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Vladimir Putin spoke at a virtual G20 summit today, repeating the propaganda line that Russia remains open to peace talks in Ukraine and calling the “special army operation” a “tragedy” despite the invasion order.
“Yes, of course, military movements are a tragedy,” Putin said. “And, of course, we deserve to think about how to end this tragedy. By the way, Russia has never rejected peace negotiations with Ukraine. “
The Russian leader claimed that the invasion was mandatory to triumph over what he called a “coup d’état. “
During his brief speech, which lasted about 17 minutes, it was learned that a handful of countries listened to him, including Spain, Singapore, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Korea and India, the host country. China and the United States declined to attend, according to a Bloomberg report.
It comes as Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian troops face “difficult” defensive operations on parts of the eastern front with bitter winter cold setting in. Images from the frontline in Donbas, as well as in Kyiv, show that snow has already begun to fall.
Russia has never abandoned peace negotiations with Ukraine, says Putin
Ukraine pushes back Russian forces on Dnipro River
Putin Scales back attacks on Avdiivka
10:03, Chris Stevenson
Ukraine’s military says it is inflicting major losses on Russian troops as Vladimir Putin’s forces seek to try and encircle the key strategic city of Avdiivka in the east.
Russia has been advancing in the region for weeks, and the military says Ukrainian troops have repelled more than 30 attacks in the past 24 hours.
10:15, Lidia Patricio
A historian urges western countries to continue their aid to Ukraine so they can overcome their ‘deadlock’.
Timothy Snyder insisted that Ukraine is not in trouble, as the West could simply “drop five more queens on the chessboard,” in a verbal exchange with The Guardian.
It comes as Kyiv’s top military commander said the Ukrainian counteroffensive was stalling in an interview with the Economist in November.
Professor Snyder told The Guardian: “I hate the stalemate analogy because war is a game of chess.
“In chess, there are a limited number of pieces on the board, and the reason you find yourself at a standstill is because your pieces are in a safe arrangement. “
09:45 , Lidia Patricio
At least three other people were killed and eight others wounded after Russian missiles hit a hospital in southern Ukraine, the country’s emergency service said.
Missiles hit and destroyed two hospital buildings in the town of Selydove on Tuesday afternoon, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said in an earlier statement.
He had warned in his statement that casualties would increase as officials assessed damage from the attack.
Rescuers finished removing the rubble after searching for the wreckage day and night, 24 hours after the attack, emergency services said Wednesday. An entire component of the construction completely collapsed, they said.
Ukraine says at least three people took part in Russian airstrike on hospital
09:14 , Lidia Patricio
Here are today’s control-of-terrain maps of #Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine from @TheStudyofWar and @criticalthreats.Interactive map, updated daily: https://t.co/hwgxTnU2Tr Archive of time-lapse maps, updated monthly: https://t.co/IT6FiqwgGO pic.twitter.com/4AiUJj4f0v
– Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) November 22, 2023
08h38, Lidia Patricio
A 10-month-old boy kidnapped from a children’s home in Kherson has been linked to Vladimir Putin’s political ally.
Sirgey Mirnov, aged 70 and leafer of a Russian Political party has been named on the adoption record of a two-year-old who was taken in 2022 by his current wife, found the BBC.
The girl who was orginally named Margarita and 47 other children were taken from the care home when the city was under Russian occupation last year.
A BBC investigation attempted to give clues about the disappearance and identify a “mysterious lilac dress” who claimed to be “privy to Moscow’s children’s affairs. “
The ‘smiley baby’ was discharged from hospital where she was being treated for bronchitis and returned to the home- where she was then taken, report the BBC.
A few weeks later, other young people were kicked out of the house. The BBC estimates that almost all of the young people were left in Russian hands. Only one child, three-year-old Viktor Puzik, returned.
08:16, Andy Gregorio
At least three people were killed and eight others injured after Russian missiles struck a hospital in southern Ukraine, said the country’s emergency services.
