Crimea

In Mariupol and Kherson region, the occupiers are forcing local residents, especially state employees, to donate blood for the wounded Russian military. In case of refusal, they threaten to delay payments and use mobile blood collection systems.

The occupation authorities of Sevastopol reported the operation of air defense and the downing of a Neptune missile over the sea. Earlier, a naval mine exploded in the area of Streletskaya Bay due to a storm.

There are 18 illegally imprisoned journalists in occupied Crimea. In total, 218 political prisoners are being held on the peninsula, 60 of whom need urgent medical care.

The Third Committee of the UN General Assembly has approved a resolution on human rights violations in the occupied territories of Ukraine. The document was supported by 78 countries, condemning the occupation and containing new provisions on prisoners of war.

The President of Ukraine said he would not recognize any occupied territory as Russian, including those seized since 2014. Zelenskyy emphasized the possibility of returning Crimea through diplomatic means without significant human losses.

In occupied Crimea, 218 people are illegally imprisoned, including 132 Crimean Tatars. Local residents are facing problems with heating, water supply and rising fuel prices due to the hostilities.

Overnight, Russia attacked Ukraine with 87 Shahed drones from Kursk, Orel, and Crimea. Ukrainian defense forces destroyed 51 UAVs in nine regions, 30 were lost and one is still in the air.

The Ukrainian Foreign Minister spoke at a UN Security Council meeting on the territorial integrity of Ukraine. He presented evidence of the DPRK's use of missiles and called for increased support for Ukraine to force russia to withdraw its troops.

The occupiers sent the first conscripts from Mariupol, Volnovakha and Zaporizhzhia to russian military units. They will serve near the Ukrainian border.

Russian troops launched a missile attack on Odesa. The attack resulted in deaths and injuries, as well as damage to residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.

The Ukrainian Air Force warned of the threat of ballistic missile attacks from Crimea in the direction of Odesa. Later, an explosion was heard in the city.

On November 18, Ukraine is expected to have cloudy weather with clearings and temperatures up to +13 degrees. In the west and north, there will be rains with sleet, in some places wind gusts up to 20 m/s.

russia has begun recruiting conscripts from the occupied territories of Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions to serve in the annexed Crimea. The reason is the shortage of military personnel due to the massive participation of Crimean units in the war against Ukraine.

On November 17, partly cloudy weather is expected in Ukraine without precipitation, except for the Crimea. The temperature will range from -3°C at night in Transcarpathia to +11°C during the day in the South.

An explosion was recorded in Mykolaiv, as reported by Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych. The air force warned of a threat of ballistic missile attacks from the south, and air alert was declared in several regions.

In the annexed Crimea, there is a rise in the price of all food groups. The local occupation authorities promise to stabilize prices, but experts attribute the rise to the effects of the war in Russia.

On November 16, Ukraine is expected to have dry weather with temperatures ranging from -2° to +8°C and partly cloudy skies. After the weekend, forecasters predict a sharp deterioration in the weather with snow and blizzards.

Russia has completely lost the ability to defend the Kerch Bridge from the sea, where it used to have 10 ships. The occupiers compensate for this with a large number of air defense systems, creating a dense air defense.

Military counterintelligence exposed a lieutenant colonel of the Special Forces who was recruited by Russia for a full-scale invasion. The agent was passing information to the enemy about the Armed Forces' plans for special operations in southern Ukraine.

Cloudy weather with rain and sleet is forecast in Ukraine. Temperatures will range from +1 to +8°C, with the warmest temperatures in Odesa and Crimea.

Public support for Reznikov as defense minister has always been higher than for the current minister, Umerov, according to polls.

538 Ukrainians applied for reparations for sexual violence during the war, including 303 men and 224 women. Most of the applications came from Kherson region - 147 cases.

A bridge over the railroad tracks in the village of Maslovo collapsed in the Dzhankoy district of Crimea. At the time of the collapse, there was a car and a truck on the bridge, and two of the victims were unblocked.

In Sevastopol, Valery Trankovsky, Chief of Staff of the 41st Brigade of Missile Ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, was killed. He ordered the shelling of civilian targets in Ukraine, including Vinnytsia and Odesa.

A car exploded in occupied Sevastopol on Taras Shevchenko Street near a supermarket. According to preliminary data, the car was carrying a 1st rank captain of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, who died from his injuries.

The President of Ukraine signed a decree on sanctions against 15 officials of the occupation authorities of Crimea and 102 legal entities. The restrictions include asset freezes and a ban on trade.

In the temporarily occupied Crimea, a gasoline truck with a trailer caught fire on the territory of a technical inspection point, the area of the fire is 30 square meters. Fire brigades are working at the site, there is one victim.

2,935 Ukrainians have applied to the civil servants' personnel reserve to work in the liberated territories. Most of the candidates are men (56%) who want to work in Crimea and eastern Ukraine.

Captain Denys Zaliskyi spoke about the difficulties of liberating the left-bank part of Kherson region. Among the main obstacles are the occupiers' fortified positions, logistical problems and mining.

A construction crisis is unfolding in Russia due to the suspension of preferential mortgages and the removal of interest control. The construction of residential facilities has been halted in the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea and eastern Ukraine.