The Ukrainian foreign ministry has denied reports that Kyiv was aware of a phone conversation between Donald Trump, the U.S. president-elect, and Vladimir Putin, the Russian president.
The Washington Post reported on November 10 that, citing sources who are familiar with the situation at the time, Trump and Putin spoke on the phone on Thursday to discuss the war in Ukraine. Kyiv had been informed of the call and did not object.
“Reports claiming that the Ukrainian side had been informed of the alleged phone call in advance are false. Accordingly, Ukraine couldn’t have endorsed or objected to the call,” said Heorhii Tykhyi, spokesperson for the foreign ministry.
The Washington Post reported that sources familiar with the issue said that Ukrainian officials have “long understood that Trump would engage Putin on a diplomatic resolution for Ukraine.”
Trump promised to end the war in Ukraine immediately during his campaign but did not provide any details. Trump has privately expressed support for a possible deal that would allow Russia to retain some of the occupied territory. Sources said that during the call, Trump briefly discussed the issue of land.
One source familiar with the conversation said that during the call from Trump’s Florida resort, the President-elect told Putin not to escalate tensions in Ukraine, and emphasized Washington’s significant military presence throughout Europe.
On Nov. 10, authorities in Moldova found two Russian drones near the districts of Kaushan and Rishkan.
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The Russian Defense Ministry reported that on November 10, Russian air defense destroyed 70 Ukrainian drones including 34 in Moscow Oblast in the largest drone attack against the Russian capital.
While the Kremlin doesn’t announce the number killed and injured, Western officials claim that October was the most difficult month for Russian forces.
Overnight, Russian forces launched a total of 145 drones into Ukraine and Ukrainian air defense shot down 62 drones.
This includes 1,350 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
Mediazona has added 1,761 Russian soldiers to its list of casualties since the last update, which was at the end October.
Josep Borrell said, at a Kyiv news conference, that “we must strengthen anti-sanctions measures because Russia cannot manufacture (weaponry), without imported parts, chips, and other components.” “We should use sanctions in order to isolate Russia’s industry from imports from foreign countries.”
Borrell said, “We need faster delivery and fewer red lines that we set ourselves,” referring to his support for allowing Ukraine to use long-range weapons provided by the West to strike deep within Russian territory.
The Biden administration is rushing to deliver over 500 interceptors for Patriot and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missiles (NASAMS) systems, according to a Wall Street Journal report (WSJ) on Nov. 9 citing a senior official.
A senior adviser to Donald Trump said that Ukraine needed to be “realistic in its goals for war” and added that the peninsula of Crimea, which was occupied by Russia, was “gone.”
Dmytro Lubints, Ukraine’s Ombudsman, said that the occupiers had no limit to their cruelty and cynicism.
Syrskyi stated that “we have received numerous reports about the preparations of North Korean soldiers for combat operations alongside Russian troops.”
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After the Russian invasion of February 2022, Ukraine began actively developing their missile program.
British defense intelligence estimates that Russia has suffered more than 696,00 losses since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
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“The dialogue between the President Zelensky, and President-elect Trump, has already been established,” Sybiha stated in Kyiv during a press conference held with Josep Borrell, chief diplomat of the European Union.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on November 9 that Ukraine had attacked seven Russian regions, including Tula Oblast, with 50 drones. Moscow claimed to have shot down all 50 drones including two that were over Tula Oblast located south of Moscow.
Syrskyi stated that the targets included more than 4,000 Russian soldiers, 221 pieces radio equipment and 129 artillery system.
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