Cover image: An armored vehicle used by the Ukrainian army on the front line in the Donetsk region, November 8, 2022. STRINGER / REUTERS
- Russian forces attack on the Donetsk front in eastern Ukraine dozens of times a day and undergo ” extraordinarily high losses »Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky said on Tuesday evening, before adding: ” But the order remains the same: advance towards the administrative boundary of the Donetsk region. We will not give up one centimeter of our land. »
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Americans to “maintain an unshakeable unity” until “restoring peace” in Ukraine, as crucial midterm elections were held in the United States on Tuesday, the results of which could affect Washington’s support for kyiv. US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield reiterated during an interview in Kyiv with Volodymyr Zelensky that the United States was “ready to stay with Ukraine for as long as necessary”.
- The Russian Ministry of Defense denied, Monday evening, testimonies published yesterday by Russian military bloggers that a Russian marine infantry unit lost hundreds of men during an unsuccessful offensive in eastern Ukraine.
- US State Department spokesman Ned Price doubts that Moscow is willing to start a peace process. He felt that if that were the case, Russia would stop hitting Ukraine and killing civilians there. The Kremlin” continues to escalate this war, rather than offering some kind of real signal that he is ready or open to negotiations”he said on Monday evening.
- The Ukrainian authorities have used a special mechanism, only usable in times of war, to take control of five companies of strategic importance – including an oil producer and an engine manufacturer -, said Monday, the Minister of Defense, with the aim of “to meet the needs of the armed forces and the entire defense sector”.
- Work to stabilize and increase electricity supply of consumers in central Kyiv and northern Ukraine should last at least another week, according to the network operator Ukrenergo, “if there are no more missile strikes”. These two areas bear the brunt of Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.
- Vladimir Putin said that of the approximately 320,000 people mobilized, 80,000 of them were currently “in the area of the special military operation” – the term used by Russia to refer to its war in Ukraine. Among them, 50,000 are now incorporated into combat units. “The others are not yet taking part in the fighting”Mr. Putin added.
- Ukraine received new Western air defense systems on Monday intended to counter the Russian missiles which rain down regularly on the cities and infrastructures of the country.
- The White House assured on Monday that “US support for Ukraine will be[it] infallible and unshakable” regardless of the outcome of the US election Tuesday, which risk causing President Joe Biden to lose his majority in one or even both chambers of Congress.
- North Korea on Monday denied supplying weapons to Russia. in response to accusations “unfounded” from the United States. “We repeat once again that we have never entered into an arms contract with Russia and that we have no intention of doing so in the future”wrote the state agency KCNA, citing the Pyongyang authorities.
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