Cover image: People light candles at the foot of a monument dedicated to the victims of the great famine of 1932-1933, in kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday November 25, 2023. Efrem Lukatsky / AP
- A major attack by Russian explosive drones was underway at dawn on Saturday in kyiv, leaving at least two people injured, according to Ukrainian authorities. “At the moment there are two victims in Solomiansky district. Both received medical aid on site.kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram.
- The Russian army is returning to the offensive in the Avdiïvka sector, according to the town’s mayor.
The Russian armed forces have launched their third wave of assaults since October 10 in Avdiïvka, in eastern Ukraine, the center of which they are systematically bombarding, declared its mayor, Vitalii Barabash, on Friday. For more than a month, this almost surrounded industrial city, but still served by an asphalt road, has been facing incessant attacks from Moscow’s forces, who have been seeking to seize it for years. - Sixteen Ukrainian drones intercepted during the night from Thursday to Friday in southern Russia and Crimea, according to Moscow. “An attempt by the kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using drones (…) on the territory of the Russian Federation was foiled » overnight, reported Friday the Russian defense ministry in a press release. “Air defense systems destroyed sixteen drones, thirteen of them over the Crimean peninsula and three over the territory of the Volgograd region. »
- Canada and the European Union reiterate their support “unshakeable” to Ukraine to fight against the Russian invasion. “We will stand by Ukraine for as long as necessary”, declared the leaders of Canada and the European Union (EU) in a joint statement. Ottawa took the opportunity to increase its aid to kyiv: “Canada will donate more than 11,000 assault rifles and more than 9 million rounds of ammunition”declared Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
- Russia plans to dig a tunnel under the Kerch Strait, according to the The Washington Post. Talks about a proposed tunnel under the Kerch Strait, which separates Crimea and mainland Russia, have been held between Russian and Chinese business leaders, reported Friday the American dailyrecalling Moscow’s growing concerns about the security of the Crimean bridge, the main logistical route for Russian forces deployed in Ukraine, targeted several times by the Ukrainian army.
- Support for the Russian war effort: France is counting on China’s vigilance. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna, said Friday in Beijing that she was counting on the “vigilance” Chinese authorities to prevent any support for the Russian war effort in Ukraine.
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