WAR IN UKRAINE: November 22, 2022
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Day 272
More than 8,300 civilians have been killed so far in Russia's war against Ukraine, investigators in Kyiv said, including 437 children. It’s believed more than one million Ukrainians - including unaccompanied minors - have been forcibly deported to Russia.
The UN's nuclear watchdog has said that Ukraine narrowly escaped disasterafter the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine was targeted by shelling over the weekend. A huge concern is over the ability of emergency diesel powered generators to keep nuclear fuel cool.
Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak says Warsaw will accept an offer from Germany and propose deploying additional Patriot missile launchers near its border with Ukraine - RFE/RL
Media: Polish prosecutors won't allow Ukraine to join investigation of Przewodow blast. Polish Prosecutor’s Office will not agree to include the Ukrainian side in the investigation of the rocket explosion in the town of Przewodow, Polish media outlet Rzeczpospolita reported, citing sources familiar with the matter - Kyiv Independent
Required reading…
Before Russia’s 24 February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, allegations emerged that Russia was planning a campaign to capture or kill potential opposition figures and leading residents of occupied areas. The Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) has documented allegations of detention and disappearance in Kherson oblast consistent with an intentional and targeted campaign. This report, produced as part of the Conflict Observatory, documents the detentions and disappearances of 226 individuals in Kherson oblast between March and October 2022.
The report details demographic patterns of the people detained or disappeared, the widespread allegations of abuse–including torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment–and the implications of these allegations in international humanitarian and human rights law.
Read the full report here