"(Ukraine has) made concrete changes, not least in the fight against (corruption)," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, adding that these steps help the country "to move closer to NATO membership."
The lines on the map haven't moved much. But wars aren't won on maps. Ukraine has done some brilliant work on the ground to set conditions for next year.
The Russian Black Sea Fleet’s ability to use its Novorossiysk naval base to reload vessels with cruise missiles is likely to become a significant factor in the fleet’s operational effectiveness, the U.K. Defense Ministry said in its intelligence update on Nov. 25.
Ukrainian military operations have destroyed 15 Russian warships in the Black Sea and damaged 12 others since the start of the full-scale invasion, Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk reported on Nov. 17.
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