Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Ukraine halts Russian oil deliveries to Hungary

"Russian oil has stopped flowing to Hungary through the “Druzhba” (Friendship) pipeline transiting Ukraine, the Hungarian oil company MOL confirmed. 
The official reason given by the Ukrainian side was that a Russian air strike hit a transformer station near the border with Belarus, which supplies electricity to one of the pumping stations, needed for operations.
Ukraine has also informed Russia’s Transneft that service was suspended due to a “drop in voltage,” according to Igor Demin, a spokesman for the Russian oil giant." RT

Russia's FSB reveals why it detained Polish citizen

"A Polish citizen holding a diplomatic passport was allegedly involved with an alcohol-
smuggling scheme in Moscow, according to Russia's domestic security agency, the FSB.
Officials have accused her of taking a bribe in exchange for forging paperwork that would have allowed spirits to be imported tariff-free." RT

Ukraine appeals to Europe to "close the sky" over Ukraine

"The Office of the President of Ukraine has called on European countries to "close the sky
over Ukraine
" following a massive Russian missile attack and an incident on the border with Poland." UAP

Kremlin praises US for its response to fall of missile in Poland

"The Kremlin has praised the US for its "restrained and professional response" to the fall of the missile fragments in Poland." UAP

More Russian troops appear in occupied Skadovsk

"Many soldiers have settled in the city; they are everywhere, which also creates additional
tension. Last week, we received reports about the additional arrival of soldiers. These, as I understand it, were some units from Kherson, maybe from some other cities, it is difficult to say… They [the military – ed.] do not tell people much, except for their narratives that "we are here forever" and "we are brothers", and behave defiantly, as always." UAP

Russian missiles hit residential buildings in central Kyiv

"Residents of the left and right banks of Dnipro River in Kyiv reported the sounds of
explosions that rang out in the capital.....air defence shot down four missiles over Kyiv; two missiles hit residential buildings in the city center." UAP

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Switzerland Will Not Supply Weapons to Ukraine Despite Pressure, Swiss President Says

"Switzerland will not supply weapons to Ukraine, nor will the country participate in any other way directly or indirectly in armed conflicts, Swiss President Ignazio Cassis told Sputnik.
"Neither during the First World War, nor even during the Second, we exported weapons. We will not export weapons, we will not directly or indirectly participate in a military conflict, either in terms of weapons or in terms of our troops, either in Ukraine, Russia, or anywhere else in the world," Cassis told Sputnik on the sidelines of the Paris Peace Forum." Sputnik

Moscow’s forces have liberated several key locations in Donetsk Region, pushing back Ukrainian troops

"The strategic village of Pavlovka, southwest of Donetsk city, has been liberated and cleared
of Ukrainian troops." RT

Germany and Poland at loggerheads over Ukraine assistance

"The EU Military Assistance Mission (EUMAM), which was officially launched on Monday, is to train some 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers over two years at a cost of €107 million ($110 million). The bloc’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell claimed that it was agreed in record time and would become fully operational within a couple of weeks.
But according to the newspaper’s sources, there was disagreement between Warsaw and Berlin over where the mission’s HQ would be based, which has delayed the launch by several weeks. Germany reportedly objected to Poland’s role in hosting it over concerns about Russian “disruptive maneuvers” from the exclave of Kaliningrad, the report said." RT

Monday, November 14, 2022

Russian forces shell enterprise in Sumy Oblast during work hours, people wounded

"Russian forces struck critical infrastructure in Sumy Oblast during working hours, leaving at
least three people wounded." UP

CNN and Sky News journalists stripped of their accreditation for reporting from Kherson

"Recently, some media representatives, ignoring existing prohibitions and warnings, have carried out information activities in the city of Kherson without the consent of the relevant commanders and public relations services of military units and before the completion of stabilisation measures.
Such actions are a gross violation of the requirements of order No. 73 of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine dated 3 March 2022, as well as the relevant instructions of the military command."UP

Sunday, November 13, 2022

Chief of Wagner PMC presses new charges against Governor of St. Petersburg, suspecting him of treason

"Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the Chief of the Wagner Private Military Company, has pressed
charges against Aleksandr Beglov, the governor of St. Petersburg; this time, Prigozhin suspects the official of high treason. "The legal service of the company Concord informs that today [13 November – ed.], Yevgeniy Prigozhin sent a statement with a request to conduct an investigation against Alexander Beglov, the Governor of St. Petersburg, to the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation and Federal Counterintelligence Service of Russia, under Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (High Treason)"." UAP

Russian MiG-31K interceptor jet conducts training flight with Kinzhal hypersonic missile in Belarus

"Belaruski Hajun, an independent Belarusian military monitoring media outlet has reported
that they received photo proof that a Russian MiG-31K interceptor jet, which was flying over Belarus, escorted with a fighter jet, conducted a training flight while carrying a X-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic missile." UAP

Tension between local and Russian military rising in Belarus

"In Brest region of Belarus, where the newly arrived units of the armed forces of the Russian
Federation
are stationed, social tension is rising significantly." UAP

 

Saturday, November 12, 2022

Ukrainian forces reach right bank of Dnieper in certain areas of Kherson region

"As a result of successful offensive actions in the Kherson direction, Ukraine’s Defense Forces have already reached the right bank of the Dnieper in certain areas." UAP