On November 15, 2022, Ukraine’s Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) lost all access to the electricity grid due to military attacks in the country, forcing it to temporarily rely on diesel generators for back-up power.
Within the liberated areas of the Kherson region and the Mykolaiv region, Ukraine is doing everything to provide people with electricity, water, communications, financial and social services, and normal medicine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed the approval of the United Nations General Assembly’s draft resolution on human rights in the Russian-occupied Crimea.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Vice President of the World Bank for Europe and Central Asia Anna Bjerde have held a meeting in Kyiv. The parties discussed support for Ukraine’s 2023 state budget and the implementation of joint programs related to energy, transport and medicine.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine struck two air defense positions of the Russian troops, damaged a railway bridge in the Chernihivka district in Zaporizhzhia region, making it not operational for the invaders.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that representatives of Ukraine should be present at a meeting of the NATO Council to discuss the explosion in Poland caused by a missile.
Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Mykola Solskyi, and Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine, Bartosz Cichocki, discussed the tools and directions for implementing the Grain from Ukraine program.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has discussed with Anna Bjerde, Vice President of the World Bank for Europe and Central Asia, the preparation of projects related to the restoration of Ukrainian transport, energy infrastructure and health care sector.
Russian troops shelled the city of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, on Wednesday, November 16, killing a woman. Law enforcement officers have opened a criminal case.
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted laws approving presidential decrees on the extension of martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine for 90 days, until February 19, 2023.
NATO allies are providing Ukrainian partners with the necessary weapons systems and will continue to coordinate efforts to create a layered air defense system in Ukraine.
On November 17, at 5:00 p.m., a briefing will be held on the topic: "Intermediate results of the work of the Coordination Headquarters on issues of de-occupied territories".
On November 17, at 2:00 p.m., a briefing will be held on the topic: "Changing attitudes and narratives of Russians after the de-occupation of Kherson region."