11/11/2022
Ukraine war in the live ticker
+++ 03:04 Poland mediates Ukraine Starlink systems +++
Poland has delivered 1570 Starlink satellite systems to Ukraine. This is confirmed by Minister for Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov. A total of around 20,000 Starlink satellite units have been donated to Ukraine so far, 5,000 of them thanks to support from the Polish government, according to Fedorov.
+++ 02:21 South Korea reacts to media report: No grenades for Ukraine +++
South Korea has denied a Wall Street Journal report that munitions sold to the United States were to be passed on to Ukraine. According to the South Korean Ministry of Defense, the United States is the final buyer of the artillery shells in an arms deal between the two countries. The paper previously reported that the missiles are to be sold through a confidential arms deal between Seoul and Washington. According to the WSJ, the ammunition was later to be passed on to Ukraine. In its statement, the Ministry of Defense emphasized that South Korea’s position on not providing Ukraine with lethal weapons remains unchanged.
+++ 01:32 South Korea sells ammunition to the USA for Ukraine +++
According to a media report, South Korea wants to deliver ammunition to Ukraine for the first time. A detour via the USA is planned. The artillery shells were to be sold in a confidential arms deal between Seoul and Washington, writes the Wall Street Journal. The armaments should then later be passed on to Ukraine.
+++ 00:43 Lindner sees no signs of a change in the USA’s Ukraine policy +++
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner does not expect aid for Ukraine to be restricted in the wake of the midterm elections in the USA. He has “no signs that the United States is changing its policy in relation to Ukraine,” said the FDP politician on ZDF. He is in regular contact with his US counterpart. The US sees “the special significance of this war in geopolitical terms”. It’s all about humanity, but also about the European security architecture and the values of liberal democracies.
+++ 23:44 Zelenskyj on liberated areas: “The most important task is demining” +++
According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian troops have already liberated more than 40 towns in the Kherson region. “The number of Ukrainian flags returning to their rightful place as part of the ongoing defense operation is already tens,” he says in his evening video message. At the same time, he warns of the dangers in the abandoned areas: the occupiers left behind thousands of duds and ammunition. “The first and fundamental task is demining,” says Zelenskyj. According to his findings, around 170,000 square kilometers of the country are still infested with mines.
+++ 23:00 Ukrainian troops are said to be in Cherson +++
Ukrainian forces have reportedly reached the city of Kherson. This is reported by the commander of the Ukrainian battalion “Revenge” Bogdan Khodakovsky. The enemy shore is under heavy fire, he writes on Twitter. The Telegram channel “Gray Zone”, who is close to the Wagner mercenary group, writes: “Ukrainian forces are entering the Russian city of Cherson”. Russia had annexed the city in violation of international law.
+++ 22:05 USA: Russia no longer classifies dumping as a market economy +++
According to the Department of Commerce in Washington, the USA will no longer classify Russia as a market economy in future anti-dumping proceedings. With the decision, the US government could use the “full power” of the anti-dumping laws in the face of market distortions caused by the increasing interference of the Russian government in the economy.
You can read earlier developments in the Ukraine war here.