EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Police Josep Borrell has said that all the circumstances of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over the occupied territory of Donbas must be investigated and called the Dutch court verdict in this case “an important first step on the path of truth and accountability.”
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has refuted a statement by Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto that the Russian economy was not affected by the sanctions.
The European Union has frozen EUR 68 billion worth of Russian assets.
Previously approved schedules of hourly power outages will be applied throughout Ukraine on November 18. Also, additional emergency shutdowns could be introduced if required.
Residents of the Ukrainian territories temporarily captured by Russia, who obtained Russian passports, will be subject to military draft.
Russia could try to redeploy its forces which withdrew from Kherson region to reinforce offensive operations near Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
The children remaining in the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol will be forced to make clothing for the Russian military.
In response to the attacks by the Russian forces on Ukrainian nuclear power plants, the international community should take action to at least suspend Russia’s membership in the UN Security Council.
The 35-nation Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday adopted their third resolution since the war broke out in Ukraine, calling on Russia to put to a halt all actions at Ukrainian nuclear facilities.
The United States will continue to support helping grain from Ukraine to reach global markets within the framework of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
The Swedish Parliament approved the government’s proposed amendments to the state budget, which provide for the allocation of military aid worth $287 million to Ukraine.
The United States is sharing all information with Ukraine regarding the landing of a missile on Polish territory.
In The Hague, the court hearing the case of the MH17 downing handed down the verdict on Thursday, November 17.
Finland is handing Ukraine another batch of equipment intended for defense purposes.
During the de-occupation measures, law enforcers discovered the bodies of 991 civilians in the territories of Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions liberated from the Russian invaders.
