Two underwater telecommunications cables were damaged in the Baltic Sea, one connecting Finland with Germany, and the other connecting Sweden with Lithuania. The damage to the C-Lion1 cable between Finland and Germany was reported by the Finnish state-owned company Cinia. The report said that around 4 am on November 18, a fault was detected in the cable, due to which services provided by the company were disconnected.

In the vicinity of Tel Aviv, five people were injured by shrapnel during a Hezbollah missile strike, The Times of Israel reports . The ambulance service reported that one of the victims, a 54-year-old woman, is in serious condition. One more was wounded in a moderate condition and three were slightly injured. The Israel Defense Forces reported that the rocket, fired from Lebanon, was intercepted by air defenses.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said that US permission to launch missiles with a range of up to 300 kilometers on targets in Russia was discussed at a meeting of EU foreign ministers. At a press conference, Borrell was asked how he explains that US President Joe Biden has decided to allow Kyiv to launch long-range missiles against targets in Russia now that Donald Trump has won the election.

Russia has vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the civil war in Sudan and the delivery of humanitarian aid to millions of people in need. The vote was chaired by the UK, which drafted the resolution together with Sierra Leone. It was supported by 14 of the 15 members of the Security Council, including China - but due to a veto by Russia, the resolution failed to pass.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó criticized the decision of the administration of US President Joe Biden to allow Kyiv to strike targets in Russia with long-range ATACMS missiles.

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili will file a lawsuit in the Constitutional Court in connection with massive violation of the secrecy of voting in the parliamentary elections on October 26. She said this after a meeting with opposition leaders, Newsgeorgia reports . She clarified that she would file the claim in court on the morning of November 19. “We all know that no institution in the country is independent anymore.

Your browser does not support the audio element. How books are written and published in Russia now - in an era of repression and self-censorship Culture in Russia has been subject to strict censorship since the beginning of the full-scale war. The authorities ban films, plays, songs and the artists themselves. Censorship also applies to literature. Writers are declared “foreign agents” and “terrorists,” and their books are removed from stores and libraries.

The main thing from an interview with expert Maryana Budzherin (in full - in the English-language Meduza) John Moore / Getty Images Ukrainian soldier on the territory of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant On November 13, the British newspaper The Times published material about a report prepared for the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.

A black boy tries to reach his mother, played by Saoirse Ronan. Apple TV Blitz, a new drama from Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen, debuts on Apple TV+ on Friday, November 22. The film tells the story of a black boy whose mother (played by Saoirse Ronan) is sent on an evacuation train from London under Nazi fire during World War II. The child does not want to be left alone and runs away - this is how his journey back to the city begins.

In Moscow, on Sakharov Avenue, a man climbed onto an advertising billboard with a poster “Putin, where are you, bitch, make room for me.” This was reported by the telegram channel “Caution, News”. As an eyewitness said, when security forces arrived at the scene of the protest, they “didn’t know what to do with the man.” After some time, the activist was detained. Special equipment was called in to remove the poster.

The St. Petersburg City Court suspended the consideration of the criminal case of Alexander Sukharev, who is accused of contract murder. This is stated in the message of the joint press service of the courts, to which Mediazona drew attention. Sukharev is charged with murder for hire (clause “h” of Part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code) and illegal possession of weapons (Part 1 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code).

Russian President Vladimir Putin extended the powers of Moscow State University rector Viktor Sadovnichy for another five years. The corresponding decree was published on the official portal of legal information. Viktor Sadovnichy is 85 years old. He has served as rector of Moscow State University since 1992. By another decree, Putin extended Nikolai Kropachev’s powers as rector of St. Petersburg State University for five years.

Deputy National Security Adviser to the US President Jonathan Finer did not confirm media reports that Washington has allowed Kyiv to strike targets in Russia with long-range ATACMS missiles. ABC News quotes him as saying. “I do not endorse any decisions that have or have not been made regarding U.S. assistance when it comes to such operational matters,” Feiner said.

The Council of Europe and the UK have expanded sanctions against Iran due to the fact that the republic supports Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, as well as armed groups in the Middle East. The EU restrictions, according to a press release, target ships and ports used to transfer Iranian drones and missiles, as well as technology and components. Courts, in particular, are prohibited from providing any services except in cases where they require assistance.

Real “foreign agents” didn’t find the reimagined “Mafia” funny Freedom Letters The Russian-language publishing house Freedom Letters , operating outside of Russia, has released the board card game “Foreign Agent. Catch them all! - an analogue of the “Mafia”, in which the mafia was replaced by “foreign agents” and “foreign agents”, civilians by “ordinary people”, the sheriff by the “prosecutor”, and the maniac by the “veteran of the SVO ”.