower temperatures, power consumption is increasing significantly. Therefore, now more than ever we need to save electricity. Because an increase in consumption can lead to emergency shutdowns if the system cannot cope" .
15:11 Shmyhal said that due to Russian shelling, almost half of the energy system of Ukraine was disabled. He stressed that Ukraine needs additional support from partners - both in the energy sector, the supply of additional equipment, and financial resources for the purchase of additional volumes of gas and other support for the energy sector.
15:08 Kuleba said that Ukrainian specialists are already working at the site of the missile crash in Poland: "Ukrainian specialists are already working at the site of the tragedy in Pszewoduv, which occurred due to Russian missile terror against Ukraine. I am grateful to the Polish side for providing them with access. We will continue our cooperation is open and constructive, as the closest friends do."
15:01 The SBU detained a "high-ranking" collaborator who headed the "apparatus" of the occupation administration in the liberated region of Mykolaiv region. After the area was liberated, she tried to hide in the uncontrolled territory in southern Ukraine, but did not have time.
14:48 Orban said that Hungary supports Ukraine, but does not want to put its interests above its own, therefore it opposes a common loan from the EU countries.
14:21 Podolyak once again stated that Ukraine will not make any territorial compromises with Russia: “Understand: any territorial“ compromises ”will not bring peace, but will increase the victims. Any concessions by the Russian Federation will become Putin’s victory, legalize murders and make war a tool international relations. That would mean a cross on international law. Does anyone really want this?"
13:44 In Nikolaev, water will appear after the restoration of electricity in the Kherson region, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim. According to him, this should happen "in the coming weeks."
13:25 "Head" of Crimea Sergei Aksyonov said that work is underway on the peninsula to create military fortifications: "Fortification work is being carried out on the territory of Crimea, aimed at guaranteeing the security of Crimeans." At the same time, he added that the security of the Crimea will be primarily ensured by "events in the Kherson region."
13:21 Macron at the APEC summit called on the participating countries to put pressure on Russia to stop the war in Ukraine: "This war is also your problem, because it will create many problems, destabilization ... Help us convey this message to Russia: stop the war, respect the international order, get back to the negotiating table."
13:14 Participants of the ministerial meeting of APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) adopted a joint statement condemning Russia's actions in Ukraine. The Russian Federation traditionally inserted that "there were other opinions."
12:46 Reznikov said that the Ministry of Defense not only provided for the current needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but also maintains a reserve for the army. In particular, there are more than 200,000 body armor and more than 100,000 helmets in reserve. Next year, Ukraine will be able to independently provide all the needs of the defense forces for these things, the minister said.
12:29 The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation announced that more than 4.79 million refugees from Ukraine and Donbass have arrived in Russia since February, including more than 712 thousand children. According to Moscow, more than 850 temporary accommodation centers have been deployed in 59 regions of the country, more than 41,000 refugees, including more than 12,000 children, live in them.
12:27 Macron expressed hope for holding "significant peace talks" on Ukraine after the G20 summit. He also would like permanent members of the UN Security Council and representatives of European countries "to be part" of the talks between Russia and Ukraine.
12:25 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that yesterday's strikes on Ukraine allegedly hit "production facilities for the manufacture of missiles, destroyed an arsenal with artillery supplied by Western countries prepared for sending to the troops," as well as "violated the transfer of Ukrainian reserves and the delivery of foreign weapons to combat areas action."
12:22 Erdogan, in a conversation with Putin, discussed bilateral relations and a grain deal, stressed the importance of peace talks on Ukraine, his office said.
12:16 Zelensky, by his decree, introduced Supreme Commander-in-Chief Minister of Infrastructure Alexander Kubrakov and Deputy Head of the Office of the President Roman Mashovets to the Headquarters.
12:11 From December 1, Turkey will close the Bosphorus and Dardanelles for Russian ships carrying oil if they do not have an insurance policy, writes Bloomberg. Turkey is tacitly joining new sanctions on Russian oil, including a price ceiling and a ban on tanker insurance.
12:08 The EU has frozen Russian assets totaling 68 billion euros, writes Politico with reference to an internal document of the European Commission. The main part of the assets was frozen in Belgium - 50 billion euros. This country, as well as Luxembourg, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Austria and France account for more than 90% of the frozen assets. At the same time, almost 34 billion out of 68 billion can be the national reserves of the Russian Federation.
