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  • Friday, November 11. Russia’s War On Ukraine: Daily News And Information From Ukraine

    Friday, November 11. Russia’s War On Ukraine: Daily News And Information From Ukraine

    Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 261.

    As Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical. Forbes gathers information and provides updates on the situation.

    By Polina Rasskazova

    Ukrainian soldiers entered the Russian-occupied city of Kherson. “Kherson is returning under the control of Ukraine. The retreat routes of the Russian invaders are under fire control of the Ukrainian army,” the Ukrainian military intelligence agency announced on November 11. Intelligence officials also added that more than half of Russia’s occupational forces are still on the right bank of the Kherson region. According to a representative of the military intelligence of Ukraine, the Russian army is retreating from the second line of defense, to which they were pushed back by Ukrainian forces in early October. “Today is a historic day. We are returning Kherson. As of now, our defenders are approaching the city. But special units are already in the city,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his evening speech.

    41 settlements in southern Ukraine have been liberated and returned under the control of Ukrainian defenders, according to Zelenskyy`s speech. “Dozens of Ukrainian flags have already returned to their rightful place in the framework of the defense operation. 41 settlements were liberated,” said the President. He added that the lives of Ukrainian soldiers stand behind every step of the Ukrainian army on the battlefield. “Everything that is happening now has been achieved by months of brutal struggle. It was achieved through courage, pain, and loss. It’s not the enemy coming — it’s the Ukrainians who are chasing the invaders at great cost.”

    In the liberated territory of the Kherson region, law enforcement officers discovered the remains of civilian bodies in a cellar, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine reports. According to preliminary data, the remains belong to three local residents who died during the occupation of the settlement. The Russian army may have committed physical violence against the locals, because during the initial inspection of the skeletonized corpses, the law enforcement officers found injuries in the form of skull fractures. “The remains of the dead have been sent for a complex of examinations, including DNA examinations. Measures are being taken to establish the circumstances, witnesses and eyewitnesses of the crime,” added the Office of the Prosecutor General.

    Mykolayiv. On the night of November 11, the Russian army attacked the city of Mykolaiv, firing shells that hit a five-story residential building. According to information from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the building was destroyed from the 5th to the 1st floor. The number of dead as a result of the destruction increased to seven, including a married couple. Their 16-year-old child survived because she slept in another room.

    Abandoned Russian mines are killing Ukrainian citizens. According to the deputy head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, in the Kherson region, civilians drove over a landmine left by Russian troops. As a result of the explosion, 4 people were injured, including two children aged 9 and 14. Also today, 2 children were injured by a Russian explosive device in Kharkiv. “Two boys, 15 and 12 years-old, found an explosive object in the bushes near the house, which detonated. Children have shrapnel injuries,” reported Tymoshenko.

    Katya Soldak, Forbes Staff

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  • Sunday, November 6. Russia’s War On Ukraine: Daily News And Information From Ukraine

    Sunday, November 6. Russia’s War On Ukraine: Daily News And Information From Ukraine

    Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 256.

    As Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical. Forbes gathers information and provides updates on the situation.

    By Polina Rasskazova

    On Friday, November 4th, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office Andriy Yermak in Kyiv, Ukraine. Sullivan attended a news briefing in Kyiv, stating the United States’ support for Ukraine would remain “unwavering and unflinching” following next Tuesday’s midterm congressional elections.

    In Ukraine, 20% of nature reserves and 3 million hectares of forests have been affected by the war, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) of Ukraine. According to the WWF, 2.9 million hectares of the Emerald network are at risk now. These territories are a significant part of the nature protection network of Europe. To date, 16 Ramsar sites with an area of almost 600,000 hectares are under threat of destruction. They have the status of wetlands of international importance due to their unique biodiversity. Eight nature reserves and 10 national natural parks remain occupied. Three million hectares of Ukrainian forests are affected by the war.

    External power has been restored to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) two days after it lost all access to the national electricity grid as a result of shelling by the Russian Army. “I have repeatedly called for the urgent establishment of a nuclear safety and security protection zone around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to prevent a nuclear accident. We can’t afford to lose any more time. We must act before it is too late,” said Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in a statement released November 5. The agency’s message also states that, in recent weeks, Grossi has engaged in high-level talks with both Ukraine and Russia aimed at agreeing to implement such a zone around the ZNPP as soon as possible.

