Russia-Ukraine War Live: US shuts Kyiv embassy citing strike threat after Ukraine fires ATACMS at Russia
Russia-Ukraine War Live: Ukraine on Wednesday said that Russia hit it with a “a massive information-psychological attack” by dispersing fake warning, purportedly from Ukrainian military intelligence, about an imminent mass air attack, Kyiv’s top spy agency said on Wednesday. The Main Directorate of Intelligence said: “This message is a fake, it contains grammatical errors typical of Russian information and psychological operations,” the Reuters reported
In a recent development, the United States has said that it would temporarily shut its embassy in Kyiv after receiving “specific information of a potential significant air attack” today. The embassy further added that “the US Embassy recommends US citizens be prepared to immediately shelter in the event an air alert is announced”.
Days after the US President Joe Biden announced that the United States is allowing its weapons to be fired in Russia by Ukraine, the Biden administration has now approved the provision of anti-personnel land mines to Ukraine.
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22:20 (IST) 20 Nov 2024
Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: Ukraine says Russia spread fake warning of imminent airstrike
Russia staged “a massive information-psychological attack” against Ukraine by spreading a fake warning, purportedly from Ukrainian military intelligence, about an imminent mass air attack, Kyiv’s top spy agency said on Wednesday.
“A message is being spread via messengers and social networks … about the threat of a ‘particularly massive’ missile and bomb strike on Ukrainian cities today,” the Main Directorate of Intelligence said in a statement.
“This message is a fake, it contains grammatical errors typical of Russian information and psychological operations.”
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22:03 (IST) 20 Nov 2024
Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: Gold gains for third straight day on escalating Russia-Ukraine tensions
Gold prices climbed for a third consecutive session to mark a one-week high on Wednesday, as investors sought refuge in the safe-haven metal amid mounting geopolitical unease fuelled by escalating Russia-Ukraine tensions.
Spot gold was up 0.6 per cent at $2,646.79 per ounce as of 10:23 a.m. EST (1523 GMT), after hitting its highest level since Nov. 11 earlier in the session.
U. gold futures gained 0.8 per cent at $2,650.60.
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- 22:01 (IST) 20 Nov 2024
Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: Netherlands delivers final two promised F-16’s for training Ukrainian pilots
The Netherlands has handed the final two of 18 promised F-16 fighter jets to a training facility in Romania, where Ukrainian pilots and ground staff are being taught to fly and maintain the planes in battle, the Dutch ministry said on Wednesday.
The Netherlands has been one of the driving forces behind an international coalition to supply Ukraine with F-16s to strengthen its air defence against the Russian invasion.
21:59 (IST) 20 Nov 2024
Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: Ukraine fires UK Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russia, a day after using US ATACMS
Ukraine fired a volley of British Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russia on Wednesday, the latest new Western weapon it has been permitted to use on Russian targets a day after it fired US ATACMS missiles.
The strikes were widely reported by Russian war correspondents on Telegram and confirmed by an official on condition of anonymity.
Moscow has said the use of Western weapons to strike into Russian territory far from the border would be a major escalation in the conflict.
Kyiv says it needs the capability to defend itself by hitting Russian rear bases used to support Moscow’s invasion, which entered its thousandth day this week.
Russian war correspondent accounts on Telegram posted footage they said included the sound of the missiles striking in Kursk region.
At least 14 huge explosions can be heard, most of them preceded by the sharp whistle of what sounds like an incoming missile. The footage, shot in a residential area, showed black smoke rising in the distance.
20:17 (IST) 20 Nov 2024
Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: Oil prices tick up as market weighs Ukraine war escalation
Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday as concern that escalating hostilities in the Ukraine war could potentially disrupt oil supply from Russia outweighed data showing rising US crude stocks.
Brent crude futures for January were up 40 cents, or 0.6 per cent, at $73.71 a barrel by 1420 GMT (7.50 pm IST).
US West Texas Intermediate crude futures for December, due to expire on Wednesday, were up 56 cents, or 0.8 per cent, at $69.95, while the more active WTI contract for January was up 47 cents, or 0.7 per cent, at $69.71.
The escalating war between major oil producer Russia and Ukraine has kept a floor under the market this week.
18:30 (IST) 20 Nov 2024
Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: Ukraine says Russia spread fake warning of imminent airstrike
Russia staged “a massive information-psychological attack” against Ukraine by spreading a fake warning, purportedly from Ukrainian military intelligence, about an imminent mass air attack, Kyiv’s top spy agency said on Wednesday.
“A message is being spread via messengers and social networks … about the threat of a ‘particularly massive’ missile and bomb strike on Ukrainian cities today,” the Main Directorate of Intelligence said in a statement.
“This message is a fake, it contains grammatical errors typical of Russian information and psychological operations.”
18:18 (IST) 20 Nov 2024
Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: A view showing the US embassy in Ukraine
A view shows the US embassy, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv on Wednesday. (Photo Reuters)
18:13 (IST) 20 Nov 2024
Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: Changing of Russian nuclear doctrine is just rhetoric, says French foreign minister
Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Wednesday dismissed President Vladimir Putin’s decision to lower the threshold for a nuclear strike as just “rhetoric”.
“We are not intimidated,” he said in an interview with France 2 television
Putin approved the change in nuclear doctrine as Ukraine used US ATACMS missiles to strike deeper into Russian territory, taking advantage of newly granted permission from the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden on the war’s 1,000th day.