The missiles hit and shattered two hospital buildings in the town of Selydove on Tuesday night, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said in an earlier statement.
He had warned in his statement that casualties would increase as officials assessed damage from the attack.
Rescue workers finished clearing the rubble after sifting through the remains night and day, 24 hours after the attack, emergency services said on Wednesday. A whole section of the building had totally collapsed, they said.
My colleague Arpan Rai reports:
Ukraine says at least three dead in Russian airstrike on hospital
07:52 , Andy Gregory
Turkey has informed NATO that ratification of Sweden’s candidacy will be finalized in time to allow the country’s rite of accession at an assembly of the alliance’s foreign ministers next week, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Last week, the Turkish parliamentary affairs committee delayed the vote on Sweden’s NATO candidacy to continue negotiations on the issue.
One source said the commission will likely resume its debate on the matter on Tuesday or Wednesday, when Nato foreign ministers will meet in Brussels – a gathering that some had hoped would mark Sweden’s accession.
07:00 , Alexander Butler
Finland’s foreign minister has revealed they are considering closing some of the four remaining crossing points – or even the entire border – with Russia.
More than 600 people without valid EU documents arrived in Finland via Russia this month, prompting Helsinki to close several crossings.
05:01 , Alexander Butler
Moscow has claimed a group of Russian journalists have come under attack from Ukrainian forces.
The Russian Defence Ministry said the incident happened in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region, which is partially under Russian occupation.
Russia annexed the region, illegally, in September last year.
03:01 , Alejandro Mayordomo
The Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban has now written to European Council President Charles Michel arguing EU leaders should not endorse the European Commission’s recommendation that Ukraine be allowed to join the bloc.
“The European Council is not in a position to… agree on the future of the enlargement process unless a consensus on our future strategy towards Ukraine is found,” he said.
01:00 , Alexander Butler
After more than 1,000 of its painters left to fight the Russian invasion, a coal mining company in eastern Ukraine suffered a massive staffing shortage. Their reaction was to allow women to paint underground for the first time in their history.
More than a hundred accepted the offer. I accepted this task because the war started and there was no other task,” said 22-year-old Krystyna.
For five months, she has worked as a technician 1,542 feet below ground, servicing the small electric trains that haul workers more than 2.5 miles from the lift shaft where they descend to the seams of coal.
00:01, Alejandro Mayordomo
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that at least “five or six” Russians had foiled his attempt to assassinate him through their security services.
The war’s leader, speaking from Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, said the number of attempts had made him almost immune to danger. Your next attempt is to contract the Covid-19 infection.
“The first one is very interesting, when it’s the first time, and then it’s like Covid,” he said in a new interview.
‘It’s like Covid’: Zelensky says Putin made ‘five or six’ assassination attempts
Wednesday 22 November 2023 23:00 , Alexander Butler
A Ukrainian sniper claims to have broken the world record by killing a Russian soldier almost 2.5 miles away, with a custom rifle called ‘Lord of the Horizon’, Holly Evans reports.
The previous record was held by a Canadian special operations sniper at a distance of 2.2 miles in Iraq in 2017.
In a press release, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) stated: “The SBU sniper set a world record for successful shooting.
“He hit a Russian soldier from afar.
“SBU snipers are adapting the rules of world shooting and demonstrating their ability to shoot well at a distance. “
Ukrainian sniper ‘breaks world record after killing soldier just 4km away’
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 21:00 , Tom Watling
Estonia‘s interior minister accused Russia on Wednesday of being involved in “a hybrid attack operation” to bring migrants to its border, aiming to undermine security and unsettle the Baltic state’s population.
A total of 75 migrants, mostly from Somalia and Syria, have tried to enter Estonia from Russia through the Narva crossing since Thursday, Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported. None applied for asylum and all were rejected, the Interior Ministry said.
