[THEINS via CFP] Today Vladimir Putin gave an unscheduled live address to the nation. He claimed that on Nov. 19, six ATACMS missiles — and on Nov. 21, several Storm Shadow missiles — had been used by Ukraine for strikes against targets in Russia’s Kursk and Bryansk regions.
According to Putin, Russia retaliated on Nov. 21 with a combined strike against a Ukrainian defense industry facility. In addition, "a field test was conducted in combat conditions" for one of Russia's newest medium-range weapon systems: a nuclear-free hypersonic ballistic missile. "Our engineers named it 'Oreshnik' [’Hazel’]," Putin declared with a smile.
Putin said Russia is within its rights to use ballistic missiles against "Ukraine's military targets" and to use weapons against military facilities of those countries that have authorized the use of their weapons against Russia.
More from Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
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Text taken from a November 21st video presentation by Russian Federation president Vladimir Putin. "Hazel"
[ColonelCassad] Putin reported two episodes of the use of Western long-range weapons on Russian territory. The use would have been impossible without the help of Western countries.
The ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles were used.
The strikes did not achieve their goals.
These strikes will not prevent the achievement of the goals of the Strategic Defense Forces.
Nevertheless, the conflict is becoming global.
In response, Russia demonstrated the use of a ballistic missile in a non-nuclear hypersonic warhead. The object was successfully destroyed.
The new missile system is called "Oreshnik".
Russia considers itself entitled to use weapons against objects of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against Russian objects.
Russia will respond decisively and in kind to the escalation.
There are currently no means of countering Russian "Oreshnik" missiles.
The Russian Federation will decide on the further deployment of medium- and shorter-range missiles depending on the enemy's actions.
Russia prefers peaceful means, but is also ready for any development of events, "there will always be a response.
The newest Russian missiles attack targets at a speed of 2-3 km per second, the enemy's existing missile defense systems do not intercept them.
The Russian Federation will offer Ukrainian civilians in advance to leave the danger zone when missiles are used.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 19.37 The number of casualties as a result of shelling by Russian troops has increased in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Thus, 34 casualties are known in Dnipro and Krivoy Rog.
18.37 Main Intelligence Directorate fighters launched a missile strike on a concentration of Russian invaders in the Zaporizhia region - a platoon of occupiers was eliminated.
18.22 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with a UK delegation led by Chief of the Defence Staff, Admiral Sir Anthony Radakin. They discussed further development and enhancement of the technological capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
18.03 As a result of the strike by Storm Shadow cruise missiles on the underground command post of the Russian army in the Kursk region, at least 18 Russian soldiers were killed and dozens were injured. This is reported by Russian publics.
17:15 If the strike by a Russian intercontinental ballistic missile on Ukraine is confirmed, it will be an extremely serious event, which will indicate a continuation of escalation by Russia, said French Foreign Ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoyne.
16:16 The use of an intercontinental ballistic missile to strike Ukraine demonstrates yet another round of aggression on the part of Russia and shows that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is not interested in peace talks, European Commission spokesman Peter Stano said at a briefing.
15.51 International human rights organization Amnesty International has condemned US President Joe Biden's decision to provide anti-personnel mines to Ukraine and called it "reckless."
14.04 Russia continues to test new weapons in Ukraine, once again demonstrating its disregard for dignity and freedom. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky in an address to Ukrainians, reacting to the enemy's intercontinental missile strike on the Dnieper.
13.10 Another Georgian fighter, 24-year-old Levan Lokhishvili, has died in the war in Ukraine. The soldier died in the Kherson region when a homemade drone exploded.
12.19 A video has appeared online that may indicate the first-ever combat use of an intercontinental ballistic missile. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the missile strike was carried out on November 21 from a test site in the Astrakhan region of Russia on targets in Dnepr.
12:10 Unknown drones were spotted Wednesday morning in Russia's Astrakhan region. It was from there that the Russians launched an intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine.
11.43 Hungarian Defense Minister Kristof Szalay-Bobrovnicki said he had ordered the deployment of air defense systems in areas of the country closest to the border with Ukraine, citing fears of escalation after Ukraine was allowed to fire Western weapons deep into Russian territory.