11:35 Damage to Ukraine's key infrastructure from Russian strikes since the start of the war could exceed $100 billion, Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko said in an interview with Bloomberg. At the same time, he clarified that it is difficult to name a specific figure, since the infrastructure is attacked daily.
According to the minister, currently Ukraine's budget deficit is $5 billion a month. At the same time, next year Kyiv hopes to reduce this figure to 3 billion.
11:31 The Swedish prosecutor, who is investigating the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines, confirmed that the incident was a sabotage, as traces of explosives were found at the site.
11:26 Defense Express writes, citing sources, that one of the two cruise missiles shot down over Kiev on November 17 was equipped with a nuclear warhead simulator. According to the publication, it was a cruise missile of the Kh-55 type, in which, instead of a warhead, a unit was "screwed" that acted as a simulator of a nuclear warhead.
11:03 Border guards, together with the SBU and the National Police, liquidated the distribution channel for captured weapons and ammunition. The organizer of the criminal business turned out to be a local resident of Mykolaiv region. He looked for weapons from the areas of warfare left by the invaders. In the future, the person involved in the case sold trophies on the black market.
10:40 On Friday, November 18, schedules of hourly power outages are applied throughout Ukraine throughout the day, and additional emergency shutdowns are also possible, Ukrenergo reported.
10:34 European Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis said that he arrived on a visit to Kiev: "Arrived in Kiev to discuss EU support for Ukraine, focus on emergency financial support and our plans for 2023." He also plans to discuss with Zelensky and Shmyhal specific steps for closer economic integration between the EU and Ukraine.
10:31 Ukrzaliznytsia resumes regular passenger service with Kherson: the first flight will depart from Kiev on Friday, November 18. The train will depart from Kyiv on even numbers, and from Kherson - on odd numbers.
10:17 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) admits that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be able to disrupt the efforts of the Russians to strengthen and maintain their positions in the occupied part of the Kherson region, although it will probably be more difficult for Ukrainian forces to achieve such serious results in the eastern part of the region.
The limited number of high-quality roads and railways in the area, especially connecting Crimea to the mainland, creates potential bottlenecks that could be vulnerable to efforts by Ukraine to block them. This, accordingly, will gradually worsen the Russian ability to continue to supply its group in the eastern part of the Kherson region, as well as in other regions of southern Ukraine, ISW experts say.
09:48 In Volnyansk, Zaporozhye region, the number of deaths as a result of yesterday's night strike on a residential building has increased to nine people, emergency rescue work continues, the President's Office reported.
09:29 Slovak Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy announced that the seventh Zuzana 2 self-propelled artillery mount has arrived in Ukraine.
09:23 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that dialogue with the United States on Ukraine now "simply cannot be, given the radically opposite positions."
09:16 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of November 18. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Limansky and Avdeevsky directions.
personnel - about 83,460 (+350) people liquidated,
tanks - 2879 (+1),
armored combat vehicles - 5808 (+4),
artillery systems - 1865 (+5),
MLRS - 393 (+0),
air defense systems - 209 (+0),
aircraft - 278 (+0),
helicopters - 261 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1536 (+5),
cruise missiles - 480 (+6),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4366 (+4),
special equipment - 161 (+1).
09:06 British intelligence suggests that Russia may try to use part of the forces withdrawn from the Kherson region to strengthen and expand its offensive operations in the Bakhmut region of the Donetsk region. After the withdrawal of troops from the right bank of the Dnieper, Russian forces continue to prioritize the re-equipment, reorganization and preparation of defense in most parts of Ukraine.
New trench systems have been built near the border with Crimea, as well as near the Seversky Donets River between the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Some of these locations are up to 60km from the current front line, suggesting that Russian strategists are preparing for further major Ukrainian breakthroughs, analysts say.
08:38 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one civilian was killed - in Bakhmut. Four more people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:05 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled attacks by invaders in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoye and Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk region and Belogorovka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Disputed, Experienced, Pervomayskoye, Vodyanoye and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning report .
In the Belgorod region, an active recruitment of workers from industrial enterprises to PMC Wagner has begun. Thus, by agreement with the leadership of the Oskol Electrometallurgical Plant, military-age workers will be involved in military training on the basis of PMC Wagner for a period of 30 days with pay. The collections are planned to be carried out in batches of 25% of employees. Upon completion, participants will be asked to sign a contract with a private military company.
