Ukraine Invasion: Part 63

Seems very likely doesnt it. Putin got Musk on his side some years ago.

There's a very good chance that's it.

The picture of Zelenskyy heading this article, standing between Witkoff and Kushner at the start of the talks, has honestly moved me to tears. I know it's hard to really read faces and easy to project, but I just see such a weary determination and stoicism and brave and unrelenting intention to keep fighting for Ukraine and for the truth in his face. I hope those shallow fuckers listen to him and stop serving Putin, but you know, what are the odds? Shallow fuckers gonna shallow fuck.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/13/ukraine-war-briefing-europe-to-join-negotiations-says-kushner-as-putin-warns-against-peace-keepers

Thank you for the new thread, I am here 🌻

Regarding Russian losses and the disproportionately high numbers of dead from Tuva, Altai, Buryatia etc
They are ethnic minorities so their lives matter even less to ethnic Russians …. This is genocide, two birds one stone situation

Thank you for the new thread @MagicFox and everyone for keeping us updated and sharing their knowledge. Solidarity with and deep respect for Ukraine and its people. It’s time Karma stepped up.

Kyiv Independent Telegram Highlights

⚡️Trump, Putin to discuss Ukraine peace settlement during meeting in China, Kremlin says.
"Naturally, during the planned meeting with (Trump) at the APEC summit in Shenzhen, we will continue to discuss the full range of issues related to the settlement," Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov claimed.

⚡️Update: Putin agrees to give Europeans seat at negotiating table, Kushner says.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to allow European representatives to participate in the next round of peace negotiations, Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy and son-in-law, told reporters on Nov. 12.

⚡️Zelensky meets with Trump's envoys in Dublin after their summit with Putin.
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to brief the president on the outcome of their recent meeting at the Kremlin.

⚡️ Putin proposes 'humanitarian mission' in contested Kostiantynivka, says demining is necessary.
Speaking during his Nov. 12 meeting in Moscow with U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed establishing a "humanitarian mission" in the eastern Donetsk Oblast town of Kostiantynivka, similar to an operation carried out in Oleshky, Kherson Oblast.
Claiming Russian forces control Kostiantynivka, he said Moscow is ready to halt fighting to evacuate the estimated "400-500" remaining residents, while suggesting negotiations could drag on indefinitely.

⚡️ Update: Kyiv warns Putin's proposed Kostiantynivka 'humanitarian mission' could be used to advance military objectives.

⚡️US service member accused of attempting to spy for Russia identified, media reports.
A U.S. Army officer who was arrested in England for allegedly attempting to pass sensitive information to Russia was identified as Lt. Col. Brandon Tyner. Detained this week by British police following a sting operation, Tyner, 41, is the latest of multiple foreign service members accused of spying for Russia in recent months.

⚡️ Ukrainian serviceman recruited by Russia's FSB to help kill airborne brigade commander, SBU says.
The investigation revealed that the serviceman "attracted the attention" of Russian intelligence while seeking romantic relationships on Telegram dating channels.

⚡️Mass drone attack on Moscow grounds flights at region's airports.
Over a hundred drones have been shot down en route to the Russian capital, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin claimed.

⚡️Volgograd oil refinery, Rostov-on-Don production facility in flames following Ukrainian drone attack.

Moscow youth raids spark mobilization fears as Russia struggles to recruit soldiers
Russian police detained over 200 young people in Moscow on Nov. 7, handing some of them military summonses, as Russia struggles to recruit enough men for its war against Ukraine.
Ivan Chuvilyaev, spokesperson for the Russian anti-war group Idite Lesom (Get Lost), calls this part of Russia's "hybrid mobilization" — recruiting men through pressure and other methods without announcing another formal mobilization.
"They simply cast a wide net, and whoever gets caught gets caught," he told the Kyiv Independent.

⚡️ UK says it's 1st country to target all of Russia's top 10 oil producers with latest round of sanctions.
The U.K. announced a major new sanctions package targeting Russia's energy and shipping sectors on Nov. 12, with Prime Minister Andy Burnham saying now is the time to "continue to ramp up pressure on Russia to agree a full and immediate ceasefire."

