Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv says Putin’s experimental missile carried dummy warheads
Putin has called the Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile strike a successful test
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Your support makes all the difference.Ukrainian officials say an experimental new ballistic missile fired by Russia at Dnipro last week carried multiple warheads but no explosives. The missile caused minor damage upon hitting its targets in Ukraine’s east, two officials said, because it was carrying dummy warheads.
Vladimir Putin has called the Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile strike a successful test and said it reached its target – a missile and defence facility.
Earlier, Downing Street rejected Russia’s “baseless” allegations that an expelled British diplomat in Moscow was a spy. The Russian FSB security service named the diplomat, whose photo was splashed across TV news bulletins, as Edward Wilkes and alleged he had intentionally provided false information when he entered Russia – a claim disputed by the UK Foreign Office as “malicious and baseless”.
And Ukraine is withdrawing around 100,000 faulty 120mm mortar shells from the frontline after multiple reports of them misfiring. The supply of defective shells is being investigated by an interdepartmental commission, Ukraine’s defence ministry said.
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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has said that Europe must as soon as possible send Ukraine money from the $50 billion loan backed by frozen Russian assets.
Barrot was speaking at a G7 foreign ministers meeting in Italy on Tuesday.
Ukraine to receive two more IRIS-T air defence systems before 2025, says Germany’s foreign minister
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has said that two more IRIS-T air defence systems would be delivered to Ukraine before the end of the year to aid in its self-defence.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Germany has offered over 37 billion euros ($38.85 billion) in support, said Baerbock on Tuesday, which is meant not only to protect Ukraine, "but also for our own protection and our peace".
Kremlin aide says he doesn’t know of any contacts yet with Trump’s team
A senior Kremlin aide said on Tuesday he was not aware of any contacts yet between President Vladimir Putin's office and the team of US president-elect Donald Trump.
Putin has publicly congratulated Trump on defeating Kamala Harris in this month's election and has said he is willing to talk to him. Trump told NBC on 7 November he had not spoke with Putin since his election victory but "I think we'll speak".
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters: "There are no contacts going on with Trump's team yet, as far as I know."
Trump said repeatedly during his election campaign that he could bring a swift end to the Ukraine war, but without saying how. Putin said on 7 November that what Trump had said "deserves attention, at least".
Russia says Ukraine hit it with US-made ATACMS twice in last three days
Ukraine hit Russia with US-produced ATACMS missiles twice over the last three days and Russia is preparing retaliatory measures, Russia's defence ministry said on Tuesday.
It said both strikes targeted air defence positions in the Kursk region and on both occasions either one or two missiles reached their targets, while most were shot down.
Briton fighting with Ukraine to be held in detention pending investigation and trial, orders Russian court
A court in Russia's Kursk region has ordered a British national fighting with Ukraine to be held in detention pending an investigation and trial.
The ruling on the Briton, identified by state news agency Tass and other media as James Scott Rhys Anderson, was announced Tuesday by court officials, who said in an online statement that it was handed down the previous day.
The hearing took place behind closed doors in the Leninsky District Court in the city of Kursk. It wasn't clear from the statement what charges Anderson is facing and whether he is considered a prisoner of war by the Russian authorities.
The Briton reportedly was captured in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces have seized territory following a lightning offensive in August.
Russian advance threatens important supply routes in Donetsk, warns US war think tank
The Russian advance is threatening important supply routes in Donetsk, the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War has warned.
Ukraine's General Staff said on Tuesday that over the past 24 hours roughly half of the clashes along the about 1,000-kilometer (600 mile) frontline occurred near Pokrovsk and Kurakhove in the Donetsk region.
Ukraine has a critical manpower problem on the frontline, and though the Russian army's gains have been incremental its momentum is adding up as the Ukrainians yield ground.
Ukrainian defenses in Donetsk are not in danger of being overrun, however, the think tank said late on Monday. It also noted that Russia would need to capture more than 8,000 square kilometers (3,000 square miles) of territory to achieve the Kremlin's goal of seizing the whole of Donetsk.
British diplomat expelled from Moscow, Russian security services say
Russia has expelled a British diplomat, accusing him of espionage, the Interfax news agency cited Russia’s FSB security service as saying on Tuesday.
The TASS news agency cited Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying that the ministry had summoned the British ambassador.
According to the FSB, the British diplomat was a replacement for one of six UK diplomats expelled in August, also on espionage charges. It said the diplomat had provided false information on his documents and carried out espionage and sabotage activities.
There was no immediate comment from Britain’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. The British embassy in Moscow did not respond to a request for comment.
Ukraine faces difficult winter
Ukraine faces a difficult winter, with worries about the reliability of the electricity supply amid Russia’s attacks and how much US support it can count on next year after President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January.
Russia has been hammering civilian areas of Ukraine with increasingly heavy drone, missile and glide bomb attacks since the middle of the year.
At the same time, Russia's army has largely held the battlefield initiative for the past year and has been pushing hard in the eastern Donetsk region where it is making significant tactical advances, according to Western military analysts.
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Norway to raise Ukraine spending to $2.7bn in 2025, PM says
Norway has agreed to raise its planned fiscal support for Ukraine next year to 30 billion crowns ($2.7 billion) from 27 billion crowns this year, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on Tuesday, reversing an earlier proposal to cut the spending.
The minority centre-left government had last month proposed allocating just 15 billion crowns to Ukraine in 2025, triggering criticism from opposition parties.
The government has said it wants a broad coalition to support the country's Ukraine donations. The opposition Conservative Party has proposed spending 45 billion crowns in 2025.
Norway's income from oil and natural gas soared in the wake of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine as energy prices jumped, boosting the size of the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund.
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