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2022-11-17 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: November 16th, 2022
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 22:52 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation today with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: "Informed about the next wave of Russian missile terror. He called for increased assistance to Ukraine in creating a missile shield. He thanked for the significant support of our state from the UK and Canada in countering Russian aggression".
22:45 On the de-occupied territory of the Kherson region, 63 bodies of people tortured by the invaders and 11 places where civilians were illegally detained have already been found, Minister of the Interior Denis Monastyrsky said: “But we must understand that the search has just begun. We understand that the months of the stay of Russian orcs did not pass by settlements and civilians, and therefore many more places of torture and burials of victims of such crimes will be found."
22:21 Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant was temporarily de-energized due to Russian missile strikes on November 15, the IAEA reported. Thus, the connection of the Khmelnytsky NPP to the power grid was interrupted yesterday at 18:35. Due to damage to the power lines that supply power to the station, both operating reactors were shut down within two and a half hours.
22:15 The UN Security Council will hold a meeting today, at which one of the main issues will be the fall of a rocket in Poland, Zelensky said: "The Ukrainian position is very transparent: we strive to establish all the details, every fact. That is why we want our specialists to join the work international investigation and that we get access to all the data that the partners have and the place of the explosion. All our information is in the public domain. We have been providing it to partners since the night - from those first hours when the world began to find out what happened."
21:41 The head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, believes that Russia has failed in every goal it set in a full-scale war against Ukraine. He stated this following the results of the seventh meeting of the Contact Group in the Ramstein format: “Each time the Russians were defeated. They lost strategically, they lost operationally and, I repeat, they lost tactically. What they tried to do, they failed".
At the same time, Milley assessed the probability of a military victory for Ukraine as "low": "The probability of a military victory for Ukraine - the expulsion of Russians from all over Ukraine, including ... Crimea, the likelihood that this will happen in the near future is not high from a military point of view."
21:16 The SBU put Kadyrov on the wanted list for encroaching on the territorial integrity of Ukraine and waging an aggressive war.
21:02 During the seventh meeting of the Contact Group in the Ramstein format, the transfer of two HAWK air defense systems from Spain to Ukraine was announced; short-range air defense from Poland; MLRS installations from Germany; $500 million from Canada and winter gear; a $270 million aid package from Sweden; 155 mm ammunition from Greece.
20:48 Ukraine has developed a new promising electricity supply system, but it will be implemented after the end of the active phase of the war, Zelensky told reporters: "Ukraine has developed an interesting electricity supply system. We understand what we will do when we can raise our heads." According to him, "there is a parallel network that we have developed, and there is a number one priority - the daily protection of what we have."
"Strikes on the energy sector are the most powerful weapon that Russia has left. If we survive this winter - and we will survive it - then we will definitely win this war," the president stressed.
20:29 Zelensky said at a meeting with reporters that he had offered Western partners a public format of negotiations with Putin: "I received signals that Putin wants direct negotiations. I received such signals. I proposed a public form, because Russia is waging a public war."
20:14 The training of the first set of Ukrainian recruits in the UK has been completed, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. The trained Ukrainian military returned to Ukraine after five weeks of training. Since the beginning of October, Ukrainians have been trained and taught basic military skills by instructors from the Danish Armed Forces.
| The question then becomes whose rookies go directly to the battlefield better prepared, Russia’s or Ukraine’s? |
20:05 Reznikov said that the topic number one of today's meeting in the Ramstein format was the protection of the Ukrainian sky: "Protection of the Ukrainian sky is our No. 1 priority and No. 1 topic at Ramstein-7. Together with our partners, we are working on an integrated and layered air defense system. Gearing up for winter on the battlefield, thanks to Lloyd Austin for leading the international coalition against evil."
19:57 The White House said that no matter whose rocket fell in Poland, Russia bears full responsibility for it. At the same time, the United States has full confidence in the investigation of the Polish government, said the speaker of the White House National Security Council, Adrien Watson. She stressed that the United States does not yet have data that contradicts the preliminary assessment of the Polish side that the explosion was most likely caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile.
