Donald Trump is projected to win the battleground U.S. State of Pennsylvania, which has 19 Electoral College Votes.
Trump is now only four votes short of the 270 electoral votes needed to win.
Pennsylvania, a pivotal state with a large Ukrainian community, played a major role in the U.S. presidential elections of 2024. Both candidates have aggressively campaigned in the state. Trump and Harris held dueling rallies the night before the election.
Harris spent the day in Pennsylvania the night before the election, knocking at doors and leading five rallies across the state.
The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine was a major issue in Pennsylvania’s campaign. Harris supporters ran ads highlighting her commitment towards Kyiv to win votes from the traditionally conservative Eastern European communities.
During the presidential debate in Pennsylvania on Sept. 10, Harris addressed the Polish-Americans of the state, accusing Trump that he was currying favor with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
She said: “Why don’t tell the 800,000. Polish Americans here in Pennsylvania, how quickly you will give up for favors and what you believe is a friendship with a dictator that would eat you at lunch?”
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, visited Pennsylvania before the November elections to thank the workers at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant (located in the hometown of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden) for producing the critical 155 mm shells needed by Ukraine.
Zelensky’s visit drew the ire of U.S. Republicans who claimed that the trip constituted “election interference.”
The Trump campaign also planned to make a joint appearance with a foreign leader in Pennsylvania. Trump was supposed to appear alongside Polish President Andrzej duda at a Polish American Roman Catholic shrine near Philadelphia. However, the event has been canceled.
In the United States, presidential elections are not decided by popular vote but by a majority in the Electoral College. Each state has a certain number of votes, based on its population. The candidate who receives the most votes in that state will usually receive the state’s total electorate.
Pennsylvania has historically been a state that was a toss-up. In the six presidential election prior to 2016, Pennsylvania’s Electoral votes went to Democrats. In 2016, the state flipped to Trump, but Biden won in 2020 by just 1.2%.
Victoria Spartz, despite being the only U.S. legislator born in Ukraine did not vote in favor of the Senate foreign aid legislation that included more than $60 billion for Ukraine’s assistance in April 2024.
Pennsylvania, a pivotal state with a large Ukrainian community, played a major role in the U.S. presidential elections of 2024. Both candidates have aggressively campaigned in the state. Trump and Harris held dueling rallies the night before the election.
Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi stated on Nov. 6 that Russian forces had suffered 7,905 deaths, 12,220 injuries, and 717 captures during the almost three-month-long Kursk incursion.
Reuters reported that the chief of Australia’s intelligence agency, Mr. John Reilly, said on November 6, that Beijing’s “massive supply” of dual-use products, as well diplomatic and economic support from China, allows Russia to continue their war against Ukraine.
The Russian forces have suffered 1,250 casualties in the last day alone.
The 16 electoral votes of the state give Trump a significant edge in the race with Democratic challenger Vice-President Kamala Harris.
According to projected results from the U.S. Senate election on November 5, the Republican Party has taken control.
Trump led Democratic Vice President Kamala Harri 50.8% to 48.2% with 90% of the votes counted. The projection marks the very first call for a swing state in the U.S. Presidential election.
The Digital Forensic Research Lab of the Atlantic Council found that accounts from China helped to amplify Russian disinformation videos aimed at U.S. citizens.
Google stated that “These satellite photos were taken over a year ago, and are from sources that are publicly available. We do not publish images of the most recent war zones.”
Sweden will provide Ukraine a new package of aid worth nine million euros ($9.8million), which includes two vessels that are designed to improve maritime security. The country will also provide 40,000 protective masks, respirators and other equipment to the Emergency Service of Ukraine.
The Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed a Ukrainian war veteran to lead one of Russia’s regions. This is the highest position that has been awarded to a participant to the full-scale invasion.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched at least 4300 Shahed attack drones or similar UAVs that imitated Shaheds between August and October of 2024. This is a significant increase in comparison to earlier months.
The FBI announced that Russian email domains appear to be the source of bomb threats against polling stations in multiple states. The FBI clarified that these threats were not deemed credible.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office announced on Nov. 5 that Russian troops shot six captured Ukrainian Armed Forces Soldiers in the Pokrovsk Sector of the Front Line in Donetsk Oblast.
Due to the activation by electronic warfare systems when air raid alarms sound, users in Ukraine are experiencing more frequent automatic time change on their smartphones.
The statement was signed by South Korea as well as Australia and New Zealand.
According to preliminary data, Moscow attacked the Shevchenskyi area with a drone of the type Shahed at around 5 p.m. local.
According to Rustem Umerov, Ukraine’s Minister of Defense, the clashes were not large-scale.
In a statement released on the eve before the election, U.S. Intelligence agencies predicted that Russia would intensify its efforts to undermine the U.S. election on election day. They would focus on swing states.
Bloomberg reported on November 5 that the United Kingdom was unable to retrieve weapons from floating armories, which offered weapons and accommodation to guards protecting Russian oil tankers.
According to reports, Russian forces targeted an infrastructure facility and started a fire. The full extent of the damage is still being determined.
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