⚡️ Russia's advance in Ukraine has slowed significantly, Air Assault Forces commander says.
Heavy casualties are limiting Moscow's ability to sustain its offensive despite its manpower advantage, Maj. Gen. Oleh Apostol, commander of Ukraine's Air Assault Forces, said during a meeting with journalists.

Why Russian losses in Ukraine are surging — again
After October saw Russian forces suffer their highest monthly personnel losses since the start of the full-scale invasion (54,400), the Kremlin set another grim record in November, losing 2,980 troops in a single day on Nov. 8.
"When a lower-level commander is given a deadline, he loses the ability to stop an unsuccessful attack," the 1st Azov Corps said in a statement shared with the Kyiv Independent.
"Large losses of manpower and equipment usually indicate that the enemy is willing to sacrifice resources to achieve immediate political or strategic goals."

⚡️Ukraine's top sunflower oil producer shuts down all processing plants due to Russia's mass attacks.
Kernel Holding, Ukraine's largest producer and exporter of sunflower oil, said its production sites, equipment, and storage tanks had been damaged by Russian drones.

⚡️ Prosecutor's office receives order to probe top Zelensky ally but no investigation opened so far.
The Anti-Corruption Action Center, an independent watchdog, has lambasted acting Prosecutor General Anton Kovalskyi for refusing to open the investigation so far.

⚡️ Czechia could deliver first four L-39 Skyfox jets to Ukraine in 2027, foreign minister says.
The L-39 Skyfox, manufactured by Czech company Aero Vodochody, is a subsonic jet primarily designed for military pilot training. It can also carry out light attack, reconnaissance, and aerial patrol missions.

⚡️ Electric shock, beating, choking — Russian commander tortured civilians in occupied Oleshky, prosecutors say.
The Russian soldiers detained two unarmed local residents in June 2023. The civilians endured ten days of torture in dire conditions, deprived of sufficient food, water, and basic sanitation.

⚡️ Moldovan police find drone fragments in vineyard near Ukrainian border.
The debris was reportedly found a few hours after Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper reported a "massive" Russian drone attack on Odesa and its surrounding areas at around noon local time.

⚡️ Top security official posts $1.4 million bail in major corruption case.
Duka is a suspect in a sweeping investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) into scam call centers. The probe led to the ouster of Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, who fled Ukraine in September, and implicated senior officials in his office.

⚡️ Car explosion in Moscow reportedly injures ex-PM press secretary.
Zavorotny served as press secretary during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine and fled to Russia in 2014 after Yanukovych's ouster following the Euromaidan Revolution.

Who will work Ukraine’s farms as the workforce shortage deepens

‘We have nothing left to fear’ — Chinese volunteer soldiers in Ukraine
Beijing claims neutrality in Russia’s full-scale war while deepening trade with Moscow and sustaining Russia’s drone and missile production with Chinese-made components.
Chinese nationals are fighting for Russia, while Chinese military officers reportedly visit areas near Russia’s front line to draw tactical lessons from the war.
For the few dozen Chinese who have joined Ukraine’s military, the choice may have cost them the option of ever returning home.

⚡️3 injured, dozens evacuated after Russian drone damages Kyiv medical facility in overnight attack.
A downed drone caused a fire at a medical facility in the capital's Shevchenkivskyi district in the early morning, partially destroying its second floor, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service. Seven people in the facility had to be rescued by first responders.

⚡️ Russia strikes Zaporizhzhia, injures 13, including 5 children.
Rescuers freed 14 people who had been trapped in their apartments following the strike, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said.

⚡️ Russian attacks kill 9, injure 61 across Ukraine over past day, spark fire at Kyiv hospital.
Russian forces launched 117 long-range attack drones, Gerbera and simulator drones at Ukraine overnight on Nov. 13, including 63 jet-powered drones, Ukraine's Air Force said.

