Russia says it’s ‘destroying’ Ukrainians that crossed into occupied territory, vowing to inflict ‘hell’ on them
Russia says it’s ‘destroying’ Ukrainians that crossed into occupied territory, vowing to inflict ‘hell’ on them
Fierce fighting has erupted between Russian forces and Ukrainian units that crossed over the Dnieper River to the Russian-occupied eastern bank of the river in the southern Kherson region.
Holly Ellyatt - NOV 16, 2023
Fierce fighting has erupted between Russian forces and Ukrainian units that crossed over the Dnieper River to the Russian-occupied eastern bank of the river in the southern Kherson region.
Battles are concentrated around a number of villages on the east or left bank of the river where Ukraine has managed to establish several footholds, but Russian forces are now reported to be pounding those positions.
A Russian-installed official in the occupied part of Kherson said Russian forces were “destroying” Ukrainian forces “on the largest scale” in the village of Krynky, where he claimed they had been trapped.
Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War painted a picture of mixed fortunes for Ukrainian forces in the area, citing Ukrainian officials, Russian military bloggers closely following developments in the war and open-source evidence.
In other news, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that any internal and external attempts to interfere with the 2024 presidential election in Russia will be suppressed.
Putin said any measures necessary will be taken to prevent any illegal obstruction of the election, including any pressure applied to the electoral process. Russia has long been accused of interfering in the electoral processes of other countries, particularly the U.S. vote in 2016, although it denies the allegations.
Russian opposition politician sentenced to eight years in prison: State media
Vladimir Milov, a Russian opposition politician, was sentenced in absentia to eight years in a prison for intentionally spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces, Russian state news agency Interfax reported Thursday. A video on YouTube was cited as the basis for the case.
Milov previously worked under President Vladimir Putin but became disillusioned with the track that Russia’s geopolitical approach was on and now lives abroad.
His sentence would begin as soon as he were detained on Russian territory or extradited to Russia, Interfax reported.
— Sophie Kiderlin
One dead, four injured by Russian shelling, governor of Kherson Oblast says
One person has died and four others have been wounded by Russian shelling on the town of Bilozerka in Kherson Oblast, the local governor Oleksandr Prokudin said Thursday. This comes as fighting has accelerated in the Kherson region in southern Ukraine in recent days.
In a post on Telegram, translated via Google Translate, he said one man had been pulled out from under rubble from a house that was affected in the attacks. Those injured have been taken to hospital, Produkin said.
The governor said residential buildings and a grocery store had been hit, as well as important infrastructure. Bilozerka and surrounding towns were out of electricity, he said.
CNBC could not independently verify reports on the ground.
— Sophie Kiderlin
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Russian court jails artist for seven years over anti-war protest
A Russian court on Thursday found artist and musician Alexandra Skochilenko guilty of knowingly spreading fake news about the Russian army’s behavior in Ukraine and sentenced her to seven years in a prison colony.
Skochilenko, 33, replaced price tags in a supermarket in her native St Petersburg on March 31 2022 with small pieces of paper urging an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine and criticising the authorities.
She denied the formal charge of knowingly spreading false information about the army.
— Reuters