News agency Reuters has previously reported that two vessels, the NewNew Polar Bear and the Russia-flagged Sevmorput, were present near the cables and pipeline around the time of the damage. The prosecutor general said their main lead was that the damage was connected to the NewNew Polar Bear container ship.įinland, meanwhile, said an anchor found on the sea bed next to a gas pipeline between the two neighbours, which was damaged on the same night, probably belonged to the same ship.įinland's police force said paint from that anchor had been found on the damaged pipeline. It is the largest military training effort on British soil since the Second World War.Įstonian prosecutors have said a Hong Kong-registered vessel is the main focus of an investigation into damage to two subsea telecoms cables between Estonia and Finland last month. Op Interflex: The UK says it has trained more than 30,000 Ukrainian recruits as part of Op Interflex. Putin visits military headquarters: Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited Russia's southern military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don.ĮU membership: Hungary's prime minister has reiterated he does not support moving forward on negotiations on Ukraine's future membership in the European Union.ĮU aid package: The European Union has a Plan B if Hungary uses its veto to block a planned €50bn (£43.7bn) aid package to Ukraine, EU officials have said. 'Round the clock' onslaught on Avdiivka: Russia is intensifying its campaign to capture the key eastern town of Avdiivka.ĭrones strike Russian boats: Ukrainian sea drones have damaged two Russian landing boats in Crimea in an overnight attack, Ukraine's military intelligence agency has said. If you're joining today's coverage of the conflict in Ukraine, here is an overview of the day so far. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told news agency Reuters on Wednesday that Ukraine's counter-offensive was making some gradual progress in the south and east, including what he called "good steps" near the Kherson region. The statement said the Russian forces involved had been presented with state awards for "courage and heroism" by Russia's defence minister. Russian forces had killed most of the Ukrainian soldiers in the incident on Thursday and taken 11 of them prisoner, it added. "On 9 November, personnel from a motorised rifle company in the Russian military grouping 'Dnipro' under the command of Senior Lieutenant Zolto Arsalanov destroyed servicemen from a unit of Ukraine's 36th Marine Infantry brigade as they were trying to gain a foothold on the left bank of the Dnipro River," the statement said. The statement from Russia's defence ministry could not be independently verified. Russia's military claims to have thwarted a Ukrainian operation on the eastern bank of the River Dnipro in the Kherson area of southern Ukraine.
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