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This Monday marks 264 days since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenskyhas denounced this Sunday in his usual speech night that the Russian Army has caused “the same atrocities” in Kherson as in other regions of the country during its occupation, and has stated that “more than 400 Russian war crimes” have already been documented. After the departure of the Russian Army from Kherson last Friday, law and order will be guaranteed and restored in 226 settlements in the region, “this is more than 100,000 residents premises from this moment”, assured the Ukrainian president. The authorities are recovering communication, internet and television, and are doing “everything possible to restore normal technical capacities for the supply of electricity and water as soon as possible”, has added.
However, Zelensky has warned: “The Kherson region is still very dangerous. First of all, there are mines. Unfortunately, one of our sappers has died and four others have been injured while clearing mines.” In addition, he reported that investigators “have already documented more than 400 Russian war crimes and are finding the bodies of civilians and military”.
On the other hand, the president has assured that the fighting in the Donetsk region they are as intense as in previous days. “The level of Russian attacks is not decreasing.” The territory of five regions of Ukraine has been hit by missile and artillery attacks from the Russian occupiers, and he has cited sumi, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, luhansk Y Donetsk.
The EU will allocate 210 million to 15 vulnerable countries to combat food insecurity
The European Commission has announced this Monday, on the eve of the G20 Summit in Bali, a new humanitarian assistance package endowed with 210 million euros that will go to 15 countries affected by the devastating effects of the growing food insecurity in the world. With this new aid, global EU support for food security rises to 8 billion between 2020 and 2024, a period in which 2022 stands out for its unprecedented levels, both in scale and severity, with at least 205 million of people in a situation of acute food insecurity and in need of urgent help. “Russia’s war in Ukraine is having a major effect on the global food supply and countries that were already vulnerable to food crises have been put in a dramatic situation,” said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who has encouraged “acting to avoid famine”.
Putin’s war is bringing millions to the brink of starvation.
The EU continues to support food security worldwide.
Today we are further increasing our food assistance by €210 million.
This brings our investments to make food systems stronger close to €8 billion until 2024.
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) November 14, 2022
Humanitarian aid arrives for the first time in the city of Kherson
A United Nations convoy entered the Ukrainian city of Kherson, in the south of the country, this Monday, which is the first consignment of international humanitarian aid to arrive in the town -recovered by Ukraine last week- since it was taken over by Russia in early March. The convoy transports food, drinking water, blankets and other materials for more than 6,000 peoplein an operation involving the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Food Program (WFP), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) , has indicated a statement from the United Nations.
Zelensky visits Kherson a few hours after it was recaptured
The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, visited the city of Kherson on Monday, capital of the region of the same name in southern Ukraine, recently liberated from the Russian military occupation, as reported by local Ukrainian media. This is the first visit of the Ukrainian president to this city, one of the main ones in Ukraine.
Winter will bring new challenges to the conditions of the conflict, according to British Intelligence
Winter will bring a change in the conditions of the conflict, including less offensive and more static defensive fronts and an increased risk of gun malfunctionaccording to him UK Ministry of Defense. Changes in daylight hours, temperature, and weather will present unique challenges for fighting soldiers. A reduction in daylight hours will translate into fewer offensives and more static defensive fronts, suggests the latest British Intelligence report. The capacity of night vision it will also be a prized commodity, further exacerbating the unwillingness to fight at night. As temperatures drop, forces without winter clothing and shelter are likely to suffer non-frostbite injuries, the report added. Also, the window ‘golden hour’ in which saving a seriously wounded soldier is roughly halved, making the risk of contact with the enemy much higher. An increase in precipitation, wind speed and snowfall will create additional challenges to the already low morale of the Russian forces and it will also present problems for the maintenance of the equipment. Basic exercises such as gun cleaning need to be adjusted to conditions and the risk of gun malfunction increases.
Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 14 November 2022
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Pro-Russians claim Ukraine is sending reinforcements to Lugansk from Kherson
The pro-Russian authorities have affirmed on Monday that Ukraine is sending additional troops to the Lugansk front after having retaken the northern third of the southern Kherson region, said the military spokesman for the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic, Andrei Marochko. “There is information that more and more forces are being transferred there, just below Svatoveincluding from Kherson, according to our intelligence agencies,” he said in statements to Russian public television Rossiya 24.
The governor of Lugansk loyal to kyiv, Serhiy Haidai, has reported on his Telegram account that Ukrainian troops have liberated Makiivka, about 41 kilometers southwest of Svatove, where fighting is currently focused in the region annexed by Russia. “Including Makiivka, 12 locations in the Lugansk region have already been liberated,” he noted. Serhiy Gaidai has further indicated that the Russians continue to attack the destroyed city of bilohorovka, west of Lisichansk and Severodonetsk. Likewise, there is a “great concentration” of prisoners recently mobilized by Russia and mercenaries from the private military company Wagner in the Luhansk region, he said.
According to the pro-Russian military spokesman in Lugansk, every day Ukrainian troops try to break through the Russian and pro-Russian defenses in the eastern province, although he has assured that the attacks are repelled. “The contact line situation it’s pretty serious. In fact, the enemy tries daily to break through our defenses from different directions, but the guys stand firm, they don’t give up an inch of their land.”
Moscow-imposed authorities in Kherson say 40,000 to 50,000 civilians remain in the city
The pro-Russian authorities of Kherson have affirmed this Monday that between 40,000 and 50,000 people remain in the city of the same name, reconquered by Ukrainian troops on the 9th, according to the mayor imposed by Russia, Oleksandr Kobets. “According to our datataking into account the fact that the population of the adjacent territories has also been evacuated, between 40,000 and 50,000 people still remain in the city,” he told Russian television. Rossiya 24.
Russian forces withdrew last Thursday from the city of Kherson and the entire right bank of the dnieper river before the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the southern region. The Army, together with tens of thousands of citizens, according to Russia, moved to the left bank, where most of the province is located.
Ukraine has recovered almost a third of the regionin addition to the provincial capital, the only one that was in the hands of Moscow since the beginning of the military campaign last February.
EU foreign ministers reaffirm their support for Ukraine
The foreign ministers of the European Union will discuss this Monday the situation of the war in Ukraine, with the advances of the Ukrainian troops in Kherson, in a meeting in which they will give the go-ahead to new sanctions against Iran. The EU Foreign Affairs Council will have the participation by videoconference of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, at a time when the European partners are looking towards 2023 with the idea of guaranteeing funds and support for kyiv, with the imminent implementation underway of the military training mission of the Ukrainian Army. Diplomatic sources point out that it is important to take stock and “put everything together”, reiterating support for Ukraine on all fronts. The appointment will serve to insist on sanctions, in addition to stressing the strategy of diplomatically isolating Russia and seeking alliances with international partners so that they align themselves in the conflict in Ukraine. After news has circulated in recent weeks that USA has asked the Ukrainian authorities not to close the door on negotiations with Russia, in Brussels they insist that there is unity in the Western world in that kyiv is the main actor at this time and it is only up to the Ukrainians to decide when to enter into a negotiating table.
Russian civilians and military fleeing Kherson settle in Mariupol
Hundreds of Russian civilians and soldiers are being transferred from the Kherson region, in southern Ukraine, to Mariupol, on the Azov Sea coast and under the control of the Russian Army for months, Petro Andriushchenko, the former adviser to the mayor of that city, according to the local news agency Ukrinform. These movements of Russian civilians and military coincide with the advance of Ukrainian troops on the Kherson region. “For the second day in a row, near Mariupol, the arrival of hundreds of Russian military and civilians in cars with Russian license plates is observed. They are being installed in pensions and leisure centers,” explained Petro Andriushchenko.
