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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.
The general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said soldiers are “standing their ground, inflicting major losses on the enemy” both around Avdiivka and along other areas of the eastern frontlines. "Our defenders are steadfastly holding the defence in the Avdiivka direction," Commander Oleksandr Tarnavskyi said.
It comes as Ukrainian President 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.
Russian troops have launched offensives on different sections of the frontline in Ukraine's east this autumn, trying to advance on the devastated town of Avdiivka and in the northeast between the towns of Lyman and Kupiansk.
"Difficult weather, difficult defence on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Donetsk and Avdiivka fronts. Offensive actions in the south," Mr Zelensky said.
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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 trying to advance in the area for weeks, with the army saying that Ukrainian troops have repelled more than 30 attacks in the last 24 hours.
Chris Stevenson 23 November 2023 10:03
39 minutes ago Kremlin ‘inexplicably concerned’ about upcoming election, say ISW
The Kremlin seems to be inexplicably concerned about the outcome of next years’ election, despite Putin’s widespread popularity, report the Institute for the Study of War.
Ella Pamiflova, the chairperson of the Russian Central Electoral Comission, said both Russian citizens who live in Russia and those who have left are attempting to discredit the president.
The ISW suggests the statement means the government will continue to “intensify censorship efforts under the guise of fighting attempted internal election meddling.”
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(Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
Lydia Patrick 23 November 2023 14:00
1 hour ago NATO logistics chief warns ‘We are running out of time'
NATO has warned its members that too much red tape is hindering troop movements across Europe, a problem that could cause major delays were a conflict with Russia to erupt.
“We are running out of time. What we don’t get done in peacetime won’t be ready in case of a crisis or a war,” the chief of NATO’s logistics command JSEC, Lieutenant-General Alexander Sollfrank, told Reuters in an interview published on Thursday.
NATO’s Joint Support and Enabling Command (JSEC) in the southern German town of Ulm started operating in 2021. Its job is to coordinate the swift movement of troops and tanks across the continent as well as logistical preparations such as the storage of munitions on the alliance’s eastern flank.
A result of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2014, the creation of JSEC reflected the assessment that NATO, after decades of detente following the Cold War, once again needed to be ready for a war in Europe that could break out at any time.
However, the task of quickly deploying forces up to a size of a division with some 20,000 troops, as well as having ammunition, fuel, spare parts and provisions in place, has become trickier since the Cold War.
“We have a surplus of regulations, but the one thing we don’t have is time,” warned Admiral Rob Bauer, head of NATO’s military committee.”
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, speaks at a joint press conference with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, on the occasion of their meeting in Belgrade, Serbia
(Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
Lydia Patrick 23 November 2023 13:30
1 hour ago Russian journalist killed by drone strike, claim Russia
A Russian television journalist has died from injuries he sustained in a Ukrainian drone attack, says Russia’s Ministry of Defence.
Boris Maksudov died after being wounded in a drone attack while working in southern Ukraine‘s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region. Maksudov, who worked for Russian state television channel Russia 24, was hit Wednesday while working on a story about Ukraine allegedly shelling civilians, according to Russia’s Ministry of Defense.
Zaporizhzhia is one of the four Ukrainian regions that Russia illegally annexed last year.
This pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik shows Russia's President Vladimir Putin taking part in a virtual G20 leaders' summit in Moscow
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Lydia Patrick 23 November 2023 13:00
2 hours ago ICYMI- Putin may start sourcing ballistic missiles from Iran, warns White House
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.
Missiles had struck and damaged two buildings of the hospital in Selydove town late on Tuesday, interior minister Ihor Klymenko had 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.
Ukraine says at least three dead in Russian airstrike on hospital Russian missile tears through section of hospital in late night attack on civilian target
Lydia Patrick 23 November 2023 12:30
2 hours ago Russia carry out deadly strike in southeastern regions
Russian shelling killed three civilians in southeastern regions of Ukraine, Kyiv authorities said.
