On the night of November 14, Russian occupants attacked Kharkiv and the surrounding area with guided aerial bombs. Local authorities are urging residents to stay in shelters because of the possibility of repeated attacks.
On the night of November 14, Kharkiv again came under enemy attack. This was reported by Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov, UNN reports.
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According to the mayor, the occupiers fired guided aerial bombs at Kharkiv and its outskirts.
The local authorities urged residents to be careful and stay in shelters, as the shelling may recur.
Information on the extent of the destruction and possible casualties is currently being clarified.
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US President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate Florida Senator Marco Rubio for the post of secretary of state.
Source: statement circulated by the Trump campaign, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Marco Rubio, according to the US president-elect, "is a highly respected leader and a very powerful voice for freedom" and will be "a true friend of our allies and a fearless warrior who will never back down before our enemies".
Although Congress must approve the next secretary of state, this personnel selection is unlikely to encounter any issues because Republicans hold a majority in the US Senate.
At one point, Marco Rubio publicly chastised party members for questioning the necessity of aiding Ukraine and emphasised the significance of doing so.
His rhetoric has also been increasingly critical of Ukraine in recent years; in April, he voted against a long-suffering US$61 billion project that would have supported Kyiv. His rhetoric on how to end the war has also altered recently.
Pete Hegseth, a veteran and Fox News commentator who voiced disdain for the practices of Pentagon commanders, was previously selected by Trump to be his secretary of defense.
Additionally, Trump confirmed that Mike Waltz, a congressman from Florida, will be his national security adviser in the next government.
Gary Neville says David Coote was “stitched up” and was “sloppy” but doesn’t deserve to be “cancelled” before a second video was released that may well change the pundit’s mind.
Coote has been suspended by the PGMOL after the Premier League referee was filmed by former Nottinghamshire cricket Ben Kitt calling Liverpool “sh*t” and Klopp a “German c*nt”.
But Neville didn’t think that video was enough to “cancel” Coote, claiming Kitt’s disparaging comments about scousers were more worthy of rebuke.
“It will bring great disappointment to David and the refereeing community,” Neville told The Overlap US. “He has called Jurgen Klopp the c-word which is obviously a very aggressive word.
“But I didn’t see anything within his words that told me he had influenced decisions in a wrong way, or that he was trying to do Liverpool over.
“I hope they can get through it. If there had been any suggestion that he was making decisions against Liverpool or another club, I would say he has to go. He has called a manager a word because he has a bad relationship with him and they have had an argument.
“It was very sloppy. I am sure it is something he will regret for the rest of his life. But from a point of view of cancelling him, I am not sure. The minute you cancel him as a Premier League referee, you are effectively cancelling him from the game. I am not sure any organisation would look at him and offer him the chance to join.
“I actually think the worst words in the video were said by the guy sat next to him – ‘I hate Scousers’. Because that demonstrates a hatred to a group of people, which includes Liverpool and Everton.
“David Coote never said those words himself. He has been stitched up and it is a mess. It looks like he got drunk and let his mate film him, which is stupid. We have all done silly things when we have had too many drinks.
“It could become impossible for him to go into Premier League grounds or referee Liverpool again. We know that certain referees don’t take charge of matches at Old Trafford or Anfield or at other grounds because of their allegiance. For David Coote to be removed from Liverpool games would be a good step.
“In employment law, if you call someone a name, it is a warning. I don’t feel it is a sacking or dismissal. Taking him off Liverpool games and giving him a final warning is what I think should happen, not to lose his entire career. I don’t feel it has crossed that line.”
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Neville wasn’t privy to a second video, sent to The Sun by ‘a pal’ of Coote’s, in which the referee is seen snorting white powder while away officiating at Euro 2024.
The source also revealed that Coote told him he hates refereeing at Goodison Park and thinks Andy Robertson is a “Scottish pr*ck”.
They told The Sun: “I believe that the FA and the governing body of the referees have to make sure that the sport we all love is protected and being officiated by the right people. My message to David Coote is…there’s help out there.
“The video of him bad-mouthing Klopp didn’t surprise me at all.
“He said to me Liverpool would definitely not win the Premier League. It just makes me question the kind of people running the Prem. He also described Andy Robertson as a ‘Scottish prick’.
“He did say that the worst place to referee was Goodison Park due to the young Scousers screaming, shouting, swearing at him and calling every name under the sun before the games had even started. And he mentioned he hated going to Bournemouth because it was just such a long way away.
“He did mention about Coventry City versus Oxford United on a Friday night on Sky Sports. He couldn’t really be a**** with this game…the fact that he had to go and referee in front of an empty Ricoh Arena. He said ‘I’m a bit too big for this’.”
