US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged his country’s firm support to Ukraine, including winter aid, amid fears of a new wave of Russian attacks on Kiev’s infrastructure.
Blinken met Andrii Yermak, a senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during the US diplomatic chief’s brief stop in Washington between his trips to the Middle East crisis and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) summit. San Francisco.
“We have been clear in all of our discussions with the Ukrainian government that we will continue to support them,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters. Blinken spoke with Yermak about “steps we can take together with Ukraine to strengthen its infrastructure in the coming winter,” Miller added.
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06:58
The Russian air defense attack on the Khmelnytsky region was repelled
The Khmelnytskyi region of Ukraine was the subject of a Russian attack last night, which was repelled thanks to air defense. This was reported by Serhiy Tyurin, the first deputy regional governor of Khmelnytskyi, via his social media channels. “So far – he writes – there are no reports of casualties or damage to the infrastructure of the services involved.”
06:08
Kiev: “More than 830 medical facilities rebuilt”
Over 830 medical facilities in Ukraine have been completely or partially converted: this was announced by the Ministry of Health, Ukrinform reports. “As of almost mid-November 2023, 834 medical facilities across Ukraine had already been fully or partially rebuilt – we read in a statement. Of these, 421 facilities were completely rebuilt and another 413 were partially rebuilt.” According to the ministry, most of the reconstructed facilities are located in the Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kiev, Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Kherson regions. In total, Russia has damaged 1,468 medical facilities across the country and completely destroyed another 193 since the start of the war. Facilities in the Kharkiv, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Kiev and Chernihiv regions were most affected.
05:00
Kiev: “The EU will not give us a million bullets by March 2024”
The European Union will probably not be able to implement its plan to supply Ukraine with one million artillery shells by March 2024 due to the production situation of the defense industry and bureaucratic hurdles, the minister announced, confirming rumors from Bloomberg News Agency to this effect. Ukrainska Pravda reports about it. “Unfortunately, the Bloomberg agency is telling the truth,” the minister told United News. “It is unlikely that it will be respected,” he added, referring to the EU plan. Kuleba emphasized that the cause of this problem is not a lack of political will, but “the deplorable state of the defense industry” as well as “many things not synchronized, a lot of bureaucracy.”
“The European Union is working to eliminate these problems and that is why in Berlin I called on the European Union to develop a comprehensive policy in the field of defense industries,” he added.
02:38
Kiev, Russian attack in the Sumy region, no casualties
Over 100 explosions in a single day were recorded in Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast as Russian troops bombed eight locations. This was reported by the military administration of Sumy Oblast based on reports from the Kyiv Independent. No casualties or damage to civilian infrastructure were reported. The settlements of Bilopillia, Myropillia, Seredyna-Buda, Yunakivka, Shalyhyne, Velyka Pysarivka, Krasnopillia and Nova Sloboda along Ukraine’s northeastern border with Russia were hit by artillery, mortar fire and drones.
00:50
Kiev, last night four Russian drones were shot down in three regions
The Ukrainian Air Defense Forces shot down four Russian drones in three regions of the country last night: this was announced by the Eastern Command of the Air Force, Rbc-Ukraine reported.
“On November 13, 2023 at 11 p.m. (10 p.m. in Italy), four enemy UAVs (drones, editor’s note) were destroyed in the area of responsibility of the Eastern Command of the Air Force: three Shahed-131/136 (fighter aircraft). , note Red.) and a supercam (reconnaissance, editor’s note) in the Zaporizhia, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions,” it said in a statement.