Russia Ukraine struggle: Thriller as Putin’s state media removes updates on forces ‘regrouping’ in south

Ukrainian army intelligence mentioned two amphibious Russian ships loaded with armoured automobiles had been hit by naval drones in a single day.

One of the boats was recognized as an Akula class vessel, whereas the opposite touchdown vessel was a Serna class.

“The results of intelligence conducted on 10 November 2023 near Vuzka Bay in temporarily occupied Crimea show that after an attack by naval drones, two small Russian landing ships have been destroyed,” a Ukraine army report mentioned.

“As a consequence of the attack, both vessels went to the bottom, the Akula straight away and the Serna after attempts to save it.”

Battle cries pierce the smoke and rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire as Ukrainian troopers battle by means of and take enemy trenches and dugouts that cover grotesque, bloody stays.

“Grenade!” one screams in Ukrainian. Another yells: “Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!”

This time, no lives or limbs had been misplaced. Because this time, the rounds fired had been blanks and the “enemy” troops had been, in reality, French troopers whose intention was to not kill the Ukrainians however as a substitute to assist form them into higher, extra deadly warriors.

But quickly, the struggle video games these troops performed within the mud in France will change into all too actual, when the Ukrainians return home and are despatched to the entrance strains in opposition to Russia’s forces.

Three Russian officers have been killed in an “act of revenge” in an occupied Ukrainian metropolis, mentioned Kyiv’s intelligence officers.

A blast struck a Saturday assembly attended by Russian National Guard and FSB intelligence service officers in occupied Melitopol, mentioned the Ukrainian intelligence’s major unit.

“This act of revenge, carried out by representatives of the local resistance movement, took place in the (post) offices seized by the Russians,” the Ukrainian defence ministry’s intelligence division mentioned on Sunday.

Russian forces have established their headquarters in Melitopol, a metropolis in southwestern Ukraine that was captured within the early days of the struggle.

“As a result of the explosion at least three National Guard officers were killed at the headquarters,” officers mentioned.

Germany‘s aid for Ukraine will be “massively expanded” next year, the foreign minister said Monday as Kyiv heads into its second winter since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

Germany has become one of Ukraine’s high army suppliers for the reason that struggle began in February 2022, sending materials that features tanks, armored personnel carriers, air protection techniques and Patriot missile techniques.

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock mentioned as she arrived Monday at a gathering with European Union counterparts that, at the same time as Europe grapples with the struggle between Israel and Hamas, it’s nonetheless essential to “face the geopolitical challenge here.”

The former prime minister is re-entering frontline politics throughout a tumultuous time. Chris Stevenson seems to be at what he might want to sort out first and the place his instincts could take him.

“We are almost halfway through November and we must be prepared for the possibility that the enemy may increase the number of drone or missile strikes against our infrastructure. Russia is preparing for winter,” the Ukrainian president mentioned in his nightly deal with on Sunday.

“And in Ukraine, all our attention should be focused on defence, on response to terrorists, on everything Ukraine can do to make it easier for our people to get through this winter and to increase the capabilities of our troops.”

Western international locations on Monday repeatedly known as on Russia to finish home repression of dissident voices and finish its struggle in Ukraine — and human rights violations associated to it — as Russia got here underneath an everyday assessment on the U.N.’s high rights physique.

A delegation from Moscow, led by State Secretary and Deputy Justice Minister Andrei Loginov, defended Russia’s proper to make sure regulation and order by limiting some types of protest or voices that may threaten home safety. He additionally mentioned Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine had “no relation to the subject matter” at subject within the assessment.

Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksandr Dubinsky has been formally notified that he’s suspected of treason for allegedly spreading misinformation concerning the political management and cooperation with Russia’s army intelligence, officers mentioned on Monday.

Ukraine‘s security service, the SBU, on Monday said on the Telegram messaging app that a politician was under suspicion, but did not name the suspect.

Lawmaker Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, first deputy head of the parliamentary committee on anti-corruption policy and lawmaker Oleksiy Honcharenko both named Dubinsky, also on Telegram.

“Dubinsky received a (notice of) suspicion of state treason. He was searched today,” Honcharenko said.

In his own post on Telegram, Dubinsky called the notice of suspicion fabricated and “based on the absolute lies of top state officials”.

The lawmaker was expelled from the ruling Servant of the People party in 2021 after he was put on a U.S. sanctions list over alleged election meddling. He denied those accusations and continued to work in parliament.

The SBU said the suspect was a member of a criminal organisation, financed by Russia’s army intelligence.

The legal organisation was created in 2016 and included as nicely an ex-lawmaker, their aide, and an ex-prosecutor.

You can take heed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s nightly deal with under.

The Ukrainian chief delivers a speech each night time. The video has been given English subtitles.

European Union officers are finalising the “last details” of a proposed twelfth package deal of sanctions on Russia that can embody a diamond ban, EU overseas coverage chief Josep Borrell mentioned on Monday.

Borrell mentioned the European Commission, the EU government, might approve the proposed package deal on Wednesday. It would then go to the Council of the EU, comprising the bloc’s 27 member international locations, for dialogue and approval.

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the EU has already utilized 11 packages of sanctions in opposition to Moscow to decrease the Kremlin’s skill to finance the struggle. The measures span throughout sectors and embody some 1,800 people and entities.

“This twelfth package will include … new export bans, among them … diamonds, actions to tighten the oil price cap, in order to decrease the revenue that Russia is getting from selling its oil – not to us but to others – (and) fighting against circumvention,” Borrell informed reporters after a gathering of EU overseas ministers.

EU diplomats informed Reuters final week mentioned the 27-nation bloc had been ready for a G7 inexperienced mild to maneuver forward with the diamond ban. An EU official mentioned the present timing for a European Commission proposal for the package deal, that may then be debated by the EU’s 27 governments, was “early next week”.

“We are finalising the last details of this package,” Borrell mentioned.