Estonia is prepared to close border crossings if “Russia’s migratory pressure intensifies” and to deal with the problem of migrants if they leave to enter official crossing points, Interior Minister Lauri Laanemets told Reuters through a spokesman.
“Unfortunately, there are many symptoms that the Russian border government and, in all likelihood, other agencies are involved,” the minister said.
“Frankly, the existing migratory flow at Europe’s border is a hybrid attack operation,” he added.
Russian officials were quick to respond.
Estonia‘s neighbour Finland said on Tuesday Russian authorities were likely directly involved in more than 500 asylum seekers, mostly from Yemen, Somalia, Syria and Iraq, arriving in a sudden surge from Russia over the past two weeks.
On Monday, the Kremlin denied that Russia intentionally pushed illegal migrants toward the Finnish border and said Russian border guards were carrying out their duties in accordance with the rules.
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 20:00 , Tom Watling
It happens every November, when the cold descends on Kyiv. The change in weather always makes Dmytro Riznychenko think back, and he is overwhelmed by his emotions.
“This is where it truly began,” Riznychenko said, walking through central Kyiv’s Independence Square recently, reflecting on the uprising that unleashed a decade of momentous change for Ukraine, eventually leading to the current war with Russia.
“Ten years of war and fighting,” the 41-year-old psychologist continues tiredly and reluctantly. “And it turns out that the blood is just starting to flow, actually. I don’t do anything. But, my God, it’s so. . . so exhausting.
10 years later, a war-weary Ukraine reflects on events that began its collision course with Russia
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 19:00 , Tom Watling
Ukraine may not be able to meet domestic and export demand for wheat in the years to come if Russia’s attacks on its export routes and facilities continue, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.
“If attacks on food infrastructure and the blocking of maritime export routes continue, this will have a significant effect on agricultural producers for years to come and could, in the worst case, lead to wheat production not meeting national requirements. and export demand. WFP Country Director in Ukraine Matthew Hollingworth said Tuesday.
Ukraine may not be able to meet long-term grain demands due to relentless Russian attacks, says UN
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 18:00 , Tom Watling
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius vowed on Tuesday to continue supporting Ukraine’s efforts to win its war against Russia, pledging more military aid of 1. 3 billion euros ($1. 4 billion).
The new one will come with other Iris-T SLM anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as anti-tank mines and 155-millimeter artillery shells, German news firm dpa reported.
“We are talking about 20,000 additional shells,” Pistorius said at a joint news conference with his Ukrainian counterpart, Rustem Umerov, in Kyiv, according to dpa.
Germany’s defense minister unveils more help for Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 17:00 , Tom Watling
The White House said Tuesday that Iran could supply Russia with ballistic missiles to use in its war against Ukraine.
Moscow is already receiving help from Iran with Shahed drones, guided aerial bombs and artillery munitions and is possibly preparing “to pass more aid to Russia,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.
Moscow has won many Shahed drones that the Russian military has used against Ukraine’s electrical facilities and key infrastructure.
Putin Likely to Start Acquiring Ballistic Missiles from Iran, White House Warns
Wednesday 22 November 2023 16:30 , Tom Watling
Vladimir Putin has scaled back his attacks on Avdiivka, Kyiv army officials said, who also warned that the attacks had still ceased completely.
Putin is sending fewer troops and apparatus to try to capture Ukraine’s battered but strategic stronghold in Donetsk Oblast, largely occupied by Russia.
“Russian professional forces have reduced the number of ground and air strikes, although they continue to violate the rules of war by firing on medical groups and evacuation vehicles,” Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Shtupun said.
Putin Scales Back Attack on Ukraine’s Strategic City After Heavy Russian Losses
Wednesday 22 November 2023 16:03 , Tom Watling
According to a statement from the Ministry of Defense, an aid program from the Lithuanian army has arrived in Ukraine.
You can read the specifics of the package below.
