Moscow Kills 25 in Ternopil while Hogtying Washington’s Plans
Russian Murder in Ternopil from Maria Avdeeva's X post.
Moscow has Washington over the barrel again with its 1,350-day war
against Ukraine while the countries of the free world are too few to do anything
concrete about. Consequently Russia continues to promote its imperial issues and
kill innocent Ukrainian civilians while the United States can’t get traction on
finding a solution.
This morning Russia again fulfilled its imperial pledge by launching a massive airborne attack against Ukrainian cities and towns across the country, scoring a direct hit on an apartment high-rise in Ternopil that killed some 25 unarmed citizens before they had awoken. According to eyewitness accounts in this city that is 120 kilometers from the Polish border, many of the victims were quite literally burned to death before they managed to escape the conflagration. The large Russian drone and missile barrage on Ternopil also claimed the lives of three children.
Today’s brutal Russian attacks are further evidence that as it has out rightly said many times before Moscow doesn’t want peace, it doesn’t want to end the war, and it doesn’t want to stop threatening countries to the west of Ukraine. All Russian leaders in the Kremlin, from Putin down, have repeated this vow, which conforms to its imperial manifest destiny of destroying as many Ukrainians as it can, enslaving the survivors and capturing the entire country. The Russian despots have repeatedly declared that they despite discussions with President Donald Trump and others they will not agree to peace until they have fulfilled their mission. It’s in the public record. Why doesn’t Trump believe it?
Most recently, they facetiously said Russian will continue its war against Ukraine until its objectives are met. Russian officials warned that negotiations for Kyiv could become more difficult if the conflict continues. Moscow has said it is open to political and diplomatic solutions but pointed the blame on Ukrainian leaders for pausing peace talks.
Overnight, Russia fired 476 strike and decoy drones, as well as 48 missiles of various types, at Ukrainian targets, Ukraine’s Air Force said. The bombardment included 47 cruise missiles, with air defenses intercepting all but six of them, the air force said. Western-supplied F-16 and Mirage-2000 jets intercepted at least 10 cruise missiles, it said.
President Zelenskyy of Ukraine said on Telegram: “Every brazen attack against ordinary life indicates that the pressure on Russia (to stop the war) is insufficient.” Earlier Zelenskyy called the attacks this week as “wicked” since they have also focused on destroying Ukraine’s energy infrastructure ahead of winter. The current temperature in Ternopil is 31F and in Kyiv – 32F.
Russia also unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Kyiv early Friday, November 14, killing six people, leaving gaping holes in apartment buildings and starting fires as the sound of explosions boomed across the city and lit up the night sky. A pregnant woman was among at least 35 people wounded, Ukrainian authorities said.
Ternopil, a city closer to the Polish border than the capital Kyiv, has rarely faced attacks since the full-scale invasion. Social media footage of this strike shows missiles shooting across the sky towards the city, though very little sign of air defenses reacting from the ground.
The devastation caused by the Russian strikes on Ternopil soon became clear. A video shared by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy showed one of the blocks of flats had completely caved in. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said it had been destroyed between the third and ninth floors. Apparently they targeted a former military installation that was subordinated during the evil empire to Moscow.
Two Eurofighter Typhoon jets and two F-16s were scrambled in Romania when a drone entered the NATO member’s airspace during the Russian attacks, Romania’s Ministry of National Defense said. The Polish military said that Polish and allied aircraft were deployed in the middle of the night as a preventive measure. Poland’s Rzeszów and Lublin airports were closed temporarily to prioritize military aviation, the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency said. Russia’s aggressive actions disrupt lives across Eastern Europe.
In northeastern Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, Russian droned injured 48 people, including two girls, the head of the regional military administration, Oleh Syniehubov, wrote on Telegram. Drones hit several city districts, at least 16 residential buildings, an ambulance station, school and other civilian infrastructure, he said.
According to preliminary information, Russian forces launched 19 drones at the Slobidskyi, Osnovianskyi and Nemyslianskyi districts after midnight, Oleh Syniehubov said, adding that six of the wounded had been hospitalized.
Syniehubov said 48 people, including three children, were evacuated from the smoke-filled stairwell of a multi-story building and that at least 10 civilian cars, a nearby residential house, garages, an office roof and a supermarket were damaged.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said that a drone also struck near a medical facility, injuring a doctor and damaging the building and nearby cars.
Meanwhile, the White House and Moscow have been secretly working on a proposal to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, Axios reported on November 18, citing U.S. and Russian officials. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian Envoy Kirill Dmitriev have extensively discussed the 28-point peace plan, an unnamed U.S. official said. Dmitriev described the secretive peace deal optimistically, saying that, unlike in the past, “We feel the Russian position is really being heard.”
