[Yahoo] "The Russians have no idea," Alexander Toots, the head of Estonian counterintelligence, tells me, laughing.
"They have absolutely no idea he is here. You can be the one to tell them."
Toots was referring to the defection of a Russian spy to Estonia. But Artem Zinchenko isn’t just any spy. He was the first agent of Russia’s military intelligence arrested by Estonia, in 2017, then traded back to Moscow a year later for an Estonian citizen in Russian custody. Zinchenko has now sought asylum from the very NATO country that unmasked and imprisoned him for spying against it.
Zinchenko’s defection has not been publicly disclosed by either side until now, in what must count as a humiliating blow not only to the Kremlin but also to his onetime masters in the GRU, as the former Soviet military intelligence service is still known.
In early October, the Estonian government granted Yahoo News unprecedented access to Zinchenko. Over the course of four hours he offered up his autobiography, reflective and remorseless, detailing his supporting role in the mostly unseen shadow play between Russian espionage and Western efforts to thwart it. Estonia, once occupied by the Soviets, is now at the forefront of countering Russian intelligence gathering and provocations on NATO soil.
As Zinchenko told it, his decision to defect was as much motivated by the Kremlin’s brutality at home and abroad as it was by what he saw as Estonia’s humanity toward him, an enemy agent. His cautionary tale is also an indictment of the policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a former KGB case officer whose own spy apparatus has been weakened amid his Ukraine war, according to British intelligence.
Once a highly secretive and effective spy agency, the GRU in the past decade has come under heightened international scrutiny owing to a spate of compromised or failed operations. Foremost among these is the hacking and leaking of Democratic Party emails in advance of the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the botched 2018 assassination attempt on Sergei Skripal, another defector from its ranks, in Salisbury, England. The GRU is now reportedly assuming a firmer grasp on Russia’s faltering but gruesome campaign in Ukraine, where Zinchenko has relatives fighting on the frontlines on behalf of Kyiv against the very masters he once served. Longer story at link
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"...Well, the food was better, they got a great dental plan, and they don't seem to have as many issues with people fallin' outta windows, if you know what I mean, and I think you do..."
[ZERO] The Ukrainian leadership was well aware of what happened but decided to propagate the most dangerous conspiracy theory in history in an attempt to spark World War III. The Western public would do well to dwell on this since it means that they’ve been forced by their governments into subsidizing what can objectively be described as a literal apocalyptic death cult that lied to their leaders in an attempt to get them to bomb Russia and thus likely end the world.
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Isn't it hilarious how any misbehavior on the part of the Ukrainians is met with immediate accusations that the other party must be in the pay of "TEH ROOSHINS"?
And by hilarious I mean disturbing. These are people who have no problems with war criminals and Nazis on their side, and if you point this out it means you must be FSB propaganda.
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[Korrespondent] 23:08 The IAEA Council adopted the third resolution since the beginning of a full-scale war in Ukraine, in which it called on Russia to stop all actions at Ukrainian nuclear facilities. In it, the organization "expresses its grave concern that the Russian Federation has not heeded the Council's calls to immediately cease all actions against and at nuclear facilities in Ukraine, and asks the Russian Federation to do so immediately."
Also in the resolution, the IAEA called on Russia to immediately withdraw its forces from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and expressed "serious concern over unacceptable pressure on Ukrainian operational personnel" and their detentions, as well as repeated interruptions in external power supply as a result of shelling of the adjacent territory.
Of the 35 countries, 24 voted in favor of the resolution, two - China and Russia - voted against, seven (Kenya, Namibia, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Vietnam) abstained, and two more were absent during the voting.
22:49 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with UN Secretary General António Guterres: "I thanked him for his leadership in continuing the Black Sea Grain Initiative. I am also grateful for the support of the humanitarian initiative of Ukraine - Grain from Ukraine. Ukraine will remain the guarantor of world food security. Grateful for participating in the work Coordinating Council of Ukraine for the Protection and Safety of Children.
22:47 Germany, Poland, Belgium, Japan, Turkey, the United States have already joined the Ukrainian initiative Grain from Ukraine, Zelensky said. According to him, these are only those who have already made a decision, and there will be more participating countries. "The meaning is very simple and as specific as possible. All countries of the world, together with Ukraine, can provide food supplies for those in the world who suffer most from food shortages. We will soon provide more details on how this will work," the president added.
22:24 Zelensky said that today more than 10 million Ukrainians are left without electricity. Most of all - in Vinnitsa, Odessa, Sumy regions and in Kyiv. “Over and over again we repeat to our partners that only the complete protection of the Ukrainian skies will save both Ukraine and Europe from many possible escalations of Russian aggression and will definitely induce Russia to truly end the war. to win some time and gather strength for new strikes, but for real peace," the President stressed.
22:19 Zelensky said in an evening video message that today's decision of the Hague court provides the basis to condemn the perpetrators and the highest level: "Those who bear full personal responsibility for the crime of aggression against Ukraine is the primary crime that gave rise to all the others committed by rashists since 2014 year. This is something without which it is impossible to secure the world from a repetition of such wars as Russian aggression against our state. When all the murderers and executioners are convicted, when Russia compensates for all the losses caused by Russian aggression, this will be a very strong foundation for a long-term peace."
21:48 The political groups of the European Parliament have agreed on the text of a resolution recognizing Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, which is scheduled to be voted on next week, MEP Andrius Kubilius said: "After four hours of negotiations between the political groups of the EP, an agreement was reached on the text." According to him, the resolution will contain the following line: "The European Parliament ... recognizes Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism and a state using terrorist means." The resolution is expected to be discussed and put to a vote in the European Parliament during the November 21-24 session.
21:10 Kuleba said that he had a telephone conversation with his Polish colleague Zbigniew Rau about the missile fall in Poland: "Ukraine and Poland will openly and constructively interact over the incident caused by Russian missile terror against Ukraine. Our experts are already in Poland. We are expecting an early access, in cooperation with Polish law enforcement officers, to the scene of the incident."
20:33 Berlusconi said that it is he who can convince his friend Putin to sit down at the negotiating table and end the war in Ukraine, and intends to do this before Christmas.
20:22 Russia cannot be excluded from the G20, despite the calls of some Western politicians, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said: "The G20 is a wider group of countries working on the principle of consensus. Thus, it is impossible to exclude Russia from this group in the same way as from the G7 ".
19:48 CNN reports, citing several US officials, that the United States is running out of some high-tech weapons systems and ammunition that can be transferred to Ukraine. In particular, 155 mm artillery ammunition and Stinger man-portable air defense missiles are of particular concern. Also among the "scarce" types of weapons are anti-radar missiles HARM, missiles for HIMARS and Javelin missiles.
19:17 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the course and results of the MH17 trial show that it was based on "a political order to reinforce the version of Russia's involvement." Moscow regrets that the court in The Hague "neglected the principles of impartial justice in favor of political expediency."
18:59 The Swedish Parliament approved the provision of previously announced military assistance to Ukraine for a record $287 million.
18:53 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, over the past week, about 650 prisoners were recruited in correctional institutions of the Russian Federation - they were sent to the Rostov region for training. In case of injury, medical care of this category will be provided exclusively in hospitals in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
In some settlements of the Lugansk region, the enemy has tightened administrative and police measures. In particular, the entrances to Rubizhne from the directions of Kremennaya and Varvarovka are closed. The movement of civilians has been restricted in the city and filtration measures have been strengthened. In Mariupol, the occupying authorities plan to deploy units of the National Guard, special forces and rapid response units with a total number of up to 400 people.
