Ukraine updates: Kyiv says 50,000 Russians fighting in Kursk

11/12/2024November 12, 2024

About 700 Ukrainians surviving successful Europe use to articulation legion

About 700 Ukrainians surviving successful Europe person signed up to articulation the Ukrainian Legion, a warring unit being formed abroad, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.

Ukraine announced aboriginal past period that it had opened its archetypal recruitment bureau successful the Polish city of Lublin to promote Ukrainians surviving overseas to enlist successful the legion. 

The Defense Ministry said connected societal media that the Ukrainian consulate successful Lublin "hosted the signing of contracts by the archetypal radical of Ukrainian citizens surviving overseas to service successful the Ukrainian Legion."

It did not specify however galore had joined but added that the volunteers had gone "immediately" to acquisition basal subject grooming astatine a Polish service base. 

Last month, Ukraine announced it would purpose to bolster its ranks by 160,000 radical implicit the adjacent 3 months. And earlier this year, Kyiv estimated that astir 300,000 Ukrainians of combat property were surviving successful Poland.  

11/12/2024November 12, 2024

Blinken heads to Europe for urgent talks connected Ukraine

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Brussels to sermon enactment for Ukraine successful meetings with NATO and European Union counterparts, the State Department said.

Blinken volition clasp talks successful Brussels connected Wednesday connected however to boost enactment for Ukraine, arsenic President-elect Donald Trump has suggested that US military assistance to the state warring disconnected Russian aggression could beryllium severely curtailed aft helium takes bureau successful January.

After little than a time successful Brussels, Blinken volition alert to Peru and Brazil to articulation outgoing President Joe Biden astatine the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and a acme of leaders from the Group of 20 starring economies

11/12/2024November 12, 2024

EU Parliament to people 1,000 days of warfare successful Ukraine with Zelenskyy speech

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy volition code a peculiar league of the European Parliament called to people 1,000 days of warfare successful Ukraine.

Zelenskyy will join the plenary league connected November 19 "for a peculiar code from Ukraine," the EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola said arsenic the 27-member bloc seeks to cement its enactment for Kyiv aft Donald Trump won the US statesmanlike election.

"Proud to denote a European Parliament bonzer Plenary Session connected Tuesday 19 November, to people 1000 days of the bravery and courageousness of the radical of Ukraine," Metsola wrote connected X.

EU officials person been astatine pains to accent that Brussels volition proceed to enactment Ukraine careless of immoderate imaginable changes successful Washington's overseas policy.

11/12/2024November 12, 2024

Rutte says NATO 'must bash much than conscionable support Ukraine successful fight'

NATO main Mark Rutte called connected Western countries to measurement up enactment for Ukraine successful its combat against full-scale Russia's invasion.

"We indispensable bash much than conscionable support Ukraine successful the fight," Rutte told reporters up of talks successful Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron.

"We request to rise the outgo for [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and his enabling and authoritarian friends by providing Ukraine with the enactment it needs to alteration the trajectory of the conflict," helium added.

Rutte encouraged Europe, North America and their global partners to basal together. 

"We person to support our trans-atlantic confederation strong," helium said.

The NATO main besides expressed interest astatine the enactment Iran, North Korea and China were giving Russia successful its warfare against Ukraine: "Russia, working unneurotic with North Korea, Iran and China, is not lone threatening Europe, it threatens bid and security. Yes, present successful Europe, but besides successful the Indo-Pacific and North America."

Speaking alongside Rutte,  Macron renewed his calls for Europe to presume much work for its ain defense, saying it had for "too agelong avoided bearing the load of its ain security." 

"Nothing should beryllium decided astir Ukraine without the Ukrainians, nor astir Europe without the Europeans," Macron said, adding that "building up homegrown subject capableness would beryllium "a semipermanent effort." 

11/12/2024November 12, 2024

Russian pediatrician jailed aft nationalist denunciation

 A tribunal successful Moscow has sentenced Nadezhda Buyanova, a pediatrician, to 5 and fractional years successful a penal colony aft the parent of a diligent accused her of criticizing Russian soldiers successful Ukraine.

She was convicted of spreading "fake" accusation astir the military.

The lawsuit outraged hundreds of Russian doctors, immoderate 6,000 of whom signed an unfastened missive calling for her release.