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⚡ RUSSIA’S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE — NOV 13, 2026
■ A record 1,000 Ukrainian strike drones, according to DroneBomber
■ 10 Ukrainian deep strikes in 7 days, the most since Sept 28, 5 of them on oil and fuel targets. DroneBomber reports additional hit on the Volgograd oil refinery
■ Territorial change: 🇷🇺 gained 16 km² in the week to Nov 11, and 106 km² over the last four weeks, according to DeepState. The Economist estimates 🇷🇺 gained 109 km² (42 sq mi) in the 30 days to Nov 11
■ 117 🇷🇺 strike drones launched overnight, 38% below the 7-day average, 54% of them jet-powered. In a daytime attack on Nov 12, 🇷🇺 launched 143 strike drones, 87% of them shot down
■ 2,590 🇷🇺 casualties, the 2nd-highest daily figure of the war, 7% above the 7-day average ■ 🇷🇺 vs 🇺🇦 strike ratio: 19.2× in the last 7 days vs 38.4× over 30 days

UNITED24 Media Telegram Highlights

A new round of trilateral talks is expected to take place next week, according to U.S. presidential envoy Jared Kushner, following discussions with Putin in Moscow.
French President Emmanuel Macron is prepared to represent Europe at the negotiations. However, he stressed that Europe must first agree on a unified position regarding the end of Russia’s war against Ukraine and its own security architecture, Bloomberg reports.

The U.S., Ukraine, and Russia have agreed on a prisoner-of-war exchange, while Europe will participate in the next round of negotiations. Key statements following President Zelenskyy’s meeting with Witkoff and Kushner:
▫️ Witkoff and Kushner said that during their meeting with Putin in Moscow, a final agreement on a prisoner-of-war exchange was reached. According to Witkoff, the exchange would see thousands of people reunited with their families.
▫️ President Zelenskyy said the American negotiators had told him that the exchange “is set to be the largest one to date.”
▫️ President Zelenskyy stated that Europe would join the negotiating team at the next meeting and have a say in the process.
▫️ Witkoff said a peace agreement could not be reached without European participation. According to him, Putin had agreed to try this format of negotiations.
▫️ The American envoys also said they had discussed a post-war reconstruction plan for Ukraine and security guarantees with President Zelenskyy.
▫️ President Zelenskyy said the next meeting, involving all negotiating parties, was planned for the near future. Witkoff and Kushner confirmed that it had already been scheduled.

President Zelenskyy said Putin had told his inner circle that he wants to destroy life in Ukraine’s major cities.
“Putin told people—and this is reliable information—he told his closest associates that he wants to destroy life in these cities. That is why we are witnessing this constant terror against Kyiv, the capital, as well as Dnipro, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, our Kherson, and other cities,” President Zelenskyy said at the European Political Community summit in Dublin.
He noted that Ukraine has already prepared resilience plans for these cities and needs specific support from its partners to implement them.

President Zelenskyy met with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
President Zelenskyy congratulated Tusk and the Polish people on Independence Day, which Poland celebrated yesterday.

Russia is preparing acts of sabotage targeting military facilities and energy infrastructure in Norway, Reuters reports.
Norway’s domestic intelligence service, the PST, has warned of a high risk of sabotage in the country as early as next year. Potential targets include defense facilities, companies serving the military industry, and critical infrastructure, particularly energy assets.
Individuals linked to Russian intelligence have already been observed surveying infrastructure and potential targets across the country.

Ukraine and Azerbaijan are working to scale up orders under the “Drone Deal,” President Zelenskyy said.

One of Ukraine’s oldest oil extraction plants has suspended operations following a Russian attack.
The Nizhyn Oil and Fat Plant in the Chernihiv region sustained significant damage during a Russian drone attack on November 10, forcing a temporary halt to production.
The company said the strikes caused extensive damage to its production infrastructure and assets. However, thanks to timely safety measures, no employees were killed or injured. [...] Founded in 1896, the Nizhyn Oil and Fat Plant is one of Ukraine’s oldest oil extraction facilities. It specializes in processing agricultural products and producing vegetable oil and meal.

Finland and Norway have banned Russian athletes from entering their countries for the duration of Russia’s war against Ukraine, DW reports.
The governments in Helsinki and Oslo have announced restrictions on issuing the relevant visas.

Russian forces have resumed their “human safari” tactics in Kherson and are bragging about them online. A Russian drone deliberately chases a woman driving her car before crashing straight through the windshield. https://t.me/United24media/47979

Since the beginning of November, Russia has attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure more than 310 times, leaving nearly 700,000 people without power, President Zelenskyy said.
The situation is particularly difficult in several regions, including Vinnytsia, Rivne, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Donetsk.