The Russians continue the forced evacuation of the population of Ukraine and the removal of property from the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson region. In particular, on the night of November 16, the invaders forcibly removed the population from Novokievka. In addition, the central city hospital in Nova Kakhovka ceased to function, because all medical equipment and ambulances were stolen and taken in the direction of Crimea.
18:30 The European Commission announced that this month it is coordinating a new delivery of more than 1,800 tons of emergency aid to Ukraine, including in the energy sector, through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. Thus, the total amount of material assistance sent to Ukraine is 74 thousand tons worth more than 450 million euros, it is supplemented by 523 million euros in the form of financial humanitarian assistance already provided after Russia's illegal invasion.
The latest support comes from Belgium, Finland, Germany, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Sweden. It includes power equipment, shelter items, first aid kits, protective clothing, fire fighting equipment, water carriers and buses, etc.
European Commissioner for Anti-Crisis Management Janez Lenarczych said that the damage to the Ukrainian energy system is approaching critical.
18:21 After a nighttime missile attack on a residential building in Volnyansk, Zaporozhye region, the bodies of seven dead were pulled out from the rubble, search and rescue operations continue, the President's Office reported.
17:47 Today, the Russian Federation again launched air strikes on Ukraine. A gas production facility in the east and a rocket plant in the Dnieper came under fire. Details are in the material A new goal?
17:39 Duda said he understands Zelensky, who spoke about Ukraine's innocence in the fall of a rocket in Poland: "I talked with President Zelensky. This is an extremely difficult situation for Ukraine, and there are great emotions, there is great stress. We remind you that in recent days Ukraine is under extremely heavy rocket fire from Russia."
17:15 Zelensky said that in the MH17 case it is necessary to punish not only the perpetrators, but also the customers: "An important decision of the court in The Hague. The first sentences for those responsible for the downing of MH17. But it is necessary that the customers also find themselves in the dock, because the feeling of impunity leads to new crimes. We must dispel this illusion. Punishment for all Russian atrocities - both then and now - will be inevitable."
17:13 Polish President Andrzej Duda said that no traces of the second fallen rocket were found. Initially, local publications wrote that two rockets fell on the territory of the country.
17:09 Israel, under pressure from the United States, acquired strategic equipment for Ukraine worth millions of dollars and allowed NATO countries to supply Ukraine with their weapons, including optoelectronic equipment and fire control systems, writes Haaretz.
16:45 The Hague court sentenced Girkin, Dubinsky and Kharchenko in absentia to life imprisonment. The court estimated the total amount of compensation for the relatives of the victims of the MH17 crash at more than 16 million euros.
16:36 During a morning missile attack on a critical infrastructure facility in the Izyumsky district of the Kharkiv region, four employees of the enterprise were injured, and during the inspection of the scene, the Russian military repeatedly launched a missile attack on the Izyum region, as a result of which four policemen were injured, the regional prosecutor's office said.
16:33 Finland is transferring the largest package of military assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the war in the amount of 55.6 million euros, Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen said. He did not provide details.
16:22 The Hague court found Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinsky and Leonid Kharchenko guilty of destroying the MH17 aircraft and killing 298 of its passengers. At the same time, the court found Oleg Pulatov not guilty.
The judge stated that the defendants in the MH17 case were not a single group, as the prosecutor's office claimed, but were related to the use of the Buk air defense system. The court also stated that the Buk air defense system, from which MH17 was shot down, was brought from Russia to Ukraine, and then taken back to hide the traces of the crime. At the same time, the court noted that it was impossible to establish the actions of the SAM crew, and it is also unclear who gave the command to launch the missile.
15:50 The Armed Forces of Ukraine control the territory near Crimea, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Aleksey Gromov said: "Our servicemen have really reached the coast of the Dnieper River, which allows us to control the territory close to the temporarily occupied peninsula of Crimea. Artillery soldiers and servicemen of the Armed Forces in general Ukraine is doing everything possible to hit the enemy at the maximum range of our weapons."
15:46 Ukrainian experts were allowed to the site of the missile crash in Poland , the Office of the Polish President reported.
15:44 Blinken said that the United States does not see any evidence that would refute Warsaw's conclusions about the fall of a Ukrainian missile in Poland.
15:37 The Hague court approved the decision that the MH17 plane was shot down from the Buk air defense system from the territory of the village of Pervomayskoye, which at that time was controlled by the "DPR" militants. The court considered the version of the prosecution proven and will soon announce the verdict. Russians Igor Girkin (Strelkov), Sergei Dubinsky, Oleg Pulatov, and Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko are accused of attacking a civilian aircraft.
Dutch legal expert Marieke de Hoon said that the Hague court recognized Russian control over the actions of the "DPR" from mid-May 2014 and from that moment qualifies the war in the "DPR" as an international armed conflict under the general control of Russia.
15:31 The number of wounded as a result of today's Russian strike on the Dnieper has increased to 23 , of which 15 were hospitalized, one injured in serious condition, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko. The strike was carried out on city blocks at the beginning of the day. An industrial plant, houses, trolleybuses and a busy street were damaged.
15:27 The authorities of Belarus are looking for the possibility of establishing the production of components for shells of 152-mm and 122-mm calibers in the country and plan to switch to a closed cycle of ammunition production in the future. The possibility of organizing a technological process for collecting rockets of 122-mm, 220-mm and 300-mm calibers from imported components is also being clarified, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports.
In this regard, a visit of the Belarusian delegation to Iran is scheduled for November 20-23. The list of issues for discussion with the Iranian side concerns the entire production cycle - from the technology of steel smelting for ammunition components to the coloring of shells and containers used for their packaging.
15:21 Russian strategic aircraft launched 18 Kh-101 and Kh-555 cruise missiles across Ukraine today. Four missiles were shot down - all of them were eliminated in the sky over the Kiev region, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. The invaders also launched five Shahed-136 kamikaze drones from Belarus - all of them were also shot down in the Kyiv region. The Russians attacked the south of Ukraine from ships in the Black Sea, launching Caliber missiles, as well as two Su-30 fighters. The latter fired at least six X-59 missiles - two were shot down.
15:05 NATO does not expect large-scale operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the winter, Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana said: "We do not expect great success in the next few months, since the season does not allow for large-scale operations. In the spring, perhaps we will see a more dynamic situation on the ground."
14:57 Kuleba said that he had a telephone conversation with Blinken right during another massive missile strike on Ukraine this morning: "We share the opinion that Russia bears full responsibility for its missile terror and its consequences on the territory of Ukraine, Poland and Moldova. I thanked United States for their vital defense assistance and stressed that the delivery of air defense systems to Ukraine needs to be accelerated. NASAMS has already proven its effectiveness. I am also convinced that the time for Patriot has come."
14:48 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that in Pavlograd, Dnepropetrovsk region, the workshops of a defense enterprise for the production of fuel and rocket engines for the Ukrainian army were allegedly destroyed, and in Zaporozhye, the workshops of the Iskra research and production complex, which allegedly produced electronic components for the repair of radar stations and jet salvo fire systems.
