The new British Foreign Secretary David Cameron As head of diplomacy in the Sunak government, he traveled to Kiev on his first foreign mission.
Meanwhile, the Guardian reports that the former president’s son is also there Dmitry Medvedev and a cousin of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the proposal for the 12th EU sanctions package against Russia presented yesterday.
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11:04
Russia steps up attacks on Avdiivka in the east
Russia has increased attacks on the city Avdiivka, on the eastern line of the Eastern Front, as the mayor of the industrial city near the Russian-controlled regional stronghold of Donetsk announced. “In the last few days the enemy has become more active,” said the mayor Vitali Barabash on national television. Russian troops would attack the industrial area with armored vehicles and attack positions in the city “around the clock” to attack skyscrapers, Barabash said
(afp) 10:32
Kiev: “16 of 18 Russian drones shot down during the night”
Russian forces attacked Ukraine yesterday evening with 18 kamikaze drones, 16 of which were shot down by the Kiev air defense: this was announced by the Ukrainian Air Force, after which a Kh-59 cruise missile was also intercepted in the Poltava region yesterday evening (center), during the Kharkiv region (northeast) was attacked by S-300 missiles. Ukrainska Pravda reports about it. “On the night of November 16, 2023, the Rashists (a word that unites Russians and fascists, editor’s note) attacked from the southeast (Prymorsko-Akhtarsk, in Russia) with 18 attack UAVs (drones, note). d. Editor) of the “Shahed” type – we read in a statement. Air alert was declared in many regions and air defense forces were deployed… 16 enemy drones were destroyed.”
In addition, the note continues: “On the evening of November 15, a Kh-59 air-guided missile was destroyed in the Poltava region, and around midnight the enemy attacked civilian infrastructure in the Kharkiv region with S-300 anti-aircraft missiles.”
(Portal) 09:57
Kiev: “Russian attack hit a thermal power plant”
The Russian army attacked the Dtek thermal power plant in one of the frontline areas of the fighting, causing a power outage and disruption of water and electricity supplies in a settlement near the power plant. This was reported by the Dtek group on its Telegram channel, Ukrinform reported. “Russian terrorists have again attacked the Dtek thermal power plant in the frontline area. The invaders’ bombardment severely damaged the equipment. “Fortunately, there were no casualties,” the statement said
09:54
Russia: “An Avangard hypersonic missile deployed near Orenburg”
The Russian Armed Forces claim to have placed another hypersonic Avangard missile in a silo in the Orenburg region in southwestern Russia: this was reported by the Interfax agency, after which the Russian Defense Ministry has published videos that it claims do show the transport of the rocket in the launch silo. “The implementation of the measures planned for 2023 to upgrade the Strategic Missile Forces with a missile system with a hypersonic unit will increase the combat capability of our country’s strategic nuclear forces,” the ministry said. According to Russian military authorities, the Avangard is theoretically capable of flying at 27 times the speed of sound. When Putin unveiled it in 2018, Putin said it could hit “like a meteorite, like a fireball.”
09:33
Moscow: “Relations with the USA are in danger of breaking off”
Relations between Russia and the US are in danger of being disrupted at any moment due to “Washington’s policy of rampant Russophobia.” The Russian Foreign Ministry said this in a statement on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic relations between Washington and Moscow.
The statement, reported by the Tass agency, stigmatizes what is defined as “the doctrinal goal (of the US) of inflicting a ‘strategic defeat’ on Moscow with the risk of catastrophic consequences.” According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, there are “political circles” in the United States that are “desperately and absurdly focused on regime change and provocation of internal conflicts in Russia,” a “project in which significant resources are being invested.”
08:45
Cameron meets Zelensky in Kyiv
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the new British Foreign Secretary on Thursday David Cameron came to Kiev for his first working visit abroad
(afp) 08:39
The EU is planning new sanctions against Russia: There are also ones against Dmitri Medvedev’s son
The European Commission is proposing a twelfth round of sanctions against Moscow that includes restrictions on dozens of people, reportedly including the former president’s son Dmitry Medvedev and a relative of Wladimir Putin. Among the 47 people the Commission wants to add to the existing sanctions lists is Putin’s cousin, Anna TsivilevaChairman of the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation, which supports Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine. Also on the expanded list is Ilya Medvedev, whose name and date of birth match those of the former president’s only son. Their goal is to allegedly orchestrate a disinformation and propaganda campaign in Ukraine.
08:31
Kiev: “Explosions in the Khmelnytskyi region”
This morning, explosions were heard in the Khmelnytskyi region of western Ukraine: the deputy head of the regional military administration, Serhiy Tyurin, announced this on Facebook, Rbc-Ukraine reported. Air defense is activated, he added
04:05
Zelensky, Russia resigns from UNESCO’s Executive Board for the first time
Yesterday Russia was not elected to the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) “for the first time in history”. This was emphasized by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “The era of Russian influence is over, and rightly so: Russian terrorists can no longer occupy positions at the top of important international bodies,” Zelensky wrote on his X account. “Not bad weeks: Firstly, Moscow was excluded from the New York elections by the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the first time since their inception; now it has been excluded again by the Executive Board of UNESCO,” commented Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Sergiy Kyslytsya.
00:43
Explosions in Chuhuiv, alarm throughout Kharkiv
A series of eight explosions rocked the city of Chuhuiv in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine last night. The local media reported about it. There were also explosions in the capital of the oblast of the same name, where there is an air alert.