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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 20.11 Ukraine MOD 20 Nov 2022
• Explosions Shake Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant VOA 20 Nov 2022 -- Powerful explosions shook the area around Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Saturday and again Sunday morning, with the U.N.'s atomic energy chief calling the fighting between Russia and Ukraine in the region "extremely disturbing."
• UK: Russian General Likely Responsible for Good Withdrawal From Ukraine's Kherson VOA 20 Nov 2022 -- Britain's Defense Ministry said in its daily intelligence update Sunday that Russia's recent withdrawal from Kherson "was conducted in relatively good order" and its success "is likely partially due to a more effective, single operational command under General Sergei Surovikin."
• Lloyd Austin blames Putin for Ukraine's missile hit in Poland Press TV 20 Nov 2022 -- US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has blamed Russian President Vladimir Putting for the deadly missile strike in Poland that was fired by Ukrainian forces, claiming the strike was the fallout of Putin's "war of choice" against Kiev.

Ukraine

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 20.11 Ukraine MOD 20 Nov 2022
• Explosions Shake Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant VOA 20 Nov 2022 -- Powerful explosions shook the area around Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Saturday and again Sunday morning, with the U.N.'s atomic energy chief calling the fighting between Russia and Ukraine in the region "extremely disturbing."
• UK: Russian General Likely Responsible for Good Withdrawal From Ukraine's Kherson VOA 20 Nov 2022 -- Britain's Defense Ministry said in its daily intelligence update Sunday that Russia's recent withdrawal from Kherson "was conducted in relatively good order" and its success "is likely partially due to a more effective, single operational command under General Sergei Surovikin."

Russia

• Ukrainian Troops Shell Zaporozhye NPP, Damaging Strategic Facilities: Rosenergoatom Sputnik 20 Nov 2022 -- Ukrainian troops subjected the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (NPP) to massive artillery shelling, damaging strategic facilities, an adviser to the head of Rosenergoatom, a subsidiary of Russian state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, told Sputnik on Sunday.
• Iran Reportedly To Help Russia Produce Drones For Ukraine War RFE/RL 20 Nov 2022 -- Moscow and Tehran have reportedly inked a deal that would allow Russia to produce Iranian-designed drones to be used on the battlefield in Ukraine.

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• Update 129 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 20 Nov 2022 -- Repeated shelling at the site of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) yesterday evening and this morning damaged buildings, systems and equipment, with some of the explosions occurring near the reactors, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.
• Update 128 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 20 Nov 2022 -- Powerful explosions shook the area of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) yesterday evening and again this morning, abruptly ending a period of relative calm at the facility and further underlining the urgent need for measures to help prevent a nuclear accident there, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.
• Overnight blasts near Ukraine nuclear plant are 'playing with fire!' - UN nuclear chief UN News 20 Nov 2022 -- Powerful explosions shook the area of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), "abruptly ending a period of relative calm" at the facility, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency said on Sunday.
• Kiev, Moscow trade blame over nuclear plant shelling, IAEA chief warns of 'playing with fire' Press TV 20 Nov 2022 -- The Russian Defense Ministry's spokesman says the Ukrainian military has shelled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power in the country's volatile south as part of Kiev's continued provocations.
• UN Condemns Attack On Russian-Controlled Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Plant As Moscow, Kyiv Trade Blame RFE/RL 20 Nov 2022 -- The UN's nuclear watchdog has condemned attacks on the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine, as Moscow and Kyiv traded blame.

Foreign Reactions

• US, Canada vow 'long-term' military aid to Ukraine Press TV 20 Nov 2022 -- Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin has met with his Canadian counterpart Anita Anand in Halifax, Canada and vowed to provide more military assistance to Ukraine, according to a readout provided by Pentagon press secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder.
• France Looking Into Political Solution to Ukrainian Conflict, Defense Minister Says Sputnik 20 Nov 2022 -- France, together with allies, is exploring ways of a political solution to the conflict in Ukraine, Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said.
• Prime Ministers of Finland and Poland discussed topical security matters Finnish Government 20 Nov 2022 -- In Helsinki today, Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki and Prime Minister Sanna Marin discussed Russia's war of aggression, support for Ukraine, ways to hold Russia more accountable for the war and its consequences, Finland's future membership of NATO, and topical EU matters, such as the economy.

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