14:46 Peskov, commenting on Zelensky's statement about the negotiations, said that there are no public negotiations: "And even more so public negotiations to such an extent. But one thing is clear - the Ukrainian side does not want any negotiations. The special military operation continues, and its goals should be achieved."
14:42 The Russians fired at Chasov Yar in the Donetsk region from MLRS in the morning, as a result of which three people were injured. A kindergarten, a boiler room and at least nine houses were damaged, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
14:26 In Ukraine, due to Russian attacks, 40% of consumers remain without electricity, said Dmitry Sakharuk, Executive Director of DTEK. According to him, the Kyiv region needs to be prepared for the fact that there will be no electricity for several days. Because of this, there will be not planned outages, but planned inclusions - for a maximum of 2-3 hours.
13:42 Russian troops, after retreating from the right bank of the Kherson region, can transfer their forces to the Donbass. Also, the Zaporozhye direction or the pulling up of reserves for a second invasion from Belarus is not ruled out, said Alexei Gromov, deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, it is now extremely important for the enemy to establish control over the Donetsk region.
13:39 There are 16 checkpoints in Kherson where they are looking for collaborators, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said. According to him, the National Police has lists of traitors who helped the Russians. They were transferred to checkpoints. According to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 763 people have already been checked in the Kherson region, five of them were detained and handed over to the SBU on suspicion of collaborating activities.
13:36 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Ukraine's preconditions for the start of negotiations are unacceptable, "Russia's position on protecting its territorial integrity is unshakable."
13:33 Zelensky said at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum conference that there is no more corruption in Ukraine - all corrupt officials have left the country, "and we will do everything so that they stay where they are now."
He also admitted that Ukraine could resume the transit of Russian ammonia in the event of an "all for all" exchange of prisoners of war. The President once again stated that Kyiv would negotiate with Russia if it withdraws its troops and admits that what it has done is a tragedy.
13:27 Since November 11, Russia has launched 148 missile strikes on Ukraine, 111 of them on November 15, said Alexei Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff. In particular, on Thursday, November 17, Russia fired 16 cruise missiles and five drones at Ukraine (including gas production infrastructure). In total, since November 11, 102 air targets have been shot down.
Gromov also said that during the counter-offensive, the Armed Forces of Ukraine reached the line along the right bank of the Dnieper, freed up to 5580 square meters. km of territory and 198 settlements.
12:50 Belarusian border guards reported that the Ukrainian military began construction of a reinforced concrete fence on the border, barbed wire was installed on top in two rows.
12:38 In the Kiev region, air defense forces today shot down several enemy targets that were aiming at critical infrastructure. There were no strikes in the region, but there were hits in other regions of Ukraine, which also affects the energy system of the Kyiv region, said OVA head Oleksiy Kuleba. According to him, the situation with electricity in the region remains difficult, emergency shutdowns continue.
12:33 The Russians today massively fired at the gas production infrastructure of Ukrgasdobycha JSC in eastern Ukraine , said Oleksiy Chernyshev, chairman of the board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine. According to him, at present it is known about several destroyed objects, others received damage of varying degrees. Information about the consequences and scale of the attack, as well as the victims, is being specified.
12:29 Ukrainian specialists will participate in the investigation of the missile fall in Poland, Zelensky said at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum conference: “Yesterday we received confirmation that our specialists will take part in the investigation. Until the investigation is completed, we cannot say exactly which missiles or parts of them fell on the territory of Poland. But we saw pictures of the diameter of the funnel. It could not be just the remnants of anti-missile systems."
12:24 In the Odessa region, the enemy fired Caliber from the Black Sea today, and using tactical aircraft from two Su-30s sent six air-launched missiles. In Odessa, an infrastructure facility was hit, one person was injured, the buildings of neighboring enterprises were damaged by the blast wave. All six missiles were destroyed by the air defense forces over the sea, said Serhiy Bratchuk, spokesman for the UVA.
12:17 Erdogan said that after the contacts between the heads of intelligence of Russia and the United States in Ankara, he received information from the head of Turkish intelligence that the parties would refrain from using nuclear weapons: "The information that I received from my intelligence chief about whether Russia and the United States will use nuclear weapons here is that for the time being both sides will not make any attempt to use nuclear weapons."
Erdogan also said that he was counting on the continuation of meetings between the heads of Russian and American intelligence in Turkey.
12:02 Lithuanians have purchased a marine drone for Ukraine for $250,000, journalist Andrius Tapinas said. The drone was named PEACE Dec - this name got 12,000 votes. Now Lithuania is raising funds for another drone for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:55 During the air raid, which lasted about three hours, four missiles and five Shahed UAVs were destroyed over Kiev, the KGVA reported.
11:32 Certain evidence has already been collected at the site of the missile crash in Poland, demonstrating the sequence of events, the head of the Bureau of International Policy under the President of the country, Jakub Kumoch, told TVN24: “Today there is a lot of evidence that one of the missiles that was supposed to shoot down the Russian missile , did not hit the target, the self-destruct system did not work, and this rocket, unfortunately, led to a tragedy."
According to him, there are no objections from the American side of the Polish-American investigative team regarding the participation of Ukrainians in the investigation, so "such access may be provided in the near future."
11:28 Zelensky said on Bloomberg Global Financial News that he does not know 100% whose rocket fell in Poland: "I don't know what happened this time, we don't know 100%, I think the world doesn't either knows 100% But I am sure that there was a Russian missile and that we used air defense missiles... But we must be fair and honest, until the investigation is completed, we cannot say what type of missile was the fragments of which fell on the territory Poland".
11:25 The number of wounded as a result of the Russian missile attack on the Dnieper has increased to 14 people , said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko.
11:22 The Russians launched rocket attacks on the critical infrastructure of the Izyumsky district, three people were injured, the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov said.
11:15 Zelensky showed the moment of today's missile attack on the Dnieper:
10:48 The number of victims of attacks on the Dnieper has increased to eight, Mayor Boris Filatov said.
10:36 UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he welcomes the agreement of all parties to extend the grain deal. He also said that the UN is fully committed to removing the remaining obstacles to the export of food and fertilizer from Russia.
10:33 The death toll from a nighttime strike on a residential building in Volnyansk, Zaporozhye region, has risen to four, the President's Office reported. Rescue and search work continues.
10:29 Shmyhal said at the Kiev International Economic Forum that Russia had attacked the Southern Machine-Building Plant in Dnipro: "Now missiles are flying over Kiev. Now our gas production is being bombed, our enterprises in Dnipro, Yuzhmash are being bombed ."
10:25 Russian missiles hit two districts of the Dnieper. In particular, there was a hit in an industrial enterprise, a strong fire broke out there, residential buildings nearby were damaged. Previously, five wounded, among them a 15-year-old girl. All the wounded are in a state of moderate severity, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
10:23 Two Iranian drones were shot down over the Kiev reservoir, the Kiev city military administration said. In just the last hour, the air force shot down two cruise missiles and one Shahed UAV in the capital area. In addition, three Shahed drones were destroyed by air defense forces.
10:12 On Thursday, November 17, schedules of hourly power outages are applied throughout Ukraine throughout the day, as well as emergency shutdowns. As reported by Ukrenergo, due to a sharp cold snap, electricity consumption has increased in those regions of Ukraine where electricity supply has already been restored after massive missile strikes on November 15. This further aggravated the situation in the power system.