Poland has ousted Russia from a UN body where Moscow had held a seat for 60 years. The election was decided by a single vote, according to the Polish Foreign Ministry.
Poland won a seat on the UN Joint Inspection Unit (JIU).
The Polish candidate received votes from 95 states, one more than Russia’s candidate. As the vote was conducted by secret ballot, it is not known which states supported each candidate.
Jakub Chmielewski will represent Poland for a four-year term running from 2028 to 2032.
Russia has lost its seat on the body, which it had held since the Soviet era. Poland, meanwhile, has returned to the unit for the first time in more than 20 years.
The Joint Inspection Unit is an independent external oversight body that examines the efficiency of UN system agencies, conducts evaluations and investigations, and makes recommendations to improve their operations.
Its inspectors have significant independence in choosing the focus of their inspections and analyses, allowing them to influence the functioning of the UN system as a whole.
Ukrainian chef Olga Martynovska has won the international La Cuillère d’Or competition in Paris.

Footage shows one of DTEK’s thermal power plants severely damaged by Russian strikes.

😡 Russia attacked Ukraine overnight, with reports of deaths and injuries.
▫️ Late on November 12, Russian forces killed two civilians in a targeted drone strike in the Sumy region.
▫️ A 17-year-old boy was killed in an attack on Zaporizhzhia. Rescuers pulled four people from the rubble.
▫️ Two women were injured in a Russian strike on Vinnytsia overnight. In Rivne, six people were injured, including two children.
▫️ In Kyiv, a Russian strike hit a hospital in the Shevchenkivskyi district overnight, injuring one person.

❗️ Russian forces struck a five-story residential building in Zaporizhzhia’s Kosmichnyi district, injuring at least four people, including two children, according to the regional military administration.

Kyiv Post Telegram Highlights

Starshield missions in Ukraine are facing a 100% failure rate after renewed speed restrictions, Axios reports.
Kyiv says the limits prevent interceptors from pursuing Russian jet-powered drones. Zelensky is seeking answers from Washington, while SpaceX denies making changes to the system.

Putin and Trump are expected to meet at the APEC summit in Shenzhen, China, on Nov. 18–19 to discuss the war in Ukraine, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said.

Russia’s demands after the Abu Dhabi talks show no retreat from its pursuit of Ukrainian capitulation, according to the Institute for the Study of War.
Moscow is demanding territory beyond Donbas, rejecting land swaps, and repeating calls for Ukraine to abandon NATO membership, while using exaggerated battlefield claims to strengthen its negotiating position, the analysts said.
Putin said that Ukraine’s proposal to address so-called “gray zones” would remain a point of contention in any negotiations, Russian media reported.
“For us, there is only one line of demarcation: the state border,” he said.

Putin warned that European troops deployed to Ukraine after a peace deal would be “legitimate targets.”
After his meeting with US envoys in Moscow, ISW said Russia showed no willingness to compromise on territorial demands and had revived its 2021 ultimatums to curb NATO’s presence in Eastern Europe.

Russia has canceled its flagship Army 2027 arms forum for the third year in a row, scrapping a major showcase of its military-industrial power.
The event was also a lucrative business for a company linked to former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s family. The repeated cancellations come as the Kremlin scales back the exhibition.

Romania is seeking a stronger US military presence through a cost-sharing proposal modeled on Poland’s arrangement.
The offer comes as Washington reviews its European deployments, a year after reducing troop numbers in Romania.

Ukraine struck at least nine Russian oil refineries in two weeks, including five of the country's largest, the military said.
The targeted plants represent roughly 36% of Russia's total refining capacity, deepening regional fuel shortages.

Nearly 1,200 Ukrainian drones targeted Russia overnight as a fire broke out again at Lukoil’s Volgograd refinery.
Four workers were killed, and repeated strikes are further shrinking Russia’s oil-processing capacity and raising fresh concerns over fuel supplies.

Ukrainian forces used the domestic Lima electronic warfare system to spoof two Russian Oreshnik ballistic missiles off course.
The jamming tech deflected the Kyiv-bound strikes, though its signal spoofing temporarily shifts local civilian GPS to Peru.

Russia’s Starlink rival, Rassvet, is still lagging behind schedule, Ukraine’s military intelligence says.
Its satellites remain below their planned orbital altitude, though Moscow is preparing more spacecraft and terminal models. The network already provides intermittent military communications over Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelensky outlined Ukraine's three top priorities: Patriot and NASAMS interceptors, F-16 munitions, and urgent winter energy aid.
He warned that Russia plans to ramp up production and mass attacks using jet-powered Shahed drones.

