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the Russian military in the eastern directions reports a shortage of ammunition, food and warm clothes. They also have difficulties using North Korean ammunition due to their inaccuracy.

Russian occupiers in the eastern directions complain about the lack of ammunition, food, water, warm clothes, as well as difficulties in using weapons supplied by North Korea. This was stated by the speaker of the OSU "Khortytsia" Nazar Voloshin on the air of the telethon, reports UNN.

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We have evidence that Russian military personnel, especially in the front lines and advanced units, complain about very poor logistics support. First of all, they complain about the lack of ammunition, food, and even water. This problem is especially acute for them with the onset of the cold season and a decrease in the temperature regime. They even complain about the lack of warm clothes. And we have information that Russian military personnel are complaining about difficulties in using ammunition supplied by North Korea, that is, they are flying in the wrong place. There are difficulties in using ammunition there

Voloshin said.

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Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky visited units and subunits in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions of the front.

Ukrainian forces reportedly struck an oil depot in Russia's Rostov Oblast, and destroyed a Buk-M3 radar station in Russian-occupied territories in Zaporizhzhia Oblast overnight, Ukraine's General Staff said on Nov. 29.

Outmanned and outgunned on the battlefield, Ukraine has turned to homemade drones to try to exhaust Russian combat capabilities as much as possible from afar, targeting Russian military-industrial complex facilities, airbases, and oil refineries.

The Ukrainian military said that on the night of Nov. 29, they struck the Atlas oil depot in Rostov Oblast. As a result of the strike, fires broke out on the territory of the facility, the statement said.

According to the General Staff, Atlas is part of the Russian military-industrial complex, and supplies petroleum products to the Russian army. The oil depot was previously targeted in the summer of 2024.

Elsewhere, a radar station of the Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed in the Russian-held part of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the General Staff reported.

The combat mission was carried out by units of the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Special Operations Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) in cooperation with other units of the Defense Forces.

On Nov. 16, a drone unit in the National Guard's 27th Pechersk Brigade destroyed another Russian anti-aircraft missile Buk-M1 system worth $10 million.

On the morning of Nov. 29, the General Staff reported that Russia had lost 1,006 air defense systems since the start of its full-scale invasion.

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The president of Ukraine held a telephone conversation with the German Chancellor regarding air defense systems and further support. The leaders discussed increasing pressure on Russia and the details of Scholz's conversation with rutin.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with German Chancellor Olaf Stolz. In particular, they discussed steps that can strengthen Ukraine. This was announced by Zelensky in the social network on Friday, reports UNN.

I held a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and thanked him for his leadership in helping Ukraine with air defense systems – very effective "Patriots" and IRIS-T, which have already saved thousands of lives. I am grateful to the chancellor for his readiness to continue supporting Ukraine, in particular our defense against Russian aggression and our resilience. We discussed what our bilateral steps and those of our partners can strengthen Ukraine

Zelensky wrote.

The president stressed that it is important that the pressure on Russia increases and that Ukrainian positions strengthen, because this is what will force Russia to real peace.

According to him, the German Chancellor spoke about the details of his call to Putin. "It is obvious that only the power of weapons and the power of diplomacy together can force the culprit of war to peace, and that peace is possible only through force," the president added.

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Russia has lost 738,660 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Nov. 29.

This number includes 2,030 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,458 tanks, 19,339 armored fighting vehicles, 30,272 vehicles and fuel tanks, 20,886 artillery systems, 1,256 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,006 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 19,750 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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The chairman of the Budget Committee of the Verkhovna Rada named three factors that may lead to a lack of funds for defense in 2025. UAH 2.2 trillion is provided for the security and defense sector.

If the intensity of hostilities changes, there will be huge interruptions in the supply of weapons from international partners, then it will be necessary to make changes to the state budget for defense in 2025. This was announced by people's deputy, chairman of the parliamentary committee on budget issues Roksolana Pidlasa on the air of the telethon, the correspondent of UNN reports .

