"Assessing the Escalating Threat: Ukraine's Readiness for Russia's Winter Offensive"

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence deputy Vadym Skibitskyi stated that Russia's reserves are insufficient for powerful strategic offensive operations on multiple fronts, while the Kremlin claimed to have killed French fighters in Kharkiv strikes. Slovakia reversed its policy and approved arms exports to Ukraine, and the UK suggested that Russia will reconsider its A-50 aircraft operations after one was downed by Ukrainian forces. Russian forces reportedly advanced in the Kupyansk area, and both sides traded gains around Avdiivka, with an increase in glide bomb attacks.