Category: War in Ukraine

Washington's decision to allow Kyiv to use U.S.-made weapons to strike deep into Russia has not increased the risk of a nuclear attack, Reuters reported on Nov. 27, citing five unnamed sources familiar with the intelligence data.

The news comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin updated the nuclear doctrine on Nov. 19, and Russian government officials continue to criticize the recent White House decision, calling it a push for "escalation."

Despite the Kremlin's recent statements, the risk of a nuclear attack is unlikely, Reuters reported, citing its unidentified sources.

Intelligence assessments over the past seven months have shown that a nuclear escalation is unlikely to result from a decision to ease restrictions on Ukraine's use of U.S. weapons. "The assessments were consistent: The ATACMS weren't going to change Russia’s nuclear calculus," said one congressional aide briefed on the intelligence

Meanwhile, Moscow is expected to expand its campaign of sabotage against European facilities to increase pressure on the West for its support of Kyiv, two high-ranking officials, a lawmaker, and two congressional aides told the news agency.

One of the five U.S. officials also noted that unveiling the new missile, referring to the Russian-made Oreshnik, is a step toward escalation.

U.S. officials said the intelligence helped guide the contentious debate within the Joe Biden administration over whether Washington should ease restrictions on Ukraine's use of U.S. weapons because of the risk of provoking Putin.

In mid-November, Biden authorized Ukraine to use the ATACMS to strike deeper inside Russia, a decision to strengthen Ukraine's negotiating position. His administration previously resisted supplying such weapons over concerns of escalating tensions with Russia.

The changes come amid significant challenges for Ukraine, including battlefield losses, reports of North Korea sending troops to support Russia, and Donald Trump taking office in January. Trump has vowed to end the war within 24 hours, but officials worry his administration would cut off aid to Ukraine, undermining its ability to resist Russian aggression.

Many U.S. officials now acknowledge that Ukraine could be pushed into talks within months and might be forced to cede territory to end the war, the Washington Post (WP) reported on Nov. 26.

Opinion: Is Russia’s new nuclear doctrine a game of bluff or a shift in strategy?Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a seemingly significant modification of Russia’s military doctrine in a statement on Sept. 25. He revealed that the new doctrine would propose considering aggression against Russia by a non-nuclear state, “with the participation or support of a nuclear stat…The Kyiv IndependentAndreas Umland

Ukrainian intelligence conducted a successful operation in the occupied Crimea, destroying the Russian podlet radar system. The cost of the destroyed radar, which was used to detect air targets, is 5 5 million.

Ukrainian intelligence soldiers destroyed the Russian podlet radar system as a result of a special operation in the occupied Crimea on November 28. The р 5 million radar was used by the enemy to detect air targets. This was reported in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine, reports UNN.

On November 28, 2024, as a result of the successful operation of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine on the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimea, the Russian podlet radar system was destroyed . mobile radar 48YA6-K1 "podlet" is used by the enemy to detect air targets at low and extremely low altitudes in a difficult obstacle environment

– says the Gur message.

it is noted that the estimated cost of the destroyed enemy radar system "podlet", intended, in particular, for issuing target designations for the S-300 and S-400 air defense systems, is 5 5 million.

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Russian strikes against Ukraine killed at least five civilians and injured at least 25 over the past day, regional authorities reported on Nov. 28.

Russia launched a mass combined attack against Ukraine during the night of Nov. 27-28. In the attack, Russian forces used three S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles, 57 Kh-101 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic bombers, 28 Kalibr cruise missiles, three Kh-59/69 guided missiles, and 97 drones, according to a report by the Ukrainian Air Force.

Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile troops, aviation, electronic warfare units, and mobile firing groups shot down 76 Kh-101 and Kalibr cruise missiles, three Kh-59/69 guided missiles, and 35 drones. Meanwhile, 35 drones were lost on the radars due to electronic warfare operations.

During the mass attack, Russian forces targeted several oblasts, including the capital of Kyiv. Critical infrastructure facilities were hit, prompting emergency power outages across the country.

A 16-year-old boy and a 90-year-old woman were wounded in an attack in Odesa Oblast. They were treated at the scene of the attack. Falling missile debris damaged six houses, according to Governor Oleh Kiper.

A woman in Vinnytsia Oblast was injured in the morning combined attack, said Natalia Zabolotna, deputy head of the regional military administration. The Russian strike against the region damaged residential buildings and destroyed an outbuilding.

Apart from the combined mass overnight attack, Russian forces also targeted 10 settlements in Kherson Oblast, including the regional center of Kherson. The Russian attacks resulted in the killing of one person and injuries to 14 others, local military administration reported.