Russia has repeatedly issued unachievable anti-Ukrainian maximalist demands to Kyiv in previous direct peace talks, including that Ukraine give up its NATO aspirations, demilitarize, and cede territory that Kyiv controls. The secretive peace deal reportedly focuses on peace in Ukraine, security in Europe, security guarantees, and U.S. relations with Kyiv and Moscow in the future. Dmitriev met with Witkoff and other senior members of the White House administration in Miami from Oct. 24-26, the Russian official told Axios.
Secret talks as well as public talks without Ukraine’s participation do not bode well for Ukraine. Both participants do not have Ukraine’s interests at heart. Washington wants peace, Russia wants dominance while Ukraine wants a fair peace that guarantees its independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity without Russian boots on its black soil.
Polish officials believe Russia’s belligerence means it has started to prepare for war with Poland, the country’s military chief has said, in comments that echo warnings by European leaders about Moscow's intentions post-Ukraine.
General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Wiesław Kukuła, made the remarks to Polish media as his country’s authorities investigate explosions on the country’s railway lines discovered on Sunday.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk had said there was an “unprecedented act of sabotage” and while Warsaw has not blamed Moscow directly, it has previously accused Russia of numerous hybrid acts of hostility.
Aurélien Colson, academic co-director of the ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business, told Newsweek that the damage to the railway line sent a warning that hostile actors can hit Europe’s critical infrastructure inside NATO territory.
Across Ukraine, at least six people have been killed and 28 others injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over the past day, local authorities reported on Nov. 17.
Overnight Russia attacked Ukraine with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles, 128 Shahed-type attack drones and decoys, according to the Air Force. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 91 drones.
In Kherson Oblast, Russian attacks killed one person, injured 11 over the past day, Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin reported.
Russia also attacked energy infrastructure in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Odesa, and Donetsk oblasts, Ukraine's Energy Ministry said on Nov. 17.
The White House cannot continue to rely on endless and unresolvable negotiations to save Ukraine and Europe from Russian aggression. Every invitation to talk is a signal to Moscow to bomb Ukraine. President Trump must publically recognize Moscow’s goal of Ukraine’s subjugation as a Russian captive nation. Once he admits that to himself and the American people, then Trump can begin to end the war and occupation of Ukraine. That is the only acceptable conclusion for Ukrainians in Ukraine and Ukrainian American voters.
This morning Russia again fulfilled its imperial pledge by launching a massive airborne attack against Ukrainian cities and towns across the country, scoring a direct hit on an apartment high-rise in Ternopil that killed some 25 unarmed citizens before they had awoken. According to eyewitness accounts in this city that is 120 kilometers from the Polish border, many of the victims were quite literally burned to death before they managed to escape the conflagration. The large Russian drone and missile barrage on Ternopil also claimed the lives of three children.
Today’s brutal Russian attacks are further evidence that as it has out rightly said many times before Moscow doesn’t want peace, it doesn’t want to end the war, and it doesn’t want to stop threatening countries to the west of Ukraine. All Russian leaders in the Kremlin, from Putin down, have repeated this vow, which conforms to its imperial manifest destiny of destroying as many Ukrainians as it can, enslaving the survivors and capturing the entire country. The Russian despots have repeatedly declared that they despite discussions with President Donald Trump and others they will not agree to peace until they have fulfilled their mission. It’s in the public record. Why doesn’t Trump believe it?
Most recently, they facetiously said Russian will continue its war against Ukraine until its objectives are met. Russian officials warned that negotiations for Kyiv could become more difficult if the conflict continues. Moscow has said it is open to political and diplomatic solutions but pointed the blame on Ukrainian leaders for pausing peace talks.
Overnight, Russia fired 476 strike and decoy drones, as well as 48 missiles of various types, at Ukrainian targets, Ukraine’s Air Force said. The bombardment included 47 cruise missiles, with air defenses intercepting all but six of them, the air force said. Western-supplied F-16 and Mirage-2000 jets intercepted at least 10 cruise missiles, it said.
President Zelenskyy of Ukraine said on Telegram: “Every brazen attack against ordinary life indicates that the pressure on Russia (to stop the war) is insufficient.” Earlier Zelenskyy called the attacks this week as “wicked” since they have also focused on destroying Ukraine’s energy infrastructure ahead of winter. The current temperature in Ternopil is 31F and in Kyiv – 32F.
