The Ukrainian Presidential Palace stated that the Russians launched attacks on the country's infrastructure and energy facilities, focusing on the capital Kyiv and the northern and central regions of the country. room for agreement and refused to cede any of the country's territories.
Ukrainian authorities said Russia fired nearly 100 missiles, while Ukraine's presidential palace confirmed that more than 7 million Ukrainian homes were without power following the Russian attack.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said more than half of Kyiv's residents were without power.
The Ukrainian energy minister said that Russia's missile attack was the largest attack on energy facilities since the beginning of the war. He also pointed out that the attack on Ukraine's energy system will affect other surrounding countries.
Agence France-Presse reported that Moldova also reported power outages following Russia's recent attacks on Ukraine.
A spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force said our defense systems shot down 73 of 90 missiles fired by Russian forces.
Missiles appearing in NATO countries:
Reuters quoted Polish media as saying that two stray bullets had hit the town of Purdjudov in the east of the country, while the Associated Press quoted U.S. intelligence officials as saying that two people in Poland were killed by Russian missiles. The Polish government spoke The country's prime minister has called for an emergency meeting of the security and defense committee, the people said.
Latvia's foreign minister said Russian missiles hit the territory of a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) member state "a very dangerous escalation," while Estonia's foreign ministry said the country was ready to defend every inch of NATO territory, " We declare our full solidarity with Poland."
The Russian Defense Ministry responded that its forces had not launched attacks on targets near the Ukrainian-Polish border, stressing that the photos of the wreckage did not indicate the use of Russian weapons.
Responding to the Russian attack, U.S. President National Security Adviser Jack Sullivan said the U.S. strongly condemns Russia's recent missile strikes in Ukraine that targeted residential buildings in Kyiv and elsewhere.
In a statement, Sullivan added that as the G20 leaders meet, Russia is again threatening the lives of Ukrainians and destroying its vital infrastructure, stressing that Russia's airstrikes only It will deepen G20 concerns about the destabilization of (Russian President) Putin's war.
Sullivan also emphasized that Washington and its allies and partners will continue to provide Ukraine with air defense systems and provide it with what it needs to defend itself, and the United States will firmly support Ukraine no matter how long it takes.
On the other hand, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that there is no room for a new agreement with Russia in accordance with the Minsk agreement, and that it is unacceptable to ask Ukraine to make concessions on sovereignty, territory and independence to end the war.
If Russia says it wants to end the war, it must prove it with actions, Zelensky added, noting that Ukraine's set of solutions could be used to ensure peace in the region.
Speaking to leaders attending the current G20 summit in Indonesia, Zelensky said the war in Ukraine must end justly and on the basis of the UN Charter and international law.
Zelensky also called for the extension of the food export agreement, regardless of the fate of the war, the restoration of the security of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and the imposition of limits on the price of Russian energy resources.
John Kirby, the US National Security Council's strategic communications coordinator, told Al Jazeera that only Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has the right to choose when to negotiate with Russia.
However, U.S. national security adviser Sullivan advised the Ukrainian president to be open to negotiations with Russia and consider realistic demands.
Russia's response:
On the other hand, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov emphasized in a statement issued during the G20 summit on the 15th that the conditions proposed by Ukraine to restart negotiations with Moscow are "unrealistic."
Lavrov told reporters, "I repeat, all issues are related to the Ukrainian side, and the Ukrainian side categorically refuses to negotiate and puts forward obviously unrealistic conditions," adding that he is already talking to French President Emmanuel Macron. This position was expressed during the meeting.
Russian and Ukrainian officials held several rounds of fruitless talks early in the dispute, including meetings chaired by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
On the other hand, European Council President Charles Michel called for more pressure on Russia over its war in Ukraine. Michelle told a news conference in Bali, Indonesia, on the sidelines of the G20 summit, that "we should use the summit meeting and some informal contacts that are going on at the same time to persuade all parties to put more pressure on Russia. .”
He also pointed out that the principles of law and sovereignty of the United Nations show that the use of force to change national borders is not allowed, and all G20 partners must respect the principles of the United Nations.
On the other hand, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev accused the United States and its allies of manipulating the population, saying the policy would push the world into a global war.
The Russian official added that the West is deliberately trying to erase from popular memory the atrocities and suffering that the Nazi ideology brought to humanity.
Patrushev stressed that liberating Ukraine from "neo-Nazism" would mark the beginning of a return to stability and security in the world, adding that despite Western military aid to Kyiv, Russia's special operations will be done.
Against this background, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that the UN General Assembly resolution on the payment of compensation to Ukraine was aimed at formalizing the theft of frozen Russian funds and that Moscow would Resolutions are treated as a non-legally binding document.
Peskov added that due to Kyiv's reluctance to negotiate, Russia would continue to pursue its original objectives in Ukraine through special military operations.
On the other hand, the United Nations Human Rights Office stated on the 15th that Russia and Ukraine have tortured prisoners of war during the nearly nine-month conflict, such as using electric shocks and forced nudity.
The U.N. monitoring team, based in Ukraine, based its findings on interviews with more than 100 prisoners of war on both sides.
The office added that the interviews with the Ukrainian prisoners of war were conducted after their release because Russia did not allow investigators access to places of detention.
On the food issue, Bloomberg reported on the same day that Russia is expected to agree to extend the agreement brokered by the United Nations to allow the export of food and other agricultural products through the Black Sea.
The report quoted four sources familiar with the matter as saying that Russia is likely to allow the extension of the agreement, which expires on November 19.
However, the sources did not specify whether Russia would impose new conditions in exchange for an extension to the agreement, nor did they disclose any other details.
african armed men:
On November 15 local time, a day after Zambia announced the death of one of its citizens, Ukraine urged African leaders to prevent its citizens from being involved in Russia's war against Ukraine.
Zambia's foreign minister, Stanley Kakubo, said a Zambian student imprisoned in Russia was killed on the "front line" in Ukraine and demanded an explanation from the Kremlin.
In a statement, the foreign minister noted that a 23-year-old Zambian citizen serving a prison sentence in Moscow was "killed in Ukraine on September 22 this year".
Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko urged African countries to pressure Russia not to involve its citizens in the war in Ukraine.
Last week, social networking accounts linked to the Wagner Group released a video of the brutal killing of a man named Yevgeny Nokin, who reportedly surrendered to the Ukrainian army before being sent back to the Russian army.
The Russian human rights group, which defends prisoners held in Russia, pointed out that Nokin had been held in Russia and was recruited by the Wagner group to fight in Ukraine.
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