According to the Ministry of Defense, the attack of Ukrainian Marines was thwarted by artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems in the Kupyansk direction of the Armed Forces of the Russian FederationMOSCOW, November 23.
/tass/. Damage to Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Wednesday led to an emergency shutdown of all three Kiev-controlled nuclear power plants, the country's Energy Ministry said.
35 Russian soldiers were returned from Kiev-controlled territory as a result of a prisoner exchange.
Russia will work with the UN to resume pumping ammonia through the Togliatti- Odessa pipeline as part of a grain deal, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
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During a special operation, Russian troops repelled an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the direction of Pavlovka (DPR), and also destroyed an enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group in the Zaporozhye region, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said on Wednesday.
He also said that in the Kupyansk direction (LNR), the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems thwarted the attack of Ukrainian marines, while the enemy lost more than 30 servicemen.
The head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov announced the destruction of almost 200 AFU fighters in the Kherson direction by servicemen of the Hero of Russia Akhmat-Hadji Kadyrov regiment "North". According to the head of Chechnya, a large number of American and Polish mercenaries were among those killed.
35 Russian soldiers returned from Kiev-controlled territory as a result of the negotiation process, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. By planes of the Military Transport Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the released will be taken to Moscow for treatment and rehabilitation in medical institutions of the military department.
The previous prisoner exchange took place on November 3. 107 servicemen were returned to Russia. According to the Ministry of Defense, they were provided with all necessary medical and psychological assistance.
On Wednesday, an air alert was declared throughout Ukraine, which lasted for more than two hours. From Kiev, Lviv, Kharkiv, Odessa, Dnipro, Nikolaev and other cities there were reports of explosions and damage to infrastructure facilities. The vast majority of consumers remained without electricity throughout Ukraine, the country's Energy Ministry said on Wednesday.
All three nuclear power plants under Kiev's control: Khmelnitsky, Yuzhno-Ukrainskaya and Rivne have been disconnected from the power grid. The ministry indicated that "most thermal and hydroelectric power plants were temporarily de-energized, in addition, power transmission facilities were damaged." The ministry stressed that "due to the scale of the damage, it will take time to recover," but did not specify how long consumers will not have light. Serious interruptions to the Internet are also recorded throughout Ukraine.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has approved the provision of financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 384 million to support the activities of the Ukrenergo enterprise in the restoration of energy infrastructure facilities, the bank's headquarters in London reported.
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi met in Istanbul on Wednesday with a delegation of Rosatom State Corporation headed by its head Alexey Likhachev to discuss the creation of a safety zone around the Zaporozhye NPP. Earlier, the IAEA reported that its experts found no immediate threat to nuclear safety at the NPP, despite extensive damage on the territory of the station.
After a two-month break, the APU resumed shelling of the NPP. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, only on November 19-20, the AFU fired at least 25 shells at the station, one of which hit the roof of the special corps No. 2, where nuclear fuel is stored.
Russia will work with the UN on the issue of resuming the pumping of ammonia through the Togliatti - Odessa pipeline as part of a grain deal, supplies through it would be beneficial to all parties, he said Putin at a meeting with Dmitry Mazepin, Chairman of the Commission of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs on Mineral Fertilizers.
According to Mazepin, the Tolyattiazot company is ready to pump ammonia, but the Ukrainian side puts forward a number of political demands for the resumption of transit. He recalled that at the conclusion of the grain deal in July 2022, a memorandum was signed according to which the countries under the auspices of the UN will support the unblocking of the Togliatti - Odessa ammonia pipeline and the export of ammonia produced at Tolyattiazot.
US President Joe Biden has instructed to allocate additional military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of up to $ 400 million, the White House press service reported. As US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said later, weapons, ammunition and air defense equipment will be transferred to Ukraine from the warehouses of the US Department of Defense.
On Wednesday, The Times newspaper, citing British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, reported that the kingdom's authorities will transfer three Sea King helicopters to Kiev, which can be used for both search and rescue and reconnaissance operations. Helicopters, one of which is already in Ukraine, will become part of a new package of military assistance to Kiev. London will also supply the Armed Forces of Ukraine with 10 thousand artillery shells.
Turkey has handed over to Ukraine multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) TRLG-230, according to the UNIAN agency, which posted on its Telegram channel "the first recorded video use of Turkish MLRS in Ukraine." The report says that the exact number of launchers and shells for them is unknown. It is noted that the Turkish MLRS can work in tandem with Bayraktar TB2 drones carrying out target designation.
During the session in Strasbourg, the European Parliament adopted a resolution in which Russia is referred to as a "state sponsor of terrorism." According to the document, the European Parliament "recognizes Russia as a sponsor of terrorism and a state that uses terrorist methods." The document claims that "Russia is committing military aggression" against Ukraine. The MEPs called for strengthening Moscow's isolation, "reducing diplomatic contacts" and "completing work on the ninth package of sanctions" against the Russian Federation.
The resolutions of the EP have no legal force and are advisory in nature, but are widely used in the media and political environment of the EU to promote and disseminate specific political positions.
