The Odesa Oblast prosecutor’s office reported that Russian troops launched a “massive” drone attack in Odesa and its surrounding suburbs on Nov. 9, killing one person and injuring 13.
According to the report, two boys aged 4 and 16 were among the injured in the drone strike in the early morning hours of November 9.
The report comes at the same time as Ukraine’s Air Force announced that Russia attacked Ukraine over night with 51 drones and that the southern Odesa Oblast is the “epicenter.” According to the Air Force, the attack was carried out by drones of “unspecified types” and shad drones.
The regional prosecutor reported that the attack on Odesa caused damage to multi-story buildings as well as private homes, warehouses and cars.
The Odesa Oblast’s Prosecutor’s Office posted a Telegram message saying that “the inspection is continuing, and the full list of damage and destruction is being established.”
Russia has intensified its drone attacks in Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv where civilians are targeted almost daily.
Margus Tsahkna, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that a Russian drone strike on November 7 damaged the apartment where Estonia’s Ambassador to Ukraine lives. Margus Tsahkna, Estonian Foreign Affairs Minister, said on Nov. 8 that a Russian drone strike on Nov. 7 damaged the apartment building where Estonia’s ambassador to Ukraine lives.
The Kyiv military reported that Russia launched over 2,000 drones in the last month to target both civilian and military targets across Ukraine. Russian forces are continuing their offensive against Ukraine’s eastern and southern regions.
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 full-scale invasion began in February 2022. This is 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.
Viktor Orban added: “Europe cannot finance this war alone.”
“Nobody is safe in Ukraine unless Russia stops its aggression,” Estonian Foreign Affairs Minister Margus Tsahkna stated in a social media post on Nov. 8th.
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