??A new package from the Lithuanian army arrived in Ukraine?? today@LTU_Army delivered 3 million sets of 7. 62 × 51 mm ammunition, remote detonation systems and winter apparatus to the Ukrainian armed forces. Our commitment to helping Ukraine remains unwavering pic. twitter. com/IkA508EMFL
– Lithuanian ?? MOD (@Lithuanian_MoD) November 22, 2023
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 15:16 , Tom Watling
Below are some of the latest photos from Ukraine as the first snowfall of the winter covers parts of the country.
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 14:40 , Tom Watling
Russia has sent the first vessels carrying grain to Africa free of charge, President Vladimir Putin told an online gathering of the Group of 20 leading economies on Wednesday.
Russia withdrew in July from a United Nations-backed deal that allowed Ukrainian grain exports to pass through the Black Sea, but Moscow has since pledged to help emerging countries that rely on Russian and Ukrainian grain exports.
In his remarks at the G20 meeting, Putin also said that much of the world’s economic activity is shifting to Asia and Africa, and called for a greater role for emerging countries at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Wednesday 22 November 2023 13:36 , Tom Watling
Vladimir Putin said Russia “stands for restoring the spirit of open and mutually beneficial cooperation in the world”.
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 1:34 p. m. , Tom Watling
Vladimir Putin is heading to the virtual G20 summit.
We will continue to post the most newsworthy bits of his speech as they are translated.
Wednesday 22 November 2023 13:30 , Tom Watling
The fabric between Russia and the United States is incredibly thin and threatens to tear at any moment, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Wednesday.
Zakharova told reporters at her weekly press briefing that Washington’s moves could have “unpredictable consequences. “
Wednesday 22 November 2023 13:28 , Tom Watling
Vladimir Putin has said Russia has given up on peace talks on Ukraine.
“The scenario in Ukraine can only be shocking, but the blow in Ukraine and the extermination of the civilian population there and in Palestine are shocking,” he said, according to state media.
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 13:25 , Tom Watling
Vladimir Putin photographed addressing the virtual G20 summit.
It turns out that only a handful of countries have tuned in to hear him speak, including India, Spain, Indonesia, and Korea.
Wednesday 22 November 2023 13:16 , Tom Watling
Ukrainian troops are facing “difficult” defensive operations in parts of the Eastern Front due to the harsh winter ahead, but forces in the south are still carrying out offensive actions, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday.
Russian troops launched offensives this fall on other sections of the front line in eastern Ukraine, attempting to advance toward the devastated city of Avdiivka and in the northeast between the cities of Lyman and Kupiansk.
“Difficult weather, difficult defence on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Donetsk and Avdiivka fronts. Offensive actions in the south,” Zelenskiy said on Telegram messenger.
Snow and frigid temperatures that hovered around -5 degrees Celsius on Wednesday and are expected to drop further may further complicate operations on the battlefield, where fighting is entering a phase of attrition.
Russia, which introduced a full-scale invasion in February 2022, controls about one-fifth of Ukraine. Kiev introduced a counteroffensive this summer to retake occupied territory, but failed to make a breakthrough.
Since mid-October, Avdiivka, where the front line has little since the first war that broke out in 2014 between kyiv and Russian-backed militants, has faced waves of attacks followed by temporary pauses, according to the Ukrainian military.
After the previous day’s pause, army chief “Tavria” claimed on Wednesday that Russian troops had “significantly increased” the number of strikes and airstrikes.
“Our defenders are steadfastly holding the defence in the Avdiivka direction,” Commander Oleksandr Tarnavskyi said on Telegram. Ukrainian forces continued the offensive on the southeastern Melitopol front, he added.
In its morning battlefield briefing, the General Staff said troops also maintained secure bridgeheads on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, occupied by Russian forces at the beginning of their invasion.