Russia also unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Kyiv early Friday, November 14, killing six people, leaving gaping holes in apartment buildings and starting fires as the sound of explosions boomed across the city and lit up the night sky. A pregnant woman was among at least 35 people wounded, Ukrainian authorities said.
Ternopil, a city closer to the Polish border than the capital Kyiv, has rarely faced attacks since the full-scale invasion. Social media footage of this strike shows missiles shooting across the sky towards the city, though very little sign of air defenses reacting from the ground.
The devastation caused by the Russian strikes on Ternopil soon became clear. A video shared by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy showed one of the blocks of flats had completely caved in. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said it had been destroyed between the third and ninth floors. Apparently they targeted a former military installation that was subordinated during the evil empire to Moscow.
Two Eurofighter Typhoon jets and two F-16s were scrambled in Romania when a drone entered the NATO member’s airspace during the Russian attacks, Romania’s Ministry of National Defense said. The Polish military said that Polish and allied aircraft were deployed in the middle of the night as a preventive measure. Poland’s Rzeszów and Lublin airports were closed temporarily to prioritize military aviation, the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency said. Russia’s aggressive actions disrupt lives across Eastern Europe.
In northeastern Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, Russian droned injured 48 people, including two girls, the head of the regional military administration, Oleh Syniehubov, wrote on Telegram. Drones hit several city districts, at least 16 residential buildings, an ambulance station, school and other civilian infrastructure, he said.
According to preliminary information, Russian forces launched 19 drones at the Slobidskyi, Osnovianskyi and Nemyslianskyi districts after midnight, Oleh Syniehubov said, adding that six of the wounded had been hospitalized.
Syniehubov said 48 people, including three children, were evacuated from the smoke-filled stairwell of a multi-story building and that at least 10 civilian cars, a nearby residential house, garages, an office roof and a supermarket were damaged.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said that a drone also struck near a medical facility, injuring a doctor and damaging the building and nearby cars.
Meanwhile, the White House and Moscow have been secretly working on a proposal to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, Axios reported on November 18, citing U.S. and Russian officials. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian Envoy Kirill Dmitriev have extensively discussed the 28-point peace plan, an unnamed U.S. official said. Dmitriev described the secretive peace deal optimistically, saying that, unlike in the past, “We feel the Russian position is really being heard.”
Russia has repeatedly issued unachievable anti-Ukrainian maximalist demands to Kyiv in previous direct peace talks, including that Ukraine give up its NATO aspirations, demilitarize, and cede territory that Kyiv controls. The secretive peace deal reportedly focuses on peace in Ukraine, security in Europe, security guarantees, and U.S. relations with Kyiv and Moscow in the future. Dmitriev met with Witkoff and other senior members of the White House administration in Miami from Oct. 24-26, the Russian official told Axios.
Secret talks as well as public talks without Ukraine’s participation do not bode well for Ukraine. Both participants do not have Ukraine’s interests at heart. Washington wants peace, Russia wants dominance while Ukraine wants a fair peace that guarantees its independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity without Russian boots on its black soil.
Polish officials believe Russia’s belligerence means it has started to prepare for war with Poland, the country’s military chief has said, in comments that echo warnings by European leaders about Moscow's intentions post-Ukraine.
General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Wiesław Kukuła, made the remarks to Polish media as his country’s authorities investigate explosions on the country’s railway lines discovered on Sunday.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk had said there was an “unprecedented act of sabotage” and while Warsaw has not blamed Moscow directly, it has previously accused Russia of numerous hybrid acts of hostility.
Aurélien Colson, academic co-director of the ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business, told Newsweek that the damage to the railway line sent a warning that hostile actors can hit Europe’s critical infrastructure inside NATO territory.
Across Ukraine, at least six people have been killed and 28 others injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over the past day, local authorities reported on Nov. 17.
Overnight Russia attacked Ukraine with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles, 128 Shahed-type attack drones and decoys, according to the Air Force. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 91 drones.
In Kherson Oblast, Russian attacks killed one person, injured 11 over the past day, Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin reported.
Russia also attacked energy infrastructure in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Odesa, and Donetsk oblasts, Ukraine's Energy Ministry said on Nov. 17.
The White House cannot continue to rely on endless and unresolvable negotiations to save Ukraine and Europe from Russian aggression. Every invitation to talk is a signal to Moscow to bomb Ukraine. President Trump must publically recognize Moscow’s goal of Ukraine’s subjugation as a Russian captive nation. Once he admits that to himself and the American people, then Trump can begin to end the war and occupation of Ukraine. That is the only acceptable conclusion for Ukrainians in Ukraine and Ukrainian American voters.
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