09:44 According to preliminary information, two cruise missiles were shot down over Kiev. There are no data on casualties and destruction, the information is being specified, the KGVA said.
09:40 The grain agreement has been extended for another 120 days - a corresponding decision has just been made in Istanbul, said Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov. The UN and Turkey remained the guarantors of the implementation of the initiative.
Since August 1, when the grain initiative began, to date, Ukraine has exported more than 11 million tons of agricultural products to 38 countries of the world. Ukraine has officially approached the partners in the initiative with a proposal to extend the initiative for at least one year and to add the port of Nikolaev to it. Now Kyiv is waiting for a response.
09:37 Western allies of Kiev held the seventh meeting in the Ramstein format. This time the meeting took place against the backdrop of a massive missile attack on Ukraine and the fall of missiles on Polish territory. All the main results and statements following the meeting are in the material What weapons will Ukraine receive .
09:35 British intelligence predicts that a decrease in power in the energy system of Ukraine will affect the population's access to communications, heating and water supply. The degradation of Ukraine's national infrastructure has become a key element of Russia's strategic approach to the campaign, analysts say.
09:32 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of November 17th.
personnel - about 83,110 (+400) people liquidated,
tanks - 2878 (+7),
armored combat vehicles - 5804 (+7),
artillery systems - 1860 (+0),
MLRS - 393 (+0),
air defense systems - 209 (+0),
aircraft - 278 (+0),
helicopters - 261 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1531 (+6),
cruise missiles - 474 (+0),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4362 (+2),
special equipment - 160 (+0).
09:23 The Russians have just shelled the Dnieper, there are several hits on two infrastructure facilities. According to preliminary data, one person was injured, the President's Office said.
09:21 The head of the Odessa OVA announced a missile attack on an infrastructure facility in the region during the morning air raid. According to him, there is a threat of a massive missile strike across the entire territory of Ukraine.
09:19 At night, the Russians launched a missile attack on one of the settlements in the Volnyanshchina of the Zaporozhye region. As a result of the rocket hit, in particular, a two-story residential building was destroyed. Under the rubble were people, according to preliminary data, two of them died, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
09:17 Air defense works in the Kiev region, said the head of the OVA Alexei Kuleba.
09:15 The past day, the enemy fired at the cities of Kupyansk and Volchansk and other settlements of the Kupyansky and Chuguevsky districts of the Kharkiv region, located not far from the collision line. In the Kupyansky district, three people were hospitalized with injuries, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the regional police department.
09:11 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, four civilians were injured - three in Bakhmut and one in Pereezdnoy. In addition, law enforcement officers found the body of one civilian killed during the occupation in Sosnovoe, said Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA.
08:56 According to preliminary estimates, more than 130 thousand square meters are contaminated with explosive objects. km of the territory of Ukraine is almost a third of the territory of the state. According to the Directorate of Engineering Troops of the Command of Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since February, sappers have checked for the presence of explosive objects more than 841 hectares of terrain, 32 km of power lines, 28 km of gas pipelines, 82 km of roads, 57 thousand square meters. m of buildings, detected and neutralized more than 31 thousand units of explosive objects.
08:41 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that Russia has begun to openly campaign for the forced removal and adoption of Ukrainian children. Thus, a propaganda "series" about several Ukrainian children from Donbass, who were forcibly adopted into Russian families, began to be distributed in the Russian Federation. Analysts point out that in the videos they filmed, they present data that more than 150,000 minors were "evacuated" from the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Earlier, Zelensky stated that the invaders illegally deported at least 11,000 children from Ukraine to the Russian Federation - these are only those whose names are already known.
08:35 Emergency blackouts have been introduced in Kyiv, emergency shutdown schedules that were drawn up earlier are not yet in effect, DTEK said.
08:13 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled attacks by invaders in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhovka and Belogorovka in the Luhansk region and Verkhnekamenskoye, Soledar, Nevelskoye, Maryinka and Pervomayskoye in the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning report .
06:26 Canada will allocate additional military assistance to Ukraine for 34 million Canadian dollars (25.5 million US dollars) and extend its mission to train the Ukrainian military in the UK as part of Operation Unifier until the end of 2023, the Canadian Ministry of Defense announced. The money will be used to provide the Armed Forces with satellite imagery, as well as high-resolution drone cameras, winter equipment, including portable heaters, thermal blankets and sleeping bags.
04:02 Khmelnitsky and Rivne nuclear power plants suffered from a massive shelling of the Russians on November 15, said IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi. According to him, this indicates the potential nuclear safety risks that all nuclear facilities in Ukraine face during the war, and not just the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. "The situation with nuclear safety and security in Ukraine could suddenly worsen, increasing the risk of a nuclear accident," he added.
00:15 Zelensky said that until Ukrainian air defense shoots down at least 90% of missiles, the authorities will not call on Ukrainians to return from abroad: "Now we have statistics - we shoot down 70%. If we shoot down 90-95%, we would tell people: this is a risk, but we tell you frankly - the economy of the state cannot and will die without you. Indeed, it does not exist without people who work. But I cannot say this, because I cannot provide guarantees today, that our Air Force will protect our skies by 90-95%, preferably 100%".
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by David Norman
[RIA] The incident with the rocket attack on Poland made it clear how the West sees an emergency way out of the Ukrainian crisis if Russia cannot be defeated on the battlefield. But first things first.
On Tuesday evening, the Kyiv authorities and their allies began to take stock of what they said was the most powerful missile strike since the beginning of the special operation. They came to the conclusion that the Russian troops managed not only to bring the energy system of the second largest European country to the brink of destruction, but also, having gathered their courage, hit a strategic target outside of it - a Polish tractor near the village of Przewoduv, which killed two people.
This incident - or rather, the reaction that followed - provides a lot of food for thought.
The incident was first reported by local media. After that, the Polish authorities announced that they were holding consultations with NATO allies on the possibility of applying the fourth article of the main treaty of the alliance, which provides (who would have thought!) Consultations if one of the countries participating in the bloc believes that it is in danger.
At the same time, Warsaw tried to avoid direct accusations against Moscow , limiting itself to slippery wording, according to which the blow was delivered by a "Russian-made missile." But Russian Ambassador Sergei Andreev was nevertheless summoned to the country's Foreign Ministry.
But in Kiev and the Baltic States, the culprit was immediately appointed: it, of course, was Russia.
However, closer to Wednesday morning, it became clear that the Polish tractor would not cause a third world war. US President Joe Biden called a missile launch on Poland from Russia unlikely. Moscow's non-participation was also stated by his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan , and the Polish leader Andrzej Duda noted: there is no reason to believe that the shelling will be repeated.
Moreover, Warsaw hastened to declare that they do not see the need to apply the fourth article.
However, Kyiv continued to persist all this time, but from calls to "put the terrorist in his place" voiced in the evening, Zelensky switched to other, more cautious formulations.
“I have no doubt that the rocket that caused the explosion in Poland was not Ukrainian,” he denied.
But even this did not seem enough to him, so he decided to indicate to whom, if anything, to be held accountable for "getting into NATO."
“I don’t even doubt in the evening report to me personally from the Air Force Commander and Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhny that it was not our missile or not our missile attack. I have no reason not to trust them,” Zelensky carefully shifted the responsibility.