Wednesday 22 November 2023 12:54 , Tom Watling
Vladimir Putin has just spoken at the virtual G20 summit, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 12:40 , Tom Watling
On Wednesday, the Kremlin declined to comment on a suggestion made by White House spokesman John Kirthrough that Iran could supply Russia with ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine.
“We are developing relations with Iran, including in the field of military-technical cooperation, but we do not comment on this information,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in a regular news briefing.
Kirby said the United States would monitor the situation between Iran and Russia, and take appropriate action as needed.
Iran has been a key military backer for Russia, supplying the Kremlin with thousands of Shahed kamikaze drones that have been used to attack Ukrainian infrastructure.
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 12:20 , Athena Stavrou
Vladimir Putin has scaled back his attacks on Avdiivka, Kyiv army officials said, who also warned that the attacks had still ceased completely.
“Russian occupying forces have reduced the number of ground and air attacks, though they still violate the rules of war by shooting at medical teams and evacuation vehicles,” said Ukrainian military spokesperson Oleksandr Shtupun.
Read more…
Putin Scales Back Attack on Ukraine’s Strategic City After Heavy Russian Losses
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 11:53, Athena Stavrou
Ukraine’s coal mines allowed women to work underground for the first time in history to cope with a wartime shortage of painters.
Krystyna, 22, is one of 100 women who accepted the offer.
She worked as a technician 470 meters underground for months. She accepted the position after overcoming the worry of leaving her four-year-old son Denys at home with his mother.
Her hometown of Pavlohrad is 100 km (62 miles) from the front, but is often hit by Russian missiles.
“I accepted this task because there was war and there were no other tasks,” he said candidly.
His beloved older brother worked in the same mine. She joined the army two weeks after the full-scale invasion began, Krystyna said, adding that she was very worried about him.
He added: “Our boys were taken to the front, and now we have to deal with them: there is no one to work in the mine anymore. “
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 11:41 AM , Athena Stavrou
The Kremlin said on Monday that President Vladimir Putin would lay out Russia’s perspectives on what it considers a “deeply volatile global situation” at the upcoming virtual G20 summit.
Russian state TV presenter Pavel Zarubin said on his Telegram channel on Sunday that it would be the “first event in a long time” including both Putin and Western leaders.
According to the state RIA news agency, the G20 virtual summit will be held on Wednesday.
Separately, RIA reported that Putin will also take part via video link in a discussion on Tuesday about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at a summit of the BRICS bloc of nations.
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 11:40 AM , Athena Stavrou
Russian anti-aircraft aircraft destroyed three Ukrainian drones over the Crimean peninsula, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
“An attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack with aircraft-type UAVs on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation was prevented,” the defence ministry said.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Ukraine says it will rest until the last Russian soldier is driven from its territory. Russia claims that Crimea is now part of Russia.
“Three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed over the territory of the Republic of Crimea by air defense,” the ministry added.
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 11:00 AM , Athena Stavrou
The Kremlin declined to comment on a suggestion made by White House spokesman John Kirthrough that Iran could supply Russia with ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine.
“We are developing relations with Iran, including in the field of military-technical cooperation, but we do not comment on this information,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in a regular news briefing.
Kirby said the U. S. would monitor the scenario between Iran and Russia and take appropriate action if necessary.
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 10:20, Athena Stavrou
Ukrainian air defenses shot down all 14 Shahed drones introduced through Russian forces in an overnight attack, the air force said Wednesday.
The Air Force said in a statement that the attack on Ukraine’s central, southeastern and western regions lasted from 8 p. m. Tuesday at 3 a. m. Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of casualties or primary damage.
The Air Force also said the Russian military introduced an X-22 missile into the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, but the missile failed to hit its target and fell into a field.
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 09:39 , Athena Stavrou
Ukrainian and Russian forces continued to conduct offensive operations in eastern and southern Ukraine despite rainy weather conditions and snowfall, a group of war experts said.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that Kherson Oblast military administration adviser Serhiy Khlan said on Monday that Russian shelling on the west bank (right) of Kherson Oblast has decreased due to weather conditions.