19:45 The head of the administration of the Prime Minister of Hungary, Gergely Guiyash, said that the fall of a rocket on the territory of Poland emphasizes the need to achieve an early truce between Ukraine and Russia. He criticized Zelensky, who immediately stated that the missile was Russian, and urged to wait for the results of the investigation. At the same time, a spokesman for the Orban government said that "only Russia is responsible for the war," and Hungary expresses solidarity with Ukraine.
19:07 In Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, during the exhumation, the invaders opened fire on the city, as a result of which one person died, a law enforcement officer was wounded, the regional prosecutor's office said.
19:02 Zelensky on the air of the telethon expressed his conviction that the rocket that fell in Poland was not Ukrainian: "I have no doubt that it was not our rocket or our missile attack ... I am sure that we must be and will be [participate in investigation]... I want us to be fair, and if it was the use of our air defenses, then I want this evidence. First the investigation, the access and the data that you have."
According to the president, he received a report from the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Air Force and "can't help but trust them." Zelensky also noted that Ukraine had to be allowed to the place where the missiles fell. According to him, Kyiv did not receive an invitation to investigate the circumstances of the incident.
18:53 The SBU discovered another torture facility for Russians in liberated Kherson. There, in inhuman conditions, they kept local patriots who refused to cooperate with the enemy. Kherson residents were interrogated and brutally tortured. During the inspection of the torture chamber, law enforcement officers found objects that directly indicate signs of torture.
18:37 Before fleeing, the Russians mined the building of the Main Police Department of the Kherson region so that it had to be blown up, said the head of the National Police Igor Klimenko: "Thanks to the ingenuity and skill of our explosives, no one was hurt. This is the main thing. And we will rebuild the walls."
18:16 Zelensky said that on the day of the massive rocket attack on November 15, a World Bank delegation arrived in Kiev. He thanked its members for staying. "During the meeting with the Vice President of the World Bank for Europe and Central Asia, Anna Bjerde, we discussed the preparation of projects for the restoration of Ukrainian transport, energy infrastructure and healthcare. I thank the World Bank and its leadership for their support and quick response to the needs of Ukraine from the first days all-out war."
17:53 After a massive Russian attack on Ukraine on November 15, serious news came from Poland. Local media reported that rockets fell in the village of Przewodov, Lublin Voivodeship, killing two people. This was followed by a series of statements from Poland, Russia, Ukraine and other EU countries. Everything that is known at the moment is in the material Who Hooked Poland .
17:45 The Ukrainian Air Force is ready to provide all the materials and its specialists to contribute to the investigation of the tragedy in the Polish Przevoduv, said the speaker of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat.
17:41 Oschadbank and PrivatBank resumed work in Kherson.
17:35 The Ukrainian military told the United States and allies that they were trying to intercept a Russian missile during and near the site of a missile attack on Poland with the help of air defense, writes CNN, citing an anonymous American official.
17:33 Ukrzaliznytsia announced that from Thursday, November 17, it will launch the Kiev-Izyum train. Suburban trains have been running along the Kharkiv-Izyum route since the end of September, and now a long-distance train will also appear.
17:29 Germany allocates 1 million euros as emergency aid due to Russian attacks on civilian energy facilities in Ukraine, the German embassy said.
17:05 In the Lviv region from Thursday, November 17, the schedule of hourly shutdowns will continue around the clock. The outages will continue to last four hours, but each group of consumers will be turned off twice a day, said Maxim Kozitsky, head of the OVA.
16:59 Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki did not rule out that Russia could have planned the missile incident in order to embroil Poland and Ukraine. According to him, the rocket that hit an agricultural enterprise in the village of Przewoduv in the Lublin Voivodeship of Poland was Soviet-made and was probably in service with the Ukrainian air defense forces. However, scenarios of deliberate preparation of such a provocation by the Kremlin cannot be ruled out, the prime minister added.
16:54 The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement regarding the "outrageous public reaction" from a number of NATO countries in connection with the missile incident in Poland: "We see in this bacchanalia deliberate actions taken as part of the anti-Russian campaign around Ukraine being carried out in the West on a systematic basis."
16:46 A meeting of the Security Council was held in Poland, following which Duda said that "there is no danger of a repeat of the rocket attack."
