Taras Melnychuk announced in the parliament on November 8 that the Ukrainian government had decided to terminate the agreement with Iran on air service.
In July 1993, a deal on air services was signed between Kyiv & Tehran.
In 2020, flights from Ukraine to Iran will be suspended following the shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 by Iran. All 176 passengers — mostly Canadians or Iranians — were killed.
Iran is one of Russia’s closest allies. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in Ukraine in February 2022, the two countries have intensified their military and political collaboration.
Tehran has sent thousands of Shahed Kamikaze drones to Moscow. Iran is also said to have sent ballistic missiles as a boost to Russian forces.
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. 154 more bodies were also repatriated by Russian morgues.
Viktor Orban added: “Europe cannot finance this war alone.”
“Nobody is safe in Ukraine until Russia ends its aggression,” Estonian Foreign Affairs Minister Margus Tsahkna stated in a social media post on Nov. 8th.
General Staff report: The Russian army uses munitions like K-51 and RG-VO that are loaded with hazardous chemical substances and are used to counter-riot operations but are prohibited as weapons.
Five times, guided aerial bombs were used by Russia to strike Zaporizhzhia. The attack damaged houses, an apartment building and a cancer hospital.
The missiles that Ukraine will be testing are designed to counter drones and can shoot targets from an altitude up to 2 km.
Matthew Miller, spokesperson for the U.S. State Department, said: “It is not appropriate for us or any other country to force him into this.”
The city is home to the Saratov Oil Refinery (formerly known as Cracking Plant), which is part Rosneft – the state-run oil corporation
Since February 2022, Ukraine received over $37 billion of budget support from World Bank partnerships.
In a single attack, Russian forces killed nine and injured more than 40 people in Zaporizhzhia.
The air raid alert was sounded in Kyiv at around 9:30 pm local time on November 7, but the all-clear was not given until just after 7 am the next morning.
Since Ukraine launched its cross-border offensive at the beginning of August, Kursk Oblast has been racked by heavy fighting.
This includes 1,580 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
The attack caused damage to multiple residential buildings as well as a local primary school. According to preliminary information, one person died and nine others were injured.
Local authorities reported that at least 25 people were injured, and that there may be more trapped under the rubble. Search and rescue operations continue at the building.
Lindner said that Scholz had fired the former Finance Minister Christian Lindner because he suggested sending Ukraine Taurus rockets instead of financial assistance, Lindner said.
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