11.38 Russian invaders struck the city of Krivoy Rog. There are 15 known casualties.
11.22 Strikes by Western long-range weapons against Russia will change the nature of the war. This is stated in a report by the Institute for the Study of War. ISW analysts came to the conclusion that the series of strikes on November 19-20 indicate that Ukraine has already begun to use long-range weapons systems provided by the West to create more complex strikes, which will help it effectively wage war against the Russian aggressor.
11:00 The United States allows for an exchange of nuclear strikes if necessary, but the country must simultaneously retain part of its arsenal to further deter opponents. As a result of the use of nuclear weapons, the United States must "continue to lead the world," the Pentagon emphasized.
10.51 As a result of the missile attack by Russian aggressors on the city of Dnepr, two people were injured. The local OVA reported on the damage caused.
10.40 The NASAMS system from Canada is on its way to Ukraine. The air defense system is already in Poland and should soon be sent across the border, said Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair.
9.59 Russian troops dropped an aerial bomb on a residential area of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region. The attack injured six civilians and damaged 10 apartment buildings.
9.45. Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile and eight other missiles at the Dnieper. The Ukrainian Air Force destroyed six Kh-101 missiles.
9.01 As a result of Russian shelling, one of the two power lines at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant has been cut off. This was reported by the Ministry of Energy. It is noted that the plant is connected to the Ukrainian energy system by only one power line. If the last line is disconnected, another complete blackout will occur at the Zaporizhia plant.
8.49 According to the General Staff, 153 combat clashes occurred on the front over the past 24 hours. Missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces carried out twelve strikes on areas of concentration of enemy personnel and military equipment, a command post and a field warehouse of the enemy were hit.
8.20 . An industrial enterprise was damaged in Dnipro as a result of an attack by Russian troops. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Sergey Lysak. There were also two fires in the city.
7.50 . The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 1,510 Russian occupiers in one day. The enemy's total combat losses from 24.02.22 to 21.11.24 were approximately 727,250 people. This was reported by the General Staff.
7.23. The Navy reported a threat from the Black Sea. As of the morning of November 21, there are 24 Russian ships there, 5 of which are carriers of Kalibrs with a total salvo of up to 28 missiles.
03:24 The Telegraph writes about major problems in Ukraine's air defense that could arise if Trump cancels arms supplies to Ukraine. The Patriot air defense systems currently in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces will very quickly cease to be useful, since Ukraine has a very small stock of missiles for them. Without permission from the White House, Ukraine will not be able to buy them even at its own expense. Theoretically, the Patriot air defense systems could replace the SAMP/T systems, but their number in the world is very limited. In addition, they could also have American components.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian Armed Forces Contain Russian Attacks in Eastern and Southern Ukraine.
The enemy has again concentrated on the Pokrovsky direction. The defense forces have repelled 22 Russian attacks, eight combat clashes are still ongoing.
Since the beginning of the current day, 114 combat clashes have occurred on the front. Ukrainian troops are repelling the Russian offensive in 10 directions and in the Kursk region. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a report as of 16:00 on Thursday, November 21.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, the Russians stormed the positions of Ukrainian units in the Volchansk area six times. The fighting continues.
In the Kupyansk direction, the occupiers attacked 12 times in the areas of Petropavlovka, Kolesnikovka, Zagryzovoye and Lozovaya. Five clashes are ongoing.
In the Liman direction, the invading army also carried out 12 attacks near Tverdokhlebovoye, Novoegorovka, Grekovka, Terny, Torskoye and in the Serebryansky forest. 10 battles have ended, two more are ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, since the beginning of the day, the enemy has attacked twice near Chasovy Yar and Stupochki. The battle is currently ongoing.
In the Toretsk direction, the aggressor attempted four times to penetrate the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defenses in the areas of the settlements of Toretsk and Shcherbinovka.
In the Pokrovsky direction, Russian invaders made 30 attempts to push our defenders from their positions in the areas of Mirolyubovka, Promenya, Lisovka, Petrovka, Mlechnoye and Pustynka. The defense forces repelled 22 enemy attacks, eight combat contacts are still ongoing.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, the enemy army carried out 21 attacks near Berestki, Solntsovka, Zarya, Kurakhovo, Dalnee, Yekaterinovka and Antonovka. Nine assaults were repelled. The fighting continues.