Eight artillery barrages targeted Kherson overnight, killing a 42-year-old in his apartment and wounding another man, the Ukrainian presidential office said. Russian shelling also killed two people in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, the office said. It was not possible to independently verify the reports. Long-range Russian shelling that hits civilian areas has been a hallmark of Moscow’s 21-month war in Ukraine.
A heavily damaged building is seen in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Ukraine
(Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
Lydia Patrick 23 November 2023 12:00
2 hours ago Two Ukrainian truckers die amid trucker protest
Two Ukrainian drivers have died and thousands of trucks have been stuck for days in the winter cold as the truckers block the roads to three crossings on the Polish-Ukrainian border, a key route for Ukraine‘s trade during Russia’s invasion.
Ukraine wants its export routes via Poland to be unblocked before it holds talks with Warsaw and the European Commission aimed at ending protests by Polish truckers.
Taras Kachka, Ukraine‘s trade representative and a deputy economy minister, said drivers were being forced to live for days in freezing temperatures and unhygienic conditions.
“Our task is to unblock the road first and then talk about all the demands that the protesters have,” Kachka said in an interview on national television.
“This should be done at the negotiating table... in Brussels, or in Warsaw, or in Kyiv, but not on the road in winter, causing damage not only to the economy but also to the health and lives of drivers who are stuck there,” he added.
Ukrainian media outlets reported that a truck driver died overnight near the Polish village of Korczowa where he had been stuck waiting to cross the border. Another driver died on Nov. 11 near the crossing in the Polish city of Che？m.
Polish truckers started their blockade on Nov. 6 to protest against what they said was business lost to Ukrainian drivers who have been made exempt from seeking permits to cross the Polish border during the Russian invasion.
With Ukraine‘s Black Sea ports - a key export route before the war - virtually blocked by Russia, Ukrainian businesses rely on roads and railways to reroute exports and imports.
Ukraine‘s Infrastructure Ministry estimated that an average 40,000-50,000 trucks cross the border with Poland per month via eight existing crossings, twice as many as before the war. Most of the goods are carried by Ukraine‘s transport fleet.
Lydia Patrick 23 November 2023 11:45
3 hours ago ICYMI - What Russian leader said in virtual address about Ukraine war ‘tragedy’ in G20 speech
Russian president Vladimir Putin told the leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) on Wednesday it was time to think about how to stop the “tragedy” of the war in Ukraine which entered its 22nd month.
Acknowledging his military operations in the neighbouring nation, the Kremlin chief said some of the leaders mentioned in their speeches that they were shocked by the “continuing aggression” of Russia in Ukraine.
“Yes, of course, military actions are always a tragedy. And of course, we should think about how to stop this tragedy,” he said.
Mr Putin declared a full-scale invasion of the country – calling it a “special military operation” – and despite international calls for peace, continued to send to Ukraine tens of thousands of troops who are trying to capture areas in east and south of the country.
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Lydia Patrick 23 November 2023 11:15
3 hours ago Wagner veterans officially recognised by Russia, say MOD
A group of Wagner soldiers have been officially recognised as veterans by Russian troops.
The Russian Ministry of Defence has established a new system allowing Wagner veterans to receive official identificaion documents and obtain bonuses, reports the UK’s MOD.
Lydia Patrick 23 November 2023 10:45
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4 hours ago Yale historian says west can help Ukraine break stalemate
A historian urges western countries to continue their aid to Ukraine so they can overcome their ‘deadlock’.
Timothy Snyder insisted Ukraine had not reached a stalemate since the west could ‘drop five more queens on the board’, in conversation 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 not a game of chess,.
“In chess, there are only so many pieces on the board, and the reason why you get into stalemate is that your pieces get into a certain arrangement.”
Historian Timothy Snyder has spoken out in support of Ukraine
(Yale University)
Lydia Patrick 23 November 2023 10:15
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