On Tuesday, Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the Group of 20 largest economies to end Russia’s war in Ukraine as part of his proposed peace plan. “We will not allow Russia to wait and build up its forces. I am convinced that the time has come when Russia’s war must and can be stopped,” he said via video link at the G20 summit in Bali.

The main thing for Tuesday, the 265th day of the war in Ukraine, TEXT OF THE LIVE MODE:

07:42 Russian troops are strengthening their positions on the eastern bank of the Dnieper, reports the Southern Operational Command of Ukraine, Kyiv Independent writes.

Russian troops are regrouping and continuing to establish defensive lines on the east bank of the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine after withdrawing from the west bank on November 11.

Russian troops are firing at Ukrainian positions and settlements with missiles, artillery and kamikaze drones from the eastern bank, the command reported. Adding that about 40 Russian reconnaissance drones were detected in the area last day

07:03 Russia may face an acute shortage of cruise missiles, and this problem cannot be solved so easily

06:55 Russia has destroyed all the necessary infrastructure in the city of Kherson, which the Ukrainian army seized from Moscow forces last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said on Monday evening. “Everything is mined,” he added.

A brief summary of recent events:

• Zelensky welcomed the statements of the US and China at Asian meetings about the inadmissibility of threats to use nuclear weapons. According to the White House, US President Biden and Chinese President Xi agreed that nuclear war can never be achieved and opposed threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
• Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday emphasized the “irresponsibility” of nuclear threats, suggesting that China does not like Russia’s nuclear rhetoric, a senior US official said.
• US and Russian intelligence chiefs met in Turkey to discuss the consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and to raise the issue of American prisoners in Russia, a White House official said. The Kremlin confirmed the fact of negotiations, but did not provide additional details.
• The United States believes Russian forces made a relatively orderly withdrawal from Kherson, a senior US military official said, in contrast to some of the more chaotic withdrawals this year.
• Utility companies are working to restore infrastructure mined by the escape from Russia, while most homes in Kherson are still without electricity and water, Ukrainian officials said.
• According to Ukrainian officials, fighting is taking place in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine and in the south along the Dnipro River.
• The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution stating that Russia is responsible for reparations in Ukraine. The resolution is not binding, but has political weight.
• The United States has attacked Russian military supply chains, imposing sanctions on 14 individuals and 28 entities it says were part of a network that procured technology to support the invasion.
• The Canadian government announced on Monday that it is doubling military aid to Ukraine, which has already crossed the one billion Canadian dollar threshold.
• Josep Borrell: The EU and its member states provided Ukraine with arms and military equipment worth at least 8 billion euros, according to the head of European diplomacy.
• The photo, which appeared on the network, shows that Chinese-made weapons were in service with the Ukrainian army, although such equipment should not be.
• Also, a video appeared on social networks showing clothing and various parts of individual weapons left behind by the Russian military who decided to cross the Dnipro.
• Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was taken to hospital due to health problems after arriving at the G-20 summit in Bali. In Moscow, this information was categorically denied, but it was made public thanks to a photo published by Lavrov.

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• Monday’s events were broadcast live on HotNews.ro