New military aid from Norway, shelling of Sumy Oblast: last night's highlights

New military assistance from Norway

Norway provided Ukraine with another 10,000 artillery rounds. Such ammunition can be used for several types of artillery weapons, including M109 self-propelled guns, which were previously transferred by the Norwegian side.

Shelling of Sumy Oblast

During the day, the occupying troops made 55 attacks on five communities of Sumy Oblast. As a result of the shelling, power lines were damaged. Russians fired mortars, artillery and launched an anti-tank guided missile on Sumy Oblast.

Explanations from Servant of the People and Batkivshchyna

The parties Servant of the People and Batkivshchyna, which did not support the collection of votes in the Verkhovna Rada for the deprivation of the mandates of MPs from the banned Opposition Platform - For Life, explained that they wanted to do it in a constitutional way.

According to the spokeswoman Yulia Paliychuk, the Servant of the People stands for the punishment of pro-Russian forces to have a "serious legal basis", which will not cause doubts in either Ukrainian or international courts.

Yulia Tymoshenko also stressed that Batkivshchyna stands for the deprivation of the mandates of MPs from the OPFL, but "in any constitutional way".

In other news:

• US President Joe Biden confirmed that the transfer of M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine is currently being considered;
• National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov has said that the Russians are counting on a new escalation at the front in February to force Ukraine to sign favorable "peace agreements";
• The High Anti-Corruption Court imposed a pre-trial restriction on former Radical Party MP Serhiy Skuratovskyi. Law enforcers suspect that Skuratovskyi belongs to the group that caused losses to the banking institution for more than 112 million hryvnias ($3 million);
• Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in a telephone conversation asked President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to reconsider the law on national minorities adopted by the Verkhovna Rada. Earlier, it was criticized by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
• the Director-General of the European Union Military Staff, Admiral Hervé Bléjean, claimed during a closed-door hearing in the French National Assembly on November 16 that Russia had lost about 250,000 military personnel in the war against Ukraine.