The State Duma adopted in the second and third readings a bill that will allow debts on bank loans to be written off for volunteers in the Russian army and their spouses. The law will only affect those who enter into a military contract after December 1 of this year. Volunteers will be able to write off up to 10 million rubles of debt.

Now nuclear weapons can be used due to a cruise missile or UAV attack on Russian territory Vladimir Putin approved a new nuclear doctrine. The corresponding decree was published on the official portal. According to the document, Russia will now be able to use nuclear weapons after “receiving reliable information about the mass launch (take-off) of aerospace attack weapons,” as well as in the event of an attack on the country using conventional weapons, including cruise missiles and UAVs.

The Russian Ministry of Defense also stated this earlier. ATACMS missiles were used for the first time to strike a military facility on internationally recognized Russian territory. The night attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces using them was confirmed by New York Times sources among high-ranking officials in the United States and Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defense previously also stated that an artillery depot in Karachev, Bryansk region, was attacked by ATACMS missiles.

The acting responsibilities will be a person from his team Abkhaz President Aslan Bzhania resigned amid protests. His press service reported this. According to the agreement reached with the opposition, Bzhania will leave on the condition that the protesters leave government buildings today. The acting president will be a person from Bzhania’s team - Vice President Badra Gunba. Initially, the opposition opposed such a replacement.

The team expects this trend to spread to other airfields in the near future. Russia has been working since early October to strengthen and expand the Khalino airfield in the Kursk region, where short-range aircraft, helicopters and UAVs are based. The Ukrainian OSINT team Frontelligence Insight writes about this in its closed newsletter .

News Today protesters liberated the government complex of buildings DateNov 19 2024 At a meeting of the Abkhaz parliament, the majority of deputies supported the resignation of President Aslan Bzhania, the Apsnypress agency reports . Vice President Badra Gunba was appointed acting president of the partially recognized republic. The Prime Minister of Abkhazia will also change - he will become opposition representative Valery Bganba.

Officials assure that they will not be sent to war For the first time, young people from the occupied parts of Zaporozhye, Kherson, Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine were sent to military service in the Russian Armed Forces. Young men from Crimea, annexed in 2014, went with them to the new conscription. This was reported by the heads of the occupation administrations of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions Evgeny Balitsky and Vladimir Saldo , as well as Izvestia and RIA Novosti .

Fact check Stories More than a thousand servicemen of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division went AWOL and learned “Important Stories.” What happened to them? Available in English DateNov 19 2024Authors Irina Dolinina , Polina Uzhvak Illustration: Elizaveta Dobrovinskaya The names of the characters in the text have been changed for their safety.

News Thirteen people were injured DateNov 19 2024(Updated 12:00 - November 19) Photo: “Suspilne Sumy” Russian troops fired at a dormitory in Glukhov, Sumy region, the regional administration reported . Updated at 12:00 Moscow time: the number of dead has increased to 10, the injured to 13, the State Emergency Service reported . Seven people died, including an 8-year-old child. Another 11 local residents were injured, including two children. Rescue operations are underway.

Near the city of Karachev in the Bryansk region, the 67th arsenal of the Main Rocket and Artillery Directorate (GRAU) was attacked. This was announced by the head of the center for countering disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Andrey Kovalenko. Updated at 10:25 Moscow time - the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed the attack on the arsenal.

The Russian Armed Forces have advanced in Chasov Yar and are fighting for the city center. Bild analyst Julian Röpke writes about this, and videos from the battle sites also indicate this. “Russian troops were spotted for the first time in the center of Chasov Yar. And if we look at the area around us, it doesn't look like there are Ukrainian soldiers all around ready to fight. We see complete ruins and the use of drones by the Ukrainians to attack the Russians.

The head of the Sudzhansky district, Alexander Bogachev, withdrew his resignation letter on November 13, the day after he submitted it, the Mash and VChK-OGPU telegram channels write. According to the law, he can be fired only on the recommendation of the governor or by decision of the deputies of the district council, but this did not happen, the publication notes. So, today Bogachev held several meetings as the head of the district.

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, 95 thousand criminal cases have been opened in Ukraine regarding unauthorized abandonment of a unit (SOC) and desertion, the BBC Ukrainian Service reports , citing data from the country’s Prosecutor General’s Office. At the same time, the publication’s sources in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine claim that real cases of escape from the army during the entire period of a full-scale war number from 100 thousand to 150 thousand cases.

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