War

Retired Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, former commanding general for the U.S. Army in Europe, has said he believes that the liberation of Kherson opened the way for the Ukrainian Armed Forces of Ukraine to conduct a counter-offensive and retake other occupied cities in southern Ukraine and Crimea. According to Ukrinform, Hodges said this in a post on Twitter. "HIMARS will soon be firing from Kherson. The approaches to Crimea are within range. This will degrade Russian defenses/LOC's while "left wing" of the counter-offensive takes Mariupol & Melitopol by January. Then begins the decisive phase of the campaign...liberation of Crimea," he…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky clearly outlined the terms of negotiations with Russia, and Ukraine will sit down at the negotiating table when those terms are fulfilled. Davyd Arakhamia, the head of the Servant of the People faction in parliament and a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "Our President Volodymyr Zelensky clearly named the conditions under which it is possible to talk about something with Russia. They include the restoration of territorial integrity, compensation for all the damages inflicted, punishment for all war criminals, effective…

Russian troops struck Zaporizhzhia with an Iskander-K missile containing cluster munitions on Saturday, November 12, with unexploded munitions falling near residential buildings. Deputy Head of the President's Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko said this in a statement on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "This evening, Russian terrorists shelled the city of Zaporizhzhia. They fired a missile from an Iskander-K missile system. The missile was loaded with 54 cluster munitions. They did not break and fell in the Shevchenkivsky district of the city near six residential buildings," he said. Tymoshenko noted that cluster munitions could detonate at any moment. Inside them are hundreds of small…

Today, 45 Ukrainian defenders returned home from Russian captivity within another prisoner swap. In total, 1,183 Ukrainians have returned home since the beginning of Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine. "Another swap has just ended, and 45 Ukrainian defenders have returned home, which means that a total of 1,183 Ukrainians have returned home within swaps since the beginning of Russia's full-scale aggression, and we continue to prepare next swaps," Andriy Yusov, a representative of the press service of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said during the nationwide news telethon. In particular, representatives of the…

Russian occupation officials are continuing their attempts to erode Ukrainian national identity among residents of the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories. “Russian occupation officials are continuing their attempts to erode Ukrainian national identity among residents of occupied territories while setting conditions to mobilize additional forces from the occupied Ukrainian civilian population years from now,” the Institute for the Study of War reports. Moreover, Russian occupation authorities are reportedly continuing their efforts to identify pro-Ukraine residents in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine but are less invested in creating pro-Russian sentiments among occupied populations. “The Ukrainian Resistance Center reported on November 10 that Russian…

Head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak has reported that 45 members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were released within another prisoner swap. "There are soldiers and sergeants who defended our state in battles among them," Yermak posted on Telegram. Moreover, it was possible to return two bodies of the fallen defenders. "We will return all Ukrainians home. Children are waiting for these defenders at home, we were in constant contact with their relatives," he emphasized. According to the Head of the President's Office, "the days of worries and sleepless nights are over. Everything will be fine. I thank…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for participation in a fundraising campaign for the world's first Ukrainian fleet of naval drones, with funds being collected by the United24 fundraising platform. The head of state said this in a post on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. "United24 fundraising platform (https://u24.gov.ua/uk/navaldrones) launched the fundraising campaign for the world's first Ukrainian fleet of naval drones. We must defend the waters of our seas and peaceful cities from Russian missiles launched from ships," Zelensky wrote. He said he was convinced that naval drones would also help unblock the corridor for civilian ships transporting grain for the…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he does not believe in the prospect of peace negotiations with Russia and is not going to return to them as long as Russia continues to use the language of ultimatums. He said this in an interview with CNN, Ukrinform reports. "They don't want this war to be finished. Now, before having any fatigue, everyone has to understand that it’s only the Kremlin and only one person, the head of the Russian Federation, who’s not tired of the war. He [Putin] might be tired of life in principle because of his age, but…

The Netherlands plans to contribute EUR 100 million to the newly created International Fund for Ukraine (IFU) to finance the purchase of military equipment for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This is said in a press release issued by the Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands, Ukrinform reports. The ministry stressed that funds from the IFU, participants of which are also the United Kingdom, Denmark and Norway, are used to purchase materiel directly from manufacturers in order to ensure that it reaches Ukraine as quickly as possible. This approach allows optimal use of the available budget. It also…

In the Kherson region, the Russian army struck the front-line and de-occupied settlements of the Beryslav district with Grad multiple launch rocket systems, rockets and heavy artillery. That's according to the Kherson regional police, Ukrinform reports. "The Russian army hit the front-line and de-occupied settlements of the Beryslav district with Grads, rockets and heavy artillery," the report said. It added that private and high-rise residential buildings, garages, shops, pharmacies, solar power plants and cars had been damaged, with craters left on the roads. There are casualties, some people remaining under the rubble of buildings, the police said. Over the past…