Russia’s reported demands for Ukraine go far beyond Donbas.
An informal plan reportedly calls for demilitarizing Ukrainian ports, forcing Finland out of NATO and removing Alliance bases from the Baltic states, while also envisioning changes in Moldova and Belarus, BILD reports.

Russia is intensifying crackdowns on tracking war dead, sentencing a man to 14 years for treason for photographing soldiers' graves.
Independent outlets confirm nearly 285,000 Russian military deaths, with leaked state data exceeding 400,000.

Major General Serhiy Duka of the Security Service of Ukraine has had his full UAH 65 million ($1.5 million) bail posted in the Operation Carthage case.
Investigators suspect he helped an organized criminal network secure protection from law enforcement. The case also implicates officials from the Security Service of Ukraine, National Police and Prosecutor General’s Office.

South Korea is pressing ahead with $100 million in planned aid for Ukraine despite a dispute over Kyiv’s transfer of two North Korean POWs to Seoul.
The first meeting between the countries’ foreign ministers since the fallout points to a possible reset, as North Korea deepens its military role in Russia’s war.

RAND has outlined a hypothetical scenario in which Putin dies within three months, Russia freezes the war in Ukraine and escalates hybrid attacks against NATO.
By 2030, Moscow launches an incursion into Estonia, triggering a wider war that ends with Russian forces occupying parts of the country and NATO’s credibility weakened.

Foreign companies seized by the Kremlin are now helping fund Russia’s war machine, Bloomberg reports.
Russian branches of firms including Rockwool, AkzoNobel, Metro and AB InBev Efes have reportedly funneled billions of rubles into drones, vehicles and military communications equipment through a Putin-founded organization.

The Black Sea has become the world's deadliest shipping route this year, surpassing the Strait of Hormuz.
Over 300 maritime attacks have killed more than 30 seafarers and left over 20 missing as drone threats spread.

Russia launched a major drone assault on Ukraine overnight on Friday, damaging Kyiv’s trauma institute and striking residential neighborhoods in several regions.
The attacks killed civilians, including a teenager, and injured adults and children. Kyiv recently warned that Starshield disruptions have hampered Ukraine’s ability to intercept Russian drones.

A Toyota Fortuner exploded in southern Moscow, seriously injuring Sergei Zavorotny, a Russian writer and former spokesman for ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.

Live: Ukraine Telegram Highlights

🇺🇸The US Congress has called on the Trump administration to immediately restore the full operation of the Starshield system in Ukraine — the military version of Starlink satellite communications.
In particular, 105 congressmen from both parties spoke out in favor of this. They also demand explanations from Elon Musk's company SpaceX.
The European Commission also stated that SpaceX must restore Starshield's operation in Ukraine as soon as possible and ensure stable access to the service for the military.
▪️On the afternoon of November 12, Zelensky reported that Ukrainian military personnel are again recording significant disruptions in Starshield's operation. According to the president, for several days now, a speed limit of 161 km/h has been in effect for Starshield along the entire front line and in the occupied territories.
▪️On October 14, SpaceX also restricted the operation of Starshield terminals in Ukraine without warning — they were fully restored only 10 days later.

⚡️Over three days, Starshield restrictions disrupted all Ukrainian drone missions, Axios reports, citing a Ukrainian official.
According to an unnamed source, the share of missions disrupted due to the restrictions rose from 10% to 50%, and then to 100%.

After a pause in Ukrainian strikes on refineries, Russian diesel exports more than doubled, but not a single shipment reached the US, the FT reports, citing data from the shipping company Kpler and experts.
In October, Russia exported 271,000 barrels of diesel per day, compared to 135,000 in September. Brazil, Turkey, and other countries received more fuel.
This happened after the US pressured Ukraine to stop strikes on refineries, and on October 9, Donald Trump agreed with Putin to increase diesel sales on the global market. Richard Bronze, an expert at the analytical company Energy Aspects, explains the jump in exports by the fact that during the pause in attacks, Russian refineries increased production.
Despite the agreement, Russian diesel has still not reached the US. At least two tankers changed course, and a third — Agioi Fanendes — is waiting for a buyer off the country's east coast. The White House says negotiations with the vessel's owner are ongoing.

In Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region, the bodies of two more victims and body fragments of other victims have been found as a result of the Russian airstrike on November 2.
Search operations have been ongoing for an 11th day. So far, 48 people have been identified. As of November 7, 55 deaths were reported.

The Russians attacked Ukraine with 117 drones — air defense neutralized 80 UAVs. Here is what is known about the aftermath of the attacks:
🔴Zaporizhzhia. The Russians attacked the private sector; a 17-year-old boy was killed. Four people were injured.
🔴Kyiv. One person was injured, seven were rescued, and 30 were evacuated as a result of the overnight Russian strike on a medical facility.
🔴Vinnytsia. Two women were injured in the Russian attack; a residential building caught fire.
🔴Rivne. Five people were injured in the Russian attack. A Russian drone struck an apartment building.

Musk seems to just take pleasure in being evil for its own sake

Bored billionaire syndrome.

https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-11-2026/

Key Takeaways

1. Senior Kremlin officials explicitly and emphatically articulated Moscow’s persistent demands for complete Ukrainian capitulation and territorial concessions that extend far beyond Donbas.
2. Russian officials used the Abu Dhabi talks to try to persuade US and Ukrainian officials to accept Russia’s carefully crafted fictional version of the frontline.
3. The Kremlin will likely continue to make false claims of advances all along the frontline in an effort to establish its fictional frontline as the basis of future negotiations on territorial issues.
4. Ukrainian and US officials in Abu Dhabi reportedly rejected Russian officials’ false claims about the battlefield, and ample evidence of Ukrainian successes in 2026 directly undermines Russia’s false narrative.
5. The Russian and Ukrainian delegations at the Abu Dhabi talks reportedly agreed to a large-scale prisoner of war (POW) exchange.
6. The US delegation will meet with Putin in Moscow City on November 12 to discuss the progress of the talks and the potential involvement of European officials in future negotiations, while the Kremlin continues to explicitly reject the idea of a multilateral format.
7. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that Alexander Darchiev, the Russian ambassador to the United States, passed away on November 11 at the age of 66.
8. Russian forces recently advanced southeast of Dobropillya.
9. Ukrainian forces continued their long-range strike campaign against Russian critical infrastructure on the night of November 10 to 11. Russian forces launched 163 drones (including 91 jet-powered drones) and S8000 Banderol/Dan-T loitering munitions and one Kh-59/69 cruise missile against Ukraine overnight on November 10 to 11.

https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-12-2026/

Key Takeaways

1. Russian President Vladimir Putin and members of the Russian delegation outlined Russia’s steadfast commitment to its original territorial demands of Ukraine and ultimatums to dismantle NATO and the post-Cold War European security architecture following the latest trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi on November 12. Putin remains unwilling to compromise on any of these demands.
2. Putin is refusing to accept any proposed future demilitarized zone in post-war Ukraine or to abandon his demand that Ukraine hand over the parts of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson oblasts that Russian forces have not seized.
3. Putin is also unwilling to cede the territory in northern Ukraine that the Kremlin claims Russian forces have seized but that lies outside of the four illegally annexed oblasts.
4. Putin continues to reject all meaningful Western security guarantees for post-war Ukraine.
5. Russian negotiators used the Abu Dhabi talks to reassert their 2021 demands of NATO.
6. Putin is simultaneously doubling down in his efforts to convince US officials to accept Russia’s fictitious frontline.
7. A ceasefire like the one in Oleshky is impossible to execute in Kostyantynivka, however, because the actual frontline military situations are not comparable.
8. Ukrainian officials reported a recurrence of in-motion speed restrictions on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite communications network over Ukraine that is significantly hindering Ukraine’s drone interception efforts and intermediate-range strike campaign.
9. An improvised explosive device (IED) detonated in St. Petersburg on November 12, reportedly targeting an unidentified colonel serving in the Russian 6th Air and Air Defense Forces Army (Russian Aerospace Forces [VKS] and the Leningrad Military District [LMD]).
10. Neither Ukrainian nor Russian forces advanced on November 12.
11. Russia launched 123 drones at Ukraine overnight and 124 drones during the day.