Russia suffers heavy losses in Donetsk and Luhansk. The spill of war materials is colossal, with more than 80,000 soldiers dying. News Ticker.
Russia isolated: After the G20, the APEC countries also condemned the Ukraine war.
Fighting in Donbass: According to Zelensky, 100 Russian attacks were repulsed within 24 hours.
Editor’s note: Read the latest developments in The conflict in Ukraine in our news ticker. Information is processed here Ukraine war It comes in part from the warring parties Russia and the Ukraine. So they cannot be partially independently verified.
+++ 6.59 pm: Russia suffers huge losses in the Ukraine war. Today, Russian and Ukrainian forces have continued to fight in a variety of hotspots. The Kyiv General Staff said tanks, pipes, rocket artillery and grenade launchers were used. According to the Ukrainian military, up to 60 Russian servicemen were killed or wounded in the Mikhaylovka district of Zaporizhia region alone. The information cannot be independently verified.
+++ 2.46 pm: The Ukrainian General Staff has provided more detailed information on Russian losses in recent days. Between 10 and 16 November, about 500 Russian soldiers who were stationed in the town of Majorsk were injured on the front in Donetsk. In addition, casualties were confirmed in the town of Mikhaylyukha in the occupied part of Kherson. There were 40 dead and 70 wounded on the Russian side. The Russian Defense Ministry made no such statements.
+++ 12.01 pm: The Ukrainian military has updated its numbers on Russian losses. According to this, it is said that more than 83,000 soldiers have fallen from Russia so far. Six tanks and nine other vehicles were also destroyed during the past 24 hours.
Soldiers: 83,880 (+420 the day before)
Planes: 278 (+0)
helicopter: 261 (+0)
tank: 2885 (+6)
Armored combat vehicles: 5815 (+7)
Artillery systems: 1867 (+2)
Multiple launch missile systems: 393 (+0)
Air defense systems: 209 (+0)
Cars and other vehicles: 4368 (+2)
Ships: 16 (+0)
Unmanned combat aircraft: 1536 (+0)
(Status: Saturday, November 19)
Information about Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war comes from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. It cannot be independently verified. The Kremlin itself provides little information about its losses.
Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war: Putin is more and more isolated
+++ 10.00 AM: The member states of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) condemned the „majority” of Russia’s attack on Ukraine at their summit. As it has now become known, the 21 members „vehemently” criticize the war and its negative effects on the global economy in their joint closing declaration. However, as stated in the G20 statement, there were also „other opinions and different assessments”. Among the signatories are China and Russia itself, and more and more countries are openly criticizing Russia.
+++ 8.28 am: Russia is increasingly isolated in the international community. After the G-20 recently announced that the vast majority of heads of state and government condemned the war of aggression against Ukraine, the members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Community have now also agreed to a Joint Final Declaration. The paper was approved on Saturday, though its content is not yet known. Still, the move is important, because member states sometimes have significant differences of opinion about the Ukraine war.
Update from Saturday, November 19, 6:53 a.m.: According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine has repelled about 100 Russian attacks in the past 24 hours. The fighting in the Donetsk region continued with unlimited force, as Zelensky says in his evening video address, „there is no relaxation, no pauses for breathing.”
Ukrainian troops will be supported by border guard units from Kharkiv and Sumy. A brigade of the National Guard is fighting in Bakhmut.
Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war: the General Staff presents new figures
+++ 6.45pm: In recent days, about 50 Russian soldiers were killed in Ukrainian defensive attacks on the small town of Skadovsk in the south of the Ukrainian region of Cherson, which is occupied by the Russian army. This was stated by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its daily report on the situation on the social networking platform Facebook. In addition, an ammunition base in nearby Šaplinka was destroyed.
According to a briefing by the Ukrainian General Staff, Russia also suffered significant casualties elsewhere in the Kherson region. According to information from the Ukrainian military leadership, the movements of Russian soldiers were recorded „from the direction of Kherson in the city of Novoydar in the Luhansk region.”
Ukraine announces successes in the south of the country: „It looks good”
+++ 4:17 PM: Russian and Ukrainian forces are fighting fiercely on the front line in eastern Ukraine. Reports of successes on the part of defenders are rare, said Stefan Richter, correspondent for NTV in Kyiv, in order to leave Russia in the dark about potential developments. However, it is known that Ukraine around Chersonesos in the south of the country still liberated settlements from Russian troops and pushed them to the east. „Things are looking good for Ukraine,” Richter said. However, due to the icy weather, the electricity experiences in some areas are not good at all.
Losses in the Ukraine War: Russia Builds Its Defenses in Crimea
+++ 3.05 pm: After the liberation of the regional capital of Chersonesos, the Russian troops retreated towards the Crimea. Meanwhile, the construction of defensive lines is said to have begun on the Ukrainian peninsula that was annexed in 2014. These are meant to ensure the „security of the Crimeans,” Sergey Aksionov, the head of the administration in Moscow, said on Friday. First of all, security must be ensured in the part of neighboring Chersonesos still occupied by the Russians. With the evacuation of the city, the front line in Ukraine’s war has shifted. This is located along the Dnipro River, just about 60 kilometers where the crow flies from the Crimea.