In Kharkiv Oblast, a Russian FPV (first-person-view) drone hit a tractor in the village of Bilyi Kolodiaz, killing two men and injuring three others, according to Governor Oleh Syniehubov.

In Donetsk Oblast, one person suffered injuries in the city of Pokrovsk, while in the town of Kostiantynivka, two people were killed due to the Russian strikes, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported.

In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, a woman and two men were injured in the attacks against the Vasyliv district, local military administration said.

In Sumy Oblast's Khotyn community, a drone attack injured a civilian, according to local authorities.

Once liberated Kupiansk braces for worst as Russian troops approach, and future Western support looks uncertainVolodymyr paused his Sunday stroll from a shopping center in Kupiansk to take pictures of rubble from a Russian strike that almost killed his wife late last month. “It was broad daylight when they struck,” he said. “Our only luck was that my wife was in the kitchen, soThe Kyiv IndependentBoldizsar Gyori

In the Mykolaiv region, the Schedule "2 hours with electricity, 2 hours without" is being introduced due to a massive attack on power facilities. There are 402 "points of invincibility" in the region, the addresses of which can be found in "actions".

In the Mykolaiv region, as a result of a massive attack on Ukrainian power facilities, a new electricity supply schedule is being introduced this morning. Light will be supplied according to the scheme "2 hours with electricity, 2 hours without", said RMA chairman Vitaly Kim on Thursday, reports UNN.

Regarding the situation in the energy sector in the region. We are increasing our own capacity for cogeneration. These are the capacities that we planned for such cases. By the evening, I will try to heal half of it, and we will also load the other half so that it is light. We'll deal with that. In the near future, we will live according to the Schedule 2 hours there is Light, 2 hours there is no light. The price is now the best option. We are looking for solutions. We must cope

– Kim stated.

He recalled that there are 402 "points of invincibility"in the region. The addresses closest to you can be found in "actions"

In Nikolaev because of the attack of the Russian Federation on power facilities today educational institutions will not workNov 28 2024, 10:04 AM • 8506 views

Russia has lost 735,410 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. 27.

This number includes 1,580 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,449 tanks, 19,304 armored fighting vehicles, 30,126 vehicles and fuel tanks, 20,830 artillery systems, 1,255 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,005 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 19,616 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

Once liberated Kupiansk braces for worst as Russian troops approach, and future Western support looks uncertainVolodymyr paused his Sunday stroll from a shopping center in Kupiansk to take pictures of rubble from a Russian strike that almost killed his wife late last month. “It was broad daylight when they struck,” he said. “Our only luck was that my wife was in the kitchen, soThe Kyiv IndependentBoldizsar Gyori

From a batch of 54 thousand 120-mm mines, about 24 thousand are subject to return due to abnormal wear of components. The Ministry of Defense withdraws defective ammunition, and the manufacturer replaces them with high-quality samples.

From the batch of 54 thousand 120-mm mines, which were suspected of abnormal operation, about 24 thousand are subject to return. This is less than 1% of the products produced this year. mine manufacturers are currently strengthening quality control at all stages of production. This was announced by the Minister for strategic industries German Smetanin, reports UNN.

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According to Smetanin, in total, Ukrainian defense enterprises have delivered millions of artillery and mortar rounds to the Defense Forces since the beginning of 2024.

At the same time, on November 20 of this year, one of the manufacturing plants received a complaint from the command of the logistics forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine about 120-mm mines in accordance with the established procedure. on November 8, The Ministry of Strategic Industry issued an order to conduct an inspection, with the involvement of officials of the Ministry of Strategic Industry, the Ministry of Defense, the manufacturing plant, the Central Research Institute of the armed forces of Ukraine, the SBU.

The Working Group worked during November 11-15 and came to the conclusion that there is indeed an abnormal operation of several components of the product. As a result, some of the shots were of poor quality. To date, out of shipments totaling 54 thousand mines that were suspected of abnormal operation, about 24 thousand mines are subject to return, which is less than 1% of the products produced this year

– Smetanin said.

according to the minister, in accordance with the act of work of the commission, among other things, the following measures are currently being taken::

• a low-quality batch of 120 mm min is being replaced;

• manufacturing plants are strengthening product quality control at all stages of production, starting with the receipt of purchased components.

It is reported that today the Ministry of Defense withdraws products from the specified batch, and the manufacturer replaces them with high-quality samples.

At the same time, all enterprises of the Ukrainian defense industry continue to operate normally: to manufacture and supply high-quality weapons and military equipment to the Defense Forces. The situation around low-quality mines has also become an additional incentive for all manufacturers to be more careful about quality control of their products at all stages of production

Smetanin emphasized.

