Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejčinović Burić has condemned Russian missile strikes, which hit Ukraine and Poland, and stressed that the bloodshed must immediately end.
On November 15, 2022, Russian invaders fired 96 air- and sea-launched cruise missiles at the territory of Ukraine. Seventy-five of them were shot down.
Russian massive missile attacks have caused damage to high-voltage power substations, combined heat and power plants (CHPP) all over Ukraine. Blackouts are taking place across nearly all regions.
Separate units of the Russian troops are leaving the temporarily captured settlements in Kherson region and are heading towards Crimea; the personnel of units located near Kreminna in Luhansk region are planning to retreat from their positions.
By returning to schools a military training course, the Russian authorities seek to install an ideology of patriotism and trust in public institutions in the Russian population.
Russian troops struck Zaporizhzhia with an Iskander-K missile containing cluster munitions on Saturday, November 12, with unexploded munitions falling near residential buildings.
Russian invaders have shelled the village of Hornostaivka in the Kherson region with Grad multiple launch rocket systems, damaging ten houses and killing two civilians.
Today, 45 Ukrainian defenders returned home from Russian captivity within another prisoner swap. In total, 1,183 Ukrainians have returned home since the beginning of Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine.
In the Kherson region, the Russian army struck the front-line and de-occupied settlements of the Beryslav district with Grad multiple launch rocket systems, rockets and heavy artillery.
The presidency of the Council of the EU and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on a decision on the non-acceptance of Russian travel documents issued in temporarily occupied territories in Ukraine and Georgia.