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degenerates into denunciations of war crimes.

Kiev has stated this Saturday that it is investigating the authenticity of the recordings that

who had surrendered.

This episode coincides almost in time with the complaint by the Ombudsman of Ukraine, Dmitro Lubets, who has recorded and broadcast a video in what appears to be a torture room of the occupying forces already evicted from Kherson.

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17:12

Five NATO aircraft carriers support deployment in the Atlantic and Mediterranean

Five aircraft carriers, numerous warships and thousands of sailors from NATO member countries are participating in a naval deployment in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea during the month of November, the Atlantic Alliance said in a statement.

The carrier's activities will include

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In the Mediterranean,

escorted by Greek, American and Italian ships, left Toulon on November 15 to conduct deterrence patrols on NATO's eastern flank and counter-terrorism operations in the Middle East.

In the same region are the Italian aircraft carriers Cavour and

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In recent weeks, George HW Bush jets have carried out deterrence patrols over Lithuania and Poland, the Alliance said.

NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said the deployments demonstrate "our ability to project power across the Alliance and quickly bolster allies."

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16:51

The 'Victory Train', a symbol of Ukraine's resistance

The first train, dubbed '

, arrived in liberated Kherson this Saturday, while the city's infrastructures are restored and tickets are also sold for similar convoys to Mariupol, Donetsk and Crimea, in the hope that Russian-occupied territories are returned to Ukrainian control.

Some 200 passengers arrived in the city this morning for the first time since the link with the country's capital was cut by the Russian occupation

.

According to the public channel "Suspilne", they were received by inhabitants of the city at the railway station, one of the few places in Kherson where electricity, communication and water supplies have already been restored.

More details, in

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16:28

Ukraine rejects the temptation to negotiate with Russia despite the energy crisis

Ukraine has rejected this Saturday any temptation to negotiate with Russia despite the fact that

at the gates of the arrival of winter.

"Amoral compromises will bring more blood. A true and lasting peace can only be the result of the total dismantling of all elements of Russian aggression," said

, Ukrainian president, during his speech at a security forum in Canada.

Zelensky thus wanted to put an end to the rumors, which intensified during the G20 summit, in recent weeks about alleged US pressure for kyiv to agree to negotiate a settlement, now that the Ukrainian Army has the initiative.

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4:10 p.m.

Sunak offers Ukraine £50 million in air defense

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has offered to send

to Ukraine during his first visit to Kiev.

"It is humbling to be here today and have the opportunity to meet those who are doing so much and paying such a high price to defend the principles of sovereignty and democracy," the prime minister said in a note released by the cabinet of the.

According to Downing Street, the new defensive arsenal includes

, and radars, all of which are in addition to more than 1,000 new anti-aircraft missiles announced a few days ago by the Ministry. defense.

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15:49

Calviño claims before NATO the 'Iberian exception' as a tool against "Russia's blackmail"

The First Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation,

, has claimed before NATO the 'Iberian exception' as a tool to "not be subject to Russian blackmail".

This was expressed in his speech at the meeting of the Economy and Security Committee of the 68th Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly held in Madrid, in which he reiterated that

.

Likewise, he has applauded that Spain does not have the same dependence on Russian energy supply as countries like Germany and Italy, which he has attributed to

.

"This allows us to face Putin's blackmail with greater strength," she insisted.

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15:22

Ukraine says it is investigating the authenticity of videos of apparent executions of Russian soldiers

Ukraine's military said on Saturday that it was verifying the authenticity of

.

"Before starting an investigation, there must be a basis for this. We are in the process of establishing whether these videos are fake," General Staff spokesman Bogdan Senyk told AFP.

It added that these videos had been "handed over to specialists", noting that the posting of fake videos had "intensified recently".

"No one will be able to present the deliberate and methodical murder of more than ten Russian soldiers who were immobilized (...), with direct shots to the head, as a tragic exception," the Russian Defense Ministry stated.

In the first video, taken with a mobile phone, a group of men in military uniform are seen coming out one after the other with their hands up from a building in the courtyard of a house and lying face down on the ground, under the order at gunpoint by soldiers wearing a yellow armband.

At the moment when a last dark silhouette appears to the left, the video cuts off abruptly as an explosion sounds.

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15:06

Sunak visits Zelensky in Ukraine to express UK support

The British Prime Minister, the conservative

, met this Saturday in Kiev with the Ukrainian President,

, on his first trip to Ukraine since he took office on October 25.

In a video on his Twitter account, Sunak can be seen greeting political and military representatives after being received by Zelenski, with whom he later holds an interview sitting across from each other at a table.

"The United Kingdom knows what it means to fight for freedom. We are with you until the end,"

says a message in English and Ukrainian posted on the social network.

A spokesman for Downing Street, the official residence of the head of the London Government, has confirmed that Sunak has traveled to Kiev to express to Zelensky

for Ukraine.

Before Rishi Sunak, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson led the European response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, an endorsement that was maintained by his successor, Liz Truss, who lasted only 44 days in office.

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2:50 p.m.