In this situation, it is also worth noting that Poland did not fail to point Ukraine to its place: Duda, speaking about the investigation of the incident to which the Kiev authorities asked for access, said that this was a joint procedure carried out by Warsaw and Washington.
"If anyone is to be admitted to these proceedings, this requires a bilateral agreement," he said.
However, I hasten to disappoint those who hoped that this incident would serve as a pretext for ending Western support for Ukraine. Although, it would seem, adequate people, seeing how the Ukrainian army works - either they blow up a tractor or drop a rocket on a house in Kiev - they will think about whether to supply Zelensky with new weapons, but not in this case.
What happened is an unscheduled stop-cock, which the United States and its satellites are counting on if things get really bad in Ukraine - not for Kyiv, of course, but for Washington and its comrades.
Yes, this time everything, apparently, events developed by chance, but organizing a similar provocation and not trying to immediately stop the escalation, as is happening now, is worthless. And in this case, the United States will artificially find itself in a position from which, at first glance, both ways out are worse: either act within the framework of not the fourth, but the fifth article of the NATO treaty, or reconsider the very principles of the alliance. In other words, the choice will be between engaging in direct conflict with a nuclear power and destroying the cornerstone of the entire security system that has kept America alive for so many years.
However, there will still be a third option: finding a diplomatic solution to the conflict almost before it starts, as soon as the casus belli arises. Indeed, in the West they believe that the threat of confrontation with the armies of Western countries will force Russia to sit down at the negotiating table.
Such a format, when the Kremlin will resolve issues with the White House, is undoubtedly more meaningful than playing diplomacy with Kyiv. But it will not work in the same way if Washington is not ready to seek compromises.
But in place of the Ukrainians, one should ask the question, what will happen to Ukraine itself by this moment? What will be left of her? Western partners have already hurried to note that although it was not Russia that launched the missiles, it still bears the responsibility. And the longer Washington and Brussels approach from these positions, the longer Ukraine will remain a testing ground for military developments by NATO gunsmiths.
There is another weak spot in this plan: if there is the necessary reserve of political will, the American satellites can organize such a provocation even without the consent of Washington. And when the tail wags the dog, Washington's favorite "controlled chaos" is increasingly difficult to control.
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The famous unknown source of our administration leaked information that the media ran with as true.Shielded as this person is he or she can inject their poison here and there whenever.This individual wants war with Russia as many do as well in this administration. Perhaps a diversion from current reality here. The plan now is in Turkey. A desperate effort of the west to back out of this massive failure. Original intentions were to have Russia collapsing and Putin deposed.The opposite has occurred. After the fall of the Soviet Union Russia was thought of as a inferior power. The ego of the west was a massive. So in my opinion Russia gets what it wants. The money drain and associated inconveniences for Europe ended. The same game plan will be in play as in Vietnam and Afghanistan. Ukraine will be the orphaned child. One thing you may count on the Democrats use the same playbook they have been using for years.
When the Russians sneak a S-300 all the way across Belarus undetected by anybody and use a SAM as a land attack weapon to hit a NATO target tilling soil 4 miles inside of Poland as a first strike option to begin WWIII, thats WW111 to you tiktokrs, we need to get which NATO Article correct.
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Missiles were tracked. Hence Ukraine was advised to back down. I believe Unknown to Zelensky independent efforts in Ukraine made this effort happen. Perhaps even involving Poland's President. Frustrated and reduced to stone age a desperate effort to involve NATO to provide cover.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:12 In the first half of the day, information appeared about new attacks on targets in Ukraine: the Ukrainian prime minister announced attacks on gas production facilities, explosions were reported in Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk. 22:31 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the workshops of two Ukrainian defense plants were destroyed by a missile attack in Zaporozhye and Pavlograd.
21:55 Another one destroyed Ukrainian122mm MLRS BM-21 "Grad" in the Svatovsky direction.
15:22 There may be no electricity in Kyiv for a week, said DTEK CEO Dmitry Grigoriev
According to him, houses and streets that do not have critical facilities on the power grid will not receive electricity until the situation stabilizes, which could take a week.
Sakharuk: “Now we are not talking about planned outages, but about planned inclusions. And, unfortunately, the number of hours in which these inclusions will be is 2-3 hours a day maximum.
13:07 AFU fired at Shebekino in the Belgorod region - a local resident was injured, her condition is assessed as serious
The head of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the city of Shebekino in the Belgorod region with 122mm BM-21 rocket artillery Grads. According to preliminary information, a local resident was injured, she is in serious condition.
“The ambulances are taking her to the hospital now. All operational services went to the place," Gladkov said.
12:48 In Feodosia, a Ukrainian drone was shot down, which was trying to attack the junction substation
In Feodosia, a UAV drone was shot down today, which was trying to strike at the Kafa power substation. According to the adviser to the head of the Crimea Oleg Kryuchkov, debris fell on the territory of the facility.
According to him, no damage was recorded, and electricity continues to be supplied to local homes.
12:45 In Odessa, a military unit was struck, eyewitnesses report.
12:43 Special services detained an engineer of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, who corrected the strikes of Ukrainian artillery on the station - RIA Novosti source.
11:11 Russia is attacking the Southern Machine-Building Plant in Dnipro and gas production facilities, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said at the Kiev International Economic Forum.
10:54 After the missile strikes, DTEK introduced emergency blackouts throughout the Dnepropetrovsk region, media reports.
10:33 Over Kyiv noticed flying rocket
According to local media, the rocket flew over the Shevchenkovsky district of the city. And although local media write that air defense is allegedly working there, there are no traces of it on any video.
10:21 A missile attack was carried out on an infrastructure facility in the Odessa region - Governor Maxim Marchenko.
10:20 Russian missiles strike at energy facilities - head of Zelensky's office Andriy Yermak.
10:18 An air alert was also announced in western Ukraine
Sirens work in Lviv, Lutsk, Ternopil, Rivne, Volyn and many other Western cities. In Dnepropetrovsk, we recall, explosions are now sounding. It is not yet known which object was hit.
09:33 Ukrainian nationalists throw forces to the Zaporozhye region from the Kherson direction.
Nuts are the priority, two brigades are being transferred. The militants were counting on an offensive in late November or December. At the moment, two brigades are being transferred, with Orekhov being the priority. It is there that the M777 and the mass of other artillery, and armored vehicles, and the manpower of the enemy are now coming.
Ukrainian nationalists trained more than 40 people who are members of sabotage groups. But we are waiting for them... Although the guys were tired, to be honest, they asked me to tell them that they would kill everyone, that the line of contact was clear. It will not be easy, but there are all prerequisites that in the event of an enemy offensive, it will turn into a counteroffensive.
09:13 Changes are not without change on the Bakhmut front.
Zahisniks from the 93rd Motorized Brigade as a result of clashes with "musicians" Lost the brigade commander and battalion commander.
At the same time, the fighters of this brigade regularly go missing. It has already become the norm for brothers to leave their two hundredths during retreats. According to one version, in this way the command hides real losses.
08:49 A missile attack is inflicted on Ukraine: explosions in Odessa, the east and south are covered by an air raid
Sirens are roaring in Kharkiv, Sumy, Odessa, Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk and Poltava regions.