Ukrainian 14th Mechanized Brigade spokeswoman Nadiya Zamryha also said Tuesday that Russian forces were carrying out attacks in the direction of Kupyansk despite snow and frost.
Zamryha added that the number of Russian attacks will likely decrease due to weather conditions but that Russian forces will not stop offensive operations completely.
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 09:32 , Athena Stavrou
Vladimir Putin has scaled back his attacks on Avdiivka, Kyiv military officials said, also warning that the attacks had yet completely ceased.
Mr Putin is pouring in fewer troops and equipment in an attempt to seize the battered but strategic Ukrainian stronghold in the Donetsk oblast that has largely been occupied by Russia.
“Russian occupying forces have reduced the number of ground and air attacks, though they still violate the rules of war by shooting at medical teams and evacuation vehicles,” said Ukrainian military spokesperson Oleksandr Shtupun.
Avdiivka, owner of a gigantic coke plant, has suffered heavy fighting and now has a population of 1,500, down from 32,000 before the war.
“The invaders are abandoning their plan to encircle Avdiivka. Eight attacks have been repelled today,” the spokesman said.
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 07:54, Andy Gregory
Vladimir Putin has scaled back his assault on Avdiivka, said Kyiv’s military officials who also warned that the attacks have not fully stopped yet, reports my colleague Arpan Rai.
Mr Putin is pouring in fewer troops and equipment in an attempt to seize the battered but strategic Ukrainian stronghold in the Donetsk oblast that has largely been occupied by Russia.
“Russian professional forces have reduced the number of ground and air strikes, although they continue to violate the rules of war by firing on medical groups and evacuation vehicles,” Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Shtupun said.
Avdiivka, which has a giant coke plant, has endured intense fighting and now has 1,500 residents, up from 32,000 before the war.
“The invaders are abandoning their plan to encircle Avdiivka. Eight attacks have been repelled today,” the spokesman said.
Putin Scales Back Attack on Ukraine’s Strategic City After Heavy Russian Losses
Wednesday 22 November 2023 07:00 , Holly Evans
A Ukrainian sniper claims to have broken the world record by killing a Russian soldier almost 2.5 miles away, with a custom rifle called ‘Lord of the Horizon’.
The previous record was set by a Canadian special operations sniper at a distance of 2. 2 miles in Iraq in 2017.
In a press release, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) stated: “The SBU sniper set a world record for successful shooting.
Read the full article here
Ukrainian sniper ‘breaks world record after killing soldier just 4km away’
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 06:00 , Holly Evans
Poland will get more than 5 billion euros ($5. 5 billion) in the EU budget after the European Commission on Tuesday made an assessment of the country’s revised recovery plan that includes green reforms and investments.
The 5.1 billion euros pre-financing is part of the bloc’s REPowerEU program aimed at helping the 27 EU nations recover from the energy crisis that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, and reduce their dependance to Russian fossil fuels.
The announcement comes a month after elections in Poland secured a parliamentary majority for pro-Europeans aligned with Donald Tusk.
Read here
Poland will get more than €5 billion from the EU after the Commission approves its recovery plan
Wednesday 22 November 2023 21:04 , Alexander Butler
Moscow has claimed a group of Russian journalists have come under attack from Ukrainian forces.
The Russian Defence Ministry said the incident happened in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region, which is partially under Russian occupation.
Russia annexed the region, illegally, in September last year.
Wednesday 22 November 2023 05:00 , Holly Evans
The Queen has commended journalists “risking their lives” reporting from the Middle East and Ukraine, as she celebrated the 135th anniversary of the Foreign Press Association (FPA) at its annual awards ceremony.
Camilla was made an honorary member of the FPA at the Sheraton Grand Park Lane hotel in Piccadilly, west London, “following in the footsteps” of the King, who also granted her honorary membership for life.
