Josep Borrell is the chief diplomat of the European Union and arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine, on November 9, for his fifth visit to Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022.
Borrell, in a post on social media on X, vowed to continue the EU’s support of Ukraine as his “personal priority”.
Borrell’s visit to Kyiv in his capacity as the EU’s High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy comes just a few days following the victory of former U.S. president Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Trump has been vague about his foreign policies, but his sweeping win in the 2024 U.S. presidential election added uncertainty to Ukraine’s future military aid from the West.
As uncertainty grows over the level of U.S. assistance for Ukraine under Trump, the focus has shifted towards Europe and its ability to lead the largest European conflict since World War II.
Borrell arrived in Kyiv on November 8 after a visit to South Korea, where he encouraged Seoul’s support for Ukraine in light of the growing concerns about North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces in the war against Ukraine.
Borrell is a strong advocate for Ukraine. In August, Borrell urged Western allies not to restrict Ukraine’s use long-range weapons from the West to strike Russian military targets.
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.
Borrell said in a post on X that EU support was always his “personal priority”, 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 a lot of LNG via Russia from Russia,” she said during a telephone call with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. “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 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 to death.
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 a 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.
The bodies of 320 soldiers have been recovered from Donetsk Oblast. 89 others were brought back from Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Another 154 bodies have been repatriated by Russian morgues.
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