16:43 The Verkhovna Rada voted to return the historical name Zvyagel to the city of Novograd-Volynsky, Zhytomyr region. Novograd-Volynsky district was also renamed Zvyagelsky.
16:24 Wagnerites executed at least 40 participants in the war. They kill without trial for five types of "misdemeanors," human rights activist Olga Romanova said in an interview with We Can Explain . In the language of the Wagnerians, this is called "zeroing a person." According to Romanova, Prigogine residents are executed for desertion, attempted surrender, looting, alcohol or drug abuse, and "sexual relations." The human rights activist clarified that 40 is only the number of confirmed cases of military lynching.
Now PMCs are recruiting convicts already in Siberia, and many are forcibly sent to the front. Sometimes relatives prevent this. In total, the PMC has already recruited 30-35 thousand prisoners, Romanova said.
16:15 The Rada appealed to the G20 states with a call to exclude the Russian Federation from the group due to "the targeted destruction of the population of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, which has all the signs of genocide, as well as the non-selectivity of missile strikes and artillery shelling of Ukraine's energy infrastructure facilities by the Russian occupation forces, which do not pursue any military purposes and pursue an exclusively terrorist purpose.
16:13 The Verkhovna Rada has extended martial law and general mobilization for 90 days - until February 19, 2023. This is the fifth parliamentary vote for martial law since the start of the war: February 24, March 15, April 21, August 15 and November 16.
16:09 The Hungarian Foreign Ministry announced the resumption of oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline, which stopped after yesterday's Russian shelling of Ukraine.
16:07 The Belarusian border committee said that a drone equipped for reconnaissance was shot down on the border with Ukraine.
15:51 Germany and NATO partners are not considering the possibility of introducing a no-fly zone over Ukraine after the incident with a rocket in Poland, The Guardian writes, citing a representative of the President of Germany. He explained that closing the skies over Ukraine would create a threat of direct confrontation between Russia and NATO. "Together with all our allies, we agree that we want to avoid further escalation of this war in Ukraine," he added.
15:46 Germany announced an additional package of military assistance for Ukraine, the German Defense Ministry reported. The new package will include, inter alia, ammunition for MARS II multiple launch rocket systems, drone defenses, demining devices, automotive equipment, spare parts and field heaters. Over the past week, ammunition for the MARS II MLRS, three M1070 Oshkosh heavy-duty semi-trailers, 17 border vehicles, spare parts for the M2 heavy machine gun, 24 MG3 machine guns for armored recovery vehicles, etc. have been delivered.
15:32 The head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, said that there are no undeclared activities at the nuclear facilities under the agency's safeguards in Ukraine, the material is used for peaceful purposes. Sample results from inspections of three additional locations in Ukraine in connection with Russia's claims that Ukraine was preparing a "dirty bomb" are still pending, he added.
15:06 Stoltenberg explained to reporters why the air defense did not work on the arrival of missiles on Polish territory: "Our air defense systems are set to repel attacks around the clock, but we have no evidence that this was the result of an attack. This incident did not have the characteristics of an attack."
14:42 Zelensky held a regular meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander. Participants analyzed information on the nature of the damage caused by yesterday's Russian missile strikes and reviewed the progress made in the aftermath of these attacks. They also discussed strengthening the protection of critical infrastructure facilities and improving the efficiency of air defense.
In addition, the members of the Headquarters reviewed forecasts for the development of the operational situation at the front, taking into account changes in the southern direction. Decisions were made in the context of further de-occupation of Ukrainian territories. Separately, the pace and volume of repair of equipment and weapons and the provision of troops with everything necessary for the passage of the winter period were analyzed.
14:34 Ukraine asks to immediately provide access to the site of the explosion in Poland to representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the State Border Service, Danilov said: "We are in favor of a joint study of the incident with the fall of a rocket in Poland. We are ready to transfer the evidence we have of the Russian trace. We expect information from our partners, on the basis of which It was concluded that this was a Ukrainian air defense missile."
14:29 Macron said that China could play the role of the most important adviser on Ukraine in the coming months, "including in order to avoid intense offensive operations."
