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The Ukrainian Air Force reported the take-off of 7 Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers. The military urges not to ignore the air alarm signals.
On the morning of November 28, the Air Force reported the take-off of Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers from the Olenya airfield. This is reported by the Air Force, writes UNN.
According to updated data, there are 7 Tu-95MS aircraft in the air. Don't ignore the air alarms!
– the message says.
Ukrainian soldiers repelled an attempted Russian offensive in the Zaporizhzhia sector, General Oleksandr Pivnenko, the commander of Ukraine's National Guard, said on Nov.27.
In early October, Russian troops reportedly renewed their attack in the Zaporizhzhia sector. Kyiv warned of a potential Russian push in the southern region, saying Moscow was deploying trained assault groups to front-line positions in mid-November.
Ukraine's Spartan Brigade aerial reconnaissance spotted Russian troops planning to attack the National Guard positions with an infantry group in advance, Pivnenko said, sharing footage showing the attack.
He did not specify the scale of the attack or the number of Russian troops involved in the offensive.
According to the commander, Russia is mostly trying to conduct assaults and reconnaissance attacks in the Zaporizhzhia sector with infantry groups consisting of 3 to 10 people.
"The enemy rarely uses equipment," Pivnenko said. "But our soldiers destroy enemy personnel and firepower quickly and accurately."
The Kyiv Independent could not verify these reports.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Nov.25 that Ukraine "sees the existing threats" in the Zaporizhzhia sector.
Russia is carrying out intense attacks in multiple sections of the eastern front, with attempts to break through Ukraine's defenses in Donetsk Oblast toward the towns of Pokrovsk and Kurakhove.
The Kyiv IndependentBoldizsar Gyori
The Biden administration plans to provide Ukraine with військову 725 million in military assistance, including anti-tank weapons, mines and HIMARS. The package may be announced on Monday, but its content may change before signing.
The administration of US President Joe Biden plans to provide Ukraine with a new package of military assistance in the amount of.725 million. This is reported by Reuters, reports UNN.
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The move is part of an effort to support Kiev ahead of Biden's presidential term in January. According to sources close to the plan, the package will include a variety of weapons aimed at deterring the offensive of Russian troops.:
It is expected that an official notification to the US Congress regarding this package will be received on Monday. However, the content and amount of the allowance may change by the time Joe Biden signs the document.
The content and size of the package may change in the coming days before Biden's expected signature.
This package will be the largest use of the presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) for emergency withdrawal of weapons from US warehouses. Previously, such packages usually amounted to 1 125-250 million, but now Biden has access to another конгрес 4-5 billion of PDAs approved by Congress.
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The Biden administration has [6.5 billion to transfer weapons to Ukraine, but may not have time to use them before the end of the term. The Pentagon has reached the monthly supply limit and is experiencing logistical problems.
The heads of government of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Poland, and Sweden agreed to strengthen their support to Ukraine in the coming months to counter Russia's full-scale war during a summit in Harpsund on Nov. 27.
Baltic and Nordic countries as well as Warsaw have been Kyiv's staunchest supporters since the start of the all-out war, providing the country with military, financial and humanitarian aid.
"Ukraine must be able to prevail against Russia’s aggression, to ensure a comprehensive, just and lasting peace," the nations' joint statement read.
"In the coming months, we will step up our support, including to the Ukrainian defense industry, and we will invest in making more ammunition available to Ukraine."
The announcement come at a critical time, as Moscow's forces make their fastest gains in months in Ukraine's east and North Korean troops are stationed in Russia's Kursk Oblast.
The countries described Russia as "the most significant and direct threat to our security in the long term." According to the statement, the countries support expanding sanctions against Moscow and strengthening their defense and resistance against conventional and hybrid attacks.
"We will work together to constrain, contest and counter Russia’s aggressive and highly confrontational actions as well as to ensure its full international accountability for the crime of aggression," the statement read.
The Kyiv IndependentKateryna Denisova
The mayor of Konotop accused the head of the Sumy RMA of canceling the reservation of critical infrastructure workers. Semenikhin demands the release of Artyukh and the opening of criminal proceedings under the article on sabotage.
On November 27, Konotop mayor Artem Semenikhin said that the head of the Sumy RMA allegedly canceled a reservation from mobilization for employees of municipal enterprises of critical infrastructure in Sumy region. He stated this in his video message on Facebook, writes UNN.
Mr. Artyukh, by his decision, canceled the reservation for employees of municipal enterprises, moreover, instructed the SBU to allocate one person for each employee of the shopping center in order to control that all employees of municipal enterprises of the critical industry (water utilities, heat generating companies, etc.) were called up to the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tomorrow and Friday,
– says Semenikhin.
According to , the CCC employees called him and said that this is an instruction, so they "can't do anything ".
Who will repair it? There are several dozen people working on it. Are they normal there, hello, general? I can no longer tolerate the lawlessness that Mr. general is freaking out about,
– said the mayor.
