The Russian invasion

Russian invasion Mindaugas Kulbis / AP 

 

The outside world's response 

 

The EU cannot give seized Russian billions to Ukraine The EU does not have the ability to confiscate the tens of billions of euros in assets that member states seized from the Russian central bank, officials told the Wall Street Journal. The reason is the principle of state immunity and the Commission instead calls on the countries to place the capital in a fund where the profits can be given to Ukraine. 

 

 In early November, Bloomberg reported that the Union is investigating the possibility of taking the money and using it to finance the reconstruction of war-torn Ukraine. 

 

Russian soldiers AP 

 

The Battles Report: Several signs of new Russian mobilization wave 

 

Russian forces continue to have major problems rooted in outdated equipment and a lack of soldiers. At the same time, more and more Russian government actions indicate that the country is preparing a second mobilization wave, writes the think tank Institute for the Study of War in its latest report. 

 

For example, a recruitment office in the city of Kirov sent out a request to employees of a local company to "clarify their military credentials" by the end of the year at the latest. 

 

In addition, men who have been ordered by military registration and enlistment offices to update their information are now said to have been banned from leaving the country

 

 

Ursula von der Leyen/Destroyed building in Ukraine. TT 

 

The EU wants a special court for the war in Ukraine

 

The EU wants to set up a special court, with the support of the UN, to investigate and prosecute possible war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine. That's what European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says, according to several media outlets. 

 

Ukraine has long pushed for a special court to be established to try Russian military and political leaders for invading Ukraine. 

 

The International Criminal Court (ICC) launched its own investigation into possible human rights violations and war crimes days after the February 24 invasion. But the ICC does not have the authority to prosecute Russia's crimes of aggression in Ukraine.

The Russian InvasionThe Battles Bogdan, 26, hunts Iranian drones: "Like in Star wars"  

 

Ukraine has established several units whose main task is to locate and shoot down the Iranian drones that Russia uses, writes the Washington Post in a report. 

 

According to the newspaper, there are tens of "drone hunter" units in the city of Mikolajiv consisting of, among other things, the military and the police. When the Russians initially used the drones, it was done at all hours of the day, but since Ukraine shot them down relatively easily in daylight, they are now only used at night. 

 

26-year-old Bogdan Yarema says that thousands of shots light up the sky as they do what they can to shoot down the drones. 

 

- It's like something out of Star Wars.