The London FPA is the world’s largest and oldest group of foreign correspondents, founded in 1888 by foreign journalists who came to London to cover the Jack the Ripper case.
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Queen commends journalists ‘risking their lives’ in the Middle East and Ukraine
Wednesday 22 November 2023 04:00 , Holly Evans
Tatyana Prima thought she’d left the bombs behind when she fled Ukraine more than a year and a half ago, after Russia decimated her city, Mariupol. The 38-year-old escaped with her injured husband and young daughter, bringing the family to safety in southern Israel.
The calm he was slowly regaining was shattered on October 7, when Hamas militants invaded the country.
“All those sounds of war that we hear now represent a cause that reminds us of what we experienced in Mariupol,” he said. “It’s hard to feel like you’re your child’s user, the one who needs what’s most productive for them, and in a way, like you’ve let them down. “
Read more here
Ukrainians who fled their country to Israel face war again
Wednesday 22 November 2023 21:01 , Alexander Butler
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban has written to European Council President Charles Michel arguing EU leaders should not endorse the European Commission’s recommendation that Ukraine be allowed to join the bloc.
The leaders are expected to meet next month to hammer out a deal for Ukraine.
“The European Council is in a position to agree on the long-term enlargement procedure unless a consensus is reached on our long-term strategy towards Ukraine,” he said.
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 03:00, Holly Evans
President Volodymyr Zelensky has hailed the important role of the world’s media in fostering international support for Ukraine, as he met representatives of Fox News and The Sun, including Fox Corporation chief executive Lachlan Murdoch.
He met with Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall and Sun reporter Jerome Starkey in his Kyiv bureau and thanked them for their “comprehensive coverage” of the war, adding that they shed light on “Russian atrocities” despite the personal threat, the president said. the official website said in a statement.
He also told The Sun how he had survived at least five assassination attempts by Russian President Vladimir Putin, comparing his reaction to those “like Covid” attempts.
Read here
Zelensky thanks world’s media for fostering support for Ukraine
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 02:00 , Holly Evans
This happens every November, when the blood arrives in Kiev. Climate change makes Dmytro Riznychenko think and his emotions whip him.
“This is where it all started,” Riznychenko said, as she recently walked through Independence Square in central Kiev, reflecting on the uprising that sparked a decade of significant adjustments for Ukraine, eventually leading to the existing war with Russia.
“Ten years of war and struggle,” the 41-year-old psychologist continued, wearily and reluctantly. “And it seems like the blood has only just begun to flow, truly. I regret nothing. But, God, it’s just so tiresome.”
Read the full post here
10 years later, a war-weary Ukraine reflects on events that began its collision course with Russia
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 01:00 , Holly Evans
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius on Tuesday vowed to continue supporting Ukraine’s efforts to win its war against Russia, pledging more military aid of 1. 3 billion euros ($1. 4 billion).
The new one will come with other Iris-T SLM anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as anti-tank mines and 155-millimeter artillery shells, German news firm dpa reported.
“We are talking about 20,000 more shells,” Pistorius told dpa at a joint press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umerov in Kyiv.
Read more here
German Defense Minister Unveils More Aid for Ukraine’s Fight Against Russian Invasion
Tuesday 21 November 2023 23:59 , Joe Middleton
Russian forces in the theater of war in eastern Ukraine are intensifying their attacks around Bakhmut and have shifted from defensive lines to offensive lines, Kyiv’s military said.
The attacks are aimed at Klishchiivka, a village at a higher elevation about nine kilometers from Bakhmut, said Volodymyr Fityo, spokesman for Ukraine’s ground forces.
Klishchiivka was recaptured from Russian forces across Ukraine in September counteroffensive operations. Bakhmut was captured by Russian troops in May and has faced some of the heaviest fighting between the two countries.
Ukrainian troops repel attacks near Bakhmut as Putin’s forces make desperate effort
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