Friday, December 1
Russia’s war against Ukraine
An apartment building damaged by a Russian mortar attack on Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on Nov. 30, 2023. (Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office/Telegram)
Zelensky, Umerov visit military command post in Kupiansk. President Volodymyr Zelensky and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov visited a military command post in Kharkiv Oblast’s Kupiansk amid Russia’s ongoing offensive against the northeastern city, the Presidential Office reported on Nov. 30.
Reuters: SBU targets rail line in Siberia. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) allegedly detonated explosives on a Russian military supply rail line in Siberia, an unnamed Ukrainian source told Reuters on Nov. 30.
Zelensky travels to Zaporizhzhia, holds meeting on fortifications. During his work trip to Zaporizhzhia, President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting on building fortifications “on main defensive lines” and in regions bordering Russia and Belarus, the President’s Office reported on Nov. 30.
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Ombudsman confirms first case of Russian citizen changing identity of illegally adopted Ukrainian child. Ukraine’s Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets confirmed media reports revealing that a Russian lawmaker’s family had illegally adopted a Ukrainian child abducted from a children’s home in Kherson and changed her identity.
Media: Polish PM supports return of permit system for Ukrainian truckers.
The return of the permit system is one of the key demands stemming from the ongoing protest and blockade by Polish truckers, who claim that the liberalization of rules for Ukrainian truckers has undercut their business.
Border guards intercept $880,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes. The illegal cargo, which originated from an unnamed country in Asia, consisted of more than 400,000 packs of cigarettes.
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Ukraine war latest: Zelensky visits Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia oblasts as harsh winter looms on front line
President Volodymyr Zelensky and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov visited a military command post on the Kupiansk front amid Russia’s ongoing offensive against the northeastern city.
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Human cost of war
Minister: Russian forces kill 2000 Ukrainian civilians in 2023. More than 2,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed and 11,000 injured as a result of Russian shelling in 2023, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported on Nov. 30.
Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 1, injure at least 15. Ukraine’s Air Force said on Nov. 30 that Russia had launched 20 Shahed-type drones and eight S-300 missiles toward Donetsk Oblast, and that 14 of the drones were shot down by air defenses.
Russian attacks on Donetsk, Kherson oblasts kill 3, injure 12. Russian forces struck multiple settlements in Kherson and Donetsk oblasts on Nov. 30, killing three people and wounding another 12, the regional authorities reported.
General Staff: Russia has lost 328,760 troops in Ukraine. This number includes 1,180 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
International response
Norway announces $23 million for Ukraine’s food security. Norway will donate 250 million Norwegian kroner (around $23 million) to Ukraine’s food security under the five-year support program known as Nansen, the Norwegian government announced on Nov. 30.
Bloomberg: EU to announce plans to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s reconstruction. The EU is likely to announce a proposal to use the tax profits from frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s reconstruction in the coming weeks, Bloomberg reported on Nov. 30.
Fico: Slovakia should prepare for normalization of relations with Russia. Slovakia should prepare for “the end of the war in Ukraine and for the standardization of Slovak-Russian relations,” Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Nov. 30.
Telegraph: UK Foreign Secretary urges allies to ramp up arms production for Ukraine. U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron urged NATO members to increase weapons production to boost Ukraine in its fight against Russia, The Telegraph reported on Nov. 29.
Media: Blinken leaves OSCE North Macedonia meeting before Lavrov arrives.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken left the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) meeting in Skopje before the arrival of his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported on Nov. 30.
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