14:11 Stoltenberg said that supplying Ukraine with air defense systems is a priority for NATO. He also noted that NATO maintains lines of communication with Russia, but does not disclose details against the backdrop of the incident in Poland.
14:00 The consequences of yesterday's missile attacks on the Lviv region are worse than those in October, since two of the three strikes were repeated on critical energy infrastructure. All three facilities were critically damaged, and it will take 8-12 months to fully restore their work to pre-war levels, said the head of the OVA, Maxim Kozitsky. According to him, as of this time, power supply has been restored by 95%, but power is supplied according to a temporary scheme. Only 30% of the region's subscribers can use electricity at the same time.
13:52 Stoltenberg said following the NATO meeting that there is no confirmation that the incident in Poland was the result of deliberate actions. Preliminary information indicates that it was a Ukrainian air defense missile. "But I want to make it clear that this is not Ukraine's fault. Russia bears full responsibility as it continues its illegal war against Ukraine," NATO Secretary General said.
13:48 Polish President Andrzej Duda said that nothing indicates that the fallen rocket was an attack on Poland. He also acknowledged the high probability that the missile belonged to the air defense of Ukraine. Duda said he had no evidence that the missile that fell was fired by the Russian military.
In turn, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that after the incident with the missile, there is probably no need to apply Article 4 of the NATO treaty.
13:42 The Belarusian border committee again complained that Kiev had mined the border area with the republic and blew up almost all the bridges in the direction of Gomel and Mozyr.
13:28 Peskov praised the "restrained reaction" of the United States to the missile fall in Poland. According to him, "a hysterical and frenzied Russophobic reaction followed in the West, not based on real data, and Warsaw could have been more restrained and professional when talking about potentially dangerous topics." At the same time, he noted the "restrained reaction" of the United States - it contrasted with the statements of a number of other countries. Peskov added that the Kremlin would like "the same emotional reaction to the attacks on Nord Stream" as to the incident in Poland.
13:16 Another 210 Starlink terminals have been sent to Kherson, head of the Ministry of Digital Development Mikhail Fedorov said. According to him, thanks to the first batch, five public Wi-Fi points were launched in a day, which were used by thousands of Kherson residents. In two weeks, it is planned to organize another 60 Wi-Fi points with Internet throughout the region. Also, part of the terminals was handed over to fire departments, hospitals, police and emergency services.
12:47 G20 agreed on a joint statement condemning Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, Reuters reported, citing three diplomatic sources. The declaration was supported by all countries participating in the G20.
According to a member of the German delegation, the text of the draft, which was at the disposal of the media on November 15, remained unchanged. It states that "the majority of member countries strongly condemn the war in Ukraine and note that it causes great suffering and worsens existing problems in the global economy." At the same time, the document mentions "difference of views regarding the situation and sanctions." It also emphasizes the importance of international law and the unacceptability of nuclear threats. In addition, the leaders welcome the continued operation of the grain corridor across the Black Sea.
12:42 At the G20 summit, Russia spoke in favor of continuing the grain deal with the condition of controlling supplies to countries in need, said Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.
12:40 Representatives of NATO member countries at a meeting on Wednesday, November 16, are likely to discuss strengthening the air defense of the eastern flank, said Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Geger.
12:37 In Kiev, the situation with energy supply is difficult, therefore, by order of Ukrenergo, hourly, as well as emergency power outages are used, Klitschko said. At the same time, critical infrastructure facilities of the capital are provided with generators and fuel in case of blackouts, there is heat in residential buildings.
12:35 The head of the Kyiv OVA Oleksiy Kuleba urged to prepare for a long absence of electricity: "The week will be difficult. We must prepare for long power outages. I note that all critical infrastructure facilities are provided with generators."
12:31 Scholz said that the incident with the missile in Poland must be thoroughly investigated, but in any case, its root cause is the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine: "The terrible missile hit in Poland must be thoroughly investigated. It's good that NATO members can do it quickly. You can't draw any premature conclusions, but one thing is clear: none of this would have happened if not for Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine."