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The Ministry of defense of Ukraine reported that the causes of abnormal operation of 120-mm mines are being investigated by an interdepartmental Commission. Now the use of ammunition has been suspended, and the defective batch of Mines has been seized. According to preliminary results of the investigation, the mines do not work due to possible causes of defects, in particular poor-quality powder charges or violation of storage conditions. On this fact, the state Bureau of Investigation opened criminal proceedings.

Fyodor Venislavsky, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on national security, defense and intelligence, reported that the interdepartmental Commission for the investigation of the abnormal operation of 120-millimeter mines called the main reasons for the incidents a decrease in temperature and high humidity

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Earlier, the media reported that Ukrainian soldiers use defective mortar mines produced by Ukroboronprom. Military personnel at the front complain that the ammunition is of poor quality.

Russia has lost 736,630 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. 28.

This number includes 1,220 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,450 tanks, 19,306 armored fighting vehicles, 30,186 vehicles and fuel tanks, 20,852 artillery systems, 1,256 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,005 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 19,661 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has updated the data of losses of the Russian invaders. During the day, 1,220 Russian military personnel were eliminated, 22 artillery systems and other enemy equipment were destroyed.

The losses of personnel of the Russian occupation army since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine have exceeded 736 thousand people. This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, writes UNN.

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The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 28.11.24 approximately amounted to:

• personnel-about 736630 (+1220) people,

• tanks-9450 (+1) units,

• armored combat vehicles – 19306 (+2) units,

• artillery systems – 20852 (+22) units,

• MLRS – 1255 (+0) units,

• air defense systems – 1005 (+0) units,

• aircraft-369 (+0) units,

• helicopters-329 (+0) units,

• Operational-tactical UAV-19661 (+45),

• cruise missiles‒ 2765 (+0),

• ships ‒ boats – 28 (+0) units,

• submarines – 1 (+0) units,

• automotive equipment and tankers – 30186 (+60) units,

• special equipment-3697 (+10)

Russia actively uses at least six Tu-160-type bombers that Ukraine gave to Russia in 1999 as a payment of gas debt, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) Schemes' investigation showed on Nov. 26.

The investigation also identified pilots flying the planes and launching missile strikes against Ukraine. Russia regularly uses its strategic aviation to attack cities and infrastructure across Ukraine.

Ukraine handed over Tu-160 supersonic heavy bombers in 1999 as part of a larger debt payment for Russian gas. The journalists identified the planes by comparing their old serial numbers in archives and aviation registries.

RFE/RL was also able to identify some pilots flying these planes against Ukraine, like Oleg Skytskyi, a serviceman of the 22nd Aviation Division, which Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) says is "responsible for numerous victims and destruction in Ukraine," one of them likely being launching a missile that killed an RFE/RL journalist in Kyiv on April 28, 2022.

In the 1999 arms transfer, Kyiv transferred to Moscow eight Tu-160 and three Tu-95MS heavy bombers, as well as 575 Kh-55 cruise missiles, with Russia writing off $275 million in gas debt, 10% of the assets' real value.

The transferred Kh-55 missiles were also used against Ukraine, an earlier investigation by Radio Free showed.

The Tu-160 strategic bombers are among the biggest warplanes ever operated, but they are only sparsely used due to maintenance problems. They were the latest heavy strategic bombers designed in the Soviet Union, capable of carrying conventional and nuclear weaponry.

Their last use was on Nov. 17, when Russia launched one of the largest aerial strikes on Ukraine, killing seven civilians and damaging its energy grid.

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Russian troops carried out 349 strikes on 12 settlements in the Zaporizhia region, including an airstrike, UAV attacks, MLRS and shelling. 6 reports of destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure were recorded.

During the day, the invaders carried out 349 strikes on 12 settlements of the Zaporozhye region. This was announced by the head of Zaporozhye RMA Ivan Fedorov in his Telegram channel, writes in UNN.

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It is noted that the Russian troops carried out an air strike on Novodarovka.

194 UAVs of various modifications attacked Belenke, Stepnogorsk, Lobkovo, Gulyai-pole, Novoandrievka, Shcherbaki, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Malinovka, Belogorye, Novodarovka and Olgovskoye. 7 MLRS attacks covered Shcherbaki, Novodarovka and Novodanilovka.

– the message says.

It is also reported that 147 attacks were carried out on the territory of Lobkovo, Gulyai-pole, Shcherbakov, Novoandrievka, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Malinovka, Belogorye, Novodarovka and Olgovsky.

6 reports of destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure were received.

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