Scholz called Putin, the government updated the terms of mobilization booking. The main news for November 15.

Scholz held talks with Putin for the first Time in two years: initial details

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had a phone conversation with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. This was the first such conversation in two years. According to Tagesschau, the call lasted about an hour.

According to the Kremlin's website, during the conversation, Putin again claimed that the Russian side had never refused and remains open to resuming negotiations with Ukraine.

Olaf Scholz also shared details of his conversation with Vladimir Putin on his social media page.

The Cabinet updated the conditions for mobilization booking

The government is updating the booking criteria and criteria for obtaining critical status. This was reported by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

According to the Prime Minister, following an audit of enterprises and organizations with critical status that have the right to book employees, a number of problematic issues were identified.

As emphasized by the head of the Ukrainian government, regional and industry criteria for the critical status of enterprises will now be coordinated with the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Economy.

Additionally, for the private sector, salary criteria and the absence of debts to the budget are now mandatory points for booking employees.

The SBU exposed a commander of one of the special operations forces units working for Russia

A commander of one of the SSO units provided information to the Russians about the movement of Ukrainian defenders, their weapons, and targets.

Military counterintelligence and investigators from the Security Service detained a Russian military intelligence agent. The offender turned out to be a lieutenant colonel, commander of one of the special operations forces units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who was recruited by the occupiers even before the full-scale war began.

According to the SBU, in the spring of 2024, the military was remotely 'activated' by a staff member of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate and assigned the task: to relay to the Russians the plans of combat operations of the Defense Forces in the enemy's rear.

'The aggressor was most interested in intelligence data on the sabotage and reconnaissance raids of Ukrainian special forces behind the front line in the Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Crimean directions. To carry out the enemy's task, the 'mole' used his official position, allowing him to obtain information about planned routes for the movement of Defense Forces warriors, their weapons, and 'targets.' The occupiers planned to use this information to eliminate Ukrainian special forces on the front line or beyond – in the temporarily occupied territory in southern Ukraine,' the statement reads.

The court took into custody MP Yevhen Shevchenko, suspected of high treason

On Friday, November 15, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv took into custody MP Yevhen Shevchenko, who is suspected of high treason.

'Following the request of prosecutors from the Office of the General Prosecutor, a preventive measure was chosen for the MP of Ukraine, who is suspected of high treason – detention for a period of 60 days without the right to bail,' the Office of the Prosecutor General stated.

The prosecution requested to keep Shevchenko in custody without the right to bail. The prosecution insisted that the MP's statements had undermined activities to the advantage of Russia. In particular, the statements made by the suspect on Telegram and YouTube were taken into account, according to hromadske.ua.

Unjustified multimillion-dollar assets discovered in a former official of the State Treasury (photo)

Law enforcement discovered unjustified assets worth over $61 million in a former State Treasury official in the Poltava region: according to operational data, a relative – a Russian general – helped him withdraw the funds. This was reported by the National Police of Ukraine.

It is reported that within the framework of a criminal proceeding, operatives of the strategic investigations unit in the Poltava region and detectives of the regional police found unjustified assets belonging to the former head of the State Treasury department in Ukraine's Poltava region.

According to an analysis of the official's declaration, in April 2023, while in office, he inherited bank metals in bars worth 3,555,000 UAH and almost $6 million and 420,000 UAH in cash from his mother. By October 2023, he inherited over $56 million, 208,500 UAH, and precious metals worth 34.5 million UAH from his father. However, he actually inherited a total of 700,000 UAH from his parents.