12:28 In the de-occupied Kherson region, the curfew has been relaxed: now in Kherson, Kherson and Beryslav regions it lasts from 19:00 to 6:30 in the morning. At this time, it is strictly forbidden to move and be on the streets of settlements, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
12:23 The "deputy head" of the Kherson region, Ekaterina Gubareva, has disappeared, she has not been in touch since 16:30 yesterday, Russian media write, citing her husband's statement.
12:21 Biden told G7 and NATO partners that a missile explosion in eastern Poland was caused by a missile from the Ukrainian air defense system , Reuters reported, citing NATO sources.
12:14 In the Kiev region, as a result of yesterday's rocket attack, a resident of the village of Plesetskoye was killed, said the head of the regional police Andrei Nebytov.
12:11 More than 100,000 people are left in Mariupol, and a very hard winter awaits them, said the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko: "Communications are all broken. Destroyed to the ground: both at home - more than half of the multi-apartment housing stock, and internal communications. Therefore, winter it will not only be extremely difficult for people, it will be without heat, electricity and water supply.”
11:55 Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda proposes to install air defense systems on the Polish-Ukrainian border and along the entire eastern flank of NATO: "I believe that this is a rather important new stage in the course of this war, because because of Russia's aggressive actions against Ukraine, missiles are already flying into NATO territory, people living in NATO states are dying. This is a new stage in the escalation of the conflict, to which NATO as a whole must respond adequately."
11:52 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that there would be no missile attacks on Poland if it were not for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
11:50 Podolyak called on Europe to close the sky over Ukraine, including for its own security: "Only Russia is responsible for the war in Ukraine. Only Russia is also responsible for massive missile strikes. Again, only Russia is responsible for the rapidly growing risks for border countries. No need to look for excuses and postponing key decisions. It's time for Europe to "close the skies over Ukraine. For its own safety, too."
11:43 The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine clarified that on November 15, the invaders attacked Ukraine with 96 air and sea-based cruise missiles (X-101, X-555, Kalibr), X-59 guided aircraft missiles, Shahed-136/131 attack drones, Orion, Orlan-10. The air defense shot down 75 cruise missiles (Kh-101, Kh-555, Caliber), two Kh-59 guided missiles, ten Shahed-136/131 drones, one Orion UAV and one Orlan-10 UAV.
11:36 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that during yesterday's massive strike with "high-precision weapons" not a single missile attack on objects in Kiev was inflicted, and all the destruction in residential areas of the Ukrainian capital "are a direct consequence of the fall and self-destruction of anti-aircraft missiles fired by Ukrainian troops from located within the city of Ukrainian and foreign air defense systems.
The ministry also said that a massive strike with "long-range precision weapons" was inflicted on the "military command and control system of Ukraine and related energy facilities." At the same time, the strikes were carried out only on targets on the territory of Ukraine and at a distance of no closer than 35 km from the Ukrainian-Polish border, and photographs of the wreckage found in Przevoduv published in the evening in Poland were "uniquely identified" by Russian specialists as "elements of the S-300 anti-aircraft guided missile Air Force of Ukraine.
11:21 The invaders are equipping defense lines on the border with the Zaporozhye region in the Mariupol region not far from the village. Urzuf. Now they are digging a line of trenches, trying to create as many fortifications as possible, Piotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said. According to him, the only understandable goal of arranging defense in this place is to expect an offensive directly from Berdyansk along the coastline along the Urzuf-Berdyansk road. During the offensive, the Russians used it after the occupation of Berdyansk to transfer troops and equipment, which was then concentrated from the Primosrsky district of Mariupol.
The movement of military equipment and manpower also continues to increase, Andryushchenko noted. The military contingent in the village is also growing rapidly. Nikolskoye. Mariupol and the Mariupol region are becoming the military logistics point of the occupiers to secure the front.
10:47 At the end of November, the EU presents the ninth package of sanctions against Russia and Belarus - it can be approved in early December, Radio Liberty correspondent Rikard Jozwiak said.
10:44 Ukraine controls about 5% of the territory of the Luhansk region, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, there are certain successes in the direction of Svatovo-Kremennaya. The front line is shifting daily towards major cities. He also said that in the occupied territories it is again possible to pay off mobilization - this means that the Russians understand that they will soon leave the Ukrainian territories and are in a hurry to earn extra money.
