Live news: Russia under pressure in Ukraine, says NATO chief

• Russia to announce several initiatives at G20 summit

  Russia is expected to announce several initiatives related to gas cooperation with Turkey and grain exports Group of 20 (G20) summit in Indonesia next week, the Russian foreign ministry said.

  “A number of specific initiatives are planned, including increasing gas cooperation with Turkey, (and) organising large shipments of grain and fertilisers,” it said in a statement.

  President Vladimir Putin, whose attendance is still unclear, with reports saying he will not attend but might join virtually, proposed creating a “gas hub” in Turkey, where shipments of Russian gas could be sold to the European market.

  The ministry hopes the summit would contribute to establishing a “multipolar” world, which Putin often uses to criticise what he argues is Western dominance in global affairs.

  While Russia’s presence at the G20 meeting has drawn criticism from Western countries, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will attend the summit on behalf of Russia.

  

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• Kherson withdrawal is ‘another victory for Ukraine’: NATO Secretary

  NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says he was waiting to see how Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson plays out, but if confirmed, it would be “another victory for Ukraine”.

  “We have to see how the situation on the ground develops in the coming days. But what is clear is that Russia is under heavy pressure and if they leave Kherson, it would be another victory for Ukraine,” he said after talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome.

  

• Ukrainian forces retake 12 settlements towards Kherson

  Ukrainian forces have advanced seven km (4.3 miles) in two directions in the south and captured 12 new settlements in the last 24 hours, Ukrainian army chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi said.

  “We can’t yet confirm or deny the information of the so-called withdrawal of Russian occupation troops from Kherson. We continue to conduct the offensive operation in line with our plan,” he wrote in a post on Telegram.

  Zaluzhnyi said Ukrainian forces had advanced in the direction from Pervomaiske towards Kherson and Petropavlivka towards Novoraysk, roughly parallel with the Dnipro River.

• The EC proposes cyber and arms plans

  The European Commission (EC) proposed two action plans to address the “deteriorating security environment” following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, to increase cyber defence and allow armed forces to move faster across borders.

  The European Union’s executive said, “Cyberspace has no borders.”

  “Recent cyber-attacks on energy networks, transport infrastructure and space assets show the risks that they pose to both civilian and military actors.”

  This called for more action to protect citizens, armed forces, and the EU’s civilian and military missions and operations against cyber threats.

• Sweden to continue discussions with Turkey over NATO bid

  Sweden will continue its discussions with Turkey over its application to join the NATO alliance, Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said.

  “I think the discussions are continuing in a very positive way,” Billstrom told reporters in Berlin after meeting his German counterpart.

  Billstrom said discussions would continue on all levels and that he would go to Ankara shortly, while conversations between authorities in Sweden, Turkey and Finland would continue simultaneously.

• Ukrainian troops claim to recapture Snihurivka

  Ukrainian troops claimed to have recaptured the town of Snihurivka in the southern Mykolaiv region from Russian forces, according to video footage published on social media and by Ukrainian national television.

  “Today, on November 10, Snihurivka was liberated by the forces of the 131st Separate Intelligence Battalion. Glory to Ukraine!” a soldier shouted as civilians clapped and cheered.

  Vitaliy Kim, governor of the neighbouring region of Mykolaiv, said: “We’ll wait for official information from the Armed Forces. From myself, I can say that as of now, authorities of that district are already, let’s say, close. Let’s not lay our cards open. We are preparing humanitarian aid, trucks with food, starlinks.”

  Al Jazeera could not independently verify the video.

• Russia summons Latvian ambassador over monuments

  Russia’s foreign ministry says that it has summoned the Latvian ambassador over what it said was the demolition of Soviet-era monuments.

  “A strong protest was issued to the head of the Latvian diplomatic mission in connection with the ongoing policy of state vandalism in Latvia to dismantle Soviet memorials,” the foreign ministry said.

  In August, Latvia took down a Soviet-era monument in its capital city Riga, despite protests from the Baltic state’s ethnic Russian minority to keep it.

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• Russia wants Kherson be a ‘city of death’, says Ukrainian adviser

  After Russia announced a retreat from Kherson on Wednesday, a Ukrainian adviser says Russia wants to turn Kherson into a “city of death” and accused Moscow of looting apartments and planning to attack the city from the other side of the Dnieper River.

  The adviser to Zelenskyy, Mykhailo Podolyak, said on Twitter, “RF [Russian Federation] wants to turn Kherson into a “city of death”. Ru-military mines everything they can: apartments, sewers. Artillery on the left bank plans to turn the city into ruins.

  “This is what “Russian world” looks like: came, robbed, celebrated, killed “witnesses”, left ruins and left.”

  RF wants to turn Kherson into a “city of death”. Ru-military mines everything they can: apartments, sewers. Artillery on the left bank plans to turn the city into ruins. This is what “Russian world” looks like: came, robbed, celebrated, killed “witnesses”, left ruins and left.

  — Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) November 10, 2022

• British government froze $20.5bn worth of Russian assets

  The British government says it has frozen assets worth 18 billion pounds ($20.5bn) held by Russian oligarchs, other individuals and entities sanctioned for the invasion of Ukraine.

  The frozen Russian assets were worth 6 billion pounds ($6.8bn), more than the amount reported across all other British sanctions regimes.

  Andrew Griffith, a junior government minister in the Treasury, said, “We have imposed the most severe sanctions ever on Russia and it is crippling their war machine.”

  “Our message is clear: we will not allow Putin to succeed in this brutal war.”

Source: Al Jazeera and news agencies