In the Vremivsky direction, there were seven enemy attacks in the direction of Trudovoye, Konstantinopolskoye, Razliv, Sukhi Yal and near Novodarovka. Three battles are still ongoing.
In the Orekhov direction, occupation forces once stormed the positions of the Defense Forces near Pyatikhatki.
An enemy attack is being repelled in the Dnieper direction.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces operation in the Kursk region is also ongoing. Since the beginning of the day, Russian aircraft have carried out 15 strikes of the 22nd UAB on their own territory. Our soldiers have repelled 11 assaults. The fighting continues.
Let us recall that on November 20, the Russian army lost more than 1,500 fighters in one day. Since the beginning of the Great War, Russian losses amount to almost 730 thousand people killed and wounded.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, the units of the Sever Group of Forces have defeated units of the 116th Territorial Defence Brigade and the 5th Border Detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine near Lebedevka and Kazachya Lopan (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses were up to 145 troops, two tanks, 11 armoured fighting vehicles, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
The units of the Zapad Group of Forces have improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of 28th, 63rd, 116th Mechanised brigades and the 119th Territorial Defence brigades of the AFU near Kupyansk, Zagryzovo, Glushkovka (Kharkov region), and Krasny Liman (Donetsk People's Republic).
Five counterattacks of AFU 14th, 115th mechanised brigades and the 119th Territorial Defence Brigade have been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 480 troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, one armoured fighting vehicle, six motor vehicles, one 155-mm U.S.-made M198 howitzer, two 152mm D-20 guns, two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer. Two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations and four field ammunition depots have been eliminated.
The units of the Yug Group of Forces have liberated Dalneye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian troops have hit 33rd, 54th Mechanised brigades, the 56th Mechanised Infantry Brigade of the AFU near Chervonoye, Seversk, Verolubovka, Dachnoye, and Kurakhovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counterattack of the AFU 46th Airmobile Brigade has been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 380 troops, 12 motor vehicles, one 155mm UK-made Braveheart self-propelled artillery system, two 152mm D-20 guns, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and four 105mm U.S.-made M-119 guns. One Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station and one ammunition depot have been eliminated.
The units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing into the depths of enemy defences, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 100th Mechanised Brigade, the 68th Infantry Brigade, the 425th Air Assault Brigade, the 38th Naval Infantry Brigade, 2nd, 14th National Guard brigades, and the 241st Territorial Defence Brigade close to Grodovka, Sukhoy Yar, Dachenskoye, Ulyanovka, Dimitrov, and Pravdovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, 11 counterattacks of assault detachments of AFU 117th, 151st Mechanised brigades, the 68th Jaeger Brigade, the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, and the Lyut Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine have been repelled.
The AFU losses were more than 385 troops, two Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, one armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20 gun, two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun.
The units of the Vostok Group of Forces have taken more advantageous lines and positions, defeated units of the 33rd Mechanised Brigade, the 71st Infantry Brigade of the AFU, and the 130th Territorial Defence Brigade near Zelyonoye Pole, Ulakly, and Novosyolka (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counterattack by units of the AFU 36th Naval Infantry Brigade has been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 145 troops, one tank, one infantry fighting vehicle, one U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, three motor vehicles, and one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of the 31st Mechanised Brigade, the 141st Infantry Brigade of the AFU, 118th and 126th territorial defence brigades close to Novoandreyevka, Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region), Burgunka, and Nikolskoye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses were up to 85 troops, nine motor vehicles, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer. One field ammunition depot has been destroyed.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware clusters in 142 areas.
Air defence facilities have shot down two UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles, six U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles, and 67 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 648 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 36,467 unmanned aerial vehicles, 586 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,420 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,490 MLRS combat vehicles, 18,318 field artillery guns and mortars, and 28,573 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
The units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of 41st, 47th, 115th Mechanised brigades, 5th and 17th Tank brigades, the 82nd Air Assault Brigade, the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 112th, 117th and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the AFU near Aleksandriya, Viktorovka, Daryino, Lebedevka, Leonidovka, Malaya Loknya, Nikolsky, Novoivanovka, and Sverdlikovo.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted losses on enemy manpower and hardware near Agronom, Aleksandriya, Bogdanovka, Kruglenkoye, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Martynovka, Malaya Loknya, Melovy, Nizhny Klin, Nikolayevka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novoivanovka, Plyokhovo, Sverdlikovo, Staraya Sorochina, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye as well as Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, Obody, and Yunakovka (Sumy region).