10:42 While the leaders of the G20 met and called for an end to the war, Russia launched massive strikes against Ukraine, said the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. She noted that the EU, along with partners in the G7 and NATO, condemn the brutal missile attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure and offer support and assistance in the investigation of the explosion on the border.
10:39 Sweden will give a new aid package to Ukraine, which will include air defense systems, but for security reasons it is not specified which ones, said Defense Minister Paul Jonsson. The package also includes off-road vehicles, winter equipment and protective equipment, tents.
10:14 British intelligence writes that the Russians, fleeing from the right bank of the Kherson region, damaged the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. Currently, these damages do not pose a threat of flooding of the territories. Kakhovskaya dam is one of the two main road crossing points in the lower reaches of the Dnieper River. Since August, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been delivering high-precision strikes on the crossing in order to cut off the enemy’s logistics.
The Russian military, fleeing, blew up the bridge on November 11 to prevent a future counteroffensive of Ukrainian troops. As a result, three spans of road and rail bridges at the northern end of the dam were destroyed, making it impossible to move on it. However, three spillway locks under this section of the dam remained largely unscathed. The current threat level is unlikely to lead to major flooding downstream, intelligence said.
09:49 The Hungarian Foreign Ministry said that the pumping of oil through Druzhba was stopped due to damage to the transformer station as a result of a Russian strike on the territory of Ukraine, work can be resumed soon after the repair.
09:46 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests that the Russians will be forced to slow down the rate of shelling of critical Ukrainian infrastructure. Analysts note that the Russian military likely used a significant portion of its precision-guided weapons systems during the Nov. 15 missile strikes. And the increase in the percentage of missiles shot down by Ukraine indicates an improvement in Ukrainian air defense over the past month.
ISW also points out that the Kremlin was preparing a massive missile campaign before Zelensky presented his peace proposal at the G20 summit. And the official Kremlin narrative around the G20 summit further confirms Russia's disinterest in peace talks with Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Russians are increasingly turning to various social media platforms to express their dissatisfaction with the problems with mobilization, which could lead to organized anti-war movements in Russia, experts say.
09:35 Ukrenergo reported that on Wednesday, November 16, hourly shutdown schedules are applied throughout Ukraine, as well as additional emergency shutdowns.
As the Chairman of the Board of Ukrenergo Volodymyr Kudrytsky noted, November 16 was the most powerful attack in the history of the energy sector, which affected all regions of Ukraine. The most difficult situation is in the west of Ukraine, as well as in the central and northeastern regions. "The next few days will be difficult: the cold snap is approaching and electricity consumption will grow, respectively, the load on the networks too. Therefore, we ask you to treat the shutdowns with understanding, which will be implemented as needed, and also not to leave the habit of using electricity economically," he said.
09:34 Whoever's rocket, which led to the death of two people in Poland, the cause of the incident is the massive missile strikes of the Russian Federation on Ukraine, said Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte.
09:33 Erdogan believes that the missile fall in Poland has nothing to do with Russia: "I must respect the statement of Russia. It is important for us that Russia said:" This case has nothing to do with us. " Biden's statement that the missiles not Russian-made, shows that it has nothing to do with Russia. The investigation is of no small importance."
09:28 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of November 16.
- personnel - about 82,710 (+630) people liquidated,
- tanks - 2871 (+10),
- armored combat vehicles - 5797 (+24),
- artillery systems - 1860 (+10),
- MLRS - 393 (+0),
- air defense systems - 209 (+1),
- aircraft - 278 (+0),
- helicopters - 261 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1525 (+14),
- cruise missiles - 3474 (+75),
- ships/boats - 16 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 4360 (+9),
- special equipment - 160 (+0).
09:17 In the Lviv region, as a result of rocket strikes, three energy infrastructure facilities were critically damaged. After the attack, about 700 thousand subscribers were left without electricity, one person was injured. As of now, electricity and water supply in the Lviv region have been fully resumed, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky.
09:13 In Kiev, the power supply of critical infrastructure facilities has been resumed, water and heat supply is operating normally, said the head of the Kiev city military administration, Sergei Popko.