In the Lugansk region, due to significant losses of personnel and an insufficient number of medical personnel in the units of the occupiers, by order of the Ministry of Health, employees of medical institutions in the region were ordered to register with the military for further staffing of vacant positions.
06:22 Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest created an investment fund to help and restore Ukraine and invested $500 million in it. It is expected that the size of the fund will be at least 25 billion dollars, and in the future it will grow to 100 billion, writes the BBC. The money will go to Ukraine's energy infrastructure, including renewable energy.
00:17 The fall of a rocket on the territory of Poland did not affect relations between Kiev and Warsaw, said the head of the Bureau of International Policy under the President of Poland, Jakub Kumoch. He stressed that Poland was not attacked, but a tragic incident occurred. "Of course, Russia is to blame for terrorizing Ukraine," he added. Kumoh also expects that the results of the investigation into the missile hit in the village of Pshevoduv will be announced in the coming days.
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In September and October 2022, the number of prisoners in Russian correctional colonies decreased by 23 thousand people.
France24 report (in French) said 30-35,000 convicts are now fighting for Wagner. Of the first (or ealry) 500, 498 are dead and 2 wounded. Chances of lasting 6 months = ~0%. Plus Prigozhin saves a fortune in salaries. New yacht, baby!
HiMARS are going after train bridges/tracks in E. Ukr coming from Russia. Several obvious choke points. Trying to replicate the Kherson logistical failure in southern Ukraine.
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[RIA Novosti] Moscow is demanding that international organizations condemn the shooting of Russian prisoners of war and conduct a thorough investigation, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Her words are given on the website of the department.
"We demand from international organizations to condemn this egregious crime, to conduct a thorough investigation of it," the message said.
According to the diplomat, Western countries did not pay attention to evidence of cruel and inhumane crimes by the Ukrainian side against Russian soldiers.
“Such approval from American and European curators makes them complicit in what the Ukrainian neo-Nazis they cherish are doing,” she said.
Russia, in turn, has repeatedly pointed out this problem to the world community. The Armed Forces of Ukraine regularly distribute videos showing their murders and torture, Zakharova added.
"We are talking not only about the fighters of Azov * and other radical organizations, but about the military personnel of the armed forces of Ukraine, carrying out the official orders of their commanders. Their adherence to neo-Nazi ideology and the implementation of its principles in practice convincingly prove the criminal essence of the regime existing in Ukraine ," she explained foreign policy representative.
She stressed that all the perpetrators and those involved will be identified, "no one will escape retribution."
Earlier on Friday, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Ukrainian military deliberately killed ten captured Russian servicemen. They noted that this is not the first and not a single war crime, but a common practice in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
A video showing Ukrainian militants shooting dead Russian soldiers lying on the ground, who have surrendered, appeared on the Internet today. According to Valery Fadeev , Chairman of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights , this happened in Makeyevka.
The head of the HRC called this incident a demonstrative defiant crime and said that he would demand an international investigation. The HRC sent the video to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the OSCE , the Council of Europe, Amnesty International, the International Committee of the Red Cross and other organizations.
[YouTube] Once the legal justification was laid the very next day on September 21st 2022, Russian President Putin announced in an address to his nation that he was enacting what was called a "partial mobilization of 300,000 troops'' something that hasn’t happened since the call up by the Soviets in World War II. Did Russia react with applause and jubilation? No. There was an immediate backlash with thousands of people fleeing Russia to avoid the draft. Exactly how many have left is still up for debate but on October 4th Forbes Russia reported that as many as 700,000 people have left the country. The Kremlin denies these reports but the Russian FSB did admit that over 200,000 left Russia within the first week alone. This is not an unprecedented reaction to news of a draft. During the vietnam war draft in the United States a recent estimate claims between 60,000 and 150,000 people left the US to avoid service mainly heading to Canada and Sweden.
To get a sense for how Russians felt about this move we can look at the Levada Center poll, conducted directly after the announcement in September it found that 47% of surveyed Russians said they had felt "anxiety, fear, and horror" Another 23% reported "shock," while 13% felt "anger and indignation" and 23% said they felt "pride for Russia." polls of course can be misleading but I think these numbers paired with the images of miles of cars and trucks trying to escape Russia show just how much of a shock its been. Russian markets took a nose dive in reaction to the news. The Russian Trading System Index plummeted by over 5%. Additional stress is added to Russia’s economy by Putin signed a decree granting a one-time payment of 195,000 rubles or about $3,000 dollars to all mobilized men. That might not sound like a whole lot but at scale it starts to add up. The Chuvash Republic in Russia for instance is owed about 400 million rubles or $6.4 million USD in backpay that their mobilized men have yet to receive which is causing tensions in the population.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:26 Ukrainian media report about seven explosions in Zaporozhye 21:12 Residents of Odessa blocked one of the city's roads in protest over power outages, the Ukrainian edition of Strana reported.