Ukraine's Ombudsman shows Russian torture chamber in Kherson: "I've never seen it on this scale"

The Ombudsman, Dmitro Lubets, has denounced the torture of civilians in Kherson.

He has done so by broadcasting a video in which he appears in one of the places allegedly used to imprison and torture the civilian population.

," says Lubets in a recording posted on social networks.

According to his account, the Russians beat people with metal pipes, electrocuting them and killing them.

Lubets has reiterated his complaint by sharing the recording on Facebook.

He lists, citing testimonies of Ukrainians who suffered,

He also affirms that all these places had surveillance cameras and that there was a room where the adolescents were held.

"People say that some of the boys look like they are around 14 years old. And the cross, which I showed in the video, was made by a 19-year-old boy who was here."

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2:33 p.m.

Russia tries to deplete Ukraine's air defenses, says senior Pentagon official

Russia's increased missile attacks on Ukraine are designed in part to

over the country, a senior Pentagon official said Saturday.

Colin Kahl

, the Pentagon's top policy adviser, warns that "they are really trying to overwhelm and exhaust Ukrainian air defense systems," he told reporters during a trip to the Middle East.

"We know what the Russian theory of victory is, and we are committed to making sure that doesn't work by making sure the Ukrainians get what they need to keep their air defenses viable," he said.

"I think one of the things that probably surprised the Russians the most is how resilient Ukraine's air defenses have been since the start of this conflict

," Kahl added.

"In large part, that is due to the ingenuity and cunning of the Ukrainians themselves in keeping their air defense systems viable. But it is also because the United States and other allies and partners have provided an enormous amount of support," he explained. .

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2:11 p.m.

Spain sends electric generators to Ukraine

The Government of Spain has announced this Saturday the shipment of

, where the Russian attacks against energy infrastructures leave many Ukrainians without electricity and hot water to spend the winter.

"Yesterday (Friday) we sent a new package of 14 generators in view of this winter that is proving to be very harsh and very difficult in Ukraine," announced the head of Spanish diplomacy,

, in a few words on the sidelines of the Assembly NATO parliamentarian in Madrid.

The Ukrainian government had called for "additional support" from the EU on Friday, estimating that nearly half of the country's energy infrastructure has been knocked out by massive Russian attacks since early October.

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13:41

The Government reaffirms its commitment so that peace reaches Ukraine as soon as possible

The Government has assured this Saturday in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly that it will continue to do everything in its power so that peace returns to

as soon as possible and ceases this "war of aggression" against the country.

This was stated by the four ministers (Foreign, Presidency, Economy and Defense) who have participated today in the meetings of the 68th annual session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, which is held in Madrid and brings together 269 parliamentarians from 30 member countries and a hundred associated countries and eight observer delegations.

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1:20 p.m.

Russia describes Poland's decision to deny entry to its foreign minister as "provocation"

Russian diplomacy has denounced as "provocative" Poland's decision to deny Russian Foreign Minister

entry into its territory for an OSCE ministerial meeting, to be held in early December.

Read the complete information here.

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12:10

The cold will cause up to three million Ukrainians to leave the country and seek refuge in the EU

Up to three million Ukrainians are going to try to leave the country before the arrival of the harsh winter, according to experts, and everything points to the fact that the European Union (EU) will have to give a response similar to the one it offered at the beginning. of the Russian aggression against

, with the massive reception of families fleeing the fighting.

This was the opinion of the specialists who participated in a dialogue at Servimedia, in which numbers 146 and 147 of the magazine 'Tiempo de Paz' were presented and the conflict in

that began on February 24 was addressed.

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11:20

A Russian attack in Zaporizhia leaves one dead and 123 homes without heating

The Russian missile attack last night in the city of

has claimed at least one life and caused damage to industrial infrastructure, in addition to leaving more than 120 homes without heating.

"According to preliminary information, the Russian beasts that bombed our Zaporizhia yesterday took the life of a civilian," the city secretary of that city and acting mayor, Anatoly Kurtev, wrote on Telegram, quoted by Ukrainian agencies.

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10:31

The first train from kyiv since the start of the war in Ukraine arrives in Kherson

The first train from Kiev since the start of the war arrived this morning in Kherson, which had been occupied since early March by Russian troops until the recent withdrawal from this southern

city .

"The first train from Kiev has arrived in Kherson since the beginning of the large-scale invasion by

," reads the brief message on Facebook, accompanied by a video, from the Kherson city council and collected by the Ukrinform agency.

A member of the Kherson regional council, Serhiy Jlan, reported yesterday that the first train would leave the capital at 10:14 p.m. that day and arrive in Kherson around 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.

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10:04

UK accuses Iran of 'spreading bloodshed' from the Middle East to Ukraine

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly accused Iran on Saturday of "spreading bloodshed" from the Middle East to

, vowing to work with allies to counter the threat from Tehran.

Kiev and its Western allies have accused Iran of supplying drones that they say were used by Moscow to attack

in recent weeks.

Iran admitted that it delivered drones to

, but specified that they were delivered before the invasion.