09:10 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one civilian was killed - in Bakhmut. In addition, law enforcement officers found the bodies of three killed by the Russians during the occupation - two in Svyatogorsk and one in Shchurovo. Seven more people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:49 The US Treasury has imposed sanctions against companies involved in the production and supply of UAVs from Iran to Russia, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova said. The sanctions apply to the entire chain: from development and production to the purchase and use of Iranian drones. Also apply to all involved international companies. In addition, the US Department of the Treasury and the US Department of Commerce issued a clarification-warning for companies not to engage in such illegal activities.
08:31 In the village of Stalnoy Kon in the Oryol region of the Russian Federation, a drone blew up an oil depot, there were no casualties, the governor said.
08:02 CIA director William Burns met with Zelensky in Kiev yesterday, confirmed the US intentions to help Ukraine, writes The Washington Post.
07:44 Over the past day, the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Kurdyumovka, Novokalinovo, Vesele, Avdeevka, Pervomayskoye, Vodiane, Novomikhailovka and Vremevka of the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning report .
According to updated information, on November 15, the enemy fired more than 90 Kh-101 and Kalibr missiles and more than ten strike UAVs at Ukraine. Of these, 77 cruise missiles, ten Iranian Shahed-136 attack drones and one Orion UAV destroyed units of the Defense Forces.
In the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, due to significant losses during the conduct of hostilities in the units of the occupying forces, cases of desertion became more frequent and the morale and psychological state significantly worsened. So, after the fighting in the Mayorsk region, the 1st Gorlovka territorial battalion lost its combat capability. Losses in it amounted to more than 50% killed and wounded. The enemy command disbanded this unit, the remnants of the personnel were distributed to other military units.
05:36 Biden called it "unlikely" that the rocket that killed people in Poland was fired from Russia. He stated that the incident needs to be investigated, and stressed that it is first necessary to find out what happened, and then decide on the "next step."
Asked if the missile was fired from Russia, Biden said: "There is preliminary information that denies this. I don't want to talk about it until we have a full investigation." According to him, "according to the lines of the trajectory, it is unlikely that it was released from Russia."
In addition, he called "absolutely shameless" rocket attacks on Ukraine by Russia.
02:37 Duda said that there is no exact evidence of who fired the rocket that fell on in Poland.
02:04 The Polish Foreign Ministry said that Russian-made missiles were fired across the country: "At 15:40, a Russian-made missile fell in the village of Przewoduv in the Grubeshovsky district of the Lublin Voivodeship, killing two citizens of the Republic of Poland." In connection with this event, Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau called the Russian Ambassador demanding immediate detailed explanations. According to Warsaw, fragments at the site of the explosion in Poland belong to the Russian Kh-101 missile.
Reuters, citing two European diplomats, writes that the ambassadors of NATO countries will hold an emergency meeting at the request of Poland on the basis of Art. 4 charter of the alliance. Under Article 4, members may raise any issue of concern, especially those related to the security of any of NATO's partners. One of the diplomats said that the alliance "will act cautiously" and he needs time to find out exactly how the incident occurred.
Stoltenberg said that he had discussed the explosions in Poland with Polish President Andrzej Duda. He expressed condolences in connection with the loss of life, and also noted that the allies are holding close consultations.
01:45 Poland has put the police and intelligence services on high alert and strengthened airspace monitoring together with allies, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said. Warsaw also invited international experts to investigate the fall of missiles on its territory.
00:53 Zelensky said that he had talked with Polish President Andrzej Duda: "I expressed condolences in connection with the death of Polish citizens from Russian missile terror. We also discussed the available information and find out all the facts."
00:38 Traffic was stopped at all border crossings with Ukraine in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship of Poland. No one can enter or leave Poland. The Ukrainian side suspended the checks, the speaker of the Bieszczady border detachment said in an interview with Gazeta Wyborcza.
00:06 Kuleba denied the statements of the Russian Federation that a Ukrainian air defense missile fell on the territory of Poland: “Russia is now promoting a conspiracy theory that a Ukrainian air defense missile allegedly fell on the territory of Poland. This is not true. There is no need to play along with Russian propaganda or distribute it . This lesson should have been learned long ago, after the downing of MH17."
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