21:11 In the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine, emergency power outages have been introduced due to the fact that the power system is overloaded, informed on Friday, the head of the local military administration, Vitaly Bunechko.
20:13 Personneldetention in the LPR of an SBU agent who was preparing a terrorist attack before the referendum
Vladislav Romensky made an attempt on the head of the Belovodsky district of the LPR and was supposed to liquidate the heads of the Melovsky, Markovsky and Starobelsky regions of the Republic.
19:11 Kyiv continues to hush up the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe in Kherson - new ones appearframes, confirming that with the advent of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the life of citizens is becoming more and more unbearable
Residents of Kherson are in dire need of basic necessities, which, with the advent of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, have become almost impossible to find. There is an acute shortage of medicines and food in the city, and the situation with water is even worse - people are forced to collect it directly from the Dnieper.
Residents literally have to cook food on the street; electricity for an elementary charge of phones can only be obtained from street generators. In addition, there is no heating in the houses, and in order to get fuel, one has to stand in long queues at gas stations.
18:07 Mobilized servicemen in the Volgograd and Saratov regions work out combat in urban areas
When practicing combat in the city, the personnel overcome various obstacles: underground passages, barbed wire fences, fragments of city structures, which will help them perform tasks in a combat situation.
Reconnaissance of the area is carried out by mobilized military personnel using quadrocopters.
Having received information about the whereabouts of the enemy, military personnel in combat twos and threes advance to the building in order to clear it. They move in short dashes, covering each other with small arms fire.
17:11 In the rear area of the Northern Military District ends combat coordination of units manned by mobilized gunners of the Airborne Forces
Crews of 82mm and 120mm mortars underwent intensive training. At training sites, they suppressed firing points, strongholds, lightly armored vehicles and manpower of a mock enemy. Adjustment of the fire was carried out from the air with the help of unmanned aerial vehicles.
17:11 Calculations of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the Southern Military Districtdestroyedobjects and positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zone of the NWO
The Grad MLRS battery received data from artillery reconnaissance and unmanned aerial vehicle crews, advanced, took up a firing position and struck at the identified firing positions and enemy targets.
After striking, the MLRS crews always leave the firing position. Reloading of the Grad MLRS is carried out in spare areas, after which they move to new firing positions to strike at newly identified targets.
Rocket artillery of the Southern Military District destroyed the positions of a concentration of Ukrainian militants in one of the most difficult areas in the Zaporozhye region. According to the unit commander's report, more than one enemy platoon was destroyed.
16:05 Russian Ministry of Defensepublishesfootage of the re-equipment of the Yasnensky formation of strategic missile forces with the Avangard silo-based missile system.
16:02 According to RTVI, the number of confirmed dead foreigners who fought on the side of Ukraine exceeded a hundred. From February 24 to November 17, 101 foreign fighters were killed in Ukraine. The largest number of confirmed losses in the Georgian National Legion and the Carpathian Sich battalion. Despite the reports of military correspondents about the huge number of dead Romanian and Polish fighters, there is no confirmed data on this from either side.
15:03 Broken American armored personnel carrier M113 APU in the Kherson region.
15:03 Russian military destroyed the deputy battalion commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major Igor Kulinich served in the air assault troops of the Kyiv regime.
13:59 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
◾️The village of Experienced in the DPR was liberated;
◾️On November 17, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a concentrated attack on military command and control facilities, the defense industry of Ukraine and the energy infrastructure, its goals were achieved;
◾️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation prevented an attempt to attack the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction, the enemy units were stopped and dispersed;
◾️The transfer of reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the delivery of foreign weapons to the areas of hostilities have been disrupted;
◾️The RF Armed Forces hit the production capacity of Ukraine for the manufacture of missile weapons;
◾️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed in Ukraine an arsenal with artillery weapons supplied by the West, prepared for shipment to the troops;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces thwarted enemy attacks in the Kupyansk direction, destroying more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks and five armored vehicles;
◾️The units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 100 people as a result of unsuccessful counterattacks in the DPR and were thrown back to their original lines.
