Saturday, November 11

NOTICE: Since Thursday 9 November my Internet access was lost. Thus there were no updates uploaded to the server for the 9th or 10th. Now have backup connection while awaiting normal Internet access to be repaired. Apologies for missed updates on those days.

Russia’s war against Ukraine

Members of Ukraine’s 56th Brigade fire an anti-aircraft gun in the Bakhmut District on Nov. 10, 2023. Ukrainian forces continue to fight to retake Bakhmut, which was captured by Russian forces in May, following a yearlong battle. (Kostyra Liberov/Libkos via Getty Images)

Military Intelligence: Strike on Crimea sank Russian landing crafts. The overnight strike on Crimea on Nov. 10 resulted in the sinking of two Russian high-speed landing crafts, Ukraine’s military intelligence confirmed.

Bloomberg: EU unlikely to deliver 1 million artillery shells to Ukraine by March 2024. The EU believes it is unlikely to deliver all of the pledged 1 million artillery shells to Ukraine by the March 2024 target, Bloomberg reported on Nov. 10, citing undisclosed sources.

Poll: 44% of Ukrainians have war zone experience. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has led to 44% of Ukrainians experiencing being in their country’s combat zone, according to a survey published by the Ukrainian polling NGO Reiting on Nov. 10. Before February 2022, 18% of the population had experience of being in an area considered to be the war zone.

Ukraine authorizes dismantling of Pushkin statues, among other Russian and Soviet figures. The Ukrainian Government has removed a number of monuments of Russian and Soviet figures from the state register of monuments of national importance, allowing for their dismantling, the Culture Ministry announced on Nov. 10.

SBU: Spy sentenced to 15 years in prison for helping Russian troops navigate route to Kyiv. A Ukrainian man was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Sumy court for his role in helping Russian forces reach Kyiv and working with Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) announced on Nov. 10.

Energy minister: Ukraine may target Russian oil in response to attacks on power grid. Ukraine will consider attacking Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure in retaliation for strikes against Ukraine’s electric system during winter, Energy Minister German Galushchenko told Politico in an interview Nov. 10.

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Over 30,000 Ukrainian recruits receive training in UK. More than 30,000 Ukrainian recruits have received training in the U.K. under the British-led Operation Interflex since June 2022, the U.K. Defense Ministry announced on Nov. 10.

Military intelligence: Russia seeks to sow panic among Ukrainians in Gaza. Russia conducts information operations against Ukrainians in besieged Gaza, trying to sow panic for propaganda purposes, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) said on Nov. 10.

Governor: Over 230 children evacuated from Kupiansk district in Kharkiv oblast. So far, 236 children in Kharkiv Oblast’s Kupiansk district have been evacuated under a mandatory evacuation order of front-line settlements, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Nov. 10. There are still 55 children who need to be evacuated, according to Syniehubov.

Odesa Oblast resident detained for allegedly aiding Russian strikes on Ukrainian grain infrastructure. Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) detained an Odesa Oblast resident for allegedly aiding Russian strikes on Ukrainian grain export infrastructure, the SBU said on Nov. 10.

Official: Car bombing targets Russian policeman in occupied Mariupol. A car belonging to a Russian policeman was blown up in occupied Mariupol, Petro Andriushchenko, an adviser to the city’s mayor, wrote on Telegram on Nov. 10.

IMF: Ukrainian economy shows signs of ‘stronger-than-expected’ recovery. The IMF upgraded Ukraine’s 2023 GDP growth to 4.5%, up from a range of 1-3% predicted in July.

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Ukraine war latest: EU unlikely to deliver 1 million artillery shells to Ukraine by March 2024, media reports

This week, the EU’s foreign policy arm, the European External Action Service, reportedly told member states’ diplomats that the delivery will most likely not be completed by March next year, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.

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Human cost of war

Russia continues to attack Avdiivka, 2 civilians killed in airstrike. Russian forces continued to attack the embattled city of Avdiivka with a variety of weapons, including multiple-launch-rocket-systems (MLRS) and air strikes, killing two civilians, the Ukrainian army’s Tavria group spokesperson Oleksandr Shtupun said on television on Nov. 10.

Russian attacks in Kherson Oblast kill 1, injure 9. Russian forces attacked Kherson Oblast several more times on Nov. 10, killing a 69-year-old man and injuring at least nine others, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on Telegram.

Russian drone attack on Nikopol kills 1, injures 1. The afternoon attack, which used two kamikaze drones, killed a 67-year-old woman and injured a 68-year-old man, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Serhii Lysak reported on Telegram on Nov. 10.

Russian attack on Odesa injures 3. A Russian attack on Odesa district injured three people, Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper reported on Nov. 10. One of the wounded, a 96-year-old woman, is receiving treatment in hospital after she was found under the rubble of a summer cottage.

General Staff: Russia has lost 309,520 troops in Ukraine. The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on Oct. 4 that Russia had lost 309,520 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022. This number includes 800 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

International response

Lithuania delivers NASAMS launchers to Ukraine. Lithuania has delivered National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) to Ukraine, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry announced on Nov. 10.

Pentagon: Next Ramstein-format summit to be held in mid-November. The 17th Ramstein-format summit of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) will be held in mid-November, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said on Nov. 9.

Yellen: ‘Significant consequences’ for Chinese firms aiding Russia’s war. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged the Chinese government to crack down on businesses sending military aid to Russia and threatened “significant consequences” for companies that continue to evade sanctions, Reuters reported Nov. 10.

Media: French court rejects Ukraine’s appeal to extradite oligarch. A French court has rejected an appeal from Ukraine’s government to extradite Ukrainian oligarch Kostyantyn Zhevago due to procedural concerns, Reuters reported on Nov. 10, citing a court verdict the news agency had obtained.

Orban: ‘EU must not start membership talks with Ukraine’. Hungary has a “clear stance” on the issue, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said, and it is not connected to other issues that Hungary has with the EU.

Bloomberg: EU says UAE agreed to restrict exports of goods with potential military purpose to Russia. Officials from the European Union said that the United Arab Emirates has agreed to begin restricting the export of sensitive materials with potential military use to Russia, Bloomberg reported on Nov. 9, citing unnamed sources.

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In other news

Zelensky: Ukraine evacuates 160 Ukrainians, 9 Moldovans from Gaza over past day. Ukraine evacuated 160 more Ukrainian and nine Moldovan citizens from Gaza over the past day and overnight, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Nov. 10.

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