    Kherson. Kherson and about 10 other towns in the Kherson region were left without water and electricity due to damage to high-voltage power transmission lines. This was reported by the first deputy chairman of the Kherson Regional Council, Yuriy Sobolevsky. “The terror and cynicism of the occupiers continues and has not disappeared. Fear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces pushes them to do crazy things,” said Sobolevsky.

    Zaporizhzhia. At night, Russian troops launched 2 missile strikes on the regional center. The result of the attack was the destruction of a two-story building housing a commercial enterprise. A fire broke out in an area of 800 square meters. According to the head of Zaporizhzhіa Regional State Administration, Oleksandr Starukh, one person died. Another missile hit the private sector. “Windows of private buildings and two cars were damaged by the blast wave and debris,” said Starukh.

    Sumy Region. According to the head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, Dmytro Zhivytskyi, 72 Russian projectiles landed in one of the communities of the region during the day. “At noon, the enemy fired from barrel artillery. There were direct hits in the building. Later, the same community was also shelled with the rocket salvo system,” reported Zhivytskyi. As a result of the Russian attack, shrapnel killed a local 62-year-old woman who was in a garden during the shelling, and another person was injured.

    Katya Soldak, Forbes Staff

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  • Saturday, October, 29. Russia’s War On Ukraine: Daily News And Information From Ukraine

    Saturday, October, 29. Russia’s War On Ukraine: Daily News And Information From Ukraine

    Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 248.

    As Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical. Forbes gathers information and provides updates on the situation.

    By Polina Rasskazova

    During the day, the Russian Federation lost more than 500 military personnel, 19 tanks and 23 armored vehicles, 1 plane and 1 helicopter, and 5 drones in the war against Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. According to the general staff, since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army has lost more than 70,000 personnel, 2,659 tanks, 273 aircraft, 252 helicopters and 351 cruise missiles. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine is preparing for the notion that the current Russian leadership will look for any new opportunities to continue the war. “Although Russia is trying to increase the pressure on our positions by using mobilized people, they are so poorly prepared and equipped, so ruthlessly used by the command that it allows us to suggest that Russia may soon need a new wave of sending people to war,” he mentioned.

    During the 7 months of the full-scale war against Ukraine, more than 65,000 tons of ammunition were exported from Belarus to Russia. According to data published by the community of railway workers of Belarus, the maximum amount of ammunition was exported in April, at 22,534 tons (689 wagons) per month. Since July, the growth of supplies has been recorded again. In September 2022, they exported 14,479 tons (442 wagons). In addition to this, Belarussian president Aleksandr Lukashenko transferred tanks and other equipment to Russia. Only in the last few weeks, at least 94 T-72A tanks and 36-44 “Urals” have arrived in the Russian Federation,” reported the Telegram channel that monitors military activity in the territory of Belarus, Belarusian Hajun.

    52 Ukrainian defenders returned from Russian captivity. The defenders of Azovstal and Mariupol, those who were captured by the Russians in Kharkiv, Donetsk, Kyiv regions, Snake Island (also known as Zmiinyi Island) and the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, are returning home, reports the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. As a result of the exchange, the Ukrainian side managed to return soldiers and officers, sailors, and medics. The youngest released recently turned 19, the oldest, 56. “The large exchange of ‘all for all’ doesn’t suit the aggressor country Russia yet, but the Ukrainian authorities are working on this issue,” said Dmytro Lubinets, the human rights commissioner of Ukraine.

    Donetsk Region. According to Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration, on October 28 the Russians killed 3 civilians of the Donetsk region. Another 8 people were injured. The Ukrainian police also documented 29 artillery or missile strikes in the region. During the day, the Russian army attacked 15 settlements with artillery, BM-21 Grad, BM-27 Uragan, and mortars. Infrastructural objects and private houses were damaged.

    Dnipropetrovsk Region. Russian troops shelled three communities — Nikopolska, Marhanetska and Myrivska. According to Valentyn Reznichenko, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, the city of Nikopol was the most affected. “A 39-year-old man was injured there, currently he is in a moderate condition,” said Reznichenko. Eight high-rise and private buildings, several shops, a furniture factory, a hotel, a gas pipeline and electricity networks were damaged in Nikopol.

    Katya Soldak, Forbes Staff

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