Buyanova is 1 of 1,000 radical who person been tried for "spreading mendacious information" astir the service since the penetration of Ukraine began.

According to rights groups, immoderate 20,000 radical person been detained for protesting.

The pistillate who accused Buyanova published video online that she purports is the doc calling her child's father, who died successful the war, a "legitimate people of Ukraine."

Buyanova has denied making the comment.

11/12/2024November 12, 2024

Zelenskyy: 50,000 Russian troops stationed successful Kursk

In his regular code to the nation, Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy, said that Moscow had sent 50,000 troops to its southwestern portion of Kursk.

According to autarkic estimates, lone astir 11,000 troops had been stationed determination up of Ukraine's surprise offensive into the borderline region in August.

The president said "our troops proceed to clasp back" the "nearly 50,000 beardown enemy group."

Zelenskyy implied that this meant the Kremlin had pulled its troops from warring successful different parts of Ukraine.

However, a caller probe by the New York Times found that Russia has not needed to propulsion its troops from different regions successful bid to antagonistic the Kursk offensive. Instead, it is said they are employing North Korean soldiers.

In July, Ukrainian subject commandant Oleksandr Syrskyi told the Guardian that Russia had a full of 520,000 troops successful Ukraine, with a extremity of reaching 690,000 by the extremity of the year.

Zelenskyy's connection comes a time aft Pyongyang and Moscow signed a communal defence treaty, promising to travel to each other's assistance successful lawsuit of attack.

11/12/2024November 12, 2024

EU overseas argumentation chief: Europe volition backmost Ukraine 'as agelong arsenic it takes'

The European Union volition backmost Ukraine "as agelong arsenic it takes" to repel Russian troops successful its territory, the bloc's  nominee for overseas argumentation chief, Kaja Kallas, said astatine her confirmation hearing.

"The concern connected the battlefield is difficult. And that's wherefore we indispensable support moving each day," said the erstwhile Estonian premier curate and hawkish Russia critic.

Kallas said the bloc's enactment "must beryllium underpinned by a wide way for Ukraine to articulation the EU," informing that "what we combat for present is European information and European principles."

Brussels opened ascension negotiations with Kyiv successful June, paving the mode for Ukraine to articulation the EU erstwhile it meets each the criteria.

Europe has spent astir $125 cardinal supporting Ukraine since the penetration began successful 2022.

11/12/2024November 12, 2024

Ukrainian drones people Russia vessel depot

In Stary Oskol, a metropolis successful the occidental Russian borderline portion of Belgorod, Ukrainians attacked a vessel depot overnight, officials said. 

Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote connected Telegram that rescue workers were capable to enactment retired the occurrence started by the Ukrainian drone attack.

The Russian subject reported astatine slightest 13 drone attacks successful its territory successful the aboriginal hours of the morning. Nine of them targeted Belgorod.

Kyiv has precocious stepped up drone attacks targeting Russian instrumentality depots and logistics centers successful an effort to hinder upcoming offensives. On Sunday, Ukraine utilized drones to launch its biggest onslaught connected Moscow since the commencement of the war.

11/12/2024November 12, 2024

China, Russia indispensable combat US 'containment', elder authoritative says

Sergei Shoigu, caput of Russia's Security Council, was successful Beijing connected Tuesday to conscionable with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi for associated defence talks.

Shoigu said that countering the US argumentation of "containment" against China and Russia was the astir urgent task for some countries.

Over the past 3 years, Russia and China person strengthened their information ties, and Chinese President Xi Jinping is Russian President Vladimir Putin's astir important state connected the satellite stage.

"The broad concern and strategical practice (between China and Russia) correspond a exemplary of collaboration betwixt 2 powers successful today's world," Shoigu told Wang.

Shoigu is acceptable to attend Airshow China aboriginal this week, which showcases Beijing's civilian and subject aircraft every 2 years successful the confederate metropolis of Zhuhai.

Russia's astir blase military jet, the Su-57 stealth fighter, volition marque a show formation astatine the show.

Although Xi maintains that China is neutral successful the Ukraine conflict, NATO allies person branded it a "decisive enabler" of Russian aggression. 

es/wmr (AFP, AP, dpa, Reuters)