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Ukraine’s top human rights researcher has released a video of an alleged torture chamber used by Russian forces in Kherson where captive locals were given electric shocks. Messages reading “Pray to God for us” and “God give us strength” were found on the walls of the hall, Ukraine’s defense ministry said, sharing the evidence today. “Whatever language you spoke, the slightest disobedience to the conquerors was enough to send you to the dungeon,” the defense ministry said. On the front line of the battle in eastern Ukraine, there has been no respite in heavy fighting with the Ukrainian military reporting that Moscow’s occupation forces appear more active in Donetsk. It comes as Moscow refused to elaborate on a warning message delivered by the CIA director to Moscow this week about the consequences of any Russian nuclear strike on Ukraine. It was the first known high-level, face-to-face contact between representatives of Moscow and Washington since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. Show latest update 1668750637
10 million without power in Ukraine as Russia launches new airstrikes
Tens of millions of people are without power in Ukraine after Russian airstrikes caused more damage on Thursday with the latest barrage knocking out energy infrastructure, apartment blocks and an industrial area. In his nightly video address, Volodymyr Zelensky said widespread outages were affecting people in the Kyiv, Odesa, Sumy and Vinnytsia regions. At least four people have been killed and more than a dozen injured in drone and missile attacks across the country, authorities said. Read the full story here: Arpan Rai18 November 2022 05:50 1668748544
Two fighter jets escort Poland football team to Qatar near Ukraine border
Special attention was paid and two F16 planes could be seen flying alongside the group as the nation shares a border with war-torn Ukraine. The video was posted by the Polish team’s official Twitter account and has already been viewed over 1.6 million times. Poland begin their World Cup campaign against Mexico on Tuesday 22 November.
Two fighter jets escort Poland football team to Qatar near Ukraine border
Poland’s soccer team was escorted to the southern border by two fighter jets on Thursday as it flew to Qatar for the World Cup. As the nation shares a border with war-torn Ukraine, special attention was paid and two F16 jets could be seen flying alongside the group. The video was posted by the Polish team’s official Twitter account and has already been viewed over 1.6 million times. Poland begin their World Cup campaign against Mexico on Tuesday 22 November. Click here to sign up for our newsletters. Arpan Rai18 November 2022 05:15 1668747291
Fierce fighting continues in eastern Ukraine
Heavy fighting and Russian missile attacks continue to rain down on Ukrainian positions in several areas with no apparent respite in heavy fighting in Donetsk in the east, the Ukrainian military said last night as Moscow’s occupation forces appeared more active. Elsewhere, Russian strikes hit natural gas production facilities and a major missile factory in fresh missile attacks on vital infrastructure in the country, Ukrainian officials said. Arpan Rai18 November 2022 04:54 1668746441
Video of Russian “torture chamber” in Kherson released by Ukraine
A top Ukrainian human rights official has shared a video of a room allegedly used by Russian forces to torture people in the Kherson region, saying the space could hold 25 people at a time without being allowed to use the toilet. Ukrainian parliament’s human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets showed a series of bare underground rooms with dirty walls and floors that he said were used for detention, interrogation and torture. Russian forces used electric shocks to secure confessions, the top official said. “They asked the questions they wanted and got the answers they wanted,” said one man who said he had been held in one of the rooms for 24 days. The man said he was tied to a chair and subjected to repeated electric shocks “until he passed out” and, after a break, the procedure continued. “One thing after another. They prepared a bunch of questions and wrote everything they wanted,” he said in the video. Arpan Rai18 November 2022 04:40 1668742250
Good morning, and welcome to our coverage of the Ukraine war on Friday, November 18. Arpan Rai18 November 2022 03:30