08:38 PMCs burn out the places where Ukrainian troops are stationed in Artemovsk and its suburbs with "Solntsepyok"
On the footage, the work of heavy flamethrower systems -video.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:43 Ukrainian troops fired at Donetsk, firing a total of 10 rounds of "NATO" caliber 155mm. 22:33 Russian troops took full control of the road between Pavlovka and Nikolsky in the DPR.
21:45 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for November 17, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Central-Gorodskoy district):
- on the street. Demyan Poor suffered a woman born in 1957.
As of 21:30, the total number of civilian casualties from AFU attacks for November 17, 2022 is four people (one dead, three injured). The information continues to flow.
19:07 VFU fired at the Central City district of Gorlovka, a woman was wounded.
18:43 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for November 17, receivedadditionalinformation on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- on the street. Engels, a man born in 1978 died.
Received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kuibyshevsky district:
- st. Vakhrusheva, 40 - a direct hit in the central heating main of boiler room No. 197 "b".
Petrovsky district:
De-energized6 transformer substations, without power supply for 400 household subscribers.
n.p. Gorlovka (Central city district):
- st. Cultural, 24 - a direct hit in private housing construction;
- st. Demyan Poor, 16 "a" - damaged car, gas pipeline;
- st. Demyan Poor, 19 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Demyan Bedny, 35 - fire of the outbuildings;
- st. Turgenev, 13 - a private residential building;
- st. March 8 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Levanevsky, 7, 9 - private residential buildings;
- st. Ozeryanovskaya, 9 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Lesi Ukrainky, 8, 10 - private residential buildings.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
18:15 Military experts of the DPR JCCC confirmedfactshelling Yasinovataya, and also specified the weapons used and the direction of firing.
The enemy fired from their positions located in the area of the settlement. Andreevka, using the M-142 HIMARS MLRS.
The shelling of Yasinovataya by the VFU was carried out using weapons supplied by NATO countries, which continue to terrorize civilians and destroy the social infrastructure of the Republic.
As a result of the shelling,damagefacade and glazing of the Palace of Culture "Mashinostroiteley", at the address: st. Machine builders, 21.
The victims were avoided.
17:20 Ilovaisk - according to preliminary information, HIMARS arrivals, some of the missiles were intercepted by air defense. Details are being specified.
17:12 AFU shelled the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, a man was killed.
16:57 Ukrainian security forces shot 39 pro-Russian activists in Kherson during punitive actions, 74 people were taken to an unknown direction - RIA Novosti with reference to emergency services.
16:52 Nova Kakhovka was subjected to mortar fire - the city administration.
“As a result, glass flew out and windows were shattered in the Administration building on Dneprovsky Avenue,” the administration said.
16:20 Through the eyes of the enemy: rounds overtake a detachment of militants near Ugledar —video.
Our fighters are hitting the Nazi unit with accurate fire. Apparently, the fire is adjusted from the UAV.
16:15 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for November 17, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Yasinovataya:
A man born in 1961 was injured in Central Park. and a woman born in 1961
Information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
- Kuibyshevsky district - st. Stepnaya, 38, 39 - private residential buildings.
— Kyiv district — st. Voronikhina, 20, 23, 25 - private residential buildings; st. Yuryeva, 1 "a" - a private residential building.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
15:50 The attack of the Ukrainians in the Kuibyshev region does not stop. At 15:40, four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired from Netaylovo.
15:49 At 15:35 shelling of the Kirovsky district from the VFU was recorded. Three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired from Krasnogorovka at peaceful quarters, according to the JCCC.
15:38 VFU attacked Yasinovataya, two people were injured.
15:32 The enemy is advancing on the Kupyansky and Limansky fronts, the Russian army repels the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, —summary.
- In the Kupyansky direction, as a result of a preemptive fire strike at the area where the AFU manpower was concentrated, an attempt by the enemy to attack the positions of the Russian army in the direction of the settlement was prevented. Novoselovskoe LPR. Up to 20 Ukrainian fighters and two armored vehicles were destroyed.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, as a result of Russian artillery fire, army aviation strikes and heavy flamethrower systems, attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack with the forces of five company tactical groups in the direction of the settlement were thwarted. Kolomyychikha, Makeyevka, Ploschanka, Chervonopopovka and Chervonaya Dibrova LPR.
Enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 100 Ukrainian fighters killed and wounded, 1 tank, 3 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 armored vehicles and 3 pickup trucks.
- In the Lisichansk direction, as a result of high losses and the low morale of the arriving reservists, the military personnel of the unit of the 81st airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the settlement. Belogorovka LPR refused to obey the command and perform combat missions.
The militants of one of the Ukrainians formations, sent to Belogorivka to restore order, shot five Ukrainian soldiers in front of the formation to intimidate the personnel of the brigade.
15:24 Russian army inflicted a series of powerful strikes: in Pavlograd, the workshops of a defense enterprise for the production of fuel and rocket engines for Ukrainian militants were destroyed. Also, high-precision missile strikes in Zaporozhye destroyed the shops of the Iskra research and production complex, which produced electronic components for the repair of radars and MLRS.
15:20 Attack on Ugledar: The road between Pavlovka and Nikolsky in the DPR is taken under the full control of Russian troops, —Ministry of Defense.
The active actions of the units of the Russian troops prevented three attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the forces of up to three company tactical groups from the areas of the settlements of Prechistovka, Vugledar and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. As a result of the fire damage, the enemy units were stopped and dispersed. More than 60 Ukrainians, two tanks and three armored fighting vehicles were destroyed.
The operation in the South-Donetsk direction is continued by the Marines of the Pacific Fleet and fighters of the DPR OBTF.
15:09 For mass heroism, courage, fortitude and courage, the 23rd Tallinn Fighter Aviation Regiment was given the honorary name "Guards". The corresponding decree was signed by Vladimir Putin.
14:48 Rybar: Ukrainian formations continue their attacks in the area north of Svatovo. Recently, the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed from the air an armored group of the 92nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Novoselovsky.
Helicopters Ka-52 of the Russian Army Aviation burned five enemy tanks guided missiles "Whirlwind". The Armed Forces of Ukraine also lost several units of other equipment and suffered losses in personnel.
Despite all the failures, the Ukrainian command is making more and more attempts to attack the positions of the RF Armed Forces near Novoselovsky in order to push through the Russian defenses and reach Svatovo.
14:14 Consequences of the shelling of the city of Shebekino in the Belgorod region: a house was destroyed, an 11-year-old girl was seriously injured -a photo.
14:10 Residents of the long-suffering Kyiv region are again under enemy fire. At 13:50, four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired at them from the village of Orlovka.
13:59 "A tiny part" of the territory of the LPR is under the control of Ukraine, Pasechnik said in an interview with RIA Novosti. According to him, we are talking about about 1% of the territory.
13:35 Russian rocket artillery destroyed the positions of Ukrainian militants in one of the most difficult areas of the Zaporozhye region,transmitsRIA Novosti correspondent.
13:23 At 12:57 Ukrainian fascists opened fire from multiple launch rocket systems 122mm BM-21 Grad. According to the JCCC, 20 rockets were fired in the Kyiv and Kuibyshev regions. Data on the victims and destruction are being specified.
13:06 Military experts of the DPR JCCC confirmed the shelling of the Kievsky district of Donetsk with 155mm artillery systems, and also specified the direction of firing.
The enemy fired from their positions located in the area of ??the settlement. Novoselovka First. Responsibility of the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade (commander - Colonel Kurash Yevgeny Yuryevich; head of artillery - Lieutenant Colonel Tsiganok Dmitry Vasilievich).