Pidlasa commented on how well defense spending is provided for in the state budget for 2025 and whether Ukraine will again find itself in a situation in the middle of the year when it is necessary to vote an additional 500 billion rubles in the Verkhovna Rada.

If conditions on the battlefield change dramatically, or the intensity of hostilities, or there are huge interruptions in the supply of weapons from our international partners, then we will be forced to make changes to the state budget. But if the conditions remain the same as this year, or the intensity of hostilities decreases, or we finally win, then of course the funds that are provided for 2025 will be enough

Pidlasa said.

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She noted that more than UAH 2.2 trillion is planned for security and defense needs next year, which is even more than the expected actual expenditures this year.

The Ministry of Finance reported the other day that in January-October 2024, Ukraine spent UAH 1.6 trillion on the security and defense sector, which is more than half of the total state budget fund.

"For 2025, we set the probability that the fighting will continue throughout the year in order to be prepared for any development of events," Pidlasa said.

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Prime minister Denys Shmyhol reported that when Ukraine planned the 2024 budget together with the IMF, one of the partners ' forecasts was that the war would continue until the summer of 2024. Therefore, the current budget required an additional 500 billion hryvnias for the army.

On November 19, the Rada adopted the state budget-2025.

The total resource, which will be directed to the security and defense sector, will amount to UAH 2.23 trillion. record funds will be used for the production and purchase of weapons. There will be more funding for the modernization of the military-industrial complex, as well as for the purchase of drones.

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Bloomberg reported that Europe is looking for ways to replace US military aid for Ukraine. After all, Donald Trump's statements cause concern, because there is speculation that the United States may reduce military aid to force Ukraine to sit down at the negotiating table with Russia.

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov arrived in Pyongyang for an official visit on Nov. 29, amid deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea.

After arriving in Pyongyang, Belousov was greeted by his North Korean counterpart No Kwang-chol, and members of North Korea's military, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

Belousov will participate in meetings with "the military and political leadership of the DPRK," it added.

Belousov's visit to Pyongyang comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to the hermit country in June, where Russia formally deepened it military and economic cooperation with Pyongyang.

Pyongyang is believed to have dispatched over 10,000 troops to aid Russia's war, with the first clashes with Ukrainian forces reported in Kursk Oblast. North Korea has also become Moscow's leading supplier of artillery shells and ballistic missiles.

A source with Ukraine's General Staff also indicated to Reuters on Nov. 23 that the majority of North Korean soldiers were finalizing training.

In recent months, Russia has focused on regaining territory lost in the country's Kursk Oblast following a surprise Ukrainian incursion into the region in August. According to the source in Ukraine's General Staff, Ukraine has lost over 40 percent of the territory it previously gained in Kursk Oblast due to Russian counterattacks.

NATO allies believe that Putin is aiming to recapture territory lost in Kursk Oblast before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, the Telegraph reported, hoping to gain leverage in future peace negotiations.

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Air defense forces repelled the attack of Russian drones on the Kiev region for almost 7 hours. Due to the wreckage of downed targets, a private house was damaged, there were no injuries.

For almost 7 hours, the air defense forces repelled the attack of Russian troops with drones on the Kiev region, a private house was damaged due to debris, there were no casualties, Ruslan Kravchenko, head of the Kiev RMA, said on Facebook on Friday, writes UNN.

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"The enemy does not stop daily UAV attacks on the Kiev region. Since the evening of November 28, the alarm in the region lasted almost 7 hours. Air defense forces were operating in the region. Enemy targets were destroyed," Kravchenko wrote.

According to him, there were no casualties among the population, no hits to critical or residential infrastructure facilities were allowed.

"As a result of falling debris from downed targets in one of the settlements, a private house and an outbuilding were damaged. The damage is minor – the glazing is broken, the facade of the house is split," said the chairman of the RMA.

Operational groups, according to him, continue to work to establish the consequences of the enemy attack.