Casualties in the Ukraine War: The Defenders’ Successes in the South
+++ 12.30 pm: From southern Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported successes. Over the past day, the Russians destroyed an electronic warfare system near Nowa Kakhovka and an armored fighting vehicle near Hola Pristan. The corresponding statement was published by the Southern Action Team on Facebook, according to a reporter ukrinform.
The situation in the Southern Defense Forces-controlled area is tense, but stable. Our units are continuing stabilization measures, gaining a foothold in the confiscated areas, establishing fire control on transport and logistics routes and deploying Russian occupation forces on the Left Bank,” said the report, which could not be independently verified.
Update from Friday, November 18, 10:45 a.m.: From February 24 to November 18, the Ukrainian Defense Forces eliminated 83,460 Russian attackers, 350 of them in the last 24 hours. This was stated in a report issued by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to the news portal ukrinform mentioned.
Also, as of 18 November, the Ukrainian defenders had destroyed 2,879 main battle tanks, 5,808 armored fighting vehicles, 1,865 artillery systems, 393 multiple rocket launchers and 209 anti-aircraft systems. The information cannot be independently verified.
Russian Casualties in the Ukraine War: New Defensive Trenches Far from the Front Line
The first report: Kyiv/MOSCOW – British military experts report that the Russian invasion forces in Ukraine are preparing for further setbacks. This came from the daily intelligence update from the Ministry of Defense in London on Friday.
According to the report, after withdrawing from the west bank of the Dnipro River, Russian forces in most of the country they occupied are concentrating on regrouping and making defensive arrangements. New trenches have been dug near the border with Crimea on the Black Sea, which Russia has occupied since 2014, and near the Siwerskyi Donets river between the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Russian Casualties in the Ukraine War: Moscow Speaks of a Targeted Disinformation Campaign
„Some locations are as far as 60 kilometers behind the current front line, which indicates that Russian planners are making preparations in the event of further major Ukrainian incursions,” the London statement said. However, Russia is also likely to attempt to redeploy some forces withdrawn from the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson to reinforce its offensive operations near the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region.
The British Ministry of Defense has published daily information on the course of the war since the start of the Russian war on Ukraine at the end of February, citing intelligence information. By doing so, the British government wants to counter the Russian image and keep the Allies in line. Moscow accuses London of launching a targeted disinformation campaign. (with agencies)
In an interview, Reinhold Messner, 79, settled scores with his sons. Now the son of the mountaineering star is coming forward – and revealing new details.
Updated as of July 25, 2024 at 2:45 PM: Reinhold Messner caused a stir in an interview last weekend. The mountaineering legend described, among other things, the early inheritance of his sons as “one of my biggest mistakes”. The 79-year-old revealed that “the question of who got more was the main focus”. But now son Simon responds: “It’s unfortunate and sad.” Bavaria Radio His father’s accusations.
He himself greatly values the inheritance he received from his father: two mountain farms in Vinschgau in South Tyrol, and he always passed this on to his father. „That’s why I fundamentally don’t understand this accusation,” says Simon Messner. He sees no similarity between the inheritance and the break in the family, which happened gradually and had other causes, says Simon Messner. Father Reinhold did not want to comment further on this topic.
After inheritance dispute: Mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner 'on the brink’
First report dated July 21, 2024: Bolzano – Mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner turns 80 in September. But things don’t always go well for Messner, especially in his old age – he recently drew attention to himself with a thoughtful Instagram post in which he wrote: “I’m coming to the end.” Now the 79-year-old is talking about the circumstances in his family. In an interview with Pharmacy Journal Miser gives insight into his relationship with his children, which was strained by his decision to leave the majority of his assets to them in his will before his death.
Reinhold Messner talks about the biggest mistake of his life – the 79-year-old was 'on the edge of the abyss’
“One of my biggest mistakes was leaving them the majority of my assets in my will before I died,” Meisner says of his children. “They don’t understand that everything was a gift and don’t appreciate my generosity.” This is very disappointing to him, especially compared to his childhood, when there was nothing to bequeath but respect and gratitude.
Meisner explains to Pharmacy Journal “We were a big family, with many brothers and sisters, and we took care of our parents when they were old. For me, it was the opposite. The moment I distributed my material inheritance to my children and my wife, the family collapsed. The question of who got more was at the forefront and I was on the edge of the abyss when I was 75 years old.
Reinhold Messner
September 17, 1944
Brixen (South Tyrol)
Member of the European Parliament (1999-2004)
Climbing Mount Everest Without Oxygen
Asked if he would like to improve the relationship again, Meisner replies, “What parent wouldn’t want to?” He stresses that each person should find their own path rather than following in the footsteps of others: “Everyone should do it. Follow their own path, go their own way.”
’I’m Coming to the End’: Reinhold Messner’s Fans Worried
Recently, Messner caused concern among fans with his Instagram post: “I’ve reached the end, this is reality,” the mountaineering legend used the words to say. Messner’s post caused great concern among some fans.