13:58 At the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed how on the eve of high-precision weapons struck at military facilities in Ukraine.
12:53 Ural intelligence getting ready to join the ranks of the Brave through intensive training in harsh conditions.
The mobilized have a very tight schedule. They interact with various weapons, including foreign ones.
Intelligence units don't just work well behind the front lines, they live there. That is why intensive training is the key to the successful completion of tasks and the preservation of the lives of personnel.
11:55 Defeat from heaven: frames sorties of Su-35S aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces during a special military operation
When performing combat missions, the crews of multi-role fighters practiced patrolling in a given area and covering the actions of bomber and attack aircraft, army aviation helicopters during air strikes against enemy military facilities and equipment.
During one of the sorties, an aircraft and a radar station for illuminating targets and guiding missiles of the S-300 air defense system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were detected and destroyed in a timely manner.
11:55 Russian loitering ammunition "Kub-BLA" strikes infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Pavlovka area.
10:52 In the rear area of the zone of the NWO, mobilized pass combat training
Soldiers practice firing from Fagot anti-tank missile systems. After mastering the weapon, they will be able to cover allied units and repel counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using tanks and armored vehicles.
09:15 Carrival Ukraine in Kherson, electricity left the city, taking water supply with it.
But there were long queues for drinking water and on-site distribution of electricity by the hour to charge mobile phones by the fire brigade.
09:10 Footage of combat sorties of Su-35S aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces during a special military operation.
When performing combat missions, the crews of multi-role fighters practiced patrolling in a given area and covering the actions of bomber and attack aircraft, army aviation helicopters during air strikes against enemy military facilities and equipment.
During one of the sorties, an aircraft and a radar station for illuminating targets and guiding missiles of the S-300 air defense system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were detected and destroyed in a timely manner. Video Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
09:01 Unknown people in Odessa painted the letter "Z" on the monument to the poet Alexander Pushkin.
08:01 Combat work of the crew of the 240mm self-propelled mortar gun "Tulip" of the Central Military District in the special operation zone.
Crews of the Tyulpan mortar gun specialize in destroying concrete structures, strongholds, and large enemy fortified areas. Due to the large caliber and ballistics features, the Tulips shells penetrate concrete structures about three meters thick. Video Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
05:01 Footage of the operation of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS of the Southern Military District in the special operation zone. Combat crews destroyed objects and positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.VideoMinistry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
04:09 Destroyed British armored vehicle HUSKY (Husky Tactical Support Vehicle) APU. Video 18+ obscene vocabulary.
01:41 Zelensky said that 10 million Ukrainians are left without electricity.
0:10 On the railway track in the Odessa region at the Berezovka-Raukhovka section, a freight train stopped due to the undermining of the railway tracks, - Ukrainian media.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:46 At this moment, the settlement is being stormed. Nevelskoy. It is reported that our fighters broke through two lines of defense of the enemy and for the enemy there was an unexpected offensive in the evening. 22:09 Ukrainian nationalists fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk from heavy guns, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports.
“artillery strikes were recorded from the side of the VFU in the following directions: 21:20 — no. Krasnogorovka village - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired, ”the message says.
21:03 Separate tank battalion of the NM DPR supports attack on Vodiane
Tanks T-80 of a separate tank battalion support the advance of assault groups in the direction of Vodyany. Battalion officers control the battle from a mobile command post, which displays an image from reconnaissance assets.
21:02 Acting head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik signed a decree on the demobilization of students.
19:32 A separate tank battalion of the NM DPR supports the attack on Vodiane
Tanks T-80 of a separate tank battalion support the advance of assault groups in the direction of Vodyany. Battalion officers control the battle from a mobile command post, which displays an image from reconnaissance assets. Video NM DNR.
19:11 In the meantime, subpoenas began to be distributed in Kherson.
18:51 As a result of the shelling of the VFU of the Kievsky district of Donetsk, the number of wounded has increased to 6 people.
18:33 Effects of shelling of the Kievsky district of Donetsk. Damage to the building of the State Unitary Enterprise "Water of Donbass" near the Donbass Arena. Beat from 155mm. Six people were injured.
18:20 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on November 18, 2022.
18:05 Artillery units of the 6th Regiment of the 2nd Army Corps of the LPR are destroying the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Soledar direction. Video NM LPR
17:35 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the direction:
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
17:17 AFU shelled the Kyiv district of Donetsk, two people were injured.