The AFU losses were over 150 troops over the past 24 hours. Five AFU servicemen surrendered.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 34,540 troops, 215 tanks, 147 infantry fighting vehicles, 120 armoured personnel carriers, 1,190 armoured fighting vehicles, 988 motor vehicles, 296 artillery guns, 40 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 13 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 68 EW stations, 13 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 27 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, six armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 21:39 A reconnaissance UAV of the Sever group discovered a firing position of a mortar crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk border area.
The FPV operator of the 44th Army Corps performed a masterful job on the target, destroying it,video.
20:52 A German 155mm self-propelled gun "Panzer Howitzer 2000" was caught near the border of the Kursk region. As usual, they worked with "Lancet", -video.
19:42 Artillerymen of the "Southern" group of troops hit astronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kurakhovsky direction.
The scouts discovered an enemy stronghold located on the outskirts of one of the settlements and promptly transmitted the coordinates to the control point. The crew of the 152mm Msta-B howitzer received the task and, with the help of UAV adjustments, carried out a precise strike on the identified target.
18:24 Destruction of a combat vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Zaporizhia direction. Malye Shcherbaki settlement –video.
17:47 During reconnaissance activities, servicemen of the North group of troops noticed in a forest belt, a camouflaged position of a mortar crew of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. After determining and confirming the exact coordinates of the enemy's location, a decision was made to fire. The detected target was promptly destroyed using an FPV drone of the reconnaissance forces of the "North" group of forces. Objective control means recorded a direct hit on the position of the mortar crew.
16:53 Crews of the Su-35S multi-role super-maneuverable fighters with controlled thrust vector completed air cover for Aerospace Forces crews in the border areas of the Kursk region – video.
15:44 Direct hit by Lancet:
Servicemen of the North group of forces using the Lancet loitering munition destroyed a self-propelled gun "PzH-2000" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border area of the Kursk region.
11:58 FPV drones of the Russian Defense Ministry's Rubicon Advanced Unmanned Technologies Test Center hit Ukrainian Armed Forces armored vehicles in the Kursk direction –video.
10:42 Jeweled precision: the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ pontoon crossing over the Seversky Donets was destroyed by a missile strike –video.
Footage of an air strike with guided missiles on a Ukrainian Armed Forces pontoon crossing over the Seversky Donets River in the Krasno-Limansky direction. As a result of the precise hit, the crossing was destroyed.
09:22 Su-25 crews carried out missile air strikes on armored vehicles and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the border areas of the Kursk region —video.
08:51 Telegram channel «WarGonzo»:
- Zaporizhzhya Front. Russian troops continue to be active in the Orekhovsky sector. There are small advances.
- Donetsk Front. After a short pause, the Russian Armed Forces continued to develop the offensive in the direction of Velyka Novoselovka. There are tactical successes in the Urozhainoe area. Fighting continues in Kurakhovo, where Russian troops, according to some reports, have taken control of about 40% of the territory of the settlement.
- Chasovoyarsk direction. Fighting continues in the city limits and on the flanks. Russian troops continue to methodically put pressure on the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
- Kursk region. There are advances of Russian troops in the forested areas near Olgovka. The enemy has been concentrating its forces and resources there for a long time. Counter battles continue in several areas. The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to conduct counterattacks, but they cannot achieve success.
08:00 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of the special military operation for November 20, 2024
– Russian forces struck the Impuls plant in Shostka in the Sumy region, causing a powerful detonation at the facility. Ukrainian forces struck a facility in Maryino in the Kursk region with Storm Shadow cruise missiles.– In the Kursk direction, Russian soldiers destroyed another M1A1SA Abrams tank in the Sudzhansky district, and also completed clearing positions in the Olgovskaya grove area in the Korenevsky district.
– In the Pokrovsk direction, assault aircraft are fighting on the eastern outskirts of Petrovka, advancing on Pokrovsk along the railway.