Samsung Electronics shares hit their lowest level since June 2020 due to possible Trump tariffs. The company is lagging behind competitors in the production of AI chips, having lost 34% of its share price since the beginning of the year.
On Wednesday, shares of Samsung Electronics, the world's leading memory chipmaker, fell to their lowest level in four years. Analysts attributed this to concerns about the possible impact of US tariffs under the new administration of Donald Trump.
Written by UNN with reference to Reuters.
This year, South Korean tech giant Samsung has been the worst performer among global chipmakers such as TSMC and Nvidia, lagging behind in meeting the growing demand for artificial intelligence chips.
Lee Min-hee, an analyst at BNK Investment & Securities, notes that Donald Trump's possible tariffs on Chinese imports could significantly hit Samsung, which is more dependent on Chinese customers than its local rival SK Hynix.
Instead, Hynix is increasing sales of high-end server chips for artificial intelligence to American customers, including Nvidia.
Since the beginning of the year, Samsung shares have fallen by 34%, which could be the company's worst annual performance in two decades. At the same time, SK Hynix shares are up 32%, and Nvidia is up 199%.
Samsung shares, the most expensive on the South Korean market, continued to fall for the fourth consecutive session, down 2.1% as of 0126 GMT after a previous decline of 2.5% to 51,700 won, the lowest level since June 24, 2020.
The broader KOSPI index fell by 1.5%, while the SK Hynix rose by 2% after two previous sessions of declines.
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Earlier, UNN reported that Samsung Electronics plans to cut up to 30% of its foreign employees in some divisions.
Brazil's Supreme Court has been evacuated after a series of explosions near the building in the capital's government quarter. One person was killed in the incident, the country's president was not injured.
The Supreme Court of Brazil has been evacuated after powerful explosions near the building. This was reported by Reuters, according to UNN.
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Photos from the scene were reportedly released showing bodies in the street. Rescue services confirmed the death of one person as a result of the explosion.
The Supreme Court building is located in the government quarter of the capital, not far from the presidential palace. According to the spokesman for Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the head of state was outside the palace during the incident and was not injured.
The incident has caused considerable alarm in the center of Brasilia, where key government offices are located. Authorities are currently investigating the cause of the explosions, and special services and law enforcement are working at the scene.
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Ukraine's Foreign Ministry on Nov. 13 denied media reports suggesting that Kyiv was planning to develop weapons of mass destruction.
"Ukraine is committed to the NPT (the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons); we do not possess, develop, or intend to acquire nuclear weapons," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said via X.
"Ukraine works closely with the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) and is fully transparent to its monitoring, which rules out the use of nuclear materials for military purposes."
The Times reported on Nov. 13 that Ukraine could develop a rudimentary nuclear bomb "within months" if U.S. military assistance under President-elect Donald Trump were to cease, according to a briefing paper prepared for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry seen by the outlet.
The report suggests that Ukraine could swiftly build a basic device using plutonium and technology similar to that of the atomic bomb the U.S. dropped on Nagasaki in 1945.
"Creating a simple atomic bomb, as the United States did during the Manhattan Project, would not be a difficult task 80 years later," the document reads.
The Foreign Ministry has previously denied media reports that Ukraine plans to develop its own weapons of mass destruction. Speculation about Ukraine's nuclear options increased after President Volodymyr Zelensky on Oct. 17 said that he told Trump in September that Ukraine must either join NATO or pursue nuclear capabilities for the country's protection.
Zelensky later walked back the comments, saying that Kyiv is not pursuing nuclear weapons and the remarks were made to emphasize the failures of the Budapest Memorandum.
Under the 1994 agreement, Ukraine willingly surrendered its nuclear arsenal in exchange for receiving security guarantees from the U.S., the U.K., and Russia.
Enemy forces fired 68 times at the border areas of Sumy region, 175 explosions were recorded. As a result of the attacks, two civilians were wounded, cars and residential buildings were damaged.
During the day, enemy troops fired 68 times at the border areas and settlements of Sumy region. 175 explosions were recorded. This was reported by the Sumy Regional Military Administration, UNN reports.
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The communities of Khotyn, Yunakivka, Miropil, Bilopil, Krasnopil, Velykopysarivsk, Putivl, Shalyhyne, Esman, Seredyno-Budsk and Znob-Novhorosk were shelled.
The enemy attacks were carried out using various types of weapons, including mortars, artillery, multiple launch rocket systems and FPV drones. In particular, the largest number of attacks was recorded in Khotyn community, where the enemy carried out 40 artillery strikes, 5 mortar attacks and several attacks from UAVs. As a result of these attacks, a car was damaged. In Myropilska community, two civilians were injured and a car was damaged.
