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The Ukrainian Armed Forces have destroyed a Russian Silok electronic warfare system. According to Ukrinform, Ukraine’s Operational Command North said this in a Facebook post. "Fighters of the 30th Prince Konstanty Ostrogski Mechanized Brigade have hunted down a ‘drone hunter’,” the report said. It added that the Russians like to brag about their allegedly advanced Silok electronic warfare system, but only in words. Soldiers of the 30th brigade hit the “drone hunter,” found it and adjusted the fire using a drone, the report said. Earlier reports said that Ukrainian defenders had already killed about 82,080 Russian soldiers between February 24…

Russians have practically destroyed an energy facility, providing power supply for the right-bank Kherson region and a significant part of the Mykolaiv region. The relevant statement was made by Ukrenergo National Power Company CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyi on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “An energy facility, which provided power supply for the entire right-bank Kherson region and a significant part of the Mykolaiv region, has been practically destroyed. It no longer exists. Two autotransformers, weighing 250 tonnes each, were blown up. The relay protection, compressor and battery rooms – everything that had not been destroyed in explosion, [Russian] terrorists additionally shot…

Law enforcement officers have found the bodies of farmers killed by Russian occupiers in the Kherson region. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. According to the preliminary data, in August 2022, when the Vysokopillia community’s urban-type settlement of Arkhanhelske was temporarily controlled by the Russian army, the Russian military killed a married couple of farmers in their own cellar. When conducting the investigative actions, law enforcement officers discovered the burial site, where the bodies of two victims, a man and a woman, had been buried. A superficial examination showed…

At least five residential houses have been damaged in Russia’s shelling of the Sumy region’s Yunakivka community. The relevant statement was made by Sumy Regional Military Administration Head Dmytro Zhyvytskyi on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The Yunakivka community has come under enemy fire today. Russians struck the border areas with self-propelled artillery. Ten projectiles exploded close to civilian homes. At least five houses were damaged: roofs, windows and fences were broken. Shell fragments also caused damage to household buildings,” Zhyvytskyi wrote. In his words, no casualties among civilians were reported. A reminder that, on November 14, 2022, Russian troops…

Canada will provide CAD 500 million (approximately USD 400 million) in additional military assistance for Ukraine. The relevant statement was made by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, an Ukrinform correspondent reports, referring to the Prime Minister’s Office. “Canada will provide $500 million in additional military assistance for Ukraine, to assist the Armed Forces of Ukraine in defending their country against Russia’s brutal and unjustifiable invasion,” the report states. According to the Prime Minister’s Office, these funds will go toward military, surveillance, and communications equipment, fuel, and medical supplies. “As Russia continues its brutal, unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine, Canada will continue…

Russian troops have struck an enterprise in the Sumy region. Three workers were reported injured. The relevant statement was made by Sumy Regional Military Administration Head Dmytro Zhyvytskyi on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “This morning a [critical infrastructure] object has been struck with self-propelled artillery. Nineteen explosions occurred within the territory of the enterprise. Workers were working there at that time. Three of them are now in hospital with shrapnel injuries,” Zhyvytskyi wrote. In his words, one of workers had his legs seriously injured. Enemy projectiles directly hit the roof of the enterprise. All the windows were blown out.…

Ukraine is liberating the occupied territories step by step and, despite the hard battles and the high price of victory, will go this difficult path. The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a conversation with the media representatives in Kherson, an Ukrinform correspondent reports, referring to the Office of the President of Ukraine. “We are coming step by step to all the temporarily occupied territories of our country. Of course, it is difficult, it is a long and hard path. The best heroes of our country are in this war,” Zelensky said. The Head of State…

Russia keeps 18 ships and boats, including one missile carrier with eight Kalibr missiles onboard, in the Black Sea. As the Operational Command "South" posted on Facebook, the composition of the enemy fleet did not change significantly over the past day. "Despite the relative calm, remember that the enemy can at any moment use both an air missile component and ground-based long- and medium-range missile systems," the Operational Command "South" warned. Read also: Defense Forces eliminate 40 invaders in south in past day The military added that there is still a danger of massive kamikaze drone strikes, primarily on critical…

The Russian army late on November 12 launched heavy artillery strikes on the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region. Mykola Lukashuk, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "The Russian occupiers cannot calm down in any way. This evening, they fired heavy artillery at the Myrove community in the Nikopol district," the post said. No casualties were recorded. Earlier reports said that Russian invaders had shelled the village of Hornostaivka in the Kherson region with Grad multiple rocket launchers, killing two women and damaging ten houses.

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…