Russia denies that the foreign minister was taken to hospital
The Associated Press reported Monday that Indonesian authorities said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had been taken to hospital shortly after arriving in Indonesia on Sunday, without giving further details.
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Russia’s foreign ministry denied a report that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was taken to hospital when he arrived in Bali on Sunday for this week’s G-20 meeting , calling it “fake news.”
AP reported that Sergei Lavrov had been taken to hospital after landing in Bali, where he was due to attend the summit that starts on Tuesday. It cited Indonesian officials as sources for the report.
Lavrov was due to attend the G-20 summit in Bali in place of President Vladimir Putin, who had previously said he would not attend the meeting. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will attend virtually.
Indonesian officials did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.
—Holly Elliott
Winter will bring unique challenges to both sides in the war, UK says
As temperatures plummet in Ukraine and winter approaches, both Ukraine and Russia are likely to face a new set of challenges as the war continues.
Winter will bring a change in the conditions of conflict for both Russian and Ukrainian forces, according to the latest military assessment by the British Ministry of Defence.
“Changes in daylight hours, temperature and weather will present unique challenges for combat soldiers,” the UK said on Twitter on Monday. “Any decision the Russian General Staff makes will be informed in part by the onset of winter.”
Daylight will be reduced to less than nine hours a day, compared to 15 to 16 hours at the height of summer, the ministry noted, which will mean “less offensive and more static defensive fronts.”
“The average high temperature will drop from 13 degrees Celsius in September to November, to zero in December to February. It is very likely that forces without winter clothing and shelter will suffer from non-freezing cold injuries,” the ministry said.
“Furthermore, the ‘golden hour’ window in which to save a critically wounded soldier is roughly cut in half, making the risk of enemy contact much greater.”
Local residents collect the last potatoes in a field in the village of Zarichne, eastern Ukraine, near the front line in the Donbas region, on November 10, 2022. In the village of Zarichne, which was recovered of the Russian forces a few weeks ago, people live without electricity, water and basic needs.
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Spring and autumn in Ukraine are characterized by melting snow and heavy rains respectively, both of which cause muddy conditions across the country in what is known as “rasputitsa” or “muddy road season”.
Britain said the likely increase in rain, wind speed and snowfall in the coming weeks and months will pose additional challenges to the already low morale of Russian forces, but will also present problems for kit maintenance.
“Basic exercises such as cleaning weapons must be adjusted to the conditions and the risk of weapon malfunction increases.”
—Holly Elliott
Kherson region ‘still very dangerous’, Zelenskyy warns, as demining teams get to work
As Ukraine’s jubilation over last week’s liberation of the city of Kherson continued over the weekend, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reminded civilians on Sunday night that the situation in the region remains dangerous.
“Please do not forget that the situation in the Kherson region is still very dangerous. First of all, there are mines. Unfortunately, one of our sappers was killed, and four others were injured while clearing mines,” he said in his evening speech. asking residents of Kherson “to be very careful and immediately inform rescuers about all dangerous objects.”
“The arrest of Russian soldiers and mercenaries who stayed behind in this territory and the neutralization of saboteurs are also ongoing,” he said, noting that investigators had already documented more than 400 alleged war crimes by the forces Russians
“The bodies of both civilians and soldiers are being found,” he said, adding that in the Kherson region, “the Russian army left behind the same atrocities as in other regions of our country, where it was able to enter”.
A Ukrainian serviceman belonging to the demining battalion defuses Russian mines in a ditch in a field near the town of Snihurivka in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine, on November 12, 2022.
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With so much attention on Kherson last week, it has been easy to forget that fierce fighting continues in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Zelenskyi said on Sunday that “the fighting in the Donetsk region is as intense as in previous days. The level of Russian attacks is not decreasing.”
“As of now, the territory of five of our regions was hit by missile, air and artillery attacks of the occupiers during the day. These are the Sumy region, the Kharkiv region, the Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk region and Donetsk region. We do everything possible to make the enemy feel our retaliation. To the maximum.”
Zelenskyy is gearing up for another busy week on the diplomatic circuit as the Group of Twenty meeting takes place in Bali on Tuesday. Zelenskyy will attend the meeting virtually. Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the summit, but Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will.
—Holly Elliott
Demining teams go to work today in Kherson city center
Residents of the newly liberated city of Kherson have been told to stay away from the city center and evacuate to safer regions if possible as Ukrainian forces set to work to clear the city and the vicinity of land mines planted by retreating Russian troops. .
Yaroslav Yanushevych, the governor of Kherson region, told Telegram that while residents continue to celebrate the withdrawal of Russian troops from the city last week, it is not safe for residents to gather in public places. Demining work is being carried out in the center of the city of Kherson on Monday.
“Dear friends, it’s already the second day of celebration of the celebration of the Kherson region. People take streets and squares with Ukrainian flags, rejoice and express their gratitude to AFU. [Armed Forces of Ukraine]. But I want to warn everyone. Demining works are being carried out. The enemy mined almost everything. I’m begging you: don’t gather in crowded places,” he said on Sunday.
A destroyed tank with graffiti reading “Mines” near the village of Myroliubivka. Many of the vehicles or weapons abandoned by the Russian military have been detonated with explosives.
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Several images have emerged of abandoned military vehicles and buildings with warnings – containing land mines – battered.
On the door of a local store of damaged household goods left by Russian soldiers on October 24, 2022 in Velyka Oleksandrivka, Ukraine, was the inscription “Mined”. Velyka Oleksandrivka in the Kherson region was under Russian occupation for almost seven months. There is no electricity, water or gas in the village.
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Russian forces are building defensive lines across the river from the city of Kherson, the official said
Having withdrawn from the city of Kherson and the west bank of the Dnipro River, Russian forces are continuing to build defensive lines on the eastern bank of the Kherson region, a Ukrainian army official said on Sunday.
Oleksandr Shtupun, a spokesman for the Ukrainian army’s general staff, said that Russia “continues to equip defensive lines” on the left bank of the river and is “concentrating its efforts on curbing the actions” of Ukrainian forces “in certain directions”. .”
He added that Russia is conducting “offensive operations” in the Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Novopavliv areas.
Ukrainian forces retook the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson last week after Russian forces announced they would withdraw from the regional capital. The withdrawal was the final blow to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but Russian troops have not gone far, regrouping on the opposite bank of the Dnipro River. They are expected to continue shelling the city of Kherson from there.
Ukrainians surround Ukrainian soldiers as they celebrate the liberation of Kherson, November 13, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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On Sunday, the governor of the Kherson region, Yaroslav Yanushevych, asked residents of the west bank of the river to evacuate the area, saying “there is a high probability of enemy shelling on the right bank of the Kherson region. The “Russian army, when it flees, starts fighting with civilians out of desperation. We have seen this repeatedly in many liberated settlements.”
He said Russian forces had also severely damaged water and electricity supply infrastructure and recommended that civilians evacuate to safer regions.
—Holly Elliott
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