The shelling also affected other communities in the region, including Krasnopilska, Yunakivska and Seredyna Budska communities. Civilian infrastructure, including shops and residential buildings, was damaged by enemy attacks. In the Esman community, a private residential building was damaged by mortar fire.
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US President-elect Donald Trump intends to appoint Tulsi Gabbard, a politician and former US Army Reserve officer who opposes providing aid to Ukraine, as Director of National Intelligence.
Source: Fox News; Center for Countering Disinformation at Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council (NSDC)
Details: In a statement, Trump said Gabbard had fought for the United States and the freedoms of all Americans.
Gabbard was formerly a Democratic Congresswoman.
In 2022, the Center for Countering Disinformation at Ukraine's NSDC warned that Gabbard had been paid by the Kremlin to work on a foreign audience for several years.
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale war, the politician has declared that "the United States is guilty of military aggression" against Russia, having "provoked" the Russians for many years, and has claimed that the ruling Washington elite wants to use Ukrainians to kill as many Russians as possible.
Gabbard has also spread disinformation globally about weapons of mass destruction allegedly being developed in Ukrainian biolabs.
The UN Security Council has condemned the attacks on UNIFIL peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon in late October and early November. The UN Security Council called on all parties to the conflict to ensure the safety of peacekeepers.
The UN Security Council has condemned the attacks that have been directed against UNIFIL peacekeeping forces operating in southern Lebanon in recent weeks. This is reported by AFP, UNN reports.
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The statement issued by the Council emphasizes the need to ensure the security of peacekeeping personnel and the territories in which they operate and calls on all parties to the conflict in Lebanon to strictly adhere to this principle.
The statement pays special attention to the attacks that took place on October 29, as well as November 7 and 9, which are of deep concern to the international community.
The Council recalled that peacekeeping forces should never be the target of aggression, and their work is aimed solely at maintaining stability in the region.
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Trump to appoint Ukrainian peace envoy 'soon' to lead talks on ending war with Russia, Fox News reports
6th German IRIS-T to arrive in Ukraine by end of 2024, Zelensky says
Putin cuts payments for wounded in war against Ukraine
Military donations in Ukraine plummet as war pressure mounts, Bloomberg reports
President-elect Donald Trump may "soon" appoint a Ukrainian peace envoy to lead negotiations on ending Russia's war, Fox News reported on Nov. 13, citing its multiple undisclosed sources.
"You're going to see a very senior special envoy, someone with a lot of credibility, who will be given a task to find a resolution, to get to a peace settlement," one of the sources said, adding that the appointment will happen "in short order."
Kurt Volker held a similar position and served as the U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine on a volunteer basis from 2017 to 2019. The post of Ukrainian peace envoy is also expected to be unpaid.
Over the past few days, Trump has announced new members of his future administration. Meanwhile, some of Trump's picks have made controversial statements about the war in Ukraine and opposed further provision of military aid for Kyiv.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 12 selected Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the "Department of Government Efficiency," a new body designed to "drive large-scale structural reform."
Ramaswamy, a wealthy entrepreneur, and Musk, one of the world's richest people and owner of SpaceX, Tesla, and X (formerly known as Twitter), have no background in politics apart from Ramaswamy’s brief running for the Republican presidential nomination.
While Musk has repeatedly echoed pro-Russian talking points on Ukraine, including proposals to cede territory to Moscow, Ramaswamy was among the most vocal opponents of military aid for Kyiv.
Trump also named South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as the leader of Homeland Security, who earlier called Russia's invasion of Ukraine "Europe's fight, not ours."
Earlier, Trump named Michael Waltz his national security advisor. Waltz's views on Ukraine evolved from an ardent supporter of U.S. military aid to questioning it and advocating for relocating these resources against China.
Trump's defense secretary is confirmed to be Pete Hegseth, an army veteran and current Fox News host. His secretary of state, overseeing U.S. diplomacy, is reported to be Marco Rubio.
6th German IRIS-T to arrive in Ukraine by end of 2024, Zelensky says
Ukraine will receive the sixth German IRIS-T air defense system by the end of the year, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Nov. 13 after a call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Ukraine has lobbied international partners for more air defense capabilities in the wake of intensifying Russian strikes targeting energy infrastructure.
Germany ordered an additional 17 IRIS-T air defense systems for Ukraine, Scholz said on Sept. 4. Berlin handed over the most recent IRIS-T system to Kyiv in early October.
During the call, Zelensky and Scholz discussed further cooperation in the defense sector, particularly the volume of air defense supplies for the next year and possible additional assistance with air defense systems from Germany.
