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

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

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

“The outcomes of intelligence carried out on 10 November 2023 close to Vuzka Bay in quickly occupied Crimea present that after an assault by naval drones, two small Russian touchdown ships have been destroyed,” a Ukraine navy report mentioned.

“As a consequence of the assault, each vessels went to the underside, the Akula right away and the Serna after makes an attempt to reserve it.”

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

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

This time, no lives or limbs had been misplaced. As a result of 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.

However quickly, the battle video games these troops performed within the mud in France will turn into all too actual, when the Ukrainians return dwelling and are despatched to the entrance traces 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 Nationwide Guard and FSB intelligence service officers in occupied Melitopol, mentioned the Ukrainian intelligence’s primary unit.

“This act of revenge, carried out by representatives of the native resistance motion, passed off within the (publish) workplaces 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 battle.

“On account of the explosion no less than three Nationwide Guard officers had been killed on the headquarters,” officers mentioned.

Germany‘s support for Ukraine will likely be “massively expanded” subsequent 12 months, the international minister mentioned Monday as Kyiv heads into its second winter since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

Germany has turn into one among Ukraine’s high navy suppliers for the reason that battle began in February 2022, sending materials that features tanks, armored personnel carriers, air protection methods and Patriot missile methods.

Overseas Minister Annalena Baerbock mentioned as she arrived Monday at a gathering with European Union counterparts that, whilst Europe grapples with the battle between Israel and Hamas, it’s nonetheless essential to “face the geopolitical problem right here.”

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

“We’re virtually midway by November and we have to be ready for the chance that the enemy might enhance the variety of drone or missile strikes in opposition to our infrastructure. Russia is getting ready for winter,” the Ukrainian president mentioned in his nightly tackle on Sunday.

“And in Ukraine, all our consideration needs to be targeted on defence, on response to terrorists, on every little thing Ukraine can do to make it simpler for our folks to get by this winter and to extend the capabilities of our troops.”

Western nations on Monday repeatedly referred to as on Russia to finish home repression of dissident voices and finish its battle in Ukraine — and human rights violations associated to it — as Russia got here beneath a daily 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 which may threaten home safety. He additionally mentioned Russia’s “particular navy operation” in Ukraine had “no relation to the subject material” at challenge 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 navy intelligence, officers mentioned on Monday.

Ukraine‘s safety service, the SBU, on Monday mentioned on the Telegram messaging app {that a} politician was beneath suspicion, however didn’t title the suspect.

Lawmaker Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, first deputy head of the parliamentary committee on anti-corruption coverage and lawmaker Oleksiy Honcharenko each named Dubinsky, additionally on Telegram.

“Dubinsky acquired a (discover of) suspicion of state treason. He was searched immediately,” Honcharenko mentioned.

In his personal publish on Telegram, Dubinsky referred to as the discover of suspicion fabricated and “based mostly on absolutely the lies of high state officers”.

The lawmaker was expelled from the ruling Servant of the Folks social gathering in 2021 after he was placed on a U.S. sanctions listing over alleged election meddling. He denied these accusations and continued to work in parliament.

The SBU mentioned the suspect was a member of a prison organisation, financed by Russia’s navy intelligence.

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

You’ll be able to take heed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s nightly tackle beneath.

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

European Union officers are finalising the “final particulars” of a proposed 12th bundle of sanctions on Russia that can embrace a diamond ban, EU international coverage chief Josep Borrell mentioned on Monday.

Borrell mentioned the European Fee, the EU government, may approve the proposed bundle on Wednesday. It will then go to the Council of the EU, comprising the bloc’s 27 member nations, for dialogue and approval.

Because 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 battle. The measures span throughout sectors and embrace some 1,800 people and entities.

“This twelfth bundle will embrace … new export bans, amongst them … diamonds, actions to tighten the oil worth cap, as a way to lower the income that Russia is getting from promoting its oil – to not us however to others – (and) preventing in opposition to circumvention,” Borrell instructed reporters after a gathering of EU international ministers.

EU diplomats instructed Reuters final week mentioned the 27-nation bloc had been ready for a G7 inexperienced gentle to maneuver forward with the diamond ban. An EU official mentioned the present timing for a European Fee proposal for the bundle, that will then be debated by the EU’s 27 governments, was “early subsequent week”.

“We’re finalising the final particulars of this bundle,” Borrell mentioned.