17:15 The consequences of the shelling of the settlements of Bryanka and Stakhanov by the armed formations of Ukraine using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS. Video NM LPR
17:05 JCCC DPR Recorded shelling from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Dzerzhinsk — n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
-- n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv district): three rounds fired with a caliber of 152mm.
-- n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
17:03 Arrivals in the center of Donetsk near the Donbass Arena stadium.
16:55 As a result of shelling from the VFU, 14 transformer substations have been de-energized in the villages of Rutny and Kurganka. Boiler house No. 121 was stopped due to a power outage of the transformer substation.
16:25 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv district): three rounds fired with a caliber of 155mm.
— n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): seven rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
15:17 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three rounds of 122mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Leonidovka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): 40 missiles were fired from the 122mm BM-21 Grad.
— n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): eight rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
14:58 According to updated data, as a result of the shelling of the settlement. Bryanka, using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (six missiles of the M31 GMLRS type), a residential building and the building of the former sanitary and epidemiological station (SES) were destroyed, and two outbuildings were damaged.
14:29 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
14:10 In the center of Melitopol, a DRG disguised as Russian soldiers is detained, smoke is visible in the lower part of the city, presumably a terrorist attack was committed - media
14:00 Effects of shelling of the city of Bryanka (LPR) by the armed formations of Ukraine.
As a result of the shelling of N. p. Bryanka using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (the enemy fired six missiles of the M31 GMLRS type) wounded a woman born in 1949, destroyed one and damaged two apartment buildings, damaged one residential building and seven outbuildings, also damaged the building of the DOSAAF Public Organization, gas pipeline and power line.
13:52 Fixation of the consequences of the shelling of N. p. Stakhanov from VFU November 17, 2022
13:50 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Mineral: fired five rounds with a caliber of 122mm;
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Chestnut: fired three rounds of 122mm caliber;
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
13:29 Tankers of the OBTF Cascade are destroying the enemy in the Ugledar direction. After the capture of Pavlovka in this direction, work continues on the capture of Vugledar.Videoreporter Rudenko.
13:25 The RF Armed Forces stopped an attempted attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoliman direction, the enemy units were stopped and dispersed;
The units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 100 people as a result of unsuccessful counterattacks in the DPR and were thrown back to their original lines. Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
13:14 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation officially announced the completion of the liberation of the village of Opytnoye in the Avdeevsky direction. After the liberation of the village, our troops were engaged in cleaning up the remaining positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ??the village.
13:01 "For what?" The fiasco of the Ukrainian propagandist. I expected to hear something completely different from my grandfather, apparently ... The majority of the population of Kupyansk, despite the "regrouping" of the RF Armed Forces,believeRussia and are waiting for liberation from the formations of the Kyiv regime.
12:58 Ukrainian handball champion Evgeniy Kolesnichenko died near Bakhmut.
12:48 Today Ukrainian militants fired at the village of Tavrichanka, Kakhovskiy district, Kherson region. Two days ago, Tavrichanka also came under fire. As a result of both attacks, residential buildings and a kindergarten were damaged.
12:32 Kyiv security forces destroyed the building of the former sanitary and epidemiological station (SES) in Bryanka by shelling and damaged the main gas pipeline. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR.
12:16 Crews of Ka-52 reconnaissance and attack helicopters of the army aviationacceptactive participation in deterring the enemy in the Svatov direction. Combat helicopters destroy camouflaged positions and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of Vikhr guided missiles.
11:39 WorkSAM "Osa" group "V" in the South-Donetsk direction.
10:58 DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
10:57 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for November 18, information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU of the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 20 transformer substations de-energized, without power supply to 2000 subscribers n.p. Alexandrovka.
-- n.p. Yasinovataya: the pumping station supplying water to the city is de-energized.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
10:56 Footage of battles in the Svatov direction.
Assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made an attempt to outflank Kuzemovka through the forest, but were stopped by motorized riflemen of the 1st Tank Army near the railway, after which the Grad cooled the ardor of the attackers.VideoOBTF "Cascade".
10:35 Statement by the NM of the DPR on the situation as of 10.30 18.11.2022
The Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, which are not military targets.
Over the past 24 hours, according to the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired 139 rounds of ammunition from the Himars and Grad MLRS, barreled artillery with a caliber of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm.
