Ukraine Breaking News Today Live on 11-13-2024

Ukrainian military intelligence says the Russians aren’t just buying Chinese. The robot plane designed to spoof air defenses is cheaply manufactured in Russia.

A robot plane in mass production in Russia and widely used in air strikes against Ukrainian homes and businesses is manufactured and flown in combat thanks to electronics imported from the China, Taiwan, Switzerland and even the United States, Ukrainian military intelligence said on Tuesday.

Manufacturers contributing key electronic components to the Russian Parodiya robot plane (Пародия/Parody) include China’s Ebyte, Jiashan Jinchang Electron and Yangzhou Yangjie Electronic Technology; America’s Texas Instruments, Cypress Semiconductor, and InvenSense; Switzerland’s STMicroelectronics, and Taiwan’s SONiX Technology, a Nov. 11 statement from Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Directorate (HUR) said.

The administration has worked to convince lawmakers and the business community to agree on a historic tax hike for three months, but Zelensky has neither signed the law nor exercised his veto power.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has not signed the tax bill aiming to provide $1.3 billion more in tax revenues and mobilize another $3.1 billion in 2025, in a delay might jeopardize billion-dollar revenues needed for defense efforts, according to the Verkhovna Rada website.

The delayed revenue now puts at risk funds to be allocated for ongoing defense efforts, including paying salaries to military personnel, and purchasing weapons, ammunition, etc.

Latest from the Institute for the Study of War.

Key Takeaways from the ISW:

• Russian forces recently advanced during two company-sized mechanized assaults within and south of Kurakhove in western Donetsk Oblast.
• Geolocated footage confirms reports that an explosion damaged the Ternivska Dam at the Kurakhivske Reservoir on November 11.
• Recent Western and Ukrainian estimates about the size of the Russian force grouping in Kursk Oblast do not represent a significant inflection, as Russian forces have spent several months gathering forces for a future counteroffensive effort to expel Ukrainian forces from Russian territory.
• Ukrainian military officials warned that Russian forces may intensify assaults in Zaporizhia Oblast in the near future.
• Select Russian defense officials appear to be contradicting Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent assertion that Russia is not interested in forming a unified security bloc against the West.
• Russian forces recently advanced near Toretsk and Kurakhove and in Kursk Oblast.
• The Russian military reportedly continues to coerce conscripts into signing Russian military service contracts, likely as part of ongoing crypto-mobilization efforts.