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Six people killed in Russian shelling in Kherson
Ukrainian military personnel from the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade next to the Dnipro River at an undisclosed location in the Kherson region during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, November 6, 2023.
Roman Pilipi | AFP | Getty Images
Russian artillery fire has killed six people and injured at least 10 others in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine over the past 24 hours, local authorities have confirmed.
Kherson Oblast Governor Oleksandr Prokudin announced in a telegram on Friday that Russian forces had attacked residential areas in the region’s central and Dnipro districts.
“The enemy launched 58 attacks in the past day, firing 347 shells from mortars, artillery, Grad, tanks, drones and aircraft,” Prokudin said, according to the translation. “The enemy launched 43 shells on the city of Kherson. A bullet was fired,” he said.
“Russian forces targeted residential areas in densely populated areas of the region, administrative buildings and shops in the Kherson district, medical institutions, shops, gas stations and car washes in Kherson. As a result of the Russian invasion, 6 people died A further 10 people were injured, including one child.
— Elliott Smith
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Ukrainian Air Force says it shot down 9 Russian drones overnight
Ukrainian military personnel participate in air defense training in Ukraine’s Chernihiv region, Nov. 11, 2023, during Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
Gleb Galanich | Reuters
The Ukrainian Air Force said on Friday that it had shot down nine out of 10 Russian-made drones over the Mykolaiv and Odessa regions in southern Ukraine, the central Zhytomyr region, and the Khmelnytsky region in the west.
The Air Force announced in a telegram that 10 Shahed drones were launched from the Akhtarsk region of Primorsky Krai in southwestern Russia.
— Elliott Smith
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 11:29 AM EST
Russian President Vladimir Putin says any attempt to interfere in Russian elections will be crushed
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that all internal and external attempts to interfere in Russia’s 2024 presidential elections will be suppressed, according to Russian state media TASS. report.
According to a Google translation of Putin’s comments, Putin said he would take all necessary measures to prevent illegal election interference, including any pressure exerted on the electoral process.
President Putin has not announced whether he will run for re-election next year, but various media reports, citing sources, say he plans to run for election again. If he is re-elected, his presidential term could be extended until 2030.
Russia has long been accused of interfering in other countries’ election processes, particularly the 2016 U.S. vote.
Last month, the United States released an intelligence assessment it sent to more than 100 countries. Moscow uses spies, social media and Russian state media to undermine public confidence in the integrity of democratic elections around the world, according to Reuters. Russia has repeatedly rejected various allegations of interference.
— Sophie Kidderlin, Holly Ellyatt
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 10:35 EST
Russia claims new EU sanctions are part of ‘hybrid warfare’
According to Reuters, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday that the European Union’s latest sanctions against Russia are part of a Western-led “hybrid war.”
Maria Zakharova said that through the sanctions announcement, the EU had become a “useful fool” for the US, adding that the US was using Europe to support its own policy goals. She added that sanctions would have no effect and would be detrimental to the EU.
The European Commission, the EU’s executive body, proposed 12 points.th The sanctions package against Russia was activated on Wednesday, a spokesperson confirmed to CNBC. The spokesperson said the sanctions include new import and export bans and stricter oil price caps.
— Sophie Kiderin
