Because the battle enters its 992nd day, these are the principle developments.
Right here is the state of affairs on Wednesday, November 13:
Combating
- Ukraine shot down 46 of 110 Russian drones launched in a single day, the Ukrainian Air Pressure mentioned. An extra 60 Russian drones had been misplaced in Ukrainian airspace and two travelled in the direction of Belarus. Russian forces additionally launched three missiles in the course of the in a single day assault, along with guided aerial bombs, the Air Pressure mentioned.
- Russian air defence techniques destroyed 13 Ukrainian drones in a single day in areas bordering Ukraine, Russia’s Ministry of Defence mentioned.
- North Korean troops have begun partaking in fight alongside Russian forces, the USA State Division mentioned. Spokesperson Vedant Patel mentioned that greater than “10,000 DPRK [North Korean] troopers have been despatched to jap Russia”, the overwhelming majority to the Kursk area, the place they’ve “begun partaking in fight operations with Russian forces”.
Worldwide affairs
- Russia’s rising financial and navy cooperation with China, North Korea and Iran “is just not solely threatening Europe”, additionally it is “threatening peace and safety” within the Asia Pacific and North America, in accordance with NATO Secretary-Common Mark Rutte.
- Russian Safety Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu has instructed China’s Minister of International Affairs Wang Yi in Beijing that sturdy relations between Moscow and Beijing are a stabilising affect on the world.
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken travelled to Brussels to debate help for Ukraine in conferences with NATO and European Union counterparts, the State Division mentioned.
- Ukraine is near establishing three new joint ventures with European weapons producers to spice up arms output, in accordance with Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Financial system Yulia Svyrydenko. She mentioned 5 joint ventures had already been arrange with Western weapons producers, together with German and Lithuanian firms.
- China must really feel a “increased value” for its help for Russia, which permits Moscow to pursue its battle in Ukraine, Estonia’s ex-Prime Minister Kaja Kallas mentioned at her affirmation listening to on the European Parliament to turn out to be the EU’s subsequent international coverage chief.
- The deputy chief of Russia’s Safety Council and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused European leaders of in search of to dangerously escalate the Ukraine battle and push it “into an irreversible section”, following the re-election of former US President Donald Trump.
- Massachusetts Air Nationwide Guard member Jack Teixeira was sentenced to fifteen years in jail for leaking extremely categorised US navy paperwork to a gaggle of players on the Discord messaging app. The leaks included data regarding using US gear in Ukraine following Russia’s 2022 invasion.
Russian affairs
- Russia’s estimates for this yr’s grain harvest, in addition to for the winter grain seeded space, will embody information from Ukrainian territories underneath Moscow’s management, Russia’s Ministry of Agriculture mentioned. Following months of unhealthy climate, the ministry forecasts this yr’s grain harvest at 130 million tonnes – a 12 % lower from 2023’s 148 million tonnes and an 18 % discount from the file 158 million tonnes in 2022.
- Town of Helsinki will provoke a compelled takeover of the Finnish capital’s largest sport and occasions stadium, the Helsinki Enviornment, from its sanctions-hit Russian house owners, town’s govt governing board mentioned.
- A Russian Navy frigate outfitted with new-generation hypersonic cruise missiles performed drills within the English Channel and is finishing up duties within the Atlantic Ocean, Russian media reported.
- Russia’s decrease home of parliament unanimously voted to ban “propaganda” selling a child-free lifestyle, because it hopes to spice up the faltering birthrate whereas loss of life charges are up because of Moscow’s battle in Ukraine.
- A Russian courtroom sentenced a Moscow paediatrician to 5 and a half years in a penal colony after the mom of one in every of her sufferers publicly denounced her over detrimental feedback she allegedly made about Russia’s battle in Ukraine.
