Aftermath of Russian missile strike on Ukraine mail depot that killed six
The war between Israel and Hamas is “taking away the focus” from the conflict in Ukraine, president Volodymyr Zelensky warned as he denied the fighting had reached a stalemate.
Mr Zelensky said that Russia wanted focus on the war to be “weakened” but insisted that winning was still within Ukraine’s power amid its counteroffensive in the south.
“Everyone is getting tired and there are different opinions,” Mr Zelensky said in a press conference following talks with EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen. “But this is not a stalemate.”
Earlier, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said a large-scale Russian assault on a town in the Donbas region has “floundered” after coming up against “strong” Ukrainian defences.
The MoD said the Kremlin has lost around 200 armoured vehicles during its assaults on Avdiika over the past three weeks.
“In the south, the Ukrainian advance remains relatively static between the two main lines of Russia’s well-prepared defensive positions,” the MoD said in a statement.
“Around the Donbas town of Avdiivka, a large-scale Russian assault has floundered on strong Ukrainian defences.”
Russia’s defence line suffering from ‘poor enforcement’
Russia is struggling to maintain basic levels of administration in its defensive positions along the frontline, Britain’s Ministry of Defence has said.
The MoD said “open-source evidence suggests a generally very poor level on enforcement of basic field administration amongst Russian forces.”
It added: “This is likely partially caused by a deficit in motivated junior commanders as well as variable logistical support.”
Matt Mathers5 November 2023 09:58
Ukraine strike damages Russian ship in Crimea – Kremlin
The Russian military said a Ukrainian missile strike on a shipyard in annexed Crimea damaged a Russian ship.
The Russian Defence Ministry said late on Saturday that Ukrainian forces fired 15 cruise missiles at the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch, a city in the east of the Crimean Peninsula.
Air defences shot down 13 missiles but others hit the shipyard and damaged a vessel, a statement from the ministry said.
The ministry did not give details about the ship or the extent of the damage.
The report could not immediately be independently verified.
Matt Mathers5 November 2023 09:21
Zelensky: ‘Everything is in our power’
The war between Israel and Hamas is “taking away the focus” from the conflict in Ukraine, president Volodymyr Zelensky warned as he denied the fighting had reached a stalemate.
Mr Zelensky said that Russia wanted focus on the war to be “weakened” but insisted that winning was still within Ukraine’s power amid its counteroffensive in the south.
“Everyone is getting tired and there are different opinions,” Mr Zelensky said in a press conference following talks with EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen. “But this is not a stalemate.”
Matt Mathers5 November 2023 08:47
Ukraine orders investigation into Russian attack on assault brigade
Ukraine’s defence minister ordered on Saturday an investigation into an alleged Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukrainian assault brigade, after reports that more than 20 soldiers were killed during an awards ceremony.
“My condolences to the families of the fallen soldiers from the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Transcarpathian Brigade,” Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said in a social media statement, adding that he had ordered a “full investigation.”
In a separate statement on the Telegram messaging app, Ukraine’s Armed Forces said that Russia attacked the Zaporizhzhia region with the Iskander ballistic missile.
“Servicemen were killed, and local residents were also injured,” the military said.
It was not clear how many soldiers died.
Matt Mathers5 November 2023 08:20
Focus from war in Ukraine fading, Zelensky says
The Israel-Hamas war is “taking away the focus” from the conflict in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday.
Speaking at a briefing in Kyiv with visiting European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, Mr Zelensky said: “It’s clear that the war in the Middle East is taking away the focus” from Ukraine.
He added that Russia wanted the world’s attention on Vladimir Putin’s invasion in Ukraine to be “weakened”, but added that “everything is in our powers”.
Maroosha Muzaffar5 November 2023 07:06
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni tells pranksters posing as diplomats of ‘fatigue’ on all sides over Ukraine war
Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni told Russian pranksters posing as African diplomats that there is “a lot of fatigue” over the war in Ukraine.
In a 13-minute recording released by pranksters “Vova and Lexus”, Ms Meloni claimed that Kyiv’s counteroffensive “didn’t change the destiny of the conflict” and that the time is approaching when Europe will “need a way out”.
The Italian PM believed she was speaking to senior African Union officials in the call on 18 September, a day before the United Nations General Assembly in New York, but her office later admitted that she “had been deceived”.
Tom Watling5 November 2023 07:00
House speaker lays out conditions for Republicans to support Ukraine aid
Mike Johnson says that Ukraine aid must be coupled with security for the US-Mexico border.
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Tom Watling5 November 2023 06:00
Trump’s shadow looms large over Congress battle that could define Ukraine war
The timing could not be worse. Just as Ukraine is fighting to repel one of the fiercest Russian onslaughts since the war began, so fears emerge that US support to Kyiv could be severely undermined by Republicans loyal to the former president, says Askold Krushelnycky
Tom Watling5 November 2023 05:00
Beloved Russian singer who criticized Ukraine war returns home. The church calls for her apology
The Russian Orthodox Church has called for an apology from Alla Pugacheva, the country’s most renowned pop singer who returned home this week, over her criticism of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
You can read the full report below.
Tom Watling5 November 2023 04:00
Ukraine plans massive winter drone campaign to ‘devastate’ bogged-down Russian invaders
Exclusive: The second winter of the conflict is almost here and Ukraine’s forces are marching into more grinding warfare. But faced with freezing temperatures, Kyiv and its expert drone pilots still hope to bring home a lot to celebrate, a senior general tells Arpan Rai
Tom Watling5 November 2023 03:00
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