On Nov. 9, Russia claimed that it shot down fifty Ukrainian drones in seven Russian areas overnight.
The claim comes at a time when Ukraine has intensified efforts over the last few months to strike deep into Russia with homemade drones. These drones have been targeting airfields, oil refineries, and arms depots to weaken Russia’s combat capabilities.
The Russian Defense Ministry claims to have foiled Kyiv’s “attempt”, to target unidentified targets with drones in Bryansk and Kursk oblasts, as well as Novgorod, Smolensk Tula Oryol Tver. It claimed that 28 drones had been shot down over Bryansk Oblast, just north of Ukraine.
As of the time of publication, Ukraine had not responded to the Russian claim.
Kyiv, despite being limited to long-range kamikazes drones in recent weeks, has achieved some spectacular successes.
According to a Security Service of Ukraine source, one of the biggest explosions of the full invasion “literally wiped the face of earth” an ammunition depot in Tver Oblast was last month.
The U.K. Defense Ministry said that the combined strikes resulted in “the largest loss” of ammunition in Russia during its all out war against Ukraine.
Borrell said in a post on social media on X that EU support had always been his “personal priorit” and should remain at the top of the agenda for the bloc.
The report comes after Ukraine’s Air Force announced that Russia attacked Ukraine with 51 drones overnight, and the southern Odesa Oblast served as the “epicenter.”
This includes 1,660 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
“We still get quite a bit of LNG via Russia and from Russia,” she told Donald Trump in a telephone call. “And why not substitute it with American LNG which is cheaper and brings down our prices?”
Anton Sopov, 21 and Stanislavrau, 28 were found guilty of the murder of a family of nine people, including two children in the occupied Donetsk Oblast. This is a rare case where Russian authorities have held their own troops accountable for crimes committed in Ukraine.
The Russian General Pavel Klimenko (47) led the 5th Donetsk Motorized Rifle Brigade. The brigade was accused of torturing pro Kremlin U.S. blogger Russell Bentley until he died in April 2024.
Russian authorities are seeking to sentence Dr. Nadezhda Bkanova, a pediatrician from Lviv in Ukraine, to six years in prison for criticizing Russia’s actions against Ukraine during a private meeting.
The Sumy Oblast Military Administration reports that on November 8, Russia attacked 12 communities within Sumy Oblast, injuring 8 people.
According to Ukrainian officials interviewed by The Guardian on November 7, the relationship between the U.K.
Reuters reported that the “small number” of contractors would not be involved in combat operations, and they will be stationed far away from the front lines.
Ukraine’s airspace is closed to all flights since the start of the full scale invasion in February 2022 due to the threat of Russian attacks. Flights to Iran will not resume once air service is restored.
Elon Musk has a great deal of influence in American politics. He was reportedly on the phone during the recent conversation between U.S. President elect Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky, saying that he would continue to help Ukraine through his Starlink satellites.
The Kyiv Independent examines how Donald Trump’s U.S. presidency win will shape the future of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Russia is making its biggest gains since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
On Nov. 8, Dmytro Lubinets, Ukrainian Ombudsman, met Tatyana Moskalkova in Belarus to discuss humanitarian issues relating to Russia’s full scale war against Ukraine.
Bloomberg reported on November 8 that unnamed sources familiar to the matter said that European officials met in Budapest, Hungary, on Nov. 7, to discuss whether or not the European Union was willing to continue funding Ukraine’s assistance if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump stopped U.S. aid.
320 bodies were recovered from Donetsk Oblast and 89 from Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Another 154 bodies have been repatriated by Russian morgues.
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