ISW:n katsauksensta (27.11.) nostoja:
1. A cyclone in the Black Sea and southern Ukraine caused infrastructure damage in many areas of coastal southern Russia and occupied Ukraine and is impacting the tempo of military operations along the frontline in Ukraine, but has notably not stopped military activity entirely.
2. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and several Russian milbloggers stated that Russia must maintain active operations in Ukraine and expressed worry over the prospect of further Western military support to Ukraine, though some milbloggers additionally expressed increased discontent with the perceived lack of articulated Russian war aims and stated Russia must clarify its war aims before discussing any pause or end to the war.
3. Ukrainian National Defense and Security Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov stated that the Kremlin has activated a network of sleeper agents in Ukraine in the past few months to destabilize Ukrainian society.
4. Russia’s attempt to artificially create a migrant crisis at the Finnish border appears to be failing due to Finnish authorities’ swift response
Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo stated on November 27 that the Finnish government will close the last border crossing with Russia “if necessary” and reported that the Finnish government is ready to take unspecified additional measures in response to Russia’s artificially generated migrant crisis.[20] Finland previously closed three checkpoints on the Finnish-Russian border on November 23, leaving only its northernmost border crossing open.[21] Several other Finnish government officials also signaled their support for closing the entire border with Russia.[22] A Russian insider source claimed that Russian Presidential Administration First Deputy Head Sergei Kiriyenko instructed Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) Head Vladimir Kolokoltsev to gather migrants from the Middle East, Africa, and other regions to send them to the Finnish border.[23] The insider source complained that Finnish border authorities stopped most migrants from crossing into Finland and that Russian authorities must now settle the migrants in Russia.[24]
5. The Kremlin appears to be shifting responsibility for potential future austerity measures onto Russian occupation heads and the heads of four select Russian republics.
6. The Kremlin may risk undermining Russian integration efforts in occupied territories and prompt discontent in federal subjects if it pursues significant austerity measures .
Koko katsaus löytyy täältä:
Hesarissa on myös juttua Venäjän Ukrainassa käyttämistä nukkuvista agenteista. Ei maksumuuria.
Nukkuvat agentit eivät yleensä toimi aktiivisesti rauhan aikana vaan heidät otetaan käyttöön kriisitilanteessa. Heidät voidaan esimerkiksi soluttaa julkishallinnon virkoihin sabotoimaan kohdemaan hallintoa.
Danilovin mukaan Venäjän nukkuvia agentteja toimii Ukrainan julkisissa laitoksissa. Hän sanoo haastattelussa agenttien muodostavan uhan ukrainalaisille turvallisuuspalveluille, mukaan lukien turvallisuuspalvelu SBU:lle.
Ukrainan presidentti kertoo, että Ukraina täyttää joulukuun puoliväliin mennessä korruption vastaiset vaatimukset.
Krimin kultaesineet palautettiin Kiovaan eikä Venäjän hallinnassa olevalle niemimaalle. Ei muuria.
Venäjä vaati esineitä takaisin Krimin museoihin. Ukraina taas vaati esineitä itselleen. Viime kesäkuussa Hollannin korkein oikeus päätti, että oikea omistaja on Ukrainan valtio.
Venäjän ja USA:n ulkoministerit eivät näe Etyj-kokouksessa. Ei muuria.
Rjabkov sanoi, että Yhdysvallat ”ei ole ehdottanut eikä tule ehdottamaan” tapaamista, joten sitä ei järjestetä.
Ukraina muuttaa kutsuntakäytäntöjään.
The Ukrainian government is planning to change its conscription practices as it seeks to sustain fighting capacity after nearly two years of full-fledged war with Russia.
The changes, expected to be announced this week, will include the use of commercial recruitment companies to carry out more targeted conscription and to reassure conscripts they will be deployed in roles that match their skills and not simply sent to the front, according to one senior official.
“Some people are scared, scared to die, scared to shoot, but it doesn’t mean they can’t be involved in other activities … Now we have a new minister with a new approach,” Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s security council, told the Guardian.
Venäjä hyökkää Avdijivkaan kahdesta uudesta suunnasta.
Barabash sanoi, että venäläiset hyökkäävät kaupunkiin joka puolelta. Venäjä on onnistunut etenemään alueella, vaikka on kärsinyt hyökkäyksessä mittavia tappioita.