Cover photo: An area destroyed by bombing in Kherson, October 31, 2023. STRINGER / Portal
- The city of Kharkiv was the target of at least ten Russian drone attacks on the night from Thursday to Friday, local police reported on Telegram. They caused several fires and damage to civilian infrastructure without causing any casualties.
- Vladimir Putin signed Russia’s withdrawal from the nuclear test ban treaty. The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) was opened for signature in 1996 but never entered into force because it was not ratified by a sufficient number of the 40 states. Four countries that had nuclear facilities at the time of its creation.
- According to the Ukrainian army, there were fewer Russian attacks around the city of Avdiivka. “The enemy continues to try to surround Avdiivka, but less actively for now,” said Oleksandr Shtupoun, a spokesman for the Ukrainian army.
- Moscow denies the existence of a “dead end” in the Ukraine conflict. The Kremlin disputes the views of the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valery Zaluzhny, on the situation at the front. Asked for his opinion, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “Russia is tirelessly continuing its special military operation.” All goals set must be achieved. »
- The German Foreign Minister supports the start of Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations in December. Annalena Baerbock presented the enlargement of the European Union as a geostrategic necessity and reiterated that the Twenty-Seven must carry out deep reforms in order to operate with more than thirty members. Dmytro Kuleba, the head of Ukrainian diplomacy, said he was “optimistic.”
- Moscow claims to have intercepted Ukrainian drones near the Zaporizhia power plant. “Nine Ukrainian Copter-type drones were detected and intercepted by air defense equipment in service near the city of Enerhodar” near the power plant, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a press release, without providing details.
- Washington sanctions new foreign companies that participate in the Russian war effort. The US Treasury Department announces the toughening of sanctions against 130 individuals and entities – particularly in China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates – that participate in trade exchanges that allow Russia to acquire “necessary technologies and equipment” for its war effort in Ukraine.
- The Wagner Group could supply air defense weapons to Hezbollah, The Wall Street Journal reports
The US has information that the Russian paramilitary group Wagner could supply the Russian Pantsir S1 short-range air defense system [code OTAN : SA-22 Greyhound] to Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite movement, reports the American daily. - According to the Duma, the Wagner group no longer exists
According to Andrei Kartapolov, chairman of the Duma Defense Committee, “the group has been completely disbanded and most of its fighters are in the process of joining other structures.” Some of them continue to carry out missions in African countries, but, for example, under a different name and under the patronage of the Ministry of Defense. Others signed a contract with the armed forces, others joined the Russian National Guard [Rosgvardia] “.
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