The artillery was fired at the areas of six settlements of the Republic. As a result of the shelling, one civilian was killed and four were injured. Eighteen housing constructions and five civil infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS, five tanks (three T-64BV and two T-72M1), twelve armored and automotive vehicles, five UAVs were shot down in the air enemy. Losses in enemy manpower amounted to more than 50 people.
10:20 Consequences of the shelling of a school in the center of Donetsk. VFU attacked with 155mm artillery. Investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation are working on the spot. Video reporter Rudenko.
10:11 Afternoon summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on November 18, 2022.
10:07 Mayor of Bryanka Yevgeny Morozov published the first frames with the consequences of the strike of Ukrainian troops on the city from HIMARS.
10:02 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. as of November 18, 2022
Over the past day, during the active offensive operations of the People's Militia of the LPR, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and military equipment. Destroyed:
- up to 40 personnel;
- one tank;
- three armored personnel carriers;
- one artillery mount;
- 15 units of special vehicles.
The enemy continues shelling civilian infrastructure facilities in LPR settlements. Over the past day, the armed formations of Ukraine fired at the settlement. Stakhanov using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS, firing six missiles.
As a result of the shelling in N. p. Stakhanov, two civilians born in 1950 died. and born in 1951 and three were injured, and one apartment building was destroyed.
Since the beginning of the current day, the armed formations of Ukraine have fired at the settlement. Bryanka, using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS, firing two missiles. Information about the victims and damage is being specified.
Peaceful life is being restored in the territories of the Luhansk People's Republic liberated from Ukrainian nationalists: engineering and sapper units of the People's Militia of the LPR continue demining. During November 17, they cleared more than seven hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of Gorodishche and Kreydianoe settlements.
10:00 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv district): three rounds fired with a caliber of 155mm.
09:46 UAV "Cube" OBTF DNR "Cascade" destroy Ukrainianss, in a panic leaving Pavlovka. Video OBTF "Cascade".
09:32 After 06:00, the DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
09:30 Training of the mobilization reserve of the Russian Federation continues at specially prepared training grounds of the NM of the LPR.VideoNM LPR
09:09 Front-line summary for the morning of 11/18/2022 from the wargonzo project:
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops conducted assault operations in the Stelmahovka area. Russian artillery hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kotlyarovka, Krakhmalny and Berestovo. In the area of ????Novoselovsky - oncoming battles. Who is who for the section of the road.
The Russian army is again trying to activate the northern direction. On the ground, she led attacks on Belogorovka. Artillery hit Serebryanka. All this is on the left bank of the Seversky Donets. An important direction for both parties. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have access to Lisichansk there without water barriers. Russian troops also attacked in the Verkhnekamenskoye area.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are experiencing serious problems in Soledar and Bakhmut. Both settlements are stormed by Wagner PMC. Fights in the city. Ukrainian garrisons desperately resist. There is information that they will receive reinforcements. For the Armed Forces of Ukraine, this has been a critical area for several months now.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops on the ground are trying to push through the defense of the Ukrainian army in the area of Pervomaisky and Nevelsky. Slowly, but moving. The fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdeevka, Krasnogorovka and Maryinka are traditionally fired upon by Russian artillery.
09:05 Combat work of the 3rd Guards Brigade in the Gorlovka area.
The soldiers of the 3rd Guards Brigade with well-aimed fire, which was corrected with the help of UAVs, were able to inflict heavy losses and put the enemy to flight. Video NM DNR.
08:55 As a result of the shelling of the settlement. Bryanka seriously damaged apartment buildings. There are injured civilians. Responsible services work at the scene - Administration.
08:50 Telegram - channel Archangels of the special forces reports on the situation in Kherson:
The Ukrainian military sensed something was wrong and lost interest in their plans to force the Dnieper. Withdrew to the rear to restore the personnel unit, replacing them with parts of the Ter Defense.
They represent their presence.
Most likely, after additional provision, personnel units and subunits will be transferred to other areas.
08:37 Aviation of the RF Armed Forces provides air support to the advancing forces of the 2nd Army Corps in the area of Spornovo. Video NM LPR
08:34 Informationon the shelling of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on November 18, 2022
08:12 Artillerymen covered the Ukrainian militants in the Zaporozhye region.
The battery received data from artillery reconnaissance and UAV crews. She made an advance, took up a firing position - and struck.
With an accurate salvo, the enemy infrastructure was destroyed. After striking, the MLRS crews always immediately leave the firing position. Video RT.
