Russia Ukraine conflict: Putin turns to new drone for winter amid Avdiivka bombing

Mike Johnson, a staunch conservative from Louisiana has been unanimously elected House speaker with broad GOP assist on Wednesday. The extra conservative however lesser identified congressman who has backing from Donald Trump, initially supported Ukraine, sharing his assist on X, previously often called Twitter.

However, in May final yr he was considered one of solely 57 members of the House to vote towards $40 billion of support to Ukraine.

He launched an announcement saying: “‘We should not be sending another $40 billion abroad when our own border is in chaos, American mothers are struggling to find baby formula, gas prices are at record highs, and American families are struggling to make ends meet, without sufficient oversight over where the money will go.”

Since the statement, he has consistently voted against aid to Ukraine.

Ukrainian Governor Oleksandr Prokudin has reported that a Russian stirke on Kherson Oblast’s city of Beryslav on Wednesday killed a 13 yr old boy.

On his Telegram channel he wrote: “In the evening, the occupiers opened fire against a residential building in the city, as a result of the strike, a 13-year-old boy died.”

Governor Prokudin didn’t present additional particulars on potential harm brought on by the attack or on the weaponry utilized by Russian forces.

The Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SSO) report they’ve inflicted over $25 million harm to Russian gear in a single week. In a message on their Telegram channel, they reported the destruction of heavy gear together with the Zoopark-1 surveillance and fireplace management radar advanced, a prized possession for Russians.

Other gear included a vital battlefield artillery fireplace coordination advanced that directed Russian artillery and taregetd places of Ukrainian surface-to-surface and surface-to-air fireplace.

A spokesperson from Ukrainian intelligence advised Bloomberg {that a} “Siberian battalion” was being made up of totally Russian residents in assist of Ukraine.

Andriy Yusov, a consultant of the Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) stated Yusov stated it was solely the start and Ukraine would proceed to recruit Russian residents to related battalions.

On Wednesday the Welsh parliament recognised the 1932-1933 famine as a genocide towards the Ukrainian individuals below Stalin and the Soviet authorities.

The Embassy of Ukraine stated on X, previously often called Twitter: “We are grateful to the Senedd for recognizing the 1932–1933 Holodomor in Ukraine as genocide committed against Ukrainians. It’s a significant milestone in restoring historical justice and raising awareness about the millions of innocent victims”

The University of Minnesota says between 3.5 million and seven million Ukrainians died through the genocide.

Speaking in Doha to Sky News, the Foreign Minister of Qatar, Abdulrahman al-Thani, questioned why the reducing off of meals and water in Ukraine was seen as a conflict crime however not in Gaza.

“The children being killed in this war is exceeding the number killed in the other war between Ukraine and Russia, and yet we haven’t seen the same reaction.”

Russian army have reported they shot down two US-made missiles in a “special military operation. The ATACMS long-range missiles were given to Ukraine by the US with Russia stating it was the first downing of its kind.

Reuters were unable to confirm the incident and there has been no response from Kyiv or Washington. Last week, Ukraine reported success using the missiles inflicting heavy damage on two Russian airfields.

President Vladmir Putin said that the US was making a mistake by entering deeper into their conflict with Ukraine and said that the ATACMS missiles would not change the battlefield situation.

A Russian drone strike that hit near a nuclear power station in Khmelnitskyi on Wednesday was likely targeting the station according to Ukraine’s President Zelensky.

In his nightly address, he said the action was evidence stricter sanctions were needed against Russia.

Zelensky said every Russian strike, “especially those daring enough to target nuclear power stations and other critical facilities, serves as an argument that pressure on the terrorist state is insufficient.”

A report by Russian investigative news outlet, The Insider, has revealed that Russian Kh-47M2 Khinzal missiles are being produced using components imported from all across the EU.

Since the start of the full-scale invasion most of Russia’s defence productions has fallen under sanctions. However, company records show that equipment is still being imported via intermediaries in Poland, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, and the U.K.

A single Khinzal missile costs the Russian state $10 million according to the publication.

Leo Varadakar, the Taioseach of Ireland, has downplayed claims of a Cabinet row over the accomodation of refugees.

The Irish Government is looking at moving from the current open-ended arrangements for Ukrainian refugees amid concerns the state will have no accommodation left for new Ukrainian arrivals next year.

When pressed to confirm the tensions, Varadkar said that “the rows in Government are much exaggerated”, however the wider situation was a “serious one”.

Mr Varadkar stated he was very “proud” of Ireland’s efforts to deal with round 100,000 Ukrainians because the conflict broke out, with 20,000 worldwide safety candidates arriving from elsewhere on the planet throughout the identical interval.