The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces announced on November 8 that Russia has lost 705,880 soldiers in Ukraine since its full-scale invasion began on February 24, 2022.
This includes 1,580 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
According to the report Russia has also lost 9233 tanks, 18661 armored combat vehicles, 28,495 vehicles, fuel tanks, 20226 artillery system, 1,245 multi-launch rocket systems, 9996 air defense systems. 369 airplanes and helicopters, 18 526 drones and 28 ships and boats have been lost.
The attack caused damage to multiple residential buildings as well as a local primary school. According to preliminary information, one person died and nine others were injured.
Five times, guided aerial bombs were used by Russia to strike Zaporizhzhia. The attack damaged houses, an apartment building and a cancer hospital.
Local authorities reported that at least 25 people were injured, and that there may be more trapped under the rubble. Search and rescue operations continue at the building.
Lindner said that Scholz had fired the former Finance Minister Christian Lindner because he suggested sending Ukraine Taurus rockets instead of financial assistance, Lindner said.
Sabrina Singh, Deputy Pentagon press secretary, said Washington was “confident” it could fulfill its commitments towards Kyiv.
The International Chamber of Commerce will lower the arbitration court costs for foreign investors who are involved in Ukraine’s rebuilding projects to encourage much needed investment.
At a press conference held at the European Political Community Summit in Budapest, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he thought Trump wanted to end Russia’s war quickly, but he hadn’t discussed a plan.
Reuters reported that the collapse of the coalition would not prevent Germany from providing the majority of the 4 billion euro ($4.3 billion) budget promised to Ukraine.
On Nov. 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump for his victory in the U.S. Presidential election during the Valdai Forum in Sochi.
The President Volodymyr Zelensky insists on the opening of Boryspil International Airport first.
Vertigo Games, the VR company, released Metro Awakening on November 7, the fourth installment in the popular postapocalyptic franchise set in Russia’s subway.
“We must work together.” “I look forward to meeting with Donald Trump and discussing how we can collectively face these threats, what we need do,” said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
The locations of military sites in Ukraine are no longer displayed on Google Maps, said Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Counter-Disinformation Center under Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, on Nov. 7.
Naftogaz, the CEO of Ukraine’s state-owned oil company, said that despite reports of a nearing contract, no deal between Europe and Azerbaijan is on the table to keep gas flowing via Ukraine after a transit agreement with Russia expires this year.
The Kyiv Independent interviewed Kurt Volker a few hours after Donald Trump won the U.S. Presidential election. He served as the U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations in 2017-2019 and as U.S. Ambassador to NATO in 2008/2009.
Oleh Tatarov has been to Moscow at least 9 times since the initial Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to RFE/RL Schemes, an investigation project that cites flight data.
“Peace rewards only the strong,” said President Zelensky.
Sergei Shoigu said that the West should recognize the fact that Russia is winning the war in Ukraine and begin negotiations, as reported by the Russian state news agency TASS on November 8.
The U.K. announced on Nov. 7, its largest package of sanction against Russia since May 20,23, focusing primarily on the Russian defense industries and mercenary group.
The fifth meeting will focus, among other topics, on Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine and ongoing escalation of violence in the Middle East.
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