17:36 (IST) 20 Nov 2024
Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: Russian spy chief says Nato aid for Ukraine missile strikes will be punished
Russia will retaliate against Nato countries that facilitate long-range missile strikes against Russian territory by Ukraine, foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin said in an interview published on Wednesday.
Naryshkin said changes announced by President Vladimir Putin to Russia’s nuclear doctrine meant it was in effect impossible to defeat Russia on the battlefield.
“Our enemies are forced to admit that the determination of the Russian President to firmly defend the country’s fundamental interests by all available means narrows the room for manoeuvre for Washington and Brussels,” he told the magazine National Defence.
17:34 (IST) 20 Nov 2024
Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: Kremlin says freezing the Ukraine conflict does not suit Russia
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that the option of freezing the Ukraine conflict did not suit Russia, although it restated that President Vladimir Putin was open to negotiations.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on the decision by the US embassy in Kyiv to close on Wednesday and issue a warning about a potential “significant air attack”, referring the question to the defence ministry.
17:33 (IST) 20 Nov 2024
Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: Don’t see much ground for negotiation at present, says Russian envoy
Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, Russian envoy to India Denis Alipov on Wednesday said there is not much ground for negotiation at present but Moscow is prepared to sit and talk with Kyiv, provided there is an “acceptable basis”.
Alipov said this in response to a query during an interaction session in New Delhi on Brics and its potential.
The session was hosted by Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency.
In his opening remarks at the session, Alipov hailed Brics and described the grouping of emerging economies as a “reflection of new realities”.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict, which began in February 2022, entered its 1,000th day on Monday.
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17:27 (IST) 20 Nov 2024
Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: Erdogan opposes Ukraine use of US long range missiles, urges restraint
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan opposes a US decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles to attack inside Russia, saying it would further enflame the conflict, according to a readout shared by his office on Wednesday.
Ukraine used US ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory on Tuesday, taking advantage of newly granted permission from the outgoing administration of US President Joe Biden on the 1,000th day of the war in Ukraine.
On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a policy document that lowers the threshold
for Moscow to use nuclear weapons in response to attacks by an enemy using conventional weapons.
“Biden’s step would be interpreted as a move to enflame the war and to ensure that it never ends but spreads,” Erdogan told reporters on his flight back to Turkey from Brazil, where he attended the G20 Summit.
17:12 (IST) 20 Nov 2024
Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: Keep reserves of water, food ready, embassy tells US citizens
The embassy in Kyiv urged US citizens in Ukraine to have reserves of water, food, and other essentials such as required medications for the event of a “possible temporary loss of electricity and water” caused by Russian strikes.
“Persistent Russian attacks targeting civilian infrastructure throughout Ukraine may result in power outages, loss of heating, and disruption of municipal services,” it said.
Commenting on Wednesday’s US embassy warning, Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Ukrainian Security Council’s Centre for Countering Disinformation, said Russia was ready to conduct more missile strikes.
“Let me remind you that the Russians have been stockpiling missiles for a series of attacks on Ukraine for months. This includes Kh-101 missiles, which they continue to produce, as well as Kalibrs and ballistics,” he said.
17:08 (IST) 20 Nov 2024
Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: 1000 days on, war remains at volatile juncture
After having completed 1000 days, the war is at a volatile juncture, with a fifth of Ukrainian territory in Russian hands, North Korean troops deployed in Russia’s Kursk region, and doubts over the future of Western aid as US President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House.
On Sunday, Russia staged a massive missile and drone strike on the national power grid that killed seven people and renewed fears over the durability of the hobbled energy network.
17:07 (IST) 20 Nov 2024
Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: Ukraine says it hit Russian town 168 km away from border
Russian foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin said in an interview published on Wednesday that Moscow would retaliate against Nato countries that facilitate long-range Ukrainian missile strikes against Russian territory.
Ukraine’s military intelligence agency said on Wednesday that a Russian military command post had been “successfully struck” in the town of Gubkin in Russia’s Belgorod region, around 168 km from the border with Ukraine.
The Ukrainian statement raised the possibility of a second ATACMS strike, but did not specify who carried out the attack, when it took place or the type of weapon used.
Ukraine has also used drones for deep strikes against targets in Russia.
17:04 (IST) 20 Nov 2024
Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: US embassy move comes day after Ukraine fired US missile inside Russia
On Tuesday, Ukraine used US ATACMS missiles to attack an arms depot inside Russia, making use of newly granted permission from the outgoing administration of US President Joe Biden on the 1,000th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
“Out of an abundance of caution, the embassy will be closed, and embassy employees are being instructed to shelter in place,” the US Department of State Consular Affairs said in a statement on the embassy’s website.
17:01 (IST) 20 Nov 2024
Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: US shuts Kyiv embassy due to ‘potential significant air attack’
The United States shut its embassy in Kyiv on Wednesday due to “specific information of a potential significant air attack” and told its citizens in Ukraine to be ready to swiftly seek shelter.
The Italian and Greek embassies said they had also closed their doors after the unusual US warning, while the French embassy remained open but urged its citizens to be cautious.
Russia has been signalling to the United States and its allies for weeks that if they give permission to Ukraine to strike deep into Russian territory with Western-supplied missiles, then Moscow will consider it a major escalation.
