Overview
- Russia’s FSB said it disrupted a Ukrainian intelligence plan to hijack a MiG-31 armed with a Kinzhal missile and direct it toward a NATO base in Romania, alleging involvement by a Bellingcat staffer.
- Russian lawmakers and the embassy in The Hague framed the episode as an effort to pull NATO into direct conflict and urged Dutch attention to the purported risks.
- Ukraine’s grid operator Ukrenergo said electricity consumption limits remain in place on November 12 following large-scale missile and drone strikes on energy infrastructure.
- Two external power lines to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant were restored, the local repair ceasefire concluded, and Enerhodar’s shoreline was reported under fire after IAEA-facilitated repair work.
- Air-raid alerts covered 10 regions including Kyiv, blasts were reported in Odesa during the alerts, and Russia’s Defense Ministry released video of captured Ukrainian soldiers near Kupiansk.