The shelling of the Kyiv region by the VFU was carried out using weapons supplied by NATO countries, which continue to terrorize civilians and destroy the social infrastructure of the Republic. As a result of the shelling, damage was recorded at seven addresses.
13:05 Ukrainian terrorists 122mm BM-21 "Gradami" hit the Belgorod region.
“Grad rounds hit a private residential building (in Shebekino). According to preliminary information, there is one victim. The girl is in critical condition. Ambulances are taking her to the hospital now. All operational services went to the place, ”Governor Gladkov.
12:51 The 4th Brigade of the LPR is hitting the enemy in the Lisichansk direction -video.
12:44 Kyiv district of Donetsk is again under fire from Ukrainian Nazis. The JCCC reports that at 12:25 pm, 4 rounds of 155mm caliber were fired from the village of Orlovka. Arrivals were recorded in the Shcheglovka microdistrict.
12:35 In Odessa, a military unit was struck, eyewitnesses report.
12:32 A UAV of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at night unsuccessfully attacked the key substation of the Crimean energy bridge in the Feodosia region - Mash.
12:28 Mi-28, "Night hunter" in the sky of Donbass -video.
12:23 Special services detained an engineer of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, who corrected the strikes of Ukrainian artillery on the station, a source told RIA Novosti.
12:18 Explosions in Ochakovo! The American base was built there for about 10 years, so the destruction of such an object is not even a matter of ten strikes - TG channel "First Kharkov".
11:51 Over the past day, the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR reported 36 facts of firing from the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy used - MLRS "Himars", artillery 155mm and 152mm. In Khartsyzsky - MLRS "Himars". On Yasinovatsky - 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad", artillery 155mm and 152mm, mortars 120mm. On Gorlovsky - artillery 155 and 152mm. All having fired 134 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of nine settlements of the Republic: the capital city of Donetsk (Proletarsky, Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts), Khartsyzsk, Golmovsky, Gorlovka (Central city, Nikitovsky and Kalininsky districts), Novobakhmutovka, Yakovlevka, Yasinovataya, Makeevka (Kirov and Chervonogvardeisky districts), Dokuchaevsk.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of three civilians in the Kievsky district of Donetsk and the previously liberated Krasnaya Polyana and Pavlovka. Damaged 21 housing construction in the Kirovsky and Kiev regions of Donetsk, Dokuchaevsk, the Central City district of Gorlovka, Krasnaya Polyana and Yasinovataya, as well as six civil infrastructure facilities. In the previous day, 48 shellings were recorded from the side of the VFU.
11:32 "Mopeds" (UAV "Geran-2") continue to fly to the targets, after missile strikes problems near Kyiv and in the Poltava region. One of the Geran kamikaze UAVs has just been spotted in the Ochakov area. Near Kyiv in Irpern, Gostomel and a number of other areas problems with the Internet and cellular communications In the Poltava region, emergency shutdowns are added to hourly schedules to stabilize the voltage, local authorities report.
11:13 Information continues to come in about the consequences of night shelling. So, the building of a kindergarten in the Tekstilshchik microdistrict along Lyashenko Street came under enemy fire - the glazing of plastic windows was damaged.
11:05 Russia strikes at Yuzhmash in Dnepropetrovsk and gas production facilities - Prime Minister of Ukraine
“While rockets are flying over Kyiv. Now our gas production is being bombed, our enterprises in the Dnieper, Yuzhmash are being bombed,” D. Shmyhal said at the Kiev International Economic Forum.
The governor of the Dnepropetrovsk region has already reported a strong fire at an industrial enterprise and several victims.
11:02 New wave: "Geraniums" fly up to Nikolaev and fly towards Kyiv, the authorities report. Air defense is trying to shoot down "mopeds" over the Kyiv reservoir.
10:59 The Kyiv and Kuibyshev regions are again under the gun of the enemy. According to the JCCC, at 10:20 from Netaylovo, the Ukrainian army fired 3 rounds of a NATO sample with a caliber of 155mm at civilians. Ukrainian servicemen again fired at the Kyiv and Kuibyshev regions. Three more rounds of 155mm caliber were fired at civilians.
10:48 Explosions in Dnepropetrovsk and Lviv region. DTEK introduced emergency blackouts throughout the Dnepropetrovsk region.
10:31 The engine of the American high-speed anti-radar missile AGM-88 HARM with an expired warranty period was found by local residents near Donetsk. Judging by the markings, the rocket was created in 1991, its warranty period expired 25 years ago -a photo.
10:29 According to the information received, the Ukrainian army fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk this morning. Four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired from the settlement of Netaylovo. As a result of shelling, two private residential buildings were damaged - roofs and window glazing were cut by shrapnel, a gas pipe was pierced.
10:20 Officially: The Russian army hit infrastructure facilities in the Odessa region and in Dnepropetrovsk. Massive missile strike throughout the territory.
10:05 Powerful explosions in Kyiv and the region
A new massive blow is being dealt to Ukraine, new missile launches are reported. Rockets passed over Vyshgorod in the Chernihiv region. The head of Zelensky's administration, Yermak, said that the Ukrainian energy sector is being hit again.
09:56 Cruise missiles rush over Dnepropetrovsk, explosions are thundering -video.
- also rockets were launched from the Belgorod region towards Kharkov.
— Emergency power outages began in Kyiv — DTEK energy company
09:47 I report onKherson:
The enemy continues to strengthen the defense lines in the occupied territories. Units of foreign mercenaries are being pulled into the area, this time in the Chernobaevka area the Georgians lit up their noses (apparently they came to share their experience in 2008). Ours figured out the delivery of high-speed boats for kamikaze, who all dream of landing on our shore.
Our fighters see everything, are ready for anything. The reception has been organised.
09:23 Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine, said that in the Zaporozhye direction, in the area of ????the settlement of Gulyaipole, the RF Armed Forces went on the offensive. According to him, the goal is to go to Vasilkovka and Pavlograd in order to “tighten” the Donetsk region.
This information has not yet received any confirmation.
08:54 The command of the Central Military District presented state awards to the military personnel of the electronic warfare units, which daily, under any conditions, suppress the means of communication and control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
08:47 The work of TOS-1A "Solntsepek" at the places of basing of Ukrainian troops in Artemivsk and its suburbs -video.
08:34 A missile strike is inflicted on Ukraine: explosions in Odessa, the east and south are covered by an air raid
Sirens roar in Kharkiv, Sumy, Odessa, Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk and Poltava regions.
Commentary unless otherwise indicated are from Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Answers to questions about the course of the SVO for the military correspondent Kotenok's channel.
- On November 15, after a long break, a massive blow was again dealt to the energy infrastructure of Ukraine. How likely is it that we are talking about raising rates before negotiations?
- In my opinion, the strikes will continue regardless of the continuation of closed consultations between the United States and the Russian Federation.
At the moment, there are no prerequisites for freezing the conflict, and everything is leading to an active winter campaign, which, in turn, requires intensifying strikes on the enemy's energy system. This will have critical consequences for its rear during the winter campaign of 2022-2023. I am sure that this is not the last such complex strike. In my opinion, the issue of strikes on the ground infrastructure of underground gas storage facilities is also relevant.