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Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated.

A large fire has engulfed an oil depot in Russia's Rostov Oblast overnight on Nov. 29, local media reported.

Eyewitnesses reported seeing large clouds of smoke over the FDKU Atlas oil depot in the Kamensk-Shakhtinsky District of Rostov Oblast. Videos of the fire posted on various Telegram channels appear to show a large blaze engulfing the night sky.

The Kyiv Independent could not independently verify the location of reported fire. Ukraine's military has not yet commented on the reported attack.

Ahead of the start of the blaze, acting Rostov Oblast Governor Yuri Slyusar claimed Russian air defenses intercepted 30 Ukrainian drones in the northwest of the region. The governor added that emergency services are "extinguishing a large fire at an industrial site," without specifying the location.

Slyusar also claimed two houses were damaged in the Masalovka and Dyachkino communities amid the drone attack.

Ukraine routinely strikes Russian oil bases and weapons depots in an attempt to diminish Russia's fighting power in its war against Ukraine.

Ukrainian strikes have targeted weapons storage facilities, military bases, and oil depots in Rostov Oblast in an attempt to slow Russian advances in Eastern Ukraine and pressure Russians to call for an end to the war.

Ukrainian drones previously struck the FDKU Atlas oil facility in August, a military intelligence (HUR) source confirmed to the Kyiv Independent.

In recent months Ukraine has tried to move Russia's war away from its own territory, striking targets deeper inside Russia. On Oct. 31, a Ukrainian drone struck an oil refinery in the city of Ufa in Russia's Bashkortostan Republic, which lies some 1,500 kilometers from the Russia-Ukraine border.

Fossil fuels are the primary drivers of the Russian economy and the main source of revenue for the Kremlin's war machine. Despite Western sanctions, Russia still provides oil and gas to other countries around the world, primarily India and China.

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In the Black Sea, 3 Russian ships-carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles with a total salvo of up to 16 missiles were recorded. There are no enemy ships in the Azov and Mediterranean seas.

As of Friday morning, November 29, 3 Russian warships carrying Kalibr cruise missiles were recorded in the Black Sea. The total salvo can be up to 16 missiles. This is reported by the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, writes UNN.

There are 3 enemy ships in the Black Sea that are carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles with a total salvo of up to 16 missiles. There are no enemy ships in the VAZ sea,

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It is also reported that there are no enemy ships in the Mediterranean Sea.

During the day, in the interests of the Russian Federation, the passage through the Kerch Strait was carried out:

• to the Black Sea – 6 vessels, 4 of them continued to move in the direction of the Bosphorus Strait;

• to the Sea of Azov – 9 ships, none of them moved from the Bosphorus Strait.

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Four unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) were apparently shot and killed by Russian forces in Donetsk Oblast earlier this November, adding to the five previously reported executions of Ukrainian soldiers, the Prosecutor General's Office said on Nov. 28.

According to the statement, Russian troops captured four Ukrainian defenders during an assault in the Pokrovsk sector on Nov. 22. After forcing the soldiers to surrender, Russian forces are said to have shot them with automatic weapons.

In total nine Ukrainian POWs were executed by Russia in the village of Petrivka. It was not immediately clear if the two reported executions are directly connected, or whether they occurred at the same time.

"The deliberate killing of prisoners of war constitutes a blatant violation of the Geneva Conventions and is classified as a grave international crime," the Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement.

Reports of murders, torture, and ill-treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war are received regularly by Ukrainian authorities and have spiked in recent months. Most cases were recorded in the embattled Donetsk Oblast.

Last week, the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office reported two other Ukrainian POWs killed by Russian troops in the Pokrovsk sector.

Ahead of the most recent reported cases, law enforcement officers previously said they were investigating 53 criminal proceedings over the executions of 177 Ukrainian soldiers, while 37 proceedings of 109 executions were registered in 2024 alone, the Prosecutor General's Office said on Nov. 22.

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