– Notes by Peter Fabricius, 19 November 2023
President Joe Biden urged US legislators to approve additional aid for Ukraine in an address from the White House on Wednesday, as Republican objections have stalled fresh support for a third consecutive month.
Russian armed forces intercepted a large barrage of drones over Crimea, which forced the country to temporarily close the Kerch Strait Bridge connecting the annexed peninsula to the Russian mainland.
Russia used disinformation and unsubstantiated claims in a plan to lobby officials in at least a dozen countries as part of an unsuccessful bid to retain a seat on the board of the international chemical weapons watchdog.
The threat of a nuclear accident persists amid Russia’s invasion, now into its 22nd month, the Ukrainian energy ministry said after a blackout at the Kremlin-occupied Zaporizhzhia facility.
Ukrainian intelligence was behind the explosion of a freight train in Russia’s Far East, according to an official familiar with the operation, an attack that would extend the agency’s reach deep into Siberia.
Russia is increasing the domestic production of battle drones, one of its most important combat weapons, alongside a surge in other military-related manufacturing as the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine enters a second winter with no end in sight.
Frustration is settling over Ukraine as the failure of a months-long counteroffensive gives way to the second winter since the Russian invasion.
A Black Sea storm halted loadings of crude and grains from key ports in Russia and Ukraine, and left more than a million people across the region without power.
Russia was targeted by the biggest drone attack in months, a day after firing the heaviest barrage of loitering munitions at Ukraine in the 22-month war so far.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky wrestles with imponderable questions.
Russian firms based in the United Arab Emirates are coming under greater scrutiny from local banks as the Gulf state faces increased US pressure to tackle sanctions evasion and ramps up efforts to get off a global organisation’s watchlist.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping met a top Russian legislator, underscoring the warm relations the nations have forged following the invasion of Ukraine.
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