- So what are we more likely to see - a winter "freeze" or a full-fledged winter campaign?
— Without a doubt, the winter campaign. There will be no complete freeze of the front.
Intense hostilities will continue in a number of directions - first of all, these are the Avdeevskoye, Artemovskoye, Ugledarskoye and Svatovskaya directions. Plus, probably, the enemy will try to advance in the Zaporozhye region. So the struggle for the operational-strategic initiative will continue.
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine are increasingly using "Hymars" for strikes against secondary civilian targets. Does this mean that Kyiv has so many shells that it can not save them? Or have our military learned how to successfully counteract them?
- It can be noted that in recent months, the air defense forces of the RF Armed Forces have been able to adjust to the enemy's MLRS, and the percentage of missiles destroyed is steadily increasing, although there is still no talk of a guaranteed interception of all missiles, especially in conditions of swarm launches.
In addition, the RF Armed Forces more effectively use the tactics of dispersing forces, trying not to expose themselves to the blows of MLRS on large depots and infantry concentrations (although there are still episodes when losses cannot be avoided due to such shortcomings).
As for the fact that the enemy will run out of missiles, I would not worry - the United States will supply as many as necessary. For the most part, Tochka-U has already come out, so missiles for HIMARS will be the main enemy for our air defense in the long run.
- Do the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the southern direction have enough forces to force the Dnieper?
- From a quantitative point of view, it is enough, but the lack of crossing facilities and problems with the supply of troops on the Left Bank during an attempted landing make its prospects doubtful. So far, the enemy is limited to the activity of the DRG and we are probing the defenses of our troops. If he finds weaknesses, he will try to intensify efforts to seize the bridgehead. Plus, he will probably try to hang a dill flag on the Kinburn Spit at least for a photo shoot. Our troops have already repulsed one unsuccessful landing attempt. But, for sure, there will be others, as with Fr. Serpentine. The enemy simply realized that it would not be possible to take it from a swoop, and now he will act according to science, pulling up artillery and revealing our defenses in the area of \u200b\u200bthe spit.
— Now, without emotions, how would you rate the abandonment of Kherson? Was it really impossible to keep the city?
- Of course, I don’t have the entire operational situation at the time of the decision to withdraw. The decision was clearly made back in the second half of October, and in the last weeks before the withdrawal, various activities were carried out related to the evacuation of the population, military equipment, valuable property, as well as various disinformation activities aimed at ensuring the withdrawal of troops.
As a result, the troops in full combat readiness were able to retreat, having suffered minor losses, while the enemy, even at the stage of occupying the abandoned territories, suffered much greater losses in people and equipment.
From a military point of view, the withdrawal itself was well organized. From the point of view of strategy, leaving the Russian regional center without a serious defense is an obvious military failure, and it would be foolish to present this as some kind of victory and cunning maneuver.
Kherson, according to the official logic, was abandoned due to supply problems and the desire to pull out the most combat-ready units from the bridgehead on the right bank for the upcoming offensive operations. In fact, if in the next couple of months the RF Armed Forces carry out successful offensives and succeed, using, among other things, units withdrawn from Kherson, this will allow us to say that such a withdrawal was justified, much like the withdrawal of Strelkov’s units from Slavyansk paid off by the participation of these units in battles south of Donetsk, which was of the utmost operational importance during the 2014 summer campaign.
From a political point of view, the abandonment of Kherson, of course, made a painful impression on Russian society.
Ultimately, if the RF Armed Forces return the operational initiative, then the withdrawal from Kherson in society will be perceived as a maneuver. If there are no serious successes in the coming months, then this will be perceived simply as a retreat and the surrender of the regional center. So the final assessment of the abandonment of Kherson will be formed during the winter. Regarding the ability to defend Kherson, I believe that if there was a task to defend the city further, it would be defended, despite all the problems.
- Is the effect of saturation of battle formations with mobilized servicemen beginning to be felt?
- At the current stage, less than 1/3 of all those mobilized are involved at the front. The arrival of the bulk is expected in December, which will certainly increase the capabilities of the RF Armed Forces to conduct both defensive and offensive operations.
The mobilized are already actively used in the Kherson, Zaporozhye and Svatov directions. Of course, there are various jambs associated with supply, coordination, discipline, etc., but if taken as a whole, it can be noted that in the same Svatov direction the front actually stabilized - the enemy threatened to take Svatovo on October 17th. Today is already November 17 - the front is plus / minus in the same place.
It is necessary to strengthen the supply and quality of training of mobilized fighters, then the effect of their presence at the front will increase.
- The topic of Ukraine's use of the "dirty bomb" has faded into the background. Has the danger passed?
- I think this threat will not disappear as long as the Nazi regime remains in power in Kyiv, which still has the ability to create and use such a bomb. I am sure that this scenario has not been removed from the agenda, it has simply been temporarily put on the backburner, as happened repeatedly with Assad's "chemical attacks" in Syria, which were repeated after some pauses.
The "dirty bomb" is very convenient for raising the stakes, especially in the event of a further increase in the threat of a direct military clash between Russia and NATO.
- How true is the information about Tehran delaying new supplies?
- In practice, there is no real information in the public domain about the parameters of military-technical cooperation between the Russian Federation and Iran. There are only various speculations of the Western media. Russia and Iran are doing the right thing by not disclosing the parameters of this cooperation on principle and leaving it in a kind of "grey zone".
Therefore, we will learn about the actual purchases of weapons already after the use of certain samples at the front, as was the case with the Shahed-129 or Shahed-136 drones.
Accordingly, information about the supply of Arash-2 UAVs and ballistic missiles can be confirmed only after their actual use on targets in Ukraine. I believe this issue may clear up at the end of November or during December.
From a military point of view, if such a purchase is made, this is only a plus for our grouping in Ukraine. Of course, Iran will also benefit from such deals, gaining access to modern military equipment that Russia can sell to Iran legally, since the UN weapons sanctions against Iran were lifted in the fall of 2021.
Is it even worth talking seriously about a strategic alliance between Iran and RF?
- At the current stage of a full-fledged military alliance between the Russian Federation and Iran, of course, there is no, but there is obviously movement towards deepening the strategic partnership. In the new realities, Iran is a natural and logical partner for Russia in Central Asia and the Middle East. It is desirable and even necessary to expand military-technical and economic cooperation with it.
Of course, Iran has its own interests, which do not always overlap with Russian ones, but, in my opinion, there are no unsolvable problems in Russian-Iranian relations, and issues that cause friction in certain regions can be resolved to mutual benefit.
- Unpleasantly surprised by the results of voting at the UN General Assembly regarding "reparations for the invasion of Ukraine." It seems like the republics of Central Asia, which are entirely dependent on the Russian Federation, abstained from voting. Does this mean that we are losing this region?
- There is no need to be surprised. Russia pursued a rather passive policy on the territory of the former USSR and has long allowed other major players to penetrate into their usual zones of influence, which strengthens the "multi-vector nature" of a number of familiar allies who act, among other things, with an eye on Russia's enemies. This suggests that policy approaches in the near abroad need to be changed, as the current ones are not effective enough.
If we take the vote in the UN, then, from the point of view of those who did not vote "for", it became the most successful for Russia since the beginning of the NWO, as it showed a trend of declining support for the American course - less than half of the UN states voted for "reparations", and most of those who voted are direct satellites of the United States.
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