“I leave with a clear conscience and the knowledge that I was a good person, did my best, was a loving father, a good friend, and a good brother,” Meisner continued in his post. “Now it’s time to live my last dreams and love the people who mean the most to me, but most importantly, gratitude.”
Many years after his climbing career ended, Messner remains one of the world’s most famous mountaineers. He was the first person ever to climb all eight-thousanders. However, in his native South Tyrol, a different Messner has been in the spotlight in recent months: his younger brother Hubert Messner, 71, a former pediatrician who also took part in numerous expeditions, recently became health minister for the northern Italian region.
Recently, there was also a fuss about the Guinness World Records being stripped of Reinhold Messner’s record. The mountaineer spoke of „conspiracy theories”.
’Symbolic’ Consequences – EU Moves Ministerial Meeting From Budapest to Brussels
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Hungary, led by Viktor Orban, has held the presidency of the Council of the European Union since July 1.
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There is still a lot of anger in Brussels about Viktor Orbán’s “peace mission”: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell wants to ban Budapest from the next meeting of foreign and defence ministers. But the shot could backfire.
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DrThe European Commission is drawing further conclusions from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s unilateral actions: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday that upcoming meetings of foreign and defence ministers will be held in Brussels – not in the Hungarian capital Budapest.
Borrell said after a ministerial meeting in Brussels that he had taken the decision after a majority of ministers spoke out against Hungary and wanted to impose „symbolic” consequences on the country. According to Borrell, 25 foreign ministers condemned Orban’s behaviour. The Hungarian received support only from Slovakia.
But Borrell has also been heavily criticised for his uncoordinated move to cancel the Budapest meeting. “Spain does not support a boycott in the EU,” Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said. Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel called the idea of a boycott “nonsense”. Bettel said he would rather go to Budapest and express his opinion to the Hungarians. Germany, France and the Netherlands have also voiced opposition to Borrell’s proposal.
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In Brussels, it cannot be ruled out that Borrell’s boycott campaign will ultimately backfire: several ministers are now said to be staying away from the Brussels meeting on 28-30 August in protest.
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Hungary has held the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union since the beginning of July. Immediately after that visit began, Orbán made a surprise visit to Ukraine, Russia and China on a self-proclaimed “peace mission.” He also met with US presidential candidate Donald Trump. His meetings have drawn criticism from EU member states.
The European Commission had already reached its first conclusions a week ago. A Council spokesman had said that no commissioners would be sent to informal meetings of the Hungarian Council Presidency, but only senior officials. The decision was taken by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. There will also be no customary inaugural visit by the Commission to the new Council Presidency.
After Biden’s withdrawal from the US election campaign, Vice President Harris appears to be the new Democratic nominee. The Trump camp and the Republicans have already adjusted their strategy.
While US President Joe Biden is widely respected by Democrats for his decision, the reaction from Republicans seems somewhat different.
The crowd began to boo when Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance, declared at a rally in Ohio: “Joe Biden is out of the race.” In his hometown of Middletown, the newly elected Vance has now thrown himself into the campaign.
That has changed dramatically for the Republican Party as a result of Biden’s withdrawal. So they are immediately adopting a new strategy and portraying the planned change of candidates as undemocratic.
Republicans make serious claims
Vance, for example, rails against the supposed Democratic elite who, in his view, were pulling the strings in the background: “Now to nominate someone else because George Soros and Barack Obama and a few elite Democrats decided behind closed doors to prioritize the Democrats.” Joe Biden is out “This is a threat to democracy. It’s not the Republican Party that fights for democracy every day.”
House Republican Leader Mike Johnson goes a step further. On CNN, he says that in some states you can’t just change the nominee. 14 million people voted for him in the primary — and Biden’s withdrawal now renders their votes invalid.
In the US states of Wisconsin, Georgia and Nevada, there are already regulations on how to conduct a candidate swap, but since Biden has not yet been formally nominated, it probably won’t help that Republicans go to court much.
The second strategy directly targets Biden’s likely successor, current Vice President Kamala Harris. Donald Trump, who is running for the White House as a Republican, has already made a pitch at a campaign event in Michigan..
Trump, who mispronounced her name, says he just calls her „Laughing Kamala.” „You can tell a lot from her amazing smile,” the 78-year-old said. „She’s crazy.”
But the attacks are not limited to the personal level: Trump and Republicans are also blaming Harris on the political level — for everything the Biden administration has done.
Just an hour after he announced he would not run for re-election, the first TV ads came out: Harris was accused of covering up Biden’s supposedly poor health.
The short ad reads: “Kamala knew Joe couldn’t do the job, so she did it.” What they achieved was an invasion of the border, soaring inflation, and the death of the American dream.
Attack Surface When It Comes to Immigration
The immigration issue in particular could make Harris vulnerable to Republicans. As vice president, President Biden has tasked her with immigration policy.
“She didn’t do her job,” Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said on Fox News. “Harris is a failure.” Abbott said Americans should reject her at the ballot box in November.
It remains unclear whether Kamala Harris will actually run as a Democrat. Republicans are certainly preparing for that.
