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17.11.2022 13:40 Ukraine's Khmelnytskyy Nuclear Power Plant lost all access to the electricity grid yesterday due to military attacks in the country, forcing it to temporarily rely on diesel generators for back-up power, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency said today, citing information he had received from Ukrainian authorities.

17.11.2022 13:40 Some of the most intense bombardments in the war in Ukraine have occurred in recent days, UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council on Wednesday, warning against the risk of escalation and spillover into other countries.

17.11.2022 13:40 At today's virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group , Defence Minister Anita Anand announced details of Canada's latest tranche of military support for Ukraine.

17.11.2022 13:40 The Government is moving ahead on a winter package to Ukraine. The package is the largest to date and includes military and humanitarian support and support for rehabilitation of critical infrastructure.

17.11.2022 13:40 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he believes an agreement allowing for Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea will remain in place beyond its Saturday expiration.

17.11.2022 13:40 Without urgent investment in climate mitigation and adaptation, countries in the Sahel risk decades of armed conflict and displacement, exacerbated by rising temperatures, scarcity of resources and food insecurity, the UN has warned in a report published on Wednesday.

17.11.2022 13:40 Without urgent investment in climate mitigation and adaptation, countries in the Sahel risk decades of armed conflict and displacement exacerbated by rising temperatures, resource scarcity and food insecurity, the UN Special Coordinator for Development in the Sahel and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned today.

17.11.2022 13:40 The security situation in the Sahel continues to deteriorate, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, explaining that indiscriminate terrorist violence "means thousands of innocent civilians are suffering, and millions of others are forced to leave their homes".

17.11.2022 13:40 U.S., Polish and NATO officials all agreed Wednesday that an explosion in eastern Poland that killed two people was likely caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile.

17.11.2022 13:40 The blast in NATO member Poland that killed two people did not appear to be intentional and was likely caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile, the head of the alliance and Poland said on November 16.

17.11.2022 13:40 Ukrainian authorities have voiced doubts that a missile that fell in Poland on November 15 came from Ukrainian air defense forces.

17.11.2022 13:40 Gro Jære, Director General of the Norwegian Defence Material Agency , signed an agreement today with the US Government worth approximately NOK five billion regarding the acquisition of AMRAAM-D air-to-air missiles to equip the F-35s of the Norwegian Air Force.

17.11.2022 13:40 Today, representatives from EU Member States met in Brussels for the fourth and final Annual Review Conference on the Civilian Common Security and Defence Compact, four years after its adoption in 2018.

17.11.2022 13:40 The Philippine military said Wednesday it had concluded live-fire training in Palawan, on the frontline of the country's territorial dispute with Beijing over the South China Sea, days before U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is due to visit the island.

17.11.2022 13:40 The presidential envoy called out the US and NATO for interfering with the new Afghan government's efforts to wage a "war on drugs".