The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Caspar Veldkamp, said that the Netherlands had repeatedly advocated that the Ukrainian Army could use weapons supplied by the Netherlands to strike deep into Russia.
The EU Council has widened the legal framework for applying restrictive measures against individuals and entities involved in the supply of Iranian weapons to Russia for use in the war against Ukraine, and added one individual and four shipping companies to the sanctions list.
As of November 11, 2024, Russia had about 300 Kh-101 cruise missiles in service, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR).
Efforts are underway across Ukraine to address the aftermath of Russian shelling on November 17, with approximately 220,000 households still without electricity.
Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov has announced that a candidate for the position of military ombudsman will be announced soon. The role of the military ombudsman is to protect the rights of service members.
Overall, 12,162 civilians were killed and 26,919 were injured in Ukraine from February 24, 2022, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion, to October 31, 2024.
This year, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the government of Japan, Ukraine received seven high-voltage autotransformers, five gas turbines, and thousands of generators that will help the power system survive.
In recent weeks, North Korea transferred to Russia nearly 50 M1989 Koksan self-propelled artillery units and 20 upgraded 240-mm multiple rocket launchers, some of which were later deployed in Kursk region.
On the morning of November 17, Russian troops shelled the village of Hlushkivka in the Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region, killing one person and injuring another.
As a result of Russian strikes targeting the Nikopol area and four other communities in Dnipropetrovsk region, an apartment block, a transport company, a shop, and a medical facility were mutilated. Private homes and power transmission lines were destroyed.