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9:40

NATO warns that Russian fighters fly "dangerously" over Alliance ships

NATO has warned that Russian fighters flew over Alliance ships in the Baltic Sea on Thursday, in a "dangerous and unprofessional" manner.

The Russian planes approached the ships at an altitude of 300 feet (91 meters) and a distance of 80 yards (73 meters) without their pilots responding to communications, the Atlantic Alliance said in a statement.

"On the morning of November 17, two Russian warplanes unsafely and unprofessionally approached Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1), which was conducting routine operations in the Baltic Sea," the statement explained.

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9:11

Zelenski rules out a "short truce" with Russia

President

Volodimir Zelensky on Friday dismissed the idea of ​​a "short truce" with

, saying it would only make things worse.

"

is now looking for a short truce, a breather to regain strength. Someone can call this the end of the war, but that breather will only make the situation worse," said the Ukrainian president in statements broadcast at the Halifax International Security Forum , Canada.

"A genuine, lasting and honest peace can only be the result of a complete termination of Russian aggression," Zelensky said.

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8:21

Hundreds missing in Kherson in a "premeditated" Russian campaign in Ukraine

Cientos de ucranianos fueron detenidos y desaparecieron forzosamente en Jersón después de que Rusia tomara la provincia, evidenciando una campaña "premeditada", dijo el viernes un grupo de la Universidad de Yale que investiga los crímenes de guerra.

El Observatorio de Conflictos, un grupo de investigación dependiente de la Escuela de Salud Pública de la Universidad de Yale, dijo que había documentado 226 detenciones extrajudiciales y desapariciones forzadas en Jersón.

Alrededor de una cuarta parte de ese número fueron supuestamente sometidos a tortura y cuatro murieron bajo custodia.

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7:50

Zaporiyia sufre otro ataque con misiles y hay posibles atrapados entre los escombros

La ciudad de Zaporiyia ha sufrido a última hora de la noche del viernes un ataque con misiles que han dañado al menos una infraestructura industrial, entre cuyos escombros puede haber personas atrapadas, según el alcalde de la ciudad, Anatoly Kurtev

"Los terroristas cínicos de Putin una vez más atacaron vilmente a Zaporiyia por la noche. Los misiles enemigos alcanzaron una de las instalaciones de infraestructura. Se produjo un incendio como resultado del ataque enemigo", ha publicado en Telegram.

Estas personas que podrían estar atrapadas serían empleados que se encontraban trabajando en el momento del ataque.

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7:30

Bombardeos rusos dañaron cerca de la mitad de la red energética ucraniana

Los bombardeos rusos dañaron "casi la mitad" de la red energética ucraniana desde octubre y dejaron sin luz a millones de personas al llegar el invierno, dijeron autoridades en Kiev.

"Casi la mitad de nuestro sistema energético quedó fuera de servicio", declaró este viernes el primer ministro ucraniano, Denys Chmygal, en una conferencia de prensa en Kiev junto al vicepresidente de la Comisión Europea, Valdis Dombrovskis.

Para enfrentar esta situación, Chmygal pidió "un apoyo adicional" de la Unión Europea (UE) para "la compra de volúmenes adicionales de gas".

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7:15

La cumbre del APEC concluye con una condena de la mayoría a guerra en Ucrania

Los líderes de las 21 economías del Foro de Cooperación Económica Asia-Pacífico, que incluye a Rusia, concluyeron este sábado su cumbre en Bangkok con un comunicado conjunto que menciona la guerra en Ucrania y sus efectos.

El texto consensuado refleja que "la mayoría" de los miembros "condenan" la "agresión" rusa contra Ucrania y destaca que el conflicto causa un "inmenso sufrimiento humano y exacerba las fragilidades existentes en la economía mundial", al tiempo que demanda la "retirada incondicional" de las tropas rusas del territorio ucraniano.

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7:00

Nueva Zelanda pide a Xi que use su influencia con Rusia y Corea del Norte

La primera ministra neozelandesa, Jacinda Ardern, pidió el sábado al presidente chino, Xi Jinping, que use su influencia para ayudar a solventar crisis como la invasión rusa de Ucrania o la amenaza por los lanzamientos de misiles de Corea del Norte.

Ardern y Xi se reunieron anoche en Bangkok poco después de que Corea del Norte lanzara un misil balístivo intercontinental mientras 21 economías del Foro Económico de Asia-Pacífico (APEC, en sus siglas en inglés) celebran una cumbre en la capital tailandesa.

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6:45

Los rusos minaron camas en jardines de infancia de Járkov

Russian soldiers even planted mines in the beds of

kindergartens before their withdrawal and abandonment of the capital of that region, as denounced by the governor of the province, Oleg Sinegubov.

"The occupants are using the most modern means and military weapons that are not detected by metal detectors," the regional authority published this Friday on Telegram to underline the dangerousness of the situation.

The Ukrainian Interior Ministry has considered the

area "the region most full of explosive objects", since sappers deactivate between 200 and 1,000 a day, according to a report published in local media.

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