– In the Kurakhovo direction, Russian troops have liberated Novoselidovka, are fighting in Sontsevka, and have also made significant progress within the borders of Kurakhovo.
[BBC] Russia is estimated to have supplied North Korea with more than a million barrels of oil since March this year, according to satellite imagery analysis from the Open Source Centre, a non-profit research group based in the UK.
The oil is payment for the weapons and troops Pyongyang has sent Moscow to fuel its war in Ukraine, leading experts and UK Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, have told the BBC.
These transfers violate UN sanctions, which ban countries from selling oil to North Korea, except in small quantities, in an attempt to stifle its economy to prevent it from further developing nuclear weapons.
The satellite images, shared exclusively with the BBC, show more than a dozen different North Korean oil tankers arriving at an oil terminal in Russia’s Far East a total of 43 times over the past eight months.
Further pictures, taken of the ships at sea, appear to show the tankers arriving empty, and leaving almost full.
North Korea is the only country in the world not allowed to buy oil on the open market. The number of barrels of refined petroleum it can receive is capped by the United Nations at 500,000 annually, well below the amount it needs.
Russia’s foreign ministry did not respond to our request for comment.
The first oil transfer documented by the Open Source Centre in a new report, was on 7 March 2024, seven months after it first emerged Pyongyang was sending Moscow weapons.
The shipments have continued as thousands of North Korean troops are reported to have been sent to Russia to fight, with the last one recorded on 5 November.
“While Kim Jong Un is providing Vladimir Putin with a lifeline to continue his war, Russia is quietly providing North Korea with a lifeline of its own,” says Joe Byrne from the Open Source Centre.
“This steady flow of oil gives North Korea a level of stability it hasn’t had since these sanctions were introduced.”
Four former members of a UN panel responsible for tracking the sanctions on North Korea have told the BBC the transfers are a consequence of increasing ties between Moscow and Pyongyang.
“These transfers are fuelling Putin’s war machine – this is oil for missiles, oil for artillery and now oil for soldiers,” says Hugh Griffiths, who led the panel from 2014 to 2019.
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has told the BBC in a statement: “To keep fighting in Ukraine, Russia has become increasingly reliant on North Korea for troops and weapons in exchange for oil."
He added that this was “having a direct impact on security in the Korean peninsula, Europe and Indo-Pacific".
EASY AND CHEAP OIL SUPPLY
While most people in North Korea rely on coal for their daily lives, oil is essential for running the country’s military. Diesel and petrol are used to transport missile launchers and troops around the country, run munitions factories and fuel the cars of Pyongyang’s elite.
The 500,000 barrels North Korea is allowed to receive fall far short of the nine million it consumes – meaning that since the cap was introduced in 2017, the country has been forced to buy oil illicitly from criminal networks to make up this deficit.
This involves transferring the oil between ships out at sea – a risky, expensive and time-consuming business, according to Dr Go Myong-hyun, a senior research fellow at South Korea’s Institute for National Security Strategy, which is linked to the country’s spy agency.
“Now Kim Jong Un is getting oil directly, it’s likely better quality, and chances are he’s getting it for free, as quid pro quo for supplying munitions. What could be better than that?"
“A million barrels is nothing for a large oil producer like Russia to release, but it is a substantial amount for North Korea to receive,” Dr Go adds.
TRACKING THE ‘SILENT’ TRANSFERS
In all 43 of the journeys tracked by the Open Source Centre using satellite images, the North Korean-flagged tankers arrived at Russia’s Vostochny Port with their trackers switched off, concealing their movements.
The images show they then made their way back to one of four ports on North Korea’s east and west coast.
“The vessels appear silently, almost every week,” says Joe Byrne, the researcher from the Open Source Centre. “Since March there’s been a fairly constant flow.”
The team, which has been tracking these tankers since the oil sanctions were first introduced, used their knowledge of each ship’s capacity to calculate how many oil barrels they could carry.
Then they studied images of the ships entering and leaving Vostochny and, in most instances, could see how low they sat in the water and, therefore, how full they were.
The tankers, they assess, were loaded to 90% of their capacity.
“We can see from some of the images that if the ships were any fuller they would sink,” Mr Byrne says.
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[THEINS via CFP] Today Vladimir Putin gave an unscheduled live address to the nation. He claimed that on Nov. 19, six 