Semenikhin stated that Artyukh should be "immediately" removed from office. It also requires law enforcement agencies to open criminal proceedings against the chairman of the RMA under Article 113 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — sabotage.
The official also appealed to President Volodymyr Zelensky to see, according to him, "how his henchmen are setting him up here.
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Key developments on Nov. 27:
Between 60,000 to 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the full-scale war, and 400,000 more are too injured to fight on, according to estimates by The Economist published on Nov. 26.
Kyiv has largely avoided revealing the full extent of its military casualties, with President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledging only in February that 31,000 Ukrainian fighters have been killed.
Basing its calculations on leaked or published intelligence reports, defense officials, researchers, and open-source intelligence, The Economist wrote that Russia and Ukraine lost a greater share of their population than the U.S. during the Korean and Vietnam wars combined.
Almost one in 20 Ukrainian fighting-age men have been killed or injured because of the war, The Economist wrote.
In September, the Wall Street Journal provided similar estimates, positing that Ukraine had lost 80,000 soldiers killed and 400,000 wounded. The outlet estimated Russia's losses at up to 200,000 killed and 400,000 injured.
The exact figures for both sides are nearly impossible to establish as Kyiv and Moscow are secretive about their casualties. The last figure provided by Russian authorities was 5,937 killed soldiers as of September 2022.
In turn, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces put Russian overall losses at over 735,000 as of Nov. 27. The losses Russia suffered in the full-scale war are believed to be greater than during all the wars since 1945 combined.
According to The Economist, civilian casualties are even more difficult to establish but likely reach many tens of thousands.
The U.N. mission in Ukraine verified that 11,743 civilians were killed as of the summer, but the number is likely higher due to Russia barring access for monitors to occupied territories, namely to areas that likely saw the heaviest civilian casualties like Mariupol.
The Kyiv IndependentChris York
Russia claims Ukraine's drones, missiles attacked Crimea, explosion reported near airfieldUkrainian drones and missiles attacked the seaside city of Sevastopol in occupied Crimea on Nov. 27, the city's Russian-installed proxy head, Mikhail Razvozhayev, claimed.
Russian air defenses shot down two missiles and five drones, Razvozhayev said, claiming that the Ukrainian projectiles were downed over the water. Drone debris also reportedly fell near the Kacha highway.
The pro-Ukrainian Crimean Wind Telegram channel reported explosions and active air defense in Sevastopol, as well as near the Belbek military airfield and elsewhere on the occupied peninsula.
The channel also shared a photo of the Nakhimov Naval Academy with smoke coming from behind it. The authenticity of the footage or the cause of the smoke could not be immediately verified.
The Mash Telegram channel alleged that around 40 drones, Neptune missiles, and unidentified cruise missiles were flying toward the northwestern part of the Crimean peninsula. All projectiles were shot down, the channel wrote.
The Kyiv Independent could not verify the claims.
The Kyiv IndependentKollen Post
Ukrainian soldiers repel attempted Russian attack in Zaporizhzhia sector, National Guard commander saysUkrainian soldiers repelled an attempted Russian offensive in the Zaporizhzhia sector, General Oleksandr Pivnenko, the commander of Ukraine's National Guard, said on Nov.27.
In early October, Russian troops reportedly renewed their attack in the Zaporizhzhia sector. Kyiv warned of a potential Russian push in the southern region, saying Moscow was deploying trained assault groups to front-line positions in mid-November.
Ukraine's Spartan Brigade aerial reconnaissance spotted Russian troops planning to attack the National Guard positions with an infantry group in advance, Pivnenko said, sharing footage showing the attack.
He did not specify the scale of the attack or the number of Russian troops involved in the offensive.
According to the commander, Russia is mostly trying to conduct assaults and reconnaissance attacks in the Zaporizhzhia sector with infantry groups consisting of 3 to 10 people.
"The enemy rarely uses equipment," Pivnenko said. "But our soldiers destroy enemy personnel and firepower quickly and accurately."
The Kyiv Independent could not verify these reports.
The Kyiv IndependentBoldizsar GyoriTrump nominates retired General Keith Kellogg for Ukraine peace envoyU.S. President-elect Donald Trump nominated former national security advisor to the vice president, retired General Keith Kellogg, as a special Ukrainian peace envoy to lead negotiations on an end to Russia's full-scale war, Trump announced on Nov. 27.
"Together, we will secure peace through strength and make America ang the world safe again," Trump said on his social media network Truth Social.
In June, Reuters reported that Kellogg and another Trump's top advisor, Frederick H. Fleitz, proposed him a plan that would cease military aid to Ukraine unless it agrees to hold peace negotiations with Russia.
The two also reportedly proposed to freeze the front lines in their current position and take Ukraine's NATO accession off the table.
Keith Kellogg, 80, previously served as the Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the U.S. National Security Council in the first Trump administration. He also was a top advisor to then U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.
Last week, Reuters reported that Trump was considering his former intelligence director, diplomat Richard Grenell, as a special Ukrainian peace envoy.