The counterparts also agreed that the meetings of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, also known as the Ramstein format, should be maintained, the Presidential Office's statement read.
Zelensky also said that Ukraine's vision of a just and lasting peace should be presented at the Group of Twenty (G20) meeting in Brazil and thanked Germany for its support.
Initially a hesitant partner, Berlin has become Ukraine's second-largest military donor after the U.S. However, Scholz is still reluctant to supply some key capabilities, namely Taurus long-range missiles.
Putin cuts payments for wounded in war against Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin approved on Nov. 13 a reduction in compensation for wounded soldiers participating in the war against Ukraine.
The current maximum amount of compensation is 3 million rubles (nearly $29,000), but the severity of the injury is not considered for its allocation. The change approved by Putin classifies injuries into three categories.
The payment for a "severe" injury is 3 million rubles (nearly $29,000), and for a "minor" injury, 1 million rubles (nearly $10,000). For "other minor injuries," soldiers will receive compensation of 100,000 rubles ($960), according to Russian state news agency TASS.
The decree signed by Putin does not specify how the severity of a given injury is classified.
Deputy Defense Minister Anna Tsivileva said at a meeting with the ministry's head, Andrei Belousov, on Nov. 13 that the current rules on payments for injuries create a "sense of distortion" among the soldiers.
In October, Russian forces in Ukraine suffered their deadliest month since the start of the full-scale invasion. U.K. Defense Minister John Healey said that Moscow's troops suffered 41,980 killed and wounded during October, according to British defense intelligence figures.
While Russian forces are suffering record losses, they're also making increasingly swift gains in the east of Ukraine.
According to a Bloomberg analysis published on Nov. 1, Ukraine has lost 1,146 square kilometers of its own territory since the launch of the Kursk Oblast incursion in early August, with the week up until Nov. 1 reported as the worst in terms of lost territory in all of 2024.
Meanwhile, Russia encourages its citizens to sign contracts with the army, offering financial benefits.
Instead of ordering a new wave of conscription, Putin ordered an increase in the sign-on bonus for new military recruits to serve in Ukraine to 400,000 rubles (over $4,600), effectively doubling the lump-sum payment of 195,000 ($2,260) rubles initially promised to recruits in September 2022.
Belgorod Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced on Oct. 7 that residents in the region will be paid a nationwide record 3 million rubles (about $31,200) through a one-time signing bonus for joining the military.
The additional payments are in line with efforts by Russian officials to entice more citizens to join the military as the country seeks to replenish its military, decimated by high losses in Ukraine.
Military donations in Ukraine plummet as war pressure mounts, Bloomberg reports
Military donations in Ukraine have fallen sharply amid rising financial pressures and war weariness, with major charities reporting drops by 20% or more in 2024, Bloomberg reported on Nov. 13.
Prominent organizations such as Come Back Alive and the Serhiy Prytula Foundation, headed by the well-known Ukrainian TV personality of the same name, have seen contributions decrease by approximately one-fifth in 2024, Bloomberg reported.
Other groups supporting the Armed Forces report even steeper declines.
While these charities provide essential support, they cover only a fraction of Ukraine’s total military needs. In 2024, Prytula’s foundation raised Hr 1.4 billion ($34 million), a figure that pales in comparison to Ukraine’s $50 billion military budget.
Come Back Alive, one of Ukraine's largest charitable foundations, reported a 15% drop in donations in the same year, based on its reports on the receipt of donations.
Meanwhile, Reactive Post, another non-governmental organization, told Bloomberg that its contributions have decreased by over 40% this year compared to the same period in 2023.
Prytula cited economic challenges and the hardships brought on by power outages as likely reasons for the downturn.
In an interview with Ukrainska Pravda, Taras Chmut, the head of Come Back Alive, expressed concern over 2024’s fundraising efforts, saying they "have not started as well as we would like."
Chmut explained that as more Ukrainians leave the country, incomes decline, and living costs rise, donations are inevitably impacted.
Oleh Karpenko, the head of partnerships at Come Back Alive, told the BBC that donation patterns vary based on events such as shelling in Ukraine, drone strikes in Russia, power outages, battlefield developments, and military successes or setbacks.
On Oct. 25, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a new eSupport initiative scheduled to launch on Dec. 1.
Under this program, each Ukrainian will receive Hr 1,000 ($24) in aid, which can be used for specific expenses. Deputy Economy Minister Oleksii Soboliev clarified that these funds could be redirected to the military through donations, even if foreign aid itself cannot be directly allocated for military purposes, as reported by the NV news outlet.
The Kyiv IndependentOleg Sukhov