08:01 During the day, 1 person died on the territory of the DPR, 4 more were injured.
Over the past day, from 08:00 on November 17 to 08:00 on November 18, one person was killed and 4 more civilians were injured as a result of shelling of the VFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
08:00 Due to the regular failures of combat orders, mass desertion, and the refusal of Ukrainian military personnel to follow orders, the higher command of Ukraine issued orders "On tightening measures to influence personnel."
First of all, the junior and middle officers were allowed to use all available means of influencing subordinate personnel to perform their tasks.
Also, joint groups consisting of employees of the SBU, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the military prosecutor's office were sent to the zone of active hostilities, who were endowed with emergency powers, up to issuing a sentence and putting it into effect without unnecessary bureaucratic delays.
A kind of military field tribunal is accompanied by people in black uniforms, who perform the function of security guards and executors of capital punishment. Reports officer of the NM LPR Andrey Marochko.
07:31 Destroyed VFU apartment building in Stakhanov, where two civilians born in 1950 died. and born in 1951 and three (women born in 1961, 1952 and 1941) were injured.
07:00 Summary of the LPR Representation in the JCCC for the past 24 hours, November 17.
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, one artillery attack was recorded on the settlement. Stakhanov using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (6 missiles).
As a result of the shelling in N. p. Stakhanov, two civilians born in 1950 died. and born in 1951 and three were injured, and one apartment building was destroyed.
06:18 Destruction of positions of the National Guard of Ukraine in the Belogorivka area. Works artillery 2nd AK LPR.
04:14 The DPR military liquidated a group of Ukrainian saboteurs near Artemovsk, who at first agreed to negotiate the surrender, but then suddenly threw a grenade. Video RIA Novosti.
03:20 From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, the representative office of the JCCC of the LPR recorded shelling: - 02.05 a.m. Bryanka with the use of MLRS HIMARS (six missiles).
Information about the victims and damage is being specified.
01:13 ConsequencesshellingVoroshilovsky district of Donetsk with 155mm rounds. Two arrivals near the 13th school.
01:00 Effects of shelling by Ukrainian militants of the center of Donetsk.
0:14 Ukrainian militants continue to shell Donetsk - explosions are heard in the city.
[ZERO] Finland has announced it will "build the wall" - along its lengthy border with Russia as relations between the two continue rapidly deteriorating due to the Ukraine war and Finland's bid to join NATO.
The plan, unveiled Friday, is a 200-kilometer 'high security' fence along its border with Russia, which in total is 1,300km in distance. This comes amid fears that Moscow could use migrants to exert pressure on Finland, concerns that grew after President Putin's 'partial mobilization' order was issued in September.
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The parallel to the iron curtain would be excellent if there were large numbers of vintage Western Europeans trying to bust into the USSR to join the socialist paradise. Unfortunately, that’s not what happened so the UK Daily is 180 degrees out of phase with truth.
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NEW YORK (AP) — One hundred years ago, a revolutionary Polish patriot argued that Russia’s hunger for territory would continue to destabilize Europe unless Ukraine could gain independence from Moscow.
[Aljazeera] The Wagner Group is shadowy and illegal, but it has been tracked to Ukraine, Syria, Libya, the Central African Republic, Mali, and elsewhere. It is known as a deadly fighting force of mercenaries with a goal of furthering Russia’s military interests around the world. One Wagner fighter is now speaking out about what life is like as a soldier for hire.
[YouTube] Once the legal justification was laid the very next day on September 21st 2022, Russian President Putin announced in an address to his nation that he was enacting what was called a "partial mobilization of 300,000 troops'' something that hasn’t happened since the call up by the Soviets in World War II. Did Russia react with applause and jubilation? No. There was an immediate backlash with thousands of people fleeing Russia to avoid the draft. Exactly how many have left is still up for debate but on October 4th Forbes Russia reported that as many as 700,000 people have left the country. The Kremlin denies these reports but the Russian FSB did admit that over 200,000 left Russia within the first week alone. This is not an unprecedented reaction to news of a draft. During the vietnam war draft in the United States a recent estimate claims between 60,000 and 150,000 people left the US to avoid service mainly heading to Canada and Sweden. 
[ZERO] Finland has announced it will "build the wall" - along its lengthy border with Russia as relations between the two continue rapidly deteriorating due to the Ukraine war and Finland's bid to join NATO.