In the occupied Donetsk region, more than 5 thousand children joined the Russian militarized organization "YunArmia". The invaders plan to hold military training camps for children at the training grounds of the Crimea together with contract soldiers.
More than 5 thousand children joined the "Unarmia" in the occupied Donetsk region. 9 best "young soldiers" this year will be taken to Moscow for the main Christmas Tree of the Russian Federation. This is reported by the Center for National Resistance, reports UNN.
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an important element of the invader education strategy is the involvement of young people in various pro-Russian propaganda organizations. YunArmia is one of the most advanced organizations created on the model of Soviet children's organizations.
Today, in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk region, more than 5 thousand children are already included in this militarized organization. But the greatest risk of children who are involved in such formations is to be drawn into a real war,
– writes the central nervous system.
This is confirmed by the fact that the Russians have planned winter training camps for members of the military movement "YunArmia" at training grounds in the Crimea, next to contract soldiers of their army. According to the plan, this should speed up the adaptation of movement participants to the real army and make the exercises more realistic.
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Earlier UNN reported that the occupiers Continue to destroy the national identity of children from the occupied territories and educate them as "cannon fodder" for the Russian Federation through militarization, propaganda and control of their thoughts in schools and youth organizations.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump nominated former national security advisor to the vice president, retired General Keith Kellogg, as a special Ukrainian peace envoy to lead negotiations on an end to Russia's full-scale war, Trump announced on Nov. 27.
"Together, we will secure peace through strength and make America ang the world safe again," Trump said on his social media network Truth Social.
In June, Reuters reported that Kellogg and another Trump's top advisor, Frederick H. Fleitz, proposed him a plan that would cease military aid to Ukraine unless it agrees to hold peace negotiations with Russia.
The two also reportedly proposed to freeze the front lines in their current position and take Ukraine's NATO accession off the table.
Keith Kellogg, 80, previously served as the Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the U.S. National Security Council in the first Trump administration. He also was a top advisor to then U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.
Last week, Reuters reported that Trump was considering his former intelligence director, diplomat Richard Grenell, as a special Ukrainian peace envoy.
On the campaign trail, Trump promised to end Russia's war with Ukraine if elected, saying in September that he would negotiate a deal "that's good for both sides." He also praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and questioned further U.S. assistance to Ukraine.
Trump's election has intensified uncertainty around Ukraine's war effort at a critical time, as Russian forces make their fastest gains in months and North Korean troops are stationed in Russia's Kursk Oblast.
The Kyiv IndependentDominic Culverwell
The president of Ukraine held a telephone conversation with the NATO secretary general on strengthening air defense. We discussed specific air defense systems and unfulfilled decisions of the Washington NATO summit.
President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed strengthening Ukraine's air defense with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. The decisions of the Alliance Summit in Washington on air defense and other supplies for the front have not yet been fully implemented, reports UNN.
"I had a telephone conversation with Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General. Yesterday, a meeting of the NATO – Ukraine Council was held due to Russia's use of a new ballistic missile. We discussed with Mark the available response capabilities – the necessary strengthening of Ukraine's air defense. I have named specific air defense systems that are needed and that can work. Our partners have these air defense systems," Zelensky said.
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He noted that the decisions of the NATO summit in Washington on air defense and other supplies for the front have not yet been fully implemented.
"We expect this, and it significantly affects the motivation and morale of our people. The recent authorization for long-range strikes on military installations in Russia has helped. But the pressure on Russia must be maintained and increased at various levels," Zelensky said.
He also noted that they discussed contacts with partners – with America and others.
" our coordinated work with them for the sake of fulfilling what we have already agreed on, and for the sake of the necessary additional strengthening – both military and political. In particular, for the sake of inviting Ukraine to join NATO," Zelensky wrote.
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The Ukrainian-made Oncilla-Shturm armored personnel carrier has been approved for military use, the Defense Ministry said on Nov. 27.
"The domestic Oncilla-Shturm armored vehicle demonstrates Ukraine's progress in creating equipment that meets the modern needs of the battlefield," Deputy Defense Minister Dmytro Klimenkov said.
The vehicle can carry three crew members and six riflemen. The Oncilla-Shturm armor protects soldiers from small arms fire, debris and explosive ordnance, according to the ministry.
"Its reliability and functionality allow our military to perform combat missions in highly complex conditions, ensuring the protection of personnel and the effectiveness of operations," Klimenkov said.
Armed with a remote-controlled combat module with a large-caliber machine gun, the vehicle can cover travel more than 700 kilometers (434 miles).
The Oncilla-Shturm can be produced in several modifications, the ministry said.
Kyiv began actively developing its defense production after Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, which includes long-range missiles and drones.
Ukraine's budget for 2025 envisages Hr 55 billion ($1.3 billion) for weapons production, Strategic Industries Minister Herman Smetanin said on Nov. 12.
The Kyiv IndependentChris York